Small to medium tree often with somewhat scruffy form. Retain in a natural setting if present.

Water gardens and pond edges.  Moist wildflower gardens.

Endemic to Florida. Wildflower garden,

This is a small clonal oak that can be used in a thicket as a screen.

Bahama ladder brake hybridizes with the non-native and invasive China brake (P. vittata) forming Delchamps' ladder brake (P. x delchampsii). Bahama ladder break is threatened with extinction due to this hybridization. Because of this, we do not recommend planting Bahama ladder break -- if we plant it and there is any China brake around, we exacerbate the problem. When you find this plant in nature, please enjoy it there. Listed as threatened by the state of Florida. Grows in clumps. Unusual in that it thrives in high light, but needs moist soil.

Wild cotton is a rare plant; it needs protection against missuses and protection against removal from natural populations. Use as a short-lived "shrub". Dies back with freezing but will re-sprout from the roots. Use as a specimen plant.

Adaptable to the casual or wildflower garden. Can be used as groundcover or border plant. Naturalizes.