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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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Carphephorus corymbosus
Dry meadows. Wildflower gardens.
  • Stunning colorful foliage
  • Excellent small hedge
  • Underutilized
  • Showy red berries
  • Attracts butterflies and bees
  • Salt tolerant
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Coccoloba uvifera
Can be pruned. Works well as a specimen plant. Its thick, large leaves make it stand out from most other plants in the landscape. Very useful in settings subject to salt spray.
  • Often draped with Spanish moss
  • Arched, recurving fronds
  • Wonderfully fragrant flowers
  • Wide umbrella-shaped canopy
  • Swollen, succulent branches
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Quercus pagoda
The range map for this species suggests that it might occur in the ApalachicolaRiver floodplains even where it had not been documented. Shade tree. This is a large oak.
  • Flowers profusely year round
  • Silvery blue-green fronds
  • Excellent choice for narrow spaces
  • Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
  • Somewhat drought tolerant
  • Long emerald crownshaft
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Solidago stricta
Wildflower garden.
  • Stout, swollen trunk
  • Excellent choice for narrow spaces
  • Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
  • Tall and stately
  • Very showy clusters of red flowers
  • Rare, despite being a South Florida native
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Nekemias arborea
For special uses only. This tall growing vine can hide unsightly objects in moist places and is useful to providing cover for wildlife and food for birds. When grown on a fence or arbor, new leaves can be bright red in color.
  • Does poorly in very wet soil
  • Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
  • Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
  • Fragrant in the evening
  • Showy red berries
  • Breathtaking and memorable
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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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Athyrium filix-femina
Fronds are lacy and delicate in appearance. Ground cover. This is a clump-forming fern (all fronds arise from a central point) making it a good focal point in a shade garden. Can also be used as a border plant.
  • Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
  • Colorful fall foliage
  • Adequate fertalization required
  • Highly versatile
  • Bright red fruits
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Pteridium aquilinum
This is one of the world's most widespread species. Multiple subspecies exist  within Florida with two being widespread. Because of its tolerance of acidic soils, this is sometimes used for reclamation of acidic soil areas. Adapted to relatively frequent fire. Groundcover. This is one of the few ferns that can handle sun. Height will depend on variety with bracken ferns from South Florida typically being much larger than those from further north.
  • Beautiful, natural globe shape
  • Sometime grows horozontially
  • Beautiful rounded canopy