Bok Tower Gardens Preserving a Sense of Place
Wildlife
Highlands Hammock
Cultural Landscape Report
• Carry out historical research of the Olmsted design period
• Defining the qualities of the historic design to preserve
• Describing the character of each garden area
• Documenting the gardens’ change and evolution over time
• Make recommendations for restoration & preservation; utilizing native plants where conditions and design allow.
• Developing a long-term management plan for the gardens
LAND MANAGEMENT
Yaupon trunk cut close to the ground
Thicket Shrubs and Palms
• Agarista populifolia – Florida hobblebush
• Ardisia escallonioides – marlberry
• Bejaria racemosa – tarflower
• Callicarpa americana – beautyberry
• Cliftonia monophyla- Black titi
• Conocarpus erectus -buttonwood
• Forestiera segregata – Florida swamp privet
• Hamelia patens - firebush
• Ilex vomitoria - yaupon
• Illicium parviflorum – yellow anise
• Morella cerifera – wax-myrtle
• Myrsine cubana – colicwood
• Psychotria nervosa - wild coffee
• Sabal minor – dwarf palmetto
• Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - elderberry
• Sideroxylon tenax – Tough Bully
• Viburnum obovatum – Walter’s viburnum
• Zanthoxylum fagara- wild lime
Thicket Ferns and Groundcovers
• Dryopteris ludoviciana – southern wood fern
• Nephrolepis biserrata – giant sword fern
• Nephrolepis exaltata – sword fern
• Telmatoblechnum serrulatum – swamp fern
• Thelypteris kunthii – southern shield fern
• Dyschoriste humistrata – swamp twinflower
• Packera aurea- golden ragwort
• Pharus glabra – upsidedown grass
• Spartina bakeri- cordgrass
• Rivina humilis – rougeplant
• Sabatia decandra – Bartram’s rosegentian
• Zamia integrifolia – coontie
Thank you
Preserving a Sense of Place Evaluation
