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Rosa carolina
Information on salt tolerance comes from northern nurseries and likely relates to tolerance of salt used for de-icing or roadways. The extent to whic
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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, Thorny (well, you would expect that for a rose!)
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Wildlife, Fruits eaten by birds and small mammals.
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Habitat, Dry deciduous forests. Also cultivated.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Thorns
Attracts a variety of insects, especially important for native bees.
- Uncommon edible fruit
- Can be grown indoors
- Attractive dark green leaves
Balduina angustifolia
The first year, this plant is a small rosette. The second year, it grows in height and flowers.
Balduina angustifolia is endemic to the southeastern c
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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, Not drought tolerant.
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Habitat, Open, dry sites. Naturally grows in scrub and scrubby flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts a variety of butterflies, including gulf fritillary, for nectar.
Attracts many native insects , especially bees including min
- Stunning long emerald crownshaft
- Easily trimmed to maintain desired size
- Requires ample space and light
- Breathtaking
- Does best in cooler areas of South Florida
- Unique purple-brown crownshaft
Penstemon australis
Wildflower garden.
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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, Sandhill, secondary woods, flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees.
- Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
- Delicious edible fruit
- Healthy edible fruit
- Magnificent when flowering
- Rapid growth
Dyschoriste humistrata
Wildflower garden, groundcover
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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, Forested areas around wetlands
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host for common buckeye (Junonia coenia).
- Dense canopy
- Falls over easily, may require staking
- Majestic
- Colorful new leafs
- Fruit eaten by birds
- Self-shedding fronds
Eryngium yuccifolium
Can be used as an accent plant or grown in the mid-rear of the garden. Also suitable in wildflower gardens. Its broad tolerance of soil and moisture c
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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, The coarse foliage and prickly balls of flowers are not popular as a source of food with mammalian herbivores, although they may nibble off the ends o
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Habitat, Moist-moist-wet sites. Cutthroat seeps, savannas, wet flatwoods, wet prairie, coastal flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Attracts many kinds of insects, including long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, butte
- Christmas tree shape
- Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Flowers profusely year round
Picramnia pentandra
Listed as Endangered by the FDACS. Please acquire only from reputable sources that have any needed permits.
This has been known to escape outside of
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Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Wildlife, Birds eat the seed.
Dispersal is by birds and gravity.
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Habitat, Tropical rockland hammock.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for the bush sulphur butterfly, Urema dina helios
Attracts generalist pollinators.
- Striking silhouette
- Elegant appearance
- Damaged by citrus canker
- Falls over easily, may require staking
Physostegia purpurea
Moist wildflower garden, wetland garden.
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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, Humminbirds are attracted to the nectar.
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Habitat, Wet prairie, wet savannas, hydric pine flatwoods, cypress sloughs, marl prairies, marshes, ditches.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Generally pollinated by bumblebees. Other long tongued bees, hummingbirds and the occasional butterfly sip nectar from the flowers (Ne
- Swollen, succulent branches
- Does poorly oceanside
- Fast growth
- Very full crown
- Attractive variegated foliage
Acer saccharinum
Fall foliage color is yellow. While used extensively as a street tree in the north, this fast growing species is relatively weak.
Specimen tree. Freq
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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, Its prolific root system is notorious for invading and clogging leaky underground drainage and water lines. Susceptible to wind or ice damage due to i
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Wildlife, The are important food for squirrels during late winter/early spring. Budburst comes during the critical late winter-spring period when stored food s
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Habitat, Floodplains.
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Did You Know?, Fall color
Attracts bees.
Larval host for Cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia).
- Relatively uncommon in South Florida
- Magnificent
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
- Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
- Grows tall, but not massive
Tridens flavus
Rear of garden as a screen. Native meadows.
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Tolerance, Unknown
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (major storms).
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Wildlife, Turkey and quail eat the seed. Provides cover for small ground-dwelling animals.
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Habitat, Flatwoods, open woodlands
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Did You Know?, Butterflies, moths
- Medium stature
- Beautiful rounded dense canopy
- Unique foliage
- Moderately rapid growth
