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Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Interesting buttressed trunks.
Shade tree. Can be used in settings such as parking lot edges, street tree, etc.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of inundation with brackish water
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Wildlife, Povides good cover.
Birds and small mammals are attracted to the fruit.
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Habitat, Tropical hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Attracts insect pollinators
- Bright red fruits
- Requires protection from strong winds
- Colorful new leafs
- Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Specimen plant, edge, understory shrub. Can be grown in a large container.
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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, Old leaf bases form long stiff spines.
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Wildlife, Provides good wildlife cover.
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Habitat, Moist-wet sites. Seep slope forests, regularly but shallowly inundated floodplains, seepage swamps especially associated with springs, hydric seepage
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage, Thorns
Attracts beetles.
- Colorful new leafs
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
- Relatively compact and narrow canopy
- Fast growth
- Swollen, succulent branches
- Very slow growth
Yucca gloriosa
Specimen plant. Forms a large rosette of spine-tipped leaves. Flower stalks rise to 6-8 ft.
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salty wind and salt spray without i
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Considertions, Spine-tipped leave are very sharp.
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Wildlife, Provides wildlife cover
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Habitat, Cultivated. Dry sites.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Pollinated by moths though hummingbirds may be attracted to the nectar. Larval host plant for cofaqui giant skipp
- Colorful fall foliage
- Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
- Edible, healthy fruit
