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Tridens flavus
Rear of garden as a screen.  Native meadows.
  • Medium stature
  • Beautiful rounded dense canopy
  • Unique foliage
  • Moderately rapid growth
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Lysiloma latisiliquum
It's a legume, so nitrogen fixation may help it survive in low nutrient soils. Fast growing. Shade tree. Attractive for its lacy foliage. Does well as a street tree.
  • Stout, swollen trunk
  • Delicious edible fruit
  • Prominant gray-olive crownshaft
  • Prominent blue-gray crownshaft
  • Unique, stout pineapple-like trunk when young
  • Attracts butterflies
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Equisetum hyemale var. affine
Leaves are very small and arranged in circles around the stem at each node giving it a banded appearance. This is a fern ally and reproduces by spores. Water gardens, edges of retention ponds, rain gardens or bioswales.
  • Narrow enough for tight spaces
  • Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
  • Lovely deep green, glossy leaves
  • Relatively compact and narrow canopy
  • Can be kept narrow
  • Prominant olive crownshaft, slightly buldging
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Bourreria cassinifolia
Listed as Endangered in Florida. Please acquire only from reputable nurseries. The US range is limited to Florida. Globally, it is also found in the West Indies. Accent shrub, screen plant if used as a hedge.
  • Stately and uncommon
  • Adequate moisture required
  • Underutilized
  • No longer recommended
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Mitchella repens
This  little plant produces two flowers with ovaries that fuse into a single fruit. Typically grown as a curiosity. This is a very small plant that acts as a groundcover with the caveat that the plants are very small. Keep it in a natural forested setting or establish in such an area.
  • Lush, dense shade tree
  • Wonderfully fragrant, carries a great distance
  • Fruit eaten by birds