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Native plants in Kendall

51 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

30 of them need no watering beyond Kendall’s own rainfall

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Red Maple

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Photo: caymanmatt · CC BY 4.0
Bald Cypress

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Photo: Sawyer Baran · CC BY 4.0
Southern Live Oak

Southern Live Oak

Quercus virginiana

No watering neededPhoto: Alexander Williams · CC0 1.0
Sweetbay Magnolia

Sweetbay Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

Photo: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0
Wax Myrtle

Wax Myrtle

Morella cerifera

No watering neededPhoto: Lauren McLaurin · CC BY 4.0
Cabbage Palm

Cabbage Palm

Sabal palmetto

No watering neededPhoto: Ryan McMinds · CC BY 4.0
American Persimmon

American Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

No watering neededPhoto: Cody Stricker · CC BY 4.0
Spanish Bayonet

Spanish Bayonet

Yucca aloifolia

No watering neededPhoto: natalie · CC0 1.0
Coralbean

Coralbean

Erythrina herbacea

No watering neededPhoto: TJ Butler · CC0 1.0
Shining Sumac

Shining Sumac

Rhus copallinum

No watering needed
Simpson's Stopper

Simpson's Stopper

Myrcianthes fragrans

No watering neededPhoto: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0
Dahoon Holly

Dahoon Holly

Ilex cassine

No watering neededPhoto: Claire Herzog · CC BY 4.0
Slash Pine

Slash Pine

Pinus elliottii

No watering neededPhoto: Mike · CC BY 4.0
Laurel Oak

Laurel Oak

Quercus laurifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Jay Horn · CC BY 4.0

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Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Sugar Shack Buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sugar Shack'

American Elderberry

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Photo: Melanie Gaddy · CC0 1.0
Squeeze Box Inkberry Holly

Squeeze Box Inkberry Holly

Ilex glabra 'Squeeze Box'

Sweetbay Magnolia

Sweetbay Magnolia

Magnolia virginiana

Photo: Matt Berger · CC BY 4.0
Wax Myrtle

Wax Myrtle

Morella cerifera

No watering neededPhoto: Lauren McLaurin · CC BY 4.0
Early Amethyst Beautyberry

Early Amethyst Beautyberry

Callicarpa americana 'Early Amethyst'

No watering needed
Diamond Frost Euphorbia

Diamond Frost Euphorbia

Euphorbia hypericifolia 'Diamond Frost'

No watering needed
Saw Palmetto

Saw Palmetto

Serenoa repens

No watering neededPhoto: Jody Shugart · CC BY 4.0
Spanish Bayonet

Spanish Bayonet

Yucca aloifolia

No watering neededPhoto: natalie · CC0 1.0
Coralbean

Coralbean

Erythrina herbacea

No watering neededPhoto: TJ Butler · CC0 1.0
Shining Sumac

Shining Sumac

Rhus copallinum

No watering needed
Dahoon Holly

Dahoon Holly

Ilex cassine

No watering neededPhoto: Claire Herzog · CC BY 4.0
Blue Porterweed

Blue Porterweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

No watering neededPhoto: elawrey · CC BY 4.0
Sea Myrtle

Sea Myrtle

Baccharis halimifolia

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0

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Pink Muhly Grass

Pink Muhly Grass

Muhlenbergia capillaris

No watering neededPhoto: Brandon Corder · CC BY 4.0
Switchgrass

Switchgrass

Panicum virgatum

No watering neededPhoto: Erin Snyder · CC BY 4.0
Splitbeard Bluestem

Splitbeard Bluestem

Andropogon ternarius

No watering needed
Eastern Gamagrass

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

No watering neededPhoto: Rich Sommer · CC BY 4.0

Bushy Bluestem

Andropogon glomeratus

No watering needed
Broomsedge Bluestem

Broomsedge Bluestem

Andropogon virginicus

No watering neededPhoto: Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0
Sweetgrass

Sweetgrass

Muhlenbergia sericea

No watering neededPhoto: Jay Horn · CC BY 4.0

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Butterfly Weed

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

No watering neededPhoto: k2018lena · CC0 1.0
Cinderella Milkweed

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Black-eyed Susan

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

No watering neededPhoto: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
Diamond Frost Euphorbia

Diamond Frost Euphorbia

Euphorbia hypericifolia 'Diamond Frost'

No watering needed
Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass

Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Photo: Allen Browne · CC0 1.0
Pickerel Rush

Pickerel Rush

Pontederia cordata

Photo: Andrea Gantzer · CC BY 4.0
Common Blue Violet

Common Blue Violet

Viola sororia

Photo: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0
Whorled Milkweed

Whorled Milkweed

Asclepias verticillata

No watering neededPhoto: Katherine Teresa · CC0 1.0
Seaside Goldenrod

Seaside Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0
Bama Superstar Aster

Bama Superstar Aster

Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Bama Superstar'

Lizard's Tail

Lizard's Tail

Saururus cernuus 'Hertford Streaker'

Arrow Arum

Arrow Arum

Peltandra virginica

Photo: Dillon James Dalton · CC BY 4.0
Winged Loosestrife

Winged Loosestrife

Lythrum alatum

No watering neededPhoto: Claire Herzog · CC BY 4.0
Carolina goldenrod

Carolina goldenrod

Euthamia caroliniana

Photo: Becky Dill · CC0 1.0
Florida Swamp Lily

Florida Swamp Lily

Crinum americanum

No watering neededPhoto: Maheva B Laursen · CC BY 4.0
Wand Goldenrod

Wand Goldenrod

Solidago stricta

Photo: er-birds · CC BY 4.0
American pokeweed Annie

American pokeweed Annie

Phytolacca americana 'Annie'

No watering needed
False aster

False aster

Boltonia diffusa

Photo: Becky Dill · CC0 1.0

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Virginia Creeper

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

No watering neededPhoto: Tyler Cannon · CC BY 4.0
Purple Passionflower

Purple Passionflower

Passiflora incarnata

No watering neededPhoto: snail_hiker · CC BY 4.0
Moonflower

Moonflower

Ipomoea alba

Photo: Malena Lorente · CC BY 4.0

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Boston Fern

Boston Fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

Photo: Kristály Cravens-Liszak · CC BY 4.0
Macho Fern

Macho Fern

Nephrolepis biserrata 'Macho'

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Spanish Bayonet

Spanish Bayonet

Yucca aloifolia

No watering neededPhoto: natalie · CC0 1.0

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