MacArthur Beach State Park Plant List

MacArthur Beach State Park  Featured Plants

1. Mastic

Sideroxylon foetidissimum

Tree with leaves in need of ironing; bud looks like a claw

2.  Blackbead

Pithecellobium keyense

Leaflets in twosies; seeds black & red

3.  Limber Caper

Capparis flexulosa

Related to Jamaica Caper but a vine

4.  Satinleaf

Chrysophyllum oliviforme

Leaves silvery-satiny beneath

5.Devil's Claw

Pisonia aculeata

Vine related to Bougainvillea with wicked claws

6.  Torchwood

Amyris elemifera

Another citrus: translucent dots in the 3-parted leaves

7. Yellow Joyweed

Alternanthera flavescens

Trailing vine with small, white puffball flower heads

8. Mulberry

Morus rubra

Tree with heart-shaped serrate leaves

9. Paradise Tree

Simarouba glauca

Small tree with glossy once-compound leaves having entire leaflets

10. Graytwig

Schoepfia chrysophylloides

Has arching gray twigs---related to Hog Plum