![]() ![]() Larval host plant for red-banded hairstreak ( Calycopis cecrops) butterflies and io ( Automeris io) moths. Wildlife and Ecology: Provides significant food and cover for wildlife. Light Requirements: Full sun to light shade.įlower Characteristics: Inconspicuous catkins.įlowering Season: All year peak winter-spring. Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate grows near salt water, but is protected from direct salt spray by other vegetation.ĭrought Tolerance: Moderate generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established. Salt Water Tolerance: Low does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water. Nutritional Requirements: Moderate can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive. Soils: Moist to wet, well-drained to poorly-drained sandy, limestone, or organic soils, usually with humusy top layer. For a digitized image of Elbert Little’s Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from the Miami-Dade County mainland and North Key Largo to the lower Keys. Range: Eastern and southeastern United States west to Texas and Oklahoma and south to the Monroe County Keys Bermuda, West Indies, Mexico and Central America. ![]() Sometimes as broad as tall, especially when smaller. ![]() Leaves wax-covered, semi-deciduous, 1-4 inches long, aromatic when crushed.ĭimensions: Typically 8-15 feet in height in South Florida, but extremely variable to 36 feet in Florida. Learn more about gardening with wax myrtle for birds and other wildlife in Attracting Birds to South Florida Gardens.ĭescription: Medium to large shrub or small tree with a narrow crown from crooked trunks. It can be used as an accent or specimen shrub, as a trimmed or informal hedge, or in mixed buffer plantings. General Landscape Uses: A versatile shrub or small tree in formal and informal landscapes, but it needs moist to wet soils to thrive. ![]()
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