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Reynosia septentrionalis
Wood is dense (hard).
Listed as Threatened by the FDACS.
Screen plant. Specimen shrub or small tree -- you can choose based on how you opt to prune (
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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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Wildlife, Cover and food primarily for birds.
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Habitat, Coastal hammocks.
- Prefers acidic soil
- Requires high humidity
- Magnificent
- Stunning and colorful while in bloom
- Unusual deep green leaves with bronze underside
- Striking silhouette
Penstemon laevigatus
Informal shady semi-shady 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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Habitat, Moist hardwood forests
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts bees, butterflies.
Larval host for common buckeye (Junonia coenia).
- Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
- Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
- Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
- Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
Eugenia confusa
Listed as Endangered by the State of Florida. Please acquire in an environmentally conscientious manner. Retain in the natural landscape if present.
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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, Slow growing.
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume fruit.
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Habitat, Rockland hammock. Coastal hammock.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Insect pollinated.
- Sometime grows horozontially
- Does poorly in very wet soil
- Elegant and stately
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
Tridens flavus
Rear of garden as a screen. Native meadows.
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Tolerance, Unknown
Moderate. Tolerant of salty wind and may get some salt spray. Exposure to salt spray would be uncommon (major storms).
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Wildlife, Turkey and quail eat the seed. Provides cover for small ground-dwelling animals.
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Habitat, Flatwoods, open woodlands
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Did You Know?, Butterflies, moths
- Medium stature
- Beautiful rounded dense canopy
- Unique foliage
- Moderately rapid growth
Triadenum virginicum
Wetland garden including bog gardens. Natural wetland settings.
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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, Cypress swamps, cutthroat seep.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Reported to attract butterflies and other pollinators (Earthtones Native Plants).
- Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
- Sprawling and informal shrub
- Unique foliage and silhouette
- Slow Growth
- Medium stature
- Clusters of tubular flowers
Gaylussacia mosieri
Rarely gown likely because of its need for moist sites.
Shrub in an informal, moist garden and would make a good backdrop for a bog garden, or a good
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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, Fruits eaten by a variety of birds and mammals.
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Habitat, Bogs, wet savannas, edges of bayheads, mesic to hydric flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers
Pollinated by native bees.
- Excellent edible fruit
- Stunning long emerald crownshaft
- Not a true jasmine
