NSIS: Florida Gardening with Native Plants - Madder

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MADDER FAMILY (RUBIACEAE)
Bird food Buttonbush seeds: gadwalls, mallards, mottled ducks, ring-necked ducks, teals Firebush berries: many birds Firebush nectar: hummingbirds Golden creeper fruit: many birds Seven-year apple nectar: hummingbirds Snowberries: white-crowned pigeons Wild coffee: cardinals, catbirds, mockingbirds Butterfly nectar food Firebush: many species Wildlife food Buttonbush foliage: white-tailed deer Golden creeper fruit: small mammals Seven-year apple fruit: deer, iguanas, others Wildlife shelter Buttonbush: good cover and nesting sites

name	area	flower & fruit	season	other

Seven-year apple Casasia clussiifolia	S	white green	Su SpSuFW	s/t
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis	NCS	white brown	SuF F	s/t
Snowberry Chiococca alba	NCS	white-yellow	SpSuFW	s
Golden creeper Ernodea littoralis	NCS	white-yellow yellow	SpSuFW SpSuFW	s
Firebush Hamelia patens	CS	red red-black	SpSuFW SpSuFW	s/t
Wild coffee Psychotria nervosa	NCS	white red, yellow	SpSuF Sp	s
White indigo berry Randia aculeata	NCS	white white	SpSuFW SpSuFW	s

Codes:

N=north
C=central
S=south

Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter

a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine

i=invasive

ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans

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