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Passiflora pallens
This is listed as Endangered by the FDACS. Please acquire from reputable sources with appropriate permits.
Use on trellis or scramble up a mature tr
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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, Wildlife eat the fruits.
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Habitat, Pineland hammocks and edges of forested wetlands.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Pollinated by bees.
Does not seem to be as attractive for butterflies as its cousi
- Majestic and graceful
- Very slow growth
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Very full crown
- Rare, despite being a South Florida native
- Unique and prized
Liatris tenuifolia
Two varieties exist, both occur in this area.
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, Scrub, scrubby flatwoods, dry flatwoods. Also known from some rockland areas in Miami-Dade County.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees.
Documented bee visitors include Agapostemon spleizdens, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis suinptuosa
- Highly salt tolerant
- Dark green leaves
- Attractive shade tree
Liatris gracilis
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, Mesic to wet flatwoods, seep slopes, bogs, savannas, ditches, secondary woods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees.
- Prominant olive crownshaft
- Highly salt tolerant
- Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Requires shade when young
- Attractive symmetrical appearance
- Very showy clusters of flowers
Styrax grandifolius
Fragrant.
Understory tree 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, Fruit eaten by birds and other animals.
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Habitat, Bluffs, ravines, in understory of well-drained hardwood forests.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers
Attracts bees and other pollinators.
Attracts butterflies.
- Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
- Beautiful silhouette
- Stunning
- Rare, despite being a South Florida native
- Very rare
Zanthoxylum fagara
Fragrant flowers and crushed foliage smells like limes. Dioecious: male and female flowers are on separate plants.
Hedge, buffer or screen plant wher
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Considertions, Very sharp thorns.
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Wildlife, Provides wildlife cover.
Fruit is used by birds and other wildlife.
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Habitat, Hammocks. Scrub.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Interesting foliage, Thorns
Larval host for giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) and Schaus' swallowtail (Heraclides aristodemus
- Attractive and unique swollen trunk
- Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
- Majestic, sprawling canopy
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
