Dryopteris ludoviciana David Geiger Hypericum edisonianum is a Florida

Hypericum edisonianum is a Florida endemic with an upright

Carex flaccosperma

glossy and evergreen

few match the easygoing dahoon

the tree is tender

Dryopteris ludoviciana David Geiger Hypericum edisonianum is a FloridaDryopteris ludoviciana, the southern shield fern, is a bold, glossy evergreen native to the wet woodlands of the American South. The species epithet ludoviciana means "of Louisiana," a nod to the swampy bottomlands, blackwater hammocks, and shaded seeps where the fern grows wild, from Florida west to Texas and north through the Carolinas. Where many ferns read as soft and feathery, the southern shield fern stands upright and architectural, with tall,