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Varronia globosa
Background shrub.
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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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Considertions, Can become weedy in the right conditions.
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Wildlife, Birds and other wildlife consume food. Attracts various pollinators especially bees and butterflies.
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Habitat, Old fields, open areas, edges of hammocks.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
Attracts butterflies including malachite, atala, and daggerwinds (Haehle and Brookstone 1999).
- Not recommended
- Readily pruned into attractive shapes
- Elegant and compact
- Salt tolerant
Eragrostis elliottii
Wildflower garden. Mass plantings.
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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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Wildlife, Small birds and other wildlife consume the seed.
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Habitat, Flatwoods, sandhill, wet prairie, cutthroat seeps, dry hammocks, disturbed sites.
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Did You Know?, Interesting foliage
Larval host for zabulon skipper (Poanes zabulon).
- Elegant
- Elegant and stately
- Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
Hypericum tetrapetalum
Moist 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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Wildlife, Foliage and seeds are food source for birds and mammals.
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Habitat, Flatwoods, sandhill, ruderal areas.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Attracts pollinators, especially bees. Documented bees include Augochlorella aurata, Dialictzcs coreopsis and D. lniniatulus (Deyrup et
- Produces aromatic flowers year-round
- Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
- Smaller stature
Nolina brittoniana
This is listed by the USFWS as Endangered and may require landowner permission and/or permits to transplant. Please do not disturb this species unless
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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, Scrub, sandhilll.
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Nolina brittoniana at Archbold Biologica
- Excellent choice for narrow spaces
- Dark green leaves
- Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
Asclepias tomentosa
Predominantly a Florida plant, but it has also been recorded in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Texas.
The species name "tomentosa" refer
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Tolerance, Unknown
Unknown
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Habitat, Scrub, sandhill, edges of xeric hammocks, scrubby flatwoods
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Did You Know?, Showy flowers
Larval host for monach (Danaus plexippus) , queen (Danaus gilippus) and soldier (Danaus eresimus) butterflies.
Nectar plant for many b
- Unique, fern-like leaves
- Striking symmetrical appearance
- Available single or multi-stalked
- Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
