Native Plants
Easier to grow and care for in our area
For more information, visit the Florida Native Plant Society or Plant Real Florida .org
Florida State Wildflower
Tickseed
Coreopsis floridana
Evergreen Fern
Golden Polypody Fern
Phlebodium aureum
Perennial
Spurred Butterfly Pea
Centrosema virginianum
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Sweet Acacia
Acacia farnesiana
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Moundlily Yucca
Yucca gloriosa
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Earleaf Catbrier
Smilax auriculata
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Sand Live Oak
Quercus geminata
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Muscadine
Vitis rotundifolia
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Beach Elder
Iva imbricata
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Sea Oxeye
Borrichia frutescens
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Bitter Panic Grass
Panicum amarum
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Sea Oats
Uniola paniculata
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Coontie
Symphyotrichum concolor
Perennial
Eastern Silver Aster
Symphyotrichum concolor
Beware - this plant stings!!
Finger Rot
Cnidoscolus urens
Epiphyte (air plant)
Spanish Moss
Tillandsia usneoides
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Slash Pine
Pinus elliottii (S. Fla = var. densa)
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Southern Red Cedar
Juniperus silicicola
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Wild Lime
Zanthoxylum fagara
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Spanish Bayonet
Yucca aloifolia
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Prickly Pears
Opuntia spp.
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Wax Myrtle
Myrica cerifera
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Cross Vine
Bignonia capreolata
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Railroad Vine
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Gulf Hairawn Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris var.
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Beach Spider Liliy
Hymenocallis latifolia
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Indian Blanket Flower
Geobalanus oblongifolius
Annual
Forked Bluecurls
Trichostema dichotomum
Groundcover
Pink Purslane
Portulaca pilosa
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Cabbage Palm
Sabal palmetto
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Sand Pine
Pinus clausa
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Yaupon Holly
Ilex vomitoria
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Hercules’ Club
Zanthoxylum clava-hercules
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Tallow Plum
Ximenia americana
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Myrtle Oak
Quercus myrtifolia
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Coral Bean
Erythrina herbacea
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Seaside Goldenrod
Solidago sempervirens
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Beach Morning Glory
Ipomoea imperati
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Salt Grass
Distichlis spicata
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
East Coast Dune Sunflower
Helianthus debilis
Florida DEP Recommended Dune Plant
Saw Palmetto
Serenoa repens