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Jacquemontia reclinata
This is a Florida endemic listed by the USFWS and the State of Florida as Endangered. Please acquire only from reputable sources that have the proper
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt
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Wildlife, Birds feed on the fruits.
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Habitat, Coastal strand, beach dune. Openings.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts flies, bees, and butterflies.
- Striking symmetrical appearance
- Striking silhouette
- Wind tolerant
- Attractive and unique swollen trunk
Erythronium umbilicatum
This species has a cold requirement. It cannot be grown successfully much south of its native range.
Early spring wildflower. Can be planted as a se
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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, Swamps, floodplains, wet flatwoods, bogs, savannas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Supports early pollinators, especially bees (https://gnps.org/plants/dimpled-trout-lily-erythronium-umbilicatum/).
- Attractive shade tree
- Elegant
- Narrow crown
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
Asimina pygmea
Flowers range from maroon to maroon and white, to maroon and green mixed. One common name is gopherberry - because golpher tortoise eat the fruit.
Sp
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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, difficult to establish because of long taproot.
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Wildlife, Birds and small wildlife consume the fruit.
The fruit of dwarf pawpaw is sometimes called gopherberry because the fruit is eaten by gopher tortoises.
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Habitat, Flatwoods, scrub, sandhill
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Larval host to the Zebra Swallowtail butterfly (Eurytides marcellus)and pawpaw sphinx (Dolba hyloeus). Pollinated by flie
- Massive, breathtaking and impressive
- Beautiful exotic foliage
- Attractive mottled bark
- Wonderfully fragrant at night
Palafoxia integrifolia
Not readily available from nurseries but said to be easy to grow.
Palafoxia feayi is a related species, also beautiful, but harder to row and even les
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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, Dry or scrubby flatwoods and , coastal hammocks. Common after fire.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees, butterflies and moths.
Said to attract scarab beetles.
- Self-shedding fronds
- Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
- Excellent choice for narrow spaces
- Stunning
- Available multi-stalked
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
Paronychia rugelii
This low growing plant is a good ground cover
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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, Woodlands, flat pinewoods, sandhill, scrub, disturbed areas in the coastal plain
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Likely attracts bees.
- Medium stature
- Very showy clusters of flowers
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
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
