BEACH STRAND SPECIES LIST
Plants |
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Vines |
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| Railroad vine | |
Ipomoea pes-caprae |
| Seaside bean | |
Canavalia rosea |
Herbs |
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| Sea oats | |
Uniola paniculataSSC |
| Beach sunflower | |
Helianthus debilis |
| Saltgrass | |
Distichilis spicata |
Shrubs |
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| Saw palmetto | |
Serenoa repens |
| Ink berry | |
Scaeovola plumeiriT |
| Spanish bayonet | |
Yucca aloifolia |
Trees |
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| Sea grape | |
Coccoloba uvifera |
| Australian pine | |
Casurina equisetifoliaEX |
Animals |
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Birds |
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| Great blue heron | |
Ardea herodius |
| Ruddy turnstone | |
Arenaria interpres |
| Sanderling | |
Calidris alba |
| Fish crow | |
Corvus ossifragus |
| Double-crested cormorant | |
Phalacrocorax auritus |
| Laughing gull | |
Larus atricilla |
| Ring-billed gull | |
Larus delawarensis |
| Royal tern | |
Stern maxima |
| Osprey | |
Pandion haliaetusSSC |
| Brown pelican | |
Pelicanus occidentalisSSC |
Reptiles |
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| Green sea turtle | |
Chelonia mydasT
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| Loggerhead turtle | |
Caretta carettaT |
| Red rat snake | |
Elaphe guttata |
Mammals |
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| Gray fox | |
Urocyon cineroargenteus |
| Opossum | |
Didelphis virginiana |
| Raccoon | |
Procyon lotor |
Polychaetes |
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| Honeycomb tubeworm | |
Phragmatopoma lapidosa |
Jellyfish |
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| Portuguese man-of-war | |
Physalia physalia |
Gastropods |
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| Horse conch | |
Pleuroploca gigantea |
| [state shell] |
| Queen conch | |
Strombus gigasSSC |
Insects |
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| Honey bee | |
Apis mellifera |
| Black saltmarsh mosquito | |
Aedes taeniorhynchus |
| Butterflies |
| Gulf fritillary | |
Agraulis vanillae |
| Monarch | |
Danaus plexippus |
| Zebra | |
Heliconius charitonius |
| [state butterfly] |
| Giant swallowtail | |
Heraclites cresphontes |
For superscript by species name: C = commercially exploited, SSC = species of special concern, T = threatened. Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission listings. EX = exotic.
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