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Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa
Shrub for woodland edge or casual 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, Fruits are prized by a variety of birds and mammals.
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Habitat, Sandhills, scrub, flatwoods, cypress swamp margins. Acid soils. Mesic to dry-mesic flatwoods, edges of bayneads, cypress depressions, cutthroat seeps.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Pollinated primarily by native bees.
- Clusters of tubular flowers
- Excellent hedge choice
- Intoxicating fragrance
- Stately and uncommon
Salvia azurea
Wildflower garden, suitable for naturalizing.
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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, Flatwoods, sandhills, pine-oak-hickory woods, secondary woods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Nectar source for native bees, including bumblebees, and other pollinators (Xerces Society)..
Attracts butterflies
- Requires high humidity
- Fruit eaten by birds
- Magnificent showy flowers in summer
- Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
- Highly salt tolerant
Quercus incana
Small tree in sandhill and other sandy-loam 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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Considertions, Does not handle root disturbance well (is noted for disappearing if land is managed by rollerchopping)
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Wildlife, Acorns provide food for selected birds, squirrels, raccoons, and deer.
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Habitat, Sandhill
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Did You Know?, Importnt food source for some species of moths and butterflies.
- Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
- Attracts butterflies and bees
- Stunning and colorful while in bloom
- Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
- Showy creamy white flowers
- Showy fall color
Picramnia pentandra
Listed as Endangered by the FDACS. Please acquire only from reputable sources that have any needed permits.
This has been known to escape outside of
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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, Birds eat the seed.
Dispersal is by birds and gravity.
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Habitat, Tropical rockland hammock.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for the bush sulphur butterfly, Urema dina helios
Attracts generalist pollinators.
- Striking silhouette
- Elegant appearance
- Damaged by citrus canker
- Falls over easily, may require staking
Lyonia mariana
Has larger flowers than most lyonias.
Can be used as a specimen shrub or in a 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, Slow growing.
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Habitat, Edges of flatwoods marshes, cypress-hardwood pond margins, bogs, shrub-tree swamps, hydric and low mesic flatwoods, occasionally in well-drained mixed
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers
Attracts bees.
- Long-lasting year-round blooms
- Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
- Not a true jasmine
- Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
Euploca polyphylla
Sprawling. Best used as a wildflower.
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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, Flatwoods near edges of open wetlands; roadsides through such places. Coastal thickets.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts a variety of pollinators, especially butterflies.
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
- Attractive mottled bark
- Pleasant rounded shape
- Stunning
Boehmeria cylindrica
This species is in the Nettle Family and looks much like stinging nettle. However, it does not have stinging hairs.
Ground cover in moist sites in ca
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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 become overly abundant. Plant with caution.
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Habitat, Cypress swamps, floodplain forests, wet thickets, stream banks, marshes, wet forests, marshy shores, ditches.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for several species of moths.
Larval host for red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) and eastern comma (Polygonia comma) butt
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Propagation, Propagate with cuttings.
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- Requires ample space and light
- Attractive dark green leaves
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Dense, full crown
- Not as popular as it once was
- Excellent edible fruit
Glandularia tampensis
Naturally very rare. Please acquire only from reputable sources.
Usualliy said to be perennial, but may not get past the first year.
Wildflower garde
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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, Short lived and may not reseed. Best to plan on this behaving like an annual.
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Habitat, Mesic flatwoods, live oak-cabbage palm hammock. Edges and clearings.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts butterflies, hummingbird moths, and bees.
- Beautiful rounded dense canopy
- Not recommended
- Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
- Self-shedding fronds
- Beautiful, natural globe shape
Halesia diptera
Use as a specimen plant or as an understory in a mixed hardwood forest setting. This tree blooms in early spring before the leaves come out.
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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, Hummingbirds and cardinals are known to be interested in the nectar. Squirrels may eat the fruits.
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Habitat, Dry-moist sites. Upland hardwood forests on fertile mesic slopes and ravines, hammocks, floodplain forests, slope forests, seep slopes, floodplains wi
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy flowers
Larval plant for several moth species.
Primary pollinators are bees.
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Did You Know?
- Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
- Attractive dark green leaves
- Drought tolerant
- Narrow crown
Eugenia axillaris
Fruits are edible.
Hedge or screen.
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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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Considertions, Some say that it has a skunky odor, others cannot smell it.
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Wildlife, Provides cover for wildlife (https://www.regionalconservation.org/).
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Habitat, Coastal hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Attracts pollinators, especially bees and moths.
Larval host for tant
- Clusters of tubular flowers
- Does poorly oceanside
- Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
