PALMS & EPIPHYTES
Phyllotaxis : Palm leaves are alternate and display spiral phyllotaxis
moraceae
commelinaceae
sapindaceae
fagaceae
araceae
musaceae
apraragaceae
nyctaginaceae
caryoteae
arecaceae
marattiacea
aspidiaceae
polypodiaceae
orchidaceae
zingiberaceae
bromeliaceae
convolvulaceae
juncaceae
liliaceae
cyperaceae
begoniaceae
asteraceae
poaceae
fabaceae
pinaceae
cupressaceae
araucariaceae
cycadaceae
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EPIPHYTES
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BROMELIADS
Tillansia variabilis / syn T. valenzuelana
Tillandsia Pruitosa
Tillandsia recurvata
Tillandsia simulat
Fasciculata
Guzmania monostachia
Tillandsia utriculata
Tillandsia bartramis
Tillandsia Balbisiana
Catopsis nutans
Tillandsia Flexuosa
Tillandsia setacea
Catopsis floribunda
Tillandsia paucifoua
Tillandsia usneoides
Catopsis berteroniana
Tillandsia setacea
ORCHIDS
Encyclia tampensis
Epidendrum magnoliae
FERNS
Pleopeltis polypodioides
phlebodium aureum
canpyloneurum phyllitidis
vittaria lineata
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Florida Fringe : Mangrove Zonation Pattern |||
Buttonwood ( conocarpus erectus ) DRYEST
White Mangrove (close relationship with Buttonwood)
Black Mangrove
Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) WETTEST
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cold winter winds come from the west and north
summer winds come from the south
keep tall barriers away from southern winds
drought tolerant plants go in exposed windy areas / south and west walls
solid fence on north side as barrier blocks winter winds
evergreen rows on north side blocks winter winds
deciduous trees on west, south west, south, south east and east for shade
grasses in sunny areas
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