Below is a list of plants of plants we recommend for landscaping and restoration projects in and around the Pensacola area under shady, moist conditions. Many of these plants are sold by native plant nurseries, local nurseries, and from other plant vendors. Still others may be acquired from members or collected ethically with a land owner’s permission.
We recommend supporting a plant vendor within the Florida Association of Native Plant Nurseries (FANN) but other nurseries also sell these plants. This list is designed as a first step in choosing a plant for your site and not as a blanket recommendation. For more information about these plants please visit the FNPS website or use another trusted source.
Here we break plants up into functional groups including trees, shrubs, herbs, grass and grasses-likes, ferns and fern-likes. We then have the scientific name sorted alphabetically by genus.
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Trees |
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Aesculus pavia |
red buckeye |
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Carpinus caroliniana |
american hornbeam |
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Cornus asperifolia |
roughleaf dogwood |
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Halesia carolina |
carolina silverbell |
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Hamamelis virginiana |
american witchhazel |
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Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia |
myrtle dahoon |
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Illicium floridanum |
florida anisetree; florida anise |
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Kalmia latifolia |
mountain laurel |
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Magnolia acuminata |
cucumbertree |
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Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei |
bigleaf magnolia; ashe's magnolia |
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Magnolia pyramidata |
pyramid magnolia |
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Ostrya virginiana |
eastern hophornbeam |
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Amelanchier arborea |
common serviceberry |
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Cercis canadensis |
eastern redbud |
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Sabal minor |
dwarf palmetto; bluestem palm |
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Cornus amomum |
silky dogwood |
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Cornus florida |
flowering dogwood |
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Cornus foemina |
swamp dogwood |
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Halesia diptera |
two-wing silverbell |
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Ilex coriacea |
large gallberry; sweet gallberry |
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Ilex decidua |
possumhaw |
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Ilex opaca var. opaca |
American holly |
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Magnolia grandiflora |
southern magnolia |
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Ilex cassine var. cassine |
dahoon |
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Prunus angustifolia |
chickasaw plum |
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Taxus floridana |
florida yew |
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Styrax americanus |
american snowbell |
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Styrax grandifolius |
bigleaf snowbell |
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Symplocos tinctoria |
common sweetleaf; horse sugar |
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Shrubs |
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Calycanthus floridus |
eastern sweetshrub |
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Euonymus americanus |
american strawberrybush |
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Hydrangea quercifolia |
oakleaf hydrangea; graybeard |
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Itea virginica |
virginia willow; virginia sweetspire |
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Leucothoe axillaris |
coastal doghobble |
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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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Pieris phyllyreifolia |
fetterbush |
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Fothergilla gardenii |
dwarf fothergilla or coastal fothergilla |
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Hamelia patens |
firebush |
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Serenoa repens |
saw palmetto |
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Crataegus marshallii |
parsley hawthorn |
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Sideroxylon lanuginosum |
gum bully |
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Morella cerifera |
evergreen bayberry; northern bayberry |
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Rhododendron canescens |
sweet pinxter azalea; mountain azalea |
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Lyonia lucida |
fetterbush |
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Vaccinium arboreum |
sparkleberry; farkleberry |
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Viburnum dentatum |
mapleleaf viburnum |
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Rhapidophyllum hystrix |
needle palm |
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Viburnum obovatum |
walter's viburnum; small-leaf viburnum |
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Viburnum rufidulum |
rusty blackhaw |
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Rhododendron alabamense |
alabama azalea |
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Rhododendron austrinum |
florida flame azalea; orange azalea |
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Rhododendron viscosum |
swamp azalea |
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Stewartia malacodendron |
silky camellia |
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Viburnum acerifolium |
mapleleaf viburnum |
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Viburnum nudum |
possumhaw |
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Forbs |
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Aquilegia canadensis |
wild columbine |
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Arisaema dracontium |
green dragon |
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Arisaema triphyllum |
jack-in-the-pulpit |
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Asarum arifolium |
wild ginger |
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Conoclinium coelestinum |
blue mistflower |
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Elephantopus elatus |
tall elephantsfoot |
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Erythrina herbacea |
coralbean; cherokee bean |
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Houstonia procumbens |
innocence; roundleaf bluet |
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Salvia lyrata |
lyreleaf sage |
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Phlox divaricata |
wild blue phlox |
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Ruellia caroliniensis |
carolina wild petunia |
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Rivina humilis |
rougeplant |
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Rudbeckia laciniata |
cutleaf coneflower |
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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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Viola palmata |
early blue violet |
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Heliopsis helianthoides var. gracilis |
smooth oxeye |
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Scutellaria incana |
hoary skullcap |
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Vernonia gigantea |
giant ironweed |
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Viola sororia |
common blue violet |
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Iris verna var. smalliana |
dwarf violet iris |
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Lobelia cardinalis |
cardinalflower |
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Mitchella repens |
partridgeberry; twinberry |
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Sanguinaria canadensis |
american elder; elderberry |
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Spigelia marilandica |
woodland pinkroot |
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Trillium spp. |
wakerobin |
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Verbesina virginica |
white crownbeard; frostweed |
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Viola lanceolata |
bog white violet |
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Viola primulifolia |
primroseleaf violet |
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Grasses |
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Chasmanthium latifolium |
indian woodoats |
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Chasmanthium laxum |
slender woodoats |
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Chasmanthium sessiliflorum |
longleaf woodoats |
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Chasmanthium spp. |
woodoats |
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Dichanthelium commutatum |
panic grass |
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Dichanthelium spp. |
witchgrass |
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Arundinaria gigantea |
switchcane |
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Carex spp. |
sedge |
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Oplismenus setarius |
woodsgrass; basketgrass |
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Ferns |
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Adiantum capillus-veneris |
southern maidenhair |
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Zamia integrifolia |
florida arrowroot; coontie |
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Asplenium platyneuron |
ebony spleenwort |
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Athyrium filix-femina |
southern lady fern |
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Botrychium biternatum |
southern grape-fern |
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Nephrolepis exaltata |
sword fern; wild boston fern |
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Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis |
royal fern |
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Osmundastrum cinnamomeum |
cinnamon fern |
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Polystichum acrostichoides |
christmas fern |
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Psilotum nudum |
whisk-fern |
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Telmatoblechnum serrulatum |
toothed midsorus fern; swamp fern |
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Thelypteris dentata |
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Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor |
hairy maiden fern |
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Thelypteris kunthii |
widespread maiden fern; southern shield fern |
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Woodwardia areolata |
netted chain fern |
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Woodwardia virginica |
virginia chain fern |
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Vines |
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Aristolochia serpentaria |
virginia snakeroot |
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Aristolochia tomentosa |
woolly dutchman's-pipe |
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Passiflora lutea |
yellow passionflower |
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Passiflora suberosa |
corkystem passionflower |
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Bignonia capreolata |
crossvine |
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Campsis radicans |
trumpet creeper |
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Gelsemium sempervirens |
yellow jessamine; carolina jessamine; evening trumpetflower |
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Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
virginia creeper; woodbine |
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Smilax pumila |
sarsaparilla vine |
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Gelsemium rankinii |
rankin's jessamine; swamp jessamine |
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Epiphytes |
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Phlebodium aureum |
golden polypody |
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Aquatic |
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Hymenocallis latifolia |
mangrove spiderlily; perfumed spiderlily |
