Inkwood’s smooth, mottled gray-brown trunk rising through a South Florida hammock canopy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Exothea paniculata, commonly called Inkwood (and sometimes
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis, the Southern Shagbark Hickory (also called Carolina Hickory), is a Deep South relative of the familiar Shagbark Hickory that most field guides and
Soldierwood leaves and fruit at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, Florida. Photo: David Jeffrey Ringer via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Colubrina
Sea Torchwood foliage and flower clusters. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Amyris elemifera, commonly known as Sea Torchwood or simply
Pond Apple fruit at Royal Palm, Everglades National Park, Florida. Photo: CiXeL via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Annona glabra, known as Pond Apple (and
Spanish stopper’s typical multi-trunked, densely twiggy growth habit. Photo: Daderot, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Eugenia foetida, commonly called Spanish
Scrub hickory’s compound leaf, typically with five leaflets — smaller and fewer than most other native hickories. Photo: Eric Dion, near Sebring, FL / Wikimedia
Jamaica dogwood’s showy pea-like flowers open on bare branches in spring, before the new leaves emerge. Photo: jayeshpatil912 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Piscidia
Florida fiddlewood’s glossy, leathery leaves with orange-tinged new growth and ripening dark fruit. Photo: ceherzog, Siesta Key, Osprey, FL / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Black ironwood growing in its native hardwood hammock understory, where it tolerates deep shade for decades. Photo: Daderot, McKee Botanical Garden, Vero Beach, FL /
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