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Psilotum nudum
This is a primitive plant that produces spores.
Typically grown as a curiosity in a shade garden or as an epiphyte. Sometimes grown as a container p
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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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Habitat, Variable, mesic to dry hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Attractive shade tree
- Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
- Prolific fruiter
- Excellent hedge choice
- Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
Pityopsis flexuosa
Minimize competition especially if it is over-topping the Pityopsis.
Endemic to the Florida Panhandle in a 6-county area near Tallahassee.
Listed as
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Unknown
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Considertions, Can cut back after flowering to keep it neat.
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Habitat, Sandhills and dry disturbed areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
- Does best with periodic fertalization
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Magnificent
- Can be grown indoors
- Elegant, dense canopy
Vaccinium stamineum
Specimen shrub. Fine foliage. Does well adjacent to structures or woods.
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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, Requires acid soil.
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Wildlife, Attracts many pollinators--is important to native bees.
Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit.
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Habitat, Dry sites. Upland mixed forests, sandhill, flatwoods, scrub.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers
- Slow Growth
- Excellent small hedge
- Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
- Showy creamy white flowers
Psychotria tenuifolia
Interesting silky-looking foliage.
Tallish groundcover in mesic (moist) areas. Can be planted in groupings in shady areas. Despite the name, the leav
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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, Dispersed by birds.
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Habitat, Dry mesic to mesic and hydric hammock, second bottom, shell mounds, floodplains.
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Did You Know?, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Beautiful exotic foliage
- Attractive mottled bark
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
- Damaged by citrus canker
Pinus taeda
Specimen tree. Woodlands.
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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, squirrels and other animals eat the seeds.
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Habitat, Dry sites. Mixed forest. Often invades abandoned fields.
- Attractive dark green leaves
- Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Wonderfully fragrant
- Available multi-stalked
Iris savannarum
This iris and I. hexagona were considered to be a single species until recently. I. savannarum is the most common iris species in Florida.
Moist wil
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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, Marshes, wet prairie, dome swamps, riverine swamps in openings.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees esp. bumblebees.
- Sprawling and informal shrub
- Beautiful silhouette
- Highly wind tolerant
- Not recommended
- Excellent small to medium hedge
