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Carya floridana
Specimen tree. Use only where roots will be undisturbed.
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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, Nuts and leaf litter can be messy.
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Wildlife, Fruits eaten by small mammals.
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Habitat, Sandhill, clayhill, scrub
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host for many moths including; luna moth (Actias luna), hickory leafroller moth (Argyrotaenia juglandana
- Unique, fern-like leaves
- Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Often draped with Spanish moss
- Rare, despite being a South Florida native
Platanus occidentalis
It's paint-chip white and brown-green bark provides winter interest.
The natural range is from north Florida into southern Canada. This species has
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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, Stream banks, in floodplains and bottomlands.
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Fall color, Showy fruits, Hurricane wind resistance
- Moderately salt tolerant
- Rare, despite being a South Florida native
- Smaller stature
- Prefers acidic soil
- Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
- Hummingbird favorite
Viola spp.
Naturalistic woodland landscapes.
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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, Dies back in the winter. Depending upon the species, it may seed prolifically.
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Habitat, Dry to mesic upland hardwood forests, bluff microsites, upper fringes of wiregrass seep slopes.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
- Showy reddish peeling bark
- Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
- Wind tolerant
- Attractive glossy leaves
- Dense attractive foliage
- Unique fluffy fronds
