General Landscape Uses:
Accent or specimen tree in wet locations.
Availability:
Commonly available at native plant nurseries in northeast and central Florida. Available in Lake Worth at
Indian Trails Native Nursery
Description: Medium to large tree.
Dimensions: Typically 25-50 feet; to 95 feet in Florida.
Growth Rate: Moderate.
Range:
Southeastern United States west to Mississippi and south to Palm Beach, Glades and Sarasota counties. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the
Exploring Florida website.
Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Map of Postal Code Areas of IRC data from peninsular Florida.
Habitats: Swamps.
Soils: Wet to moist, seasonally inundated organic soils, acid pH.
Nutritional Requirements: High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
Salt Water Tolerance: Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance: Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance: Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements: Full sun to light shade.
Flower Color: White
Flower Characteristics: Showy; fragrant
Flowering Season: Summer
Fruit: Ovoid capsule, splitting open at maturity.
Wildlife and Ecology: Provides moderate amounts of food and significant cover for wildlife.
Comments: See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's
Flower Friday page.
