Florida Fishpoison Tree

Piscidia piscipula

Found in tropical hammocks, shell middens, pine rocklands, disturbed coastal areas. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 7 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Coastal Plain hammocks

Dense, evergreen groves of live oak, magnolia and other hardwoods in the southern Coastal Plain, from dry oak domes to wet hydric hammocks and south Florida's tropical hammocks; salt-shaped maritime hammocks are maritime forests.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Florida. Shared habitat, not food. 149 animals.

Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Chuck-will's-widow
Caprimulgus carolinensis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Common Ground-dove
Columbina passerina
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asio
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eastern Towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Mangrove Cuckoo
Coccyzus minor
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Merlin
Falco columbarius
Birds. 2 shared habitats

All wildlife of Florida

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

5CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Piscidia

Automeris ioIo Moth
Leptotes cassiusCassius Blue, Tropical Striped Blue
Pendantus angeliaFulvous Hairstreak
Polygonus leoHammock Skipper
Stilbosis lonchocarpella

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

3BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Piscidia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Fabaceae

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rank	SNR
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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