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Damburneya coriacea
Foliage when crushed smells like citrus.
This small tree has an elegant appearance that makes it suited to use as a specimen plant. The glossy evergr
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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, Potentially subject to laurel wilt disease.
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Wildlife, Wildlife food plant.
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Habitat, Tropical hammocks. This is naturally an understory tree and also as a colonizer of disturbed sites.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Insect pollinated. Said to be a good honey plant (Haehle and Brookwell 1999).
- Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
- Bright red fruits
- Wind tolerant
- Pineapple-like showy fruits (female plants)
- Unique, fern-like leaves
Piloblephis rigida
This is nearly endemic to Florida (there are a few documented occurrences in southeastern Georgia).
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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Considertions, Short-lived: it tends to die back after a few years.
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Habitat, Scrubby flatwoods, scrub, dry flatwoods, dry prairie, sandhill, ruderal.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees (Florida Wildflower Foundation Blog). Documented bee visitors include Agapostemoiz spl
- Attracts butterflies
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Ringed trunk
- Unique foliage and silhouette
Hibiscus aculeatus
Tolerates winter flooding.
This is a wetland plant. It is rarely grown, but it has potential in appropriate sites.
Wet wildflower garden. For appeara
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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, Moist sites. Hydric and mesic pine flatwoods, edges of sloughs, savannas, bogs, ditches.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host of Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady Butterfly, Common Checkered Skipper and Tropical Checkered Skipper butterflies and four
- Can be trimmed into manicured shapes
- Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
- Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
- Cold tolerant
- Wide umbrella-shaped canopy
- Not recommended
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Groundcover. Foliage is low and neat even during periods when there are no flowers (flowers in mid-spring). Plant not visible in winter. Can be natura
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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, Cutthroat seeps, moist roadsides, hammocks, bogs, river banks.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Beneficial sweat bees, bumble bees, bee flies, and syrphid flies are attracted to nectar and pollen.
- Attractive and unique swollen trunk
- Requires high humidity
- Adequate fertalization required
- Unique fluffy fronds
- Dense, full crown
Bletia purpurea
Retain if present in natural setting. Can be grown in a 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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Habitat, Pine rocklands, swampy forests on stumps and logs just above high water levels, in humus.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
The flowers do not produce nectar but use food deception to attract various bees including Euglossa, Thygater and Melipona, a genus of
- Width often exceeds height
- Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Colorful older leaves
- Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
Nolina brittoniana
This is listed by the USFWS as Endangered and may require landowner permission and/or permits to transplant. Please do not disturb this species unless
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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, Scrub, sandhilll.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Nolina brittoniana at Archbold Biologica
- Excellent choice for narrow spaces
- Dark green leaves
- Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum
Slow growing; hard, strong wood. This tree has an erect form with a single trunk and a spreading crown.
Specimen tree. Understory tree in mesic 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, None.
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Wildlife, Birds, bats and small mammals use as habitat.
Seeds predominatly eaten by squirrels and other rodents.
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Habitat, Moist to moderately dry hammocks of north to north-central Florida.
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Did You Know?, Fall color
Attracts bees but may also be self-fertile.
- Stunning and colorful while in bloom
- Majestic and graceful
- Grows tall, but not massive
- Produces aromatic flowers year-round
- Not recommended
- Adequate moisture required
Erigeron quercifolius
Meadow or wildflower garden.
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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, Can become weedy.
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Wildlife, Attracts pollinators.
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Habitat, Pine flatwoods and disturbed areas
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
- Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
- Wind tolerant
- Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
Quercus lyrata
Its acorn is large (about an inch long) and is nearly enclosed by its cup or receptacle--hence the name "overcup."
Shade tree.
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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, Falling/fallen acorns can be an issue.
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Wildlife, Acorns appreciated by squirrels, deer, turkey, and other wildlife
Used by birds for resting and nesting
Said (by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlflower Cen
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Habitat, Bottomland floodplains and inundated river levees, lake swamps, rarely on non-wetland portions of floodplains.
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Did You Know?, Host plant for the White-M Hairstreak and Horace's Duskywing butterflies.
- Dense, full crown
- Long-lasting year-round blooms
- Slow Growth
- Readily pruned into attractive shapes
- Elegant and compact
- Colorful fall foliage
Chamaecyparis thyoides
The natural distribution in Florida is predominantly related to soil and drainage conditions. If you provide them, it should grow successfully from L
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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, Provides cover for birds and mammals.
Attracts deer and squirrels. Deer browse can be so intense as to limit survival of saplings.
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Habitat, Forested seepage areas, swamps, low stream banks
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Width often exceeds height
- Cold tolerant
- Very rare
- Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
- Elegant
- Year-round blooms
Uvularia spp.
All bellworts that occur in Florida are rare. Please do not transplant from the wild unless there is imminent danger of site destruction (permits may
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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, Slope forest, bluffs, river swamps. Rare.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
- Showy fall color
- Not a true jasmine
- Handsome
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
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
