Bahama Blackbead

Pithecellobium bahamense

Found in pine rocklands. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

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

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Recorded in 1 Florida county.

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

19CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Pithecellobium

Ascalapha odorataBlack Witch
Coxina cinctipalpisBlack-Waved Owlet
Cyclargus thomasiMiami Blue
Leptotes cassiusCassius Blue, Tropical Striped Blue
Melipotis januarisJanuary Melipotis, January Graphic
Phoebis agaritheLarge Orange Sulphur, Orange Giant Sulphur
Phoebis phileaOrange-Barred Sulphur
Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
Selenisa sueroidesTailpipes, Pale-Edged Selenisa Moth

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Synchlora xysterariaSinged Emerald
Tyrissa multilineaThe Bravo, Multi-Lined Tyrissa
Cydia fahlbergiana
Cydia largo
Eucosmophora pithecellobiae
Ithome aquila
Ithome simulatrix
Phidotricha erigens
Sarasota plumigerella

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

2BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Pithecellobium

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

Conservation status

Florida rank	S1
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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