Landscaping for Florida's Wildlife

Re-creating Native Ecosystems in Your Yard, by Joe Schaefer and George Tanner

As the natural landscape becomes more humanized, the habitat for many wildlife species has been lost or degraded. In a clear, step-by-step format, this book tells how to create awildlife-friendly landscape that takes into account both people and nature. The authors' theme--"put back what you don't need"--allows the gardener to reduce maintenance costs while providing a habitat that offers wildlife the essentials of food, cover, water, and space.

Plants in
FLORIDA HORTICULTURE

Air Plants
Bamboos
Bulbs
Fruit
Orchids
Shrubs 
Aroids
Bananas
Epiphytes
Gingers 
Palms
Trees
Annuals
Bromeliads
Ferns
Herbs
Perennials
Vines

Special Objectives

A Guide to Selecting Existing Vegetation for Low-energy Landscapes
Circular by Mitchell Flinchum, professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.

Landscape Plants for Wet Sites
North Carolina State Cooperative Extension leaflet lists various trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants some of which are also suitable for or native to Florida, by Thomas G. Ranney, Assistant Professor, Richard E. Bir, Extension Specialist, M.A. Powell, Professor/Extension Specialist, Ted Bilderback, Professor/Extension Specialist.

North Florida Landscape Plants for Shaded Sites
Fact Sheet by Frank Regulski, Jr. and David Marshall, University of Florida Department of Environmental Horticulture.

North Florida Landscape Plants for Wet Areas
Fact Sheet by Frank Regulski, Jr. and David Marshall, University of Florida Departmentof Environmental Horticulture.

Plant Nectar Yielding Ornamentals in Florida
Excerpt from IFAS document Beekeeping: Florida Bee Botany by Malcolm T. Sanford.

Trees

Trees for North Florida Cooperative Extension Circular by R.J. Black and A.W. Meerow.

Using Fast-Growing Hardwoods in Florida Fact Sheet of the Florida Energy Extension Service by D. L. Rockwood, professor, Forest Genetics, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida.

Shrubs

Native Shrubs for Central Florida
by Craig N. Huegel.

Ground Cover

Flowering Perennials for Florida
IFAS Fact Sheet by Sydney Park Brown, Loretta Hodyss, and David Marshall.

Ground Covers for North Florida Florida Energy Extension Circular by A.W. Meerow and R.J. Black.

Native! If you're having trouble meeting a percent native design requirement, this next section is for you!

Saw palmetto: An Ecologically and Economically Important Native Palm
IFAS Circular WEC-109, by George Tanner, J. Jeffrey Mullahey, and David Maehr.

Find More Information on Native! plants in our Native! Section.

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