Special Collections
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 |
Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto 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 Bully Tough Buckthorn | |
Smilax smallii | Lance-leaf Greenbriar Southern Smilax Jacksonvine Jacksonbriar | |
Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod | |
Spartina alterniflora | Saltmarsh Cordgrass Saltwater Cordgrass Salt Cordgrass Smooth Cordgrass | |
Spigelia marilandica | Woodland Pinkroot Pinkroot Indian Pink | |
Spartina patens | Saltmeadow Cordgrass Salt-meadow Cordgrass Marsh-hay Cordgrass | |
Styrax americanus | American Snowbell American Snowbells American Silverbells Big-leaf Snowbell Storax | |
Styrax grandifolius | Bigleaf Snowbell Bigleaf Storax Coast Snowbell | |
Stokesia laevis | Stokes Aster | |
Stewartia malacodendron | Silky Camellia Virginia Stewartia Round-fruited Stewartia | |
Taxodium ascendens | Pond Cypress | |
Taxodium distichum | Bald Cypress Baldcypress Common Bald Cypress Southern Bald Cypress Deciduous Cypress Southern Cypress Swamp Cypress Red Cypress White Cypress Yellow Cypress Gulf Cypress Tidewater Red Cypress | |
Taxus floridana | Florida Yew | |
Thalia geniculata | Bent Alligator-flag Arrow Root | |
Tilia americana | American Basswood American Linden Lime Tree Bee Tree | |
Torreya taxifolia | Florida Nutmeg Florida Torreya Stinking-cedar Torrey Tree Savin Gopher Wood Polecat Wood Stinking-yew | |
Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass Fakahatchee Grass | |
Trichostema dichotomum | Forked Bluecurls Blue Curls | |
Ulmus alata | Winged Elm Wahoo Elm Cork Elm Witch Elm | |
Ulmus americana | American Elm White Elm Soft Elm Water Elm Common Elm | |
Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm Fall Elm Basket Elm Scrub Elm Lime Elm Texas Elm Southern Rock Elm Olmo | |
Uniola paniculata | Sea Oats Seaoats | |
Vallisneria americana | American Eelgrass Water Celery Eelgrass Tapegrass | |
Vaccinium arboreum | Farkleberry Tree Sparkleberry Sparkleberry Winter Huckleberry Huckleberry | |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | |
Vaccinium darrowii | Darrow's Blueberry Evergreen Blueberry | |
Vaccinium elliottii | Elliott's Blueberry Mayberry | |
Vaccinium myrsinites | Shiny Blueberry Evergreen Blueberry | |
Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | |
Vernonia gigantea | Giant Ironweed Tall Ironweed | |
Viburnum dentatum | Southern Arrowwood | |
Viola lanceolata | Lance-leaf 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 Blackhaw Bluehaw Downy Viburnum Southern Nannyberry Rusty Nannyberry Nannyberry | |
Woodwardia areolata | Netted Chainfern Chain Fern Netted Chain Fern | |
Woodwardia virginica | Virginia Chainfern Virginia Chain Fern | |
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 | |
Zamia pumila | Coontie Florida Arrowroot | |
Zizania aquatica | Annual Wildrice Wild Rice | |
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