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Florida - Central Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in Central Florida. Visit our Suppliers Directory to locate businesses that sell native plants or seeds or provide professional landscape or consulting services in this state. Visit the Organizations Directory to locate native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations in this state. Special thanks to the Florida Association of Native Nurseries for compiling this list.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
| Iris hexagona | Dixie Iris | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia Iris Great Blue Flag Southern Blue Flag | |
| Juncus effusus | Common Rush Soft Rush | |
| Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola | Southern Red Cedar Southern Redcedar Sand Cedar Coast Juniper | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow Virginia Fen-rose Saltmarsh Mallow Seashore Mallow | |
| Lachnanthes caroliana | Carolina Redroot Paint Root | |
| Lantana involucrata | Buttonsage Button-sage | |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass Rice Cut Grass | |
| Limonium carolinianum | Carolina Sealavender Sea Lavender | |
| Lilium catesbaei | Pine Lily Southern Red Lily Catesby's Lily | |
| Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star Pink-scale Gayfeather Pink-scale Liatris | |
| Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
| Liatris tenuifolia | Shortleaf Blazing Star Slender Blazing Star Shortleaf Gayfeather Shortleaf Liatris Fineleaf Blazing Star Fineleaf Gayfeather Fineleaf Liatris | |
| Lobelia glandulosa | Glade Lobelia | |
| Lobelia puberula | Downy Lobelia | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Ludwigia repens | Creeping Primrose-willow Floating Primrose-willow Water Primrose | |
| Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum | Winged Lythrum Lance-leaf Loosestrife | |
| Lyonia ferruginea | Rusty Staggerbush Dragon Tree Tree Lyonia Staggerbush | |
| Lyonia fruticosa | Coastal Plain Staggerbush Poor-grub Rusty Lyonia | |
| Lyonia lucida | Shining Fetterbush Fetterbush Lyonia Shinyleaf Fetterbush Staggerbush | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay | |
| Marshallia graminifolia var. cynanthera | Grassleaf Barbara's Buttons | |
| Mecardonia acuminata | Axilflower | |
| Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Sunshine Mimosa Sensitive Plant | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle Southern Wax Myrtle Southern Bayberry Eastern Bayberry Bayberry Candleberry Tallow Shrub | |
| Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
| Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
| Myrsine cubana | Guianese Colicwood Rapanea | |
| Nectandra coriacea | Lancewood | |
| Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus Yellow Water Lotus Yellow Lotus | |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas | |
| Nymphaea mexicana | Yellow Waterlily Yellow Water-lily Banana Lily Banana Waterlily Sun Lotus | |
| Nymphaea odorata | American White Water-lily Fragrant White Water-lily Fragrant Water-lily White Water-lily Sweet-scented White Water-lily Sweet-scented Water-lily Beaver Root | |
| Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear Smooth Prickly Pear Devil's Tongue | |
| Osmanthus americanus | American Olive Devilwood Wild Olive | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
| Oxypolis filiformis | Water Cowbane | |
| Panicum amarum | Bitter Panicgrass Beachgrass Coastal Panic Grass | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
| Palafoxia integrifolia | Coastal Plain Palafox Coastalplain Palafox | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens | Redtop Panicgrass Redtop Panic Grass | |
| Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
| Penstemon australis | Eustis Lake Penstemon Eustis Lake Beardtongue Slender Penstemon Slender Beardtongue | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red Bay Sweet Bay Silk Bay Red Bay Persea Laurel Tree | |
| Persea humilis | Silk Bay | |
| Penstemon multiflorus | Many-flower Penstemon Many-flower Beardtongue Many-flowered Penstemon Many-flowered Beardtongue | |
| Persea palustris | Swamp Bay Swampbay | |
| Peltandra virginica | Tuckahoe Green Arrow Arum Arrow Arum Green Arum | |
| Phlox nivalis | Trailing Phlox | |
| Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
| Physostegia virginiana | Fall Obedient Plant False Dragonhead Virginia Lions-heart | |
| Piriqueta cistoides ssp. caroliniana | Pitted Stripeseed | |
| Pinus clausa | Sand Pine | |
| Pityopsis graminifolia | Narrowleaf Silkgrass Golden Aster | |
| Pinus palustris | Longleaf Pine Georgia Pine Longleaf Yellow Pine Southern Yellow Pine Longstraw Pine Hill Pine Hard Pine Heart Pine | |
| Pinus serotina | Pond Pine Pocosin Pine Marsh Pine | |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine Oldfield Pine Bull Pine Rosemary Pine | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Rush | |
| Polygonum hydropiperoides | Swamp Smartweed | |
| Pogonia ophioglossoides | Rose Pogonia Snake-mouth Orchid Beard Flower | |
| Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | |
| Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum Sandhill Plum | |
| Prunus umbellata | Flatwoods Plum Hog Plum Black Sloe | |
| Psychotria nervosa | Seminole Balsamo Wild Coffee | |
| Pterocaulon pycnostachyum | Blackroot Densespike Blackroot Fox-tail Coastal Blackroot | |
| Quercus chapmanii | Chapman Oak Chapman's Oak | |
| Quercus hemisphaerica | Coast Laurel Oak Darlington Oak Laurel Oak | |
| Quercus incana | Bluejack Oak Sandjack Oak Upland Willow Oak Cinnamon Oak Shin Oak Turkey Oak | |
| Quercus laevis | Turkey Oak | |
| Quercus myrtifolia | Myrtle Oak | |
| Quercus nigra | Water Oak Possum Oak Duck Oak Punk Oak Spotted Oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak Southern Live Oak Virginia Live Oak Live Oak Encino | |
| Rhexia alifanus | Savanna Meadow Beauty | |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac Shining Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Mountain Sumac Dwarf Sumac Wing-rib Sumac Black Sumac Upland Sumac | |
| Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush | |
| Rhynchospora latifolia | Sand-swamp Whitetop Sedge Tall Whitetop Sedge Whitetop Sedge Sand-swamp Whitetop Tall Whitetop Whitetop Colorful Rush | |
| Rhexia mariana | Maryland Meadow Beauty Pale Meadow Beauty | |
| Rhexia petiolata | Fringed Meadow Beauty | |
| Rivina humilis | Pigeonberry Rouge Plant Baby-peppers Bloodberry | |
| Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina Wild Petunia | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common Black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan Blackeyed Susan | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
| Salix caroliniana | Coastal Plain Willow | |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood Sage Red Sage Indian Fire | |
| Saccharum giganteum | Sugarcane Plumegrass Giant Plumegrass | |
| Sagittaria graminea var. graminea | Grassy Arrowhead | |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage Cancer Weed | |
| Sarracenia minor | Hooded Pitcherplant Hooded Pitcher-plant Hooded Pitcher Plant | |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry Black Elder Mexican Elderberry Common Elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
| Sabal palmetto | Cabbage Palmetto Cabbage Palm | |
| Schoenoplectus americanus | Chairmaker's Bulrush Olney Three-square | |
| Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush California Club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
| Scirpus cyperinus | Woolgrass Cottongrass Bulrush Marsh Bulrush Teddybear Paws | |
| Scutellaria integrifolia | Helmet-flower Rough Skullcap Common Large Skullcap Tall Skullcap | |
| Scaevola plumieri | Gullfeed Inkberry | |
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