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 Pinus clausa, sand pine, is the characteristic tree of Florida's white-
sand-scrub habitat. Sand pine is found in many scattered areas in most
parts of the state and extends outside Florida only into coastal Alabama.

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 Sphenostigma coelestinum, Bartram's ixia, is a beautiful violet-flowered
relative of the iris which blooms for a few hours in the early morning, the
flowers withering in the full sun. Bartram's ixia, discovered by the pioneer
plant explorer William Bartram in 1766 along the St. John's River, is
known only in seven counties in northeastern Florida.

 Asplenium cristatum, parsley spleenwort, is a tropical American species
found very locally in central Florida.

 Lycopodium prostratum, a clubmoss, is a frequent plant of wet acid
soils in northern Florida and of the southeastern coastal plain.

 Psilotum nudum, whisk-fern, is a primitive vascular plant found in
hammocks throughout peninsular Florida and in tropical areas of both
the Old and New World.

 Equisetum hyemale, a horsetail or scouring-rush, is the only member
of a predominantly northern group of plants to be found in Florida. It
occurs in the state only in a few colonies along the Apalachicola River in
western Florida.

 These six species represent the six major groups of plants covered
in this Checklist.


Cover design by John Beckner.