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Rhododendron canescens
Specimen plant, thicket, or natural background plantings.
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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, Upland hardwood forests, flatwoods, by swamps, bluffs, slope forests, secondary woods.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
Attracts pollinators, especially bumble bees.
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Did You Know?
- Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
- Formal, old-world appearance
- Dense, full crown
- Excellent small hedge
- Pyramidal crown
- Slender and elegant
Boehmeria cylindrica
This species is in the Nettle Family and looks much like stinging nettle. However, it does not have stinging hairs.
Ground cover in moist sites in ca
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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, Can become overly abundant. Plant with caution.
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Habitat, Cypress swamps, floodplain forests, wet thickets, stream banks, marshes, wet forests, marshy shores, ditches.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for several species of moths.
Larval host for red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) and eastern comma (Polygonia comma) butt
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Propagation, Propagate with cuttings.
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- Requires ample space and light
- Attractive dark green leaves
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Dense, full crown
- Not as popular as it once was
- Excellent edible fruit
Dicerandra spp.
All perennial Dicerandra species in Florida a rare and endangered. They appear to be closely related and form hybrid swarms if grown in a common garde
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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, Difficult to establish and hence rarely grown. Retain this if you have it on a site. These are abundant along some dry roadsides and retaining these w
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Habitat, Sandhill settings.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
Attracts pollinators.
- Beloved in South Florida
- Can be kept narrow
- Completely bare in winter
- Recently classified invasive
- Compact size
Quercus arkansana
This is a rare species in Florida. Retain it if present.
Shade tree.
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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, Squirrels, racoons, deer and other animals eat the acorns.
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Habitat, Upland pine forest, pine-oak-hickory woods, bayheads. Slopes.
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Did You Know?, Larval host for the white-M hairstreak.
- Wonderfully fragrant flowers
- Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
- Completely bare in winter
Jacquemontia reclinata
This is a Florida endemic listed by the USFWS and the State of Florida as Endangered. Please acquire only from reputable sources that have the proper
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt
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Wildlife, Birds feed on the fruits.
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Habitat, Coastal strand, beach dune. Openings.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts flies, bees, and butterflies.
- Striking symmetrical appearance
- Striking silhouette
- Wind tolerant
- Attractive and unique swollen trunk
Nyssa sylvatica
Specimen tree where its sweeping branches and scarlet fall color can be appreciated. Shade tree.
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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, Low branches are set at 90 degrees to the trunk and spread widely, so does not make a good street or lawn tree.
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Wildlife, Seeds are eaten by birds and small-to-medium-sized mammals.
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Habitat, Wooded areas, usually sandy, moist to dry.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Hurricane wind resistance
Bee pollinated.
- Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
- Breathtaking and memorable
- Bright red fruits
- Thrives only briefly, about 1 year
Salix nigra
While it naturally occurs in or near wetlands, this tree can also grow in uplands. Stems root readily and most of the stems stuck in a moist substrate
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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, Weak wood--tends to break.
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Habitat, Floodplains.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
The catkins of small bees and flies who feed on the pollen, wind pollinated.
Caterpillars of Limenitis archippus
- Unique, sweet almond flavor
- Stunning long emerald crownshaft
- Not a true pine
- Forms an open canopy
- Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
Varronia globosa
Background shrub.
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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 in the right conditions.
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume food. Attracts various pollinators especially bees and butterflies.
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Habitat, Old fields, open areas, edges of hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Attracts butterflies including malachite, atala, and daggerwinds (Haehle and Brookstone 1999).
- Not recommended
- Readily pruned into attractive shapes
- Elegant and compact
- Salt tolerant
Baccharis dioica
This plant is believed to be extirpated in the wild in Florida. According to most sources, it was known from a single area south of Miami near Biscay
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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, Coastal areas. Dunes and limerock and said to like hollows near mangroves.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Nectar attracts butterflies.
- Does best with periodic fertalization
- Striking and exotic
- Prefers acidic soil
Oplismenus setarius
There is potential name confusion with this species since it was formerly considered to be a subspecies of O. hirtellus (Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. s
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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, Unfortunately, this low growing grass is not visible during winter-spring, so its use is somewhat restricted to areas where this is not an issue.
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Habitat, Moist sites. Shade. Moist hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for Carolina satyr (Hermeuptychia sosbius) butterfliy (IRC)
- Fruit attracts wildlife
- Unique foliage and silhouette
- Dense, full crown
Andropogon glomeratus
There are several different subspecies of A. glomeratus with different affinities for upland and wetland conditions.
A. glomeratus var. glaucopsis is
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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 fall over at the end of the season. Will be neater if old stalks are removed before new growth starts in spring.
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Wildlife, Seeds eaten by various small birds and other wildlife.
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Habitat, Flatwoods, marshes
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Did You Know?, Fall color
Possible larval host plant for Delaware skipper (Anatrytone logan), Georgia satyr (Neonympha areolata), neamathla skipper (Nastra neamathl
- Moderately slow growth
- Rare and unique
- Colorful older leaves
- Wonderfully fragrant
- Not a true jasmine
- Massive, breathtaking and impressive
Liatris chapmanii
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, Fatwoods, scrubby flatwoods, scrub, dunes, beach strands, sand ridges, fields and roadsides, sandhill. Pyrophytic.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees.
Leafcutting bees from the family Megachilidae have been observed visiting the flowers at the Archbold Bi
- Slender and elegant
- Unique, sweet almond flavor
- Attractive dark green leaves
- Highly nutritious fruit
