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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 |
| Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf sage Cancer weed | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf palmetto Palmetto Bush palmetto | |
| Sabal palmetto | Cabbage palmetto Cabbage palm | |
| Schoenoplectus americanus | Chairmaker's bulrush Olney three-square | |
| Schoenoplectus californicus | California bulrush California club-rush Giant Bulrush | |
| Sesuvium portulacastrum | Shoreline seapurslane Sea Purslane Cenicilla | |
| Serenoa repens | Saw palmetto | |
| Sideroxylon tenax | Tough buckthorn Tough bully | |
| Smilax smallii | Lanceleaf greenbrier Southern smilax Jacksonvine Jacksonbrier | |
| Solidago sempervirens | Seaside goldenrod | |
| Spartina alterniflora | Saltmarsh Cordgrass Smooth cordgrass Salt cordgrass | |
| Spigelia marilandica | Woodland pinkroot Pinkroot Indian pink Spigelia | |
| Spartina patens | Marsh-hay cord grass Salt-meadow cord grass Saltmeadow cordgrass | |
| Styrax americanus | American snowbell American snowbells American silverbells Big-leaf snowbell Storax | |
| Styrax grandifolius | Bigleaf snowbell Bigleaf storax | |
| Stokesia laevis | Stokes aster | |
| Stewartia malacodendron | Silky camellia Virginia stewartia | |
| Taxodium ascendens | Pond cypress | |
| Taxodium distichum | Bald cypress Baldcypress Common bald cypress Southern bald cypress Deciduous cypress | |
| Taxus floridana | Florida yew | |
| Thalia geniculata | Arrow root Bent alligator-flag | |
| Tilia americana | American basswood American linden Lime tree Bee tree | |
| Torreya taxifolia | Florida nutmeg Florida torreya | |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern gamagrass | |
| Trichostema dichotomum | Forked bluecurls Blue curls | |
| Ulmus alata | Winged elm Wahoo | |
| Ulmus americana | American elm White elm | |
| Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar elm Fall elm Olmo | |
| Uniola paniculata | Sea Oats Seaoats | |
| Vallisneria americana | American eelgrass Water celery Eelgrass Tapegrass | |
| Vaccinium arboreum | Farkleberry Tree sparkleberry Sparkleberry | |
| Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush blueberry | |
| Vaccinium darrowii | Darrow's blueberry Evergreen blueberry | |
| Vaccinium elliottii | Elliott's blueberry | |
| Vaccinium myrsinites | Shiny blueberry | |
| Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | |
| Vernonia gigantea | Giant ironweed Tall Ironweed | |
| Viburnum dentatum | Southern arrowwood | |
| Viola lanceolata | Lanceleaf violet Bog white violet | |
| Viburnum nudum | Possumhaw viburnum Possumhaw | |
| Viburnum obovatum | Small-leaf arrowwood Walter's viburnum | |
| Vitis rotundifolia | Muscadine Scuppernong grape | |
| Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty blackhaw viburnum Rusty blackhaw Southern blackhaw Downy viburnum | |
| Woodwardia areolata | Netted chainfern Chain fern Netted chain fern | |
| Woodwardia virginica | Virginia chainfern Virginia chain fern | |
| Yucca aloifolia | Aloe yucca Spanish dagger | |
| Yucca filamentosa | Adam's needle | |
| Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Hercules' club | |
| Zamia pumila | Coontie Florida arrowroot | |
| Zizania aquatica | Annual wildrice Wild Rice | |
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