Native range
Native plants of Florida
133 wild species and 18 plant groups in the BloomsEye library grow wild somewhere in Florida, read from Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS. The 97 garden forms of them are listed apart below, each naming its wild parent.
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How this list is made
Derived from each plant's native-range record, checked against Kew's World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS with every decision on a ledger; Florida is read off the record's own range, and the order is how many of the state's counties record each plant, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 151 plants, 139 have been checked against outside sources (6 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.
Range data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 4.0, adapted) and USDA PLANTS. How the native range is credited.
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How many of the state's 67 counties record each wild species growing wild, from USDA PLANTS: a plant recorded in many counties is widespread in Florida; one recorded in few may be local, or simply under-recorded. A county's absence is not evidence a plant is absent. 130 of the wild species carry a county record here.
- American Beautyberry
- Inkberry Holly
- Southern Wax Myrtle
- Bald Cypress
- Buttonbush
- Royal Fern
- Red Maple
- Blue Mistflower
- Cinnamon Fern
- Live Oak
- Virginia Sweetspire
- Common Persimmon
- American Elderberry
- Butterfly Weed
- Rattlesnake Master
- Common Black-Eyed Susan
- Carolina Jessamine
- Sweetbay Magnolia
- Sweetgum
- Dense Blazing Star
- Red Chokeberry
- Virginia Creeper
- Little Bluestem
- Soft Rush
- Swamp Sunflower
- American Holly
- Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
- Switchgrass
- Trumpet Vine
- Whorled Milkweed
- Southern Magnolia
- Coral Honeysuckle
- White Fringetree
- Eastern Red Cedar
- Purple Lovegrass
- American Hornbeam
- Possumhaw Viburnum
- Yaupon Holly
- Annual Phlox
- Lavender Annual Phlox
- Peach Annual Phlox
- Purple Annual Phlox
- Red Annual Phlox
- Swamp Azalea
- White Annual Phlox
- Adam's Needle
- Red Buckeye
- Tropical Sage
- Cardinal Flower
- Flowering Dogwood
- Boston Fern
- Possumhaw Holly
- American Linden
- Black Gum
- Common Witch Hazel
- Crossvine
- Pink Muhly Grass
- New Jersey Tea
- Arrowwood
- River Birch
- Eastern Redbud
- Summersweet
- White Wild Indigo
- Coast Leucothoe
- Swamp Milkweed
- Tulip Tree
- Hardy Hibiscus
- Hollow Joe Pye Weed
- Southern Blue Flag
- American Hophornbeam
- Brome-Like Sedge
- Eastern Bluestar
- Indiangrass
- Christmas Fern
- Lady Fern
- Smooth Solomon's Seal
- Sensitive Fern
- Mountain Laurel
- Cherokee Sedge
- Downy Serviceberry
- Northern Sea Oats
- White Oak
- Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
- Carolina Allspice
- Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Common Sneezeweed
- Honeylocust
- Spicebush
- Golden Alexanders
- Willow Oak
- Indian Pink
- New York Ironweed
- Chinkapin Oak
- Mapleleaf Viburnum
- Silver Maple
- Sweet Joe Pye Weed
- White-Tinged Sedge
- Winterberry
- Yellow Anise
- Carolina Rose
- Perennial Black-Eyed Susan
- Silky Dogwood
- Smooth Sumac
- Common Pawpaw
- Dwarf Fothergilla
- Green and Gold
- Pagoda Dogwood
- Roundleaf Ragwort
- Brown-Eyed Susan
- Eastern Red Columbine
- Golden Ragwort
- Woodland Phlox
- Allegheny Spurge
- Blue Wood Sedge
- Cucumbertree Magnolia
- Fragrant Sumac
- Gray-Headed Coneflower
- Gray's Sedge
- Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
- Ninebark
- Purple Coneflower
- Rosy Sedge
- Smooth Blue Aster
- Smooth Hydrangea
- Culver's Root
- False Solomon's Seal
- Mayapple
- Shrubby St. John's Wort
- Sideoats Grama
- Wild Geranium
Garden forms of Florida natives
97 garden forms, each a named selection of a species that grows wild in Florida and each naming its wild parent. A garden form is not the wild plant, so it is listed here and never counted above.
- Alba Gayfeather
- Alice Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Amber Jubilee
- Amethyst Falls Wisteria
- Annabelle
- Appalachian Red
- Aquavita Juniper
- Autumn Colors
- Autumn Sun Coneflower
- Baby Joe Dwarf Joe Pye Weed
- Bananappeal Anise Tree
- Barbara Ann Climbing Hydrangea
- Bayside Bonito Southern Wax Myrtle
- Berry Heavy
- Berry Poppins
- Berry Scape Aronia
- Blackhawks Big Bluestem
- Blackjack Gold Black-Eyed Susan
- Blaze
- Blue Blaze Viburnum
- Blue Moon Wisteria
- Blue Moon Woodland Phlox
- Blue Muffin Viburnum
- Bordeaux Dwarf Yaupon Holly
- Brandywine Viburnum
- Bridesmaid Mountain Laurel
- Carol Mountain Laurel
- Carousel Mountain Laurel
- Cherokee Brave
- Cherokee Chief
- Cherokee Princess
- Cherry Brandy
- Chicklet Gold Tecoma
- Cloud Nine
- Coconut Lime
- Color Guard Yucca
- Coppertina
- Crimson Comet Buttonbush
- Crimson Trumpet
- Densa Inkberry
- Denver Daisy
- Diabolo
- DreamScape Hydrangea
- Dressed To Thrill Crossvine
- Early Sunrise
- Elf Mountain Laurel
- Falling Waters
- Fireworks Goldenrod
- Flame Thrower
- Forest Pansy
- Goldilocks
- Goldsturm
- Green Jewel
- Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac
- Hearts of Gold
- Heavy Metal
- Henry's Garnet Sweetspire
- Hummingbird
- Incrediball Hydrangea
- Indian Summer
- Invincibelle Spirit II Hydrangea
- Lavender Twist
- Little Devil
- Little Gem Magnolia
- Little Henry Sweetspire
- Luna Pink Swirl
- Luna White
- Magnus
- Major Wheeler
- Northwind
- Nugget
- Peve Minaret
- Pink Double Delight
- Pink Spire
- PowWow Wild Berry
- Prairie Sun
- Red Sprite
- River Mist
- Royal White Redbud
- Ruby Falls
- Ruby Spice
- Sarah Mountain Laurel
- Shamrock Inkberry Holly
- Shawnee Brave
- Shenandoah
- Sixteen Candles
- Snowcicle Hydrangea
- Sugar Shack Buttonbush
- Summer Wine
- The Rising Sun
- Tiny Wine
- Toto Gold
- Twilight Zone
- Vanilla Spice
- White Swan
- Winter Gold
- Winter Red
Plant groups native to Florida
18 plant groups sold under one name whose wild species grow in Florida; the count beside each is how many of its wild species the record finds in the state.
Keep exploring
Growing natives in Florida
This list is the library's cut of Florida's flora, not a planting guide. For sources, plant sales and local advice, Florida has its own native plant society, the Florida Native Plant Society, and its extension office, UF/IFAS Extension; both are linked below and neither is connected to BloomsEye.
Native to your own county
This page is the whole state. In the free garden planner, enter your ZIP and Garden Check lists these same plants for your location, marks the ones recorded growing wild in your county, and places any of them in your plan; its Browse tab answers for any of the 65 states, provinces and territories with no account.
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