NSIS: Florida Gardening with Native Plants


MYRSINE FAMILY (MYRSINACEAE)
Bird food Marlberry fruit: cardinals, catbirds, mockingbirds, and most other fruit-eating birds Myrsine fruit: many birds Wildlife shelter Myrsine: cover and nesting sites

name	area	flower & fruit	season	other

Marlberry Ardisia escalloniodides	CS	white purple	FW SpFW	s
Myrsine Myrsine floridana	CS	white dark blue-black	FW SpFW	s/t

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