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Southern Lady Fern

Athyrium filix-femina

Fronds are lacy and delicate in appearance. Ground cover. This is a clump-forming fern (all fronds arise from a central point) making it a good focal point in a shade garden. Can also be used as a border plant.

Lovely dark green, shiny leaves
Colorful fall foliage
Adequate fertalization required
Highly versatile
Bright red fruits

Titi

Cyrilla racemiflora

Hedge plant.

Massive, nutrient-dense edible fruit
Beautiful purple-brown crownshaft
Rapid growth
Cold tolerant
Ringed trunk

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

Coralbean

Erythrina herbacea

Forming a thicket for wildlife protection.

Cornerstone plant in South Florida
Unique, sweet almond flavor
Compact and versatile
Healthy edible fruit
Flowers year round

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

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

This is one of the world's most widespread species. Multiple subspecies exist within Florida with two being widespread. Because of its tolerance of acidic soils, this is sometimes used for reclamation of acidic soil areas. Adapted to relatively frequent fire. Groundcover. This is one of the few ferns that can handle sun. Height will depend on variety with bracken ferns from South Florida typically being much larger than those from further north.

Beautiful, natural globe shape
Sometime grows horozontially
Beautiful rounded canopy

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