Special Collections
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 |
Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium | Little Bluestem | |
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Softstem Bulrush Soft-stem Club-rush Great Bulrush | |
Sesuvium portulacastrum | Shoreline Seapurslane Sea Purslane Cenicilla | |
Serenoa repens | Saw Palmetto | |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed-grass Bermuda Blue-eyed Grass Blue-eyed Grass | |
Silphium asteriscus | Starry Rosinweed | |
Sisyrinchium atlanticum | Eastern Blue-eyed Grass | |
Sideroxylon foetidissimum | False Mastic Mastic Tree | |
Sideroxylon tenax | Tough Bully Tough Buckthorn | |
Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod | |
Spiranthes odorata | Marsh Ladies'-tresses Fragrant Ladies'-tresses Marsh Lady's Tresses | |
Spartina patens | Saltmeadow Cordgrass Salt-meadow Cordgrass Marsh-hay Cordgrass | |
Spiranthes vernalis | Spring Ladies'-tresses Spring Lady's Tresses | |
Stylosanthes biflora | Sidebeak Pencilflower | |
Suriana maritima | Bay Cedar Bay-cedar | |
Symphyotrichum dumosum | Rice Button Aster White Bushy Aster | |
Thalia geniculata | Bent Alligator-flag Arrow Root | |
Trichostema dichotomum | Forked Bluecurls Blue Curls | |
Typha latifolia | Broadleaf Cattail Common Cattail | |
Uniola paniculata | Sea Oats Seaoats | |
Vallisneria americana | American Eelgrass Water Celery Eelgrass Tapegrass | |
Vaccinium arboreum | Farkleberry Tree Sparkleberry Sparkleberry Winter Huckleberry Huckleberry | |
Vaccinium darrowii | Darrow's Blueberry Evergreen Blueberry | |
Vaccinium myrsinites | Shiny Blueberry Evergreen Blueberry | |
Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | |
Vernonia gigantea | Giant Ironweed Tall Ironweed | |
Verbesina virginica | Frostweed White Crownbeard Iceplant Iceweed Virginia Crownbeard Indian Tobacco Richweed Squawweed | |
Viola lanceolata | Lance-leaf Violet Bog White Violet | |
Viburnum nudum | Possumhaw Viburnum Possumhaw | |
Viburnum obovatum | Small-leaf Arrowwood Walter's Viburnum | |
Woodwardia virginica | Virginia Chainfern Virginia Chain Fern | |
Ximenia americana | Tallow Wood Tallowwood | |
Yucca aloifolia | Spanish Dagger Spanish Bayonet Aloe Yucca | |
Yucca filamentosa | Adam's Needle | |
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Hercules Club Pepperbark Toothache Tree Tickle Tongue Prickly Ash | |
Zanthoxylum fagara | Lime Prickly Ash Colima | |
Zamia pumila | Coontie Florida Arrowroot | |
Zizania aquatica | Annual Wildrice Wild Rice | |
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