BEACH AREA RECOMMENDED PLANTS (for landscapes south of 2nd Avenue)
Common Name Scientific Name
Dunes Beach Elder Iva imbricata Beach Morning-Glory Ipomoea pes-caprae Beach Sunflower Helianthus debilis Bitter Panicum Panicum amarum Blanket Flower Gaillardia x grandiflora Gulf Bluestem Schizachyrium maritimum Inkberry Scaevola plumieri Saltmeadow Cordgrass Spartina patens Sea Oats Uniola paniculata
Palm Trees Cabbage Palm Sabal palmetto Canary Island Date Palm Phoenix canariensis European Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis Medjool Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera Pindo Palm Butia capitata Sylvester Date Palm Phoenix sylvestris Washington Palm Washingtonia robusta
Trees Claudia Wannamaker Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora ‘Claudia Wannamaker’ Lilac Chaste Tree Vitex agnus-castus Long Leaf Pine Pinus palustris Sand Pine Pinus clausa Tree Form Ligustrum Ligustrum recurvifolium
Shrubs *Dune Plants Dwarf Palmetto Sabal minor False Rosemary Conradina canescens
BEACH AREA RECOMMENDED PLANTS (for landscapes south of 2nd Avenue)
Common Name Scientific Name
Shrubs Elaeagnus Elaeagnus pungens Indian Hawthorn Rhaphiolepis indica Juniper Juniperus spp. Lantana Lantana spp. Oleander Nerium oleander Ornamental Grasses Pittosporum Pittosporum tobira Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia spp. Pygmy Date Palm Phoenix roebelenii Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens Spanish Bayonet Yucca aloifolia Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria
Ground Cover *Dune Plants Juniper Juniperus spp. Lantana Lantana spp. Sea Lavender Limonium latifolium Sod: Celebration Bermuda Cynodon dactylon ‘Celebration’ Sod: Empire Zoysia Zoysia ‘Empire’
GULF SHORES RECOMMENDED PLANTS (for landscapes north of 2nd Avenue)
Common Name Scientific Name
All Beach Area Recommended Plants
Large Trees American Hornbeam Carpinus carolina American Snowbell Styrax americanum Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum Black Walnut Juglans nigra Carolina Silverbell Halesia carolina Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus Elm Ulmus spp. Live Oak Quercus virginiana Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata Red Maple Acer rubrum River Birch Betula nigra Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora Southern Red Cedar Juniperus silicicola
Small/Medium Trees American Holly Ilex opaca American Olive Osmanthus americanus Cherry Laurel Prunus caroliniana Chinese Fringe Tree Chionanthus retusus Chinese Pistache Pistacia chinensis Crape Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica Florida Maple Acer floridanum Japanese Maple Acer palmatum Red Bay Persea borbonia Southern Red Cedar Juniperus silicicola Two-Winged Silverbell Halesia diptera
GULF SHORES RECOMMENDED PLANTS (for landscapes north of 2nd Avenue)
Common Name Scientific Name
Shrubs Acuba Aucuba japonica African Iris Dietes iridioides Century Plant Agave americana Holly Fern Cyrtomium falcatum Indian Hawthorn Raphiolepis indica Japanese Pittosporum Pittosporum tobira Leatherleaf Mahonia Mahonia japonica ‘Bealei’ Oleander Nerium oleander Southern Shield Fern Thelypteris kunthii Yeddo Hawthorne Raphiolepis umbellate
Perennials Blue Wild Indigo Baptisia australis Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberose Canna Canna spp. Cape Plumbago Plumbago auriculata Coreopsis Coreopsis spp. Daylily Hemerocallis spp. Dusty Miller Senecio cineraria Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis “Karl Foerster” Four O’Clock Mirabilis jalapa Guara Guara lendheimeri Lantana Lantana camara & montevidensis Mexican Daisy Erigeron karvinskianus Mexican Marigold Tagetes lucida Perennial Hibiscus Hibiscus moscheutos Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea Purple Heart Setcreasea pallida Rain Lily Zephyranthes grandiflora
GULF SHORES RECOMMENDED PLANTS (for landscapes north of 2nd Avenue)
Common Name Scientific Name
Perennials Red Hot Poker Kniphofia uvaria Rudbeckia Rudbeckia spp. Sage Salvia spp. Sea Holly Eryngium alpinum Showy Stonecrop Sedum spectabile Society Garlic Tulbaghia violacea Stoke’s Aster Stokesia laevis Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata Swamp Sunflower Helianthus angustifolius Scarlet Rose Hibiscus coccineus Verbena Verbena canadensis & tenuisecta Yarrow Achillea millefolium & ageratum
INVASIVE PLANTS (prohibited plant materials)
Common Name Scientific Name
Trees Camphortree Cinnamomum camphora Chinese Parasoltree Firmiana simplex Chinese Tallowtree / Popcorn Tree Triadica sebifera Mimosa Albizia julibrissin Tree-of-Heaven Ailanthus altissima
Shrubs Chinese Privet Liqustrum sinense Nonnative Lespedeza Lespedeza bicolor Tropical Soda Apple Solanum viarum
Vines Beach Vitex Vitex rotundifolia Climbing Yams Dioscorea spp. Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Kudzu Pueraria spp.
Grasses Cogangrass Imperata cylindrica Golden Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea Japenese Stiltgrass Microstegium vimineum Johnson Grass Sorghum halepense
Ferns Japanese Climbing Fern Lygodium japonicum