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Florida bully

Sideroxylon reclinatum subsp. austrofloridense

Also called Everglades Bully

Everglades bully is a rare, thorny evergreen shrub from southern Florida, a subspecies of the Florida bully, distinguished mainly by fuzzy leaf undersides. It is a wild native plant rather than a common garden subject, and it is best grown in conditions that mimic pine rockland and marl prairie edges.

Family
Sapotaceae (Sapot family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry between waterings; it tolerates seasonal wet and dry cycles.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or limestone-based soil, tolerant of marl and rocky substrates.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect from frost below about 4 °C.
How easy
Moderate

About

Sideroxylon reclinatum subsp. austrofloridense, known as the Everglades bully, is a species of rare plant native to southern Florida. It was described in 1990.

Where it grows

The species is only found in southern Florida, where it occurs in the counties of Collier, Miami-Dade, and Monroe. It has been found in Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. It typically grows in pine rockland/marl prairie ecotones (or transition areas), but can also grow in either habitat type.

Other Sideroxylon plants

Sideroxylon acunae · Alachua bully · Sideroxylon altamiranoi · Sideroxylon anomalum · Sideroxylon bullatum · Sideroxylon canariense · Sideroxylon cartilagineum · Saffron plum · Sideroxylon contrerasii · Espejuelo · Sideroxylon dominicanum · Sideroxylon durifolium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sideroxylon reclinatum subsp. austrofloridense by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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