BORAGE FAMILY: BORAGINACEAE Smooth strongbark Bourreria cassinifolia Strongbark Bourreria ovata Geiger-tree Cordia sebestena
BLACK [MANGROVE] FAMILY: AVICENNIACEAE Black Mangrove Avicennia germinans
VERBENA FAMILY: VERBENACEAE Fiddlewood Citharexylum fructicosum Java Glory-bowers Cleradendrum speciosissimum
POTATO FAMILY: SOLANACEAE Potato tree Solanum erianthum
MADDER FAMILY: RUBIACEAE Seven-year-apple Casasia clusiifolia Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Black torch Erithalis fruticosa Sm Velvet seed Guettarda elliptica Rough velvet-seed Guettarda scabra Firebush Hamelia patens Indigo-berry Randia aculeata Sm
HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY: CAPRIFOLIACEAE Southern elderberry Sambucus canadensis
ASTER FAMILY: ASTERACEAE Groundsel-tree Baccharis glomeruliflora Sm Groundsel-tree Baccharis halimifolia Sm
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The National Park Service expresses its appreciation to all those persons who made the preparation and production of this handbook possible. Special thanks are extended to Frank Craighead, Sr., Pat Miller, Bill Robertson, and Saul Schiffman, who read the manuscript and provided much useful information. The checklists were compiled over many years by various members of the [Everglades] National Park staff. The Service also gratefully acknowledges the financial support given this handbook project by the Everglades Natural History Association, a nonprofit group that assists interpretive efforts at the park. The cover photograph is by Glenn van Nimwegen.