Florida - North RecommendedCommercially 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. |
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Scientific Name | Common Name | Duration | Habit | Sun | Water |
Acer floridanum | Southern Sugar Maple, Florida Maple, Caddo Maple, Rock Maple | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Acer negundo | Box Elder, Box Elder Maple, Ash-leaved Maple, Ashleaf Maple, Red River Maple, Fresno De Guajuco | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
Acer rubrum | Red Maple, Scarlet Maple, Soft Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Acer saccharinum | Silver Maple, Soft Maple, White Maple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Adiantum capillus-veneris | Southern Maidenhair Fern, Common Maidenhair Fern, Maidenhair Fern, Venus Hair Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Aesculus pavia | Red Buckeye, Scarlet Buckeye , Firecracker Plant | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Agarista populifolia | Florida Hobblebush, Tall Fetterbush, Florida Leucothoe, Agarista | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | |
Alnus serrulata | Smooth Alder, Hazel Alder, Brookside Alder, Tag Alder, Common Alder, Black Alder | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Amorpha fruticosa | Indigo Bush, False Indigo Bush, False Indigo, Desert False Indigo | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Amsonia ciliata | Fringed Bluestar, Bluestar, Texas Bluestar | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Amsonia tabernaemontana | Eastern Bluestar, Blue Dogbane, Willow Amsonia, Woodland Bluestar | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Andropogon ternarius | Splitbeard Bluestem, Split Bluestem | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Aquilegia canadensis | Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Red Columbine | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Aralia spinosa | Devil's Walking Stick, Hercules Club, Angelica Tree, Pigeon Tree, Shotbush, Prickly Elder, Prickly Ash | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Arisaema dracontium | Green Dragon, Dragonroot, Greendragon | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade | Moist |
Arisaema triphyllum | Jack In The Pulpit, Indian Jack In The Pulpit, Jack-in-the-pulpit | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade | Wet, Moist |
Asclepias tuberosa | Butterflyweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Pleurisy Root, Chigger Flower, Chiggerweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Asimina parviflora | Smallflower Pawpaw, Small-flower Pawpaw, Dwarf Pawpaw | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Asimina triloba | Pawpaw, Common Pawpaw, Custard Apple, Indian Banana, Wild Banana | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Athyrium filix-femina | Common Lady Fern, Subarctic Lady Fern, Lady Fern, Ladyfern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Baccharis halimifolia | Groundseltree, Sea-myrtle, Consumptionweed, Eastern Baccharis, Groundsel, Groundsel Bush, Salt Marsh-elder, Salt Bush, Florida Groundsel Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Bacopa monnieri | Herb-of-grace, Water Hyssop, Coastal Water-hyssop | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Batis maritima | Turtleweed, Seaside Saltwort | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Betula nigra | River Birch, Red Birch, Black Birch, Water Birch | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Bignonia capreolata | Crossvine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Borrichia frutescens | Bushy Seaside Tansy, Ox-eye Daisy, Sea Daisy, Sea Ox-eye | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Callicarpa americana | American Beautyberry , French Mulberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Callirhoe papaver | Woodland Poppymallow, Woodland Poppy-mallow, Woodland Poppy Mallow | Perennial | Herb | ||
Campsis radicans | Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet Vine, Common Trumpet Creeper, Cow Vine, Foxglove Vine, Hellvine, Devil's Shoestring | Perennial | Vine | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Canna flaccida | Bandanna Of The Everglades, Golden Canna | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Carpinus caroliniana | American Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Water Beech, Musclewood, Ironwood | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Carya aquatica | Water Hickory, Bitter Water Hickory, Bitter Hickory, Swamp Hickory, Water Pignut Hickory, Water Pignut, Bitter Pecan | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Carya glabra | Pignut Hickory, Sweet Pignut Hickory, Coast Pignut Hickory, Pignut, Sweet Pignut, Smoothbark Hickory, Broom Hickory, Red Hickory, Swamp Hickory, Switch Hickory, Switchbud Hickory | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Castanea pumila | Allegheny Chinquapin, Allegheny Chinkapin, Chinquapin, Chinkapin | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Catalpa bignonioides | Southern Catalpa, Cigar Tree, Indian Bean | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Celtis laevigata | Sugar Hackberry, Texas Sugarberry, Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry, Lowland Hackberry, Hackberry, Palo Blanco | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Cephalanthus occidentalis | Common Buttonbush, Buttonbush, Button Willow, Honey Bells, Honeybells, Honey Balls, Honeyballs, Button-bush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud, Redbud | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Chamaecyparis thyoides | Atlantic White Cedar | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Chionanthus virginicus | White Fringetree, Fringe Tree, Snowflower Tree, Flowering Ash, Old Man's Beard, Grandfather Graybeard, Grancy Graybeard | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Cladium mariscus ssp. jamaicense | Jamaica Swamp Sawgrass, Jamaican Saw-grass, Saw-grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Clethra alnifolia | Coastal Pepperbush, Coastal Sweet Pepperbush, Coastal Sweet Pepper, Alderleaf Pepperbush, Alderleaf Clethra, Clethra, Summer Sweet | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Cliftonia monophylla | Buckwheat Tree, Buckwheat Bush | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Wet |
Conoclinium coelestinum | Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Blue Boneset | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Conradina canescens | False Rosemary, Wild Rosemary, Conradina | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | |
Coreopsis lanceolata | Lanceleaf Coreopsis, Lance-leaved Coreopsis, Lanceleaf Tickseed, Sand Coreopsis | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Coreopsis leavenworthii | Leavenworth's Tickseed, Common Tickseed | Perennial | Herb | ||
Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood, Virginia Dogwood, Florida Dogwood, White Cornel, Arrowwood, American Boxwood, False Box, St. Peter's Crown, Corona De San Pedro | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Cornus foemina | Stiff Dogwood, Swamp Dogwood | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Crataegus crus-galli | Cockspur Hawthorn, Cockspur Thorn, Newcastle Hawthorn, Newcastle Thorn, Hog Apple | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Crataegus flava | Yellowleaf Hawthorn, Yellow-leaf Hawthorn, Summer Hawthorn | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Crataegus marshallii | Parsley Hawthorn, Parsleyleaf Hawthorn | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Crataegus spathulata | Littlehip Hawthorn, Pasture Hawthorn, Smallfruit Hawthorn | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | ||
Crinum americanum | American Crinum Lily, Seven Sisters, Swamp Lily, Southern Swamp Lily, String Lily, Crinum Lily | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Cyperus odoratus | Fragrant Flatsedge, Fragrant Sedge | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Cyrilla racemiflora | Titi, Swamp Titi, Black Titi, White Titi, Red Titi, Leatherwood, Swamp Cyrilla, American Cyrilla, Burnwood Bark, Palo Colorado | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Decumaria barbara | Decumaria, Climbing Hydrangea, Woodvamp | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Diospyros virginiana | Eastern Persimmon, Common Persimmon, Possumwood, Date Plum, Winter Plum, Jove's Fruit | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Distichlis spicata | Saltgrass, Coastal Salt Grass, Inland Salt-grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Dryopteris ludoviciana | Southern Woodfern, Florida Shieldfern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Dyschoriste oblongifolia | Oblongleaf Snakeherb, Twin Flower | Perennial | Herb | ||
Echinacea purpurea | Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Equisetum hyemale | Scouring-rush Horsetail, Horsetail, Scouring Rush, Canuela | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Erythrina herbacea | Coralbean, Cherokee Bean, Red Cardinal | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Euonymus americanus | American Strawberry Bush, Strawberry Bush, Brook Euonymus, Hearts-a-burstin, Bursting Heart, Wahoo | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Fagus grandifolia | American Beech, White Beech, Red Beech, Ridge Beech, Beechnut Tree | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Forestiera acuminata | Eastern Swamp Privet, Swamp Privet, Texas Privet | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn, Carolina False Buckthorn, Yellow Buckthorn, Indian Cherry, Yellowwood | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Fraxinus americana | White Ash, American Ash, Cane Ash, Smallseed White Ash, Biltmore White Ash, Biltmore Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Fraxinus caroliniana | Carolina Ash, Pop Ash, Water Ash, Swamp Ash, Florida Ash, Poppy Ash | Perennial | Tree | Shade | |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash, Red Ash, Swamp Ash, River Ash, Water Ash, Darlington Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket, Firewheel, Girasol Rojo | Annual | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Gaylussacia dumosa | Dwarf Huckleberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina Jessamine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Poor Man's Rope | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Gleditsia triacanthos | Honey Locust, Common Honey Locust, Thorny Common Honey Locust, Honey Shucks Locust, Sweet Locust, Thorny Locust, Honey Shucks, Sweet Bean Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Gordonia lasianthus | Gordonia, Loblolly Bay | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Moist |
Halesia diptera | Two-wing Silverbell, Two-winged Silverbell, Silverbell, American Snowdrop Tree, Snowdrop Tree, Snowbell, Cowlicks | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Hamamelis virginiana | Witch-hazel, American Witch-hazel, Common Witch-hazel, Winterbloom, Snapping Hazelnut, Striped Alder, Spotted Alder, Tobacco-wood, Water-witch | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Helianthus angustifolius | Swamp Sunflower, Narrowleaf Sunflower, Narrow-leaved Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Heliopsis helianthoides | Smooth Oxeye, Oxeye Sunflower, False Sunflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Hibiscus coccineus | Scarlet Rosemallow, Crimson Rosemallow, Wild Red Mallow, Texas Star Hibiscus | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Hibiscus grandiflorus | Swamp Rose-mallow, Pink Swamp Hibiscus, Large-flowered Hibiscus | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Hibiscus moscheutos | Crimson-eyed Rose-mallow, Marshmallow Hibiscus | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Hydrangea quercifolia | Oakleaf Hydrangea, Oak-leaf Hydrangea | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | Moist |
Hydrolea corymbosa | Skyflower, Tall Hydrolea | Perennial | Herb | ||
Hypericum hypericoides | St. Andrew's-cross | Perennial | Subshrub | ||
Ilex amelanchier | Sarvis Holly, Swamp Holly | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw, Possumhaw Holly, Deciduous Holly, Meadow Holly, Prairie Holly, Swamp Holly, Welk Holly, Deciduous Yaupon, Bearberry, Winterberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ilex glabra | Inkberry, Gallberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ilex myrtifolia | Myrtle Dahoon, Myrtle Leaf Holly, Myrtle Holly | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Ilex verticillata | Common Winterberry, Winterberry, Michigan Holly, Black Alder | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Ilex vomitoria | Yaupon, Yaupon Holly, Cassina | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Illicium floridanum | Florida Anisetree, Florida Anise, Anise Tree, Stinkbush | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Illicium parviflorum | Yellow Anisetree, Small Anisetree, Star Anise | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Ipomoea pes-caprae | Railroad Vine, Goat-foot Morning Glory, Bayhops, Beach Morning Glory | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | |
Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress, Texas Plume, Red Texas Star, Red Gilia | Biennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Iris hexagona | Dixie Iris | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Iris virginica | Virginia Iris, Great Blue Flag, Southern Blue Flag | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire, Tassel-white, Virginia Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Iva frutescens | Jesuit's Bark, High-tide Bush, High-water Shrub, Marsh Elder, Bigleaf Marsh Elder | Perennial | Herb, Subshrub | Sun | Wet |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut, Eastern Black Walnut, American Black Walnut | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Juncus roemerianus | Needlegrass Rush, Black Needlerush | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar, Eastern Redcedar, Virginia Juniper, Red Juniper, Pencil Cedar, Carolina Cedar, Red Savin | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Dry |
Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola | Southern Red Cedar, Southern Redcedar, Sand Cedar, Coast Juniper | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Kalmia, Mountain-laurel | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Lachnanthes caroliana | Carolina Redroot, Paint Root | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Leucothoe axillaris | Coastal Doghobble, Coast Leucothoe | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Liatris elegans | Pink-scale Blazing Star, Pink-scale Gayfeather, Pink-scale Liatris | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Lilium catesbaei | Pine Lily, Southern Red Lily, Catesby's Lily | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum, American Sweetgum, Red Gum, White Gum, Star-leaved Gum, Starleaf Gum, Alligator Tree, Satin Walnut, Bilsted, Liquidambar | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle, Trumpet Honeysuckle, Woodbine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ludwigia repens | Creeping Primrose-willow, Floating Primrose-willow, Water Primrose | Perennial | Herb | ||
Lycium carolinianum | Carolina Wolfberry, Carolina Desert-thorn, Creeping Wolfberry, Christmas Berry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Lyonia ferruginea | Rusty Staggerbush, Dragon Tree, Tree Lyonia, Staggerbush | Perennial | Tree | ||
Lyonia fruticosa | Coastal Plain Staggerbush, Poor-grub, Rusty Lyonia | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Lyonia lucida | Shining Fetterbush, Fetterbush Lyonia, Shinyleaf, Fetterbush, Staggerbush | Perennial | Shrub | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magnolia, Loblolly Magnolia, Great Laurel Magnolia, Big Laurel, Bull Bay | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay, Sweetbay Magnolia, Southern Sweetbay, Swampbay, Swamp Magnolia, Sweet Magnolia, Small Magnolia, Laurel Magnolia, White Bay, White Laurel, Swamp Laurel, Beaver Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple, Narrowleaf Crabapple, Wild Crabapple, Southern Crab, Narrowleaf Crab, Wild Crab | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry, Twinberry, Running Box, Pigeon Plum | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Monarda punctata | Spotted Beebalm, Spotted Horsemint, Horsemint | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Morella cerifera | Wax Myrtle , Southern Wax Myrtle, Southern Bayberry, Eastern Bayberry, Bayberry, Candleberry, Tallow Shrub | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Morus rubra | Red Mulberry, Moral | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly, Hair-awn Muhly, Hairy-awn Muhly, Hair Grass, Pink Muhly | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus, Yellow Water Lotus, Yellow Lotus | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
Nuphar lutea | Yellow Pond Lily, Yellow Cow Lily, Cow Lily, Spatter Dock, Wakas | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Nymphaea mexicana | Yellow Waterlily, Yellow Water-lily, Banana Lily, Banana Waterlily, Sun Lotus | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Wet |
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 | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet |
Nyssa aquatica | Water Tupelo, Blackgum, Sourgum, Cotton Gum, Swamp Tupelo, Water Gum | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Wet |
Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear, Smooth Prickly Pear, Devil's Tongue | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Orontium aquaticum | Goldenclub, Neverwet | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Wet |
Osmanthus americanus | American Olive, Devilwood, Wild Olive | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Osmunda cinnamomea | Cinnamon Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam, American Hop-hornbeam, Woolly Hop-hornbean, Eastern Ironwood, Roughbark Ironwood, Ironwood, Deerwood, Leverwood | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood, Sorrel Tree | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Packera aurea | Golden Groundsel, Golden Ragwort, Butterweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Panicum amarum | Bitter Panicgrass, Beachgrass, Coastal Panic Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Moist |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Passiflora incarnata | Maypop, Purple Passionflower, Purple Passion Vine, Apricot Vine | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Penstemon australis | Eustis Lake Penstemon, Eustis Lake Beardtongue, Slender Penstemon, Slender Beardtongue | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Persea palustris | Swamp Bay, Swampbay | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | ||
Philadelphus inodorus | Scentless Mock Orange | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox, Louisiana Phlox, Blue Woodland Phlox, Sweet William, Wild Sweet William | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Physocarpus opulifolius | Common Ninebark, Atlantic Ninebark | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Pinckneya bracteata | Fevertree, Pinckneya, Feverbark, Poinsettia Tree, Georgia Bark | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Pinus clausa | Sand Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Pinus echinata | Shortleaf Pine, Shortleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Yellow Pine, Shortstraw Pine, Arkansas Pine, Longtag Pine, Spruce Pine, Oldfield Pine, Arkansas Soft Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pinus elliottii | Slash Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Pinus glabra | Spruce Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Pinus palustris | Longleaf Pine, Georgia Pine, Longleaf Yellow Pine, Southern Yellow Pine, Longstraw Pine, Hill Pine, Hard Pine, Heart Pine | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Pinus taeda | Loblolly Pine, Oldfield Pine, Bull Pine, Rosemary Pine | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Pityopsis graminifolia | Narrowleaf Silkgrass, Golden Aster | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Planera aquatica | Planer Tree, Water Elm | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Platanus occidentalis | American Sycamore, Eastern Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Plane Tree, Buttonwood, Buttonball Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Polygonum hydropiperoides | Swamp Smartweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Polystichum acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed, Pickerel Rush | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Prunus americana | American Plum, Wild Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus angustifolia | Chickasaw Plum, Sandhill Plum | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Prunus caroliniana | Carolina Cherry-laurel, Cherry-laurel, Laurel Cherry, Carolina Laurel Cherry | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Prunus umbellata | Flatwoods Plum, Hog Plum, Black Sloe | Perennial | Tree | Dry | |
Ptelea trifoliata | Wafer Ash, Common Hoptree, Hop Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Quercus alba | White Oak, Northern White Oak, Eastern White Oak, Stave Oak, Ridge White Oak, Forked-leaf White Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus chapmanii | Chapman Oak, Chapman's Oak | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | ||
Quercus falcata | Southern Red Oak, Bottomland Red Oak, Three-lobed Red Oak, Spanish Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus hemisphaerica | Coast Laurel Oak, Darlington Oak, Laurel Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Quercus incana | Bluejack Oak, Sandjack Oak, Upland Willow Oak, Cinnamon Oak, Shin Oak, Turkey Oak | Perennial | Shrub, Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus laevis | Turkey Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun | |
Quercus laurifolia | Laurel Oak, Swamp Laurel Oak, Darlington Oak, Diamond-leaf Oak, Laurel-leaf Oak, Water Oak, Obtusa Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Quercus lyrata | Overcup Oak, Swamp Post Oak, Water White Oak, Swamp White Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus marilandica | Blackjack Oak, Barren Oak, Black Oak, Jack Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus michauxii | Swamp Chestnut Oak, Basket Oak, Cow Oak, Swamp Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak, Chinquapin Oak, Chestnut Oak, Yellow Chestnut Oak, Rock Chestnut Oak, Yellow Oak, Rock Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Dry |
Quercus myrtifolia | Myrtle Oak | Perennial | Tree | ||
Quercus nigra | Water Oak, Possum Oak, Duck Oak, Punk Oak, Spotted Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Quercus phellos | Willow Oak, Swamp Willow Oak, Pin Oak, Peach Oak | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak, Shumard's Oak, Shumard Red Oak, Southern Red Oak, Swamp Red Oak, Spotted Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus stellata | Post Oak, Iron Oak, Cross Oak | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Quercus virginiana | Coastal Live Oak, Southern Live Oak, Virginia Live Oak, Live Oak, Encino | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ratibida pinnata | Grayhead Coneflower, Gray-headed Coneflower, Grayhead Mexican Hat, Gray-headed Mexican Hat, Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Rhapidophyllum hystrix | Needle Palm, Blue Palmetto | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Rhododendron alabamense | Alabama Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | |
Rhododendron austrinum | Orange Azalea, Florida Azalea, Yellow Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Rhododendron canescens | Mountain Azalea, Wild Azalea, Honeysuckle Azalea, Piedmont Azalea, Sweet Azalea, Hoary Azalea, Southern Pinxterflower | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Dry |
Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea, Cory Azalea, Hammock Sweet Azalea | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Wet |
Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Mountain Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, Wing-rib Sumac, Black Sumac, Upland Sumac | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Rosa palustris | Swamp Rose | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower, Orange Rudbeckia, Perennial Black-eyed Susan, Goldstrum | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan | Annual, Biennial, Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist, Dry |
Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina Wild Petunia | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Moist |
Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto, Bush Palmetto, Palmetto | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sabal palmetto | Cabbage Palmetto, Cabbage Palm | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Salix caroliniana | Coastal Plain Willow | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | |
Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Wet, Dry |
Salvia coccinea | Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage, Blood Sage, Red Sage, Indian Fire | Annual, Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Salvia lyrata | Lyreleaf Sage, Cancer Weed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras, White Sassafras, Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Mitten Tree, Saloop, Smelling Stick | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail, Lizard Tail, Breastweed, Water Dragon | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Schoenoplectus americanus | Chairmaker's Bulrush, Olney Three-square | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | ||
Schoenoplectus californicus | California Bulrush, California Club-rush, Giant Bulrush | Perennial | Herb | Sun | |
Serenoa repens | Saw Palmetto | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Sesuvium portulacastrum | Shoreline Seapurslane, Sea Purslane, Cenicilla | Perennial | Vine | ||
Sideroxylon tenax | Tough Bully, Tough Buckthorn | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Smilax smallii | Lance-leaf Greenbriar, Southern Smilax, Jacksonvine, Jacksonbriar | Perennial | Vine | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Solidago sempervirens | Seaside Goldenrod | Perennial | Herb | Sun | Moist |
Spartina alterniflora | Saltmarsh Cordgrass, Saltwater Cordgrass, Salt Cordgrass, Smooth Cordgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Spartina patens | Saltmeadow Cordgrass, Salt-meadow Cordgrass, Marsh-hay Cordgrass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |
Spigelia marilandica | Woodland Pinkroot, Pinkroot, Indian Pink | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | Dry |
Stewartia malacodendron | Silky Camellia, Virginia Stewartia, Round-fruited Stewartia | Perennial | Shrub | Shade | |
Stokesia laevis | Stokes Aster | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Styrax americanus | American Snowbell, American Snowbells, American Silverbells, Big-leaf Snowbell, Storax | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Wet |
Styrax grandifolius | Bigleaf Snowbell, Bigleaf Storax, Coast Snowbell | Perennial | Tree | ||
Taxodium ascendens | Pond Cypress | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Moist |
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 | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Taxus floridana | Florida Yew | Perennial | Tree | Shade, Part-shade | |
Thalia geniculata | Bent Alligator-flag, Arrow Root | Perennial | Herb | Part-shade | |
Tilia americana | American Basswood, American Linden, Lime Tree, Bee Tree | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Torreya taxifolia | Florida Nutmeg, Florida Torreya, Stinking-cedar, Torrey Tree, Savin, Gopher Wood, Polecat Wood, Stinking-yew | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | |
Trichostema dichotomum | Forked Bluecurls, Blue Curls | Annual | Herb | Sun | Dry |
Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern Gamagrass, Fakahatchee Grass | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Part-shade | Moist |
Ulmus alata | Winged Elm, Wahoo Elm, Cork Elm, Witch Elm | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Ulmus americana | American Elm, White Elm, Soft Elm, Water Elm, Common Elm | Perennial | Tree | Sun, Part-shade | Moist |
Ulmus crassifolia | Cedar Elm, Fall Elm, Basket Elm, Scrub Elm, Lime Elm, Texas Elm, Southern Rock Elm, Olmo | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Moist |
Uniola paniculata | Sea Oats, Seaoats | Perennial | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | |
Vaccinium arboreum | Farkleberry, Tree Sparkleberry, Sparkleberry, Winter Huckleberry, Huckleberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Vaccinium corymbosum | Highbush Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist, Dry |
Vaccinium darrowii | Darrow's Blueberry, Evergreen Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist |
Vaccinium elliottii | Elliott's Blueberry, Mayberry | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Vaccinium myrsinites | Shiny Blueberry, Evergreen Blueberry | Perennial | Shrub | ||
Vaccinium stamineum | Deerberry | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | Moist, Dry |
Vallisneria americana | American Eelgrass, Water Celery, Eelgrass, Tapegrass | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Part-shade | Wet |
Vernonia gigantea | Giant Ironweed, Tall Ironweed | Perennial | Herb | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Viburnum dentatum | Southern Arrowwood | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Moist |
Viburnum nudum | Possumhaw Viburnum, Possumhaw | Perennial | Shrub | Sun, Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Viburnum obovatum | Small-leaf Arrowwood, Walter's Viburnum | Perennial | Shrub | Part-shade | |
Viburnum rufidulum | Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, Rusty Blackhaw, Southern Blackhaw, Blackhaw, Bluehaw, Downy Viburnum, Southern Nannyberry, Rusty Nannyberry, Nannyberry | Perennial | Tree | Part-shade | Dry |
Viola lanceolata | Lance-leaf Violet, Bog White Violet | Perennial | Herb | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Vitis rotundifolia | Muscadine, Scuppernong Grape | Perennial | Vine | Part-shade | Moist |
Woodwardia areolata | Netted Chainfern, Chain Fern, Netted Chain Fern | Perennial | Fern | Shade, Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Woodwardia virginica | Virginia Chainfern, Virginia Chain Fern | Perennial | Herb, Fern | Part-shade | Wet, Moist |
Yucca aloifolia | Spanish Dagger, Spanish Bayonet, Aloe Yucca | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Yucca filamentosa | Adam's Needle | Perennial | Cactus/Succulent | Sun | Dry |
Zamia pumila | Coontie, Florida Arrowroot | Perennial | Shrub | Sun | Dry |
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Hercules Club, Pepperbark, Toothache Tree, Tickle Tongue, Prickly Ash | Perennial | Tree | Sun | Dry |
Zizania aquatica | Annual Wildrice, Wild Rice | Annual | Grass/Grass-like | Sun | Wet |