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A

Achillea millefolium Common Yarrow
Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye
Agalinis fasciculata Beach False Foxglove
Agarista populifolia Florida Hobblebush, Pipewood, Agarista
Ageratum maritimum   Seaside Ageratum, Cape Sable Whiteweed
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 virginicus Broomsedge Bluestem
Aquilegia canadensis Columbine, Eastern Red Columbine
Aralia spinosa Devil's Walkingstick
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.
Avicennia germinans Black Mangrove

B

Baccharis dioica Broombush Falsewillow
Bacopa monnieri Water Hyssop, Herb-of-grace
Balduina angustifolia Coastalplain Honeycombhead, Yellow Buttons
Batis maritima Saltwort, Turtleweed
Berlandiera subacaulis   Common Greeneyes, Florida Greeneyes
Bidens alba Beggarticks
Bidens laevis Burmarigold, Smooth Beggarticks
Bidens mitis Smallfruit Beggarticks
Boltonia asteroides Marsh Boltonia, White Doll's Daisy
Borrichia arborescens Shrubby Sea Ox-eye Daisy
Borrichia frutescens Sea-oxeye Daisy
Bourreria cassinifolia Little Strongbark
Bourreria succulenta Strongbark
Brickellia cordifolia Flyr's Nemesis; Heart-leaf Brickellbush
Byrsonima lucida Locustberry, Long Key Locustberry

C

Cakile lanceolata Coastal Searocket
Calamintha ashei Ashe's Savory, Ashe's Calamint
Calamintha coccinea   Scarlet Savory, Scarlet Calamint, Red Basil
Calamintha dentata Toothed Savory
Canella winterana   Cinnamon Bark, Wild Cinnamon, Pepper Cinnamon
Carphephorus carnosus Bald-headed Carphephorus, Pineland Chaffhead
Carphephorus corymbosus Coastal-plain Chaffhead
Carphephorus odoratissimus Vanilla-plant, Deer's Tongue, Florida Paintbrush
Carphephorus paniculatus Deer Tongue, Hairy Trilisa
Carphephorus pseudoliatris Bristle-leaf Chaffhead
Casasia clusiifolia   Seven-year-apple
Cephalanthus occidentalis   Buttonbush
Chamaecrista fasciculata   Sleeping Plant, Partridge-pea
Cirsium horridulum Purple Thistle, Yellow Thistle
Citharexylum spinosum   Fiddlewood
Clematis baldwinii Pine-hyacinth
Clematis crispa Swamp Leather Flower
Clethra alnifolia Sweet Pepperbush
Clinopodium brownei   Browne's Savory
Cnidoscolus stimulosus Tread-Softly; Finger-rot
Coccoloba diversifolia Pigeon Plum
Coccoloba uvifera   Seagrape
Colubrina elliptica Soldierwood
Conocarpus erectus   Buttonwood
Conoclinium coelestinum Mistflower, Blue Mistflower
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
Ctenium aromaticum Toothache Grass

D

Delphinium carolinianum Carolina Larkspur, Prairie Larkspur
Dyschoriste humistrata Swamp Twinflower

E

Echinacea purpurea   Eastern Purple Coneflower
Elephantopus elatus Elephant's-foot
Ernodea littoralis   Beach-creeper, Golden Creeper
Eryngium yuccifolium Button Snakeroot, Rattlenakemaster
Erythrina herbacea   Coralbean, Cherokee Bean
Euphorbia cyathophora   Painted-leaf, Wild Poinsettia
Euploca polyphylla   Pineland Heliotrope
Euthamia spp.   Flattop Goldenrod
Eutrochium fistulosum   Joe-pye-weed, Queen-of-the-meadow

F

Flaveria linearis Yellowtop
Fothergilla milleri   Dwarf Witch-alder
Funastrum clausum   White Twinevine

G

Gaillardia aestivalis Smooth-headed Blanket Flower; Gaillardia
Gaillardia pulchella   Blanket-flower, Gaillardia, Indian Blanket
Garberia heterophylla   Garberia
Gelsemium sempervirens   Yellow Jesamine, Carolina Jasamine
Geobalanus oblongifolius   Gopher-apple
Glandularia maritima   Beach Verbena, Coastal Mock Vervain
Glandularia tampensis   Tampa Vervain
Guaiacum sanctum   Lignum-vitae

H

Hamelia patens   Firebush
Helenium autumnale Fall Sneezeweed
Helenium spp.   Sneezeweed
Helianthus agrestis Southeastern 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 radula Rayless Sunflower
Helianthus spp.   Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides var. gracilis Smooth Oxeye
Heliotropium angiospermum Scorpion-tail
Heliotropium curassavicum Seaside Heliotrope
Heliotropium gnaphalodes   Sea-lavender, Sea-rosemary
Hibiscus aculeatus Pineland 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
Hydrangia barbara   Cowitch-vine, Climbing Hydrangea
Hyptis alata Musky Bushmint

I

Ipomoea cordatotriloba Tievine
Ipomoea hederifolia Scarlet Morningglory
Ipomoea microdactyla Wild-potato Morning-glory, Man-in-the-ground
Ipomopsis rubra   Standing-cypress

K

Koanophyllon villosum   Florida Shrub Thoroughwort
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos   Saltmarsh Mallow

L

Lachnanthes caroliana Redroot
Laguncularia racemosa White Mangrove
Lantana depressa var. depressa   Gold Lantana
Lantana involucrata   Wild Lantana, Wild Sage
Liatris elegans Blazing-star
Liatris gracilis Slender Blazing-star
Liatris ohlingerae Florida Blazing-star
Liatris provencialis Godfrey's Blazing-star
Liatris spicata   Spiked Blazing-star, Gayfeather
Liatris spp. Blazing-star
Liatris tenuifolia Shortleaf Blazing-star, Shortleaf Gayfeather
Lilium catesbaei Pine Lily
Linaria canadensis   Canadian Toadflax
Lindera benzoin Spicebush
Lippia stoechadifolia     Southern Fogfruit; Southern Matchsticks
Lobelia cardinalis   Cardinal Flower
Lonicera sempervirens   Coral Honeysuckle
Lycium carolinianum Christmasberry
Lysiloma latisiliquum   Wild-tamarind, False Tamarind
Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum Loosestrife

M

Marshallia graminifolia Grassleaf Barbara's Buttons
Melanthera nivea Snow Squarestem, Salt & Pepper
Melochia tomentosa Tea Bush, Wooly Pyramidflower
Monarda punctata   Dotted Horsemint
Morinda royoc Cheese Plant, Indian Mulberry
Mosiera longipes   Long-stalked Stopper, Trailing Eugenia
Myrcianthes fragrans   Simpson's Stopper, Twinberry

N

Neptunia pubescens Tropical Neptunia, Tropical Puff

O

Oenothera laciniata     Cutleaf Evening-primrose
Opuntia spp.   Erect Prickly-pear Cactus
Oxalis corniculata   Common Yellow Woodsorrel

P

Palafoxia integrifolia Many-wings, Coastalplain Palafox
Panicum virgatum Switchgrass
Penstemon laevigatus Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
Pentalinon luteum   Wild Allamanda, Hammock Viperstail
Phlox divaricata     Wild Blue Phlox, Woodland Phlox
Phlox spp.   Phlox
Phoebanthus spp.   Phoebanthus
Phyla nodiflora Frogfruit, Turkey Tangle Fogfruit, Capeweed
Piloblephis rigida Pennyroyal
Pinckneya bracteata Hairy Fevertree
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
Pluchea spp.   Camphor-weed
Pluchia odorata   Sweetscent
Plumbago zeylanica   Wild Plumbago
Polygonum nesomii   Largeflower Jointweed, Sandhill Wireweed
Pontederia cordata Pickerelweed
Prunus americana   Wild Plum
Psychotria nervosa   Shiny-leaf Wild-coffee, Wild Coffee

Q

Quercus laevis Turkey Oak

R

Randia aculeata White Indigo Berry
Ratibida pinnata Prairie Coneflower
Rhexia spp.   Meadow-beauty
Rhus copallinum Winged Sumac
Rhynchospora colorata   Fineleaf Whitetop Sedge, Starrush Whitetop
Rhynchospora latifolia   Giant Whitetop, Sandswamp Whitetop
Rudbeckia fulgida Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia graminifolia   Grassleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia laciniata Cutleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia mohrii Mohr's Coneflower
Rudbeckia mollis   Softhair Coneflower
Rudbeckia spp.   Blackeyed-susan

S

Salvia azurea   Blue Sage, Azure Blue Sage
Salvia coccinea   Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage, Blood Sage
Salvia lyrata Lyre-leaved Sage
Saururus cernuus Lizard's-tail
Scutellaria integrifolia Rough Skullcap, Helmet Skullcap
Senna mexicana var. chapmanii     Chapman's Sensitive Plant, Bahama Senna
Serenoa repens   Saw Palmetto
Sesuvium portulacastrum Sea-purslane, Shoreline Seapurslane, Cenicilla
Sideroxylon salicifolium Willow-bustic, White Bully
Sideroxylon tenax     Tough Buckthorn, Tough Bully
Silphium asteriscus   Starry Rosinweed
Silphium compositum Kidneyleaf Rosinweed
Smallanthus uvedalia   Hairy Leafcup
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
Stachys floridana Florida Hedgenettle, Florida Betony
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis   Blue Porterweed, Joee
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 elliottii   Elliott's Aster

T

Teucrium canadense Wood-sage, Canadian Germander
Triadenum virginicum   Virginia Marsh St. John's-wort

V

Vaccinium arboreum Sparkleberry, Farkleberry
Vachellia choriophylla   Cinnecord, Tamarindillo, Thornless Acacia
Verbesina virginica Frostweed, White Crownbeard
Vernonia angustifolia Narrow-leaf Ironweed, Tall
Vernonia gigantea Tall Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis New York Ironweed
Viburnum acerifolium   Maple-leaved Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum   Southern Arrowwood
Viburnum nudum Possum Haw
Viburnum obovatum   Small Viburnum, Walter's Viburnum
Viburnum rufidulum Southern Black Haw, Rusty Blackhaw

W

Wisteria frutescens   American Wisteria

Y

Yucca aloifolia   Spanish Bayonet, Aloe Yucca
Yucca gloriosa Spanish Dagger, Moundlily Yucca

Z

Zanthoxylum fagara   Wild-lime, Colina, Lime Pricklyash