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Pinus palustris
Highly tolerant of fire once established. Shade tree. Woodland tree.
  • Rapid growth
  • Dark green leaves
  • Colorful new leafs
  • Requires shade when young
  • Majestic, sprawling canopy
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Bletia purpurea
Retain if present in natural setting. Can be grown in a wildflower garden.
  • Width often exceeds height
  • Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
  • Colorful older leaves
  • Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
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Ilex opaca var. arenicola
Specimen plant. Slow growing.
  • Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
  • Colorful older leaves
  • Recently classified invasive
  • Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
  • Somewhat drought tolerant
  • Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
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Chiococca alba
Nice blog article by Florida Wildflower Foundation. Background plant somewhere between a shrub and vine in character.
  • Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
  • Does best in warmer areas of South Florida
  • Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
  • Sprawling and informal shrub
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Aronia arbutifolia
Often grows with ink berry and palmettos. Beautiful early spring-blooming shrub. Grow at edge of wooded areas or as a specimen.
  • Massive stature
  • Very rare
  • Stunning colorful foliage
  • Very full crown
  • Briefly bare for about a month in the winter
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Celtis occidentalis
Further north, this can be a moderately large tree. Not typically grown but worth retaining if present as an understory tree.
  • Attractive variegated foliage
  • Elegant
  • Cold tolerant
  • Fast growth
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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 this is a plant rescue. Wildflower garden.
  • Excellent choice for narrow spaces
  • Dark green leaves
  • Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
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Prunus myrtifolia
Listed as Threatened by the FDACS. Specimen tree, edge plant, or part of a clump of trees.
  • Attractive dark green leaves
  • Wind tolerant
  • Highly salt tolerant
  • Attractive symmetrical appearance
  • Dense attractive foliage
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Gordonia lasianthus
Makes a good specimen tree or a cluster of in wet areas along margins of lakes and ponds. This tree is columnar in form and can make a formal-looking plant near an entryway.
  • Heavy feeder
  • Attractive contrast between flowers and foliage
  • Beloved in South Florida
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Vallesia antillana
It is listed as endangered by the state of Florida and as critically imperiled in South Florida by The Institute for Regional Conservation. Specimen shrub. Foliage is shiny, attractive. Grown mostly for its interesting, translucent fruits.
  • Lush, dense shade tree
  • Beloved in South Florida
  • Deciduous
  • Highly wind tolerant
  • Highly salt tolerant
  • Underutilized
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Silene catesbaei
Rare and listed as endangered. Please obtain this plant only from reputable native plant nurseries or friends -- do not harvest from the wild. Little is known about the culture of this species. Other Silene species do well if divided at the crown during the winter every few years. Groundcover.
  • Uniquely shaped with a muscular look
  • Showy reddish peeling bark
  • Produces aromatic flowers year-round
  • Available multi-stalked
  • Somewhat salt tolerant
  • Can be kept narrow
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Brickellia cordifolia
This is a rare plant.  Please acquire responsibly (don't steal from the wild). Not common in the nursery trade (we are aware of one North Florida nursery that sells it). Back up flower beds
  • Attractive symmetrical appearance
  • Beautiful rounded canopy
  • Very rare
  • Slender and elegant
  • Easy/Carefree
  • Prominent pale green crownshaft
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Dalea feayi
Foliage has a strong minty smell. Dry wildflower garden.
  • Bright red fruits
  • Long-lived perennial
  • Delicious edible fruit
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Iris verna var. smalliana
Noted for fragrance. Casual shade garden. It spreads, so eventually acts as a groundcover.
  • Stunning
  • Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
  • Arched, recurving fronds
  • Colorful older leaves
  • Slow Growth