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ORDINANCE 2007- 012 <br />(Ord. No. 2004-041, § 3, 12-7-04) <br />Appendix A: Native Plants <br />Listed below are plant species native to Indian River County. While not required, the use <br />of these species is encouraged on all landscape plans. A common definition of native plants is <br />species indigenous to the land before European settlers arrived. A practical definition is a plant <br />that occurs naturally in this area, with no assistance from any humans, and one that has <br />established an interrelationship with the other organisms of the area in which it grows. Sources <br />for Florida native plants currently available for landscaping are easily found on <br />http://www.afnn.org.((See Appendix B for definition of "exotic".) Plants qualifying as native <br />species that grow in this county include but are not limited to the following: <br />(1) Native trees and shrubs for dunes or coastal hammock region. For purposes of this <br />section, the coastal hammock region is the land located east of US Highway 1. <br />(a) Native trees: <br />1. Semi salt -tolerant. suitable for barrier island: <br />Live oak (Quercus vir ingi iana) <br />Red bay (Persea borbonia) <br />Seagrape (Coccoloba uvifera) <br />Cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto) <br />Gumbo limbo (Bursera simaruba) <br />Hercules club (Xanthoxylum clava-herculis) <br />Buttonwood, green or silver (Conocarpus erectus) <br />Black mangroveAvicennia germinans) <br />White mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) <br />Red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) <br />White stopper(Eugenia axillaris) <br />Spanish stopper (E. foetida) <br />2. Suitable for hammocks or sandv areas not on barrier island: <br />Slash pine (Pinus elliottii var densa) <br />Live oak (Quercus vir ing iana) <br />Scrub/Sand live oak (Quercus geminata) <br />Sand pine (Pinus clausa) <br />Chapman oak (Quercus chapmanii) <br />Runner oak (Quercus minima) <br />M. le oak Quercus m ifolia) <br />Wax myrtle, Bayberry (Myrica cerifera) <br />Scrub hickory (Carya floridana) <br />Bluejack oak Quercus incana) <br />(b) Native Palms: all considered salt -tolerant and cold hardy. Varied characteristics: <br />clumping, shrub, understory or tree hdglit <br />Underline: Additions to Ordinance 52 <br />Strike +4,,ug : Deleted Text from Existing Ordinance <br />F:\Community Development\Useis\CurDev\ORDINANCE\2007\2007- 901, 911, 913, 926, 930, & 934 Landscaping.RTF <br />