NSIS: Florida Gardening with Native Plants


SWEET-PEPPERBUSH FAMILY (CLETHRACEAE)
Bird food Sweet pepperbush nectar: hummingbirds Sweet pepperbush fruit: gamebirds, shorebirds, songbirds, waterfowl Butterfly nectar food Sweet pepperbush: Great Purple Hairstreak, Red-banded Hairstreak, White M Hairstreak Wildlife food Sweet pepperbush fruit: small mammals Wildlife shelter Sweet pepperbush: nesting for bears

name	area	flower & fruit	season	other

Sweet pepperbush Clethra alnifolia	N	white-pink tan	Su F	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