This is a list of native plants that had no visual impact to foliage after a temperature of 24 degrees in January, 2018, and were not protected in any way. It is an average visual assessment with variation that might be due to microclimates in yards. Information submitted by members of The Villages Chapter (Zone 9A) of the Florida Native Plant Society. Compiled by Jeanie Powell.
FLOWERS: / VINES: / TREES:Arrowhead
(Sagittaria sp.) / Carolina jessamine
(Gelsemium sempervirens) / Chapman oak
(Quercus chapmanii)
Beach verbena
(Glandularia maritime) / Climbing aster
(Symphyotrichum carolinianum) / Cherry laurel
(Prunus caroliniana)
Dotted/spotted horsemint
(Monarda punctata) / Coral honeysuckle
(Lonicera sempervirens) / East Palatka holly
(Ilex x attenuate)
False rosemary
(Conradina canescens) / Crossvine
(Bignonia capreolata) / Loblolly bay
(Gordonia lasianthus)
Garberia
(Garberia heterophylla) / SHRUBS or SHRUB-LIKE: / Longleaf pine
(Pinus palustris)
Indian blanket flower
(Gallardia pulchella) / Dwarf walter’s viburnum
(Viburnum obovatum var.) / Magnolia
(Magnolia sp.)
Pennyroyal
(Piloblephis rigida) / Dwarf wax myrtle
(Myrica pusilla) / Myrtle oak
(Quercus myrtifolia)
Phlox
(Phlox sp.) / Dwarf yaupon holly
(Ilex vomitoria var. Schillings) / Red bay
(Persea borbonia)
Rain lily
(Zephyranthes atamasca) / Gallberry
(Ilex glabra) / Yaupon holly
(Ilex vomitoria)
Silver leaf aster
(Pityopsis graminifolia) / Rusty lyonia
(Lyonia ferruginea) / PALMS or PALM-LIKE:
Spiderwort
(Tradescantia ohiensis) / Simpson stopper
(Myrcianthes fragrans) / Coontie
(Zamia floridana)
St. Andrew’s cross
(Hypericum hypericoides) / Sparkleberry
(Vaccinium arboretum) / Saw palmetto
(Serenoa repens)
St. John’s wort
(Hypericum reductum) / Virginia sweetspire
(Itea virginica) / Silver saw palmetto
(Serenoa repens)
Starry rosinweed
(Silphium asteriscus) / Walter’s viburnum
(Viburnum obovatum)
GRASSES: / Wax myrtle
(Myrica cerifera)
Blue eyed grass
(Sisyrinchium angustifolium) / Wild blueberry
(Vaccinium darrowii)
Dwarf fakahatchee
(Tripsacum floridanum) / *Yellow anise
( Illicium parviflorum)
Fakahatchee
(Tripsacum dactyloides) / Yucca
(Yucca sp.)
Muhly grass
(Muhlenbergia capillaries) / *had protection