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Rhododendron canescens
Specimen plant, thicket, or natural background plantings.
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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, Upland hardwood forests, flatwoods, by swamps, bluffs, slope forests, secondary woods.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
Attracts pollinators, especially bumble bees.
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Did You Know?
- Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
- Formal, old-world appearance
- Dense, full crown
- Excellent small hedge
- Pyramidal crown
- Slender and elegant
Dicerandra spp.
All perennial Dicerandra species in Florida a rare and endangered. They appear to be closely related and form hybrid swarms if grown in a common garde
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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, Difficult to establish and hence rarely grown. Retain this if you have it on a site. These are abundant along some dry roadsides and retaining these w
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Habitat, Sandhill settings.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
Attracts pollinators.
- Beloved in South Florida
- Can be kept narrow
- Completely bare in winter
- Recently classified invasive
- Compact size
Baccharis dioica
This plant is believed to be extirpated in the wild in Florida. According to most sources, it was known from a single area south of Miami near Biscay
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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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Habitat, Coastal areas. Dunes and limerock and said to like hollows near mangroves.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Nectar attracts butterflies.
- Does best with periodic fertalization
- Striking and exotic
- Prefers acidic soil
Lycium carolinianum
Succulent foliage.
This plant is in the tomato family. FNPS cannot vouch that the fruit is edible.
Specimen plant, hedge plant
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Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without injury.
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Considertions, Toxic to livestock. Green fruits toxic to humans.
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Wildlife, Fruits are eaten by birds (Florida Wildflower Foundation)
Attracts hummingbirds (Hammer)
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Habitat, Salt marsh, salt flats.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Nectar plant for great southern white (Ascia monuste), gulf fritillary (A
- Forms an open canopy
- Bright red fruits
- Magnificent showy flowers in summer
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
- Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Wildflower garden especially in sunny moist areas.
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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, Tall, can appear weedy especially when not in flower.
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Wildlife, Attracts many pollinators, especially important for native bees. Birds and other wildlife consume fruit. Larval host plant for clymene moth (Haploa cl
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Habitat, Moist to wet places often in partial shade, edges of streams and rivers.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
- Swollen, succulent branches
- Bright red fruits
- Stout, swollen trunk
- Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
- Fruit attracts wildlife
- Moderately salt tolerant
Oxalis corniculata
Invasive in many parts of the world. It is either a blessing or a pest in Florida depending on where it is.
Good addition to a freedom lawn.
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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, Will spread.
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Habitat, Disturbed areas
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Nectar attracts bees, butterflies and flies.
- Highly salt tolerant
- Attractive variegated foliage
- Showy red berries
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Wildflower garden. Also useful as a cut flower.
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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, Poisonous foliage.
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Wildlife, Avoided by mammalian herbivores.
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Habitat, Moist hammocks, ruderal.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers
he flowers attract long-tongued insects such as carpenter bees, hummingbird moths, and butterflies. Ruby-throated hummingbi
- Produces aromatic flowers year-round
- Relatively uncommon in South Florida
- Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
- Bright red fruits
- Thick branching into attractive silouttes
- Elegant
Symphyotrichum elliottii
Moist wildflower garden. Wetland garden. Plant in full sun and give it plenty of room and plant behind shorter plants.
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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 aggressively sends out suckers. If grown in shady areas, it tends to fall over.
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Habitat, Swamps, brackish and freshwater marshes. Wet flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies, bees and other pollinators
- Elegant and stately
- Requires shade when young
- Excellent choice for narrow spaces
- Imposing stature
- Stunning colorful foliage
Agave decipiens
Can be distinguished from non-native agave by its bare basal trunk. Endemic to southern peninsular Florida from the Monroe County Keys north along the
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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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Considertions, Sharp pointed leaves and sap that can be irritating to the skin. Only blooms once.
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Habitat, Coastal hammocks, shell middens, dry coastal uplands.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Larval host for Yucca Giant Skipper (Megathymus yuccae) and Cofaqui Giant Skipper (Megathymus cofaqui). Pollinate
- Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
- Unique foliage and silhouette
- Wide umbrella-shaped canopy
- Stunning
Carex gholsonii
Ground cover in wet to moist areas.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Unknown
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Habitat, Seep swamps, swamp edges, wet mesic hammocks, floodplains, wet limestone glades, wet roadsides.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Unique foliage and silhouette
- Striking silhouette
- Not recommended
- Unique and prized
- Stunning during brief late spring bloom
Eutrochium fistulosum
Mass planting or specimen plant in moist areas. Best for informal gardens.
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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 fruit.
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Habitat, Moist hammocks, flatwoods, stream banks.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies.
Attracts many pollinators including bees.
Larval host plant for clymene moth (Haploa clymene).
- Magnificent when flowering
- Deciduous
- Does best with periodic fertalization
- Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
Lygodesmia aphylla
The short lived bloom opens before sunrise and is most beautiful from just before dawn till about mid-morning when it fully opens. By night fall it wi
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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, Dry sandy soils, flatwoods, pine barrens, sandhill, scrub, and disturbed areas
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attract a wide variety of insect pollinators. One documented bee pollinator is Augochlorella aurata (Deyrup et al. 2002).
- Very showy bright yellow flowers
- Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
- Wonderfully fragrant at night
