Protection of the remaining scrub vegetation from fire may have caused the loss of populations of C. floridana due to shading by evergreen oaks and sand pines. Sand pine scrub is naturally subject to infrequent, severe fires that kill the pines and the above-ground portions of the oaks and shrubs. Such fires, or equivalent human disturbance such as bulldozing, promote establishment and survival of Chrysopsis floridana. In southern Hillsborough County, the plant is restricted to only five sites, with the great majority of the plants being in two residential subdivisions, where they occupy vacant lots. No recovery plan for the species has been initiated.
Propagation can be by seed or vegetatively.
Germplasm conservation by seed storage is possible. New populations may originate from propagated or wild plants or seed. No recovery activities are underway at the present time. Wunderlin, R.P. 1979. D.B. Ward, ed.