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Saccharum giganteum
Specimen plant or background plant in moist informal garden. This is a mid-sized bunching grass until the flower stalk shoots up in the fall. Then it
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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, The flower stalks need to be removed once no longer showy.
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Wildlife, Birds will eat the seeds. Provides cover.
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Habitat, Flatwoods, marshes, coastal swales, cypress ponds, lake shores, cutthroat seep.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Host plant for the Clouded Skipper butterfly (Lerema accius)
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Did You Know?, Yerba mate, the traditional tea-like beverage from South America, is made with leaves of a close relative to our holly trees, the Ilex Paraguayanis.
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- Easily trimmed to maintain desired size
- Christmas tree shape
- Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
Guapira discolor
Listed as Endangered by the State of Florida.
Small tree or large shrub known for its shiny leaves. Can be used in difficult sites (such as road edge
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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, Seeds eaten by birds. Also provides cover.
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Habitat, Dry-moist sites. Tropical hammocks, pine rocklands, coastal rock flats, coastal hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
- Easy/Carefree native
- Mostly bare in the coldest months
- Adequate fertalization required
Berlandiera subacaulis
Even small plants can have large tap roots that run deep, but are easily transplanted.
Endemic to Florida.
Small specimen plant or groundcover.
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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, Sandhill, dry flatwoods, upland mixed forests, ruderal sites.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts many different kinds of pollinators - bees, wasps, and butterflies.
- Falls over easily, may require staking
- Bright red fruits
- Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
- Salt tolerant
Agarista populifolia
Toxic to humans. and some animals.
Specimen plant, foundation planting, screen.
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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, Old stems should be pruned. Plant tends to sucker, so plant where suckers are an asset.
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Wildlife, Some birds and other wildlife consume fruit. Foliage is poisonous.
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Habitat, Seepage areas, moist hammocks, swamps, river floodplains
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Highly wind tolerant
- Showy red berries
- Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
- Beloved in South Florida
- Critically endangered
- Excellent small to medium hedge
Paronychia rugelii
This low growing plant is a good ground cover
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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, Woodlands, flat pinewoods, sandhill, scrub, disturbed areas in the coastal plain
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Likely attracts bees.
- Medium stature
- Very showy clusters of flowers
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
Ipomopsis rubra
In a 2020 study of salt in irrigation water (https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/55/7/article-p1119.xml), this species was found t
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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, Can become weedy.
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Wildlife, Attracts hummingbirds.
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Habitat, Dry sites. Open, ruderal.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies.
- Uncommon
- Breathtaking and memorable
- Rapid growth
- Beautiful exotic foliage
- Heavy feeder
Randia aculeata
Fruit is a white berry with indigo pulp.
Specimen plant. Shrub border or foundation plant. Will tolerate shearing. Valued for its shiny foliage and d
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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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Considertions, Often produces spines at the bases of leaves.
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Wildlife, Fruits attract birds.
Also used for cover.
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Habitat, Edges of coastal hammocks, pine rocklands, rocky flats.
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Did You Know?, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Thorns
Nectar plant for Schaus' swallowtail (Heraclides aristodemus) and other butterflies.
Larval host plant for
- Attractive variegated foliage
- Not as popular as it once was
- Beautiful shiny green leaves
- Majestic and graceful
- Breathtaking and memorable
- Available multi-stalked
Manilkara jaimiqui subsp. emarginata
Rare. Listed by the FACS as Threatened. Please acquire only from reputable dalers with appropriate permits.
Screen or buffer plant. Specimen shrub.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Wildlife, Provides food and cover for birds small mammals.
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Habitat, Coastal hammocks. Pine rocklands.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Narrow canopy
- Showy reddish peeling bark
- Majestic, sprawling canopy
- Attracts butterflies
- Magnificent showy flowers in summer
