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Coreopsis floridana
This is one of our larger (taller and larger flowers) Coreopsis species.
Useful as a colorful wildflower along the edge of a wetland. Often overlooke
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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 prairie, herbaceous seepage areas, wet roadsides.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts many different butterflies and pollinators.
- Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
- Narrow canopy
- Stately and uncommon
- Attractive dark green leaves
Silene catesbaei
Rare and listed as endangered. Please obtain this plant only from reputable native plant nurseries or friends -- do not harvest from the wild. Little
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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, Slope forest. On calcareous soils.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Visited by small insects including bees but the specific pollinators are apparently not known.
- Uniquely shaped with a muscular look
- Showy reddish peeling bark
- Produces aromatic flowers year-round
- Available multi-stalked
- Somewhat salt tolerant
- Can be kept narrow
Quercus laurifolia
Depending on who you ask, there are two laurel oaks in Florida. Q. laurifolia (swamp laurel oak) and Q. hemisphaerica (Darlington oak, sand laurel oa
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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, Somewhat weak, and compared to live oak, short-lived.
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Wildlife, Produces acorns that are used by rodents, including squirrels, and other mammals
Acorns used by woodpeckers, jays, and wild turkeys.
High in tannins.
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Habitat, River floodplains, secondary woods.
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Did You Know?, Larval host for Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) and White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album).
Larval host for several moth species (some of the c
- Massive stature
- Unique foliage
- Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
- Unusual deep green leaves with bronze underside
Heliopsis helianthoides var. gracilis
Informal 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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Wildlife, Seeds eaten by birds.
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Habitat, Pine-oak-hickory woods, longleaf pinelands, bluffs.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees but the list of insects is diverse and includes hoverflies and soldier beetles. The ground nesting bee,
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
- Colorful new leafs
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
Iris virginica
Moist wildflower garden.
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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, Floodplains, floodplain marshes, marshes.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Pollinated by bumblebees and long-horned bees.
Butterflies visit for nector but are not effective pollinators.
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Elegant
- Fruit attracts wildlife
- Cold tolerant
Laguncularia racemosa
It's called "white mangrove" because it exudes extra salt through special glands which makes the leaves appear white.
The word "mangrove" refers to a
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Tolerance, Tolerant of frequent or regular inundation (usually areas with tidal inundation)
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and
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Habitat, Mangrove swamps. Tends to be at higher elevations that red and black mangroves.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Hurricane wind resistance
Attracts bees, wasps, flies and butterflies (Landry 2013).
- Thick branching into attractive silouttes
- Fragrant in the evening
- Rapid growth
