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Cyrilla racemiflora
Hedge plant.
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
  • Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
  • Rapid growth
  • Cold tolerant
  • Ringed trunk
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Castanea pumila
While it is related to chestnuts, its not generally subject to chestnut blight, and if it gets it, will likely recover. Natural settings as a small shade tree or large shrub.
  • Unusual deep green leaves with bronze underside
  • Can be kept narrow
  • Healthy edible fruit
  • Uncommon
  • Available single or multi-stalked
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Oxalis corniculata
Invasive in many parts of the world.  It is either a blessing or a pest in Florida depending on where it is. Good addition to a freedom lawn.
  • Highly salt tolerant
  • Attractive variegated foliage
  • Showy red berries
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Ilex coriacea
Occurs naturally at the edges of wooded areas and creates a hedge-like appearance.
  • Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
  • Sometime grows horozontially
  • Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
  • Attractive light to medium green crownshaft
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Asclepias incarnata
Plant in moist to wet areas where it can be grown in large clumps.
  • Unique, fern-like leaves
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
  • Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
  • Very showy clusters of red flowers
  • Elegant and stately
  • Wonderfully fragrant flowers
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Eupatorium rotundifolium
Wildflower garden especially in sunny moist areas.
  • Unique fluffy fronds
  • Attractive glossy leaves
  • Tropical silhouette
  • Excellent choice for narrow spaces
  • Requires occassional fertalization
  • Long emerald crownshaft
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Passiflora suberosa
In some parts of the world, this is an invasive species. In Florida, it is well behaved. Grow on a trellis or let climb a tree. Can also be used as a groundcover. Flowers are small but attractive. Blooms all year. Grown primarily as a larval host plant.
  • Stunning colorful foliage
  • Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
  • Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
  • Colorful fall foliage
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Fagus grandifolia
Shade tree. It is known for its smooth light gray bark. Its leaves turn yellow and then light brown remaining on the tree until nearly spring and providing interest to the winter landscape. If you are privileged to have this tree in the landscape, retain and protect it.
  • Excellent choice for narrow spaces
  • Excellent small hedge
  • Critically endangered
  • Ideal for smaller spaces
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Platanus occidentalis
It's paint-chip white and brown-green bark provides winter interest. The natural range is from  north Florida into southern Canada.  This species has been planted well south of its range and is occasionally collected from places (such as the median of I-75, near old homesites,  and near mine reclaimation areas) where it likely got there due to man's activities.  It has also been widely planted in mined areas. Frequently used as a yard tree or as a shade tree in parks. Best used where its large size won't overwhelm the surroundings.
  • Moderately salt tolerant
  • Rare, despite being a South Florida native
  • Smaller stature
  • Prefers acidic soil
  • Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
  • Hummingbird favorite
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Liatris gracilis
Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
  • Prominant olive crownshaft
  • Highly salt tolerant
  • Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
  • Requires shade when young
  • Attractive symmetrical appearance
  • Very showy clusters of flowers
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Ulmus americana
This tree is subject to Dutch elm disease. Dutch elm disease has not been detected in Florida (IFAS 2008). In most of eastern North America, this tree has largely disappeared from landscape use due to mass mortality from Dutch elm disease. Shade tree, used as a street tree noted for its spreading urn-shaped crown. Tolerant of root disturbance.
  • Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
  • Very full crown
  • Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
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Damburneya coriacea
Foliage when crushed smells like citrus. This small tree has an elegant appearance that makes it suited to use as a specimen plant. The glossy evergreen foliage makes this small tree also make it effective as a screen or barrier plant.
  • Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
  • Bright red fruits
  • Wind tolerant
  • Pineapple-like showy fruits (female plants)
  • Unique, fern-like leaves
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Sarracenia minor
Pitchers (leaves) are mostly green with red coloration near the upper parts. Bog gardens.
  • Massive stature when mature
  • Attractive tiered canopy
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
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Carpinus caroliniana
Retain if in the landscape. Can be used as a specimen plant in areas not subject to root disturbance.
  • Attractive tiered canopy
  • Cornerstone plant in South Florida
  • Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
  • Grows tall, but not massive
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Gelsemium rankinii
Rarely grown but worthy of consideration for moist areas. Poisonous and nectar may be toxic to some insects. Grow on support or up a tree in moist areas. Can make a good screen on a fence.
  • Tall and stately
  • Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
  • Attractive flowers, typically deep orange
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Jacquemontia reclinata
This is a Florida endemic listed by the USFWS and the State of Florida as Endangered.  Please acquire only from reputable sources that have the proper permits. Groundcover in dry coastal settings.
  • Striking symmetrical appearance
  • Striking silhouette
  • Wind tolerant
  • Attractive and unique swollen trunk
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Hibiscus furcellatus
This is a wetland plant. It is rarely grown, but it has potential in appropriate sites. Hedges, screening.
  • Rare and unique
  • Attractive symmetrical appearance
  • Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
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Quercus muehlenbergii
The range of this species barely makes it into north Florida but extends north to southern Canada. Shade tree.
  • Elegant
  • Towering
  • Extremely versatile
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Ulmus alata
May need trimming to form a single trunk tree for landscaping. Makes an excellent specimen tree due to the corky wings on its twigs. Older speciments are good shade trees.
  • Stunning during brief late spring bloom
  • Swollen, succulent branches
  • Symmetrical shape
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Achillea millefolium
Can be grown as a groundcover. This is a species on the southern limits of its range in North Florida.  Its known occurrence (ISB 2020) is sparse in FLorida. Informal plantings, especially butterfly gardens. Useful for erosion control.
  • Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
  • Very showy clusters of red flowers
  • Showy display of fruit
  • Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
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Carya floridana
Specimen tree. Use only where roots will be undisturbed.
  • Unique, fern-like leaves
  • Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
  • Sometime grows horozontially
  • Often draped with Spanish moss
  • Rare, despite being a South Florida native