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Gulf Cordgrass

Spartina spartinae

Primarily useful for coastal restoration projects.

Ringed trunk
Colorful fall foliage
Ideal with Mediterranean architecture
Adequate moisture required
Distinctive-looking fruit with spiked exterior

Deerberry

Vaccinium stamineum

Specimen shrub. Fine foliage. Does well adjacent to structures or woods.

Slow Growth
Excellent small hedge
Abundance of orange-red flowers in summer
Showy creamy white flowers

Flag Pawpaw

Asimina obovata

Understory shrub.

Tall and romantic
Relatively uncommon in South Florida
Beautiful rounded canopy

Florida Anise

Illicium floridanum

The distribution mimics the distribution of steepheads, a stream/valley system that originates in a very steep-headed ravine where the water seeps out of the ground to form a stream, and the headwall gradually moves uphill due to the water exiting the ground undermining it. Screen or specimen plant in shady wet settings.

Attractive and unique swollen trunk
Thrives only briefly, about 1 year
Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
Attracts butterflies
Requires high humidity

Sand Hickory

Carya pallida

Shade tree where falling/fallen nuts will not be a problem.

Huge extremely fragrant flowers
Extremely popular
Recently classified invasive
Produces aromatic flowers year-round
Relatively compact and narrow canopy

Wild-tamarind

Lysiloma latisiliquum

It's a legume, so nitrogen fixation may help it survive in low nutrient soils. Fast growing. Shade tree. Attractive for its lacy foliage. Does well as a street tree.

Stout, swollen trunk
Delicious edible fruit
Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
Attracts butterflies