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Cherrybark Oak

Quercus pagoda

The range map for this species suggests that it might occur in the ApalachicolaRiver floodplains even where it had not been documented. Shade tree. This is a large oak.

Flowers profusely year round
Silvery blue-green fronds
Excellent choice for narrow spaces
Slender trunk, 4" in diameter
Somewhat drought tolerant
Long emerald crownshaft

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Can be grown as a groundcover. This is a species on the southern limits of its range in North Florida. Its known occurrence (ISB 2020) is sparse in FLorida. Informal plantings, especially butterfly gardens. Useful for erosion control.

Beautiful pinwheel flowers, often multicolored
Very showy clusters of red flowers
Showy display of fruit
Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging

Scrub Hickory

Carya floridana

Specimen tree. Use only where roots will be undisturbed.

Unique, fern-like leaves
Easily trimmed for smaller spaces
Sometime grows horozontially
Often draped with Spanish moss
Rare, despite being a South Florida native