Native range
Native plants of Florida
52 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 92 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 70 plants, 55 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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Recorded across Florida
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. 51 of the wild species carry a county record here.
- American Beautyberry
- Bald Cypress
- Buttonbush
- Royal Fern
- Red Maple
- Cinnamon Fern
- Virginia Sweetspire
- American Elderberry
- Butterfly Weed
- Carolina Jessamine
- Sweetbay Magnolia
- Little Bluestem
- Flava (Yellow Trumpet)
- Switchgrass
- Trumpet Vine
- Southern Magnolia
- Annual Phlox
- Lavender Annual Phlox
- Peach Annual Phlox
- Purple Annual Phlox
- Red Annual Phlox
- White Annual Phlox
- Cardinal Flower
- Flowering Dogwood
- Boston Fern
- Arrowwood
- River Birch
- Eastern Redbud
- Summersweet
- White Wild Indigo
- Coast Leucothoe
- Tulip Tree
- Hardy Hibiscus
- Christmas Fern
- Lady Fern
- Mountain Laurel
- Cherokee Sedge
- Northern Sea Oats
- Carolina Allspice
- Oakleaf Hydrangea
- Honeylocust
- Winterberry
- Carolina Rose
- Dwarf Fothergilla
- Eastern Red Columbine
- Allegheny Spurge
- Fragrant Sumac
- Ninebark
- Purple Coneflower
- Smooth Hydrangea
- Shrubby St. John's Wort
Garden forms of Florida natives
92 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.
- Adams Elderberry
- 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 Trumpet
- Denver Daisy
- Diabolo
- Early Sunrise
- Elf Mountain Laurel
- Falling Waters
- 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
- 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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