Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean A Guide to Knowing and Growing Drought- And Salt-Tolerant Plants,9781561640560

Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean A Guide to Knowing and Growing Drought- And Salt-Tolerant Plants

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ISBN13: 9781561640560
ISBN10: 1561640565
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-01-01
Publisher(s): INGRAM
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Summary

Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean is a complete source for information about which plants grow best in nearshore environments. It includes extensive characteristics of each plant, including:
  • Form, flower and fruit date
  • Geographic distribution and habitat
  • Reproduction and propagation
  • Ornamental uses
  • Medicinal and toxic properties, including modern and folkloric beliefs and uses
  • Ecological aspects

This guide is a must-have for backyard gardeners and serious naturalists alike.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7(10)
The Plants 17(1)
THE PLANTS
Coast sandbur
17(1)
Salt marsh cordgrass
18(1)
Sea oats
19(2)
Seashore rush grass
21(1)
Seashore saltgrass
22(2)
Turtle grass
24(1)
Coastal sedge
25(1)
Spike rush
26(1)
Coconut palm
26(2)
Silver palm
28(2)
Aloe
30(2)
Spanish bayonet
32(1)
Century plant
33(2)
Spanish moss
35(2)
Pinguin
37(2)
Cliff orchid
39(2)
Australian beefwood
41(2)
Shortleaf fig
43(1)
Sea grape
44(2)
Samphire, salt-weed
46(1)
Sea-blight
46(1)
Glasswort
47(2)
Black mampoo
49(1)
Water mampoo
50(1)
Saltwort
51(1)
Sea Purslane
52(2)
Common Purslane
54(2)
Hairy portulaca
56(1)
Sea rocket
57(1)
Limber caper
58(1)
Jamaica caper
59(1)
Cocoplum
60(2)
Nicker bean
62(2)
Pride of Barbados
64(1)
Tamarind
65(3)
Coin vine
68(2)
Beach pea
70(1)
Coralbean
71(2)
Jamaica dogwood
73(2)
Lignumvitae
75(2)
Limeberry
77(1)
Leatherleaf
78(1)
Bay cedar
79(2)
Gumbo-limbo
81(2)
Bushy spurge
83(1)
Coast spurge
84(1)
Manchineel
85(2)
Croton
87(1)
Christmas bush
88(1)
Marble tree
89(1)
Poison cherry
90(1)
Seaside maho
91(1)
Sida
92(2)
Sea hibiscus
94(2)
Pitch apple
96(1)
Wild cinnamon
97(2)
Yellow alder
99(1)
Woolly nipple cactus
100(1)
Turk's cap cactus
101(2)
Prickly pear cactus
103(1)
Dildo cactus
104(1)
Red mangrove
105(3)
Buttonwood
108(1)
White mangrove
109(2)
Indian almond
111(3)
Torchwood
114(1)
Guiana rapanea, Myrsine
115(1)
Frangipani
116(2)
Periwinkle
118(2)
Oleander
120(2)
Wild alamanda
122(1)
Beach milk vine
123(1)
Beach morning-glory
123(2)
Moon vine
125(2)
Pigeon berry
127(1)
Geiger tree
128(1)
Seaside heliotrope
129(2)
Bay lavender
131(1)
Black mangrove
132(2)
Haggarbush
134(2)
Wild sage, lantana
136(1)
Pink cedar
137(2)
White-alling
139(1)
Golden creeper
140(2)
Morinda
142(1)
Sandfly bush
143(1)
Strumpfia
144(1)
Seven year apple
145(2)
Inkberry
147(1)
Sea ox-eye
148(2)
Trailing wedelia
150(1)
Marsh fleabane
151(1)
Wild lettuce
152(1)
Beach sunflower
153(2)
References 155(2)
Index 157

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