Here we separate plants into functional groups including trees, shrubs, herbs, grass and grasses-likes, ferns and fern-likes that grow best in sun to part-sun and moist soils. We then have the scientific name sorted alphabetically by genus.
Trees |
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Acer negundo |
box elder |
Acer rubrum |
red maple |
Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum |
Florida maple |
Alnus serrulata |
hazel alder |
Amelanchier arborea |
common serviceberry |
Aralia spinosa |
devil's walkingstick |
Asimina parviflora |
smallflower pawpaw |
Betula nigra |
river birch |
Carya cordiformis |
bitternut hickory |
Carya glabra |
pignut hickory |
Castanea dentata |
american chestnut |
Catalpa bignonioides |
southern catalpa |
Celtis laevigata |
sugarberry |
Celtis occidentalis |
hackberry |
Cercis canadensis |
eastern redbud |
Chamaecyparis thyoides |
atlantic white cedar |
Cliftonia monophylla |
black titi |
Cornus amomum |
silky dogwood |
Cornus florida |
flowering dogwood |
Cornus foemina |
swamp dogwood |
Diospyros virginiana |
common persimmon |
Fagus grandifolia |
american beech |
Fraxinus americana |
white ash |
Fraxinus caroliniana |
carolina ash; water ash; pop ash |
Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
green ash; pumpkin ash |
Gleditsia triacanthos |
honey locust |
Halesia diptera |
two-wing silverbell |
Ilex cassine var. cassine |
dahoon |
Ilex coriacea |
large gallberry; sweet gallberry |
Ilex decidua |
possumhaw |
Ilex glabra |
inkberry; gallberry |
Ilex opaca var. opaca |
American holly |
Juniperus virginiana |
red cedar |
Liquidambar styraciflua |
sweetgum |
Liriodendron tulipifera |
tuliptree; yellow poplar |
Magnolia grandiflora |
southern magnolia |
Morus rubra |
red mulberry |
Nyssa sylvatica |
blackgum |
Oxydendrum arboreum |
sourwood |
Persea borbonia var. borbonia |
red bay |
Pinckneya bracteata |
fevertree |
Pinus echinata |
shortleaf pine; yellow pine |
Pinus elliottii |
slash pine |
Pinus glabra |
spruce pine |
Pinus palustris |
longleaf pine |
Pinus taeda |
pond pine |
Platanus occidentalis |
american sycamore; american planetree |
Prunus angustifolia |
chickasaw plum |
Prunus caroliniana |
chickasaw plum |
Prunus serotina |
chickasaw plum |
Prunus umbellata |
flatwoods plum; hog plum |
Quercus alba |
white oak |
Quercus austrina |
bastard white oak |
Quercus falcata |
spanish oak; southern red oak |
Quercus hemisphaerica |
sand laurel oak, laurel oak, Darlington oak, laurel-leaf oak |
Quercus incana |
bluejack oak |
Quercus laurifolia |
laurel oak; diamond oak; darlington oak |
Quercus lyrata |
overcup oak |
Quercus michauxii |
basket oak; swamp chestnut oak |
Quercus minima |
dwarf live oak |
Quercus nigra |
water oak |
Quercus phellos |
willow oak |
Quercus prinoides |
dwarf chinquapin oak |
Quercus pumila |
running oak |
Quercus shumardii |
shumard's oak |
Quercus virginiana |
live oak |
Sabal palmetto |
cabbage palm |
Styrax americanus |
american snowbell |
Styrax grandifolius |
bigleaf snowbell |
Symplocos tinctoria |
common sweetleaf; horse sugar |
Taxodium ascendens |
pond-cypress |
Taxodium distichum |
bald-cypress |
Ulmus alata |
winged elm |
Ulmus americana |
american elm |
Ulmus crassifolia |
cedar elm |
Ulmus rubra |
slippery elm |
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis |
hercules-club |
Shrubs |
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Amorpha fruticosa |
bastard flase indigo |
Aronia arbutifolia |
red chokeberry |
Asimina triloba |
common pawpaw |
Baccharis angustifolia |
saltwater falsewillow |
Baccharis glomeruliflora |
silverling |
Baccharis halimifolia |
saltbush |
Borrichia frutescens |
bushy seaside oxeye |
Callicarpa americana |
american beautyberry |
Ceanothus americanus |
new jersey tea |
Ceanothus microphyllus |
littleleaf buckbrush |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
common buttonbush |
Clethra alnifolia |
coastal sweetpepperbush |
Crataegus marshallii |
parsley hawthorn |
Crataegus viridis |
green hawthorn |
Fothergilla gardenii |
dwarf fothergilla or coastal fothergilla |
Gaylussacia frondosa |
blue huckleberry |
Gaylussacia mosieri |
woolly huckleberry |
Hamelia patens |
firebush |
Hypericum cistifolium |
roundpod st.john's-wort |
Hypericum hypericoides |
st.andrew's-cross |
Hypericum myrtifolium |
myrtleleaf st.john's-wort |
Hypericum tetrapetalum |
fourpetal st.john's-wort |
Ilex verticillata |
common winterberry |
Ilex vomitoria |
yaupon |
Kalmia hirsuta |
wicky; hairy laurel |
Lyonia lucida |
fetterbush |
Morella caroliniensis |
evergreen bayberry; northern bayberry |
Morella cerifera |
evergreen bayberry; northern bayberry |
Morella inodora |
odorless bayberry |
Philadelphus inodorus |
scentless mockorange |
Rhododendron canescens |
sweet pinxter azalea; mountain azalea |
Rhus copallinum |
winged sumac |
Salix caroliniana |
carolina willow; coastalplain willow |
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis |
american elder; elderberry |
Sassafras albidum |
sassafras |
Senna obtusifolia |
coffeeweed; sicklepod |
Serenoa repens |
saw palmetto |
Sideroxylon lanuginosum |
gum bully |
Sideroxylon reclinatum subsp. reclinatum |
florida bully |
Sideroxylon thornei |
georgia bully; thorne's buckthorn |
Vaccinium arboreum |
sparkleberry; farkleberry |
Vaccinium corymbosum |
highbush blueberry |
Viburnum dentatum |
mapleleaf viburnum |
Viburnum obovatum |
walter's viburnum; small-leaf viburnum |
Viburnum rufidulum |
rusty blackhaw |
Forb |
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Achillea millefolium |
yarrow |
Agalinis fasciculata |
beach false foxglove |
Agalinis spp. |
foxglove |
Agave virginica |
fale aloe |
Allium canadense var. canadense |
wild onion |
Asclepias amplexicaulis |
clasping milkweed |
Asclepias incarnata |
swamp milkweed |
Asclepias lanceolata |
fewflower milkweed |
Asclepias perennis |
swamp milkweed |
Asclepias verticillata |
whorled milkweed |
Baptisia alba |
white wild indigo |
Baptisia lanceolata |
gopherweed |
Baptisia megacarpa |
apalachicola wild indigo |
Batis maritima |
saltwort |
Boltonia asteroides |
white doll's daisy |
Carphephorus odoratissimus |
vanillaleaf |
Carphephorus paniculatus |
hairy chaffhead |
Carphephorus pseudoliatris |
bristleleaf chaffhead |
Chaptalia tomentosa |
woolly sunbonnets |
Cirsium horridulum |
purple thistle |
Cnidoscolus stimulosus |
tread-softly |
Conoclinium coelestinum |
blue mistflower |
Coreopsis gladiata |
coastalplain tickseed |
Coreopsis lanceolata |
lanceleaf tickseed |
Coreopsis leavenworthii |
leavenworth's tickseed |
Coreopsis linifolia |
texas tickseed |
Coreopsis nudata |
georgia tickseed |
Echinacea purpurea |
eastern purple coneflower |
Elephantopus elatus |
tall elephantsfoot |
Erigeron quercifolius |
oakleaf fleabane |
Eryngium aquaticum |
rattlesnakemaster |
Eryngium integrifolium |
blueflower eryngo |
Eryngium prostratum |
creeping eryngo |
Eryngium yuccifolium |
button rattlesnakemaster; button eryngo |
Erythrina herbacea |
coralbean; cherokee bean |
Eupatorium rotundifolium |
roundleaf thoroughwort; false horehound |
Euphorbia heterophylla |
fiddler's spurge |
Gaylussacia dumosa |
dwarf huckleberry |
Helenium vernale |
savannah sneezeweed |
Helianthus angustifolius |
narrowleaf sunflower; swamp sunflower |
Helianthus radula |
stiff sunflower |
Hibiscus aculeatus |
comfortroot |
Hibiscus coccineus |
scarlet rosemallow |
Hibiscus grandiflorus |
swamp rosemallow |
Hibiscus laevis |
halberdleaf rosemallow |
Hibiscus moscheutos |
crimsoneyed rosemallow |
Houstonia procumbens |
innocence; roundleaf bluet |
Hydrocotyle umbellata |
manyflower marshpennywort |
Iva frutescens |
bigleaf sumpweed |
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos |
virginia saltmarsh mallow |
Liatris gracilis |
slender gayfeather |
Liatris spicata |
dense gayfeather |
Liatris squarosa |
scaly gayfeather |
Ludwigia spp. |
primrosewillow |
Marshallia graminifolia |
grassleaf barbara's buttons |
Mimosa strigillosa |
powderpuff |
Oenothera laciniata |
cutleaf eveningprimrose |
Oenothera simulans |
southern beeblossom |
Packera glabella |
butterweed |
Penstemon australis |
eustis lake beardtongue |
Phlox divaricata |
wild blue phlox |
Phlox pilosa |
downy phlox |
Phyla nodiflora |
turkey tangle fogfruit; capeweed |
Piriqueta cistoides subsp. caroliniana |
pitted stripeseed |
Pityopsis oligantha |
grassleaf goldenaster |
Pycnanthemum spp. |
mountainmint |
Rhexia mariana |
pale meadowbeauty; maryland meadowbeauty |
Rhexia nashii |
maid marian |
Rhexia spp. |
meadowbeauty |
Rhynchosia spp. |
snoutbean |
Rivina humilis |
rougeplant |
Rudbeckia fulgida |
orange coneflower |
Rudbeckia hirta |
blackeyed susan |
Rudbeckia laciniata |
cutleaf coneflower |
Rudbeckia mollis |
softhair coneflower |
Rudbeckia triloba |
browneyed susan |
Ruellia caroliniensis |
carolina wild petunia |
Ruellia spp. |
wild petunia |
Saccharum spp. |
plumegrass |
Salvia azurea |
azure blue sage |
Salvia coccinea |
tropical sage; blood sage |
Salvia lyrata |
lyreleaf sage |
Scutellaria integrifolia |
helmet skullcap |
Sericocarpus tortifolius |
whitetop aster; dixie aster |
Sesuvium portulacastrum |
shoreline seapurslane |
Silphium asteriscus |
starry rosinweed |
Silphium compositum |
kidneyleaf rosinweed |
Sisyrinchium angustifolium |
narrowleaf blue-eyed grass |
Solidago sempervirens |
seaside goldenrod |
Solidago stricta |
wand goldenrod |
Stillingia sylvatica |
queensdelight |
Stokesia laevis |
stokes' aster |
Stylosanthes biflora |
sidebeak pencilflower |
Symphyotrichum adnatum |
scaleleaf aster |
Tephrosia spicata |
spiked hoarypea |
Tephrosia virginiana |
goat's rue |
Tephrosia virginiana |
goat's rue |
Tetragontheca helianthoides |
pineland nerveray; squarehead |
Teucrium canadense |
wood sage; canadian germander |
Tradescantia hirsutiflora |
hairyflower spiderwort |
Tradescantia ohiensis |
bluejacket; ohio spiderwort |
Triodanis perfoliata |
clasping venus' looking-glass |
Vernonia gigantea |
giant ironweed |
Viola palmata |
early blue violet |
Viola sororia |
common blue violet |
Yucca filamentosa |
adam's needle |
Zephyranthes atamasca |
atamasco lily; rainlily |
Grasses |
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Amphicarpum muehlenbergianum |
blue maidencane |
Andropogon glomeratus |
bushy bluestem |
Aristida stricta |
wiregrass |
Arundinaria gigantea |
switchcane |
Carex spp. |
sedge |
Cladium jamaicense |
jamaica swamp sawgrass |
Coleataenia longifolia |
ciliate redtop panicum |
Cyperus odoratus |
fragrant flatsedge |
Dichanthelium spp. |
witchgrass |
Elymus virginicus |
virginia wildrye |
Eragrostis spectabilis |
purple lovegrass |
Hypoxis juncea |
fringed yellow stargrass |
Muhlenbergia capillaris |
hairawn muhly |
Panicum hemitomon |
maidencane |
Panicum virgatum |
maidencane |
Paspalum distichum |
knotgrass |
Paspalum spp. |
crowngrass |
Paspalum vaginatum |
seashore paspalum |
Rhynchospora colorata |
starrush whitetop |
Rhynchospora latifolia |
giant whitetop |
Rhynchospora spp. |
beaksedge |
Rhynchospora tracyi |
tracy's beaksedge |
Saccharum alopecuroides |
silver plumegrass |
Saccharum giganteum |
sugarcane plumegrass |
Schizachyrium scoparium |
little bluestem |
Schizachyrium stoloniferum |
creeping little bluestem |
Schizachyrium tenerum |
slender bluestem |
Scleria spp. |
nutrush |
Sorghastrum nutans |
yellow indiangrass |
Sorghastrum secundum |
lopsided indiangrass |
Spartina alterniflora |
saltmarsh cordgrass; smooth cordgrass |
Spartina bakeri |
sand cordgrass |
Spartina patens |
marshhay cordgrass; saltmeadow cordgrass |
Spartina spartinae |
gulf cordgrass |
Sporobolus virginicus |
seashore dropseed |
Tridens flavus |
purpletop tridens |
Tripsacum dactyloides |
eastern gamagrass; fakahatcheegrass |
Tripsacum floridanum |
florida mock gamagrass; florida tripsacum |
Epiphyte |
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Pleopeltis michauxiana |
resurrection fern |
Tillandsia recurvata |
ballmoss |
Tillandsia usneoides |
spanish moss |
Fern |
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Equisetum hyemale var. affine |
scouring-rush |
Pteridium aquilinum |
bracken |
Zamia integrifolia |
florida arrowroot; coontie |
Vine |
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Bignonia capreolata |
crossvine |
Campsis radicans |
trumpet creeper |
Centrosema virginianum |
spurred butterfly pea |
Clematis crispa |
swamp leather-flower |
Clematis reticulata |
netleaf leather-flower |
Gelsemium rankinii |
rankin's jessamine; swamp jessamine |
Gelsemium sempervirens |
yellow jessamine; carolina jessamine; evening trumpetflower |
Ipomoea hederifolia |
scarletcreeper |
Lonicera sempervirens |
coral honeysuckle; trumpet honeysuckle |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
virginia creeper; woodbine |
Passiflora incarnata |
seashore paspalum |
Rubus spp. |
dewberry |
Smilax pumila |
sarsaparilla vine |
Vitis aestivalis |
summer grape |
Vitis rotundifolia |
muscadine |
Wisteria frutescens |
american wisteria |
Aquatic |
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Hymenocallis latifolia |
mangrove spiderlily; perfumed spiderlily |