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Rhynchospora latifolia
This is a sedge. Most Rhynchospora species are wind pollinated. The white bracts of this species attract insects.
Wetland garden or informal savanna.
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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, wet prairies.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees and butterflies
- Beautiful shiny green leaves
- Ideal for smaller spaces
- Imposing stature
- Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
Ilex coriacea
Occurs naturally at the edges of wooded areas and creates a hedge-like appearance.
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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, It's dioecious; so make sure you have at least one male plant in the vicinity to produce berries on the females.
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Wildlife, Fruits are eaten by birds.
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Habitat, Wet flatwoods, titi swamps, bogs.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Bees pollinate flowers.
- Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
- Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
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
Illicium parviflorum
The natural range of this plant is quite limited, but it has become a native landscaping favorite over a much broader range.
Hedges, specimen shrubs,
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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, Bottomland forest, hydric hammock, baygall, banks of spring run and seepage streams, wet upland mixed forest. Can be seen near several of the spring r
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Insect pollinated.
- Can be trimmed into manicured shapes
- Towering
- Stout, swollen trunk
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
