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    Table 1: A list of some native plants that attract birds
    Bird Attractors
    Trees
    Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Common Name
    Bursera simaruba Gumbo Limbo Chrysophyllum oliviforme Satinleaf
    Coccoloba diversifolia Pigeon Plum Colubrina arborescens Coffee Colubrina
    Cordia sebestena Geiger Tree Sideroxylions salicifolium WillowBustic
    Eugenia spp. Stoppers Ficus citrifolia Shortleaf Fig
    Ilex cassine Dahoon Holly Morus rubra Red Mulberry
    Lysiloma spp. Wild Tamarind Simarouba glauca ParadiseTree
    Quercus virginiana Live Oak Citharexylum fruticosum Fiddlewood
    Shrubs
    Scientific Name
    Common Name
    Scientific Name
    Common Name
    Ardisia escallonioides Marlberry Callicarpa americana Beautyberry
    Calyptranthes pallens Spicewood Chrysobalanus icaco Cocoplum
    Forestiera segregata FloridaPrivet Hamelia patens Firebush
    Myrica cerifera Wax Myrtle Rapanea punctata FloridaMyrsine
    Psychotria nervosa Wild Coffee Sambucus canadensis Elderberry
    Sophora tomentosa Necklace Pod Tetrazygia bicolor FloridaTetrazygia
    Trema micrantha FloridaTrema    

    Vines and Ground Cover

    Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Common Name
    Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly-weed Crossopetalum ilicifolium Quailberry
    Ernodea littoralis Golden Creeper Lantana depressa Lantana
    Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia Creeper Ruellia caroliniensis Wild petunia
    Stachytarpheta jamaicensis Blue Porterweed Tripsacum dactyloides Fakahatchee Grass
    Tripsacum floridanum Dwarf Fakahatchee Grass Zamia pumila Coontie
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