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Conocarpus erectus is usually a dense multiple-trunked shrub, 1–4 m (3.3–13.1 ft) tall, but can grow into a tree up to 20 m (66 ft) or more tall, with a trunk up to 1 m (3.3 ft) in diameter. The United States National Champion green buttonwood is 35 ft (11 m) tall, has a spread of 70 ft (21 m), and a circumference of 207 in (530 cm). [ 7 ]
Buttonwood tree at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. C. erectus is native to the coasts of tropical America from Bermuda, the Bahamas, and southern Florida through the West Indies, from Mexico south on the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and Atlantic Coasts to Brazil, and on the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands, and on the coast of western Africa from Senegal to ...
For a single species, more formal look, there are many options: Silver or Green Buttonwood, Conocarpus erectus, Spicewood, Calyptranthes pallens, Redberry stopper, Eugenia confusa, Spanish stopper ...
Conocarpus erectus — buttonwood (one species that is variously classified as a mangrove or a mangrove associate) Buttonwoods grow 39 to 46 feet tall but do not produce a true propagule in Florida. Tiny brownish flowers are located at the terminal ends of the branches forming a seed cluster known as the button.
Buttonwood or button wood might refer to: Conocarpus, a genus of flowering plants native to tropical regions of the world, particularly: Conocarpus erectus, native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world; Platanus, a genus of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere, particularly: Platanus occidentalis, native to North America
Conocarpus: buttonwoods; Conocarpus erectus: button mangrove; false mangrove; Florida buttonwood; grey mangrove; Zaragoza mangrove Combretaceae (combretum family) 987 Laguncularia: laguncularia trees; Laguncularia racemosa: white mangrove Combretaceae (combretum family) 988 Terminalia: terminalia trees; Terminalia catappa: Indian almond
The Mosquitia-Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves community includes a diverse number of mangrove species: red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), black mangrove (Avicennia germinans), white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa), buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus), and another species of red mangrove (Rhizophora harrisonii) as well as the occasional rare occurrences of piñuelo mangrove (Pelliciera ...
All four types of mangrove species native to Puerto Rico may be found on these headlands: red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle), white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa), black mangrove (Avicennia germinans), and buttonwood mangrove (Conocarpus erectus).