Florida Native Plants

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Recommended Native Plants

Common Name	Botanical Name	Birds	Butterflies	Features
Basket Grass	Oplismenus hirtellus	Seeds	Host	Grass
Beautyberry	Callicarpa americana	Berries	Nectar	Bush
Black Ironwood	Krugiodendron ferreum	Food, Shelter		Tree
Blue Jacquemontia	Jacquemontia pentanthos		Nectar	Vine
Butterfly Bush	Cordia globosa	Berries	Nectar	Bush
Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Seeds, Shelter	Nectar	Bush
Cabbage Palm	Sabal Palmetto	Food, Shelter	Host, Nectar	Palm Tree
Coco-plum	Chrysobalanus icaco	Food, Shelter		Bush, Tree
Corkystem Passion-Vine	Passiflora suberosa	Berries	Host	Vine, Butterfly Gardens
Dixie Iris	Iris hexagona			Water Garden
Fiddlewood	Citharexylum spinosum	Food, Shelter	Nectar	Bush, Tree
Bolly	Guapira discolor	Food, Shelter		Bush, Tree
Blueeyed-Grass	Sisyrinchium angustifolium			Grass
Cinnamon-Bark	Canella winterana	Berries, Shelter	Nectar	Bush, Small Tree
Coontie	Zamia integrifolia		Host	Groundcover
Coral Honeysuckle	Lonicera sempervirens	Nectar	Nectar	Vine
Dahoon Holly	Ilex cassine	Berries		Tree
Fakahatchee Grass	Tripsacum dactyloides	Seeds	Host	Grass
Firebush	Hamelia patens	Nectar, Berries	Nectar	Bush
Green Thatch Palm	Thrinax radiata	Food, Shelter	Host	Small Palm Tree
Gumbo Limbo	Bursera simaruba	Food, Shelter	Host	Tree
Jamacia Caper	Capparis cynophallophora	Shelter		Bush, Tree
Jamacia Dogwood	Piscidia piscipula		Host	Tree
Lancewood	Ocotea coriacea			Tree
Laurel Oak	Quercus laurifolia	Food, Shelter	Host	Tree
Lignum-Vitae	Guajacum sanctum	Seeds, Shelter	Host, Nectar	Bush
Live Oak	Quercus virginiana	Food, Shelter	Host	Tree
Marlberry	Ardisia escallonioides	Berries		Large Bush
Mastic	Sideroxylon foetidissimum	Food, Shelter		Tree
Maypop	Passiflora incarnata		Host	Vine, Butterfly Gardens
Muhly Grass	Muhlenbergia capillaris	Seeds		Grass
Necklace Pod	Sophora tomentosa var. truncata	Nectar, Shelter	Nectar	Bush
Paradise Tree	Simarouba glauca			Tree
Peperomia	Peperomia obtusifolia			Groundcover
Pigeon-Plum	Coccoloba diversifolia	Food, Shelter	Nectar	Bush, Tree
Pond-Apple	Annona glabra	Food, Shelter		Tree
Powderpuff	Mimosa strigillosa		Host	Groundcover
Red Bay	Persea borbonia	Food, Shelter	Host	Tree
Redberry Stopper	Eugenia confusa	Food, Shelter		Bush, Small Tree
Satin Leaf	Chrysophyllum oliviforme	Food		Bush, Tree
Saw Palmetto	Serenoa repens	Food/Shelter	Host, Nectar	Small Palm
Sea-Lavender	Argusia gnaphalodes		Nectar	Bush
Seaside Goldenrod	Solidago sempervirens		Nectar	Wildflower
Silver Thatch Palm	Thrinax morrisii	Food, Shelter	Host	Small Palm
Simpson Stopper	Myrcianthes fragrans	Food, Shelter		Bush, Tree
Slash Pine	Pinus elliottii var. densa	Food, Shelter		Tree
Spanish Stopper	Eugenia foetida	Food, Shelter		Bush, Small Tree
Spiderlily	Hymenocallis latifolia			Wildflower
Strongbark	Bourreria succulenta	Food, Shelter, Nectar	Nectar	Tree
Tropical Sage	Salvia coccinea	Seeds	Nectar	Wildflower
Varnish Leaf	Dodonaea viscosa			Bush, Tree
Walter's Viburnum	Viburnum obovatum	Shelter	Nectar	Large Bush
White Stopper	Eugenia axillaris	Food, Shelter		Bush, Small Tree
Whiteflower Passion Flower	Passiflora Multiflora		Host	Vine, Butterfly Gardens
Wild Coffee	Psychotria ligustrifolia	Food, Shelter		Bush
Wild Lime	Zanthoxylum fagara	Shelter	Host	Tree
Wild Tamarind	Lysiloma latisiliquum	Shelter	Host, Nectar	Tree
Wild-Allamanda	Pentalion luteum		Nectar	Vine