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Quercus chapmanii
This is a small clonal oak that can be used in a thicket as a screen.
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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, Valued by the Florida scrub-jay for its acorns which are relatively low in tanins
Used by woodpeckers and wild turkey
Valued by squirrels, racoons and
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Habitat, Scrub, dunes, scrubby flatwoods, scrubby high pine.
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Did You Know?, Fall color
Larval host plant for Horace's duskywing Erynnis horatius), Juvenal's duskywing (Erynnis juvenalois), red-banded hairstreak (Calycopis cec
- Colorful fall foliage
- Stunning during brief late spring bloom
- Self-shedding fronds
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
Basal rosette has weedy appearance.
Roadside plantings or meadow.
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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, Is often considered a weed.
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Habitat, Disturbed areas
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts pollinators.
- Attractive glossy leaves
- Wonderfully fragrant flowers
- Sprawling and informal shrub
- Healthy edible fruit
- Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
Marshallia graminifolia
Small wildflower in moist areas.
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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, Mesic to wet flatwoods, wet prairies, seep slopes, cutthroat seep, wet prairie, bogs.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
- Wind tolerant
- Flowers profusely year round
- Prominent pale green crownshaft
- Pyramidal crown
- Narrow crown
Lindernia grandiflora
This is a near endemic (it is known from a few places in GA). Sparse near both the northern and southern limits of its range.
Groundcover in moist p
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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, Wet flatwoods, edges of marshes and swamps, roadside swales.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Reported to be a host plant for the white peacock butterfly.
Attracts small butterflies and small pollinators.
- Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
- Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
- Heavy feeder
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
Amyris elemifera
Fragrant.
Noted for its 3-parted glossy leaves. Can be used as as a specimen plant, screen, or possibly a hedge.
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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, The fruit is eaten by birds and small mammals. Also used for cover or nesting by birds.
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Habitat, Coastal uplands
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Larval host plant for Bahamian swallowtail (Heraclides andraemon), giant swallowtail (Papilio cre
- Huge extremely fragrant flowers
- Cold tolerant
- Highly nutritious fruit
Rudbeckia spp.
Multiple species are native to Florida. Most are attractive and many are easy to grow. This is a catch-all for species not listed individually. Ple
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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 seed-eating birds pick out the seeds from the mature flower heads.
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Habitat, Vary by species. Mostly sandhills, bogs, roadsides, ruderal.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attract butterflies, bees and wasps.
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Can be grown indoors
- Somewhat drought tolerant
- Colorful new leafs
- No longer recommended
Persea humilis
Do not plant this plant unless you are absolutely sure that it is not infected by laurel wilt disease. In general, this small bay seems to be escapin
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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 small tree appears to less likely to be killed by laurel wilt than Florida's other bays.. It is likely that it is too small to attract the beetle
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Wildlife, Fruits eaten and dispersed by birds.
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Habitat, Dry sites. Scrub, high pine, scrubby sandhill.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host plant for palamedes swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) and spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) butterflies.
Attracts
- Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Very fast growth rate
- Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
