Native Shrubs Supporting Coastal Habitats & Wildlife

Below is a selection of shrubs that make beautiful additions to your landscape and are important components of coastal habitats. Remember that the understory of your landscape is as important as your canopy if birds, butterflies and other kinds of wildlife are to thrive in your realm.

Shrubs

EVERGREEN

Groundsel (Baccharis halimifolia)
Sea Ox-eye (Borrichia frutescens)
Titi (Cyrilla racemiflora)
Inkberry (Ilex glabra)
Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria)
Florida Anisetree (Illicium floridanum)
Wax Myrtle (Morella cerifera)
Dwarf Palmetto (Sabal minor)
Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens)
Sweetleaf (Symplocos tinctoria)
Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)
Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum)
Spanish Bayonet (Yucca aloifolia)

DECIDUOUS

Devil’s Walkingstick (Aralia spinosa)
Smallflower Pawpaw (Asimina parviflora)
Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)
Coastal Chinquapin (Castanea alnifolia)
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)
Toughleaf Dogwood (Cornus asperifolia)
Mayhaw (Crataegus aestivalis)
Parsley Hawthorn (Crataegus marshallii)
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)
Sweetspire (Itea virginica)
Fevertree (Pinckneya bracteata)
Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia)
Coastal Azalea (Rhododendron atlanticum)
Southern Pixterbloom Azalea (Rhododendron canescens)
Winged Sumac (Rhus copallina)
Carolina Rose (Rosa carolina)
Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
Southern Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum)
Small-leaf Arrowwood (Viburnum obovatum)