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Coreopsis major
Leaves are whorled at intervals around the stem.
Wildflower garden, butterfly garden or meadow. Stems spread but not aggressive.
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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, Sandhill.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts insects, especially bees and butterflies.
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Tolerance
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Habitat
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Did You Know?
- Christmas tree shape
- Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
- Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Ringed trunk
Dalea feayi
Foliage has a strong minty smell.
Dry wildflower garden.
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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, Some birds consume consume the seeds .
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Habitat, Scrub, scrubby flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
Larval host for southern dogface (Zerene cesonia).
Attracts pollinators, especially bees. Documented native bees inc
- Bright red fruits
- Long-lived perennial
- Delicious edible fruit
Betula nigra
Noted for its shaggy, peeling salmon-colored bark. The natural form is a single-trunked tree, but multi-trunked cultivars are common. Southernmost bir
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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, Although native to floodplains, it is not tolerant of extended periods of flooding.
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Wildlife, Birds and small mammals consume seed.
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Habitat, River floodplains
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Fall color
Larval host for Mourning Cloak and Dreamy Duskywing butterflies
- Beautiful rounded dense canopy
- Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
- Lush, dense shade tree
- Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
- Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
- Excellent small hedge
Asclepias incarnata
Plant in moist to wet areas where it can be grown in large clumps.
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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, Toxic.
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Habitat, Open seepage areas, marshes, marshy areas along streams.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host to the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) and soldier butterfly, (Danaus eresimus). At
- Unique, fern-like leaves
- Attracts butterflies and bees
- Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
- Very showy clusters of red flowers
- Elegant and stately
- Wonderfully fragrant flowers
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
Acer saccharinum
Fall foliage color is yellow. While used extensively as a street tree in the north, this fast growing species is relatively weak.
Specimen tree. Freq
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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, Its prolific root system is notorious for invading and clogging leaky underground drainage and water lines. Susceptible to wind or ice damage due to i
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Wildlife, The are important food for squirrels during late winter/early spring. Budburst comes during the critical late winter-spring period when stored food s
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Habitat, Floodplains.
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Did You Know?, Fall color
Attracts bees.
Larval host for Cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia).
- Relatively uncommon in South Florida
- Magnificent
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
- Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
- Grows tall, but not massive
Melanthera nivea
Although it has square stems and opposite leaves like members of the mint family (Lamiaceae), this is a member of the daisy family, but it has no ray
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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, Can get rangy and may need pruning. Reseeds, so plant it where that's not a problem.
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Habitat, Edges of upland hardwood forests, hydric hammocks, maritime hammocks, pine flatwoods, pine-oak-hickory woods, calcareous hammocks, coastal hammocks, o
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Heavily used by butterflies, skippers, bees, and wasps for nectar. This plant is an insect magnet.
- Unique fluffy fronds
- Can be kept narrow
- Not a true jasmine
- Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
- Slow Growth
Lyonia fruticosa
Retain if present. Can be used as part of a screen in a dry site setting.
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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.
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Habitat, Dry-moist sites. Cutthroat seeps, scrub, scrubby flatwoods, scrub.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees. The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Lyonia fruticosa at Archbold Biologica
- Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
- Heavy feeder
Coreopsis nudata
This is one of the few pink tickseeds.
Wet garden areas. This species will persist only if conditions remain moist.
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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, Wet roadside swales, savannas, bogs, cypress ponds.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and pollinators.
- No longer recommended
- Highly wind tolerant
- Pineapple-like showy fruits (female plants)
- Critically endangered
Drosera tracyi
A similar species, Drosera filiformis is rare in the Florida panhandle and disjunct from northeastern US populations. In Florida, it is restricted to
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Tolerance, Unknown
Unknown
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Habitat, Savannas, bogs, moist disturbed ruderal areas (selected roadside swales), wet flatwoods
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
The plant both attracts insects for pollination and traps and digests insects. Though this species has not been well studied, other sp
- Ideal for smaller spaces
- Adequate moisture required
- Imposing stature
- Beautiful rounded dense canopy
Magnolia tripetala
The plant is listed as Endangered by the FDACS. Please acquire from reputable nurseries with appropriate permits for propagating and selling this spe
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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, Good wildlife shelter. Fruits eaten and dispersed by birds and small mammals.
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Habitat, Slope forest on steep north-facing slopes.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Beetles are the primary pollinators of magnolia flowers. The flowers have a hardened carpel to avoid
- Elegant
- Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
- Retains leaves until just before blooming
- Year-round blooms
Pentalinon luteum
Grow on a trellis, fence, or post.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without i
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Considertions, The sap is an irritant to the skin and poisonous if ingested.
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Wildlife, Said to attract hummingbirds.
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Habitat, Pine woods, coastal hammocks, edges of coastal marshes.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Larval host of the polka dot wasp moth (Syntomeida epilais), but there is a question whether or not that's a nativ
- Attracts butterflies and bees
- Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
- Uniquely shaped with a muscular look
- Towering
- Slender profile
- Highly salt tolerant
