Table 1. List of endemic (E) and relict (R) plants and animals whose geographic distribution is confined to or centered on the Apalachicola Lowlands.
Species |
Endemic
(E) |
Confined |
Centered |
Angiosperms | |||
Pinewoods
aster (Aster spinulosus) |
E |
X |
|
Scare-weed
(Baptisia simplicifolia) |
E |
X |
|
Harper’s
beauty (Harperocallis flava) |
E |
X |
|
Thick-leaved
water willow (Justicia crassifolia) |
E |
X |
|
White
birds-in-a-nest (Macbridea alba) |
E |
X |
|
Florida
beargrass (Nolina atopocarpa) |
E |
X |
|
Giant
water dropwort (Oxypolis filiformes ssp. greenmanii) |
E |
X |
|
Carolina
grass of parnassus (Parnassia caroliniana) |
R |
X |
|
Large
flowered grass of parnassus (Parnassia grandifolia) |
R |
X |
|
Narrow-leaved
Phoebanthus (Phoebanthus tenuifolia) |
E |
X |
|
Apalachicola
Dragonhead (Physostegia godfreyi) |
E |
X |
|
Violet
butterwort (Pinguicula ionantha) |
E |
X |
|
Chapman’s
butterwort (Pinguicula planifolia) |
E |
X |
|
Small-flowered
meadow beauty (Rhexia parviflora) |
E |
X |
|
Florida
skullcap (Scutellaria floridana) |
E |
X |
|
Mock
pennyroyal (Stachyedeoma graveolens) |
E |
X |
|
Chapman’s
crownbeard (Verbesina chapmanii) |
E |
X |
|
Serpentes | |||
Brown-chinned
racer (Coluber constrictor helvigularis) |
E |
X |
|
Eastern
Apalachicola Lowlands Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula ssp.) |
E |
X |