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
scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
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 | |
Matelea gonocarpos | Anglepod Angularfruit Milkvine | |
Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay | |
Magnolia pyramidata | Pyramid Magnolia | |
Magnolia tripetala | Umbrella Tree Umbrella Magnolia | |
Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay Magnolia Southern Sweetbay Swampbay Swamp Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Small Magnolia Laurel Magnolia White Bay White Laurel Swamp Laurel Beaver Tree | |
Metopium toxiferum | Florida Poisontree Poisonwood | |
Melochia tomentosa | Pyramid Bush Teabush Red Rope Velvety Melochia Kidney Bush Woolly Pyramidflower | |
Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry Twinberry Running Box Pigeon Plum | |
Mikania scandens | Climbing Hempvine Climbing Hempweed | |
Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Sunshine Mimosa Sensitive Plant | |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm Spotted Horsemint Horsemint | |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
Nephrolepis exaltata | Boston Swordfern | |
Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus Yellow Water Lotus Yellow Lotus | |
Neptunia pubescens | Tropical Puff | |
Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily Yellow Cow Lily Cow Lily Spatter Dock Wakas | |
Nyssa aquatica | Water Tupelo Blackgum Sourgum Cotton Gum Swamp Tupelo Water Gum | |
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 | |
Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee Tupelo Ogeechee Lime | |
Oenothera simulans | Southern Beeblossom Southern Gaura Morning Honeysuckle Morning Gaura | |
Okenia hypogaea | Burrowing Four O'Clock | |
Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear Smooth Prickly Pear Devil's Tongue | |
Orontium aquaticum | Goldenclub Neverwet | |
Osmanthus americanus | American Olive Devilwood Wild Olive | |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | |
Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern | |
Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam American Hop-hornbeam Woolly Hop-hornbean Eastern Ironwood Roughbark Ironwood Ironwood Deerwood Leverwood | |
Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree | |
Panicum amarum | Bitter Panicgrass Beachgrass Coastal Panic Grass | |
Packera aurea | Golden Groundsel Golden Ragwort Butterweed | |
Paspalum distichum | Knotgrass | |
Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
Palafoxia integrifolia | Coastal Plain Palafox Coastalplain Palafox | |
Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
Paspalum monostachyum | Gulfdune Paspalum | |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
Panicum virgatum | Switchgrass Wand Panic Grass | |
Penstemon australis | Eustis Lake Penstemon Eustis Lake Beardtongue Slender Penstemon Slender Beardtongue | |
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 divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox Louisiana Phlox Blue Woodland Phlox Sweet William Wild Sweet William | |
Phlox floridana | Florida Phlox | |
Philadelphus inodorus | Scentless Mock Orange | |
Phlox nivalis | Trailing Phlox | |
Phyla nodiflora | Texas Frogfruit Turkey Tangle Fogfruit Frogfruit | |
Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark Atlantic Ninebark | |
Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
Physostegia purpurea | Eastern False Dragonhead | |
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