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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
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