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Native plants in Fort Lauderdale

43 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

28 of them need no watering beyond Fort Lauderdale’s own rainfall

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Trees12

Canopy and structure

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Photo: caymanmatt · CC BY 4.0

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Photo: Sawyer Baran · CC BY 4.0

Southern Live Oak

Quercus virginiana

No watering needed Photo: Alexander Williams · CC0 1.0

Wax Myrtle

Morella cerifera

No watering needed Photo: Lauren McLaurin · CC BY 4.0

Cabbage Palm

Sabal palmetto

No watering needed Photo: Ryan McMinds · CC BY 4.0

American Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

No watering needed Photo: Cody Stricker · CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bayonet

Yucca aloifolia

No watering needed Photo: natalie · CC0 1.0

Coralbean

Erythrina herbacea

No watering needed Photo: TJ Butler · CC0 1.0

Simpson's Stopper

Myrcianthes fragrans

No watering needed Photo: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0

Dahoon Holly

Ilex cassine

No watering needed Photo: Claire Herzog · CC BY 4.0

Slash Pine

Pinus elliottii

No watering needed Photo: Mike · CC BY 4.0

Laurel Oak

Quercus laurifolia

No watering needed Photo: Jay Horn · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs12

Backbone planting

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

No watering needed Photo: Melanie Gaddy · CC0 1.0

Squeeze Box Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra 'Squeeze Box'

Wax Myrtle

Morella cerifera

No watering needed Photo: Lauren McLaurin · CC BY 4.0

Early Amethyst Beautyberry

Callicarpa americana 'Early Amethyst'

No watering needed

Diamond Frost Euphorbia

Euphorbia hypericifolia 'Diamond Frost'

No watering needed

Saw Palmetto

Serenoa repens

No watering needed Photo: Jody Shugart · CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bayonet

Yucca aloifolia

No watering needed Photo: natalie · CC0 1.0

Coralbean

Erythrina herbacea

No watering needed Photo: TJ Butler · CC0 1.0

Dahoon Holly

Ilex cassine

No watering needed Photo: Claire Herzog · CC BY 4.0

Blue Porterweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

No watering needed Photo: elawrey · CC BY 4.0

Sea Myrtle

Baccharis halimifolia

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Grasses6

Movement and texture

Pink Muhly Grass

Muhlenbergia capillaris

No watering needed Photo: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0

Splitbeard Bluestem

Andropogon ternarius

No watering needed

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

No watering needed Photo: Rich Sommer · CC BY 4.0

Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus

No watering needed

Broomsedge Bluestem

Andropogon virginicus

No watering needed Photo: Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0

Sweetgrass

Muhlenbergia sericea

No watering needed Photo: Jay Horn · CC BY 4.0

Perennials14

Seasonal colour

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

No watering needed Photo: k2018lena · CC0 1.0

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Diamond Frost Euphorbia

Euphorbia hypericifolia 'Diamond Frost'

No watering needed

Pickerel Rush

Pontederia cordata

Photo: Andrea Gantzer · CC BY 4.0

Common Blue Violet

Viola sororia

Photo: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0

Seaside Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

Bama Superstar Aster

Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Bama Superstar'

Lizard's Tail

Saururus cernuus 'Hertford Streaker'

Arrow Arum

Peltandra virginica

Photo: Dillon James Dalton · CC BY 4.0

Winged Loosestrife

Lythrum alatum

No watering needed Photo: Claire Herzog · CC BY 4.0

Carolina goldenrod

Euthamia caroliniana

No watering needed Photo: Becky Dill · CC0 1.0

Florida Swamp Lily

Crinum americanum

No watering needed Photo: Maheva B Laursen · CC BY 4.0

Wand Goldenrod

Solidago stricta

Photo: er-birds · CC BY 4.0

American pokeweed Annie

Phytolacca americana 'Annie'

No watering needed

Vines2

Verticals and screens

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

No watering needed Photo: Tyler Cannon · CC BY 4.0

Moonflower

Ipomoea alba

No watering needed Photo: Malena Lorente · CC BY 4.0

Ferns2

Shade and damp

Boston Fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

Photo: Kristály Cravens-Liszak · CC BY 4.0

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Photo: Erik · CC BY 4.0

Succulents1

Dry and architectural

Spanish Bayonet

Yucca aloifolia

No watering needed Photo: natalie · CC0 1.0

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