|                    Florida spiderlily
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                |                    Hymenocallis tridentata
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                |                    Amaryllidaceae 
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                 Landscape Uses:
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                 Showy addition to the edges of ponds. | 
               
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                | Availability: | 
               
              
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                 Grown by enthusiasts. | 
               
              
                | Description: | 
               
              
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                 Lily with 3-7 shiny green leaves, each 8-20 inches long and one half to one inch wide. Fragrant white flowers usually in pairs up to 20 inches above the ground.  | 
               
              
                | Height: | 
               
              
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                 Typically 1 foot in height. | 
               
              
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                | Range: | 
               
              
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                 Endemic to central and south Florida from Manatee, Hardee, and Indian River counties scattered south to Dade county. | 
               
              
                | Habitats: | 
               
              
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                 Marshes and wet prairies. | 
               
              
                | Soils: | 
               
              
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                 Wet to moist, moderately well-drained to periodically inundated sandy, limestone, or organic soils, with or without humusy top layer. | 
               
              
                | Nutritional Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Moderate; can grow in nutrient poor soils, but needs some organic content to thrive. | 
               
              
                | Salt Water Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; does not tolerate long-term flooding by salt or brackish water. | 
               
              
                | Salt Wind Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. | 
               
              
                | Drought Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought. | 
               
              
                | Light Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Moderate to light shade. | 
               
              
                | Flower Color: | 
               
              
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                 White. | 
               
              
                | Flower Characteristics: | 
               
              
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                 Showy. | 
               
              
                | Flowering Season: | 
               
              
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                 Early to mid spring. | 
               
              
                | Fruit: | 
               
              
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                 One-inch obvoid seeds. | 
               
              
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                | Horticultural Notes: | 
               
              
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                 Rhizomatous bulb. | 
               
              
                | Comments: | 
               
              
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                 We are currently adding data for this species. If you would like to contribute to the development of this species account, please contact George Gann via the IRC staff page. | 
               
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                    University of South Florida Herbarium Specimen collected by Alan Franck (3012 USF), Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area
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                    Roger L. Hammer, 2013 In habitat, road to Pa Hay Okee overlook, Everglades  National Park, Florida
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