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Abutilon hulseanum mauve
Acer negundo box-elder, ash-leaf maple
♥ Acer rubrum red maple
Acer saccharinum silver maple
Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum Florida maple
Achillea millefolium common yarrow
♥ Acoelorraphe wrightii paurotis palm, Everglades palm
Acrostichum danaeifolium giant leather fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris Venus maidenhair fern, southern maidenhair
Aesculus pavia red buckeye
Agalinis fasciculata beach false foxglove
Agarista populifolia Florida hobblebush, pipewood, agarista
Agave decipiens false sisal
Ageratina jucunda hoarhound, hammock snakeroot
Aletris lutea yellow colic-root
Allium canadense meadow garlic
Alnus serrulata hazel alder, smooth alder
Alvaradoa amorphoides Mexican alvaradoa
♥ Ambrosia hispida coastal ragweed, bay geranium
♥ Amelanchier arborea serviceberry, shadbush, juneberry
♥ Amorpha fruticosa false indigo-bush, bastard-indigo
Amorpha herbacea cluster-spike indigo-bush
Amsonia ciliata slimpod, fringed bluestar, blue dogbane
Amsonia tabernaemontana easterm bluestar, blue dogbane
Amyris elemifera torchwood, sea torchwood
Andropogon gerardii big bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus bushy bluestem
Andropogon virginicus broomsedge bluestem
Angadenia berteroi pineland allamanda, pineland golden trumpet
♥ Annona glabra pond-apple, custard-apple
Aquilegia canadensis columbine, eastern red columbine
Aralia spinosa devil's walkingstick
♥ Ardisia escallonioides marlberry, marbleberry
Argemone albiflora white prickly-poppy, bluestem prickly-poppy
Argemone mexicana yellow prickly-poppy
Arisaema dracontium green dragon, dragonroot
Arisaema triphyllum jack-in-the-pulpit
Aristida stricta wiregrass
Aristolochia tomentosa woolly dutchman's-pipe; pipevine
Arnoglossum ovatum ovateleaf Indian plantain
Aronia arbutifolia red chokeberry
Asclepias humistrata sandhill milkweed, pinewoods milkweed
♥ Asclepias incarnata rose or swamp milkweed
Asclepias lanceolata red milkweed, few-flower milkweed
♥ Asclepias perennis aquatic milkweed, swamp milkweed
Asclepias tomentosa velvetleaf milkweed
♥ Asclepias tuberosa butterflyweed, orange milkweed
Asclepias verticillata whorl-leaf milkweed, whorled milkweed.
Asimina incana polecat bush, flag pawpaw, woolly pawpaw
♥ Asimina obovata flag pawpaw, bigflower pawpaw, scrub pawpaw
Asimina parviflora smallflower pawpaw
♥ Asimina pygmea dwarf pawpaw, gopherberry
Asimina reticulata dog-banana, netted pawpaw
Asimina triloba common pawpaw, dog-banana, Indian-banana
Asplenium spp. spleenwort
Athyrium filix-femina southern lady fern
Avicennia germinans black mangrove

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Cakile lanceolata coastal searocket
Calamintha ashei Ashe's savory, Ashe's calamint
Calamintha coccinea scarlet savory, scarlet calamint, red basil
Calamintha dentata toothed savory
Calamintha georgiana savory, Georgia calamint
♥ Callicarpa americana American beautyberry
Callirhoe papaver woodland poppymallow
Callisia spp. roseling, spiderwort
Calycanthus floridus Carolina allspice, sweetshrub
Calydorea caelestina Bartram's ixia
Campsis radicans trumpet-vine, trumpet creeper
Campyloneurum phyllitidis long strap fern
Canavalia rosea seaside jackbean, baybean, beach-bean
♥ Canella winterana cinnamon bark, wild cinnamon, pepper cinnamon
♥ Canna flaccida golden canna, Bandana-of-the-Everglades
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum bird pepper
Cardiospermum corindum balloonvine, heartseed, faux persil
Carex gholsonii Gholson's sedge
Carphephorus carnosus bald-headed carphephorus, pineland chaffhead
Carphephorus corymbosus deer tongue, coastal-plain chaffhead, Florida paintbrush
Carphephorus paniculatus deer tongue, hairy trilisa
Carphephorus pseudoliatris bristle-leaf chaffhead
Carpinus caroliniana musclewood, hornbeam, blue-beech
Cartrema americanum wild olive, American devilwood
Cartrema floridanum scrub wild olive
Carya aquatica water hickory
Carya floridana scrub hickory
Carya glabra pignut hickory
Carya pallida sand hickory
Carya tomentosa mockernut hickory
Casasia clusiifolia seven-year-apple
Castanea pumila Ashe's chinquapin, trailing chinquapin
♥ Catalpa bignonioides catalpa
♥ Celtis laevigata hackberry, sugarberry
Celtis occidentalis Hackberry
Centrosema virginianum spurred butterfly pea
♥ Cephalanthus occidentalis buttonbush
♥ Cercis canadensis eastern redbud
Chamaecrista fasciculata sleeping plant, partridge-pea
Chamaecyparis thyoides Atlantic white cedar
Chasmanthium latifolium Indian woodoats, spikegrass
Chasmanthium sessiliflorum longleaf woodoats
Chiococca alba snowberry
Chionanthus pygmaeus pigmy fringe tree
♥ Chionanthus virginicus white fringe tree
♥ Chrysobalanus icaco coco plum, cocoplum
Chrysophyllum oliviforme satinleaf
Chrysopsis floridana Florida goldenaster
Chrysopsis gossypina hairy goldenaster
Chrysopsis mariana Maryland goldenaster
Cirsium horridulum Purple thistle, yellow thistle
♥ Citharexylum spinosum fiddlewood
Cladium jamaicense sawgrass
Clematis baldwinii pine-hyacinth
Clematis crispa swamp leather flower
Clematis reticulata netleaf virgin's-bower
Clematis virginiana Virginia virgin's-bower
Clethra alnifolia sweet pepperbush
Cliftonia monophylla black titi, spring titi, buckwheat-tree
Clinopodium brownei Browne's savory
Clusia rosea pitch-apple, autograph tree
Cnidoscolus stimulosus Tread-Softly; finger-rot
Coccoloba diversifolia pigeon plum
♥ Coccoloba uvifera seagrape
Coccothrinax argentata Florida silver palm
Coleataenia longiflora ciliate redtop panicum
Colubrina arborescens greenheart, coffee colubrina
Colubrina elliptica soldierwood
♥ Conocarpus erectus buttonwood
Conoclinium coelestinum mistflower, blue mistflower
Conradina brevifolia short-leaved conradina
Conradina canescens false-rosemary
Conradina etonia etonia conradina, etonia false rosemary
Conradina glabra Apalachicola conradina
Conradina grandiflora large-flowered conradina, largeflower false-rosemary
Consolea corallicola Semaphore pricklypear, semaphore cactus
♥ Cordia sebastiana Geiger tree
Coreopsis floridana Florida tickseed
Coreopsis gladiata southeastern tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora large-flowered coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata lance-leaved tickseed
♥ Coreopsis leavenworthii Leavenworth's tickseed
Coreopsis linifolia Texas tickseed
Coreopsis major tickseed, greater tickseed
Coreopsis nudata swamp tickseed, Georgia tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris tall tickseed
Cornus alternifolia alternate-leaved dogwood, pagoda dogwood
Cornus amomum silky dogwood, silky cornel
Cornus asperifolia rough-leaf cornel
♥ Cornus florida flowering dogwood
Cornus foemina swamp dogwood, stiff cornel
Crataegus aestivalis May haw, apple haw
Crataegus crus-galli cockspur hawthorn
Crataegus flava yellow haw
Crataegus marshallii parsley hawthorn
Crataegus michauxii Michaux's hawthorn
Crataegus phaenopyrum Washington hawthorn
Crinum americanum string lily, swamp lily
Crocanthemum spp. rockrose
Crossopetalum ilicifolium quailberry, Christmasberry
Crossopetalum rhacoma rhacoma, maidenberry
Ctenitis sloanei Florida tree fern
Ctenium aromaticum toothache grass
Cynophalla flexuosa limber caper, bay-leaved caper, bay-leaved capertree
Cyrilla racemiflora titi, leatherwood

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Habenaria quinqueseta long-horned rein orchid
Halesia carolina little silverbell, Carolina silverbell
♥ Halesia diptera twowing silverbells
Hamamelis virginiana witch-hazel
♥ Hamelia patens firebush
Helenium spp. sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale fall sneezeweed
Helianthus spp. sunflower
Helianthus agrestis southeastern sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius swamp sunflower; narrow-leaved sunflower
Helianthus carnosus lakeside sunflower, flatwoods sunflower
♥ Helianthus debilis subsp. cucumerifolius cucumberleaf dune sunflower
♥ Helianthus debilis subsp. debilis east coast dune sunflower
Helianthus debilis subsp. vestitus west coast dune sunflower
♥ Helianthus heterophyllus variableleaf sunflower
Helianthus radula rayless sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. gracilis smooth oxeye
Heliotropium angiospermum scorpion-tail
Heliotropium curassavicum seaside heliotrope
Heliotropium gnaphalodes sea-lavender, sea-rosemary
Heterosavia bahamensis maidenbush
Hibiscus aculeatus pineland hibiscus
♥ Hibiscus coccineus scarlet hibiscus
Hibiscus furcellatus sleepy hibiscus
Hibiscus grandiflorus swamp rosemallow
Hibiscus laevis halberd-leaf rosemallow
Hibiscus moscheutos swamp mallow, swamp hibiscus, swamp rosemallow
Hibiscus poeppigii fairy hibiscus
Hydrangea barbara cowitch-vine, climbing hydrangea
♥ Hydrangea quercifolia oak-leaf hydrangea
Hydrocotyle umbellata marsh penny-wort
Hydrolea corymbosa skyflower
♥ Hymenocallis latifolia mangrove spiderlily, perfumed spiderlily
♥ Hymenocallis occidentalis northern spider-lily
Hymenocallis palmeri alligator-lily
Hypericum cistifolium roundpod St. John's-wort
Hypericum edisonianum Edison's ascrium
Hypericum fasciculatum sandweed
Hypericum hypericoides St. Andrew's-cross
Hypericum lissophloeus smoothbark St. John's-wort
Hypericum myrtifolium myrtle-leaf St. John's-wort
Hypericum tenuifolium Atlantic St. John's-wort
Hypericum tetrapetalum four-petal St. Peter's-wort
Hyptis alata musky bushmint

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Lachnanthes caroliana redroot
Lachnocaulon anceps whitehead bogbutton
Laguncularia racemosa white mangrove
♥ Lantana depressa var. depressa gold lantana
♥ Lantana involucrata wild lantana, wild sage
Leucothoe axillaris coastal dog-hobble
Leucothrinax morrisii brittle thatch palm, Key thatch palm
Liatris spp. blazing-star
Liatris chapmanii Chapman's blazing-star, Chapman's gayfeather
Liatris elegans blazing-star
Liatris gracilis slender blazing-star
Liatris ohlingerae Florida blazing-star
Liatris provincialis Godfrey's blazing-star
Liatris savannensis savanna gayfeather
♥ Liatris spicata spiked blazing-star, gayfeather
Liatris tenuifolia shortleaf blazing-star, shortleaf gayfeather
Lilaeopsis carolinensis Carolina lilaeopsis
Lilium catesbaei pine lily
Linaria canadensis Canadian toadflax
Lindera benzoin spicebush
Lindernia grandiflora savannah false pimpernel
♥ Lippia stoechadifolia southern fogfruit; southern matchsticks
♥ Liquidambar styraciflua sweetgum
♥ Liriodendron tulipifera tulip-tree, yellow-poplar
Litsea aestivalis pondspice
♥ Lobelia cardinalis cardinal flower
♥ Lonicera sempervirens coral honeysuckle
Ludwigia repens creeping seedbox
Lupinus diffusus sky blue lupine
Lupinus perrenis sundial lupine
Lycium carolinianum Christmasberry
Lygodesmia aphylla rose-rush
Lyonia ferruginea rusty lyonia
Lyonia fruticosa staggerbush
Lyonia lucida fetterbush, shiny lyonia
Lyonia mariana piedmont staggerbush
♥ Lysiloma latisiliquum wild-tamarind, false tamarind
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum loosestrife

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Palafoxia feayi Feay's palafox
Palafoxia integrifolia many-wings, coastalplain palafox
Panicum hemitomon maidencane
Panicum virgatum switchgrass
♥ Paronychia rugelii Sand Squares, Rugel's nailwort
Parthenocissus quinquefolia woodbine, Virginia creeper
Paspalum vaginatum seashore paspalum
Passiflora incarnata passion vine, maypop, purple passion flower
Passiflora multiflorus whiteflower passionflower, white-flowered passionflower
Passiflora pallens Pineland passionflower, pale passionvine
Passiflora suberosa corkystem passion-flower
Peltandra sagittifolia spoonflower, white arrow arum
Penstemon australis slender beardtongue
Penstemon laevigatus Eastern smooth beardtongue
♥ Penstemon multiflorus manyflower beardtongue
Pentalinon luteum wild allamanda, hammock viperstail
Peperomia obtusifolia Florida peperomia
Persea borbonia var. borbonia red bay
Persea humilis scrub bay
Persea palustris swamp bay
Pharus lappulaceus creeping leafstalk grass
♥ Philadelphus inodorus scentless mockorange
Phlebodium aureum golden polypody fern
Phlox spp. phlox
♥ Phlox divaricata wild blue phlox, woodland phlox
Phoebanthus spp. phoebanthus
Phyla nodiflora frogfruit, turkey tangle fogfruit, capeweed
Physalis walteri Walter's groundcherry
Physocarpus opulifolius ninebark
Physostegia leptophylla slenderleaf obedient plant
Physostegia purpurea obedient plant, eastern false dragonhead
Phytolacca americana pokeweed
Picramnia pentandra Florida bitterbush
Pieris phyllyreifolia climbing heather, climbing pieris, fetterbush
Piloblephis rigida pennyroyal
Pinckneya bracteata hairy fevertree
Pinus clausa sand pine
Pinus echinata shortleaf pine
♥ Pinus elliottii slash pine
Pinus glabra spruce pine
♥ Pinus palustris longleaf pine
Pinus serotina pond pine
♥ Pinus taeda loblolly pine
Piscidia piscipula Jamaica-dogwood, fish-poison tree
♥ Pithecellobium keyense Florida Keys blackbead
Pithecellobium unguis-cati cat's-claw, catclaw blackbead
♥ Pityopsis flexuosa zigzag silk-grass, zigzag silkgrass
♥ Pityopsis graminifolia silk-grass, silkgrass
♥ Platanus occidentalis sycamore, American planetree
Pluchea spp. camphor-weed
♥ Pluchea odorata sweetscent
Plumbago zeylanica wild plumbago
Pogonia ophioglossoides rose pogonia, snakemouth orchid
Polygonum nesomii largeflower jointweed, sandhill wireweed
Polygonum polygamum jointweed, October flower
Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas fern
Pontederia cordata pickerelweed
♥ Prunus americana wild plum
♥ Prunus angustifolia chickasaw plum
Prunus caroliniana cherry-laurel, laurel cherry
Prunus geniculata scrub plum
Prunus myrtifolia West Indian cherry
Prunus serotina black cherry
♥ Prunus umbellata hog plum, flatwoods plum
♥ Pseudophoenix sargentii Florida cherry-palm, buccaneer palm
Psilotum nudum whisk fern
Psychotria ligustrifolia Bahama wild-coffee
♥ Psychotria nervosa shiny-leaf wild-coffee, wild coffee
♥ Psychotria nervosa dwarf shiny-leaf wild-coffee "Little Psycho"
Psychotria tenuifolia dull-leaf wild-coffee, shortleaf wild coffee
Ptelea trifoliata wafer-ash, common hoptree
Pteridium aquilinum bracken fern
Pteris bahamensis Bahama brake fern, pineland brake fern
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus false dandelion, Carolina dessert chickory

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Sabal etonia scrub palmetto
♥ Sabal minor dwarf palmetto, blue-stem palmetto
♥ Sabal palmetto cabbage palm, sabal palm
Sabatia brevifolia shortleaf rosegentian
Sabatia decandra Bartram's marsh-pink
Saccharum giganteum sugarcane plumegrass
Sagittaria graminea grassy arrowhead
Sagittaria lancifolia duck potato, lance-leaved arrowhead, bulltongue arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia wapato, common arrowhead
Salix caroliniana Carolina willow, coastalplain willow
Salix humilis prairie willow, dwarf willow
Salix nigra black willow
♥ Salvia azurea blue sage, azure blue sage
♥ Salvia coccinea scarlet sage, tropical sage, blood sage
Salvia lyrata lyre-leaved sage
Salvia misella southern river sage, creeping sage
Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis elderberry, American elder
Sapindus saponaria wingleaf soapberry
Sarracenia flava Trumpet pitcher plant, yellow pitcher plant
Sarracenia minor hooded pitcherplant
Sarracenia psittacina parrot pitcher plant
Sassafras albidum sassafras
Saururus cernuus lizard's-tail
Scaevola plumieri beachberry, inkberry, gullfeed
Schaefferia frutescens yellowwood, Florida boxood
Schoenoplectus californicus giant bulrush
Schoenoplectus pungens three-square, threesquare bulrush
Scirpus cyperinus woolgrass
Scutellaria integrifolia rough skullcap, helmet skullcap
♥ Senna ligustrina privet senna, privet wild sensitive plant
♥ Senna mexicana var. chapmanii Chapman's sensitive plant, Bahama senna
♥ Serenoa repens saw palmetto
Sesuvium portulacastrum sea-purslane, shoreline seapurslane, cenicilla
Seymeria spp. blacksenna
Sideroxylon alachuense Alachua buckthorn,silver buckthorn, Clark's buckthorn
Sideroxylon celastrinum saffron-plum
♥ Sideroxylon foetidissimum mastic, false mastic, wild olive
Sideroxylon salicifolium willow-bustic, white bully
♥ Sideroxylon tenax tough buckthorn, tough bully
Silene catesbaei fringed campion
♥ Silphium asteriscus starry rosinweed
Silphium compositum kidneyleaf rosinweed
Simarouba glauca paradise tree, bitterwood
♥ Sisyrinchium angustifolium pointed blue-eyed-grass
Smallanthus uvedalia hairy leafcup
Solidago leavenworthii Leavenworth's goldenrod
Solidago odora sweet goldenrod, anise-scented goldenrod
Solidago odora var. chapmanii Chapman's goldenrod
♥ Solidago sempervirens seaside goldenrod
Solidago stricta wand goldenrod, slender goldenrod, smooth goldenrod
Sophora tomentosa var. truncata yellow necklacepod
Sorghastrum nutans yellow Indiangrass
Sorghastrum secundum lopsided Indiangrass
Spartina alterniflora saltmarsh cordgrass, smooth cordgrass
♥ Spartina bakeri sand cordgrass
Spartina patens marshhay cordgrass
Spartina spartinae gulf cordgrass
Spigelia marilandica woodland pinkroot
Spiranthes odorata fragrant ladies'-tresses, lesser ladiestresses
♥ Sporobolus junceus pineywoods dropseed
Sporobolus virginicus seashore dropseed
Stachys floridana Florida hedgenettle, Florida betony
♥ Stachytarpheta jamaicensis blue porterweed, joee
♥ Staphylea trifolia American bladdernut
Stenanthium densum crow poison, Osceloa's plume
♥ Stewartia malacodendron silky camelia, Virginia stewartia
♥ Stokesia laevis stokesia. Stoke's aster
Styrax americanus American snowbell
Styrax grandifolius snowbell, bigleaf snowbell
Suriana maritima bay-cedar
♥ Swietenia mahagoni West Indian mahogany
Symphyotrichum adnatum scaleleaf aster, clasping aster
Symphyotrichum carolinianum climbing aster
Symphyotrichum chapmanii savannah aster
Symphyotrichum concolor eastern silver aster
Symphyotrichum dumosum bush aster, rice button aster
Symphyotrichum elliottii Elliott's aster

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Ximenia americana tallowwood, hog-plum

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