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Gonolobus suberosus
Natural areas with some trees and vines for support
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Tolerance, Unknown
Unknown
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Habitat, Mesic forests
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Did You Know?, Larvel host for monarch and queen butterflies
Pollinated by flies
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
- Pyramidal crown
- Requires high humidity
- Easy/Carefree
Picramnia pentandra
Listed as Endangered by the FDACS. Please acquire only from reputable sources that have any needed permits.
This has been known to escape outside of
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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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Wildlife, Birds eat the seed.
Dispersal is by birds and gravity.
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Habitat, Tropical rockland hammock.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for the bush sulphur butterfly, Urema dina helios
Attracts generalist pollinators.
- Striking silhouette
- Elegant appearance
- Damaged by citrus canker
- Falls over easily, may require staking
Coreopsis lanceolata
In central Florida, lanceleaf has a relatively short blooming period compared to Leavenworth's tickseed - wrapping things up by mid-summer, whereas C.
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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 self-seed and so could become weedy.
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Habitat, Sandhills, edges of cypress swamps and marshes, ruderal areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and pollinators.
- Unique foliage and silhouette
- Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
- Elegant, dense canopy
Euploca polyphylla
Sprawling. Best used as a wildflower.
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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, Flatwoods near edges of open wetlands; roadsides through such places. Coastal thickets.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts a variety of pollinators, especially butterflies.
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
- Attractive mottled bark
- Pleasant rounded shape
- Stunning
Helianthus radula
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 small mammals eat the seeds.
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Habitat, Flatwoods. Moist to dry roadsides.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts a variety of pollinators including bees. Attracts butterflies.
- Not as popular as it once was
- Showy creamy white flowers
- Highly nutritious fruit
- Relatively compact and narrow canopy
- Striking silhouette
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
