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Eugenia rhombea
Listed as endangered in Florida. Please retain in the natural landscape and acquire in an environmentally conscientious manner.
Small specimen tree o
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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 fruit.
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Habitat, Shell mound, rockland hammock. Also in disturbed areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts pollinators.
- Compact and versatile
- Very slow growth
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
- Flowers profusely year round
- Magnificent
Ludwigia repens
Known as an easy-to-grow aquarium plant.
Groundcover for the edges of retention ponds. Mitigation (created or restored) wetlands. Can form small fl
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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, Marshes, dome swamps.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Larval food for some hawk moths.
Attracts insects.
- Tall and stately
- Unique, sweet almond flavor
- Prominant olive crownshaft
Pinckneya bracteata
The showy part of the flower is the white, pink or rose bracts that become petal-like.
This species is listed as Threatened by the State of Florida. P
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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, Edges of bayheads, swamps; bogs; steepheads; wet flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Delicious edible fruit
- Prominant olive crownshaft
- Intoxicating fragrance
- Very showy clusters of red flowers
- Healthy edible fruit
- Narrow canopy
Rhipsalis baccifera
This species is listed as Endangered in Florida. There was a reported sighting of it in Everglades National Park just before Hurricane Andrew (1992) b
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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, Found naturally on coastal berms and rockland hammocks. Suitable for planting in the subtropical Florida.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Thrives only briefly, about 1 year
- Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
- Unique, fern-like leaves
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
Ruellia noctiflora
Moist wildflower meadow
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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, Flowers open at night
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Habitat, Wet flatwoods and bogs
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Did You Know?, Pollinated by Sphinx moths
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Excellent edible fruit
- Smaller stature
- Will not tolerate frost
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
