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Psychotria ligustrifolia
Specimen or hedge 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, Birds and other animals use the fruits
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Habitat, Tropocal hammocks, pine flatwoods.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Attracts bees and wasps, some flies, and other pollinators.
- Extremely versatile
- Distinctive-looking fruit with spiked exterior
- Beautiful rounded canopy
- Majestic and graceful
Rhus aromatica
Range barely reaches north Florida.
Specimen shrub, border, windbreak. This is a spreading, somewhat sprawling shrub.
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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, Provides nesting, roosting and loafing cover for a variety of songbirds and game birds.
Its fruit may not be the first choice of many kinds of wildlif
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Habitat, Dry, somewhat open woods.
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Did You Know?, Fall color, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Primarily pollinated by bees.
- Formal, old-world appearance
- Thrives only briefly, about 1 year
- Drought tolerant
Sarracenia psittacina
In natural settings, benefits from fire.
Bog 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, Bogs, savannas, seep slopes, seepy edges of marshes and wet prairies, seepy roadside swales.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Interesting foliage
Pollinated by bees
- Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
- Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
- Very slow growth
- Attractive shade tree
- Flowers profusely year round
- Unique flowers, with petals like banana peels
Psilotum nudum
This is a primitive plant that produces spores.
Typically grown as a curiosity in a shade garden or as an epiphyte. Sometimes grown as a container p
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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, Variable, mesic to dry hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
- Long emerald crownshaft
- Attractive shade tree
- Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
- Prolific fruiter
- Excellent hedge choice
- Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
Quercus alba
Its peeling bark and rounded lobes set it apart from most other oaks.
Shade tree best suited to settings where its large size can be appreciated. Gro
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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, Annual acorn drop may require cleanup in areas close to residences.
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Wildlife, Squirrels, racoons, deer and many other animals eat the acorns.
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Habitat, Dry mesic to mesic forests, second bottom, higher levees.
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Did You Know?, Interesting bark, Fall color, Interesting foliage, Hurricane wind resistance
Larval host for brown duskywing butterfly (Erynnis horatius), the gray h
- Elegant appearance
- Easy/Carefree native
- Attracts butterflies and bees
- Slender profile
- Massive stature
- Not as popular as it once was
