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Plant of the Month - General Outline
Outline
1) Common and Latin names, synonyms
2) Plant description
a) size (max, height, spread)
b) shape (erect, prostrate, shrub, vine, etc.)
c) description of leaves (size, color, arrangement, texture, etc.)
d) description of flowers (color, shape, size, petals, seedpods, etc.)
e) annual/perennial, evergreen/deciduous, etc.
3) Flowering time
4) Habitat (sandhill/scrub/hammock, etc.)
b) soil type (sandy, moist/wet/dry, etc.
5) Range - where it grows (areas of U.S., areas of Florida)
6) Propagation (cuttings, seeds, etc.)
7) Other info
a) Maintenance (pruning, motility, etc.)
b) Similar plants
b) Uses (medicinal, culinary, dyes, etc.)
c) History and lore
Reference Books
Florida's
Best Native Landscape Plants, by Gil Nelson
A
Gardener’s Guide to Florida’s Native Plants, by Rufino Osorio
Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities, by Walter Kingsley Taylor
The
Guide to Florida Wildflowers, by Walter Kingsley Taylor
Florida's Incredible Wild Edibles, by Richard J. Deuerling and Peggy S. Lantz
The book links above go to Amazon.com, and our chapter gets a small commission for each item purchased. You may also be able to borrow a book from the public library, or from another chapter member!
Online Resources
Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) - http://www.fnps.org
FNPS links list - http://www.fnps.org/pages/links/plant_links.php
UF IFAS EDIS (Fl. Dept. Ag.) - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Native_Plants
USDA Plants Database - http://plants.usda.gov
e-Flora Florida - http://www.floridaplants.com/Eflora/cover.htm
Google: Florida native plants
Assoc. of Fla. Native Nurseries - http://www.afnn.org/search_afnn.asp?n=22
(database of plants sold at various native plant nurseries, if you want to tell where the plant, or plant seeds, can be purchased) |
