Natives For Your Neighborhood Florida Statewide Plant List
Plants in Zip Code 33480
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 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 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.
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Cultivated at native plant nurseries |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Trees
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Black ironwood |
Krugiodendron ferreum |
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Black mangrove |
Avicennia germinans |
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Blolly, Beeftree |
Guapira discolor |
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Buttonwood |
Conocarpus erectus |
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Cabbage palm |
Sabal palmetto |
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Coastal Plain willow |
Salix caroliniana |
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Common torchwood, Sea torchwood |
Amyris elemifera |
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Crabwood, Oysterwood |
Gymnanthes lucida |
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Dahoon holly, Dahoon |
Ilex cassine |
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Everglades velvetseed, Hammock velvetseed |
Guettarda elliptica |
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Florida fiddlewood |
Citharexylum spinosum |
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Guiana-plum |
Drypetes lateriflora |
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Gumbo-limbo |
Bursera simaruba |
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Hercules’-club |
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis |
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Inkwood, Butterbough |
Exothea paniculata |
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Ironwood, Redberry stopper |
Eugenia confusa |
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Jamaica caper-tree |
Quadrella cynophallophora |
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Lancewood |
Nectandra coriacea |
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Laurel oak, Diamond oak |
Quercus laurifolia |
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Paradisetree |
Simarouba glauca |
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Persimmon, Common persimmon |
Diospyros virginiana |
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Pigeonplum, Tietongue |
Coccoloba diversifolia |
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Pond-apple |
Annona glabra |
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Red bay |
Persea borbonia var. borbonia |
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Red mangrove |
Rhizophora mangle |
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Red mulberry |
Morus rubra |
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Rough velvetseed |
Guettarda scabra |
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Saffronplum |
Sideroxylon celastrinum |
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Satinleaf |
Chrysophyllum oliviforme |
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Seagrape |
Coccoloba uvifera |
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Seaplum |
Coccoloba x hybrida |
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Simpson’s stopper, Twinberry |
Myrcianthes fragrans |
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Soapberry |
Sapindus saponaria var. saponaria |
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Spanish stopper, Boxleaf stopper |
Eugenia foetida |
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Strangler fig, Golden fig |
Ficus aurea |
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Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry |
Celtis laevigata |
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Swamp bay |
Persea palustris |
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Virginia live oak |
Quercus virginiana |
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White mangrove |
Laguncularia racemosa |
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White stopper |
Eugenia axillaris |
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Wild mastic, False mastic |
Sideroxylon foetidissimum |
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Wild-lime, Lime prickly-ash |
Zanthoxylum fagara |
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Willow-bustic, White bully |
Sideroxylon salicifolium |
Shrubs and Woody Groundcovers
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American beautyberry |
Callicarpa americana |
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Bahama nightshade |
Solanum bahamense |
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Bastard indigobush, False indigobush |
Amorpha fruticosa |
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Baycedar |
Suriana maritima |
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Beach-creeper, Golden-creeper, Coughbush |
Ernodea littoralis |
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Blacktorch |
Erithalis fruticosa |
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Christmasberry, Carolina desertthorn |
Lycium carolinianum |
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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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Elderberry, American elder |
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis |
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Firebush |
Hamelia patens var. patens |
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Florida Keys blackbead |
Pithecellobium keyense |
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Florida privet, Florida swampprivet |
Forestiera segregata |
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Florida silver palm |
Coccothrinax argentata |
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Gopher-apple |
Licania michauxii |
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Inkberry, Beachberry, Gullfeed |
Scaevola plumieri |
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Limber caper, Bayleaf capertree |
Cynophalla flexuosa |
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Marlberry |
Ardisia escallonioides |
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Myrsine, Colicwood |
Myrsine cubana |
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Narrow varnishleaf |
Dodonaea viscosa var. angustifolia |
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Narrowleaved groundsel, Saltwater Falsewillow |
Baccharis angustifolia |
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Pineland croton, Grannybush |
Croton linearis |
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Privet senna, Privet wild sensitive plant |
Senna ligustrina |
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Saltbush, Groundsel tree, Sea-myrtle |
Baccharis halimifolia |
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Saltwort, Turtleweed |
Batis maritima |
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Saw palmetto |
Serenoa repens |
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Sea-lavender, Sea-rosemary |
Tournefortia gnaphalodes |
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Shiny-leaved wild coffee |
Psychotria nervosa |
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Shortleaf wild coffee |
Psychotria tenuifolia |
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Silver sea-oxeye-daisy, Bushy seaside oxeye |
Borrichia frutescens |
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Silverling |
Baccharis glomeruliflora |
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Small-leaved snowberry |
Chiococca parvifolia |
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St. Andrew’s-cross |
Hypericum hypericoides |
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Tough Florida bully |
Sideroxylon tenax |
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Varnishleaf, Florida hopbush |
Dodonaea viscosa var. viscosa |
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Wax myrtle, Southern Bayberry |
Myrica cerifera |
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White indigoberry |
Randia aculeata |
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Wild-sage, Buttonsage |
Lantana involucrata |
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Yellow necklacepod |
Sophora tomentosa var. truncata |
Succulents
Vines and Climbers
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Beach morningglory |
Ipomoea imperati |
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Beach-bean, Baybean, Seaside jackbean |
Canavalia rosea |
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Calusa grape |
Vitis shuttleworthii |
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Climbing hempweed, Climbing hempvine |
Mikania scandens |
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Corkystem passionflower |
Passiflora suberosa |
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Creeping-cucumber |
Melothria pendula |
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Devil’s-potato, Rubbervine |
Echites umbellatus |
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Everglades morningglory |
Ipomoea sagittata |
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Marinevine, Sorrelvine |
Cissus trifoliata |
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Mouse’s pineapple, Redgal, Yellowroot |
Morinda royoc |
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Muscadine, Muscadine grape |
Vitis rotundifolia |
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Railroad vine, Bayhops |
Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis |
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Spurred butterfly-pea |
Centrosema virginianum |
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Vine milkweed, Gulf Coast swallowwort |
Seutera angustifolia |
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Virginia-creeper, Woodbine |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
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Wild-allamanda, Hammock viperstail |
Pentalinon luteum |
Grasses, sedges, and rushes
Larges grasses, sedges, and rushes
Terrestrial wildflowers
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American bluehearts |
Buchnera americana |
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Beach clustervine, Beach Jacquemontia |
Jacquemontia reclinata |
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Beach verbena, Coastal mock vervain |
Glandularia maritima |
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Blackeyed susan |
Rudbeckia hirta |
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Blackroot |
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum |
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Blue mistflower |
Conoclinium coelestinum |
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Blue porterweed, Joee |
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis |
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Bulltongue arrowhead, lance-leaved arrowhead |
Sagittaria lancifolia |
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Butterflyweed, Butterfly milkweed |
Asclepias tuberosa |
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Button snakeroot, Button rattlenakemaster |
Eryngium yuccifolium |
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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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Chapman’s goldenrod |
Solidago odora var. chapmanii |
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Coastal rosegentian |
Sabatia calycina |
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Common blue violet |
Viola sororia |
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Curtiss’ hoarypea |
Tephrosia curtissii |
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Dense gayfeather, Blazing star |
Liatris spicata |
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East Coast dune sunflower |
Helianthus debilis subsp. debilis |
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False-mint, Sixangle foldwing |
Dicliptera sexangularis |
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Florida tickseed |
Coreopsis floridana |
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Forked bluecurls |
Trichostema dichotomum |
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Hammock snakeroot |
Ageratina jucunda |
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Leavenworth’s goldenrod |
Solidago leavenworthii |
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Leavenworth’s tickseed |
Coreopsis leavenworthii |
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Lizard’s tail |
Saururus cernuus |
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Low rattlebox |
Crotalaria pumila |
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Mangrove spiderlily, Perfumed spiderlily |
Hymenocallis latifolia |
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Manyflower beardtongue |
Penstemon multiflorus |
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Marsh gentian, Seaside gentian, Catchfly prairie-gentian |
Eustoma exaltatum |
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Mild water-pepper, Swamp smartweed |
Polygonum hydropiperoides |
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Narrowleaf blueeyed-grass |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium |
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Narrowleaf silkgrass |
Pityopsis graminifolia |
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Narrowleaf yellowtops |
Flaveria linearis |
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Oakleaf fleabane, Southern fleanbane |
Erigeron quercifolius |
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Partridge pea |
Chamaecrista fasciculata |
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Perennial sea-purslane, Shoreline seapurslane |
Sesuvium portulacastrum |
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Pickerelweed |
Pontederia cordata |
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Pinebarren frostweed |
Crocanthemum corymbosum |
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Pineland heliotrope |
Heliotropium polyphyllum |
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Pinepink |
Bletia purpurea |
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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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Rabbitbells |
Crotalaria rotundifolia |
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Rein orchid, Toothpetal false reinorchid |
Habenaria floribunda |
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Rice button aster, Bushy aster |
Symphyotrichum dumosum |
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Rose-of-Plymouth |
Sabatia stellaris |
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Rosy camphorweed |
Pluchea baccharis |
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Scorpionstail |
Heliotropium angiospermum |
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Seaside goldenrod |
Solidago sempervirens |
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Seaside heliotrope, Salt heliotrope |
Heliotropium curassavicum |
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Skyflower |
Hydrolea corymbosa |
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Slender gayfeather, Blazing star |
Liatris gracilis |
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Snow squarestem |
Melanthera nivea |
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Southern river sage, Creeping sage |
Salvia misella |
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Swamp milkweed |
Asclepias incarnata |
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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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Tea-blinkum, Sanddune cinchweed |
Pectis glaucescens |
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Tropical-puff |
Neptunia pubescens |
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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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Waterspider false reinorchid |
Habenaria repens |
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Whitemouth dayflower |
Commelina erecta |
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Wild pennyroyal |
Piloblephis rigida |
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Yellow joyweed |
Alternanthera flavescens |
Large terrestrial wildflowers
Other terrestrial groundcovers
Ferns and similar
Large ferns
Floating and submerged aquatic herbs
Epiphytes
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