Natives For Your Neighborhood Plant List
Plants in Zip Code 33031
Below is a list of the cultivated native plants for this zip code. These plants, all within their natural ranges in this geographic area, are appropriate for use in landscaping here. By planting these native species, you will not only create a low-maintenance landscape to enjoy, but you will also contribute to the conservation and restoration of South 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). You can then choose a habitat, and view a list of plants for that specific habitat. This way, you can try your hand at restoring a native plant habitat in your yard or project site. Habitat lists also include some hard to grow natives and natives with narrow habitat requirements, such as strictly coastal species, that may not be included on your main zip code list.
To view detailed information on the horticultural requirements and landscaping uses of the plants as well as photos for most species, click on any plant name.
|
Widely cultivated |
|
Cultivated at native plant nurseries |
|
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Trees
|
Black ironwood |
Krugiodendron ferreum |
|
Blolly, Beeftree |
Guapira discolor |
|
Cabbage palm |
Sabal palmetto |
|
Coastal Plain willow |
Salix caroliniana |
|
Coffee colubrina, Greenheart |
Colubrina arborescens |
|
Crabwood, Oysterwood |
Gymnanthes lucida |
|
Dahoon holly, Dahoon |
Ilex cassine |
|
Everglades velvetseed, Hammock velvetseed |
Guettarda elliptica |
|
Florida fiddlewood |
Citharexylum spinosum |
|
Gumbo-limbo |
Bursera simaruba |
|
Inkwood, Butterbough |
Exothea paniculata |
|
Krug’s holly, Tawnyberry holly |
Ilex krugiana |
|
Lancewood |
Nectandra coriacea |
|
Paradisetree |
Simarouba glauca |
|
Persimmon, Common persimmon |
Diospyros virginiana |
|
Pigeonplum, Tietongue |
Coccoloba diversifolia |
|
Pond cypress |
Taxodium ascendens |
|
Pond-apple |
Annona glabra |
|
Red mulberry |
Morus rubra |
|
Rough velvetseed |
Guettarda scabra |
|
Satinleaf |
Chrysophyllum oliviforme |
|
Short-leaf fig, Wild banyan tree |
Ficus citrifolia |
|
South Florida slash pine |
Pinus elliottii var. densa |
|
Spicewood, Pale lidflower |
Calyptranthes pallens |
|
Strangler fig, Golden fig |
Ficus aurea |
|
Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry |
Celtis laevigata |
|
Swamp bay |
Persea palustris |
|
Sweet-bay |
Magnolia virginiana |
|
Twinberry, Simpson’s stopper |
Myrcianthes fragrans |
|
Virginia live oak |
Quercus virginiana |
|
West Indian cherry |
Prunus myrtifolia |
|
White stopper |
Eugenia axillaris |
|
Wild mastic, False mastic |
Sideroxylon foetidissimum |
|
Wild-lime, Lime prickly-ash |
Zanthoxylum fagara |
|
Wild-tamarind, False tamarind |
Lysiloma latisiliquum |
|
Willow-bustic, White bully |
Sideroxylon salicifolium |
Shrubs and Woody Groundcovers
|
American beautyberry |
Callicarpa americana |
|
Bahama senna, Chapman's wild sensitive plant |
Senna mexicana var. chapmanii |
|
Coastalplain St. John’s-wort |
Hypericum brachyphyllum |
|
Coco-plum |
Chrysobalanus icaco |
|
Common buttonbush |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
|
Common snowberry, Milkberry |
Chiococca alba |
|
Coralbean, Cherokee bean |
Erythrina herbacea |
|
Deering partridge pea |
Chamaecrista deeringiana |
|
Elderberry, American elder |
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis |
|
Firebush |
Hamelia patens var. patens |
|
Florida privet, Florida swampprivet |
Forestiera segregata |
|
Florida shrub thoroughwort, Shrub eupatorium |
Koanophyllon villosum |
|
Florida silver palm |
Coccothrinax argentata |
|
Gopher-apple |
Licania michauxii |
|
Locustberry |
Byrsonima lucida |
|
Longstalked-stopper |
Mosiera longipes |
|
Marlberry |
Ardisia escallonioides |
|
Mullein nightshade |
Solanum donianum |
|
Myrsine, Colicwood |
Myrsine cubana |
|
Pineland acacia |
Vachellia farnesiana var. pinetorum |
|
Pineland croton, Grannybush |
Croton linearis |
|
Pineland snowberry |
Chiococca pinetorum |
|
Pricklypear |
Opuntia humifusa |
|
Privet senna, Privet wild sensitive plant |
Senna ligustrina |
|
Quailberry, Christmasberry |
Crossopetalum ilicifolium |
|
Running oak |
Quercus pumila |
|
Saltbush, Groundsel tree, Sea-myrtle |
Baccharis halimifolia |
|
Saw palmetto |
Serenoa repens |
|
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 |
|
Wax myrtle, Southern Bayberry |
Myrica cerifera |
|
White indigoberry |
Randia aculeata |
|
Wild-sage, Buttonsage |
Lantana involucrata |
Herbs
|
Alligatorflag, Fireflag |
Thalia geniculata |
|
Alligatorlily |
Hymenocallis palmeri |
|
American bluehearts |
Buchnera americana |
|
American white waterlily |
Nymphaea odorata |
|
Arrowfeather threeawn |
Aristida purpurascens |
|
Bahama ladder brake |
Pteris bahamensis |
|
Ball-moss |
Tillandsia recurvata |
|
Banded wild-pine, Twisted airplant |
Tillandsia flexuosa |
|
Big floatingheart |
Nymphoides aquatica |
|
Blackroot |
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum |
|
Blue mistflower |
Conoclinium coelestinum |
|
Blue paspalum, Blue crowngrass |
Paspalum caespitosum |
|
Blue porterweed, Joee |
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis |
|
Brittle maidenhair |
Adiantum tenerum |
|
Brownhair snoutbean |
Rhynchosia cinerea |
|
Bulltongue arrowhead, lance-leaved arrowhead |
Sagittaria lancifolia |
|
Butterflyweed, Butterfly milkweed |
Asclepias tuberosa |
|
Candyweed, Showy milkwort |
Polygala violacea |
|
Carolina Mosquito Fern |
Azolla caroliniana |
|
Chapman's goldenrod |
Solidago odora var. chapmanii |
|
Clasping aster, Scaleleaf aster |
Symphyotrichum adnatum |
|
Coastal plain hawkweed |
Hieracium megacephalon |
|
Coontie, Florida arrowroot |
Zamia integrifolia |
|
Creeping primrosewillow |
Ludwigia repens |
|
Dense gayfeather, Blazing star |
Liatris spicata |
|
Denseflower knotweed |
Polygonum glabrum |
|
Dollarweed, Dollarleaf |
Rhynchosia reniformis |
|
Dotted smartweed |
Polygonum punctatum |
|
Eastern gamagrass, Fakahatchee grass |
Tripsacum dactyloides |
|
Elliott’s fanpetals |
Sida elliottii |
|
Elliott’s love grass |
Eragrostis elliottii |
|
False nettle, Bog hemp, Button-hemp |
Boehmeria cylindrica |
|
Fewflower milkweed |
Asclepias lanceolata |
|
Florida butterfly orchid |
Encyclia tampensis |
|
Florida coastal indigo |
Indigofera miniata var. florida |
|
Florida diamond flowers |
Stenaria nigricans var. floridana |
|
Florida five-petalled leafflower |
Phyllanthus pentaphyllus var. floridanus |
|
Florida gamagrass |
Tripsacum floridanum |
|
Florida hoarypea |
Tephrosia florida |
|
Florida ironweed |
Vernonia blodgettii |
|
Florida whitetop |
Rhynchospora floridensis |
|
Forked bluecurls |
Trichostema dichotomum |
|
Frostweed, White crownbeard |
Verbesina virginica |
|
Giant goldenrod |
Solidago leavenworthii |
|
Giant leather fern |
Acrostichum danaeifolium |
|
Giant sword fern |
Nephrolepis biserrata |
|
Giant wild-pine, Giant airplant |
Tillandsia utriculata |
|
Glade lobelia |
Lobelia glandulosa |
|
Golden canna, Bandana-of-the-everglades |
Canna flaccida |
|
Golden polypody |
Phlebodium aureum |
|
Green arum, Green arrow arum |
Peltandra virginica |
|
Gulf Coast spikerush |
Eleocharis cellulosa |
|
Gulfdune paspalum |
Paspalum monostachyum |
|
Knotted spikerush |
Eleocharis interstincta |
|
Leavenworth’s tickseed |
Coreopsis leavenworthii |
|
Lemon hyssop, Lemon bacopa, Blue waterhyssop |
Bacopa caroliniana |
|
Long strap fern |
Campyloneurum phyllitidis |
|
Lopsided Indiangrass |
Sorghastrum secundum |
|
Low rattlebox |
Crotalaria pumila |
|
Maidencane |
Panicum hemitomon |
|
Marsh fern |
Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens |
|
Mild water-pepper, Swamp smartweed |
Polygonum hydropiperoides |
|
Muhlygrass, Hairawn muhly |
Muhlenbergia capillaris |
|
Musky mint, Clustered bushmint |
Hyptis alata |
|
Narrowleaf blueeyed-grass |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium |
|
Narrowleaf silkgrass |
Pityopsis graminifolia |
|
Narrowleaf yellowtops |
Flaveria linearis |
|
Narrow-leaved goldenrod, Wand goldenrod |
Solidago stricta |
|
Narrow-leaved waterwillow |
Justicia angusta |
|
Nash’s blueeyed-grass |
Sisyrinchium nashii |
|
Needleleaf witchgrass |
Dichanthelium aciculare |
|
Pickerelweed |
Pontederia cordata |
|
Pine fern, Maidenhair pineland fern |
Anemia adiantifolia |
|
Pine-hyacinth |
Clematis baldwinii |
|
Pineland blackanthers |
Melanthera parvifolia |
|
Pineland clustervine |
Jacquemontia curtissii |
|
Pineland euphorbia, Lesser Florida spurge |
Euphorbia polyphylla |
|
Pineland heliotrope |
Heliotropium polyphyllum |
|
Pineland poinsettia, Pineland spurge |
Euphorbia pinetorum |
|
Pineland-allamanda, Pineland golden trumpet |
Angadenia berteroi |
|
Pinepink |
Bletia purpurea |
|
Pineywoods dropseed |
Sporobolus junceus |
|
Pink purslane, Kiss-me-quick |
Portulaca pilosa |
|
Pinklet |
Stenandrium dulce |
|
Piriqueta, Pitted stripeseed |
Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana |
|
Purple thistle |
Cirsium horridulum |
|
Queensdelight |
Stillingia sylvatica |
|
Rabbitbells |
Crotalaria rotundifolia |
|
Redtop panicum |
Panicum rigidulum |
|
Reflexed wild-pine, Northern needleleaf |
Tillandsia balbisiana |
|
Resurrection fern |
Pleopeltis polypodioides var. michauxiana |
|
Rhizomatous bluestem |
Schizachyrium rhizomatum |
|
Rockland twinflower, Pineland snakeherb |
Dyschoriste angusta |
|
Rose-of-Plymouth |
Sabatia stellaris |
|
Rosy camphorweed |
Pluchea baccharis |
|
Royal fern |
Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis |
|
Sand cordgrass |
Spartina bakeri |
|
Saw-grass, Jamaica swamp sawgrass |
Cladium jamaicense |
|
Seaside goldenrod |
Solidago sempervirens |
|
Skyflower |
Hydrolea corymbosa |
|
Slender gayfeather, Blazing star |
Liatris gracilis |
|
Smallcane, Florida tibisee, Wild-bamboo |
Lasiacis divaricata |
|
Soft-leaved wild-pine, Leatherleaf airplant |
Tillandsia variabilis |
|
Softstem bulrush |
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
|
Southeastern sneezeweed |
Helenium pinnatifidum |
|
Southern shield fern |
Thelypteris kunthii |
|
Southern-fleabane, Oakleaf fleabane |
Erigeron quercifolius |
|
Spanish-moss |
Tillandsia usneoides |
|
Spatterdock, Yellow Pondlily |
Nuphar lutea subsp. advena |
|
Splitbeard bluestem |
Andropogon ternarius |
|
Starrush whitetop |
Rhynchospora colorata |
|
Stiff-leaved wild-pine, Cardinal airplant |
Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica |
|
Swamp fern, Toothed midsorus fern |
Blechnum serrulatum |
|
Swamp-lily, Seven-sisters, String-lily |
Crinum americanum |
|
Sweetscent |
Pluchea odorata |
|
Switchgrass |
Panicum virgatum |
|
Tea-blinkum, Sanddune cinchweed |
Pectis glaucescens |
|
Thickleaf wild petunia |
Ruellia succulenta |
|
Thin-leaved wild-pine, Southern needleleaf |
Tillandsia setacea |
|
Tropical-puff |
Neptunia pubescens |
|
Turkey tangle fogfruit, Capeweed, Frogfruit |
Phyla nodiflora |
|
Twisted wild-pine, Potbelly airplant |
Tillandsia paucifolia |
|
Variable witchgrass |
Dichanthelium commutatum |
|
Vente conmigo |
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis |
|
Virginia saltmarsh mallow |
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos |
|
Walter’s groundcherry |
Physalis walteri |
|
Water dropwort, Water cowbane |
Tiedemannia filiformis |
|
Water hyssop, Herb-of-grace |
Bacopa monnieri |
|
White sunbonnets |
Chaptalia albicans |
|
Whitemouth dayflower |
Commelina erecta |
|
Whitetassels |
Dalea carnea var. carnea |
|
Whorled milkweed |
Asclepias verticillata |
|
Wild Boston fern |
Nephrolepis exaltata |
|
Wild-coco |
Eulophia alta |
|
Wood sage, Canadian germander |
Teucrium canadense |
|
Woodsgrass, Basketgrass |
Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. setarius |
Vines and Climbers
|
