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Asplenium spp.
Many spleenworts are rare. Please do not harvest from the wild. Most spleenworts have very narrow ranges and narrow environmental tolerances. Don't co
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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, Around sinkholes and on rocks. Epiphytic on logs and trees. Moist sites.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Attractive tiered canopy
- Can be kept narrow
- Majestic and graceful
- Can be grown indoors
Symphyotrichum adnatum
Wildflower garden, meadow.
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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, Sandhills, dry flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts generalist pollinators.
- Requires protection from strong winds
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
- Breathtaking and memorable
- Attractive tiered canopy
- Prominant olive crownshaft
- Easy/Carefree native
Ilex opaca
Both male and female plants required for pollination and seed set.
Specimen tree. 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, Sharp spines (teeth) on leaves.
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Wildlife, Fruits are eaten by birds.
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Habitat, Upland woods, second bottom but will not tolerate long flooding. Often an understory plant.
Documented in Lee County in a site likely to be natural.
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Did You Know?, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Bees pollinate flowers.
- Fruit eaten by birds
- Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
- Moderately slow growth
Heterosavia bahamensis
Flowers are fragrant.
Specimen shrub. Border plant or low screen plant.
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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, Slow growing.
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Wildlife, Attracts pollinators.
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Habitat, Tropical rockland hammock, pine rockland, coastal berm. In disturbed areas.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Interesting foliage
- Sprawling and informal shrub
- Prolific fruiter
- Requires occassional fertalization
- Elegant appearance
- Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
- Attracts butterflies and bees
