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Juncus effusus
Often planted in restoration and mitigation wetlands. Makes a good plant to border retention ponds. Rain gardens and bioswales.
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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, Used for nesting and as a food source. Said to be deer resistant.
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Habitat, Moist-wet sites. Disturbed wetlands. Very tolerant of grazing.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
- Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
- Requires protection from strong winds
- Striking and exotic
- Dark green leaves
Aristida stricta
Typically not used in landscape settings. However, if appropriate management can be provided (fire), then seed-bearing plants have considerable landsc
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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, Small birds consume seeds.
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Habitat, Open seepage areas, forested seepage areas, flatwoods, sandhill, clayhill, scrub, coastal uplands
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Wind pollinated.
- Adequate fertalization required
- Clusters of tubular flowers
- Easily trimmed to maintain desired size
- Excellent small to medium hedge
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
Quercus pagoda
The range map for this species suggests that it might occur in the ApalachicolaRiver floodplains even where it had not been documented.
Shade tree. T
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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, Fallen/falling acorns can be a maintenance issue.
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Wildlife, Acorns are eaten by woodpeckers, white-breasted nuthatches, blue jays, ducks, small mammals, wild turkeys, white-tailed deer and black bear
Provides c
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Habitat, Floodplains of large rivers, predominantly the greater Apalachicola River system.
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Did You Know?, Hurricane wind resistance
Host plant for the banded hairstreak, Edwards' hairstreak, gray hairstreak, white-M hairstreak Horace's duskywing and the J
- Flowers profusely year round
- Silvery blue-green fronds
- Excellent choice for narrow spaces
- Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
- Somewhat drought tolerant
- Long emerald crownshaft
Conradina canescens
The Florida Wildflower Foundation has a good pamphlet that includes culture of this species.
Gray-green, fine foliage, border plant or individual spe
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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, Scrub, sandhill.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
Attracts many pollinators, especially bees (https://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/).
- Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
- Pyramidal crown
- Can be kept narrow
Halesia carolina
Grown less frequently than H. diptera but worthy of planting.
Grow as an understory tree in a mixed or deciduous woodland. It blooms in early spring
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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, Larval host for various moths including the Promethea Moth (Callosamia promethea), Canadian Melanolophia (Melanolophia canadaria), and Stinging Rose
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Habitat, Bluffs, hammocks, floodplain forests.
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Showy flowers
Larval host for various moths including the Promethea Moth (Callosamia promethea), Canadian Melanolophia (Melanoloph
- Does best with periodic fertalization
- Tiered branches
- Stately and uncommon
- Delicious edible fruit
Viburnum acerifolium
Specimen shrub, woodland understory shrub, screen, shrub border, mass plantings
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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, Clonal: sends out many suckers.
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume fruit.
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Habitat, Upland woods. Bluffs.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Larval host for the spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon).
Both native and non-native viburnums (Viburnum
- Can be trimmed into manicured shapes
- Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
- Narrow canopy
- Narrow crown
- Relatively uncommon in South Florida
- Pyramidal crown
Clusia rosea
This Florida native has been introduced into Hawaii where it is extremely invasive. In fact, it has earned the distinction of being listed in the Glob
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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, Easily spread by birds so it can become somewhat of a pest.
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Wildlife, Dense foliage creates cover for birds and other wildlife (https://www.plantcreations.com/).
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Habitat, Cultivated. According to Wunderlin (1998), probably native, but may not exist outside of cultivation today. Xeric and dry mesic hammocks, scrub.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Can produce seed without pollination.
- Showy fall color
- Showy creamy white flowers
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
- Width often exceeds height
- Wonderfully fragrant at night
- Dark green leaves
Viburnum nudum
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 that consume the fruit include mockingbirds, thrashers, warblers, cardinals, titmice, and chickadees. Fruits also eaten by mammals.
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Habitat, Swamps, wet woods, seep slopes, by swamps, creek swamps.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host for the spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon).
Both native and non-native viburnums (Viburnum spp.) attract a wide rang
- Majestic
- Requires shade when young
- No longer recommended
- Very full crown
