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Approved Native Shrubs

Common Name Scientific Name Type
American Butterfly/Nectar
Beautyberry Callicarpa americana Attacts Birds
Psychotria
Bahama Wild Coffee Butterfly/Nectar
ligustrifolia
Bloodberry Cordia globosa Butterfly/Host
Buttonsage Lantana involucrata Butterfly/Nectar
Stachytarpheta Butterfly/Host and
Blue Porterweed
jamaicensis Ground Cover
Coco Plum Chrysobalanus icaco Large Shrub
False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica Butterfly/Host
Tripsacum
Fakahatchee Grass Bunch Grass
dactyloides
Florida Lantana depressa
Shrub Verbena var. floridana Butterfly/Nectar
Limber Caper Capparis flexuosa Butterfly/Host
Marlberry Ardisia escallonioides Butterfly/Nectar
Muhlenbergia
Muhlygrass Butterfly/Nectar
capillaris
Acoelorrhaphe
Paurotis Palm Wet, Mucky Soil
wrightii
Coccoloba
Pigeon Plum Butterfly/Nectar
diversifolia
Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens Host/Nectar
Heliotropium
Scorpion Tail Butterfly/Nectar
angiospermum
Butterfly/Host and
Scrub Palmetto Sabal etonia
Nectar
Silver Sea
Oxeye Daisy Borrichia frutescens Butterfly/Nectar
Varnish Leaf Dodonaea viscosa Large Shrub
White Indigo Berry Randia aculeate Butterfly Host/Nectar
Wild Coffee Psychotria nervosa Butterfly/Nectar

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