The natural range of this species includes parts of the eastern panhandle, but overall, it is a southern coastal plain and Mississippi Valley species , Tolerance, Unknown Unknown , Considertions, Bulb is poisonous. , Habitat, Floodplains and nearby forested uplands , Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers

Sawgrass is a sedge, not a grass. It was this plant that Marjory Stoneman Douglas referred to in her seminal work: "The Everglades: River of Grass." A , Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without injury. , Considertions, Blades have sharp edges...hence the common name. Best planted where people will not brush by it. , Habitat, Swamps, marshes, shores of water bodies, common in coastal marsh, glades, cypress prairie. , Did You Know?, Larval host of the Palatka skipper (Euphyes pilatka).

Specimen tree. Use only where roots will be undisturbed. , Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray , Considertions, Nuts and leaf litter can be messy. , Wildlife, Fruits eaten by small mammals. , Habitat, Sandhill, clayhill, scrub , Did You Know?, Fall color, Hurricane wind resistance Larval host for many moths including; luna moth (Actias luna), hickory leafroller moth (Argyrotaenia juglandana

Often planted in restoration and mitigation wetlands. Makes a good plant to border retention ponds. Rain gardens and bioswales. , Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. , Wildlife, Used for nesting and as a food source. Said to be deer resistant. , Habitat, Moist-wet sites. Disturbed wetlands. Very tolerant of grazing. , Did You Know?, Interesting foliage

Small specimen tree or large shrub. Background edge and screen plantings. , Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray. , Habitat, Tropical rockland hammock. , Did You Know?, Interesting foliage Attracts abundant insects including bees, wasps, butterflies, and diurnal moths. The species is considered a honey plant, furnish

Wildflower garden. , Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray , Considertions, Not drought tlerant. , Habitat, Flatwoods, bogs. , Did You Know?, Showy flowers Attracts many butterflies (NSIS), bees and other pollinators.

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 , Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray , 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 , Habitat, Moist-moist-wet sites. Cutthroat seeps, savannas, wet flatwoods, wet prairie, coastal flatwoods. , Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage Attracts many kinds of insects, including long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, butte

Pronuciation : Ca-ki-le lan-see-oh-lay-tuh The searocket blooms July through September. Annual to short-lived perennial. Searocket is best used to ho , 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 , Habitat, Coastal dunes. Identified along the Indian River lagoon and the Atlantic shoreline to the Gulf and across to the panhandle of Florida. , Did You Know?, Hurricane wind resistance Attracts butterflies and bees. Larval host for the great southern white(Ascia monuste phileta).

This is one of the few Florida oaks that looks like an oak to most people from the eastern US north of Florida. Tends to be smaller toward the souther , Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray , Considertions, Difficult to transplant once it has formed its tap root. , Wildlife, Used by woodpeckers and wild turkey Valued by squirrels and other mammals including white tailed deer Used by birds for resting and nesting , Habitat, Sandhill, scrub, scrubby sandhill. Increases in sandhill where long leaf pines were removed and where burns are restricted to winter. , Did You Know?, Fall color, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance Larval host plant forHorace's duskywing (Erynnis horatius), red-banded hairstreak (Calycop