1) WILD COFFEE • Shrub in the shady understory growth • Flowers are white, berries are red and turn black with age • Leaves are glossy green with deep veins     2) GIANT LEATHER FERN • Largest North American Fern • Leaves are tough like leather • Underside of leaves may have brown spores that look like suede     3) RED MANGROVE •Shrub to small tree supported by tangle of prop roots •Seeds (propagules) are cigar-shaped •Roots and branches provide shelter and prevent erosion     4) COCO PLUM •Shrub to small tree—often used in landscaping •Sweet fruit (resembles black olive) - used to make jam •New leaves are red     5) POND APPLE •Rounded, spreading tree • Leathery leaves are elliptical and evergreen • Edible fruit (apple) is favored by bears and raccoons.     6) GUMBO LIMBO • Large tree with crooked, stout trunk and branches • Bark is reddish-brown to green— trunk is cool to the touch •Nicknamed the “tourist tree” since the bark peels like sunburned skin     7) CABBAGE PALM •State tree of Florida •Leaf stems (boot jacks) remain when leaf falls •Plants and animals live in boot jacks •Strangler figs often live on these palms •Chickee roofs made from leaves     8) GOLDEN POLYPODY •Epiphyte fern with golden, root-like structures •Often found growing in "boot jacks" of sabal palms • Two rows of spore clusters on bottom of fronds     9) LICHENS •Come in variety of colors, shapes and textures •Consists of algae and fungus cells •Removes pollutants from air, high lichen diversity indicates clean air       10) FLORIDA ROYAL PALM •Largest palm in Florida •Trunk is smooth • Royal Palms often line streets in South Florida       11) WHITE STOPPER • Tree with thin, white bark • Leaves used in tea to prevent diarrhea • Berries are important bird food • From a distance, this tree has a skunk-like odor     12) WILD LIME •Small tree with compound leaves with tiny oval leaflets •Stems are flared between leaflets •Fruit is eaten by wildlife •Twigs armed with sharp, reverse-pointed thorns   13) SATINLEAF • Small tree with purple berries eaten by birds • Leaf bottom is copper-colored and feels like velvet •Tree is endangered because of habitat destruction     14) SWAMP FERN • Common plant to swamps and upland hammocks •Two long linear lines of spore casings on underside of leaf •Fronds have serrations

15) STRANGLER FIG •Multi trunks with broadly rounded crown of shiny leaves •Often twisted around sabal palms, but they can live independently •Aerial roots sent down to secure life line to rich soil and water •Does not get nutrients from tree on which it grows     16) VANILLA ORCHID •Vine, with many species leafless •Each bloom lasts for one day •Source of vanilla beans         17) SAW PALMETTO •Fire resistant—much of trunk is often underground •May live 700 years •Berries used in treating some prostate disorders •Leaves are fan shaped     18) SLASH PINE •Corky, chunky bark •Drought tolerant and fire resistant •May live 200 years •Two varieties in Florida • Wood used for lumber and pulp       19) RESURRECTION FERN •Epiphyte that carpets large tree branches • Looks dead during drought • "Resurrects" with moisture       20) POISON IVY • Florida native plant • Leaves of three “let them be” – oils from this plant can cause skin irritation • May be climbing vine, erect or trailing shrub       21) SWORD FERN •Leaflets have rounded edges and resembles Boston Ferns •Habitat is the shade of oak hammocks       22) SHOESTRING FERN • Epiphyte that looks like green shoelaces • Often found growing in the “boot jacks” of sabal palms       23 ) BROMELIAD •Related to domestic pineapple • Are epiphytes, not parasites •Nutrients are derived from organic debris and water trapped by leaves       24) LAUREL OAK • Member of the Red Oak family • Acorns take two years to mature • Not salt tolerant • Grows everywhere in Florida except the keys       25) LIVE OAK •Member of the White Oak family • Acorns mature each year • Salt tolerant • One of the most abundant trees in Florida • Lives over 300 years     26) REDBAY •Small tree or large shrub •Lance-shaped evergreen leaves •Dried leaves emit spicy smell when crushed •Leaves often have insect galls       27) MUSCADINE GRAPE •Climbing vine • Heart-shaped leaves • Provides habitat and food for animals