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Name  Type  Zone   
Firebush  Small tree or shrub  9b,10a  View
Gumbo Limbo  Tree  10a  View
Fiddlewood  Small tree or shrub  10a,10b  View
Red Tip Cocoplum  Shrub  10b  View
Wild Coffee  Shrub  9b,10a,10b  View
Seagrape  Medium sized tree or shrub  8b,9a,9b,10a,10b  View
Bloodberry  Shrub  10a,10b  View
Bahama Cassia  Shrub  10a,10b  View
Palmetto  Tree  8b,9a,9b,10a,10b  View
Gaillardia  Wildflower  8b,9a,9b,10a,10b  View
Cabbage Palm  Tree  8b,9a,9b,10a,10b  View
Thatch Palm  Tree  10a,10b  View
Florida Privet  Small tree or shrub  8b,9a,9b,10a,10b  View
Scorpiontail  Shrub  9a,9b,10a,10b  View
Fakahatchee Grass  Clumping grass  8b,9a,9b,10a,10b  View
Dune Sunflower  Wildflower/Groundcover  8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b  View
Necklace Pod  Shrub  10a, 10b  View
Silver Buttonwood  Tree  10a, 10b  View
Coontie  Shrub / Groundcover  8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b  View
Mimosa  Groundcover / Wildflower  8b, 9a, 9b  View
Lantana  Shrub  8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b  View
Beach Verbena  Wildflower  9a, 9b, 10a, 10b  View
Myrsine  Shrub  10a, 10b  View
Southern Red Cedar  Tree  8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b  View
Red Mulberry  Tree  8a,8b,9a,9b,10a,10b  View
Beautyberry  Shrub  8a,8b,9a,9b,10a,10b,11  View
Pigeon Plum  Tree  10a,10b, 11  View
Blue Porterweed  Groundcover  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Live Oak  Tree  8a,8b,9a,9b,10a,10b, 11  View
Florida Silver Palm  Tree  10a, 10b, 11  View
Jamaican Caper  Tree  10a, 10b, 11  View
Paradise Tree  Tree  10a, 10b, 11  View
Scarlet Milkweed  Shrub  8a,8b,9a,9b,10a,10b, 11  View
Wild Lime  Tree  9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Satinleaf  Tree  10b, 11  View
Lignum Vitae  Tree  10b, 11  View
Golden Dewdrop  Shrub  9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Sweet Acacia  Tree  9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Tropical Sage  Shrub / Wildflower  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Virginia Creeper  Vine  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Coral Bean  Shrub  9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Coral Honeysuckle  Vine  9a, 9b, 10a, 10b  View
Carolina Yellow Jessamine  Vine  9a, 9b, 10a, 10b  View
Dahoon Holly  Tree  8a,8b,9a,9b,10a,10b  View
Walter Viburnum  Tree  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b  View
Maypop Passionvine  Vine  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Muscadine Grape  Vine  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Sugarberry  Tree  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b  View
Railroad Vine  Vine  9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Sea Oats  Groundcover  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Swamp Fern  Groundcover  8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b  View
Beach Sunflower  Groundcover  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Seaside Goldenrod  Wildflower  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
Wax Myrtle  Tree  8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11  View
American Sycamore  Tree  8a,8b,10a,10b  View
Red Bay  Tree  8a,8b,9a,9b,10a,10b,11  View
Muhly Grass  Clumping Grass  8b,9a,9b,10a,10b,11  View
Simpson’s Stopper  Small tree  9b,10a,10b,11  View
Spanish Stopper  Large shrub or small tree  9b,10a,10b,11  View
Chickasaw Plum  Large shrub or small tree.  8a,8b,9a,9b  View
Black-eyed Susan  Butterfly nectar plant  8a,8b,9a,9b,10a,10b,11  View
Golden Creeper  Small Shrub  9a,9b,10a,10b,11  View
Sweet Bay Magnolia  Tree  8a,8b,9a,9b,10a,10b  View
Marlberry  Small Tree  9a,9b,10a,10b,11  View


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