Saint Augustine
Salt Tolerant Plants

Flowers

High Salt Tolerance

• Aster (Aster spp.) 🌱
• Amaryllis (Hippeastrum spp.)
• Begonia (Begonia spp.)
• Bush Daisy (Euryops pectinatus)
• Butterfly Daisy (Gaillardia pulchella)
• Canna Lily (Canna spp.)
• Chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum spp.)
• Coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides)
• Coreopsis (Coreopsis spp.) 🌱
• Dianthus (Dianthus spp.)
• Dune Sunflower (Helianthus debilis) 🌱
• Dusty Miller (Jacobaea maritima)
• Flowering Cabbage/Kale (Brassica oleracea)
• Gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella) 🌱
• Gaura (Gaura lindheimeri)
• Gazania (Gazania spp.)
• Geranium (Pelargonium spp.)
• Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) 🌱
• Ivy Geranium (Pelargonium peltatum)
• Kale (ornamental) (Brassica oleracea)
• Marigold (Tagetes spp.)
• Marguerite Daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens)
• Million Bells (Calibrachoa spp.)
• Paper Daisy (Helipterum spp.)
• Petunia (Petunia spp.)
• Phlox (Phlox spp.)
• Portulaca (Portulaca spp.) 🌱
• Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) 🌱
• Salvia (annual & perennial) (Salvia spp.) 🌱
• Shasta Daisy (Leucanthemum × superbum)
• Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
• Sunrose (Helianthemum spp.)
• Sunscape/Osteospermum (Osteospermum ecklonis)
• Sunshine Mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa)
• Vinca (Catharanthus roseus)
• Wax Begonia (Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum)
• Zinnia (Zinnia spp.)

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• Agastache (Agastache spp.)
• Ageratum (Ageratum spp.) 🌱
• Alternanthera (Alternanthera spp.)
• Alyssum (Lobularia maritima)
• Amaranthus (Amaranthus spp.)
• Artemesia (Artemisia spp.)
• Blue Daze (Evolvus glomeratus)
• Bulbine (Bulbine frutescens)
• Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii)
• Calendula (Calendula officinalis)
• Celosia (Celosia spp.)
• Cigar Plant (Cuphea ignea)
• Cosmos (Cosmos spp.)
• Dahlberg Daisy (Thymophylla tenuiloba)
• Felicia (Felicia amelloides)
• Gerbera Daisy (Gerbera jamesonii)
• Gomphrena (Gomphrena spp.)
• Hosta (Hosta spp.)
• Joseph’s Coat (Alternanthera ficoidea)
• Lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum)
• Lobelia (Lobelia erinus)
• Millet, Ornamental (Pennisetum glaucum)
• Nicotiana (Nicotiana alata)
• Pentas (Pentas lanceolata)
• Peppers, Ornamental (Capsicum annuum)
• Ruellia (Ruellia brittoniana)
• Stock (Matthiola incana)
• Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Shrubs

High Salt Tolerance

• Bahama Cassia (Cassia bahamiensis)
• Brazilian Red Cloak (Megaskepasma erythrochlamys)
• Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco) 🌱
• Dwarf Oleander (Nerium oleander)
• Eleagnus/Silverthorn (Eleagnus pungens)
• Firecraker Plant (Russelia equisetiformis)
• Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
• Indian Hawthorn (Raphiolepis indica)
• Jamaican Caper (Capparis cynophallophora)
• Juniper (Juniperus spp.)
• Mahoe/Sea Hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
• Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) 🌱
• Natal Plum (Carissa macrocarpa)
• Necklace Pod (Sophora tomentosa) 🌱
• Scaevola/Inkberry (Scaevola plumieri) 🌱
• Sand Cord Grass (Spartina bakeri) 🌱
• Sea Grape (Coccoloba uvifera) 🌱
• Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata) 🌱
• Simpson’s Stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) 🌱
• Song of India (Dracaena reflexa)
• Spineless Yucca (Yucca elephantipes)
• Vitex (Vitex trifolia)
• Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera) 🌱
• Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) 🌱
• Yellow Oleander (Thevetia peruviana)
• Yucca (Yucca spp.)

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• Allamanda shrub (Allamanda nerifolia)
• Aralia (Aralia spp.)
• Arboricola (Schefflera arboricola)
• Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) 🌱
• Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae)
• Bottlebrush (Callistemon spp.)
• Bush Daisy (Euryops pectinatus)
• Butterfly Bush (Buddleia officinalis)
• Candle Bush/Candelabra (Cassia alata)
• Copperleaf (Acalypha wilkesiana)
• Crape Jasmine (Tabernaemontana divaricata)
• Croton (Codiaeum variegatum)
• Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii)
• Desert Rose (Adenium obesum)
• Downy Jasmine (Jasminum multiflorum)
• Dracaena (Dracaena spp.)
• Dwarf Poinciana (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)
• False Aralia (Dizgotheca elegantissima)
• Fiddlewood (Citharexylum fruticosum) 🌱
• Firebush (Hamelia patens) 🌱
• Florida Privet (Forestiera segregata) 🌱
• Glossy Abelia (Abelia grandiflora)
• Golden Dewdrop (Duranta repens)
• Gold Mound Duranta (Duranta erecta)
• Ixora (Ixora spp.)
• Jade Plant (Crassula argentea)
• Juniper (most varieties) (Juniperus spp.)
• Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe spp.)
• Ligustrum (Ligustrum spp.)
• Night Blooming Jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum)
• Pentas (Pentas lanceolata)
• Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana)
• Pittosporum (Pittosporum tobira)
• Plumbago (Plumbago auriculata)
• Podocarpus (Podocarpus spp.)
• Ponytail “Palm” (Beaucarnea recurvata)
• Pyracantha (Pyracantha coccinea)
• Purple Allamanda (Cryptostegia madagascariensis)
• Schefflera (Brassaia actinophylla)
• Shell Ginger (Alpinia nutans)
• Snake Plant (Sansevieria trifasciata)
• Star Jasmine (Jasmine nitidum)
• Surinam Cherry (Eugenia unifora)
• Texas Sage (Leucophyllum texanum)
• Thryallis (Galphimia gracillis)
• Viburnum (Viburnum spp.)
• Wild Coffee (Psychotria) 🌱
• Yellow Elder (Tecoma stans)
• Yesterday Today & Tomorrow (Brunfelsia pauciflora)

Trees

High Salt Tolerance

• Acacia, Sweet (Acacia farnesiana)
• Autograph Tree/Pitch Apple (Clusia rosa)
• Buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus)
• Cassia (Cassia spp.)
• Jerusalem Thorn (Parkinsonia aculeata)
• Lignum Vitae (Guaiacum sanctum)
• Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) 🌱
• Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 🌱
• Mahoe (Thespesia populnea)
• Norfolk Island Pine (Araucari heterophylla)
• Oleander (Nerium oleander)
• Orange Geiger Tree (Cordia sebestena)
• Plumeria/Frangipani (Plumeria spp.)
• Red Bay (Persea borbonia) 🌱
• Screw Pine/Pandanus (Pandanus utilis)
• Sea Grape (Coccoloba uvifera) 🌱
• Sea Hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
• Silk Floss (Chorisia speciosa)
• Silver Buttonwood (Conocarpus sericeus)
• Sweet Acacia (Acacia farnesiana)
• Thornless Acacia (Acacia choriophylla)

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) 🌱
• Bottlebrush (Callistemon spp.)
• Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
• Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine)
• Drake Elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
• East Palatka Holly (Ilex attenuata) 🌱
• Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.)
• Ficus (all varieties) (Ficus spp.)
• Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)
• Ligustrum (Ligustrum lucidum)
• Olive Tree (Olea europeana)
• Plumeria/Frangipani (Plumeria spp.)
• Podocarpus (Podocarpus macrophylla)
• Pond Cypress (Taxodium ascendens) 🌱
• Rattlebox/Scarlet Wisteria (Sesbania punicea)
• Red Cedar (Juniperus silicicola) 🌱
• Shaving Brush Tree (Pseudobombax ellipticum)
• Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii) 🌱
• Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata) 🌱
• Sunshine Tree (Erythrina variegata)
• Tabebuia (Tabebuia spp.)
• Texas Wild Olive (Cordia boissieri)
• Weeping Podocarpus (Podocarpus gracilior)
• Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria)
• Yellow Elder (Tecoma stans)
• Yellow Jacaranda/Poinciana (Peltophorum dubium)
• Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera) 🌱

Groundcovers

High Salt Tolerance

• Asiatic Jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
• Baby Sun Rose (Aptenia cordifolia)
• Blue Daze (Evolvus glomeratus)
• Dune/Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis)
• Firecraker Plant (Russelia equisetiformis)
• Gaillardia (Gailardia pulchella)
• Gazania Daisy (Gazania spp.)
• Ice Plant (Lampranthus spp.)
• Juniper (Juniper spp.)
• Lantana (Lantana spp.)
• Mondo Grass (Ophiopogon japonicus)
• Purslane (Portulaca grandiflora)
• Sea Ox-Eye Daisy (Borrichia frutescens)
• Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)
• Silver Falls/Emerald Falls (Dichondra argentea/repens)
• Sunshine Mimosa (Mimosa strigillosa)
• Vinca (Vinca rosea)
• Wedelia (Wedelia trilobata)

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• African Iris (Dietes vegeta)
• African Lily (Agapanthus africanus)
• Algerian Ivy (Hedera canariensis)
• Asparagus Fern (Asparagus sprengeri)
• Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior)
• Creeping Fig (Ficus pumila)
• Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.)
• Dwarf Oyster Plant (Rhoeo spathacea)
• English Ivy (Hedera helix)
• Foxtail fern (Asparagus meyerii)
• Holly Fern (Cyrtomium falcatum)
• Kalanchoe (Kalancho blossfeldiana)
• Leatherleaf Fern (Rumohra adiantiformis)
• Liriope (Liriope muscari)
• Oyster Plant (Rhoeo spathacea)
• Purple Queen (Setcreasea pallida)
• Society Garlic (Tulbaghia violacea)
• Sun Rose (Aptenia cordifolia)

Herbaceous Perennials

High Salt Tolerance

• Agave (Agave spp.)
• Aloe (Aloe spp.)
• Blanket Flower/Gaillardia (Gaillardia pulchella)
• Blue Sage (Salvia farinacea)
• Century Plant (Agave americana)
• Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.)
• Desert Rose (Echeveria rosea)
• Lantana (Lantana spp.)
• Leather Fern (Acrostichum daneifolium)
• Liriope/Lilyturf (Liriope spicata)
• New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax)
• Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana)
• Portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora)
• Rosemary (Ceratiola ericoides)
• Sansevieria (Sansevieria spp.)
• Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata) 🌱
• Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum)
• Snake Plant (Sansevieria trifasciata)
• Spider Lily (Hymenocallis latifolia)

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• Bird of Paradise, White (Strelitzia nicolai)
• Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior)
• Costus (Costus spp.)
• Dianella/Blue Flax Lily (Dianella ensifolia)
• Fakahachee Grass (Tripsacum dactyloides)
• Hawaiian Ti (Cordyline spp.)
• Jade Plant (Crassula argentea)
• Lantana, dwarf (Lantana ovatifolia x reclinata)
• Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe spp.)
• Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus)
• Pine Cone Ginger (Zingiber zerumbet)
• Rain Lily (Habranthus)
• Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicensis) 🌱
• Shell Ginger (Alpinia spp.)
• Society Garlic (Tulbaghia violacea)
• Spineless Yucca (Yucca elephantipes)

Bamboo

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• Arrow Bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
• Common Timber (Bambusa vulgaris)
• Hawaiian Stripe (Bambusa vulgaris)
• Wamin (Bambusa vulgaris)

Palms

High Salt Tolerance

• Australian Fan Palm (Livistonia australis)
• Bismarkia (Bismarkia nobilis)
• Buccaneer Palm (Pseudophoenix sargentii) 🌱
• Cabbage Palm/Sabal (Sabal palmetto) 🌱
• Cardboard Palm (Zamia furfuracea)
• Canary Island Date Palm (Phoenix canariensis)
• Chinese Fan Palm (Livistonia chinensis)
• Cliff Date Palm (Phoenix rupicola)
• Dwarf Royal Palm (Veitchia spp.)
• Dwarf Sabal Palm (Sabal minor)
• European Fan Palm (Chamaerops humilis)
• Gingerbread Palm (Hyphaene spp.)
• Indian Date Palm (Phoenix sylvestris)
• Hyphaene Palm (Hyphaene spp.)
• Needle Palm (Rhapidophyllum hystrix)
• Old Man Palm (Coccothrinax crinita)
• Paurotis/Everglade Palm (Acoelorraphe wrightii) 🌱
• Pindo/Jelly Palm (Butia capitata)
• Puerto-Rican Hat (Sabal causarium)
• Pygmy Date Palm (Phoenix roebellini)
• Saw Cabbage/Palmetto (Seranoa repens) 🌱
• Seashore Palm (Allagoptera arenaria)
• Senegal Date Palm (Phoenix reclinata)
• Silver Palm (Coccothrinax spp.)
• Thatch Palm (Thrinax spp.)
• True Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)
• Washingtonia Palm (Washingtonia robusta)
• Wax Palm (Copernicia alba)
• Weeping Fan Palm (Livistonia decipiens)

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• Areca Palm (Chysalidocarpus lutescens)
• Arikury Palm (Syagrus schizophylla)
• Asian Fan Palm (Livistona saribus)
• Dwarf Sugar Palm (Arenga engleri)
• Fishtail Palm (Caryota mitis)
• Lady Palm (Rhapis excesla)
• Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei)
• Majesty Palm (Ravenea rivularis)
• Queen Palm (Syagrus romanoffzianua)

Cycads

High Salt Tolerance

• King Sago (Cycas revoluta)
• Mexican cycad/Chamal (Dioon edule)
• Mexican Zamia/Cardboard (Zamia furfuracea)

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• African Cycad (Encephalartos gratus)
• Coontie/Florida Zamia (Zamia pumila) 🌱
• Mexican cycad/Spiny Dioon (Dioon spinulosum)
• Queen Sago (Cycas circinalis)
• Zululand Cycad (Encephalartos ferox)

Vines

High Salt Tolerance

• Allamanda (Allamanda spp.)
• Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea spp.)
• Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)
• Carolina Jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens)
• Confederate Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides)
• Night-blooming Cereus (Hylocereus undatus)
• Passionvine, Corky-Stemmed (Passiflora suberosa) 🌱
• Pothos (Epipremnum aureum)
• Purple Allamanda (Cryptostegia grandiflora)

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• Chalice Vine (Solandra guttata)
• Creeping Fig (Ficus repens)
• Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempivirens)
• Dipladenia (Dipladenia sanderi)
• English Ivy (Hedera helix)
• Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
• Mandevilla (Mandevilla splendins)
• Mexican Flame Vine (Senecio confuses)
• Morning Glory (Ipomoea spp.)
• Passion Vine (Passiflora spp.)
• Philodendron (Philodendron spp.)
• Queen’s Wreath (Petrea volubilis)
• Red Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)
• Star Jasmine (Jasminum nitidum)

Turf

High Salt Tolerance

• Bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon)
• Seashore Paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum)
• St. Augustine (Stenotaphrum secundatum)

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• Zoysia (Zoysia spp.)

Fruit

High Salt Tolerance

• Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)
• Natal Plum (Carissa macrocarpa)
• Noni (Morinda citrifolia)
• Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia spp.)
• Tamarind (Tamrindus indica)

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• Akee (Blighia sapida)
• Atemoya (A. squamosa x cherimoya)
• Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra)
• Black Sapote (Diospyros dignyna)
• Canistel/Eggfruit (Pouteria campechiana)
• Cashew Tree (Anacardium occidentale)
• Cattley/Strawberry Guava (Psidium cattleianum)
• Cherry of the Rio Grande (Eugenia aggregata)
• Citrus (Citrus spp.)
• Custard Apple (Annona reticulata)
• Fig (Ficus carica)
• Guava (Psidium guajava)
• Grumichama (Eugenia dombeyi)
• Mamey Sapote (Calocarpum sapota)
• Mango (Mangifera indica)
• Natal Plum (Carissa grandiflora)
• Passionfruit (Passiflora spp.)
• Pineapple (Ananas comosus)
• Pineapple Guava (Feijoa sellowiana)
• Rose Apple (Syzygium jambos)
• Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota)
• Soursop/Guanabana (Annona muricata)
• Spanish Lime/Genip (Melicoccus bijugatus)
• Star Apple (Chrysophyllum cainito)
• Sugar Apple/Sweetsop (Annona squamosa)
• Surinam Cherry (Eugenia uniflora)
• White Sapote (Casimiroa edulis)

Herbs & Vegetables

Moderate Salt Tolerance

• Lemongrass
• Mint
• Rosemary
• Beets
• Squash