Local Flora
Vascular Plants of North Central Florida
TREES AND SHRUBS
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Trees and Shrubs
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Botanical Name Common Name
Acer floridanum Florida maple
Acer negundo box elder
Acer rubrum red maple
Acer saccharinum silver maple
Aesculus pavia red buckeye
Agarista populifolia pipestem
Albizia julibrissin mimosa, silktree
Aleurites fordii tung tree
Alnus serrulata hazel alder
Amorpha fruticosa leadplant
Aralia spinosa Devil's walking stick
Aronia arbutifolia red chokeberry
Asimina incana pawpaw
Asimina longifolia pawpaw
Asimina obovata flag pawpaw
Asimina parviflora pawpaw
Asimina pygmaea dwarf pawpaw
Asimina speciosa pawpaw
Avicennia germinans black mangrove
Baccharis angustifolia false willow
Baccharis glomeruliflora groundsel tree
Baccharis halimifolia saltbush
Baptisia lecontei Leconte's false indigo
Befaria racemosa tarflower
Betula nigra river birch
Borrichia frutescens sea ox-eye
Bumelia celastrina saffron-plum
Bumelia lanuginosa gum bumelia, false buckthorn
Bumelia reclinata smooth bumelia
Bumelia tenax tough bumelia
Callicarpa americana French-mulberry, beautyberry
Carpinus caroliniana American hornbeam
Carya aquatica water hickory
Carya glabra pignut hickory
Carya illinoensis pecan
Carya tomentosa mockernut hickory
Cassia marilandica wild senna
Castanea pumila coastal chinquapin
Casuarina cunninghamiana river she-oak
Catalpa bignonioides catalpa
Ceanothus americanus New Jersey tea
Ceanothus microphyllus little-leaf New Jersey tea
Celtis laevigata sugarberry
Cephalanthus occidentalis buttonbush
Ceratiola ericoides rosemary
Cercis canadensis redbud, Judas tree
Chamaecyparis thyoides Atlantic white cedar
Chiococca alba snowberry
Chionanthus virginicus fringe tree
Cinnamomum camphora camphor tree
Citrus sinensis sweet orange, Seville orange
Corchorus aestuans soapbush
Cornus asperifolia rough-leaf cornel
Cornus florida flowering dogwood
Cornus foemina Florida dogwood, smooth-leaf cornel
Crataegus aestivalis May haw
Crataegus marshallii parsley haw
Crataegus michauxii summer haw
Crataegus uniflora one-flower haw
Crataegus viridis green haw
Cyrilla racemiflora titi
Decodon verticillatus swamp loosestrife
Diospyros virginiana persimmon
Euonymus americanus hearts-a-busting
Fagus grandifolia American beech
Forestiera segregata Florida privet
Fraxinus americana white ash
Fraxinus caroliniana Carolina ash, pop ash
Fraxinus profunda pumpkin ash
Garberia heterophylla garberia
Gaylussacia dumosa dwarf huckleberry
Gaylussacia nana glaucous huckleberry
Gaylussacia tomentosa southern huckleberry
Gleditsia aquatica water locust
Gordonia lasianthus loblolly bay
Hamamelis virginiana witch-hazel
Hibiscus moscheutos marsh mallow
Hypericum fasciculatum St. John's-wort
Hypericum galioides St. John's-wort
Hypericum hypericoides St. Andrew's cross
Hypericum reductum St. John's-wort
Hypericum stans St. John's-wort
Hypericum tetrapetalum St. John's-wort
Ilex ambigua Carolina holly
Ilex cassine dahoon
Ilex coriacea large gallberry
Ilex decidua possum-haw
Ilex glabra inkberry, gallberry
Ilex myrtifolia myrtle holly
Ilex opaca holly
Ilex vomitoria yaupon
Illicium parviflorum star anise
Itea virginica Virginia-willow
Iva frutescens marsh-elder
Iva microcephala small-leaf marsh-elder
Juniperus silicicola southern red cedar
Kalmia hirsuta hairy wicky
Krameria lanceolata krameria, sandbur
Laguncularia racemosa white mangrove
Lantana camara lantana
Leucothoe racemosa fetterbush
Licania michauxii gopher-apple
Ligustrum lucidum tree privet
Ligustrum sinense Chinese privet
Lindera benzoin spice bush
Liquidambar styraciflua sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera tulip tree, yellow poplar
Lycium carolinianum Christmas berry
Lyonia ferruginea staggerbush, rusty lyonia
Lyonia fruticosa staggerbush
Lyonia lucida staggerbush, fetterbush
Magnolia grandiflora southern magnolia, bull bay
Magnolia virginiana sweet bay
Melia azedarach Chinaberry
Mentzelia floridana poorman's patch
Morus alba silkworm mulberry
Morus rubra red mulberry
Myrica cerifera wax myrtle
Myrica pumila dwarf wax myrtle
Nyssa biflora swamp tupelo
Nyssa ogeche Ogeechee tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica black tupelo
Nyssa uniflora water tupelo
Opuntia humifusa prickly-pear cactus
Opuntia pusilla Joe jumper
Opuntia stricta prickly-pear cactus
Osmanthus americanus wild olive
Ostrya virginiana hophornbeam
Persea borbonia red bay
Persea humilis silk bay
Persea palustris swamp bay
Phoradendron serotinum mistletoe
Pinus clausa sand pine
Pinus elliottii slash pine
Pinus glabra spruce pine
Pinus palustris longleaf pine
Pinus serotina pond pine
Pinus taeda loblolly pine
Planera aquatica planer tree
Platanus occidentalis sycamore, plane tree
Poncirus trifoliata hardy orange, trifoliate orange
Populus deltoides cottonwood
Prunus americana wild plum
Prunus angustifolia Chickasaw plum
Prunus caroliniana laurel cherry
Prunus serotina black cherry
Prunus umbellata hog plum
Psychotria nervosa wild coffee
Quercus austrina bluff oak
Quercus chapmanii Chapman's oak
Quercus falcata southern red oak
Quercus geminata sand live oak
Quercus hemisphaerica laurel oak
Quercus incana bluejack oak
Quercus laevis turkey oak
Quercus laurifolia swamp laurel oak
Quercus lyrata overcup oak
Quercus margaretta sand post oak
Quercus michauxii swamp chestnut oak
Quercus minima dwarf live oak
Quercus mytifolia myrtle oak
Quercus nigra water oak
Quercus pumila running oak
Quercus shumardii Shumard oak
Quercus virginiana live oak
Rhamnus caroliniana Carolina buckthorn
Rhapidophyllum hystrix needle palm
Rhizophora mangle red mangrove
Rhododendron canescens wild azalea
Rhododendron viscosum swamp-honeysuckle
Rhus copallinum winged sumac
Rhus toxicodendron poison-oak
Rhus vernix poison sumac
Robinia pseudoacacia black locust
Rosa palustris swamp rose
Rubus argutus highbush blackberry
Rubus cuneifolius sand blackberry
Rubus trivialis dewberry
Sabal etonia scrub palmetto
Sabal minor little blue-stem palm
Sabal palmetto cabbage palm
Sageretia minutiflora buckthorn
Salix caroliniana coastal plain willow
Salix floridana Florida willow
Salix nigra black willow
Sambucus canadensis elderberry
Sapindus marginatus Florida soapberry
Sapium sebiferum popcorn tree
Sassafras albidum sassafras
Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian pepper
Sebastiana fruticosa Sebastian bush
Serenoa repens saw palmetto
Sesbania punicea purple sesban
Sida acuta broomweed
Sida rhombifolia teaweed
Styrax americana storax
Symplocos tinctoria sweetleaf
Taxodium ascendens pond cypress
Taxodium distichum bald cypress
Tilia caroliniana basswood
Ulmus alata winged elm
Ulmus americana American elm
Ulmus crassifolia cedar elm
Ulmus floridana Florida elm
Vaccinium arboreum tree sparkleberry
Vaccinium darrowii Darrow's blueberry
Vaccinium elliottii May-berry
Vaccinium formosum rabbit-eye blueberry
Vaccinium fuscatum swamp blueberry
Vaccinium myrsinites blueberry
Vaccinium stamineum deerberry
Viburnum nudum possum-haw viburnum
Viburnum obovatum Walter's viburnum
Viburnum rufidulum rusty black-haw
Viburnum scabrellum
Ximenia americana hog's-plum, tallow-wood
Yucca aloifolia Spanish dagger
Yucca flaccida bear-grass, Adam's-needle
Zamia pumila coontie
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis toothache tree
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Ferns
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Trees and Shrubs
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