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Florida - North Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in North 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 |
| Iva frutescens | High-tide bush High-water shrub Jesuit's bark Marsh elder | |
| Juglans nigra | Black walnut Eastern black walnut | |
| Juncus roemerianus | Black needlerush Needlegrass rush | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar Eastern redcedar Virginia juniper | |
| Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola | Southern red-cedar Southern redcedar | |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain laurel Calico bush Kalmia | |
| Lachnanthes caroliana | Carolina redroot Paint root | |
| Leucothoe axillaris | Coastal doghobble Coast leucothoe | |
| Lilium catesbaei | Pine lily Southern red lily Catesby's lily | |
| Liatris elegans | Blazing star Gay feather Pink-scale gayfeather Pinkscale blazing star | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American sweetgum | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip tree Tulip poplar Yellow poplar | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral honeysuckle Trumpet honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Ludwigia repens | Creeping primrose-willow Floating primrose-willow Water primrose | |
| Lycium carolinianum | Carolina wolfberry Carolina desert-thorn Creeping wolfberry Christmas berry | |
| Lyonia ferruginea | Rusty staggerbush Dragon Tree Tree lyonia | |
| Lyonia fruticosa | Coastal plain staggerbush Poor-grub Rusty lyonia | |
| Lyonia lucida | Fetterbush lyonia Shinyleaf Fetterbush Staggerbush | |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern crabapple Wild crabapple | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern magnolia Evergreen magnolia Bull bay | |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay magnolia Swampbay Swamp magnolia Small magnolia | |
| Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry Twinberry Running box | |
| Morella cerifera | Wax myrtle Southern bayberry Candleberry | |
| 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 | |
| Nelumbo lutea | American lotus Yellow water lotus Yellow lotus | |
| Nuphar lutea | Yellow pond-lily Cow lily Spatter dock Yellow cow lily | |
| Nyssa aquatica | Water tupelo Blackgum Sourgum | |
| Nymphaea mexicana | Yellow waterlily Yellow Water-lily Banana lily Banana waterlily Sun lotus | |
| Nymphaea odorata | American white waterlily American white water-lily Fragrant white water lily White water lily Fragrant water lily White water lily | |
| Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee tupelo Ogeechee lime | |
| Opuntia humifusa | Devil's-tongue Low prickly pear Smooth prickly pear Prickly pear | |
| Orontium aquaticum | Goldenclub | |
| Osmanthus americanus | Devilwood Wild olive | |
| Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon fern | |
| Osmunda regalis | Royal fern | |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern hop-hornbeam Hophornbeam Ironwood | |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel tree | |
| Panicum amarum | Bitter panicgrass Bitter or coastal panic grass Beachgrass | |
| Packera aurea | Golden ragwort Golden groundsel Butterweed | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Purple passionflower Purple passion vine Maypop Apricot vine | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper | |
| Penstemon australis | Eustis Lake beardtongue Slender beardtongue | |
| Persea palustris | Swamp bay | |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild blue phlox Louisiana phlox Blue woodland phlox Sweet william Wild sweet william | |
| Philadelphus inodorus | Scentless mock orange | |
| Physocarpus opulifolius | Atlantic ninebark Common ninebark | |
| Pinckneya bracteata | Fevertree Pinckneya Feverbark Poinsettia tree Georgia bark | |
| Pinus clausa | Sand pine | |
| Pinus echinata | Shortleaf pine Yellow pine Spruce pine | |
| Pinus elliottii | Slash pine | |
| Pinus glabra | Spruce pine | |
| Pityopsis graminifolia | Narrowleaf silkgrass Golden aster | |
| Pinus palustris | Longleaf pine Georgia pine | |
| Pinus taeda | Loblolly pine Old field pine Bull pine Rosemary pine | |
| Planera aquatica | Planertree Water elm | |
| Platanus occidentalis | American sycamore Buttonwood Plane-tree Sycamore | |
| Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas fern | |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed Pickerel Weed | |
| Polygonum hydropiperoides | Swamp smartweed | |
| Prunus americana | American plum Wild plum | |
| Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw plum Sandhill plum | |
| Prunus caroliniana | Cherry laurel Carolina cherry laurel Laurel cherry Carolina laurel cherry | |
| Prunus umbellata | Hog plum Flatwoods plum | |
| Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer ash Common hoptree Hop tree | |
| Quercus alba | White oak Northern white oak Stave Oak Ridge White Oak Forked-leaf White Oak | |
| Quercus chapmanii | Chapman oak | |
| Quercus falcata | Southern red oak Spanish oak | |
| Quercus hemisphaerica | Darlington oak Laurel oak | |
| Quercus incana | Bluejack oak Sandjack oak Upland willow oak Cinnamon oak Shin oak Turkey oak | |
| Quercus laevis | Turkey oak | |
| Quercus laurifolia | Laurel oak Swamp laurel oak Darlington oak diamond-leaf oak laurel-leaf oak water oak obtuse oak | |
| Quercus lyrata | Overcup oak Swamp post oak water white oak swamp white oak | |
| Quercus marilandica | Blackjack oak Barren oak Black oak Jack oak | |
| Quercus michauxii | Swamp chestnut oak Basket oak Cow oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin oak Chinquapin oak Chestnut oak Yellow chestnut oak Yellow oak Rock chestnut oak Rock oak | |
| Quercus myrtifolia | Myrtle oak | |
| Quercus nigra | Water oak | |
| Quercus phellos | Willow oak | |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard oak Shumard's oak Shumard red oak Southern red oak | |
| Quercus stellata | Post oak | |
| Quercus virginiana | Coastal live oak Southern live oak Live oak | |
| Ratibida pinnata | Pinnate prairie coneflower Grayhead Mexican hat Yellow coneflower Grayhead coneflower | |
| Rhododendron alabamense | Alabama azalea | |
| Rhododendron austrinum | Orange azalea Florida azalea Yellow azalea | |
| Rhododendron canescens | Mountain azalea Wild azalea Honeysuckle azalea Piedmont azalea Sweet azalea Hoary azalea Southern pinxterflower | |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged sumac Shining sumac Flameleaf sumac Mountain sumac Dwarf sumac | |
| Rhapidophyllum hystrix | Needle palm Blue palmetto | |
| Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp azalea Clammy azalea Cory azalea | |
| Rosa palustris | Swamp rose | |
| Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina wild petunia | |
| Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange coneflower Orange Rudbeckia Perennial black-eyed Susan | |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan Common black-eyed Susan Brown-eyed Susan | |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras | |
| Salix caroliniana | Coastal plain willow | |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's tail Lizard's-tail Breast weed | |
| Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage Tropical Sage Blood sage | |
| Salix humilis | Prairie willow | |
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