Apteria aphylla

Apteria aphylla

Found in wet hammocks, moist hammocks, bay swamps, other acid swamps, moist forests. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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

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

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Recorded in 9 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

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

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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.

Swamps

Forested wetlands with standing water much of the year, such as cypress and gum swamps.

Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food. 138 animals.

Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Birds. 3 shared habitats
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Fish Crow
Corvus ossifragus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Hooded Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
Birds. 3 shared habitats

All wildlife of Mississippi

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

0CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

0BeesSoutheastern regional records

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: BURMANNIACEAE

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

Conservation status

Mississippi rank	S4
Global rank	Not available
MS status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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Apteria aphylla

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