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“As Catholics, we see creation in a sacramental way, whereby God’s presence in creation evokes a desire to love the world He created for us.”
Florida Catholic Conference, Commentary, October 1, 2006
Plant Inventory:
The plant inventory at Mary Help of Christians is over 750,000 trees, shrubs, vines, bromeliads, orchids of which 95% are considered native species to Florida. It is believed to be the largest display of Native Vegetation at one location in Broward County. There are 195 different species growing at the grounds and all contribute to the spiritual growth of the parish. The innovative and creative method of planting not only enhances the bio-diversity but is arranged in a manner to provide quiet areas for meditation, reflection, liturgy, and nature study. Masses are held outdoors at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter Sunday. Retreats, Days of Reflection, all take advantage of the pastoral setting that makes this unique environment an intregal part of the liturgical, social, and academic endeavors.
The plant inventory that follows is keyed into various books on botany readily available at local bookstores.
PLANT INVENTORY
Scientific Name Common Name Comments
TREES
Amphitecna latifolia Black Calabash One only; North berm Acacia choriophylla Cinnecord Native Florida Plants p.107 Acer rubrum Red Maple Native Florida Plants p.72 Amyris elemifera Torchwood Native Florida Plants p.111 Annona glabra Pond Apple Native Florida Plants p.112 Ardisia escallonioides Marlberry Native Florida Plants p.185 Bauhinia variegata Orchid Tree The Biology of Trees Native to Tropical Florida p.209 Bourreria ovata Strongbark The Native Trees of Florida p.193 Brysonima lucida Locust Berry Native Florida Plants p.187 Bumelia celastrina Saffron Plum Native Florida Plants p.115 Bumelia reclinata Buckthorn Native Florida Plants p.115 Bursera simaruba Gumbo Limbo Native Florida Plants p.75 Calyptranthes pallens Spicewood Native Florida Plants p.116 Calyptranthes zuzygium Myrtle-of-the-River Native Florida Plants p.116 Canella winterana Cinnamon-Bark Native Florida Plants p.117 Capparis cynophallophora Jamaican Caper Native Florida Plants p.190 Capparis flexuosa Limber Caper Native Florida Plants p.190 Celtis laevigata Sugarberry Native Florida Plants p.77 Cephalanthus occidentalis Button Bush Native Florida Plants p.194 Chrysophyllum oliviforme Satinleaf Native Florida Plants p.123 Chiococca pinetorium alba Snowberry Native Florida Plants p.195 Citharexylum fruticosum Fiddlewood Native Florida Plants p.124 Coccoloba diversifolia Pigeon Plum Native Florida Plants p.126 Colubrina cubensis Cuba Colubrina The Native Trees of Florida p.139 Colubrina elliptica Soldierwood Native Florida Plants p.129 Conocarpus erectus Buttonwood Native Florida Plants p.78 Cordia sebestena Geiger Tree Native Florida Plants p.130 Cornus foemina Swamp Dogwood Native Florida Plants p 198 Delonix regia Royal Poinciana Florida Wild Flowers p.299 Dipholis salicifolia Willow Bustic Native Florida Plants p.133 Dodonaea viscos Varnish Leaf Native Florida Plants p.201 Drypetes lateriflora Guiana-Plum Native Trees of Florida p.109 Erithalis fruticosa Black Torch Native Florida Plants p.202 Ernodea littoralis Golden Creeper Native Florida Plants p.203 Erythrina herbacea Coral Bean Native Florida Plants p.204 Eugenia axillaris White Stopper Native Florida Plants p.134 Eugenia confusa Redberry Stopper Native Florida Plants p.135 Eugenia foetida Spanish Stopper Native Florida Plants p.136 Eugenia rhombea Red Stopper Native Florida Plants p.137 Exothea paniculata Inkwood (Butterbough/Ironwood) Native Florida Plants p.138 Ficus aurea Strangler Fig Native Florida Plants p.152 Ficus citrifolia Shortleaf Fig Native Florida Plants p.80 Flaveria linearis Yellowtop Native Florida Plants p.265 Forestiera segregata Florida Privet Native Florida Plants p.205 Forestiera segregata var. pinetorum Pineland Privet Native Florida Plants p.205 Fraxinus caroliniana Pop Ash The Native Trees of Florida p.190 Genipa Clusifolia Seven-year Apple Guaiacum sanctum Lignum Vitae Native Florida Plants p.140 Guapira discolor Blolly Native Florida Plants p.141 Guettarda elliptica Everglades Velvetseed The Native Trees of Florida p.199 Guettarda scabra Rough Velvetseed The Native Trees of Florida p.199 Gymnanthes (Ateramnus) lucida Crabwood Native Florida Plants p.142 Hypelete trifoliata White Ironwood Biology of Trees Native to Tropical Florida p.377 Ilex cassine Dahoon Holly Native Florida Plants p.145 Ilex krugiana Tawnyberry Holly, Krugs Holly Native Florida Plants p.146 Jacaranda Jacaranda Jacquemontia curtissii Pineland Jacquemontia Native Florida Plants p.308 Jacquemontia reclinata Beach Jacquemontia Native Florida Plants p.308 Jacquina keyensis Joe Wood Native Florida Plants p.149 Juniperus virginana Red Cedar Krugiodendron ferreum Black Ironwood Native Trees of Florida P.150 Lanicera sempervirens Coral Honeysuckle Native Florida Plants p.309 Lantana involucrate Wild Lantana Native Florida Plants p.216 Licaria triandra Gulf Licaria Native Trees of Florida p.152 Lysiloma latisiliqua Wild Tamarind Native Florida Plants p.84 Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay Native Florida Plants p.152 Manilkara bahamensis (Achras emarginata) Wild Dilly The Biology of the Trees Native to Tropical Florida p.393 Mastichodendron foetidissimum Mastic Morus rubra Red Mulberry Native Florida Plants p.154 Myrcianthes fragrans Simpson Stopper Native Florida Plants p.155 Myrica cerifera Wax Myrtle, Bayberry Native Florida Plants p.221 Myrsine floridana (guianensis) Myrsine Native Florida Plants p.222 Nectandra coriacea Lancewood Native Florida Plants p.156 Nyssa sylvatica biflora Tupelo, Black Gum The Native Trees of Florida p.87[1] Persea borbonia Redbay Native Florida Plants p.159 Persea paslustris Swamp Bay aka Pubescens (persistent leaf pubescens but same as Redbay) The Biology of Trees Native to Tropical Florida p.190 Picramnia pentandra Bitterbush Native Florida Plants p.160 Pimenta racemosa Bay Rum (A Bahamian Plant) Pinus elliottii var. densa Slash Pine Native Florida Plants p.88 Piscidia piscipula Jamaica Dogwood (Fishfuddle Tree) Native Florida Plants p.91 Plumeria rubra Frangipani Exotic Prunus myrtifolia West Indian Cherry Native Florida Plants p.166 Psidium guajava Guava Exotic Psychotria ligustrifolia Dwarf, of Bahamian Coffee Native Florida Plants p.226 Psychotria sulzneri Dull leaf Coffee Native Florida Plants p.226 Quercus gemiinata Scrub Oak Quercus laurifolia Laurel Oak Native Florida Plants p.96 Quercus nigra Water Oak Native Florida Plants p.98 Quercus virginiana Live Oak Native Florida Plants p.101 Reynosia septentrionalis Darling Plum Native Trees of Fl, p. 140 Salix caroliniana Southern Willow Native Florida Plants p.173 Sapindus saponaria Southern Soapberry Native Florida Plants p.174 Savia bahamensis Maiden-bush The Biology of Trees Native to Tropical Florida p.172 Schinus teribinthifolius Brazilian Pepper Exotic Pest Simarouba glauca Paradise Tree Native Florida Plants p.102 Suriana maritima Bay Cedar Native Florida Plants p.238 Swietenia mahagoni Mahogany Native Florida Plants p.103 Tabebuia heterophylla Tabebuia Exotic Taxodium ascendens Pond Cypress Native Florida Plants p.104 Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress Native Florida Plants p.104 Tetrazygia bicolor Tetrazygia, West Ind. Lilac Native Florida Plants p.239 Tradescantia ohiensis Spiderwort Native Florida Plants p. 299 Trema micranthum Florida Trema Native Florida Plants p.177 Nyssa ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Native Florida Palnts p.157 Ulmus Americana floridana Florida Elm Native Florida Plants p. 105 Zanthoxylum coriaceum Biscayne Prickly-Ash To be purchased
Native Florida Plants p.101Zanthoxylum fagar Wild Lime Native Florida Plants p.181 Zanthoxylum flavum Satinwood Native Florida Plants p.182 Palms
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii Paurotis Palm Native Florida Plants p.62 Coccothrinax argentata Silver Palm Native Florida Plants p.63 Roystonea elata Royal Palm Native Florida Plants p.66 Sabal palmetto Cabbage Palm (Sabal Palm) Native Florida Plants p.68 Veitchii merillii Addonida Palm Shrubs
Acrostichum danaeifolium Leather fern Ambrosia artemisiifolia Ragweed Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities p.36 Baccharis halimifolia Saltbush (Groundsel) Native Florida Plants p.186 Bidens pilosa Spanish Needles Native Florida Plants p.249 Borrichia arborescens Sea Ox-Eye Daisy Native Florida Plants p.250 Callicarpa americana Beauty Berry Native Florida Plants p.188 Carissa grandiflora Natal Plum Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities p.237 Chrysobalanus icaco Cocoplum Native Florida Plants p.122 Cordia globosa Bloodberry Coreopsisi spp. Coreopsis, or tickseed Crinum americanum Swamp Lily Native Florida Plants p.259 Crossopetalum illicifolium Quail Berry Native Florida Plants p.199 Cuphea carthagenensis Duranta repens Golden Dewdrop The Native Trees of Florida p.196 Eupatorium capillifolium Dog-fennel Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities p.298 Gaillardia pulchella Blanket Flower Native Florida Plants p.266 Groundcover
Hamelia micrantha
Dwarf Firebush Hamelia patens
Firebush Native Florida Plants p.207 Heliotropium polyphyllum
Pineland Heliotrope Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities p.272 Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Hibiscus Hymenocallis latifolia
Spider lily Native Florida Plants p.269 Ilex vomitoria
Yaupon Holly Native Florida Plants p.148 Iris virginianis
Florida Iris Jatropha hastata
Jatropha The Biology of Trees Native To Tropical Florida p.161 Lantana camara
Lantana Native Florida Plants p.216 Licania michauxii
Gopher Apple Native Florida Plants p.218 Lippia nodiflora
Carpetweed, creeping Charlie Everglades Wildflowers p.219 Malpighia coccigera
Dwarf Holly Nashia inaguensis
Nashia, a/k/a Bahama Berry Nephropelsis exaltata
Boston fern Native Florida Plants p.332 Nuphar luteum
Spatterdock Native Florida Plants p.342 Opuntia spp.
Prickly Pear Cactus Native Florida Plants p.223 Pentas lanceolata
Pentas The Biology of Trees Native to Tropical Florida p.331 Peperomia obtusifolia.
Florida Peperomia Native Florida Plants p.312 Philodendron selloum
Split-leaf Philodendron Poinsettia cyathophora
Wild poinsettia Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities p.304 Psychotria nervosa
Wild Coffee Native Florida Plants p.226 Psychotria sulzneri
Wild Coffee Native Florida Plants p.226 Rudbeckia hirta
Black-eyed susan Native Florida Plants p.285 Sagittaria lancifolia
Arrowhead Native Florida Plants p.345 Scaevola sericea
Scaevola (Half-flower) Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Community p.243 Schoepfia chrysophylliodes
Gulf grey twig (Still looking) Serenoa repens
Saw Palmetto Native Florida Plants p.69 Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Blue Porterweed Tillandsia utriculata
Giant wild pine, air plant Native Florida Plants p.297 Uniola peniculata
Sea Oats Urena lobata
Caesar’s weed The Biology of Trees Native to Tropical Florida p.230 Wedelia trilobata
Wedelia Everglades Wildflowers p.110 Zamia pumila
Coontie Native Florida Plants p.243 Zephyranthes simpsonii
Rain lily Everglades Wildflowers p.167 Zephyranthes spp.
Zephyr Lilly Grasses
Chloris petraea Finger grass Paspalum notatum Bahiagrass Setaria geniculata Foxtail grass Now extirpated Stenotaphrum secundatum St. Augustinegrass Tripsacum dactyloides Fakahatchee Grass Native Florida Plants p.324 Tripsacum floridanum Dwarf Fakahatchee Grass Orchids
oEncyclia tampensis Butterfly orchid Woof p.88 Harrisella porrecta Woof p.130 Oeceoclades maculata Brown (Truly naturalized?) p.166 Vanilla planifolia Vanilla Woof p.308 Vanilla phaeantha Vanilla Woof p.317 Zeuxine Grass Orchid Vines
Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper Native Florida Plants p.310 Smilax laurifolia Catbriar (Bamboo Vine) Native Florida Plants p.313 Toxicodendron radicans Poison Ivy Native Florida Plants p.56 Vitis rotundifolia Southern Fox Grape Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities p.106 Vitis shuttleworthii Calusa grape Vitis spp. Grape Native Florida Plants p.315
[1]Erdman West and Lillian Arnold, The Native Trees of Florida (Gainsville: University of Florida Press, 1956).
Selected Bibliography
Arnold, Erdman West and Lillian. The Native Trees of Florida. Gainsville: University of Florida Press, 1956.
Austin, Ph.D., Daniel F. Pine Rockland Plant Guide. Miami, FL: Dade County Department of Environmental Resource, 1994.
Brookwell, Robert G. Haehle and Joan. Native Florida Plants. Houston: Gulf Publishing Co., 1998.
Brown, Paul Martin. Wild Orchids of Florida : With Reference to the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2002.
Correll, Donovan Stewart. Native Orchids of North America. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1950.
Hammer, Roger L. Everglades Wildflowers. Guilford, Conn: The Globe Pequot Press, 2002.
Luer, Carlyle A. The Native Orchids of Florida. 1st ed. New York: New York Botanical Garden, 1972.
Plotecia, Raymond Knight, and Florida Atlantic University. College of Science. "Insular Biogeographic Patterns in the Caribbean Orchidaceae : A Test of the Theory of Island Biogeography." 1975.
Sauleda, Ruben P., and Florida Atlantic University. College of Science. "The Epiphytic Orchids of Andros Island, Bahamas Islands." 1979.
South FloridaOrchid Society. South FloridaOrchid Society's Orchid Evaluation Course. Miami, Fl: The Society, 1974.
Stevenson, George B. Trees of Everglades National Park and the Florida Keys. Second ed. Homestead, Florida: Florida National Parks and Monuments Association, Inc., 1992.
Taylor, Walter Kingsley. FloridaWild Flowers in Their Natural Communities. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1998.
Tomlinson, P.B. The Biology of Trees Native to Tropical Florida. Petersham, MA: Harvard Univeristy, 1980.
Watkins, John V., Philip Eugene Parvin, and PALMM (Project). Flowers for Florida Homes. Tallahassee: State of Florida, 1961.
[1]Erdman West and Lillian Arnold, The Native Trees of Florida (Gainsville: University of Florida Press, 1956).
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