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Angadenia berteroi
Wildflower garden. Flowers in spring and summer.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Considertions, May appreciate periodic light pruning.
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Habitat, Dry hammocks, dry hardwood forests
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Pollinated by moths, especially polka-dot wasp moth and the oleander moth. These moths also use it as a larval host.
- Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
- Lush, dense shade tree
- Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
- Wonderfully fragrant flowers
- Stunning and colorful while in bloom
- Massive, breathtaking and impressive
Scutellaria integrifolia
Salt tolerance has not been studied but it has been recorded (in New England) in salt marshes, suggesting tolerance of at least brackish water and lik
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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, It's a prolific reseeder.
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Habitat, Upland mixed forests, flatwoods, sandhill, ruderal areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Flowers attract pollinators, likely bees, flies, and/or butterflies and moths.
- Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
- Fruit eaten by birds
- Edible, healthy fruit
- Can be grown indoors
Batis maritima
Coastal stabilization is salt-flat areas. Can be used ornamentally as a groundcover or bush-like mound in coastal areas.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of frequent or regular inundation (usually areas with tidal inundation)
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and
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Habitat, Saltmarshes and flats.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host and adult nectar plant for the great Southern white (Ascia monuste) and Eastern pigmy blue (Brephidium isophthalma) b
- Self-shedding fronds
- Will not tolerate frost
- Easily trimmed to maintain desired size
- Can be kept narrow
Paronychia rugelii
This low growing plant is a good ground cover
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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, Woodlands, flat pinewoods, sandhill, scrub, disturbed areas in the coastal plain
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Likely attracts bees.
- Medium stature
- Very showy clusters of flowers
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
Vaccinium myrsinites
The range includes all of peninsular Florida and the southern parts of Georgia, and Alabama.
Best used as a wildflower as it has a relatively short l
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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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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit.
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Habitat, Scrub, scrubby flatwoods, flatwoods, high pine, cutthroat seep.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts pollinators. Documented bee species include Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa, Augochloropsi
- Dense, full crown
- Does poorly oceanside
- Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
Nymphaea jamesoniana
Likely more common than suggested by the known county occurrences as likely overlooked since its blooms are nocturnal.
It is not clear to this author
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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, Open only at night. Fragrant.
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Habitat, Aquatic. Marsh, lake. Roadside ditches.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
This particular water lily blooms only at night. Personal observation, and a published research study suggest that t
- Massive stature when mature
- Towering
- Prominent pale green crownshaft
Penstemon australis
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, Attracts hummingbirds.
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Habitat, Sandhill, secondary woods, flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees.
- Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
- Delicious edible fruit
- Healthy edible fruit
- Magnificent when flowering
- Rapid growth
Hibiscus grandiflorus
This is a wetland plant. It is rarely grown, but it has potential in appropriate sites.
Specimen plant or background screen for wet places.
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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 butterflies, bees, beetles, and birds.
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Habitat, Depressions in pine flatwoods, brackish and freshwater marshes, edges of lakes and ponds, along rivers, swamps, canals, ditches. Commonly in water bu
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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
- Prolific fruiter
- Extremely popular
- Colorful older leaves
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
- Recently classified invasive
Sarracenia flava
Found from Alabama (probably also in Mississippi), east into Florida and up the coastal plain to Virginia with occasional outlying populations.
Trappi
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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, Savannas, bogs, seep slopes. Benefits from fire.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Insectivorous.
Larval host for epaulleted pitcher plant moth.
A number of insect groups visit the fl
- Uncommon edible fruit
- Fruit attracts wildlife
- Excellent choice for narrow spaces
Crataegus phaenopyrum
Listed as Endangered by the State of Florida.
Specimen plant, screen, or can be pruned into a hedge. Fall color is orange-red and moderately showy in
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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, Has thorns.
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit.
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Habitat, Floodplain forests and swamps.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Thorns
Larval food for hummingbird clearwing moth(Hemaris thysbe), striped hairstreak butterfly(Satyrium lip
- Long-lasting year-round blooms
- Showy reddish peeling bark
- Beautiful shiny green leaves
- Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
- Falls over easily, may require staking
Lysiloma latisiliquum
It's a legume, so nitrogen fixation may help it survive in low nutrient soils.
Fast growing.
Shade tree. Attractive for its lacy foliage. Does well a
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
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Considertions, Fallen seed pods are messy, so use in a mulched landscape area.
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Wildlife, Attracts birds especially gnatcatchers, vireos, flycatchers, and migrating warbles (many eat the insects that are attracted to the flowers and leaves)
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Habitat, This is generally a species of disturbed areas in and around tropical rockland hammock and pine rocklands.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for Large Orange Sulfur (Phoebis agarithe), Mimosa Yellow (Eurema nise), amethyst hairstreak, and Cassius Blue (Lepto
- Stout, swollen trunk
- Delicious edible fruit
- Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
- Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
- Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
- Attracts butterflies
Callirhoe papaver
Found naturally in Florida in glades, which have marly soils, and in Alachua County, in shallow sands over marl deposits that cover the underlying lim
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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, Upland mixed forest. Found in edges or understory and on roadsides.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval Host to the checkered-skipper (Pyrgus communis).
Attracts bees.
- Fragrant in the evening
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
- Damaged by citrus canker
- Often draped with Spanish moss
