Florida has more tree species than any other state in the continental United States and our subtropical climate supports palms, orchids, and nearly 4,000 species of flowering plants. Visitors from colder parts of North America and Europe are often amazed to see common house plants growing as hedges in south Florida gardens.

• Air Plants and Orchids         
  Greenfly Orchid
  Spanish Moss
  Butterfly Orchid
  Fringed Orchid
  Ball Moss
  Deer Moss
  Quill Leaf
  

• Vines
  Yellow Jessamine
  Trumpet Vine
  Wild Grape
  Passion Vine       
  Pipevine
  Bouganvillea
  Butterfly Pea
  Wisteria
  Dog Rose
  Confederate Jasmine
  Air Potato
  Morning Glory
  Cats Claw Vine
  Virginia Creeper
  Poison Ivy
  Skunk Vine
  Dodder
  Catclaw Mimosa
  Salt Marsh Morning Glory
  Railroad Vine

• Ferns
  Giant Leather Fern
  Cabbage Palm Fern
  Giant Sword Fern
  Swamp Fern
  Virginia Chain Fern
  Southern Wood Fern
  Resurrection Fern
  Japanese Climbing Fern
  Royal Fern
  Sensitive Fern
  Hairy Maiden Fern

• Grasses
  Sandspur
  Maidencane
  Sawgrass
  Sugar Cane
  Sea Oats
  Wiregrass

       Stinging Nettle
 

• Wildflowers
  Common Spiderwort
  Lance-leaved Tickseed
  Sky-Blue Lupine
  Atamasco Lily
  Scarlet Hibiscus

• Trees and Shrubs
  Citrus – oranges, grapefruits, and lemons
  Sand pine
  Long Leaf pine
  Coontie
  Sour Orange
  Buttonbush       
  Laurel oak
  Water oak
  Turkey oak
  Live oak
  Persimmon
  Loblolly Bay
  Sasafras
  Australian Pine
  Brazilian Pepper
  Southern Magnolia
  Red Maple
  Gumbo Limbo
  Chinaberry
  Mimosa
  Sabal Palm
  Sweetgum
  Sea Grape
  Saw Palmetto
  Cabbage Palm
  Florida Rosemary
  Swamp Tupelo
  Pond Apple

• Aquatic Plants
  American Lotus
  Alligator Weed
  Water Hyacinth
  Arrowhead Arum
  Black Needlerush
  Coontail
  Cardinal Flower
  Duck Potato
  Duckweed
  Eurasian Water Milfoil
  Fanwort
  Hydrilla
  Mermaidweed
  Muskgrass
  Pickerelweed
  Redroot
  

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