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Linaria canadensis
In a wildflower garden or meadow, because it's noticeable only when flowering.
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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, Disturbed areas
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host to the Buckeye butterfly, Junonia coernia.
Nectar source for bumblebees and other long tongue bees, butterflies and skipper
- Prolific fruiter
- Attractive glossy leaves
- Uncommon
- Healthy edible fruit
- Elegant and stately
Mitchella repens
This little plant produces two flowers with ovaries that fuse into a single fruit.
Typically grown as a curiosity. This is a very small plant that a
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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 small mammals consume the berries which mature in the fall and are retained through the winter and spring.
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Habitat, Hammocks, upland hardwood forests, upland mixed forest, seep slopes, second bottom and levees in floodplains.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Bumblebees pollinate the flowers. Cross-pollination, required for seed set, is controlled by factors
- Lush, dense shade tree
- Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
- Fruit eaten by birds
Achillea millefolium
Can be grown as a groundcover.
This is a species on the southern limits of its range in North Florida. Its known occurrence (ISB 2020) is sparse in F
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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, In Florida, basal leaves are typically visible during the winter.
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Wildlife, Several cavity-nesting birds use yarrow to line their nests. Adding yarrow to nests may inhibit the growth of parasites. Some small birds eat the seed
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Habitat, Ruderal.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts butterflies, bees, and other insect pollinators. Attracts bees and butterflies. Larval host for Painted L
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
- Very showy clusters of red flowers
- Showy display of fruit
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum
Slow growing; hard, strong wood. This tree has an erect form with a single trunk and a spreading crown.
Specimen tree. Understory tree in mesic woods
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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, None.
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Wildlife, Birds, bats and small mammals use as habitat.
Seeds predominatly eaten by squirrels and other rodents.
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Habitat, Moist to moderately dry hammocks of north to north-central Florida.
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Did You Know?, Fall color
Attracts bees but may also be self-fertile.
- Stunning and colorful while in bloom
- Majestic and graceful
- Grows tall, but not massive
- Produces aromatic flowers year-round
- Not recommended
- Adequate moisture required
Vaccinium corymbosum
Use as a natural hedge behind shorter plants.
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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, Fussy about the acidic soil.
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Wildlife, Many birds and other wildlife consume fruit the fruit and spread the seed.
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Habitat, Moist-wet sites. Hardwood swamps, cypress swamps, seep swamps.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Attracts many pollinators especially native bees. Documented bee visitors include Augochloropsis sumptuosa,
- Highly nutritious fruit
- Dense canopy
- Attractive variegated foliage
Morella caroliniensis
Foliage fragrant when crushed.
Bayberry is an actinorhizal plant: its roots feature nitrogen fixing nodules formed in symbiosis with the nitrogen fixi
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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, Clonal: it usually sends up sprouts from its roots to form thickets.
The wood is somewhat brittle, but it will grow back if cut to the ground.
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Wildlife, Fuits are eaten by birds, especially yellow-rumped warblers (which are very efficient at digesting the waxy fruits), in the fall and winter (NC State
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Habitat, Wet sites. Bogs, swamps, flatwoods depressions, cutthroat seeps.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Interesting foliage
It is a host plant for the Red-banded Hairstreak butterfly (NC State Extension Service)
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Huge extremely fragrant flowers
- Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
Psilotum nudum
This is a primitive plant that produces spores.
Typically grown as a curiosity in a shade garden or as an epiphyte. Sometimes grown as a container p
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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, Variable, mesic to dry hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Attractive shade tree
- Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
- Prolific fruiter
- Excellent hedge choice
- Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
Lachnocaulon anceps
Bog gardens.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure t
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Habitat, Wet flatwoods, marshes, savannahs. Occasionally found in scrub.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Reported to attract mites and small insects such as small flies.
- Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
- Cold tolerant
- Stunning during brief late spring bloom
- Pineapple-like showy fruits (female plants)
