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Cyrilla racemiflora
Hedge plant.
  • Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
  • Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
  • Rapid growth
  • Cold tolerant
  • Ringed trunk
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Styrax grandifolius
Fragrant. Understory tree in moist areas.
  • Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
  • Beautiful silhouette
  • Stunning
  • Rare, despite being a South Florida native
  • Very rare
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Botrychium biternatum
Treasure this tidy fern if you have it in your landscape.
  • Slender and elegant
  • Attractive blue-green to silver leaflets
  • Requires high humidity
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Ipomoea alba
Blooms open late in the day and remain open through the night. Fragrant. Can be agrown as an anuual north of its native range.  Considered to be invasive in subtropical and tropical areas outside of its natural range. Recommended only for use where it can be controlled such as on a trellis or in areas where expansive growth is appropriate. Rain gardens or bioswales.
  • Forms an open canopy
  • Often hosts orchids, ferns and bromiliads
  • Unique, sweet, almond-like flavor
  • Fast growth
  • Highly wind tolerant
  • Requires protection from strong winds
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Hypericum hypericoides
Mass plantings, small specimen shrubs
  • Stout, swollen trunk
  • Beautiful exotic foliage
  • Beautiful silhouette
  • No longer recommended
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Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis
Lacy specimen plant in wet settings. Useful in fern gardens or beside a shady water feature. Useful around drainage ponds.
  • Tall and romantic
  • Lush, dense shade tree
  • Narrow enough for tight spaces
  • Elegant appearance
  • Easy/Carefree native
  • Elegant and stately
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Liatris tenuifolia
Two varieties exist, both occur in this area. Wildflower garden.
  • Highly salt tolerant
  • Dark green leaves
  • Attractive shade tree
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Frangula caroliniana
Specimen tree, can also be containerized, hedge plant, patio plant, or median plant.
  • Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
  • Requires ample space and light
  • Cold tolerant
  • Beautiful rounded dense canopy
  • Highly nutritious fruit
  • Extremely versatile
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Bourreria succulenta
Weeping branches. Specimen tree, hedge, or screen.
  • Unique purple-brown crownshaft
  • Beautiful sweeping fronds with drooping leaflets
  • Arched, recurving fronds
  • Easy/Carefree
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Rhizophora mangle
Salt water is not required. This species is cold sensitive near the northern ends of its range and may die back during extreme freezes. Mangroves are protected and you may not trim or remove them. See this Florida DEP web page for the latest information: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/central/Home/SLERP/Mangroves/mangroves.htm Very good for coastal stabilization. Can act as a specimen plant in coastal areas. This tree is noted for its prop roots.
  • Prized scent, used in commercial perfumes
  • Unusually shaped, asymmetrical tree
  • Ideal for smaller spaces
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Ipomoea microdactyla
Rare - listed as endangered by the State of Florida and as imperrilled by the Florida Natural Inventory. Specimen vine.
  • Bright red fruits
  • Pyramidal crown
  • Tropical silhouette
  • Available single or multi-stalked
  • Very showy bright yellow flowers
  • Dense canopy
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Erythronium umbilicatum
This species has a cold requirement. It cannot be grown successfully much south of its native range. Early spring wildflower. Can be planted as a seasonal groundcover in a shady location.
  • Attractive shade tree
  • Elegant
  • Narrow crown
  • Killed by citrus greening (HLB)
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Paronychia rugelii
This low growing plant is a good ground cover
  • Medium stature
  • Very showy clusters of flowers
  • Narrow enough for tight spaces
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Liatris gracilis
Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
  • Prominant olive crownshaft
  • Highly salt tolerant
  • Raised diamond-shaped trunk pattern
  • Requires shade when young
  • Attractive symmetrical appearance
  • Very showy clusters of flowers
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Platanus occidentalis
It's paint-chip white and brown-green bark provides winter interest. The natural range is from  north Florida into southern Canada.  This species has been planted well south of its range and is occasionally collected from places (such as the median of I-75, near old homesites,  and near mine reclaimation areas) where it likely got there due to man's activities.  It has also been widely planted in mined areas. Frequently used as a yard tree or as a shade tree in parks. Best used where its large size won't overwhelm the surroundings.
  • Moderately salt tolerant
  • Rare, despite being a South Florida native
  • Smaller stature
  • Prefers acidic soil
  • Showy clusters orange-yellow fruits in spring
  • Hummingbird favorite
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Psychotria nervosa
Sensitize to cold weather. Small specimen plant, foundation planting, general cover plant in shaded areas.
  • Tiered branches
  • Native
  • Colorful new leafs
  • Critically endangered
  • Classic Southern tree
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Sarracenia flava
Found from Alabama (probably also in Mississippi), east into Florida and up the coastal plain to Virginia with occasional outlying populations. Trapping insects in the trumpet-shaped leaves is an adaptation to  nutrient-poor soil conditions of wet or frequently flooded areas in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Insects are lured into the slippery waxy portion of the upper pitcher tube by attractant odors and then slide down a coating of ultra-fine, downward point hairs, hitting the digestive enzymes. Bog gardens.
  • Uncommon edible fruit
  • Fruit attracts wildlife
  • Excellent choice for narrow spaces