§ 58-327. Acceptable and prohibited landscape materials.

The following is a list of plant material that may be used to fulfill the requirements of this article. Other plant materials may be used subject to approval by the city manager or city manager designee. On development sites of one or more acres, required landscaping shall provide for the planting of at least two different species of canopy/large tree and accent tree.

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Approved plant materials list:

BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME
Canopy and Large Trees
Quercus virginiana	Live Oak *#
Quercus falcata	Southern Red Oak *
Persea borbonia	Red Bay or Bay Oak *
Magnolia grandiflora	Southern Magnolia #
Liquidamber styraciflua	Sweetgum #
Pinus caribaea	Slash Pine *
Pinus palustris	Longleaf Pine *
Ulmus alata	Winged Elm *#
Acer rubrum	Red Maple
Acer saccharum, floridanum	Florida Sugar Maple *#
Cercis canadensis	Eastern Redbud
Gordonia lasianthus	Loblolly-Bay Pine
Koelreuteria paniculata	Golden Raintree*
Taxodium distichum	Bald Cypress *#
Carya glabra	Pignut Hickory *#
Prunus caroliniana	Cherry Laurel *
Accent Trees
Cercis canadensis	Eastern Redbud *
Callistemon spp.	Bottlebrush*
Callistemon viminalis	Weeping Bottlebrush*
Lagerstromia indica	Crape Myrtle*
Ligustrum lucidum	Ligustrum* (tree form)
Myrica cerifera	Wax Myrtle*
Juniperus silicicola	Southern Red Cedar *
Ilex vomitoria	Yaupon Holly *
Ilex opaca east palatka	East Palatka Holly *
Salix spp.	Weeping Willow*
Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus	Silver Buttonwood *
Jatropha integerrima	Jatropha
Palms
Syagrus romanzoffiana	Queen Palm
Phoenix canariensis	Canary Island Date Palm*#
Phoenix reclinata	Cluster Date Palm
Livistona chinensis	Chinese Fan Palm
Sabal palmetto	Cabbage (Sabal) Palm *#

 

Notes:

Italics = Native trees

* Drought tolerant trees

# Medium to high wind resistance

BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME
Shrub Plants
Myrcianthes fragrans	Simpsons Stopper*
Raphiolepis spp.	Indian Hawthorne*
Viburnum odoratissimum	Sweet Viburnum
Hamelia patens	Firebush
Pittosporum tobira and variegated	Pittosporum*
Ligustrum japonicum/Ligustrum lucidum	Ligustrum*
Forestiera segregata	Florida Privet*
Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii'	Burford Holly* (dwarf)
Buxus microphylla	Boxwood
Codiaeum variegatum	Croton*
Rhododendron spp.	Azalea
Elaeagnus pungens	Silverthorn*
Loropetalum chinensis	Loropetalum
Schefflera arboricola	Schefflera or Arboricola
Plumbaginaceae	Plumbago

 

Note: * Drought tolerant plants

BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME
Ground Covers/Grasses
Plumbaginaceae	Plumbago
Archis pintol or Archis glabrata	Perennial Peanut* (ground cover)
Cortaderia selloana	Pampasgrass*
Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana	Wiregrass*
Spartina spp.	Cordgrass*
Tripsacum dactyloides and cvs.	Fakahatchee Grass or Gamma Grass
Bulbine caulescens	Bulbine*
Trachelospermum jasminoides	Confederate Jasmine (or dwarf or other varieties)
Wedelia trilobata	Wedelia
Pennisetum alopecuroides* or setaceum 'Rubrum'	Fountain Grass* or Red or Purple Fountain Grass

 

Note: * Drought tolerant plants

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Prohibited landscape materials:

BOTANICAL NAME	COMMON NAME
Casuarina cunninghamiana	Beefwood
Casuarina equisetifolia	Australian Pine
Casuarina glauca	Scale-Bark Beefwood
Ficus retusa	Cuban Laurel
Grevillea robusta	Silk Oak
Melalueca quinquenervia	Punk Tree or Cajeput
Melia azedarach	Chinaberry
Schinus terebinthifolius	Brazilian Pepper

 

This list shall be supplemented by exotic and/or invasive plant species that are determined to be noxious, invasive, cause environmental degradation to native habitats, or to be detrimental to human health, safety or the public welfare by the city manager or designee and/or as identified by the University of Florida Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.

( Ord. No. 24-2014 , § 2(Exh. A), 11-25-14)