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Sideroxylon celastrinum
Hedge plant. Screen plant.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (
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Considertions, Thorns.
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Wildlife, Fruit are eaten by birds and mammals. It provides nesting sites and cover. .
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Habitat, Coastal hammocks, salt flats.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage, Thorns, Hurricane wind resistance
Appreciated by a variety of insects as a nectar source.
- Easily trimmed to maintain desired size
- Prolific fruiter
- Long-lived perennial
Roystonea regia
Old fronds can be extremely heavy and are known to damage buildings when they fall (Haele and Brookwell 1999), so save the palm by not planting it ove
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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, This is a tall palm, make sure it has room to grow.
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Wildlife, Various birds and other wildlife eat the fruit.
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Habitat, Tropical rockland hammock, Everglades tree islands.
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host for monk skipper (Minno & Minno 1999)
- Unique purple-brown crownshaft
- Attractive mottled bark
- Attractive variegated foliage
- Damaged by citrus canker
Batis maritima
Coastal stabilization is salt-flat areas. Can be used ornamentally as a groundcover or bush-like mound in coastal areas.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of frequent or regular inundation (usually areas with tidal inundation)
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and
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Habitat, Saltmarshes and flats.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host and adult nectar plant for the great Southern white (Ascia monuste) and Eastern pigmy blue (Brephidium isophthalma) b
- Self-shedding fronds
- Will not tolerate frost
- Easily trimmed to maintain desired size
- Can be kept narrow
Quercus geminata
Slower growing and generally smaller than live oak. Extremely drought tolerant.
In environments where there is fire, this is often a small clonal shru
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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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Wildlife, Valued by the Florida scrub-jay for its acorns which are relatively low in tanins and often used as a nesting tree.
Acorns used by woodpeckers and wil
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Habitat, Scrub, sandhill, scrubby flatwoods, flatwoods, coastal hammocks. Increases in flatwoods under winter burn management.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host plant for oak hairstreak (Fixsenia favonius), Horace's duskywing (Erynnis horatius), red-b
- Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
- Massive stature when mature
- Damaged by citrus canker
Symphyotrichum chapmanii
Based on the BONAP range map, this species is a "near endemic" -- it occurs only in the panhandle and a 3 counties in southern Alabama.
At this time,
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Tolerance, Unknown
Unknown
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Wildlife, Small birds eat the seed.
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Habitat, Wet flatwoods, bogs, savannahs, prairies
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Nectar plant for many butterfly species but also visited by other native insect pollinators.
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
- Uncommon
- No longer recommended
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
Ilex opaca var. arenicola
Specimen plant. Slow growing.
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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, Leaves have sharp spines. It's dioecious; so make sure you have at least one male plant in the vicinity to produce berries on the females.
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Wildlife, Fruits principally eaten by birds.
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Habitat, Scrub.
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Did You Know?, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Thorns
Pollinated by bees. Documented bee species include Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Megachilepetulans and Xylocop
- Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
- Colorful older leaves
- Recently classified invasive
- Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
- Somewhat drought tolerant
- Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
Prunus geniculata
This is an endangered species. Please acquire only from reputable nurseries.
Endemic to the central ridges, esp. the Lake Wales Ridge.
Specimen 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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Considertions, Slow growing.
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Wildlife, Birds eat the fruit and are the primary dispersers.
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Habitat, Scrub, scrubby high pine.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Pollinated by bees.
- Arched, recurving fronds
- Prominent pale green crownshaft
- Narrow canopy
- Easily trimmed to maintain desired size
- Does best with periodic fertalization
Iva imbricata
Groundcover in coastal sandy areas. Useful for dune stabilization.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt
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Habitat, Coastal dunes.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Recently classified invasive
- Does best in cooler areas of South Florida
- Rare and unique
- Highly wind tolerant
- Compact and versatile
Coccoloba uvifera
Can be pruned.
Works well as a specimen plant. Its thick, large leaves make it stand out from most other plants in the landscape.
Very useful in sett
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt
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Considertions, Fast growing, tends to sprawl. Very cold sensitive if planted inland from the coast even in the counties noted as its range. Unless cold is extreme, i
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume fruit.
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Habitat, Coastal uplands
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Nectar plant for Florida duskywing (Ephyriades brunneus), julia (Dryas iulia
- Often draped with Spanish moss
- Arched, recurving fronds
- Wonderfully fragrant flowers
- Wide umbrella-shaped canopy
- Swollen, succulent branches
Eustoma exaltatum
Wildflower garden especially in sandy or coastal areas.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt
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Habitat, Dry-moist-wet areas. Salt flats.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Pollinators unknown, but based on flower color, bees are likely.
- Flowers year round
- Stunning and colorful while in bloom
- Intoxicating fragrance
- Does best in cooler areas of South Florida
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
- Long emerald crownshaft
Consolea corallicola
This is an ENDANGERED plant (listed both Florida and US). Please acquire this endemic plant only from a reputable source.
One of several cactus specie
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Considertions, Distinctly thorny. Will need protection from invasive cactus moth.
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Habitat, Tropical rockland hammock, coastal rock barren, freshwater tidal swamp and inland margins of mangrove swamp. Photographs are of specimens planted at
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Thorns, Hurricane wind resistance
Consolea corallicola has extremely low genetic diversity as the o
- Prominent pale green crownshaft
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Slender and elegant
- Stunning and colorful while in bloom
- Wind tolerant
