Sun Loving Native Plants
Drier Soils:
| SEAGRAPE – Coccoloba unvifera |
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| Shrub, small tree, deciduous |
| 10-30 ft. tall |
| Salt-tolerant |
| Birds eat fruit |
| Can make jelly with fruit |
| RUSTY LYONIA – Lyonia ferruginea |
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| Small shrub, evergreen |
| 10-15 ft. tall |
| Interesting foliage and bark |
| Pollinator plant |
| LYRELEAF SAGE – Salvia lyrata |
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| Short-lived perennial flower, reseeds |
| 1-1.5 ft. tall |
| Interesting foliage |
| Attracts many pollinators |
| WIREGRASS – Aristida stricta |
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| Clumping grass, plant in groups |
| 2 ft. high by 2 ft. wide |
| Cold hardy |
| Provides cover for small wildlife |
| DOTTED HORSEMINT – Monarda punctate |
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| Spreading annual flower, reseeds |
| 3-4 ft. tall |
| Fragrant |
| Attracts pollinators |
| FLORIDA GREENEYES – Berlandiera subacaulis |
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| Short-lived perennial flower, reseeds |
| 18″ tall |
| Attracts pollinators |
| DUNE SUNFLOWER – Helianthus debilis subsp. vestitus |
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| Short-lived perennial flower, reseeds |
| 15″ tall |
| Salt-tolerant |
| Attracts pollinators |
| BLANKET FLOWER – Gaillardia pulchella |
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| Annual flower, reseeds |
| 15″ tall |
| Salt-tolerant |
| Attracts butterflies and bees |
AVERAGE SOILS:
| TICKSEED – coreopsis leavenworthii |
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| Annual flower |
| 3 ft. tall |
| State wildflower |
| Attracts many pollinators |
| SUNSHINE MIMOSA – Mimosa strigillosa |
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| Perennial flower |
| 6″ tall |
| Spreads, good groundcover |
| Larval host of little sulphur butterfly |
| BLACK-EYED SUSAN – Rudbeckia hirta |
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| Annual flower |
| Readily reseeds |
| 3 ft. tall, spreads |
| Birds eat seeds |
| BLAZING STAR – Liatris spicata |
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| Perennial flower, reseeds |
| 6 ft. tall |
| Winter-dormant |
| Attracts pollinators |
| SAND CORDGRASS – Spartina bakeri |
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| Clumping grass, perennial |
| 3-5 ft. tall |
| Highly salt-tolerant |
| Larval host for some skippers |
| SAW PALMETTO – Sereno repens |
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| Long-lived shrub, evergreen |
| 3-8 ft. high and 6 ft. wide |
| Moderately salt-tolerant |
| Animals eat the fruit |
| FLORIDA PRIVET – Forestiera segregate |
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| Shrub, deciduous |
| 15 ft. high and 10 ft. wide |
| Good hedge |
| Salt-tolerant |
| Provides cover and fruit for wildlife |
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