Native Plants for Florida

These native plants are useful in the landscape and are commonly available at many Florida nurseries and garden centers:

Botanic Name/Common Name
Acacia farnesiana / Sweet Acacia
Acer rubrum / Red maple
Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum / Florida sugar maple
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii / Paurotis palm
Acrostichum danaeifolium / Leather fern
Aesculus pavia / Red buckeye
Agarista populifolia / Pipestem, Fetterbush
Andropogon spp. / Bluestem and Broomsedges
Annona glabra / Pond Apple
Ardisia escallonioides / Marlberry
Aristida stricta var. beyrichiana / Wiregrass
Asclepias tuberosa / Butterfly Milkweed
Asclepias perennis / Swamp Milkweed
Asimina spp. / Pawpaws
Avicennia germinans / Black Mangrove
Baccharis halimifolia / Salt Bush/ Groundsel Tree, Sea Myrtle
Bacopa spp. / Water Hyssop, Lemon Bacopa
Betula nigra / River birch
Bignonia capreolata / Cross Vine
Blechnum serrulatum / Swamp Fern
Borrichia spp. / Sea Oxeyes
Bursera simaruba / Gumbo Limbo
Callicarpa americana / Beautyberry
Calycanthus floridus / Sweetshrub
Calyptranthes pallens / Spicewood
Canna flaccida / Yellow Canna
Capparis cynophallophora / Jamacian Caper
Carpinus caroliniana / Blue Beech, Hornbeam, Musclewood
Carya aquatica / Water Hickory
Carya glabra / Pignut Hickory
Castanea pumila / Chinquapin
Celtis laevigata / Sugarberry, Hackberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis / Buttonbush
Cercis canadensis / Redbud
Chamaecyparis thyoides / Atlantic White Cedar
Chionanthus virginicus / Fringetree
Chrysobalanus icaco / Cocoplum
Chrysophyllum oliviforme / Satinleaf
Citharexylum spinosum / Fiddlewood
Cladium jamicense / Sawgrass
Clethra alnifolia / Summersweet
Coccoloba diversifolia / Pigeon Plum
Coccoloba uvifera / Seagrape
Coccothrinax argentata / Silver Palm
Conocarpus erectus / Buttonwood
Conradina spp. / Scrub Mints
Cordia sebestena / Geiger Tree
Coreopsis spp. / Tickseeds
Cornus florida / Flowering Dogwood
Cornus foemina / Swamp Dogwood
Crataegus flava / Summer Haw
Crinum americanum / String Lily
Cyrilla racemiflora / Titi
Dispyros virginiana / Persimmon
Distichlis spicata / Saltgrass
Echinacea purpurea / Purple Coneflower
Eleocharis spp. / Spikerushes
Equisetum hyemale / Horsetail, Scouring Rush
Eragrostis spp. / Lovegrass
Ernodea littoralis / Golden Creeper
Eryngium spp. / Snakeroots
Erythrina herbacea / Cherokee Bean
Eugenia spp. / Stoppers
Euonymus americanus / Strawberry Bush
Ficus aurea / Strangler Fig
Forestiera segregata / Florida Privet
Fraxinus caroliniana / Pop Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica / Green Ash
Gaillardia pulchella / Blanket Flower
Garberia heterophylla / Garberia
Gelsemium sempervirens / Carolina Jessamine
Gordonia lasianthus / Loblolly Bay
Hamamelis virginiana / Witch Hazel
Hamelia patens / Firebush
Helianthus spp. / Sunflowers
Hibiscus coccineus / Scarlet Hibiscus
Hydrangea quercifolia / Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hymenocallis latfolia / Spider Lily
Hypericm spp. / Saint John's Wort
Ilex cassine / Dahoon
Ilex glabra / Inkberry, Gallberry
Ilex opaca / American Holly
Ilex vomitoria / Yaupon
Ilex attenuata 'East Palatka' / East Palatka Holly
Illicium spp. / Anise
Ipomoea imperati / Beach Morning Glory
Ipomoea pes-caprae / Railroad Vine
Iris spp. / Blue Flag Iris, Prairie Blue Flag
Itea virginica / Virginia Willow
Iva spp. / Seaside Elder, Marsh Elder
Juncus effusus / Softrush
Juniperus virginiana / Red Cedar
Krugiodendron ferreum / Black Ironwood
Lachnanthes caroliniana / Redroot
Laguncularia racemosa / White Mangrove
Lantana invoucrata / Wild Sage
Liatris spp. / Blazing Stars, Gayfeathers
Licania michauxii / Gopher Apple
Liquidambar styraciflua / Sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera / Tulip Poplar
Lobelia cardinalis / Cardinal Flower
Lonicera sempervirens / Coral Honeysuckle
Lycium carolinianum / Christmasberry
Lyonia ferruginea / Rusty Lyonia
Lyonia lucida / Fetterbush
Lysiloma latisiliquum / Wild Tamarind
Magnolia grandiflora / Southern Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana / Sweetbay
Maulus angustifolia / Southern Crabapple
Mimosa strigillosa / Sunshine Mimosa
Morus rubra / Red Mulberry
Muhlenbergia capillaris / Muhly Grass
Myrcianthes fragrans / Simpson's Stopper
Myrica cerifera / Wax Myrtle
Nephrolepis spp. / Sword Ferns
Nymphaea odorata / Fragrant Water Lily
Nyssa spp. / Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica / Black Gum
Osmunda cinnamomea / Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda regalis / Royal Fern
Ostrya virginiana / American Hophornbeam
Panicum spp. / Panic Grass
Paspalum spp. / Jointgrass, Knotgrass
Passiflora spp. / Passionflower
Persea spp. / Red Bays
Piloblephis rigida / Florida Pennyroyal
Pinus clausa / Sand Pine
Pinus elliotii / Slash Pine
Pinus palustris / Longleaf Pine
Pinus taeda / Loblolly Pine
Platanus occidentalis / Sycamore
Polygonum spp. / Smartweed
Pontederia cordata / Pickerelweed
Prunus angustifolia / Chickasaw Plum
Prunus caroliniana / Cherry Laurel
Psychotria nervosa / Wild Coffee
Quercus alba / White Oak
Quercus hemisphaerica / Laurel Oak
Quercus laevis / Turkey Oak
Quercus laurifolia / Laurel Oak
Quercus myrtifolia / Myrtle Oak
Quercus nigra / Water Oak
Quercus shumardii / Shumard Oak
Quercus virginiana / Live Oak
Randia aculeata / White Indianberry
Rapanea punctata / Myrsine
Rhapidophyllum hystrix / Needle Palm
Rhizophora mangle / Red Mangrove
Rhododendron austrinum / Florida Azalea
Rhododendron canescens / Pinxter Azalea
Rhus copallinum / Winged Sumac
Roystonea regia / Royal Palm
Rudbeckia hirta / Black-eyed Susan
Ruellia caroliniensis / Wild Petunia
Sabal etonia / Scrub Palmetto
Sabal minor / Blue-Stem Palmetto
Sabal palmetto / Cabbage Palm
Sagittaria spp. / Arrowhead
Salix spp. / Willow
Salvia coccinea / Tropical Sage
Sassafras albidum / Sassafras
Saururus cernuus / Lizard's Tail
Scirpus spp. / Bulrush
Serenoa repens / Saw Palmetto
Sesuvium portulacastrum / Sea Purslane
Sideroxylon foetidissimum / Mastic
Sideroxylon salidifolium / Willow Bustic
Sideroxylon tenax / Tough Buckthorn
Solidago spp. / Goldenrod
Sophora tomentosa / Necklace Pod
Sorghastrum secundum / Lopsided Indiangrass
Spartina alterniflora / Smooth Cordgrass
Spartina bakeri / Sand Cordgrass
Spartina patens / Saltmeadow Cordgrass
Sporobolus virginicus / Seashore Dropseed
Stokesia laevis / Stokes' Aster
Styrax americanus / Snowbell
Suriana maritima / Bay Cedar
Swietenia mahogoni / Mahogany
Symphyotrichum carolinianum / Climbing Aster
Taxodium distichum / Bald Cypress
Thalia geniculata / Alligator Flag
Thrinax morrisii / Brittle Thatch Palm
Thrinax radiata / Florida Thatch Palm
Tripsacum dactyloides / Eastern Gamagrass
Ulmus alata / Winged Elm
Ulmus americana / American Elm
Ulmus crassifolia / Cedar Elm
Uniola paniculata / Sea Oats
Vaccinium arboreum / Sparkleberry
Vaccinium spp. / Blueberries
Viburnum dentatum / Arrowwood
Viburnum obovatum / Walter's Viburnum
Woodwardia spp. / Chain Fern
Yucca aloifolia / Spanish Bayonet
Yucca filamentosa / Adam's Needle, Beargrass
Zamia pumila / Coontie
Zanothoxylum fagara / Wild Lime
Zephyranthes atamasco / Rain Lily
Zizaniopsis miliacea / Giant Cutgrass