Baker County Extension Service Alicia Lamborn, Environmental Horticulture Agent 1025 W. Macclenny Ave. Macclenny, FL 32063 904-259-3520 http://baker.ifas.ufl.edu -FRIENDLY LANDSCAPING™ FOR WET AREAS OF BAKER COUNTY

The list of plants below is intended to be a starting point for making landscape decisions, and not an all-inclusive list of plants suitable for Florida-Friendly Landscapes. As long as a isn’t invasive, and is planted in the right location (right plant, right place) it could be considered for use in a Florida-Friendly Landscape. In some cases, these plants only tolerant occasional flooding.

Trees Growth /Color Attracts Sun/Shade Tolerance Evergreen/ Species Name Native Notes Rate Season Wildlife (Optimum Light) Deciduous Grows best with high soil moisture; River Birch Yes Fast N/A N/A Full sun to partial shade Deciduous tolerates periodic flooding but not Betula nigra long periods of drought Weeping Willow Attractive weeping branches; sheds No Fast N/A N/A Full sun to partial shade Deciduous Salix babylonica branches; roots clog pipes

Florida Maple Excellent fall Yes Fast N/A Full sun to partial shade Deciduous Grows to 50 to 60 feet tall Acer saccharum var. floridum color

Good spring Red Maple Yes Fast color; excellent N/A Full sun to partial shade Deciduous Grows 50 to 80 feet tall Acer rubrum fall color Sweet Bay White silver on underside; grows 50 Yes Medium N/A Sun or shade Evergreen Magnolia virginiana in spring to 60 feet tall Large, fragrant Large course leaves and large Southern Magnolia Yes Medium white flowers N/A Sun or shade Evergreen cause clean up problems; grows 60 Magnolia grandiflora late spring to 80 feet tall Black Gum Comes out late and shed leaves Yes Slow Good fall color Bees Sun or shade Deciduous Nyssa sylvatica early; great honey source

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Produces “knees” that protrude out Bald Cypress Yes Medium Fair fall color N/A Sun or shade Deciduous of soil up to 2 feet; can grow up to Taxodium distichum 100 feet tall Pond Cypress Yes Medium Fair fall color N/A Sun or shade Deciduous No knees; grows 50 to 60 feet tall Taxodium ascendens Large leaves and fruit cause clean-up Sycamore Yes Fast Poor fall color N/A Full sun Deciduous problems; lace bugs bad on leaves; Platanus occidentalis grows up to 150 feet tall Live Oak Acorns are Makes long-lived spreading tree with Yes Medium N/A Sun or shade Evergreen Quercus virginiana food source attractive form up to 80 feet tall

Shumard Oak Acorns are Yes Fast Good fall color Sun or shade Deciduous Grows 80 to 100 feet tall Quercus shumardii food source

Florida Elm Seeds are No problems with Dutch elm disease; Yes Fast Fair fall color Sun or shade Deciduous Ulmus americana var. floridana food source grows 60 to 80 feet tall

Interesting bark protrusions (wings) Winged Elm Yes Fast Poor fall color N/A Sun or shade Deciduous on smaller branches; Grows 40 to 50 Ulmus alata feet tall

Green Ash Seeds are Yes Fast Fair fall color Sun or shade Deciduous Grows to 60 feet tall Fraxinus pennsylvanica food source

Tulip Tree Yes Fast Good fall color N/A Sun or shade Deciduous Grows 100 to 150 feet tall Liriodentron tulipifera

American Holly Red berries in Berries are Numerous cultivars are available; Yes Medium Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Ilex opaca winter food source grows 20 to 30 feet tall

Frilly clusters of Fringe Tree Yes Slow white flowers N/A Full sun to partial shade Deciduous Grows 20 to 25 feet tall Chionanthus virginicus in spring Showy red Red Buckeye flower clusters Yes Slow N/A Partial to full shade Deciduous No fall color; grows 15 to 20 feet tall Aesculus pavia in very early spring

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Shrubs

Fern Bamboo Clumping type (not invasive); grows Yes Slow N/A N/A Sun or shade Evergreen Bambusa multiplex to 6 to 8 feet tall

Silverthorn are Good screening plant; fragrant No Fast N/A Sun or shade Evergreen Eleagnus pungens food source flowers; grows 8 to 12 feet tall

Japanese Fatsia Large, deeply lobed attractive leaves; No Medium N/A N/A Partial shade Evergreen Fatsia japonica grows to 5 to 7 feet tall

Chinese Holly Red berries in Berries are Dark green glossy foliage; grows 3 to No Medium Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Ilex cornuta fall food source 20 feet tall, depending on variety

Inkberry or Gall berry Black berries in Berries are Good foundation plant or low Yes Slow Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Ilex glabra fall food source screen; grows 2 to 8 feet tall

Smaller varieties respond well to Yaupon Holly Red berries in Berries are Yes Medium Full sun to partial shade Evergreen shearing; grows 4 to 15 tall Ilex vomitoria fall food source depending on variety

Deciduous Holly Red berries in Berries are Good to use in a natural woodland Yes Slow Full sun to partial shade Deciduous Ilex decidua fall food source setting; grows 12 to 15 feet tall White flowers Oak Leaf Hydrangea in spring; Partial shade to full One of the best native shrubs; grows Yes Medium N/A Deciduous Hydrangea quercifolia bronze fall shade 6 to 7 feet tall color Maroon red Sweetshrub fragrant Tends to spread aggressively; grows Yes Fast N/A Partial shade Deciduous Calycanthus floridus flowers in 6 to 9 feet tall spring Clusters of tiny Glossy Privet Glossy green foliage: grows 12 to 15 No Fast white flowers Bees Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Ligustrum lucidum feet tall in spring

Southern Wax Myrtle Produces spreading clumps unless Yes Medium N/A N/A Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Myrica cerifera kept pruned

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Produces clumps with glossy green Needle Palm Yes Slow N/A N/A Partial to full shade Evergreen leaves: grows 6 to 8 feet tall with Rhapidophyllum very little trunk Very fragrant Tea Olive No Medium flowers fall and N/A Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Grows 10 to 15 feet tall Osmanthus fragrans winter Large, dark red Swamp Hibiscus Grows to 4 to 6 feet tall before Yes Fast flowers in N/A Full sun to partial shade Deciduous Hibiscus coccineous flowering summer Showy white Attracts Titi Yes Medium flowers in bees and Full sun to partial shade Deciduous Grows 8 to 10 feet tall Cyrilla racemiflora spring butterflies

Grasses

Fakahatchee Grass Forms spreading clumps to 4 feet tall Yes Medium N/A N/A Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Tripsacum capillaris or more

Dwarf Fakahatchee Grass Yes Medium N/A N/A Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Forms spreading clumps to 3 feet tall Tripsacum floridanum

Pink flowers Muhly Grass Yes Medium late summer to N/A Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Slowly forms clumps to 4 feet tall Muhlenbegria capillaris fall

Sand cordgrass Yes Medium N/A N/A Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Forms very large clumps to 4 feet tall Spartina bakeri

Saltmeadow cordgrass Yes Medium N/A N/A Full sun to partial shade Evergreen Forms clumps to 2 feet tall Spartina patens

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