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Wildlife-Plant Interactions

Plant Associates of
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Common Name Scientific Name Plant Uses
Bahama senna, Chapman's wild sensitive plant Senna mexicana var. chapmanii Provides shelter and source of seeds and insects.
Bahama wild coffee Psychotria ligustrifolia Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Blue porterweed, Joee Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Nectar source.
Buttonwood Conocarpus erectus Provides shelter and source of insects.
Coco-plum Chrysobalanus icaco Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Coralbean, Cherokee bean Erythrina herbacea Nectar source.
Dwarf palmetto, Bluestem palm Sabal minor Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Firebush Hamelia patens var. patens Nectar source.
Firebush Hamelia patens var. patens Provides shelter and source of nectar, fruit and insects.
Gumbo-limbo Bursera simaruba Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Marlberry Ardisia escallonioides Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Privet senna, Privet wild sensitive plant Senna ligustrina Provides shelter and source of seeds and insects.
Saw palmetto Serenoa repens Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Scrub palmetto Sabal etonia Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Seagrape Coccoloba uvifera Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Shiny-leaved wild coffee Psychotria nervosa Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Short-leaf fig, Wild banyan tree Ficus citrifolia Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Shortleaf wild coffee Psychotria tenuifolia Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Slash pine Pinus elliottii Provides shelter and source of seeds and insects.
Strangler fig, Golden fig Ficus aurea Provides shelter and source of fruit and insects.
Virginia live oak Quercus virginiana Provides shelter and source of seeds and insects.
Wax myrtle, Southern Bayberry Myrica cerifera Provides shelter and source of fruit.
West Indian mahogany, Cuban mahogany Swietenia mahagoni Provides shelter and source of insects.
Wild-sage, Buttonsage Lantana involucrata Provides shelter and source of nectar, fruit and insects.
Wild-tamarind, False tamarind Lysiloma latisiliquum Provides shelter and source of seeds and insects.
Yellow jessamine, Carolina jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens Nectar source.
Yellow necklacepod Sophora tomentosa var. truncata Nectar source.



 
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