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Nelumbo lutea
This can be a love-it-or-hate-it plant.  It is robust and can cover a large area.  Consider where you are going to plant it, and avoid planting in areas where it could take over a community pond. While this plant meets the Florida Native Plant Society's definition of native (here when Europeans first arrived), the center of its range is the Mississippi River and its tributaries.  American Indians are known to have spread this plant given that it was a good, prolific food source once established.  They may have brought it to Florida. Water plant.
  • Relatively compact and narrow canopy
  • Ideal for smaller spaces
  • Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
  • Majestic, sprawling canopy
  • Edible, healthy fruit
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Scutellaria integrifolia
Salt tolerance has not been studied but it has been recorded (in New England) in salt marshes, suggesting tolerance of at least brackish water and likely tolerance of some salt spray. Information is lacking regarding pollination for the species. However, the family exhibits flowers that are hermaphrodite, dioecious, or gynodioecious (fairly commonly), and is most often pollinated by insects, (bees, butterflies & moths, or flies).  Also has cleistogamous flowers,so self pollination may also occur(Collins 1976 as cited in New England Native Plant Trust, 2002). Wildflower garden. It blooms early before most of the other wildflowers.
  • Susceptible to breakage, even in moderate winds
  • Fruit eaten by birds
  • Edible, healthy fruit
  • Can be grown indoors
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Gleditsia triacanthos
Very thorny. In the northern parts of its range, a thornless cultivar is planted. Specimen tree. To avoid insect issues, best not to plant in large numbers.
  • Tall and stately
  • Flowers year round
  • Wonderfully fragrant
  • Pleasant rounded shape
  • Prolific fruiter
  • Excellent small to medium hedge
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Nyssa aquatica
Wet garden. Rain garden. Shade tree for wet areas and along wetland edges. Leaves turn yellow in fall. Slow growing.
  • Majestic
  • Very fast growth rate
  • Intoxicating fragrance
  • Unique fluffy fronds
  • Attractive shade tree
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Eryngium aquaticum
Moist wildflower garden.
  • Rapid growth
  • Stout, swollen trunk
  • Will not tolerate frost
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Reynosia septentrionalis
Wood is dense (hard). Listed as Threatened by the FDACS. Screen plant. Specimen shrub or small tree -- you can choose based on how you opt to prune (prune, don't shear).
  • Prefers acidic soil
  • Requires high humidity
  • Magnificent
  • Stunning and colorful while in bloom
  • Unusual deep green leaves with bronze underside
  • Striking silhouette