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Neptunia pubescens
Not widely grown.
Groundcover.
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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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Habitat, River banks, coastal pinelands, edges of salt marshes.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Larval host plant for ceraunus blue (Hemiargus ceraunus) butterflies.
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Long-lasting year-round blooms
- Will not tolerate frost
- Prominent pale green crownshaft
Clematis virginiana
Has male and female plants. Only the females will have showy seed heads.
Clematis terniflora is a similar-looking non-native white Clematis that is co
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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, May become overly large if not trimmed.
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Wildlife, Attracts hummingbirds (https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/).
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Habitat, Wooded sites, disturbed areas, thickets near roadsides. Typically wet.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Larval host for the mournful thyris (Thyris sepulchralis).
Attracts bees (https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/).
- Pyramidal crown
- Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
- Produces aromatic flowers year-round
- Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
Itea virginica
While occurring naturally in wetlands, this plant makes a good shrub in reasonably moist uplands.
Use as a background plant in moist, shady areas. Ch
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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, Dome swamps, riverine swamps, seep slopes.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers
Attracts a wide variety of insect pollinators.
- Arched, recurving fronds
- Cold tolerant
- Formal, old-world appearance
- Long-lived perennial
Bacopa monnieri
Low ground-hugging ground cover in restoration areas, in ditches, and on wetland edges.
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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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Considertions, It can become aggressive in the right conditions.
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Habitat, Lakes edges, stream floodplains, marshes, swamps
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Larval host plant for white peacock (Anartia jatrophae) butterflies.
Insect pollinated.
Attracts low-flying butter
- Year-round blooms
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
- Tall and romantic
- Wind tolerant
Phlox divaricata
Range includes most of eastern and central north Ameria west to the prairie region and north into southeastern Canada. The southern range limit is in
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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, Rich woods, calcareous hammocks (in FL) but frequently in acid soils elsewhere.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees -- only butterflies and long-tongued bees can reach the nectar but other insects are attracted to the flo
- Symmetrical shape
- Magnificent
- Easy/Carefree native
- Forms an open canopy
Gaylussacia mosieri
Rarely gown likely because of its need for moist sites.
Shrub in an informal, moist garden and would make a good backdrop for a bog garden, or a good
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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, Fruits eaten by a variety of birds and mammals.
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Habitat, Bogs, wet savannas, edges of bayheads, mesic to hydric flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers
Pollinated by native bees.
- Excellent edible fruit
- Stunning long emerald crownshaft
- Not a true jasmine
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
Ipomoea imperati
Poisonous if ingested.
Groundcover in open, dry, sandy sites especially on dunes and the upper fringes of beaches.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without i
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Habitat, Beach dunes.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts insects, especially bees.
- Attracts butterflies
- Elegant appearance
- Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
- Available multi-stalked
Bidens alba
Many of us think of this is a weed that we allow to grow for its value to insects.
Casual settings, especially toward the rear of wildflower gardens
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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, Once you have this plant, you will always have this plant. It can be quite weedy. The seeds have barbs which stick to clothing and pet fur.
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Habitat, Ruderal.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts native bees, butterflies.
Larval host for the dainty sulphur (Nathalis iole) butterfly.
- Moderately salt tolerant
- Relatively uncommon in South Florida
- Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
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
Prunus angustifolia
If a single plant of similar stature and flowers is desired, consider flatwoods plum, Prunus umbellatus.
Based on BONAP and ISB maps, the range of thi
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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, Spreads by underground stems forming clumps small thickets. Individual trees are fairly short-lived but the thicket is long-lived. When short-shoots d
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Wildlife, Birds, squirrels and other animals eat the fruit.
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Habitat, Woodland edges, fencerows, open woods. Also cultivated.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Flowers attract bees. Documented bee visitors include Dialictus placideizsis, Hylaeus conflzeizs, Euylaezcs pectoralis a
- Majestic, sprawling canopy
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
- Slow Growth
Zamia integrifolia
Although palm-like in appearance, this is a cycad, a primitive group of non-flowering plants. It is listed as commercially exploited by the state of F
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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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Considertions, Grows slowly.
Seeds, foliage, and roots are toxic.
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Habitat, Upland hardwood forests, high pine, coastal hammocks, shell middens.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for the rare atala butterfly (Eumaeus atala florida) which is restricted to South Florida and the echo moth (Sierarct
- Stunning long emerald crownshaft
- Falls over easily, may require staking
- Imposing stature
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
- Forms an open canopy
