Below is a list of plants of plants we recommend for landscaping and restoration projects in and around the Pensacola area under sunny, 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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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 |
