EXOTIC AND NATIVE PLANTS

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EXOTIC AND NATIVE PLANTS

• EBONI ROYAL
• 3RD GRADE
• MS.FERGUSON
• LORAH PARK

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NATIVE PLANTS

• NATIVE PLANTS ARE THE PLANTS THAT LIVED HERE
  BEFORE PEOPLE CAME HERE. NATIVE PLANTS ARE THE
  BEST PLANTS TO PLANT BECAUSE THEY DONT NEED VERY
  MUCH WATER AND THEY ALWAYS PRODUCE FOOD FOR THE
  NATIVE ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE.

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EXOTIC PLANTS

• EXOTIC PLANTS ARE PLANTS THAT COME FROM OTHER
  COUNTRIES AND HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED ACCIDENTALLY
  AND INTENTIONALLY, BY PEOPLE. SOME OF THESE
  PLANTS HAVE ARRIVED IN FREIGHT SHIPMENTS ON SHIPS
  OR TRAINS. SOME CAME IN AS ORNAMENTAL PLANTS FOR
  THE NURSERY PLANT BUSINESS AND HAVE BEEN SOLD TO
  PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

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MELALEUCAEXOTIC / INVASIVE

• THE MELALEUCA, ALSO KNOWN AS PAPERBARK TREE,
  CAJEPUT TREE, AND WHITE BOTTLEBRUSH TREE, IS AN
  EXOTIC AND INVASIVE SUBTROPICAL TREE IN THE
  EUCALYPTUS FAMILY. IT HAS SPONGE LIKE WHITE
  PAPER-LIKE BARK. IT CAN GROW TO 50 FEET IN
  HEIGHT. THE 1-2 INCH LONG,GRAY-GREEN,LEAVES
  SMELL LIKE CAMPHOR WHEN THEY ARE CRUSHED. ITS
  FLOWERS ARE WHITE, BRUSH-LIKE SPIKES AND ITS
  FRUITS ARE SMALL,WOODY BUTTON LIKE SEED CAPSULES.
  THIS PLANT HAS TAKEN OVER THE EVERGLADES! IT
  HAS CROWDED OUT THE NATIVE PLANTS AND HAS DRIED
  UP THE WETLANDS.

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GUMBO LIMBONATIVE TREE

• THE GUMBO LIMBO IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST
  INTERESTING NATIVE TREES OF COASTAL RIDGES AND
  SUBTROPICAL HAMMOCKS IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THE GUMBO
  LIMBO TREE REACHES A HEIGHT OF 60 FEET TALL.
  THE GUMBO LIMBO IS DECIDIOUS AND WILL SHED IT'S
  LEAVES IN THE FALL. THE TREE NEVER LOSES IT'S
  FOILAGE COMPLETELY. BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS LIKE TO
  EAT THE FRUITS.