FLORIDA NATIVE NURSERY & LANDSCAPING

BEST PLANTS FOR LOCAL SONGBIRDS

Native Trees: Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera) Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine var. cassine) Shiny Wild Coffee (Psychotria nervosa) Southern Red Cedar (Juniperus silicicola) Elderberry (Sambucus nigra subsp. Wild Tamarind (Lysiloma latisiliquum) Canadensis) Red Mulberry (Morus rubra) Blueberry (Vaccinium darrowii) South Florida Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa) Walter’s (Viburnum obovatum) Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Coral Bean (Erythrina herbacea) Flatwoods Plum (Prunus umbellate) Necklace Pod (Sophora tomentosa var. truncata) Native Palms: Firebush (Hamelia patens) Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor) Scarlet Rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus) Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto) Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) Native Vines: Cross Vine (Bignonia capreolata) Native Grasses: Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) Elliott’s Lovegrass (Eragrostis elliottii) Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) Purple Lovegrass (Eragrostis spectabilis) Native Wildflowers: Native Shrubs: Calamint (Calamintha spp.) Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) Tickseed ( leavenworthii) Bird Pepper (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum) Yellowtop (Flaveria linearis) Florida Privet (Forestiera segregata) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia app.) Firebush (Hamelia patens) Native Blue Porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis) Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) Simpson Stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) Giant Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)

Native plants are the primary source of food, shelter and nesting area for native insects, birds and other creatures. All native plants provide habitat value, but some are extra outstanding. Plants that provide exceptional fruit, seeds, or nesting habitat for birds are listed below. a back of the yard 10 ft multi- buffer for song birds.

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Cited resource: Native Plant and Service Directory “Restoring La Florida, our Land of Flowers” 2014

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