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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
Hypericum lissophloeus
Listed as Endangered in Florida. Please follow all State requirements for growing and transporting this species.
Best used as a shoreline plant in t
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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, Foliage and seeds are food source for birds and mammals.
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Habitat, Sandhill upland lake margins, sinks. Alsays open. Always sandy. Tolerant of dramatic water fluctuations.
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark
Attracts insect pollinators, especially bees.
- Rare and unique
- Showy creamy white flowers
- Attractive symmetrical appearance
- Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
- Moderately rapid growth
- Prolific fruiter
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
Athyrium filix-femina
Fronds are lacy and delicate in appearance.
Ground cover. This is a clump-forming fern (all fronds arise from a central point) making it a good focal
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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, One resource (Misssouri Botantical Garden) indicates that it tolerates rabbits.
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Habitat, Moist hammocks, swamps, shady bluffs.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
- Colorful fall foliage
- Adequate fertalization required
- Highly versatile
- Bright red fruits
Salvia misella
Depending on cold, this may keep its leaves all year or die back during the winter. In colder areas, consider growing it as an annual. It adapts well
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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, Depending on site, this plant may spread more than preferred, but easy to pull up if it is not wanted
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Interesting foliage
Larval host for Fulvous Hairstreak.
Attracts pollinators
- Distinctive-looking fruit with spiked exterior
- Underutilized
- Handsome
- Flowers profusely year round
- Wonderfully fragrant
- Prominent pale green or blue-gray crownshaft
Sarracenia flava
Found from Alabama (probably also in Mississippi), east into Florida and up the coastal plain to Virginia with occasional outlying populations.
Trappi
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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, Savannas, bogs, seep slopes. Benefits from fire.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Insectivorous.
Larval host for epaulleted pitcher plant moth.
A number of insect groups visit the fl
- Uncommon edible fruit
- Fruit attracts wildlife
- Excellent choice for narrow spaces
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
Solidago stricta
Wildflower garden.
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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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Habitat, Wet and coastal sites. Coastal scrub. Bogs, hydric and wet mesic flatwoods, ditches, coastal marshes.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Nectar plant for monarch (Danaus plexippus) and other butterflies.
Attracts pollinators including native bees. The goldenrod soldier
- Stout, swollen trunk
- Excellent choice for narrow spaces
- Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
- Tall and stately
- Very showy clusters of red flowers
- Rare, despite being a South Florida native
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
