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Sideroxylon tenax
This plant is easy to grow.
Weak wood.
Hedge plant, specimen plant, woodland plant. Plant where the silky brown/gold undersides of the foliage will b
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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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Considertions, Plant where it will have space. While many specimens in natural scrub settings are slow growing, this plant can be a robust growing in the landscape.
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Wildlife, Birds and other animals eat the fruit.
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Habitat, Sandhill, scrub.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage, Thorns
Nectar plant for butterflies.
Attracts bees and flies. A pollinator magnate.
Watching insects swarm over my tough bully
- Does poorly oceanside
- Dense, full crown
- Tall and stately
- Highly wind tolerant
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
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
Hibiscus poeppigii
Predominantly grown as a curiosity in the Florida Keys.
Wildflower gardens. Hammock restoration.
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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, Edges of rockland hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host of Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady Butterfly, Common Checkered Skipper and Tropical Checkered Skipper butterflies and four
- Attractive shade tree
- Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Beautiful rounded dense canopy
Damburneya coriacea
Foliage when crushed smells like citrus.
This small tree has an elegant appearance that makes it suited to use as a specimen plant. The glossy evergr
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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, Potentially subject to laurel wilt disease.
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Wildlife, Wildlife food plant.
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Habitat, Tropical hammocks. This is naturally an understory tree and also as a colonizer of disturbed sites.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Insect pollinated. Said to be a good honey plant (Haehle and Brookwell 1999).
- Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
- Bright red fruits
- Wind tolerant
- Pineapple-like showy fruits (female plants)
- Unique, fern-like leaves
Carya pallida
Shade tree where falling/fallen nuts will not be a problem.
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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, Slow growing. Nut and leaf litter may be a maintenance problem in residential landscapes.
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Wildlife, Small mammals (squirrels and other rodents) consume nuts.
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Habitat, Dry hammocks, dry hardwood forests
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Did You Know?, Fall color
Larval host for many moths including; luna moth (Actias luna), hickory leafroller moth (Argyrotaenia juglandana), royal walnut moth (Cithe
- Huge extremely fragrant flowers
- Extremely popular
- Recently classified invasive
- Produces aromatic flowers year-round
- Relatively compact and narrow canopy
