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Erythrina herbacea
Forming a thicket for wildlife protection.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without i
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Considertions, It has thorns, but they are rather small.
The seeds of Cherokee bean are poisonous and purportedly used for rat poison in Mexico.
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Wildlife, Attracts hummingbirds.
Due to its dense foliage and thorny stems, coral bean serves as a refuge for small birds and animals.
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Habitat, Dry sites. Upland mixed forest, thickets, tropical hammocks, coastal dunes, sandhill, flatwoods, tropical hammock, pine rocklands. This species can b
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Thorns
Attracts long-tongued pollinators.
- Cornerstone plant in South Florida
- Unique, sweet almond flavor
- Compact and versatile
- Healthy edible fruit
- Flowers year round
Coccothrinax argentata
It is listed as threatened by the state of Florida. Should be acquired only from properly licensed sources.
Specimen plant. Slow-growing hedge or ba
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without i
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Considertions, Slow growing.
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Wildlife, Used by birds for nesting and food.
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Habitat, Pine rockland, rockland hammock, maritime hammock
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host for monk skipper (Asbolis capucinus).
Bees are attracted to the flowers (Khorsand 2009).
- Very full crown
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
- Stunning and colorful while in bloom
- No longer recommended
- Narrow canopy
- Fast growth
Ageratina jucunda
Wildflower garden. Low borders.
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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, Pinelands, flatwoods, open hammocks, roadsides.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees.
- Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
- Dense attractive foliage
- Bright red fruits
Passiflora pallens
This is listed as Endangered by the FDACS. Please acquire from reputable sources with appropriate permits.
Use on trellis or scramble up a mature tr
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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, Wildlife eat the fruits.
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Habitat, Pineland hammocks and edges of forested wetlands.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Pollinated by bees.
Does not seem to be as attractive for butterflies as its cousi
- Majestic and graceful
- Very slow growth
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Very full crown
- Rare, despite being a South Florida native
- Unique and prized
Sabal etonia
This is a Florida endemic associated with dunes and scrub, both ancient and modern.
Small specimen or border 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, Fruit is eaten by birds and other animals.
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Habitat, Scrub, high pine with reduced fire frequencies, scrubby flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Flowers attract pollinators. Documented bee visitors include Agapostelnon splendens, Azcgochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis anonym
- Mostly bare in the coldest months
- Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
- Elegant and compact
- Beautiful rounded canopy
- Magnificent showy flowers in summer
- Native
Ulmus alata
May need trimming to form a single trunk tree for landscaping.
Makes an excellent specimen tree due to the corky wings on its twigs. Older speciments
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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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Considertions, Susceptible to the Dutch elm disease (not a problem in Florida). Has a shallow root system
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Wildlife, Important early spring food for songbirds.
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Habitat, Floodplains, slopes, well-drained forests.
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host for the question mark butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis)
- Stunning during brief late spring bloom
- Swollen, succulent branches
- Symmetrical shape
Sorghastrum nutans
This was one of the important grasses of the mid-western prairies. Survives occasional flooding and repeated burning.
Plant in the rear of a wildflow
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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, Birds eat seeds.
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Habitat, Flatwoods, sandhills.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Larval host for pepper and salt skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon).
- Rapid growth
- Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
- Drought tolerant
