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Family:

Ericaceae

Form:

Size:

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

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Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Somewhat moist, no flooding ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

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:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A

Wildlife:

Attracts various pollinators, especially native bees.   Documented bee species include Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa and  Apis mellifera (honeybee) (Deyrup et al. 2002).

Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit.

Native Habitats:

Natural Range in Florida:

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General Comments:

Leaves are glaucous and appear to be blue-green sometimes with pink-violet overtones.

The range includes the Florida panhandle and much of the penninsula.  Based on BONAP and IRC herbarium specimen maps, it extends north into southern Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.  It is likely absent or of very sparse occurrence in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia, and southeastern Florida.