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1 North Hialeah Elementary (Plants provided by FIU, Butterflies not included) Butterfly Hostplants (Caterpillar Food)

2 Mexican Alvaradoa (Alvaradoa amorphoides) Dina Yellow (Pyrisitia dina) This is a beautiful small tree that is rarely cultivated in South Florida. It is listed as endangered by the State of Florida.

3 Corky Stemmed Passion Flower (Passiflora suberosa) Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia tuckerorum) Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae nigrior) Julia (Dryas iulia largo) Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) This hostplant attracts four butterfly species!!!

4 Coontie (Zamia pumila) Atala (Eumaeus atala) Species of special concern Florida’s only native cycad

5 Fiddlewood (Citharexylum spinosum) Fiddlewood leaf-roller (Epicorsia oedipodalis) This is a moth

6 Limber Caper (Capparis flexuosa) Florida White (Appias drusilla) Great Southern White (Ascia monuste)

7 Pineland Croton (Croton linearis) Bartram’s Hairstreak (Strymon acis bartrami) Florida Leafwing (Anaea troglodyta floridalis) Both butterfly species are candidates for the Endangered Species Act, they both inhabit Navy Wells Preserve and Everglades National Park.

8 Blackbead (Pithecellobium keyense) Black Witch Moth (Ascalapha odorata) Miami Blue (Hemiargus thomasi) Large Orange Sulphur (Phoebis agarithe maxima) Federally Endangered Species

9 Wild Lime (Zanthoxylum fagara) Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) Schaus’ swallowtail (Papilio aristodemus ponceanus) Federally Endangered

10 Locustberry (Byrsonima lucida) Florida Duskywing (imperiled) (Ephyriades brunneus floridensis)

11 Pineland Golden Trumpet (Angadenia berteroi) Oleander Moth (Syntomeida epilais)

12 Rue (Ruta graveolens) Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)

13 Butterfly Nectar Plant (Adult Butterfly or Moth Food) FYI, some butterflies prefer rotten fruit over nectar from flowers

14 Butterfly Sage (Cordia globosa) Nectar plant for adult butterflies and other pollinators

15 Blue Porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis) Fiery Skipper


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