TYPICAL FOUNDATION TREES Common Name Botanical Name Medium upright trees, under 40’ with a narrow canopy and small trees Bay Rum Pimenta racemosa Brazilian Beautyleaf Calophyllum brasilience Bridalveil Caesalpinia granadillo Cassia (Bahama, Desert, Senna mexicana ‘Chapmanii’*, Glaucous) polyphylla, or surattensis Crape Myrtle Lagerstroemia indica Dahoon Holly Ilex cassine* East Palatka Holly Ilex x attenuata ’East Palatka’, ‘Eagleston’ or ‘Nellie Stevens’* Green Buttonwood Conocarpus erectus* Jamaica Caper Capparis cynophallaphora* Japanese Blueberry Elaeocarpus decipiens Japanese Privet Ligustrum japonicum Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ or ‘DD Blanchard’* Madagascar Olive Noronhia emarginata Orange Geiger Cordia sebestina* Paradise Simarouba glauca* Pigeon Plum Coccoloba diversifolia* Pitch Apple Clusia rosea* Red Stopper Eugenia rhombea* Silver Buttonwood Conocarpus erectus ‘Sericeus’* Simpson’s Stopper Myricanthes fragrans* Spanish Stopper Eugenia foetida* Traveler’s Tree Ravenala madagascariensis+ Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera* White Bird-of-Paradise Strelitzia nicolai+ White Geiger Cordia boissieri White Stopper Eugenia axillaris* Weeping Podocarpus Podocarpus gracilior Common Name Botanical Name Medium palms under 40’ and small palms under 20’, with a narrow canopy Adonidia Palm Adonidia merrillii Alexander Palm Ptychosperma elegans Areca Palm Dypsis lutescens Arikury Palm Syagrus schizophylla Bottle Palm Hyphorbe lagenicaulus Carnauba Palm Copernicia spp. Chinese Fan Palm Livistona chinensis Everglades Palm Paurotis wrightii*+ Fishtail Palm Caryota mitis+ Foxtail Palm Wodeytia bifurcata Lady Palm Rhapis excela Lineare Palm Ptychosperma lineare Mediterranean Fan Palm Chamaerops humilis Montgomery Palm Veitchia montgomeriana Needle Palm Rhaphidophyllum hystrix* Pigmy Date Palm Phoenix roebelenii Ribbon Palm Livistona decipiens Sabal Palm Sabal palmetto* Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens* Spindle Palm Hyophorbe vershaffeitii Thrinax, Leucothrinax, & Coccothrinax Palms Thrinax, Leucothrinax, & Coccothrinax spp. (All species/varieties)* Native plant species* Requires adequate room for base of trunk to spread+ .