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Plant Encyclopedia Profiles
Floridata's Plant Encyclopedia now contains 775 Profiles of botanical species from all over the world, representing every climate zone.
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The bracken fern is one of the main weeds that invades my garden. It grows well in this dry sandy soil in both sun and shade. It is pretty though, especially when a large stand of it carpets a forest floor. Click here for more on this wide ranging fern that you probably have growing somewhere near you in Zones 3-11.
Plant Type Lists
Floridata categorizes each species by assigning each one or more "type" pages. Here are a few examples of recent updates. See the Plant Tag Lists page for the complete set or select from this menu:
 Shrubs more »
Feature Lists
Floridata has a standard set of Feature Tags, each represented by an icon that signifies a particular attribute, characteristic or use. Display a list of plants with a particular attribute by clicking these icons or selecting from this menu:
 Edible Plants
Herbs, vegetables and fruits - click this icon to display a list of all 125+ plants in Floridata with parts suitable for human consumption:
 Butterfly Plants
Click this icon to display a list of plants that serve as nectar and larval food sources for butterflies - like this one:
 Plants that Attract Birds
This icon identifies plants that attract birds to the landscape by providing food, shelter and nesting sites.
 Drought Tolerant Plants
This icon identifies plants that require little or no supplemental watering and are tolerant of dry conditions like:
 Fragrant Plants
This icon identifies plants that have aromatic flowers, foliage or other plant parts:
This icon identifies plants that grow well under low light conditions such as beneath tree canopies and beside structures.
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Resources & Articles
In addition to Plant Profiles and Lists, Floridata features articles and other resources. Look for new pictures, pages and updates in this section.
Picture Gallery
I love our native coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens), an evergreen vine of the southeastern USA. This particular individual sprawls across a fence and some mayberry bushes up on The Hill and is extremely popular with hummingbirds except for when I have my camera with me. Click to download a large version (800x600) of these hummingbirdless honeysuckle blossoms to wallpaper your desktop.
American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) is famous for its intensely colored bright purple berries that are indeed beautiful. The pale pink blossoms aren't bad either although they are far less flamboyant than the fruits. Click to download a large version (800x600).
Many of our visitors have written to say they enjoyed Ray Allen's stories about his Florida family. We're now happy to present Part 2 which expands the scope from South
Florida to North Florida. Ray is a 5th generation Floridian, and all four of his grandparents' families were in Florida before statehood. Part 1 of "Making Miami" is all about his mother's family who were from Key West and Tampa, and came to Miami in the 1890s.
Part 2 chronicles his father's family up in the panhandle, and his Miami family's visits to Milton, his dad's hometown near Pensacola. Here's the latest post: Chapter 9 - A Working Woman
Here is the Making Miami - A Family Story Main Menu.
Steve is happy to answer your plant and gardening questions (use the Write Us page).
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Floridoogle Mashup Gadget
This is a screenshot of a new version of Floridoogle™. Use it to preview Floridata Plant Profiles and then automatically search for seeds, plants, etc. of that species for sale by the businesses who have listed their offers in the Google Product Search service. Click here for more about Floridoogle or click here to see Floridoogle run on its own.
Come along with Bruce on a road trip from Vancouver, Canada to Utah and he'll introduce you to the western wildflowers growing in Spring Along the Interstate. To find his Africa articles click here for a menu and his Hawaii articles are here.
The Transplanted Gardener
Unless your landscape is an open field, there will be various microclimates caused by the proximity of planting sites to buildings, other plants, or bodies of water. Foot traffic, and exposure to sun and wind also affect the planting conditions. This is part of that often-heard advice, “Plant the right plants in the right place.” It's best to create a garden or landscape feature that will take good advantage of existing conditions. Read this article to see what Ginny has done to make the best use of her microclimates.
NEW! (beta)
I'm working on new versions of Floridazl Web Lists but the old beta versions will remain available and any lists that you create will run OK on the new version. Until then, use these tips if you have problems with the system:
1. Do NOT use "spaces" in the names of your image files that you upload.
2. If you see an error page when you try to access FloriDazl, simply try again (there's a problem with "timeouts" - I need to tune the system).
Floridata Web List Service (BETA) -
Members who would like to use FloriDazL and the Web List Editor Tools should register as members, log in, go to their Member Profiles and click the "Setup Web Services" link to establish permissions - you'll be creating your own lists in minutes! Read more About Web Lists or view this sample list My Cold Hardy Palms". If you choose, you can share your Web List in the Web List Directory
NEW! Floridata's Daily Plant
Here's another of Floridata's gadgets - it serves up a new plant for you each day. Add our Daily Plant gadget to your Google homepage - just click the "+ Google" button below!.
 Link to Floridata!
Enhance your web pages - use the Plant1 "Get Link" link in the title area of the Plant Profiles and the system will create a snippet of HTML that contains a botanical name and link to that Profile. Click here for more info.
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