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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

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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Widely cultivated
Cultivated at native plant nurseries
Common Name Scientific Name

Trees
Bald cypress  Taxodium distichum
Cabbage palm  Sabal palmetto
Coastal Plain willow  Salix caroliniana
Dahoon holly, Dahoon  Ilex cassine
Gumbo-limbo  Bursera simaruba
Persimmon, Common persimmon  Diospyros virginiana
Pond cypress  Taxodium ascendens
Pond-apple  Annona glabra
Red maple  Acer rubrum
Red mulberry  Morus rubra
Satinleaf  Chrysophyllum oliviforme
Strangler fig, Golden fig  Ficus aurea
Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry  Celtis laevigata
Swamp bay  Persea palustris
Sweet-bay  Magnolia virginiana
Virginia live oak  Quercus virginiana
Water ash, Carolina ash, Pop ash  Fraxinus caroliniana
Wild-lime, Lime prickly-ash  Zanthoxylum fagara

Shrubs and Woody Groundcovers
American beautyberry  Callicarpa americana
Atlantic St. John's-wort Hypericum reductum
Coastalplain St. John’s-wort Hypericum brachyphyllum
Coastalplain staggerbush  Lyonia fruticosa
Coco-plum  Chrysobalanus icaco
Common buttonbush  Cephalanthus occidentalis
Common snowberry, Milkberry  Chiococca alba
Coralbean, Cherokee bean  Erythrina herbacea
Dwarf black-huckleberry, Dwarf huckleberry  Gaylussacia dumosa
Elderberry, American elder  Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis
Feay’s palafox  Palafoxia feayi
Fetterbush  Lyonia lucida
Firebush  Hamelia patens var. patens
Fourpetal St. John’s-wort Hypericum tetrapetalum
Gallberry, Inkberry  Ilex glabra
Gopher-apple  Licania michauxii
Marlberry  Ardisia escallonioides
Myrsine, Colicwood  Myrsine cubana
Privet senna, Privet wild sensitive plant  Senna ligustrina
Roundpod St. John's-wort Hypericum cistifolium
Saltbush, Groundsel tree, Sea-myrtle  Baccharis halimifolia
Sandweed, Peelbark St. John’s-wort Hypericum fasciculatum
Saw palmetto  Serenoa repens
Shiny blueberry  Vaccinium myrsinites
Shiny-leaved wild coffee  Psychotria nervosa
Shortleaf wild coffee  Psychotria tenuifolia
Silverling Baccharis glomeruliflora
St. Andrew’s-cross  Hypericum hypericoides
Swamp hibiscus, Swamp rosemallow  Hibiscus grandiflorus
Tarflower  Bejaria racemosa
Wax myrtle, Southern Bayberry  Myrica cerifera

Vines and Climbers
Calusa grape Vitis shuttleworthii
Climbing aster  Symphyotrichum carolinianum
Climbing hempweed, Climbing hempvine  Mikania scandens
Corkystem passionflower  Passiflora suberosa
Everglades morningglory  Ipomoea sagittata
Groundnut  Apios americana
Muscadine, Muscadine grape  Vitis rotundifolia
Spurred butterfly-pea Centrosema virginianum
Virginia-creeper, Woodbine  Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Grasses, sedges, and rushes
Chalky bluestem  Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus
Elliott’s love grass  Eragrostis elliottii
Giant whitetop Rhynchospora latifolia
Gulf Coast spikerush Eleocharis cellulosa
Knotted spikerush  Eleocharis interstincta
Pineywoods dropseed  Sporobolus junceus
Purple love grass  Eragrostis spectabilis
Southern wiregrass  Aristida stricta
Splitbeard bluestem Andropogon ternarius
Starrush whitetop  Rhynchospora colorata
Woodsgrass, Basketgrass  Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. setarius

Larges grasses, sedges, and rushes
Eastern gamagrass, Fakahatchee grass  Tripsacum dactyloides
Sand cordgrass  Spartina bakeri
Saw-grass, Jamaica swamp sawgrass  Cladium jamaicense

Terrestrial wildflowers
Alligatorlily Hymenocallis palmeri
American bluehearts Buchnera americana
Bay lobelia Lobelia feayana
Blackeyed susan  Rudbeckia hirta
Blackroot Pterocaulon pycnostachyum
Bloodroot, Carolina redroot  Lachnanthes caroliniana
Blue mistflower  Conoclinium coelestinum
Bog white violet  Viola lanceolata
Bulltongue arrowhead, lance-leaved arrowhead  Sagittaria lancifolia
Butterflyweed, Butterfly milkweed  Asclepias tuberosa
Camphorweed Heterotheca subaxillaris
Canada toadflax Linaria canadensis
Candyweed, Showy milkwort Polygala violacea
Coastal plain hawkweed Hieracium megacephalon
Coastalplain goldenaster  Chrysopsis scabrella
Fewflower milkweed  Asclepias lanceolata
Florida paintbrush, Coastalplain chaffhead  Carphephorus corymbosus
Forked bluecurls  Trichostema dichotomum
Garber’s gayfeather  Liatris garberi
Glade lobelia  Lobelia glandulosa
Green arum, Green arrow arum  Peltandra virginica
Lemon hyssop, Lemon bacopa, Blue waterhyssop  Bacopa caroliniana
Mild water-pepper, Swamp smartweed  Polygonum hydropiperoides
Mock bishopsweed, Herbwilliam  Ptilimnium capillaceum
Musky mint, Clustered bushmint Hyptis alata
Narrowleaf blueeyed-grass  Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Narrowleaf silkgrass  Pityopsis graminifolia
Narrow-leaved waterwillow  Justicia angusta
Nash’s blueeyed-grass Sisyrinchium nashii
Ovateleaf indian plantain  Arnoglossum ovatum
Pickerelweed  Pontederia cordata
Pinebarren goldenrod  Solidago fistulosa
Pine-hyacinth  Clematis baldwinii
Pineland heliotrope Heliotropium polyphyllum
Pink purslane, Kiss-me-quick  Portulaca pilosa
Pitted stripeseed  Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana
Purple thistle  Cirsium horridulum
Queensdelight Stillingia sylvatica
Rose-of-Plymouth Sabatia stellaris
Rosy camphorweed  Pluchea baccharis
Skyflower Hydrolea corymbosa
Slender gayfeather, Blazing star  Liatris gracilis
Slender goldenrod Euthamia caroliniana
Southeastern sneezeweed Helenium pinnatifidum
Swamp-lily, Seven-sisters, String-lily  Crinum americanum
Sweet Shaggytuft, Pinklet  Stenandrium dulce
Sweetscent Pluchea odorata
Turkey tangle fogfruit, Capeweed, Frogfruit  Phyla nodiflora
Walter’s groundcherry  Physalis walteri
Wand goldenrod  Solidago stricta
Water hyssop, Herb-of-grace  Bacopa monnieri
White lobelia Lobelia paludosa
Whitemouth dayflower Commelina erecta
Whitetassels  Dalea carnea var. carnea
Wild pennyroyal  Piloblephis rigida
Wild-coco Eulophia alta
Wood sage, Canadian germander  Teucrium canadense
Yellow colicroot  Aletris lutea
Yellow-buttons, Coastalplain Honeycombhead  Balduina angustifolia

Large terrestrial wildflowers
Alligatorflag, Fireflag  Thalia geniculata
Golden canna, Bandana-of-the-everglades  Canna flaccida
Virginia saltmarsh mallow  Kosteletzkya pentacarpos

Other terrestrial groundcovers
Creeping primrosewillow  Ludwigia repens
False nettle, Bog hemp, Button-hemp  Boehmeria cylindrica
Vente conmigo  Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis

Other large terrestrial groundcovers
Common cat-tail, Broadleaf cattail  Typha latifolia

Ferns and similar
Cinnamon fern  Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
Marsh fern Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens
Southern shield fern  Thelypteris kunthii
Swamp fern, Toothed midsorus fern  Blechnum serrulatum
Sword fern, Wild Boston fern  Nephrolepis exaltata
Virginia chain fern  Woodwardia virginica

Large ferns
Giant leather fern  Acrostichum danaeifolium

Floating and submerged aquatic herbs
American white waterlily  Nymphaea odorata
Big floatingheart Nymphoides aquatica
Carolina Mosquito Fern Azolla caroliniana

Epiphytes
Ball-moss Tillandsia recurvata
Florida butterfly orchid Encyclia tampensis
Giant wild-pine, Giant airplant Tillandsia utriculata
Golden polypody  Phlebodium aureum
Long strap fern Campyloneurum phyllitidis
Reflexed wild-pine Tillandsia balbisiana
Resurrection fern Pleopeltis polypodioides var. michauxiana
Spanish-moss Tillandsia usneoides
Stiff-leaved wild-pine, Cardinal airplant Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica
Thin-leaved wild-pine, Southern needleleaf Tillandsia setacea



 
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