1. Coontie - Zamia floridana

2. Concepts and questions to know
S. FL native cycad
Can you see the strobili?
Is it male or female?
Living fossil
Produces toxins that affect the nervous system
Only the Atala butterfly, its pollinator, can withstand the toxins.
Has been used by Seminoles for sauces

3. Trema micrantha

4. Concepts and questions to know
How are the leaves arranged?
Simple or compound?
Alternate, opposite or whorled?
Are they rough or soft?
The wood is used to make matches

5. Psychotria nervosa (wild coffee)

6. Concepts and questions to know
What kind of leaves does it have?
Simple or compound?
What kind of leaf arrangement?
Can you see the fruit (red) or flower (white)?
Its fruit contains caffeine and was once used as a coffee substitute
Fruit is eaten by cardinals and blue jays

7. Bursera simaruba (Gumbo limbo)

8. Concepts and questions to know
It’s bark can cause skin irritation
Has been used as an antidote to poisonwood reaction
Thought to be able to cure gout
Notice the bark of this tree
What color is it?
What is the benefit of having a bark that color?
What texture is it?
It is called “tourist tree”, can you think of why?

9. Ardisia elliptica Shoebutton ardesia Invasive species
From Asia
Introduced as an ornamental in 1900s
reaches about 17 feet in height
tolerant to shade
black rounded fruit (drupe) eaten by birds and mammals

10. Coccoloba uvifera (Seagrape)

11. Concepts and questions to know
Evergreen
What kind of leaf arrangement does it have?
Salt and water tolerant
Dioceous
Female tree bears fruit
Can you tell whether your tree is female or male?
Applications
Fruit can be eaten or used to make jelly
Wood is boiled to make red dye in West Indies
Gum from bark is used to treat throat ailments
Roots are used to treat dysentery

12. Coccoloba diversifolia (Pigeon plum)

13. Concepts and questions to know
Salt and wind tolerant
Look at the leaves
Are they all the same size?
How do leaf sizes vary with leaf location on the branch?
Is the leaf arrangement simple or compound?
Is the leaf structure palmate, pinnate or parallel?
The purple fruit is eaten by birds and mammals
Can you see any fruit?

14. Casuarina equisetofolia (Australian pine)
Invasive from Australia, Malaysia, South Asia, Oceania
Deciduous
Monoecious
Evergreen
wind pollinated
Angiosperm
needles have toxins
Roots can produce nitrogen therefore the can grow in soils poor in nutrients, salt water and mangrove swamps

15. Schinus terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper) DON’T TOUCH IF ALLERGIC TO MANGOES, POISON IVY/OAK We will look at this one together