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Hypericum tenuifolium
Works well in a wildflower garden or as a low border plant.
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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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Wildlife, Foliage and seeds are food source for birds and mammals.
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Habitat, Sandhill, pine flatwoods, dry edges of sandhill lakes..
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts pollinators, especially bees. Documented bees include Colletes sp. A, Hylaeus conflzcens, Augochlorella
- Stately and uncommon
- Showy red berries
- Bright red fruits
- Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
- Magnificent when flowering
- Pyramidal crown
Phyla nodiflora
Low growing groundcover. Can be used as a turf substitute in low traffic areas.
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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, Dry-moist-wet sites. Disturbed wet prairies, ruderal areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Larval host for common buckeye (Junonia coenia), phaon crescent (Phyciodes phaon) and white peacock (Anartia jatr
- Requires occassional fertalization
- Rare, despite being a South Florida native
- Iconic symbol of the south
- Narrow crown
- Relatively compact and narrow canopy
Silphium asteriscus
The bloom period is relatively long - lasting from early spring, well into fall.
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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Wildlife, Seeds eaten by birds.
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Habitat, Moist roadsides, flatwoods, sandhill, scrub.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies
Attracts bees
- Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
- Striking and exotic
- Requires occassional fertalization
- Does poorly in very wet soil
- Year-round blooms
- Lush, dense shade tree
Prunus americana
The range of this species covers much of North America, especially the midwest and mid-to-north Atlantic states and extends into southern Canada. Flo
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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, Birds, squirrels, and other animals eat the fruit, and deer may browse the foliage, but the plant is not generally considered ideal food for either.
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Habitat, Woodlands.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Pollinated by bees.
Attracts butterflies.
Larval host for the Coral Hairstreak, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Red-Spotted Purple, Spring/S
- Imposing stature
- Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
- Does poorly in very wet soil
Pityopsis flexuosa
Minimize competition especially if it is over-topping the Pityopsis.
Endemic to the Florida Panhandle in a 6-county area near Tallahassee.
Listed as
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Unknown
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Considertions, Can cut back after flowering to keep it neat.
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Habitat, Sandhills and dry disturbed areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
- Does best with periodic fertalization
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Magnificent
- Can be grown indoors
- Elegant, dense canopy
