Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations. Also as an accent tree in dry soils.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
	A geographically restricted but relatively common sub-canopy shrub or tree in xeric habitats.
Availability:
	Grown by one or two native plant nurseries in South Florida.
Description:
	Large shrub to medium tree with a rounded, broad crown. Trunks to 1 foot or more in diameter, but usually much smaller. Bark grayish, relatively smooth, but roughened by numerous ridges. Leaves temperate deciduous, compound, aromatic when crushed.
Height:
	Typically 15-30 feet in height in South Florida; to 47 feet in Florida. Usually taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Moderate.
Range:
	Endemic to peninsular Florida from Miami-Dade and Charlotte counties north to Volusia and Marion counties. Extirpated in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website. Also, see IRC's Floristic Inventory of South Florida website.
Habitats:
	Scrub, scrubby flatwoods and xeric hammocks.
Soils:
	Dry to moist, well-drained sandy soils, with or without humusy top layer.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low to moderate; it can grow in nutrient poor soils or soils with some organic content.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color:
	Greenish.
Flower Characteristics:
	Male flowers in semi-showy hanging catkins.
Flowering Season:
	Spring.
Fruit:
	Nut.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides significant food and moderate amounts of cover for wildlife.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from stratified seed, sown in spring.
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