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Florida Recommended
Commercially available native plant species suitable for planned landscapes in 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 Association of Florida Native Nurseries for compiling this list.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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| Ilex glabra | Inkberry Gallberry | |
| Ilex myrtifolia | Myrtle Dahoon Myrtle Leaf Holly Myrtle Holly | |
| Illicium parviflorum | Yellow Anisetree Small Anisetree Star Anise | |
| Ilex verticillata | Common Winterberry Winterberry Michigan Holly Black Alder | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
| Ipomoea alba | Moonflower Moon Vine Tropical White Morning Glory | |
| Ipomoea hederifolia | Scarlet Creeper | |
| Ipomoea imperati | Beach Morning-glory Beach Morning Glory | |
| Ipomoea pes-caprae | Railroad Vine Goat-foot Morning Glory Bayhops Beach Morning Glory | |
| Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
| Ipomoea sagittata | Saltmarsh Morning-glory Salt-marsh Morning Glory | |
| Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag Iris | |
| Iris hexagona | Dixie Iris | |
| Iris virginica | Virginia Iris Great Blue Flag Southern Blue Flag | |
| Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire Tassel-white Virginia Willow | |
| Iva frutescens | Jesuit's Bark High-tide Bush High-water Shrub Marsh Elder Bigleaf Marsh Elder | |
| Jacquinia keyensis | Joewood | |
| Juncus effusus | Common Rush Soft Rush | |
| Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
| Juncus roemerianus | Needlegrass Rush Black Needlerush | |
| Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
| Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel Calico Bush Kalmia Mountain-laurel | |
| Kosteletzkya virginica | Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow Virginia Fen-rose Saltmarsh Mallow Seashore Mallow | |
| Lachnanthes caroliana | Carolina Redroot Paint Root | |
| Lantana involucrata | Buttonsage Button-sage | |
| Laguncularia racemosa | White Mangrove | |
| Leucothoe axillaris | Coastal Doghobble Coast Leucothoe | |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass Rice Cut Grass | |
| Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush Spicebush Wild Allspice | |
| 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 | |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American Sweetgum Red Gum White Gum Star-leaved Gum Starleaf Gum Alligator Tree Satin Walnut Bilsted Liquidambar | |
| Liatris tenuifolia | Shortleaf Blazing Star Slender Blazing Star Shortleaf Gayfeather Shortleaf Liatris Fineleaf Blazing Star Fineleaf Gayfeather Fineleaf Liatris | |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree Tulip Poplar Yellow Poplar | |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
| Lobelia glandulosa | Glade Lobelia | |
| Lobelia puberula | Downy Lobelia | |
| Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
| Lupinus arboreus | Yellow Bush Lupine Bush Lupine Tree Lupine | |
| Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine Wild Lupine | |
| Ludwigia repens | Creeping Primrose-willow Floating Primrose-willow Water Primrose | |
| Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum | Winged Lythrum Lance-leaf Loosestrife | |
| Lycium carolinianum | Carolina Wolfberry Carolina Desert-thorn Creeping Wolfberry Christmas Berry | |
| Lyonia ferruginea | Rusty Staggerbush Dragon Tree Tree Lyonia Staggerbush | |
| Lyonia fruticosa | Coastal Plain Staggerbush Poor-grub Rusty Lyonia | |
| Lysiloma latisiliquum | Bahama Lysiloma False Tamarind | |
| Lyonia lucida | Shining Fetterbush Fetterbush Lyonia Shinyleaf Fetterbush Staggerbush | |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple Narrowleaf Crabapple Wild Crabapple Southern Crab Narrowleaf Crab Wild Crab | |
| Malvaviscus arboreus | Turkscap Wax Mallow Bleeding Hearts Mexican Apple Manzanita | |
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