Plants to Use :: Winter Haven Wildlife Habitat Area Team

Trees
Soil	Attracts Butterflies	Name	Characteristics (Adult plant height, wildlife food supplied, etc.)
H		Bald Cypress	100 ft. / seeds / will grow in mesic soils once established
H		Black Gum	70 ft. / fruits
M	B	Chickasaw Plum	20 ft. / plums / will send out runners
H	B	Dahoon Holly	40 ft. / berries / will grow in mesic soils once established
HM		Elm, Winged	40 ft. / seeds
M	B	Flowering Dogwood	40 ft. / fruits
HM		Fringe Tree	30 ft. / fruits
HM	B	Hackberry / Sugarberry	80 ft. / fruits
M	B	Laurel Oak	80 ft. / acorns
M	B	Live Oak	45 ft. / acorns
H	B	Loblolly Bay	60 ft. / seeds
X		Longleaf Pine	90 ft. / seeds
M		Magnolia (Grand)	80 ft. / seeds
H		Musclewood (Ironwood)	30 ft. / seeds / will send out runners
M		Persimmon	60 ft. / fruits
M	B	Pignut Hickory	70 ft. / nuts
H	B	Red Bay	65 ft. / fruit / larval food of Palamedes swallowtail
H		Red Maple	80 ft. / seeds
X		Sand Live Oak	30 ft. / acorns
M		Sabal Palm (Cabbage Palm)	70 ft. / fruits
X	B	Sand Pine	70 ft. / seeds
X		Scrub Hickory	30 ft. / nuts
M		Slash Pine	30 ft. / nuts
M		Southern Red Cedar	50 ft. / fruits
H	B	Sweet Bay	60 ft. / seeds / larval food of Palamedes swallowtail
M		Sweet Gum	50 ft. / seeds
X		Turkey Oak	50 ft. / acorns

Bold Type = Readily available requiring no special care
Standard Type = More difficult to obtain; requires some special attention
* indicates non-native species

General soil characterizations:
H - hydric, wet
M - mesic, medium
X - xeric, dry
B - Provides either larval or nectar food for butterflies.