Atlantic St. John's-wort

Hypericum tenuifolium
Works well in a wildflower garden or as a low border plant.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Wildlife

Foliage and seeds are food source for birds and mammals.

Habitat

Sandhill, pine flatwoods, dry edges of sandhill lakes..

Did You Know?

  • Showy flowers, Interesting foliage
  • Attracts pollinators, especially bees.  Documented bees include Colletes sp. A, Hylaeus conflzcens, Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa, Azcgochloropsis anonyma, A. metallica, A. sumnptuosa, Dialictus miniatulus, D. nymnphalis, D. placidensis, D. tegularis, Arzthidielluln perplexzcm, Megachile brevis pseudobreuis, M. georgica and Apis lnellifera (Deyrup et al. 2002).