SEABOURN COVE - PLANT INFORMATION NOTES

SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME - WILDLIFE BENEFIT PLANT NOTES MISC

Larval Food: Bahamian Swallowtail (Heraclides We'll probably never have Schaus Amyris elemifera Sea Torchwood andraemon); Schaus Swallowtail here but this will be good for (Heraclides aristodemus); Giant Giants Swallowtail (heraclides cresphontes)

Normal to medium soil moisture – high drought tolerance. Partial sun/shade. Fragrant Flowers attract a variety of Ardisia escallonioides Marlberry white flowers all year. Flowers attract variety pollinators of insect pollinators, Bird nesting/food source. Best used in cluster &/or part of understory

Nectar for adult Larval food: Mature height is 12 to 24 inches. Deciduous, Asclepias tuberosa Butterflyweed Monarch (Danaus plexippus); Soldier emerging in early spring. Plant in sunny (Danaus eresimus); Queen (Danaus location in well-drained sandy soils. gilippus) Semideciduous shrub to about 4’. Flowers Larval food: produced in spring. Almost impossible to grow Asimina reticulata Netted Pawpaw Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides from seed and if you get it to grow, it will take marcellus) a long time to get large enough to do anything for the butterfly

Larval food: Deciduous shrub to 10” with a deep tap root. Asimina obovata Scrub Pawpaw Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides Flowers produced in late spring and early marcellus) summer after leaves are fully expanded.

Larval food: Dingy Purplewing (Eunica monima) – rare species found in a few parks in Dingy Purplewing will never be in Bursera simaruba Gumbo Limbo Southern Miami-Dade County. Found our area but good for education in Southern , & occasionally in Southern Arizonia

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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME BUTTERFLY - WILDLIFE BENEFIT PLANT NOTES MISC Flowers provide nectar for bees. Bird Full sun to partial shade. Thrives in a wide Callicarpa americana Beautyberry nesting/food source (a little goes a variety of soil and moisture conditions – high long way) drought tolerance Calyptranthes pallens Spicewood Berries for birds Flowers provide nectar for butterflies Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush and bees Larval food: Capparis cynophallophora Jamaican Caper Florida White ( drusilla) This is the preferred plant for the Larval food: Florida White. It is believed that Capparis flexuosa Limber Caper Florida White (Appias drusilla) they are currently “missing” from Palm Beach County

Nectar for many butterflies Larval Host for: mexicanna var chapmanii Cloudless Sulphur ( sennae); Bahama Cassia (formerly Cassia bahamensis) Orange-barred Sulphur (Phoebis philea); Sleepy Orange ( nicippe)

Nectar for butterflies and many other pollinators, Month caterpillar food, Citharexylum spinosum Fiddlewood Bird cover & food source

Larval Host for: Cloudless Sulphur(Phoebis sennae); An annual herb distributed throughout the Little Yellow Sulphur (Eurema lisa); state of Florida in uplands, dry pinelands, Partridge Pea Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus); margins of hammocks, coastal dunes and open Ceraunus Blue ( ceraunus) disturbed areas

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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME BUTTERFLY - WILDLIFE BENEFIT PLANT NOTES MISC Horizantal Coco plum & Red Flowers attract pollinating . Chrysobalanus icaco Tip Coco plum Bird nesting/food source

Chyrsopsis scabrella Golder Aster Nectar for butterflies Coreopsis Tickseed Nectar for butterflies Nectar for butterflies and sebestena Geiger Tree hummingbirds Nectar for butterflies Cordia globosa Bloodberry Nesting/food source for birds

Native to hammock edges and pinelands in Crossopetalum ilicifolium Quail Berry Berries for birds southern Florida and the Keys Ernodea littoralis Golden Creeper Berries for birds (?)

Erythrina herbacea Cherokee Bean Nectar for butterflies & hummingbirds Berries very poisonous

Eugenia axillaris White Stopper Bird nesting/food source Eugenia confuse Redberry Stopper Bird nesting/food source Eugenia foetida Spanish Stopper Bird nesting/food source Forestiera segregate Florida Privet Bird cover/food source Gaillardia pulchella Indian Blanket Nectar for bees and butterflies

Attract variety of small pollinators Guapira discolor Blolly Bird cover/food source Flowers provide nectar for butterflies Hamelia patens Firebush & hummingbirds Bird cover/food source Larval Host for: Henry’s Elfin (Callophrys henrici) Ilex cassine Dahoon Holly White flowers in spring important to bees Bird nesting/food source Ilex glabra Gallberry Bird food

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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME BUTTERFLY - WILDLIFE BENEFIT PLANT NOTES MISC Ipomoea pescaprae Railroad Vine Nectar for butterflies & bees

Evergreen tree native to coastal hammocks in Attract a wide variety of pollinating south & south central Florida. Slow growing Krugiodendron ferreum Black Ironwood insects and has the densest wood of any North Excellent nesting/food source for birds American plant

No plant id- info on sign or Liatris chapmanii Blazing Star Nectar for bees and many butterflies website Woody, evergreen ground cover found Licania michauxii Gopher Apple Nectar for variety of pollinating insects throughout Florida. Needs sunny location with well-drained soil

Beautiful, but wide leaf grasses Muhlenbergia capillaries Muhly Grass better for butterflies – if added grasses – one id for all?

Larval Host for: Myrica cerifera Wax Myrtle Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) Larval Host for: Zebra longwing (Heliconius charitonia); Passiflora suberosa Corky-stem passionvine Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae); Julia (Dryas iulia)

Nephrolepis biserrats Sword Fern No id Pentalinon luteum Wild Allamanda Larval Host for: Palamedes Swallowtail (Pterourus Persea borbonia humilus Silk Bay or Scrub Bay palamedes); Spicebush Swallowtail (Pterourus troilus) Piloblephis rigida Penny Royal Nectar for butterflies Pinus elliottii Slash Pine

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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME BUTTERFLY - WILDLIFE BENEFIT PLANT NOTES MISC

Habitat: Uplands. Open Tropical Hammocks. Open fields and along roadsides Nectar for butterflies and other Distribution: southern Florida and northward pollinators Tendency of V-shaped crotch, along the coast to Tampa Bay and Merritt Jamaican Dogwood Larval Host for: early pruning nec. Piscidia piscipula Island. Tolerant of rocky, dry situations and Florida Fishpoison Tree Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon Ground tree parts used to stun salt influence. angelia); fish - illegal Propagation: from seeds Hammock ( leo) Deciduous, 30’ to 50’ – flowers in spring before leaves come in

Larval Host for: Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe); Pithecellobium keyense Blackbead Cassius Blue ( cassius); Miami Blue (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri) Nectar for butterflies Plumbago scandens Plumbago (native) Larval Host for: Cassius Blue (Leptotes cassius) Nectar for butterflies & hummingbirds Psychotria nervosa Wild Coffee Bird nesting/food source

Larval Host for: Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius); Quercus geminata Sand Live Oak White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m- album)

Randia aculeata White Indigo Berry Berries for birds Rudbeckia hirta Black Eyed Susan Nectar for butterflies The state tree for Florida. The Sabal Palm Nectar for variety of pollinators grows throughout Florida and can grow in Larval Host for: Sabal palmetto Sabal Palm or Cabbage Palm nearly any habitat with the exception of Monk Skipper (Asbolis capucinus) where there is continuous standing water or Bird nesting/food source very dense shade

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Salvia coccinea Tropical Red Salvia Nectar for butterflies & hummingbirds

Distributed throughout Florida in upland, Nectar for many insects and prairie, flatwoods, hammocks, sandhills & butterflies, especially Hairstreaks. scrub habitat. A low growing palm, 4 to 6 feet Larval Host for: Closest colony of Palmetto repens Saw Palmetto high that is easily grown and adds nice texture Palmetto Skipper( arpa); Skippers in JDSP to the landscape. With teeth along the stem Monk Skipper (Asbolis capucinus) edge these are best planted away from Good cover for wildlife sidewalks or paths in the urban setting

Stately broad-crowned evergreen tree that can reach 60 feet in height native to south Nectar for many pollinators Sideroxylon foetidissimum Mastic Florida hammocks. Good as an individual Berries & cover for wildlife shade tree or as the tall tree in mixed grouping that includes understory species

Simaronba glauca Paradise Tree Bird cover/food source

Nectar for many butterflies Tropical Buckeye is extremely Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Blue Porterweed Larval Host for: Nectar Host – Tropical Buckeye local & rare in south Florida Tropical Buckeye (Junonia genoveva)

A mounding perennial native to uplands in southern Florida has tiny, bright yellow pea Larval Host for: flowers. Tolerates mowing and moderate foot Pencil Flower Barred Yellow Sulphur (Eurema daira) traffic. Makes a tough, pest-free and highly drought-tolerant alternative to a grass lawn or a diffusely erect perennial Caterpillars: Three-spotted Skipper (Cymarnes Tripescum dactyloides Fakahatchee Grass tripunctus); Clouded Skipper (Lerema accius); Byssus Skipper (Problema byssus)

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SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME BUTTERFLY - WILDLIFE BENEFIT PLANT NOTES MISC

A low growing cycad, from 2’ to 4’ high, this perennial evergreen plant is native to all of Florida in upland, sandhill, dry hammock and pine rockland habitat. Does well in both sun and shade. Commercial harvesting for the fine starch stored in the underground stems during Larval Host for: the late 1800’s and continued development in Zamia pumila Coontie Atala hairstreak (Eumaeus atala) the 1900’s into southern Florida left few plants in the wild, therefore bringing the Atala to near extinction. In 1965, there was only one known Atala colony left. Through persistent conservation efforts along with cycads becoming popular for landscapes, the Atala has made a remarkable comeback

Nectar for butterflies Caterpillars: Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes); Wild Lime Won’t ever get Bahamian or Zanthoxylum fagara Bahamian Swallowtail (Heraclides Lime Pricklyash Schaus’ but definitely Giant andraemon); Schaus’ Swallowtail ( aristodemus ponceanus) Excellent wildlife cover

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