NSIS: Florida Gardening with Native Plants


QUASSIA FAMILY (SIMAROUBACEAE)
Bird food Paradise tree fruit: many birds Butterfly larval food Mexican alvaradoa: Dina Yellow

name	area	flower & fruit	season	other

Mexican Alvaradoa Alvaradoa amorphoides	S		W	t
Bitterbush Picramnia pentandra	S	reddish-green red-black	SpSuFW F	s
Paradise tree Simarouba glauca	CS	yellow, cream red-black	Sp Su	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