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Exothea paniculata
Shade tree.
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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, Fruits are used by birds.
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Habitat, Hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Hurricane wind resistance
Attracts a variety of insect pollinators.
- Highly nutritious fruit
- Attractive dark green leaves
- Very showy bright yellow flowers
Lobelia cardinalis
Wildflower in moist garden, edge of water garden, understory plant in wet woods or stream edges
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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, Attracts hummingbirds.
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Habitat, Riverine swamps, spring run swamps, bogs, in mats of floating vegetation, wet ditches.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
The nectar attracts various Swallowtail butterflies.
Bumblebees will steal nectar through slits in the tubular corolla.
Halictid bees s
- Attracts butterflies
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Grows tall, but not massive
Symphyotrichum concolor
Benefits from controlled burns. There are contradictions in herbarium databases, and reliable observations in counties where there are no herbarium sp
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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, Used as browse by deer to the extent that in some states, browsing is an issue.
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Habitat, Dry, sandy
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Nectar plant for many butterfly species but also visited by other native insect pollinators.
- Tiered branches
- Wind tolerant
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Massive stature
- Width often exceeds height
- Slender and elegant
Hypericum edisonianum
This is a State-endangered species. Please honor all state regulations regarding growing and transport of this species.
Plant in wet prairie setting
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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, Foliage and seeds are food source for birds and mammals.
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Habitat, Open seep slopes, wet prairie, wet flatwoods at margins of seasonal ponds, wetland transition zones.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts insect pollinators, especially bees.
- Stunning
- Unique purple-brown crownshaft
- Distinctive-looking fruit with spiked exterior
- Attractive dark green leaves
Psychotria nervosa
Sensitize to cold weather.
Small specimen plant, foundation planting, general cover plant in shaded areas.
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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, Wild Coffee does not like constant full sun.
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Wildlife, Birds like the fruit.
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Habitat, Dry mesic to xeric hammock, high areas in swamps, coastal shell mounds, pine flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Nectar plant for atala (Eumaeus atala), great southern white (Ascia monuste), julia (Dryas iulia), S
- Tiered branches
- Native
- Colorful new leafs
- Critically endangered
- Classic Southern tree
Drosera tracyi
A similar species, Drosera filiformis is rare in the Florida panhandle and disjunct from northeastern US populations. In Florida, it is restricted to
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Tolerance, Unknown
Unknown
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Habitat, Savannas, bogs, moist disturbed ruderal areas (selected roadside swales), wet flatwoods
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
The plant both attracts insects for pollination and traps and digests insects. Though this species has not been well studied, other sp
- Ideal for smaller spaces
- Adequate moisture required
- Imposing stature
- Beautiful rounded dense canopy
Carphephorus odoratissimus
Wildflower garden 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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Habitat, Hydric to mesic pine flatwoods, cutthroat seeps, sandhills, flatwoods, bogs, pond margins.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts many butterflies (NSIS), bees and other pollinators.
Documented bees include Augochlorella aurata, Dianthidium floridiense, C
- Moderately drought tolerant
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
- Striking silhouette
- Unique, fern-like leaves
- Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
