Beeman's Nursery is Your Home for Native Plants From Florida Species List

	1. Spartina bakeri - Sand Cordgrass
	This is a showy bunch grass, native to the Southeastern U.S. Grows to 36 inches in mass plantings; taller if planted in single clump, likes moist conditions.
	2. Muhlenbergia capillaris - Gulf Muhly
	Muhly grass has an attractive pinkish plumage during late summer and autumn. Fairly salt tolerant. This bunch grass is native to the coastal plain in the Southeastern U.S. and grows to 30 inches.
	3. Tripsacum dactyloides - Fakahatchee Grass
	A variety of tall bunchgrass that is found throughout the Eastern U.S. from Florida to the Canadian border. Broad leaves and upright growth habit. Grows 3 to 5 feet tall.
	4. Tripsacum floridanum - Dwarf Fakahatchee
	A smaller version of Fakahatchee, grows in peninsular Florida from Daytona Beach to Gainesville to Cedar Key southward. Grows 1-2 ft tall.
	5. Eragrostis spectabilis - Purple Lovegrass
	This showy bunch grass prefers dry conditions. Grows to 12 inches and has pink flowers in the fall, occurs throughout the Eastern US.
	6. Eragrostis elliottii - Silver Lovegrass
	Another short bunch grass for dry areas. Silver leaves and white flowers give this grass a misty look in the fall. Native to the Southeastern U.S.
	7. Spartina patens - Salt Meadow Cordgrass
	This species spreads by rhizomes, found naturally in coastal dunes and high tidal marshes from New Jersey to Texas. It grows 12-18 inches in dry conditions.
	8. Sesuvium portulacastrum - Sea Purslane
	Sesuvium can be used for shoreline treatments and to form dense beds in fresh or salty water. It grows 6-8 inches tall with small purple flowers.
	9. Andropogon virginicus glaucus - Chalky Bluestem
	A dry area bluestem with a chalky white coat on the leaves. The plant is 12-18 inches tall with a showy plume in the fall, 3-4 ft. tall
	10. Andropogon virginicus - Broomsedge
	A dry species has a low (12-18 inch) profile during the spring, but puts up tall (4-5ft.) seed stalk that starts to green in the summer and turns tannish-brown throughout the winter.
	11. Sporobolus virginicus - Seashore Dropseed
	A low growing grass, it resembles Bermuda grass and can be used as a turf. It needs salty soil or water for long-term survival. Only grows 6-8 inches.
	12. Gaillardia pulchella - Blanket Flower
	An attractive flower of the coastal dunes, thrives in dry places. An annual, which re-seeds itself, with showy red and yellow flowers, native to Southeastern U.S. Grows to 1-2 ft. tall.
	13. Juncus roemerianus - Needlerush
	Lives in the high salt marshes from the Carolinas and Texas down to Central Florida. Sharp points to cylindrical rush-type leaves. Grows to 3-4 ft. in high inter-tidal areas.
	14. Helianthus debilis - Dune Sunflower
	One of the few flowers found in the ocean dunes and coastal areas. This rambling bush spreads from each rooted stalk and forms a thicket 12-18 inches high.
	15. Pontederia cordata - Pickerelweed
	An emergent aquatic plant that is found throughout the Eastern U.S. It grows in 12 -24 inches tall in 6-18 inches of water and has showy purple flowers.
	16. Sagittaria lancifolia - Arrowhead
	An emergent aquatic plant, grows in 0-12 inches of water and reaches 36 inches, with white flowers. Occurs from Canada to Texas, and east to Florida.
	17. Eleocharis montana - Spikerush
	A showy spikerush with conspicuous brown seed heads. Grows in fresh water in the S.E. coastal plain. Forms dense beds 8-12 inches above normal water line.
	18. Eleocharis cellulosa - Slender Spikerush
	This aquatic plant occurs throughout the southeast and forms dense beds along shallow littoral areas, protruding 6-12 inches above the water surface.
	19. Juncus effusus - Soft Rush
	This aquatic rush grows at the waters edge and is dark green throughout the winter. Grows 24-36 inches tall throughout the US in freshwater
	20. Scirpus californicus - Bulrush
	A tall freshwater rush with showy seed heads in the summer and fall. Grows 6-8 ft. tall in 1-3 ft. of water.
	21. Thalia geniculata - Fire Flag
	A large emergent aquatic plant that grows to 8 ft. tall in Florida and the lower southeast. It has large showy leaves; small purple flowers and can grow in 2–3 ft. of water.
	22. Canna flaccida - Yellow Canna
	This native Canna of the southeast. It grows along the waters edge and reaches 2–3 ft. with large, showy, yellow flowers.
	23. Iris virginicus
	An emergent aquatic plant that is found throughout the Eastern US. It grows 12-24 inches tall in 6-18 inches of water and has showy purple flowers.
	24. Pennisetum setaceum - White Fountain Grass
	A southern ornamental bunch grass – grows 18-24 inches tall with attractive plumes. Blooms 6-9 months each year.
	25. Paspalum quadrifarium - Crown Grass
	Native to Uruguay, the leaves are broad under irrigation and roll up when dry. Maintains a dark green color all year. Grows 2-3 ft. tall. FNGA Plant of the Year 2003
	26. Bacopa caroliniana - Lemon Bacopa
	This is a mat-forming, aromatic aquatic herb. It has small blue flowers and smells like lemons if the leaves are crushed. Good plant for pond edges. Grows from moist soil to 2ft. deep
	27. Paspalum vaginatum - Seashore Paspalum
	Seashore paspalum is a salt-tolerant turf type grass that spreads by rhizome and stolons. It can be watered with fresh or salty water and may be submerged for extended periods.
	28. Cortaderia pumila - Dwarf Pampas Grass
	A short version of the common pampas grass, this species has attractive plumage; white with purple accents. Grows 3-5 ft.