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Sagittaria latifolia
Is being replaced  by S. lancifolia in Louisiana where there is salt water intrusion into wetlands.  Apparently much less salt tolerant that S. lancifolia. Use in water gardens or as an emergent along pond edges.
  • Unique swollen blue-green to silver trunk
  • Elegant appearance
  • Self-shedding fronds
  • Prominant olive crownshaft
  • Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
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Baptisia simplicifolia
This plant is a legume and its roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules on them. It is useful on nutrient poor soils. Baptisia simplicifolia is a Florida endemic and is listed as Threatened by the FDACS. Treat as a small shrub even though this is not woody or use as a background plant in a wildflower garden.
  • Towering
  • Flowers profusely year round
  • Tropical silhouette
  • Fragrant clusters of flowers in fall
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Rhabdadenia biflora
Grow on a trellis, but keep it fairly short to keep the flowers at a level where they will be enjoyed. Can be grown as a container plant.
  • Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
  • Elegant, dense canopy
  • Does best in cooler areas of South Florida
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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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Sporobolus virginicus
Useful in coastal restoration or retained along a coastal shoreline for stabilization. Salt marsh coastal stabilizer. Low dune stabilizer. Groundcover in coastal settings.
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
  • Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
  • Year-round blooms
  • Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
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Euonymus americanus
Shady settings. Interesting for its green twigs and red warty fruits. In good habitats it can form dense clones.
  • Relatively compact and narrow canopy
  • Wonderfully fragrant at night
  • Native
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Rosa palustris
Information on salt tolerance comes from northern nurseries in areas where the biggest issue is likely to be salt used for deicing roadsides. This native rose is generally not susceptible to the disease and insect pests that attack many of the hybrid roses. It's a shrub; plant where its thorns will not be an issue.
  • Damaged by citrus canker
  • Massive stature when mature
  • Produces aromatic flowers year-round
  • Will not tolerate frost
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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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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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Vernonia gigantea
The genus name honors the English botanist William Vernon, who did fieldwork in North America. Back of a moist wildflower garden. Can also use on the edges of natural or created wetlands and streams.
  • Colorful new leafs
  • Rare, despite being a South Florida native
  • Beautiful rounded dense canopy
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Delphinium carolinianum
This species is more common in adjacent states and occurs broadly in mid-western prairies.  Its range barely makes it into Florida.   The southern end of the range is likely determined by lack of winter cold.  The seeds germinate better with winter stratification. Delphinium caroliniana is listed as state Endangered in Florida.  It is not commercially available in Florida.  It might best be purchased from Alabama or Georgia seed sources. Wildflower gardens.
  • Formal, old-world appearance
  • Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
  • Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
  • Requires ample space and light
  • Showy red berries