Threatened and Endangered Plants in Biscayne National Park

National Park Service

The Semaphore Cactus occurs naturally in only two places on earth, one of which is Biscayne National Park

The following plants are listed as threatened or endangered under the Federal and/or State classification system and have confirmed or suspected occurrence in Biscayne National Park. Any take, harvest, harm, or any other form of interference with these species is strictly prohibited. If you are lucky enough to observe any of these species during your visit to Biscayne National Park, cherish the sighting but please do not engage in any activities that will result in harm to the plant. 

The list below pertains only to the plant species that are likely to be observed in Biscayne National Park. Park managers document sightings of threatened and endangered species in the park, and visitors are encouraged to report their sightings (click here to report your sighting). Please provide as much information as possible (such as the date, specific location, and number and size(s), of observed plants, as well as your level of certainty of species identification).  Photographs documenting your observation are strongly encouraged, particularly with very rare species.

To visit Biscayne's threatened and endangered animals page, please click here. For a complete list of federally listed threatened and endangered species, please click here. For a complete list of state listed threatened and endangered species, please click here.

Common Name(s)	Federal Classification Listing	State Classification Listing
Bahama ladder brake	-	Threatened
Banded wild-pine (Twisted airplant)	-	Threatened
Beach jacquemontia	Endangered	Endangered
Beach peanut	-	Endangered
Blacktorch	-	Threatened
Brown’s Indian rosewood	-	Endangered
Butterflybush (Curacao bush)	-	Endangered
Caribbean princewood	-	Endangered
Cinnamon bark (Pepper cinnamon)	-	Endangered
Cinnecord	-	Endangered
Climbing vine fern	-	Endangered
Coffee colubrina (Greenheart)	-	Endangered
Coral pancium	-	Endangered
Darlingplum	-	Threatened
Dildoe cactus	-	Threatened
Dollar orchid	-	Endangered
Erect pricklypear	-	Threatened
Florida boxwood	-	Endangered
Florida Keys blackbead	-	Threatened
Florida mayten	-	Threatened
Giant wild-pine (Giant airplant)	-	Endangered
Golden leather fern	-	Threatened
Green thatch palm (Florida thatch palm)	-	Endangered
Guiana plum	-	Threatened
Havana greenbrier (Everglades greenbrier)	-	Threatened
Ironwood (Redberry stopper)	-	Endangered
Joewood	-	Threatened
Johnson’s seagrass	Threatened	-
Lignumvitae	-	Endangered
Locustberry	-	Threatened
Mahogany mistletoe	-	Endangered
Manchineel	-	Endangered
Mangrove mallow (Swampbush)	-	Endangered
Marsh’s dutchman’s pipe	-	Endangered
Milkbark (Whitewood)	-	Endangered
Mullein nightshade	-	Threatened
Nakedwood (Soldierwood)	-	Endangered
Parasitic ghostplant	-	Endangered
Paurotis palm	-	Threatened
Pearlberry (Tearshrub)	-	Endangered
Pinepink	-	Threatened
Porter’s sandmat	-	Endangered
Prickly applecactus	-	Endangered
Red stopper	-	Endangered
Reflexed wild-pine (Northern needleleaf)	-	Threatened
Sargent’s cherry palm (Buccaneer palm)	-	Endangered
Satinleaf	-	Threatened
Sea lavendar	-	Endangered
Semaphore cactus	Candidate	Endangered
Silver palm	-	Threatened
Silver thatch palm (Brittle thatch palm)	-	Endangered
Simpson’s applecactus	-	Endangered
Smooth strongback (Bahama strongbark)	-	Endangered
Southern fogfruit	-	Endangered
Spicewood	-	Threatened
Stiff-leaved wild-pine (Cardinal airplant)	-	Endangered
Swartz’s snoutbean	-	Endangered
Twindberry (Simpson’s stopper)	-	Threatened
West Indian cock’s comb	-	Endangered
West Indian mahogany	-	Threatened
West Indian trema (Pain-in-the-back)	-	Endangered
Whiteflower passionflower	-	Endangered
Wild cotton (upland cotton)	-	Endangered
Wild dilly	-	Threatened
Yellow nicker bean	-	Endangered