Trees & Shrubs of Florida - Gallery 2


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	On this page - Southern Live Oak, Coastalplain Willow, Strangler Fig, Dahoon Holly, Loblolly Bay, Southern Magnolia, Scrub Hickory, Water Hickory, Swamp Bay, Sweet Bay Click an image to open a larger version Live Oak, Southern Live Oak - Quercus virginiana Family - Fagaceae Habitat - Coastal hammocks, Maritime Forests, Inland Hammocks, Hardwood Swamps on sandy, moist soils. Description - Broad crown with a stout trunk to 4 feet in diameter and very large, low, spreading branches. Grows to over 50 feet tall with an equal spread. Leaves are alternate with slightly wavy, entire margins, leathery, dark green & shiny on upper surface. Coastalplain Willow, Carolina Willow - Salix caroliniana Family - Salicaceae, Willow family Habitat - Edges of rivers, ponds, lakes, ditches, marshes, open wet forests, shrub swamps. Description - Native deciduous tree to 25 - 30 feet high, often with multiple trunks. Common throughout most of South Florida. Leaves are alternate, 2-7 inches long, lanceolate, with finely serrate margins. Flower - Small yellow flowers on catkins, 3-4 inches long. Strangler Fig, Golden Fig - Ficus aurea Family - Ficus Habitat - Hammocks, Swamps Description - Native tree, often seen as a epiphyte seedling nestled in the frond boots of Cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto). Eventually engulfs and strangles the host tree and becomes a free standing tree. Height to 60 feet with a broad, spreading crown and numerous aerial roots. Leaf alternate, 6-8 inches long, dark green, elliptic to ovate with entire, undulate margins. Dahoon Holly, Dahoon - Ilex cassine Family - Aquifoliaceae Habitat - Bay swamp, Hardwood swamp, margins of Wet prairies and marshes. Description - Native evergreen shrub or tree, may grow to nearly 40 feet in height although it's usually smaller. Leaves are 1 1/2 to 3 inches in length, wider toward the tip (obovate) the margins of most, but not all leaves have a few small teeth with a small bristle at the tip. Flowers are in clusters, white, not conspicuous. Fruit is a spherical red or yellow drupe 1/4 inch in diameter and is an important wildlife food source, especially for migrating song birds, native quail and turkey. There is a variation of native Dahoon- Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia Swamp Bay - Persea palustris Family - Lauraceae Habitat - Swamps, sloughs, wet flatwoods Description - Native evergreen tree to near 40 feet in height, leaves are alternate, simple, lanceolate with entire margins, shiny green on upper surface, lighter with rusty reddish hairs on underside, particularly on midrib. Leaves often with galls. Fruit is a deep blue, almost black slightly elongated drupe. Very similar in appearance to the Red bay tree. Host plant for Swallowtail butterfly larva. Sweetbay flower by Clarence A. Rechenthin @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database Sweet Bay, Silver Bay - Magnolia virginiana Family - Magnoliaceae Habitat - Swamps, Low lying forests & floodplains on rich, wet acidic soils. Description - Native tree with a 40 to 60 foot average height, often with multiple trunks. Sweet Bay is deciduous in colder regions and evergreen in milder climates. Bark is fairly smooth and grayish in color. Leaves are simple with entire margins, elliptic shape, dark green on upper surface and silvery green underneath. Flowers produced in summer are white, cup shaped and fragrant. Fruit is a hard burr, seeds are bright red and are consumed by birds and animals alike. Sweet Bay Magnolia is a butterfly host plant. Loblolly Bay - Gordonia lasianthus Family - Theaceae Habitat - Swamps, Bogs, Wet Flatwoods Description - Native evergreen tree 60-70 feet in height, narrow conical crown. Leaves dark green, alternate, oblong, lightly serrate to crenate, 2 1/2 to 6 inches long. Flower - Fragrant white or creamy white, 2-3 inches across, cup shaped with 5 petals surrounding numerous golden-yellow stamens. Begins flowering in May-June and throughout summer. Southern Magnolia, Bullbay - Magnolia grandiflora Family - Magnoliaceae Habitat - Primarily bottomland forests and mesic upland woodlands. Widely planted as a landscape tree. Description - Native evergreen tree 60-80 feet in height, simple leaves are alternately arranged, elliptic to oval, entire margins, dark shiny green above, rusty brown pubescent on lower surface and to 8 inches in length. Flower - White or creamy white, fragrant, to 8 inches across. Fruit is cone-like, producing red berries in autumn that hang from silken threads before dropping. Scrub Hickory - Carya floridana Family - Juglandaceae (Walnut family) Habitat - Sandhill scrub, endemic to Florida. Description - Native small tree or large shrub 10 to 20 feet in height usually with multiple trunks and spreading crown. Alternate pinnately compound leaves green to yellowish-green, 5 - 8 inches long with 3 - 7 lanceolate to elliptic leaflets with toothed margins, lighter on the bottom surface. New growth twigs are covered with rust colored hairs. Flowers are small greenish and inconspicuous, fruit is a hard shelled brown nut up to 1 1/2 inches. Water Hickory, Swamp Hickory - Carya aquatica Family - Juglandaceae (Walnut Family) Habitat - Bottomland forest, floodplains of rivers, seasonally inundated areas Description - Native tree with a large straight trunk to 100 feet tall and 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 feet in diameter. Leaves pinnately compound with 9-13 leaflets, lance shaped, pointed tips, slightly curved. Florida Tree Galleries 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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