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Lyonia lucida
Difficult to transplant. Clonal.
May be used as a hedge and takes to pruning.
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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, Apparently toxic to many mammals
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Habitat, Flatwoods, dome swamp (on hummocks), scrub, scrubby flatwoods. In wetlands typically on hummocks.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts bees. The following bees were observed visiting flowers of Lyonia lucida at Archbold B
- Narrow crown
- Sprawling and informal shrub
- Drought tolerant
- Beautiful rounded canopy
- Requires occassional fertalization
- Prominant olive crownshaft
Hibiscus coccineus
Its deeply divided leaves look somewhat like marijuana leaves(Cannabis spp.).
Specimen plant in moist areas. There is also a white-flowered variant.
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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, Wet sites. Strands, sloughs, swamps, brackish and freshwater marshes; commonly in water.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Larval host of Gray Hairstreak, Painted Lady Butterfly, Common Checkered Skipper and Tropical Checkered Skipper b
- Attractive variegated foliage
- Tiered branches
- Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
- Elegant
- Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
Viburnum rufidulum
Specimen plant, screen plant, understory tree/shrub.
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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 pollinators. Birds and other wildlife consume fruit.
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Habitat, Upland hardwood forests, bluffs, secondary woods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Larval host for the spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon).
Both native and non-native viburnums (Viburnum spp.) attra
- Flowers year round
- Imposing stature
- Silvery blue-green fronds
- Highly wind tolerant
- Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
- Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
