Biodiversity at a Glance | The Plants of North Florida and South Georgia
Looking back at ten years of the Ecology Blog, I thought it would be fun to put together a page of the plants we’ve seen in our explorations. They live in a range of habitats, from estuaries to longleaf forests, and in swamps and backyards. Click the names of each plant to jump to a story or stories about them. And I’ll keep adding as we produce new stories. Enjoy!
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) 
Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum) 
Parrot pitcher plant flower (Sarracenia psittacina) 
Sandhills milkweed (Asclepias humistrata) 
Pyramid magnolia (Magnolia fraseri var. pyramidata) 
Florida calamint (Clinopodium dentatum) 
Florida pusley (Richardia scabra) 
Lady lupine (Lupinus villosus) 
Prickly pear (Opuntia) 
Thread-leaf sundew flower (Drosera tracyii) 
Ogeechee tupelo (Nyssa ogeechee) 
Spikegrass (Distichlis spicata) 
Groundcherry (Physalis) 
Carolina ruellia (Ruellia caroliniensis) 
Spring helenium (Helenium vernale) 
Redring milkweed (Asclepias variegata) 
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) 
American mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) 
Swamp titi (Cyrilla racemiflora) 
Florida pineland spurge (Euphorbia inundata) 
Rose pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) 
Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron vernus) 
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) 
Scarlet rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus) 
Bog white violet (Viola lanceolata) 
Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) 
White topped pitcher plant (Sarracenia leucophylla) 
Needlerush (Juncus roemerianus) 
Orange milkwort (Polygala lutea) 
Candyroot (Polygala nana) 
Meadowbeauty (Rhexia) 
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) 
Soft Greeneyes (Berlandiera pumila) 
Carex lupuliformis 
Yellow wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta) 
Littleleaf buckbrush (Ceanothus microphyllus) 
Crowpoison, aka false garlic (Nothoscordum bivalve) 
Ohio spiderwort, aka bluejacket (Tradescantia ohiensis) 
Telephus spurge (Euphorbia telephioiides) 
Sow thistle (Sonchus) 
Apalachicola rosemary (Conradina glabra) 
Carolina Ponysfoot (Dichondra carolinensis) 
Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata) 
Common St. John’s-wort (Hypericum perforatum) 
Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum) 
Fanpetal (Sida) 
Pink swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) 
Wiregrass (Aristida stricta) 
Clasping Venus’ looking glass (Triodanis perfoliata) 
Lake Jackson pawpaw (Asimina spatulata) 
Georgia aster (Symphyotrichum georgianum) 
Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia) 
Rice button aster (Symphyotrichum dumosum) 
Straggler daisy (Calyptocarpus vialis) 
Pineland Silkgrass (Pityopsis aspera) 
Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) 
Gulf Sebastian-bush (Ditrysinia fruticosa) 
Butterwort (Pinguicula) 
Carolina desert chicory (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus) 
Shoal grass (Halodule wrightii) 
Common yucca (Yucca filamentosa) 
Dotted horsemint (Moncarda punctada) 
Red spider lily- aka hurricane lily (Lycoris radiata) 
Winged sumac (Rhus copallinum) 
Resurrection fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides) 
Toothache grass (Ctenium aromaticum) 
Gopher apple (Licania michauxii) 
Smooth yellow false foxglove (Aureolaria flava) 
Golden asters (Chrysopsis) 
Groundcherry (Physalis) 
American asters (Symphyotrichum) 
Chapman’s rhododendron (Rhododendron chapmanii) 
Black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) 
Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) 
Colic Root (Aletris lutea) 
Scaleleaf aster (Symphyotrichum adnatum) 
Dimpled trout lily (Erythronium umbilicatum) 
Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) 
Sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis) 
Goldenrod (Solidago) 
Atamasca lily (Zephyranthes atamasca) 
Dwarf sundew (Drosera brevifolia) 
Lanceleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata) 
Aquatic milkweed (Asclepias perennis) 
Carolina crane’s-bill (Geranium carolinianum) 
Chapman’s crownbeard (Verbesina chapmanii) 
Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) 
Florida anise (Illicium floridanum) 
Sphagnum moss 
Chapman’s butterwort (Pinguicula planifolia) 
Grass pink orchid (Calopogon tuberosus) 
Gulf Coast Lupine (Lupinus westianus) 
Wiregrass (Aristida stricta) 
Cardinal plant (Lobelia cardinalis) 
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) 
Sundew (Drosera) 
Salicornia 
Slash pine (Pinus elliottii) 
Purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) 
Dewberry (Rubus) 
American Holly (Ilex opaca) 
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) 
Narrowleaf sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) 
Rose pitcher plants (Sarracenia rosea) 
Smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) 
Bidens alba
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