General Landscape Uses:
Small specimen tree.
Availability:
Rarely grown by native plant nurseries in northern Florida.
Description: Small to medium attractive deciduous tree up to 60 feet tall with soft green leaves 6-8 inches long. White flowers with narrow petals are fragrant and are 7 inches wide.
Dimensions: Often 60 feet in height. Taller than broad. Up to 88 feet in height in the Florida Panhandle.
Range:
Scattered in the southern United States south to the Florida panhandle from Santa Rosa to Leon county. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the
Exploring Florida website.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Mesic hammocks.
Soils: Moist, well-drained sandy or limestone soils, with humusy top layer and acid pH.
Nutritional Requirements: Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive.
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: Moderate; generally requires moist soils, but tolerant of short periods of drought once established.
Light Requirements: Light to moderate shade.
Flower Color: White.
Flower Characteristics: Showy.
Fruit: Red cone.
References: Wunderlin and Hansen (
2011), Nelson (
1994)
Comments: We have been adding data for this species for central and northern Florida and welcome any feedback or review. If you would like to contribute information or images, please contact George Gann via the IRC staff page.
