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Native plants in The Villages

63 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

18 of them need no watering beyond The Villages’s own rainfall

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Red Maple

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Photo: caymanmatt · CC BY 4.0
Southern Magnolia

Southern Magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora

Photo: Carrie Seltzer · CC BY 4.0
Bald Cypress

Bald Cypress

Taxodium distichum

Photo: Sawyer Baran · CC BY 4.0
Worplesdon Sweetgum

Worplesdon Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon'

Eastern Redcedar

Eastern Redcedar

Juniperus virginiana 'Idyllwild'

No watering needed
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
White Fringetree

White Fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus

Photo: Sydney Olsen · CC BY 4.0
Carolina Cherry-laurel

Carolina Cherry-laurel

Prunus caroliniana

No watering neededPhoto: samlutfy · CC BY 4.0
Yaupon Holly

Yaupon Holly

Ilex vomitoria

No watering neededPhoto: Sophia K · CC BY 4.0
American Hornbeam

American Hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana

Photo: Bonnie Isaac · CC0 1.0
American Linden

American Linden

Tilia americana

Photo: Tom Scavo · CC BY 4.0
American Persimmon

American Persimmon

Diospyros virginiana

Photo: Cody Stricker · CC BY 4.0
American Holly

American Holly

Ilex opaca

Photo: Shannon · CC0 1.0
Winter King Hawthorn

Winter King Hawthorn

Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'

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

Black Cherry

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Photo: Михайло Жук · CC0 1.0
Dahoon Holly

Dahoon Holly

Ilex cassine

Photo: Claire Herzog · CC BY 4.0
Longleaf Pine

Longleaf Pine

Pinus palustris

Photo: Chris Wyse · CC0 1.0
Pignut Hickory

Pignut Hickory

Carya glabra

Photo: Jochen Essig · CC BY 4.0
Laurel Oak

Laurel Oak

Quercus laurifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Jay Horn · CC BY 4.0

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Little Henry Sweetspire

Little Henry Sweetspire

Itea virginica 'Sprich'

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
White Fringetree

White Fringetree

Chionanthus virginicus

Photo: Sydney Olsen · CC BY 4.0
Early Amethyst Beautyberry

Early Amethyst Beautyberry

Callicarpa americana 'Early Amethyst'

No watering needed
Carolina Cherry-laurel

Carolina Cherry-laurel

Prunus caroliniana

No watering neededPhoto: samlutfy · CC BY 4.0
Diamond Frost Euphorbia

Diamond Frost Euphorbia

Euphorbia hypericifolia 'Diamond Frost'

No watering needed
Red Chokeberry

Red Chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia

Photo: Jeff Clark · CC BY 4.0
Yaupon Holly

Yaupon Holly

Ilex vomitoria

No watering neededPhoto: Sophia K · CC BY 4.0
Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Monarda punctata

No watering neededPhoto: Reid Hardin · CC BY 4.0
Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

No watering neededPhoto: Lexi Destria · CC BY 4.0
American Holly

American Holly

Ilex opaca

Photo: Shannon · CC0 1.0
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

Darrows Blueberry

Darrows Blueberry

Vaccinium darrowii

Photo: Will McFarland · CC BY 4.0
Dahoon Holly

Dahoon Holly

Ilex cassine

Photo: Claire Herzog · CC BY 4.0
Needle Palm

Needle Palm

Rhapidophyllum hystrix

Photo: Valerie Anderson · 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
Purple Love Grass

Purple Love Grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

No watering neededPhoto: Reuven Martin · CC0 1.0
Eastern Gamagrass

Eastern Gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

Photo: Rich Sommer · CC BY 4.0
Creek Sedge

Creek Sedge

Carex amphibola

Photo: Bonnie Semmling · CC BY 4.0
Broomsedge Bluestem

Broomsedge Bluestem

Andropogon virginicus

No watering neededPhoto: Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0
Woolgrass

Woolgrass

Scirpus cyperinus

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0

Perennials18

Blazing Star Gayfeather

Blazing Star Gayfeather

Liatris spicata

Photo: worldbird · CC BY 4.0
Butterfly Weed

Butterfly Weed

Asclepias tuberosa

No watering neededPhoto: k2018lena · CC0 1.0
Cinderella Milkweed

Cinderella Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'

Virginia Iris

Virginia Iris

Iris virginica 'Carl Amason'

Rattlesnake master

Rattlesnake master

Eryngium yuccifolium

Photo: Alex Heyman · CC0 1.0
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
Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Spotted Beebalm Monarda punctata

Monarda punctata

No watering neededPhoto: Reid Hardin · CC BY 4.0
Pickerel Rush

Pickerel Rush

Pontederia cordata

Photo: Andrea Gantzer · CC BY 4.0
Seaside Goldenrod

Seaside Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens

Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0
Bama Superstar Aster

Bama Superstar Aster

Symphyotrichum dumosum 'Bama Superstar'

Blue Star Amsonia

Blue Star Amsonia

Amsonia ciliata

No watering neededPhoto: Marissa Calvert · CC BY 4.0
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

Photo: Claire Herzog · CC BY 4.0
Florida Swamp Lily

Florida Swamp Lily

Crinum americanum

Photo: Maheva B Laursen · CC BY 4.0
Prairie Phlox

Prairie Phlox

Phlox pilosa

No watering neededPhoto: Scott Allen Davis · CC BY 4.0
Florida Greeneyes

Florida Greeneyes

Berlandiera subacaulis

No watering neededPhoto: natalie · CC0 1.0

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Trumpet Honeysuckle

Trumpet Honeysuckle

Lonicera sempervirens

Photo: Carrie Seltzer · CC BY 4.0
Carolina Jessamine

Carolina Jessamine

Gelsemium sempervirens

Photo: novvictan · CC BY 4.0
Virginia Creeper

Virginia Creeper

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Photo: Tyler Cannon · CC BY 4.0
Purple Passionflower

Purple Passionflower

Passiflora incarnata

Photo: snail_hiker · CC BY 4.0
Swamp Leather Flower

Swamp Leather Flower

Clematis crispa

Photo: Terry Woodward · CC BY 4.0

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Cinnamon Fern

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Photo: Erik · CC BY 4.0

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Adam's Needle

Adam's Needle

Yucca filamentosa

Photo: Tom Field · CC BY 4.0
Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia humifusa

No watering neededPhoto: Lexi Destria · CC BY 4.0
Spanish Bayonet

Spanish Bayonet

Yucca aloifolia

No watering neededPhoto: natalie · CC0 1.0

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