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§1 Plant

Sideroxylon reclinatum Michx. ssp. reclinatum

vernacular Florida bully — subspecies · Sapotaceae


USDA
SIRER2
GBIF
7223614
Rank
subspecies
Florida bully (Sideroxylon reclinatum ssp. reclinatum)
Platephotograph · Jay HornCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Sapotaceae Juss.
Genus
Sideroxylon
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 8 counties across 4 states/territories
Legend Native · 8 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Anaerobic
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-3 °F minimum
Frost-free days
207 min.
Precipitation
40–68 in/yr
pH range
4.5–7.3
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Mature height
2 ft
Height @ 20 y
3 ft
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Stratify
No
Propagation
container
§3e

Use & availability

Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 8 counties across 4 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SIRER2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7223614 ↗

Record version

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