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