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1 List for Lake County 2 April 2008 3 ______4 This list has been prepared to accompany the landscaping regulations in the Lake County 5 Land Development Regulations. This resource provides lists of suitable and unsuitable 6 landscaping materials. The lists of suitable and should be used to select the 7 vegetation required to meet minimum landscaping standards. 8 9 All newly installed require regular, moderately applied irrigation for the first one or 10 two years to become established. The Water Use Zones shown below reflect water requirements 11 for an established, healthy, and mature plant, but not necessarily what moisture levels are found 12 in its native habitat or the ideal cultural conditions for the . 13 14 A. for Lake County has been developed from the following 15 resources: 16 1. Vascular Plants of by Richard P. Wunderlin 17 2. University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science and the Florida Yards 18 and Neighborhoods website: http://lake.ifas.ufl.edu/ or http://fyn.ifas.ufl.edu/ 19 3. St. Johns River Water Management Water Star Website: 20 http://www.sjrwmd.com/floridawaterstar/ 21 4. Florida Native Plant Society: http://www.fnps.org/ 22 5. Florida Nursery and Growers Association: http://www.fngla.org 23 6. Waterwise Florida Landscapes from the Florida Water Management Districts 24 7. Association of Florida Native Nurseryman http://www.afnn.org 25 26 B. Prohibited Vegetation. The prohibited vegetation are those plants listed below or listed as 27 Category I & II Invasive plants by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council 28 http://www.fleppc.org or the Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida 29 IFAS, http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/ie6/index.html 30 Prohibited Vegetation. Common Name Rosary precatorius Earleaf Acacia Mimosa, Silk Woman’S Tongue Coral Ardisia Shoebutton Ardisia -Fern Orchid variegata Javanica Bishopwood Bischofi a Santa Maria Calophyllum antillanum Australian-, Beach She equisetifolia Suckering Australian-Pine Camphor Tree Wild Colocasia esculenta Lather Carrotwood N Cupaniopsis anacardioides Winged Yam Air- N

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Prohibited Vegetation. Common Name Botanical Name Water-Hyacinth P Surinam Cherry Laurel Fig Laurel Fig Ficus nitida Laurel Fig F. retusa Hydrilla verticillata Green Hygro West Indian Marsh Grass amplexicaulis Cogon Grass Imperata cylindrical (I. brasiliensis Misapplied) Waterspinach P, Gold Coast Jasmine Brazilian Jasmine Jasminum fluminense , Glossy Privet Chinese Privet, Japanese Honeysuckle Peruvian Primrosewillow Japanese Climbing Fern Old World Climbing Fern Cat’S Claw Macfadyena unguis-cati Sapodilla S Melaleuca, Paper Bark Catclaw Mimosa , Heavenly Bamboo Nandina domestica Sword Fern Asian Sword Fern Nephrolepis multiflora Burma Reed, Cane Grass Sewer Vine, Vine Paederia cruddasiana Skunk Vine Torpedo Grass Napier Grass Pennisetum purpureum Waterlettuce P stratiotes Guava Psidium cattleianum (=P. littorale) Guava C, Kudzu Downy Rose-Myrtle Natal Grass repens(=) Mexican Petunia Ruellia tweediana (=R. brittoniana; R. coerulea) Popcorn Tree, Chinese Tallow Tree Sapium sebiferum (=) , Umbrella Tree (=Brassaia actinophylla) Brazilian Pepper Schinus terebinthifolius , Christmas var. glabrata (=Cassia coluteoides) Wetland Nightshade, Aquatic Soda Solanum tampicense (=S. houstonii) Tropical Soda Apple Arrowhead Vine Syngonium Jambolan (Java) Plum Incised Halberd Fern Tectaria incisa

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Prohibited Vegetation. Common Name Botanical Name Seaside Mahoe White-Flowered Wandering Jew fluminensis Para Grass Urochloa mutica 1 2 C. PLANT LISTS FOR LAKE COUNTY 3 4 Water Use Table 5 H = High Water Use Plants 6 M = Moderate Water Use Plants 7 L = Low Water Use Plants 8 Moist – needs moist conditions 9 Note: some plants can do well in moist conditions, but still be drought tolerant 10 CANOPY TREES

Plant Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use Community

American Elm Y Low Chamaecyparis Atlantic White Cedar thyoides Y Low Bald Cypress Y Moderate/Moist Basswood Y Moderate/Moist

Blackgum Y Moderate/Moist Bluejack Oak Y Low Sand Pine, Chapman Oak Y Low Xeric Oak Drake/"Chinese" Elm N Low Dwarf Live Oak Quarcus pumilla Y Low Sand Pine Florida Maple Acer barbatum Mich. Y Moderate/Moist Hackberry Y Low Hornbeam / Bluebeech Y Moderate/Moist Laurel Oak Y Low Live Oak Y Low Loblolly Bay lasianthus Y High / Moist Loblolly Pine Y Low Pinus palustris Y Low Mockernut Nutt. Y Low / Moist Northern Slash Pine Y Moist Paradise Tree Simarouba glauca Y Low Persimmon virginiana Y Low Pignut Hickory Y Low Moderate/ Pond Cypress Y Moist

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CANOPY TREES

Plant Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use Community Pond Pine Mich. Y Moist Post Oak Y Moderate Moderate/ Red Maple Y Moist Moderate/ Red Mulberry Y Moist Redbay Y Low Redbud canadensis Y Moderate River Birch Y High / Moist Running Oak Y Low Sand Pine Sand Live Oak Y Low Sand Pine, Sand Pine Y Low Sand Pine Scrub Hickory Y Low Xeric Oak Shumard Oak Y Low Shortleaf Pine Y Low Moderate/ Southern Magnolia Y Moist Southern Red Cedar Juniperus silicicola Y Low Southern Slash Pine Pinus eilliotii var densa Y Low Sparkleberry arboreum Y High/Moist Sugarberry Y Moderate Sweet Bay magnolia Y High / Moist Sweetgum Y Moderate/Moist Sycamore Y Moderate Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipfera Y Moderate Turkey (Red) Oak Y Low Sand Pine Water ash/Pop ash caroliniana Y Moist Water Hickory Carya aquatica Y Moderate/Moist

Water Oak Y Moderate/Moist 1 2 LARGE PALMS Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use Canary Island N Low Date palm Phoenix dactylifera N Low 3

SMALL PALMS Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use

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SMALL PALMS Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use palm/ Y Low Chinese fan palm chinensis N Low Paurotis Palm wrightii Y Moderate Pindo palm Butra capitate N Low Silver Palm argentata Y Low Washingtonia Palm Y Low Windmill palm N Low 1 2

ORNAMENTAL TREES Plant Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use Community

American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana Y Moist American Y Moderate/Moist Chickasaw Plum angustifolia Y Low Crape Myrtle N Low Moderate Dahoon Holly Ilex Y /Moist Devils Walkingstick Y Moist East Palatka Holly Ilex x attenuata Y Low Flowering Dogwood Y High / moist Fringe Tree virginica Y High / moist Jamaican Capparis cynophallophora Y Moderate Myrtle Oak Y Low Pigeon Plum diversifolia Y Moderate Pond Apple glabra Y Moist Purple Tabebuia N Low Red Buckeye Ausculus pavia Y Moist Ilex spp. including "EP", Red Holly "Savi", "Nellie Stevens" Y Low Redbud Y Moderate Ilex opaca x attenuata Savannah Holly "Savannah" Y Low Southern Red Cedar Juniperus silicicola Y Low Sparkleberry Y Low / Moist Sugarberry Celtis laevigata Y Moderate Swamp Dogwood Y Moist Zanthoxylumclara- Toothache Tree hercules Y Low Walter's Viburnum obovatum Y Moderate/Moist

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ORNAMENTAL TREES Plant Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use Community Water ash/Pop Ash Y Moist Wild - Devilwood americanus Y Low / Moist Wild-Lime Zanthozylum fagara Y Low Winged Elm Y Low Yaupon Holly Y Low Chickasaw Plum Y Low 1 2 3 SHRUBS

Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use

Aloe Aloe spp. N Moderate Awabuki Viburnum var. N Moderate Azalea Rhododendron hybrids N High Bamboo Bambusa spp. N Moderate Banana Musa spp. N High Banana Shrub Michelia fuscata N Low Beautyberry Y Low of Paradise reginae N Low Blueberry Vaccinium spp. Y/N Moderate Bottlebrush Callistemon spp. N Low Bush Allamanda Allamanda neriifolia N Moderate Bush Daisy Gamolepis spp. N Moderate Butterfly Bush Buddleia lindleyana N Moderate Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Y Low Buttonwood Conocarpus erectus Y Low Camellia N Moderate Carolina Aster Aster carolinianus Y Moderate Chaste Tree Vitex agnus-castus N Low Chinese Holly Ilex chinensis N Moderate Chinese and cvs. N Low Chinese/ Horned Holly and cvs. N Low Sweet Pepperbrush N Moderate Cleyera N Moderate Common Witchhazel Y High Coontie Zamia floridana Y Low Crape Jasmine, Pinwheel Tabernaemontana divaricata N High variegatum N Low

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SHRUBS

Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use

Dahoon Holly Y likes wet Devil's Walkingstick Aralia spinosa Y Moderate Downy Jasmine N Moderate Dwarf Palmetto Y Low Dwarf Schefflera Heptapleurum arboricolum N Moderate Elderberry spp. Y/N Moderate English Dogwood Philadelphus inodorus N Low False Conradina spp. Y Low Fetterbush lucida Y Low Fiddlewood Citharexylum fruticosum Y Low Firebush Y Moderate Firecracker/Coral Plant N Low Florida floridanum Y moist Florida Privet segregata Y Low Gallberry Ilex coriacea Y Low N Moderate Giant Bird of Paradise N High Glossy Abelia Abelia spp. N Moderate Golden Dewdrop, Pigeonberry; N Low Groundsel Tree Y Moderate Harrington/Japanese Plum Yew Cephalotaxus harringtonia N Moderate Hawthorn Crataegus spp. Y/N Low Hibiscus Hibiscus spp. Y Moderate Holly Ilex spp. Y/N Low Hydrangea N Moderate Indian Hawthorn Raphiolepis spp. and cvs. N Low Japanese Aralia, Paperplant N Moderate Japanese Holly Ilex japonica N Moderate Juniper Family Juniperus spp. N Low King's Mantle Thunbergia erecta N Moderate Laurelleaf Snailseed Cocculus laurifolius N Low Leather Fern Acrostichum danaeifolium Y High Ligustrum and cvs. N Low Loropetalum and cvs. N Moderate Marlberry Y Low Mary Nell Holly Ilex 'Mary Nell' Y Moderate Natal Plum N Low Natal Plum Carissa macrocarpa N Low Oakleaf Hydrangea Y Moderate Orange Jessamine N Moderate

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SHRUBS

Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use

Pawpaw Asimina spp. Y Moderate Peregrina integerrima N High Guava N Low Pipestem populifolia Y Moderate Pittosporum (except pendatum) Pittosporum cvs. N Low and N Low Poinciana Caesalpinia spp. and cvs. N Moderate Powderpuff Calliandra spp. and cvs. N Low Princess Flower N Low Pygmy Fringetree Y Moderate Rose Rosa spp. Y/N Moderate Rosemary Rosmarinus spp. N Low Rusty Blackhaw Y Low Rusty Lyonia Y Low Rusty / Southern Blackhaw Viburnum rufidulum Y High Sandankwa Viburnum Viburnum suspensum N High Sasanqua Camellia N Moderate Savanah Holly Ilex opaca x attenuata Y Low Saw Palmetto repens Y Low Schillings Holly Ilex x 'Schilling' Y Low Scrub Holly Ilex cumulicola Y Low Scrub Palmetto Y Low Scrub Plum Y Low Seagrape Coccoloba uvifera Y Low Simpson's Stopper Y Low Sparkleberry Vaccinium arboretum Y Moderate Star Anise Illicium spp. Y Moderate Star Jasmine Jasminum nitidum N Moderate Stoppers Eugenia spp. Y Low Sweet Acacia Acacia farnesiana Y Low Sweet Viburnum Viburnum odoratissimum N Moderate Tea Olive N Moderate Sage N Low Thryallis, Rain-of-Gold Galphimia glauca N Moderate Ti plant Cordyline spp. & cvs. N Varies Titi, Leatherwood racemiflora Y Moderate Viburnum Viburnum hybrids Y/N Low Viburnum Family Viburnum spp. Y Low Willow Itea virginica Y Moderate Walter's Viburnum Viburnum obovatum and cvs. Y Moderate

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SHRUBS

Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use

Wax Myrtle cerifera and cvs. Y Moderate Weeping Fern Pine Podocarpus gracilior N Moderate Wild nervosa Y Moderate Wild Olive Osmanthus americanus N Moderate Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria and cvs. Y Low Yellow Anistree Y Low Yesterday-Today-and-Tomorrow Brunfelsia grandiflora N Moderate 1 2 3 GROUNDCOVERS Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use

Algerian Ivy canariensis N Moderate Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea stolonifera Y Low Beach Sunflower debilis Y Low Bigleaf Periwinkle N Moderate Billbergia Bromeliad Billbergia spp. N High Black Eyed Susan Y Moderate Blazing Star Liatris Liatris tenuifolia Y Moderate Blue Daze Convolvulus `Blue Daze' N Moderate Blue Flag virginica Y High Blue Lily of the Nile Agapantus africanus N Moderate Bromeliad Vriesea spp. N High Bugleweed N High Butterfly Iris N High Cast Iron Plant elatior N Low Cinnamon Fern Osmanda cinnamomea Y High Confederate Jasmine Trachelospermum asiaticum N Moderate Coontie Zamia floridana Y Low Cordgrass Spartina spp. Y Low (or tinctoria) Y High Creeping Fig N Moderate Creeping Juniper N Low Creeping Phlox Phlox nivalis Y Moderate Crown of Thorns milii N Low

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GROUNDCOVERS Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use Hemerocallis spp. N Moderate Dichondra Dichondra micrantha N Moderate Dwarf Coreopsis `Nana' N High Dwarf Palmetto Sabal minor Y Moderate Dwarf Pittosporum `nana' N Moderate English Ivy N Moderate Fancyleaved Caladium Caladium x Nortulanum N Moderate Gaillardia Y Low Gerbera Daisy Gerbera jamesonnii N Moderate Holly Fern N Moderate Japanese Garden Juniper N Low Leatherleaf Fern Rumohra odiantiformis N Moderate Lily Turf Liriope spp. N Moderate Mondo Grass N Moderate Moss Pink N Moderate Nick's Compact Juniper Juniperus c.p. 'Nicks Compact' N Low Parson's Juniper `Parsonii' N Low Periwinkle, Vinca N Moderate N Moderate Prairie Iris Y High Red Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia spp. Y Low Rosemary ericordes Y Low Royal Fern Osmanda regalis Y High Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens Y Low Sedum spp. N Moderate Shield Fern Thelyptris spp. Y Moderate Shore Juniper Juniperus conferta N Low Society N Low Star Jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides N Moderate Swamp Lily Crinium americanum Y High Trailing Fig N Low Virginia Creeper Parthenosisus quinquefolia Y High Weeping Lantana N Low Wild Y High Wintercreeper fortueri `coloratus' N Moderate Yellow Pineland Lantana Lantana depressa Y Low

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1 2 3 LAWN GRASS

Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use

Centipede N High Zoysia Zoysia Moderate N Bahia N Low Annual Ryegrass – Very short lived Lolium multiflorum N High lawn – shall only be used to cover disturbed areas in construction zones Perennial Ryegrass N High 4 WATER EDGE PLANTINGS:

Common Name Botanical Name Native Water Use Upper Littoral Zone (6” above or below normal water level) Bald Cypress Taxodium disticum Y Wetland Only Blue Flag Iris Iris hexagona Y Wetland Only Giant Bulrush Scirpus califoricus N Wetland Only Golden Canna Canna flaccida Y Wetland Only Soft Rush Jancus effusus N Wetland Only Middle Littoral Zone (from 1’ to 3’ below normal water level) Arrowhead Saggittaria lancifolia Y Wetland Only Pond Cypress Taxodium ascendens Y Wetland Only Pickerel Weed Y Wetland Only Lower Littoral Zone (from 3’ to 5’ below normal water level) Fragrant White Water Lily Y Wetland Only 5 6 Note: Other aquatic plants may be used from the list of Aquatic Plants found in Lake County, 7 Florida as prepared by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Aquatic 8 Plant Management. 9 10

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