''Sideroxylon alachuense'', known by the common names Alachua bully, silver bully and silvery buckthorn, is a plant species native to the US states of Georgia and Florida. It grows in forested areas on hummocks, or near lime sinks or shell middens, at elevations of less than 200 m (650 feet). ''Sideroxylon alachuense'' is a deciduous tree up to 10 m (33 feet) tall. Stems are armed with thorns but otherwise glabrous. Mature leaf blades are up to 70 mm (2.8 inches) long, shiny dark green above, with the underside silvery pubescent. Note: The underside of newly emergent Sideroxylon tenax leaves can have similar silvery pubescence which, however. will turn coffee-colored as they mature. White flowers are borne in bundles of up to 20 flowers. Berries are black, up to 13 mm (0.5 inches) in diameter.Anderson, Loran Crittendon. Sideroxylon alachuense, a new name for ''Bumelia anomala'' (Sapotaceae). Sida 17(3): 565-567. 1997.
/ref>Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. The species is named for the locale where its type specimen was collected, the Alachua Sink inside

Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is a Florida State Park, encompassing a savanna in Alachua County, Florida lying between Micanopy and Gainesville. It is also a U.S. National Natural Landmark. It is crossed by both I-75 and U.S. 441 (which has ...

Alachua County Alachua County ( ) is a county in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 278,468. The county seat is Gainesville, the home of the University of Florida since 1906, when the campus ope ...

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