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Iris virginica
Moist 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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Habitat, Floodplains, floodplain marshes, marshes.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Pollinated by bumblebees and long-horned bees.
Butterflies visit for nector but are not effective pollinators.
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Elegant
- Fruit attracts wildlife
- Cold tolerant
Funastrum clausum
Trellis or fence
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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, This is an extremely aggressive vine. It can grow into mats that cover shrubs and small trees.
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Habitat, Moist sites such as edges of wetlands.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host for monarch (Danaus plexippus), queen (Danaus gilippus), and soldier (Danaus eresimu) butterflies. Apparently not a monarc
- Majestic, sprawling canopy
- Prominent pale green or blue-gray crownshaft
- Very showy bright yellow flowers
Pteridium aquilinum
This is one of the world's most widespread species. Multiple subspecies exist within Florida with two being widespread.
Because of its tolerance of a
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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, In rich soils, may be overly aggressive.
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Habitat, Dry sites. Oak-pine-hickory woodslands. Tolerant of disturbance.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Beautiful rounded canopy
Carphephorus paniculatus
Wildflower gardens.
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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, Not drought tolerant.
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Habitat, Hydric to mesic pine flatwoods, cutthroat seeps, bogs.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts many butterflies (NSIS), bees and other pollinators.
- Elegant appearance
- Ideal for smaller spaces
- Tiered branches
Elephantopus elatus
Called elephant's foot because of the flat basal leaf formation.
Meadows and wildflower gardens.
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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, Flatwoods, sandhill, ruderal areas, cutthroat seep, wet prairie.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts various pollinators, especially bees.. Documented native bees include Azcgochlora pura, Augochlorella au
- Unique, fern-like leaves
- Attractive variegated foliage
- Available multi-stalked
- Attractive silver-gray foliage
Canna flaccida
Grow as stands of flowers in 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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Wildlife, Self-fertile, so seeds can be produced by self-pollination. Pollination is facilitated by bats, hummingbirds, and other small wildlife species.
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Habitat, Wet sites. Swamps, pond and lake margins, ditches, savannas, hydric pine flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Self-fertile, so seeds can be produced by self-pollination.
Pollination is facilitated by bees.
Larval host of the
- Beautiful rounded canopy
- Adequate moisture required
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Self-shedding fronds
- Year-round blooms
