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Liatris elegans
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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Habitat, Sandhill, mesic flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies and bees.
- Year-round blooms
- Attracts butterflies
- Unique foliage and silhouette
Baccharis dioica
This plant is believed to be extirpated in the wild in Florida. According to most sources, it was known from a single area south of Miami near Biscay
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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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Habitat, Coastal areas. Dunes and limerock and said to like hollows near mangroves.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Nectar attracts butterflies.
- Does best with periodic fertalization
- Striking and exotic
- Prefers acidic soil
Sabal minor
Use as a small specimen shrub in moist areas. Can also be used in floodplains.
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Tolerance, Tolerant of occasional/brief inundation such as can occur in storm surges.
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
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Wildlife, Used by birds for nesting and food. A wide variety of animals eat the fruit.
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Habitat, Shallowly inundated floodplain forest, shallow set sinks, hydric seep slopes and immediately adjacent mesic slopes, hydric hammock, moist mesic hammoc
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Pollinated by bees.
- Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
- Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
- Tall and romantic
- Easily trimmed to maintain desired size
- Wonderfully fragrant
Agarista populifolia
Toxic to humans. and some animals.
Specimen plant, foundation planting, screen.
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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 stems should be pruned. Plant tends to sucker, so plant where suckers are an asset.
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Wildlife, Some birds and other wildlife consume fruit. Foliage is poisonous.
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Habitat, Seepage areas, moist hammocks, swamps, river floodplains
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Attracts bees and butterflies.
- Highly wind tolerant
- Showy red berries
- Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
- Beloved in South Florida
- Critically endangered
- Excellent small to medium hedge
Orontium aquaticum
Curiosity in wetland gardens.
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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, Like many members of the Arum family, all parts of this plant are toxic.
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Habitat, Shallow water of pools, streams, and swamps.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
Pollinated by bees, flies, and beetles (Florida Wildflower Foundation)
- Pyramidal crown
- Excellent small hedge
- Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
Coreopsis leavenworthii
Coreopsis is the State wildflower.
Cultivated flower beds, wildflower gardens, meadows, and butterfly gardens.
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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, Self-seeds and so could become weedy.
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Habitat, Moist to wet flatwoods, marl prairies, sandhill, scrub, and disturbed areas. Common on moist, open roadsides.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts small butterflies.
Source of nectar and pollen for honeybees, native bees, and wasps.
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Falls over easily, may require staking
- Beautiful silhouette
- Attractive silver-gray foliage
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum
Some literature sources suggest that this species may have some salt tolerance as it apparently grows along the upper edges of some salt marshes, but
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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, Moist-wet sites. Wet flatwoods, roadside ditches in former flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
This plant is an insect magnet!
It attracts insects including long-tongued bees, green metallic bees, bee flies, butterflies, and skipp
- Ideal for smaller spaces
- Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
- Long-lasting year-round blooms
- Extremely versatile
- Elegant appearance
- Somewhat drought tolerant
Nelumbo lutea
This can be a love-it-or-hate-it plant. It is robust and can cover a large area. Consider where you are going to plant it, and avoid planting in are
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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, Can be aggressive. This is not a plant for small places.
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Wildlife, The seeds of this wildflower are consumed by the Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, and probably other waterfowl. (Illinois Wildfllowers). Bea
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Habitat, Ponds, lakes, rivers still or slow moving water in areas not subject to substantial wave action.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
The flowers are cross-pollinated by bees which collect pollen for their larvae. Two bee species th
- Relatively compact and narrow canopy
- Ideal for smaller spaces
- Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
- Majestic, sprawling canopy
- Edible, healthy fruit
Morella inodora
Screen along the edge of swamps. Primarily used for restoration.
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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 eat the fruits.
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Habitat, Shrub-tree bogs, bayheads, swamps, especially with Cyrilla racemiflora.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Elegant
- Does poorly oceanside
- Medium stature
- Handsome
- Decorative diamond-shaped trunk pattern
- Adequate moisture required
Pinus clausa
Foliage is fine-textured. Fast growing. Subject to root problems in poorly drained areas.
Highly flammible and old trees are weak. Think twice about
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Tolerance, Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray wo
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Considertions, Roots are sensitive to disturbance.
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Wildlife, Squirrels and other animals eat the seeds.
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Habitat, Dry sites. Scrub, scrubby flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Slender profile
- Does poorly oceanside
- Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
- Formal, old-world appearance
- Often draped with Spanish moss
- Magnificent showy flowers in summer
Equisetum hyemale var. affine
Leaves are very small and arranged in circles around the stem at each node giving it a banded appearance. This is a fern ally and reproduces by spores
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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, This plant will spread.
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Wildlife, Provides good cover at the edges of waterways or ponds.
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Habitat, Sandy soils in river floodplains, lake edges, ditches, sloughs.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Narrow enough for tight spaces
- Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
- Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
- Relatively compact and narrow canopy
- Can be kept narrow
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
Cornus amomum
Has considerable winter interest as its bark is smooth and red.
Wet site hedge, wet site specimen plant especially if a clump is suitable.Rarely plan
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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 and small mammals consume the fruit. Fruits used by birds and small mammals.
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Habitat, Riverine swamps, natural levees along streams, lake margins. Typically in areas with shallow annual inundation, typically during the winter/early spri
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Showy flowers
Larval host for cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia) and spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon).
Attracts long
- Thick branching into attractive silouttes
- Wonderfully fragrant
- Attracts butterflies and bees
