Teaming with Nature Landscaping with the Natives

Mary Jane Cary [email protected] WildlandsNetwork.org Meet the Locals Space

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Water

Food Small Predators Top Predators

Pollinators and Distributors Producers Where do you live? Slash Pine Pinus elliotii Pine Flatwoods

Firebush Hamelia patens Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera Elderberry Sambucus canadensis Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa Bluestems Andropogon spp. Gopher Apple Licania michauxii Lopsided Indiangrass Sorghastrum secundum Tropical Sage Salvia coccinea Cabbage Palm Sabal palmetto Live Oak Red Maple Acer rubrum Pop Ash Fraxinus caroliniana

Gallberry Ilex glabra Wild Coffee Psychotrianervosa Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria

Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Coontie Zamia pumila Elliott Lovegrass Eragrostis elliotii Goldenrod Solidago fistulosa Coreopsis Passionflower Passiflora incarnata leavenworthii Red-Shouldered Hawk Bobcat Bald Eagle

Palm Warbler Pinewoods Tree Frog Eastern Indigo Snake

Eastern Cottontail Rabbit Green Metallic Bee Gopher Tortoise Green Slantfaced Grasshopper Bald Cypress Wetlands Pond Cypress Taxodiumascendens

Coastal Willow Salix caroliniana

Sweet Bay Magnolia virginiana Butterfly Orchid tampensis

Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnomomea Pineland Lobelia Lobelia homophylla Royal Fern Osmunda regalis Dahoon Holly Ilex cassine Walter Viburnum Viburnum obovatum

Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Fakahatchee Grass Tripsacum dactyloides Pink Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris Sand Cordgrass Spartina bakeri Periphyton

Bacopa Bacopa monnieri Gulf Coast Spikerush Eleocharis cellulosa Softstem Bulrush Schoenoplectus abernaemontani Barred Owl Florida Black Bear American Alligator

Brazilian Free-tail Bat Least Shrew Wood Stork River Otter Largemouth Bass

Marsh Rabbit Mayfly nymph American Flagfish Southern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana Coastal Strand

Sand Live Oak Quercus geminata Sand Pine Pinus clausa Simpson’s Stopper Myrcianthes fragrans

Coastal Sea Rocket Cakile lanceolata Necklace Pod Sophora tomentosa Railroad Vine Ipomoea pes-caprae Prickly Pear Cactus Sea Oats Uniola paniculata Opuntia humifusa Buttonwood Conocarpus erecta Saltbush Atriplex pentandra Marsh Elder Iva frutescens Smooth Cordgrass Spartina alternifolia

White Laguncularia racemosa Black Mangrove Avicennia germinans Red Mangrove Rhizophora mangle Osprey Bottlenose Dolphin Brown Pelican

Great Blue Heron Burrowing Owl Least Tern Horseshoe Crab Goliath Grouper

Marsh Periwinkle Florida Manatee Longsnout Seahorse Teaming with Nature

Evaluate space

Plan pathways, trees and palms Create layered beds

Bear Crossings Community Photo acknowledgements: Keith Bowers, Biohabitats Inc. Florida Association of Native Nurseries Stephen Brown, Lee Extension Dr. Doug Caldwell, Collier Extension Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Dr. Gail Hansen, UF / IFAS Mike Leffler, Polk Extension National Park Service SPCA Florida SFL Water Management District