Here we separate the plants into functional groups including trees, shrubs, herbs, grass and grasses-likes, ferns and fern-likes that grow best in sun to part sun conditions with dry soils. We then have the scientific name sorted alphabetically by genus.
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Cartrema americanum |
wild olive |
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Carya pallida |
sand hickory |
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Carya tomentosa |
mockernut hickory |
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Pinus clausa |
sand pine |
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Quercus geminata |
sand live oak |
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Quercus laevis |
turkey oak |
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Quercus margarettae |
sand post oak |
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Quercus myrtifolia |
myrtle oak |
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Quercus stellata |
post oak |
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Carya glabra |
pignut hickory |
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Diospyros virginiana |
common persimmon |
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Juniperus virginiana |
red cedar |
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Liquidambar styraciflua |
sweetgum |
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Pinus palustris |
longleaf pine |
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Prunus caroliniana |
chickasaw plum |
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Quercus hemisphaerica |
sand laurel oak, laurel oak, Darlington oak, laurel-leaf oak |
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Quercus incana |
bluejack oak |
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Quercus laurifolia |
laurel oak; diamond oak; darlington oak |
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Ilex opaca var. opaca |
American holly |
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Quercus nigra |
water oak |
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Sabal palmetto |
cabbage palm |
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Magnolia grandiflora |
southern magnolia |
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Prunus angustifolia |
chickasaw plum |
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Ulmus alata |
winged elm |
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Shrubs |
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Calamintha coccinea |
scarlet calamint |
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Calamintha dentata |
florida calamint |
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Conradina canescens |
false rosemary |
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Crataegus michauxii |
michaux's hawthorn |
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Lyonia ferruginea |
rusty staggerbush |
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Callicarpa americana |
american beautyberry |
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Hypericum hypericoides |
st.andrew's-cross |
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Ilex vomitoria |
yaupon |
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Gaylussacia frondosa |
blue huckleberry |
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Serenoa repens |
saw palmetto |
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Sideroxylon lanuginosum |
gum bully |
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Vaccinium arboreum |
sparkleberry; farkleberry |
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Quercus chapmanii |
chapman's oak |
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Rhus copallinum |
winged sumac |
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Vaccinium darrowii |
darrow's blueberry |
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Vaccinium myrsinites |
shiny blueberry |
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Vaccinium stamineum |
deerberry |
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Forbs |
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Achillea millefolium |
yarrow |
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Agalinis fasciculata |
beach false foxglove |
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Agalinis spp. |
foxglove |
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Amsonia ciliata |
fringed bluestar |
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Aphanostephus skirrhobasis |
lazy daisy |
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Argemone albiflora |
bluestem pricklypoppy |
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Asclepias verticillata |
whorled milkweed |
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Baptisia alba |
white wild indigo |
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Asclepias humistrata |
sandhill milkweed |
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Baptisia lanceolata |
gopherweed |
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Asclepias tuberosa |
butterflyweed |
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Astragalus villosus |
bearded milkvetch |
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Aureolaria flava |
smooth yellow false foxglove |
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Aureolaria pectinata |
fernleaf yellow false foxglove |
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Balduina angustifolia |
coastalplain honeycombhead |
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Cnidoscolus stimulosus |
tread-softly |
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Baptisia hirsuta |
hairy florida wild indigo |
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Coreopsis lanceolata |
lanceleaf tickseed |
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Bejaria racemosa |
tarflower |
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Berlandiera pumila |
soft greeneyes |
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Coreopsis leavenworthii |
leavenworth's tickseed |
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Cakile lanceolata |
coastal searocket |
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Chamaecrista fasciculata |
partridge pea |
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Elephantopus elatus |
tall elephantsfoot |
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Chrysopsis gossypina |
hairy goldenaster |
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Chrysopsis mariana |
maryland goldenaster |
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Commelina erecta |
whitemouth dayflower |
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Coreopsis major |
greater tickseed |
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Erythrina herbacea |
coralbean; cherokee bean |
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Crocanthemum carolinianum |
carolina frostweed |
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Crocanthemum corymbosum |
pinebarren frostweed |
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Crotalaria rotundifolia |
rabbitbells |
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Croton argyranthemus |
silver croton |
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Croton punctatus |
gulf croton |
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Dalea pinnata |
summer farewell |
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Rhynchosia spp. |
snoutbean |
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Ruellia caroliniensis |
carolina wild petunia |
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Ruellia spp. |
wild petunia |
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Salvia coccinea |
tropical sage; blood sage |
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Tradescantia ohiensis |
bluejacket; ohio spiderwort |
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Scutellaria integrifolia |
helmet skullcap |
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Forelichia floridana |
prairie cottonweed, Florida snakecotton, large cottonweed, field snakecotton, or plains snakecotton |
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Sericocarpus tortifolius |
whitetop aster; dixie aster |
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Sesuvium portulacastrum |
shoreline seapurslane |
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Silphium asteriscus |
starry rosinweed |
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Gaillardia pulchella |
firewheel |
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Geobalanus oblongifolius |
gopher apple |
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Tephrosia spicata |
spiked hoarypea |
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Helenium amarum |
spanish daisy; bitterweed |
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Helianthus debilis |
dune sunflower |
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Heliotropium angiospermum |
scorpionstail |
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Tradescantia hirsutiflora |
hairyflower spiderwort |
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Yucca filamentosa |
adam's needle |
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Ipomopsis rubra |
standingcypress; spanish larkspur |
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Iva imbricata |
seacoast marshelder |
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Lantana depressa |
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Lantana involucrata |
buttonsage |
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Liatris tenuifolia |
shortleaf gayfeather |
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Linaria canadensis |
canadian licorice-root |
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Salvia lyrata |
lyreleaf sage |
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Lupinus diffusus |
skyblue lupine |
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Lupinus perennis |
sundial lupine |
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Lupinus villosus |
lady lupine |
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Lupinus westianus var. westianus |
beckner's lupine; mcfarlin's lupine |
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Monarda punctata |
spotted beebalm |
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Opuntia pusilla |
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Opuntia stricta |
erect pricklypear; shell-mound pricklypear |
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Paronychia erecta |
squareflower |
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Penstemon multiflorus |
manyflower beardtongue |
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Physalis walteri |
walter's groundcherry |
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Pityopsis aspera |
pineland silkgrass |
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Pityopsis graminifolia |
narrowleaf silkgrass |
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Polygonum nesomii |
largeflower jointweed; sandhill wireweed |
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Polygonum polygamum var. polygamum |
october flower |
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Pterocaulon pycnostachyum |
blackroot |
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Seymeria |
blacksenna |
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Solidago odora |
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Tephrosia chrysophylla |
scurf hoarypea |
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Trichostema dichotomum |
forked bluecurls |
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Yucca aloifolia |
spanish bayonet; aloe yucca |
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Andropogon gerardii |
big bluestem |
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Andropogon ternarius |
splitbeard bluestem |
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Andropogon virginicus |
broomsedge bluestem |
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Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus |
chalky bluestem |
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Distichlis spicata |
saltgrass |
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Eragrostis elliottii |
elliott's lovegrass |
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Dichanthelium spp. |
witchgrass |
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Eragrostis spectabilis |
purple lovegrass |
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Muhlenbergia capillaris |
hairawn muhly |
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Aristida stricta |
wiregrass |
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Schizachyrium scoparium |
little bluestem |
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Paspalum spp. |
crowngrass |
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Schizachyrium tenerum |
slender bluestem |
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Tridens flavus |
purpletop tridens |
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Panicum amarum |
bitter panicgrass |
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Scleria spp. |
nutrush |
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Schizachyrium maritimum |
gulf bluestem |
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Sporobolus junceus |
pineywoods dropseed |
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Uniola paniculata |
seaoats |
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Ferns |
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Pteridium aquilinum |
bracken |
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Zamia integrifolia |
florida arrowroot; coontie |
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Pleopeltis michauxiana |
resurrection fern |
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Vines |
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Clematis virginiana |
virginsbower |
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Ipomoea imperati |
beach morning-glory |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis |
railroad vine; bayhops |
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Clematis reticulata |
netleaf leather-flower |
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Ipomoea hederifolia |
scarletcreeper |
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Campsis radicans |
trumpet creeper |
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Passiflora incarnata |
seashore paspalum |
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Gelsemium sempervirens |
yellow jessamine; carolina jessamine; evening trumpetflower |
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Vitis rotundifolia |
muscadine |
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Hymenocallis latifolia |
mangrove spiderlily; perfumed spiderlily |
