Natives For Your Neighborhood Florida Statewide Plant List
Plants in Hendry County
Below is a list of cultivated native plants for this ZIP code. These plants, all within their natural range in this geographic area, are appropriate for use in landscaping here. By planting these native species, you can not only create a low-maintenance and sustainable landscape to enjoy, but you will also increase your contribution to the conservation and restoration of Florida’s environment. (For more on this, click here.)
To take gardening with natives a step further, you can learn about the native plant habitats that are appropriate for your area (click the back button to view a list of those habitats where available). As of 2022, these lists are available for South Florida, and for some coastal upland ecosystems along the east coast. Where available, you can choose a habitat, and view a list of plants for that specific habitat or native ecosystem. This way, you can try your hand at restoring a native plant ecosystem in your yard or at a project site. Habitat lists also include some hard to grow natives and natives with narrow habitat requirements, such as strictly coastal or rare species, that may not be included on your main zip code list.
To view detailed information, including the horticultural requirements and landscaping uses of the plants as well as photos for most species, click on any plant name.
This county list is useful for:
· Street, highway, and other roadside plantings
· Parking lot plantings
· General native plant projects requiring only common native species
· Large-scale countywide plantings
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The ZIP code plant lists (found by entering your ZIP code at left) are useful for:
· Home, school, and office plantings
· Ecological restoration and rehabilitation
projects (see also habitat lists)
· Planting projects in and near conservation areas and parks
· Mitigation projects
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Cultivated at native plant nurseries |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Trees
Shrubs and Woody Groundcovers
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American beautyberry |
Callicarpa americana |
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Atlantic St. John's-wort |
Hypericum reductum |
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Coastalplain St. John’s-wort |
Hypericum brachyphyllum |
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Coastalplain staggerbush |
Lyonia fruticosa |
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Coco-plum |
Chrysobalanus icaco |
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Common buttonbush |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
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Common snowberry, Milkberry |
Chiococca alba |
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Coralbean, Cherokee bean |
Erythrina herbacea |
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Dwarf black-huckleberry, Dwarf huckleberry |
Gaylussacia dumosa |
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Elderberry, American elder |
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis |
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Feay’s palafox |
Palafoxia feayi |
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Fetterbush |
Lyonia lucida |
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Firebush |
Hamelia patens var. patens |
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Fourpetal St. John’s-wort |
Hypericum tetrapetalum |
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Gallberry, Inkberry |
Ilex glabra |
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Gopher-apple |
Licania michauxii |
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Marlberry |
Ardisia escallonioides |
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Myrsine, Colicwood |
Myrsine cubana |
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Privet senna, Privet wild sensitive plant |
Senna ligustrina |
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Roundpod St. John's-wort |
Hypericum cistifolium |
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Saltbush, Groundsel tree, Sea-myrtle |
Baccharis halimifolia |
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Sandweed, Peelbark St. John’s-wort |
Hypericum fasciculatum |
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Saw palmetto |
Serenoa repens |
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Shiny blueberry |
Vaccinium myrsinites |
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Shiny-leaved wild coffee |
Psychotria nervosa |
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Shortleaf wild coffee |
Psychotria tenuifolia |
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Silverling |
Baccharis glomeruliflora |
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St. Andrew’s-cross |
Hypericum hypericoides |
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Swamp hibiscus, Swamp rosemallow |
Hibiscus grandiflorus |
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Tarflower |
Bejaria racemosa |
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Wax myrtle, Southern Bayberry |
Myrica cerifera |
Vines and Climbers
Grasses, sedges, and rushes
Larges grasses, sedges, and rushes
Terrestrial wildflowers
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Alligatorlily |
Hymenocallis palmeri |
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American bluehearts |
Buchnera americana |
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Bay lobelia |
Lobelia feayana |
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Blackeyed susan |
Rudbeckia hirta |
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Blackroot |
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum |
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Bloodroot, Carolina redroot |
Lachnanthes caroliniana |
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Blue mistflower |
Conoclinium coelestinum |
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Bog white violet |
Viola lanceolata |
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Bulltongue arrowhead, lance-leaved arrowhead |
Sagittaria lancifolia |
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Butterflyweed, Butterfly milkweed |
Asclepias tuberosa |
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Camphorweed |
Heterotheca subaxillaris |
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Canada toadflax |
Linaria canadensis |
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Candyweed, Showy milkwort |
Polygala violacea |
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Coastal plain hawkweed |
Hieracium megacephalon |
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Coastalplain goldenaster |
Chrysopsis scabrella |
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Fewflower milkweed |
Asclepias lanceolata |
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Florida paintbrush, Coastalplain chaffhead |
Carphephorus corymbosus |
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Forked bluecurls |
Trichostema dichotomum |
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Garber’s gayfeather |
Liatris garberi |
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Glade lobelia |
Lobelia glandulosa |
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Green arum, Green arrow arum |
Peltandra virginica |
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Lemon hyssop, Lemon bacopa, Blue waterhyssop |
Bacopa caroliniana |
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Mild water-pepper, Swamp smartweed |
Polygonum hydropiperoides |
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Mock bishopsweed, Herbwilliam |
Ptilimnium capillaceum |
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Musky mint, Clustered bushmint |
Hyptis alata |
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Narrowleaf blueeyed-grass |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium |
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Narrowleaf silkgrass |
Pityopsis graminifolia |
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Narrow-leaved waterwillow |
Justicia angusta |
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Nash’s blueeyed-grass |
Sisyrinchium nashii |
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Ovateleaf indian plantain |
Arnoglossum ovatum |
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Pickerelweed |
Pontederia cordata |
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Pinebarren goldenrod |
Solidago fistulosa |
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Pine-hyacinth |
Clematis baldwinii |
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Pineland heliotrope |
Heliotropium polyphyllum |
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Pink purslane, Kiss-me-quick |
Portulaca pilosa |
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Pitted stripeseed |
Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana |
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Purple thistle |
Cirsium horridulum |
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Queensdelight |
Stillingia sylvatica |
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Rose-of-Plymouth |
Sabatia stellaris |
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Rosy camphorweed |
Pluchea baccharis |
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Skyflower |
Hydrolea corymbosa |
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Slender gayfeather, Blazing star |
Liatris gracilis |
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Slender goldenrod |
Euthamia caroliniana |
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Southeastern sneezeweed |
Helenium pinnatifidum |
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Swamp-lily, Seven-sisters, String-lily |
Crinum americanum |
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Sweet Shaggytuft, Pinklet |
Stenandrium dulce |
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Sweetscent |
Pluchea odorata |
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Turkey tangle fogfruit, Capeweed, Frogfruit |
Phyla nodiflora |
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Walter’s groundcherry |
Physalis walteri |
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Wand goldenrod |
Solidago stricta |
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Water hyssop, Herb-of-grace |
Bacopa monnieri |
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White lobelia |
Lobelia paludosa |
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Whitemouth dayflower |
Commelina erecta |
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Whitetassels |
Dalea carnea var. carnea |
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Wild pennyroyal |
Piloblephis rigida |
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Wild-coco |
Eulophia alta |
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Wood sage, Canadian germander |
Teucrium canadense |
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Yellow colicroot |
Aletris lutea |
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Yellow-buttons, Coastalplain Honeycombhead |
Balduina angustifolia |
Large terrestrial wildflowers
Other terrestrial groundcovers
Other large terrestrial groundcovers
Ferns and similar
Large ferns
Floating and submerged aquatic herbs
Epiphytes
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