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
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| Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass Jamaican Saw-grass Saw-grass | |
| Conradina canescens | False Rosemary Wild Rosemary Conradina | |
| Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower Wild Ageratum Blue Boneset | |
| Coccoloba diversifolia | Tie-tongue Pigeon Plum | |
| Coreopsis gladiata | Coastal Plain Tickseed Coastal Tickseed | |
| Coreopsis leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Tickseed Common Tickseed | |
| Coccoloba uvifera | Seagrape Seaside-grape Sea Grape | |
| Crinum americanum | American Crinum Lily Seven Sisters Swamp Lily Southern Swamp Lily String Lily Crinum Lily | |
| Crataegus flava | Yellowleaf Hawthorn Yellow-leaf Hawthorn Summer Hawthorn | |
| Croton punctatus | Gulf Croton | |
| Distichlis spicata | Saltgrass Coastal Salt Grass Inland Salt-grass | |
| Diospyros virginiana | Eastern Persimmon Common Persimmon Possumwood Date Plum Winter Plum Jove's Fruit | |
| Dodonaea viscosa | Florida Hopbush Hopseed Bush Switch Sorrel Varnish Leaf Hopbush Chapoliztle Casol | |
| Dyschoriste oblongifolia | Oblongleaf Snakeherb Twin Flower | |
| Echites umbellatus | Devil's Potato Rubber Vine | |
| Eleocharis cellulosa | Gulf Coast Spikerush | |
| Eleocharis interstincta | Knotted Spikerush | |
| Equisetum hyemale | Scouring-rush Horsetail Horsetail Scouring Rush Canuela | |
| Eryngium aquaticum | Rattlesnakemaster Rattlesnake-master Snakeroot | |
| Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean Cherokee Bean Red Cardinal | |
| Ernodea littoralis | Coughbush Golden Creeper | |
| Eragrostis spectabilis | Purple Lovegrass Purple Love Grass Purple Plains Lovegrass Tumblegrass Petticoat Climber | |
| Eryngium yuccifolium | Rattlesnake Master Button Eryngo Button Snakeroot Beargrass Bear's Grass | |
| Eugenia axillaris | White Stopper | |
| Euthamia caroliniana | Slender Goldentop Slender Fragrant Goldenrod | |
| Eustoma exaltatum | Catchfly Prairie Gentian Bluebell Gentian Western Blue Gentian Blue Marsh Lily Small Bluebell Catchfly Gentian Seaside Gentian | |
| Ficus aurea | Florida Strangler Fig Strangler Fig | |
| Forestiera segregata | Florida Swampprivet Florida Privet | |
| Gaylussacia dumosa | Dwarf Huckleberry | |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo | |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina Jessamine Yellow Jessamine Evening Trumpetflower Poor Man's Rope | |
| Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp Sunflower Narrowleaf Sunflower Narrow-leaved Sunflower | |
| Helianthus debilis | Cucumberleaf Sunflower Cucumber-leaf Sunflower Beach Sunflower | |
| Hibiscus aculeatus | Comfortroot Big Thicket Hibiscus Pineland Hibiscus | |
| Hibiscus coccineus | Scarlet Rosemallow Crimson Rosemallow Wild Red Mallow Texas Star Hibiscus | |
| Hibiscus grandiflorus | Swamp Rose-mallow Pink Swamp Hibiscus Large-flowered Hibiscus | |
| Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow Marshmallow Hibiscus | |
| Hypericum cistifolium | Roundpod St. John's-wort | |
| Hydrolea corymbosa | Skyflower Tall Hydrolea | |
| Hypericum hypericoides | St. Andrew's-cross | |
| Hymenocallis latifolia | Perfumed Spiderlily Perfumed Spider-lily | |
| Hymenocallis palmeri | Alligator Lily | |
| Hypericum tetrapetalum | Fourpetal St. John's-wort | |
| Ilex ambigua | Carolina Holly Sand Holly Possum Holly | |
| Ilex cassine | Dahoon | |
| Ilex glabra | Inkberry Gallberry | |
| Ilex opaca | American Holly White Holly Prickly Holly Evergreen Holly Christmas Holly Yule Holly | |
| Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon Yaupon Holly Cassina | |
| Ipomoea imperati | Beach Morning-glory Beach Morning Glory | |
| Ipomoea pes-caprae | Railroad Vine Goat-foot Morning Glory Bayhops Beach Morning Glory | |
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