Remember that Florida's native wild plants are protected under the Plant Protection Law. Under this law both preservation and propagation are encouraged. It is against the law to destroy, injure, harvest, collect, pick or remove any plants covered by the law without prior written permission from the landowner or legal occupant of the land. Another Florida law specifically protects sea oats and sea grapes. It is against the law to dig up orremove these plants whose growth helps prevent beach erosion.
Some nurseries stock native plants.
In the tables of native Florida plants included here, plants are first grouped by type such as ground cover or small tree. Within a type they are listed alphabetically by common name. Table 1 . Table 2 . Table 3 .