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Vernonia angustifolia
Wildflower garden.
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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, Dry mesic to xeric pine flatwoods and dry open woods. Sandhills, secondary woods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attractive to native bees and other pollinators.
- Somewhat drought tolerant
- Prominent pale green or blue-gray crownshaft
- Moderately slow growth
- Majestic, sprawling canopy
- Deciduous
- Intoxicating fragrance
Clematis baldwinii
In full sun areas, this plant will become close to dormant in the summer. Cutting back dried out foliage will stimulate new growth in the Fall.
Endemi
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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, Easily lost in flower beds.
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume fruit (https://flawildflowers.org/)
Hummingbirds occasionally visit the flowers (International Clematis Society)
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Habitat, Wet flatwoods. Scrub and sandhill
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Pine-hyacinth attracts many pollinators, from bumblebees and other native bees to butterflies.
- Falls over easily, may require staking
- Very full crown
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
- Wind tolerant
- Extremely versatile
Taxodium ascendens
This is a deciduous conifer.
Specimen tree. Mass plantings in moist areas. Wetland restoration and enhancement.
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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, May produce knees (roots that poke up above ground level) even if grown in uplands. This species is less prone to knees than bald cypress(T. distchum)
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Wildlife, Seeds are used by some mammals and seed-eating birds.
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Habitat, Usually found in smaller wetlands that historically burned. Restricted to areas that dry out periodically (for reproduction) and naturally found in a
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
- Unique, sweet almond flavor
- Prefers acidic soil
- Iconic symbol of the south
- Adequate fertalization required
Cladium jamaicense
Sawgrass is a sedge, not a grass. It was this plant that Marjory Stoneman Douglas referred to in her seminal work: "The Everglades: River of Grass."
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Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without injury.
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Considertions, Blades have sharp edges...hence the common name. Best planted where people will not brush by it.
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Habitat, Swamps, marshes, shores of water bodies, common in coastal marsh, glades, cypress prairie.
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Did You Know?, Larval host of the Palatka skipper (Euphyes pilatka).
- Prominent pale green crownshaft
- Very showy clusters of flowers
- Unique fluffy fronds
- Massive stature
Bidens mitis
May be annual or perennial depending on weather.
Moist 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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Considertions, All beggarticks have fruits that will attach themselves to clothing or get stuck in animal fur. Generally not problematic for this species
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Habitat, Swamps and marshes, typically in areas that are near edges
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees and butterflies. Bees include Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa, Augochloropsis
- Medium stature
- Attractive glossy leaves
- Unique foliage
- Rare, despite being a South Florida native
- Delicious edible fruit
Quercus laevis
This is one of the few Florida oaks that looks like an oak to most people from the eastern US north of Florida. Tends to be smaller toward the souther
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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 transplant once it has formed its tap root.
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Wildlife, Used by woodpeckers and wild turkey
Valued by squirrels and other mammals including white tailed deer
Used by birds for resting and nesting
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Habitat, Sandhill, scrub, scrubby sandhill. Increases in sandhill where long leaf pines were removed and where burns are restricted to winter.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host plant forHorace's duskywing (Erynnis horatius), red-banded hairstreak (Calycop
- Elegant, dense canopy
- Attractive symmetrical appearance
- Requires high humidity
- Cold tolerant
- Thick branching into attractive silouttes
- Requires protection from strong winds
Viburnum obovatum
The name Walter's viburnum honors Thomas Walter (1740-89), English-born planter of South Carolina, who described this species in his Flora Caroliniana
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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, Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit.
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Habitat, Riverine forests, swamp borders, hydric hammocks. Also cultivated as an ornamental.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host for the spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon).
Both native and non-native vibu
- Unusual stilt roots
- Slender profile
- Requires protection from strong winds
- Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
- Excellent hedge choice
Carya aquatica
Specimen tree in wet settings. This is a good plant to grow in floodplains.
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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, Nut and leaf drop can be messy in a home landscape.
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Wildlife, Ducks and other wildlife consume nuts.
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Habitat, Swamps
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for many moths including; luna moth (Actias luna), hickory leafroller moth (Argyrotaenia juglandana), royal walnut mo
- Available multi-stalked
- Elegant and stately
- Extremely popular
- Completely bare in winter
- Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
