FNPS Plant Database
Nolina brittoniana
Nomenclature
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Family:
Ruscaceae
Plant Specifics
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Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
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Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
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Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Not wet but not extremely dry -to- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
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Vouchered In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Nolina brittoniana at Archbold Biological Station: Apidae: Apis mellifera Leucospididae: Leucospis robertsoni, L. Slossonae Sphecidae: Ammophila pictipennis, Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Cerceris fumipennis, C. Rufopicta, Sphex ichneumoneus Vespidae: Pachodynerus erynnis Note: this study only looked at hymenoptera.
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Citations:
Chafin, L. G. (2000). Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, FL.
Deyrup, Mark, Jay Edirisinghe, and Beth Norden. (2002). The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Insecta Mundi, 544. ( https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/544/ ). Accessed 2026. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
Wunderlin, R. P, B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
