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Lobelia cardinalis
Wildflower in moist garden, edge of water garden, understory plant in wet woods or stream edges
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Wildlife, Attracts hummingbirds.
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Habitat, Riverine swamps, spring run swamps, bogs, in mats of floating vegetation, wet ditches.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
The nectar attracts various Swallowtail butterflies.
Bumblebees will steal nectar through slits in the tubular corolla.
Halictid bees s
- Attracts butterflies
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Grows tall, but not massive
Frangula caroliniana
Specimen tree, can also be containerized, hedge plant, patio plant, or median plant.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Wildlife, Eaten and dispersed by birds, especially songbirds.
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Habitat, Moist deciduous forests, shell middens, calcareous woods.
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Did You Know?, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Pollinated by insects
Larvel host for eastern tiger swallowtail
- Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
- Requires ample space and light
- Cold tolerant
- Beautiful rounded dense canopy
- Highly nutritious fruit
- Extremely versatile
Passiflora suberosa
In some parts of the world, this is an invasive species. In Florida, it is well behaved.
Grow on a trellis or let climb a tree. Can also be used as a
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray wo
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Wildlife, Animals eat the fruits.
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Habitat, Pinelands, hammocks, shell middens.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host for Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae), Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia) and Zebra Heliconian (Heliconius charitonius) butte
- Stunning colorful foliage
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
- Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
- Colorful fall foliage
Erythronium umbilicatum
This species has a cold requirement. It cannot be grown successfully much south of its native range.
Early spring wildflower. Can be planted as a se
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Habitat, Swamps, floodplains, wet flatwoods, bogs, savannas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Supports early pollinators, especially bees (https://gnps.org/plants/dimpled-trout-lily-erythronium-umbilicatum/).
- Attractive shade tree
- Elegant
- Narrow crown
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
Salvia coccinea
In mild areas, plants sometimes persist through the winter and will bloom again. They need to be cut way back or they will not be attractive.
Wildflo
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray wo
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Considertions, Readily self-seeds and can be fairly aggressive.
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Wildlife, Attracts hummingbirds, nut-hatches, and warblers.
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Habitat, Disturbed sites, calcareous bluffs, shell mounds.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies, bumblebees, and other pollinators.
- Unique purple-brown crownshaft
- Showy reddish peeling bark
- Salt tolerant
- Uncommon edible fruit
- Rare and unique
- Drought tolerant
Psychotria nervosa
Sensitize to cold weather.
Small specimen plant, foundation planting, general cover plant in shaded areas.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Considertions, Wild Coffee does not like constant full sun.
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Wildlife, Birds like the fruit.
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Habitat, Dry mesic to xeric hammock, high areas in swamps, coastal shell mounds, pine flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Nectar plant for atala (Eumaeus atala), great southern white (Ascia monuste), julia (Dryas iulia), S
- Tiered branches
- Native
- Colorful new leafs
- Critically endangered
- Classic Southern tree
