Plant List 2003

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Shrubs / Herbaceous Annuals/Perennials/Wildflowers / Vines/Groundcovers / Ferns / Palms/Cycads / Grasses / Aquatics

List of Recommended Plants for Florida Native Landscaping (ORH 3815/5815C - S.B. Wilson)
#	Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat^z	Region^z
Trees
1	Aceraceae	Acer rubrum	Red Maple	Floodplain forests and swamps	Frequent; Nearly throughout
2	Altingiaceae	Liquidamber styraciflua	Sweetgum	Moist to wet hammocks, bluff forests, and floodplain forests	Frequent; northern Cos. South to central peninsula
3	Annonaceae	Annona glabra	Pond Apple	Swamps	Occasional; Brevard & Manatee cos. Southward
4	Aquifoliaceae	Ilex cassine	Dahoon Holly	Flatwoods, wet hammocks, swamps, and pond margins	Common; nearly throughout
5	Aquifoliaceae	Ilex vomitoria	Yaupon Holly	Hammocks, swamps, flatwoods, and dunes	Frequent; Northern cos. South to central peninsula
6	Burseraceae	Bursera simaruba	Gumbo-limbo, Tourist Tree	Coastal Hammocks and shell middens	Occasional; Central and southern peninsula
7	Canellaceae	Canella winterana	Cinnamon Bark	Tropical hammocks	Rear; Collier, Miami-Dade, & Monroe cos.
8	Celtidaceae	Celtis laevigata	Sugarberry; Hackberry	Floodplain forests	Frequent; nearly throughout
9	Clusiaceae	Clusia rosea	Pitch Apple	Hammocks	Rare; Miami-Dade & Monroe cos.
10	Combretaceae	Conocarpus erectus	Buttonwood	Tidal swamps	Frequent; central & southern peninsula
11	Combretaceae	Conocarpus erectus var. sericeus	Silver Buttonwood	Tidal swamps	Frequent; central & southern peninsula
12	Cupressaceae	Juniperus virginiana	Southern Juniper, Southern Red Cedar	Hammocks, coastal beaches, shellmounds	Frequent; northern cos. South to central peninsula , Miami-Dade co.
13	Fabaceae	Acacia choriophylla	Cinnecord; Tamarindillo	Rocky Pinelands	Rare; Miami-Dade & Monroe co. keys
14	Fabaceae	Acacia farnesiana	Sweet Acacia	Shell middens, coastal hammocks, pinelands, and disturbed sites	Occasional; central & southern peninsula, Franklin, Bay and Escambia cos.
15	Fagaceae	Quercus laurifolia	Laurel Oak	Floodplain forests, wet to dry hammocks	Common; nearly throughout
16	Fagaceae	Quercus myrtifolia	Myrtle Oak	Sandhills, oak scrub, flatwoods, coastal dunes	Common; nearly throughout
17	Fagaceae	Quercus shumardii	Shumard Oak	Wet, rocky hammocks and floodplain forests	Occasional; northern peninsula south to Citrus & Volusia cos., west to central panhandle
18	Fagaceae	Quercus virginiana	Live Oak	Moist to wet hammocks and maritime hammocks	Frequent; nearly throughout
19	Juglandaceae	Carya glabra	Pignut Hickory	Dry to mesic hammocks	Frequent; northern cos. South to central peninsula
20	Lauraceae	Persea borbonia	Redbay	Wet to dry hammocks	Frequent; nearly throughout
21	Magnoliaceae	Magnolia grandiflora	Southern Magnolia	Wet to mesic hammocks, rarely dunes	Frequent; northern cos. South to central peninsula
22	Magnoliaceae	Magnolia virginiana	Sweetbay	Wet hammocks, bayheads, swamps, and bogs	Common; nearly throughout
23	Meliaceae	Swietenia mahogani	Mahogany	Coastal hammocks	Rare; Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Cos.
24	Myricaceae	Myrica cerifera	Southern Wax Myrtle	Hammocks, swamps, cypress domes, flatwoods, upland mixed forests, and fresh to slightly brackish marshes	Common; nearly throughout
25	Myrtaceae	Calyptranthes pallens	Spicewood, Pale lid-flower	Hammocks	Occasional; Miami-Dade & Monroe cos.
26	Myrtaceae	Eugenia axillaris	White Stopper	Coastal hammocks, rarely inland	Frequent; central & southern peninsula
27	Myrtaceae	Eugenia confusa	Redberry Stopper	Tropical hammocks	Rare; Martin and Miami-Dade Cos., Monroe Co. keys
28	Myrtaceae	Eugenia foetida	Spanish Stopper	Coastal hammocks and dunes	Frequent; central & southern peninsula
29	Pinaceae	Pinus elliottii var. densa	South Florida Slash Pine	Flatwoods	Common; nearly throughout
30	Polygonaceae	Coccoloba diversifolia	Pigeon Plum	Tropical coastal hammocks	Occasional; Brevard & Lee cos. southward
31	Polygonaceae