A buccaneer palm’s slender, ringed trunk and gracefully arching fronds, photographed at a Florida botanical garden. Photo: David J. Stang, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Tough Bully beginning to bloom in yellow sand scrub habitat at Carter Creek Wildlife Management Area, Florida. Photo: Dsandii, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ilex krugiana, commonly known as Tawnyberry Holly or Krug’s Holly, is a slender evergreen tree of South Florida’s rarest hardwood forest type: rockland hammock. In
Silk Bay new growth showing the rusty, silky hairs that give this scrub endemic its name, photographed at Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida. Photo:
Common Sweetleaf flowering in the wild at Lorance Creek Natural Area, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Photo: Eric Hunt, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Symplocos tinctoria,
Bigleaf Snowbell flowering in the wild in Pulaski County, Arkansas, its drooping racemes of white flowers hanging below the foliage. Photo: Eric Hunt, via Wikimedia
Seaside alder’s glossy leaves and golden male catkins, shown here in late-season bloom. Photo: Robert H. Mohlenbrock, USDA NRCS, public domain Alnus maritima, the Seaside
Botanical illustration showing sarvis holly’s leaves, flowers, and velvety red fruit. Illustration: Robert H. Mohlenbrock, USDA NRCS, public domain Ilex amelanchier, commonly known as Sarvis
Myrtle dahoon’s narrow, glossy evergreen leaves give it a fine, airy texture compared to broader-leaved hollies. Photo: David J. Stang, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Creek plum branches become loaded with small, cherry-sized plums by midsummer. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Prunus rivularis, commonly known as Creek Plum (also
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