Native plants · Florida
Native plants of Osceola County
319 plant species are recorded as native to Florida in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in Osceola County by USDA PLANTS. 140 of them have growing records you can filter by light, moisture, height and estimated cold hardiness. 2 more species are listed as both native and introduced and kept in a separate section.
County summary · USDA PLANTS and Kew WCVP
Osceola County, Florida
- Native species
- 319 Typical Florida county: 385 (median of 67 counties)
- Garden-ready natives
- 140 Typical Florida county: 170
- Share by type (all 319 native species)
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Percent of the 319 native species in each growth type
Wildflowers make up the largest share of the native list (48%), followed by grasses and grass-like plants (27%).
The native plant list
Garden-ready natives 140
Native species with PLANTS growing records (height, light, moisture, minimum temperature). “—” means PLANTS has no value.
| Plant | Type | Height | Light | Water use | Hardy to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American basswood Tilia americana | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| American beautyberry Callicarpa americana | Shrub | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 6b |
| American cupscale Sacciolepis striata | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5b |
| American hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana | Tree | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| American pokeweed Phytolacca americana | Wildflower (forb) | 7.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| American snowbell Styrax americanus | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 5b |
| American spongeplant Limnobium spongia | Wildflower (forb) | 6 in | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| bald cypress Taxodium distichum | Tree | 130 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5b |
| bighead rush Juncus megacephalus | Grass or grass-like | 3.1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8b |
| blackeyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta | Wildflower (forb) | 1 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| blue mistflower Conoclinium coelestinum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| boxelder Acer negundo | Tree | 60 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 2b |
| broadleaf arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| broadleaf carpetgrass Axonopus compressus | Grass or grass-like | 1 ft | Sun | High | Zone 7a |
| broadleaf cattail Typha latifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3b |
| broomsedge bluestem Andropogon virginicus | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5b |
| bulbous bittercress Cardamine bulbosa | Wildflower (forb) | 1.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| bushy bluestem Andropogon glomeratus | Grass or grass-like | 6.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4a |
| butterweed Packera glabella | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 10b |
| cabbage palmetto Sabal palmetto | Tree | 90 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 9a |
| California bulrush Schoenoplectus californicus | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | High | Zone 9a |
| Canada germander Teucrium canadense | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 3a |
| Canadian horseweed Conyza canadensis | Wildflower (forb) | 5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12b |
| Carolina ash Fraxinus caroliniana | Tree | 39 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 7b |
| Carolina fanwort Cabomba caroliniana | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| Carolina redroot Lachnanthes caroliana | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8b |
| cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea | Fern | 4.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| coastal plain willow Salix caroliniana | Tree | 33 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 7b |
| common blue violet Viola sororia | Wildflower (forb) | 4 in | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| common buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis | Tree | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| common persimmon Diospyros virginiana | Tree | 55 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| common rush Juncus effusus | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 3b |
| common threesquare Schoenoplectus pungens | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| dahoon Ilex cassine | Tree | 26 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8b |
| deerberry Vaccinium stamineum | Shrub | 16 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| dense blazing star Liatris spicata | Wildflower (forb) | 4.5 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5b |
| devil's walkingstick Aralia spinosa | Tree | 20 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4b |
| dotted smartweed Polygonum punctatum | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| dwarf huckleberry Gaylussacia dumosa | Shrub | 1.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5a |
| dwarf palmetto Sabal minor | Tree | 9 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| dwarf St. Johnswort Hypericum mutilum | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5a |
| eastern baccharis Baccharis halimifolia | Tree | 10 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 7a |
| eastern gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides | Grass or grass-like | 5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| eggleaf rosette grass Dichanthelium ovale | Grass or grass-like | 1.7 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 6a |
| fall panicgrass Panicum dichotomiflorum | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3a |
| false daisy Eclipta prostrata | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 10b |
| fetterbush lyonia Lyonia lucida | Shrub | 6.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7b |
| field paspalum Paspalum laeve | Grass or grass-like | 2.9 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 6a |
| Florida bully Sideroxylon reclinatum | Shrub | 2 ft | — | — | Zone 7a |
| fragrant flatsedge Cyperus odoratus | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 11b |
| giant cane Arundinaria gigantea | Shrub | 25 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5a |
| grassleaf rush Juncus marginatus | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5a |
| graybark grape Vitis cinerea | Vine | 50 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 6b |
| green arrow arum Peltandra virginica | Wildflower (forb) | 2.3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 5a |
| groundnut Apios americana | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| hairy chaffhead Carphephorus paniculatus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 8a |
| hairy lespedeza Lespedeza hirta | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 6a |
| haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 8a |
| hilograss Paspalum conjugatum | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 8b |
| inkberry Ilex glabra | Shrub | 8 ft | Sun | High | Zone 6a |
| Jack in the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| jointed spikesedge Eleocharis equisetoides | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| laurel greenbrier Smilax laurifolia | Vine | 1 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 6b |
| laurel oak Quercus laurifolia | Tree | 70 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| limestone meadow sedge Carex granularis | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| little bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 3b |
| live oak Quercus virginiana | Tree | 50 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 8a |
| loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus | Tree | 65 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 7a |
| longleaf pine Pinus palustris | Tree | 120 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 7a |
| maleberry Lyonia ligustrina | Shrub | 9 ft | Shade-tolerant | — | Zone 5a |
| manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos | Grass or grass-like | 1.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 12a |
| muscadine Vitis rotundifolia | Vine | 30 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5b |
| narrowleaf blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7a |
| narrowleaf silkgrass Pityopsis graminifolia | Wildflower (forb) | 2.8 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7a |
| needlepod rush Juncus scirpoides | Grass or grass-like | 3 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 7a |
| orangegrass Hypericum gentianoides | Wildflower (forb) | 2 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 12a |
| partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata | Wildflower (forb) | 2.4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 7a |
| peelbark St. Johnswort Hypericum fasciculatum | Shrub | 5 ft | Sun | — | Zone 7b |
| Pennsylvania bittercress Cardamine pensylvanica | Wildflower (forb) | 1.5 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| peppervine Nekemias arborea | Vine | 1 in | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 6a |
| pickerelweed Pontederia cordata | Wildflower (forb) | 3.2 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| pine barren goldenrod Solidago fistulosa | Wildflower (forb) | 6.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| pond cypress Taxodium ascendens | Tree | 100 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 8a |
| pond pine Pinus serotina | Tree | 80 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 7a |
| possumhaw Viburnum nudum | Tree | 15 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| prairie fleabane Erigeron strigosus | Wildflower (forb) | 3 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| prairie wedgescale Sphenopholis obtusata | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 3a |
| purpletop tridens Tridens flavus | Grass or grass-like | 2.5 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 5a |
| red chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia | Shrub | 5 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5b |
| red maple Acer rubrum | Tree | 68 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 2b |
| redtop panicgrass Panicum rigidulum | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4a |
| roundpod St. Johnswort Hypericum cistifolium | Shrub | 2.5 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | High | Zone 9a |
| sand pine Pinus clausa | Tree | 80 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7b |
| saw greenbrier Smilax bona-nox | Vine | 4 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5b |
| saw palmetto Serenoa repens | Tree | 7 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| sawtooth blackberry Rubus argutus | Shrub | 8.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6a |
| shortbristle horned beaksedge Rhynchospora corniculata | Grass or grass-like | 6.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6a |
| slash pine Pinus elliottii | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 5b |
| slender woodoats Chasmanthium laxum | Grass or grass-like | 3.3 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| small-leaf arrowwood Viburnum obovatum | Tree | 12 ft | Sun–part shade | — | Zone 7b |
| smallfruit beggarticks Bidens mitis | Wildflower (forb) | 3.5 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12b |
| smallspike false nettle Boehmeria cylindrica | Wildflower (forb) | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| smooth beggartick Bidens laevis | Wildflower (forb) | 3.3 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 12b |
| southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora | Tree | 100 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 8a |
| Spanish moss Tillandsia usneoides | Vine | — | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 9b |
| splitbeard bluestem Andropogon ternarius | Grass or grass-like | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Low | Zone 5b |
| squarestem spikerush Eleocharis quadrangulata | Grass or grass-like | 4 ft | Sun | High | Zone 4b |
| stiff dogwood Cornus foemina | Tree | 16 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 7a |
| stiff marsh bedstraw Galium tinctorium | Wildflower (forb) | 10 in | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| strawcolored flatsedge Cyperus strigosus | Grass or grass-like | 3.2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4a |
| sugarcane plumegrass Saccharum giganteum | Grass or grass-like | 9.8 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 4b |
| summer grape Vitis aestivalis | Vine | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 5a |
| swamp azalea Rhododendron viscosum | Shrub | 16 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5b |
| swamp doghobble Eubotrys racemosus | Shrub | 13 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 4a |
| swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | High | Zone 3b |
| swamp smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides | Wildflower (forb) | — | Sun | Medium | Zone 10b |
| swamp sunflower Helianthus angustifolius | Wildflower (forb) | 5.6 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 4b |
| swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora | Tree | 30 ft | Shade-tolerant | — | Zone 6b |
| swamp tupelo Nyssa biflora | Tree | 115 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5b |
| sweetbay Magnolia virginiana | Tree | 60 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 9a |
| sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua | Tree | 100 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| sweetscent Pluchea odorata | Wildflower (forb) | 4.9 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6a |
| taperleaf water horehound Lycopus rubellus | Wildflower (forb) | 1.6 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5a |
| tenangle pipewort Eriocaulon decangulare | Wildflower (forb) | 2.6 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 6b |
| trumpetweed Eutrochium fistulosum | Wildflower (forb) | 6 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4b |
| turkey oak Quercus laevis | Tree | 40 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 7a |
| turkey tangle fogfruit Phyla nodiflora | Wildflower (forb) | 2 in | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 5b |
| variable panicgrass Dichanthelium commutatum | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4b |
| Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Vine | 1 ft | Sun–part shade | Low | Zone 4b |
| Virginia sweetspire Itea virginica | Shrub | 10 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 5a |
| water hickory Carya aquatica | Tree | 85 ft | Sun–part shade | Medium | Zone 5b |
| water oak Quercus nigra | Tree | 90 ft | Sun | High | Zone 5a |
| wax myrtle Morella cerifera | Tree | 10 ft | Sun | High | Zone 7a |
| white fringetree Chionanthus virginicus | Tree | 25 ft | Shade-tolerant | High | Zone 4a |
| whitegrass Leersia virginica | Grass or grass-like | 3.9 ft | Shade-tolerant | Medium | Zone 3a |
| winged sumac Rhus copallinum | Tree | 8 ft | Sun | Low | Zone 4b |
| woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus | Grass or grass-like | 4.9 ft | Sun–part shade | High | Zone 4a |
| yellow flatsedge Cyperus flavescens | Grass or grass-like | 2 ft | Sun | Medium | Zone 11b |
No garden-ready natives match these filters. Try clearing one.
Other native species recorded here 179
PLANTS has no growing records for these, so light, moisture, height and zone filters cannot include them. Many are wild species seldom sold by nurseries.
Hidden while “Garden-ready only” is on.
- Adam's needle Yucca filamentosa
- Alabama supplejack Berchemia scandens
- American black nightshade Solanum americanum
- American bluehearts Buchnera americana
- American burnweed Erechtites hieraciifolius
- American white waterlily Nymphaea odorata
- anglestem primrose-willow Ludwigia leptocarpa
- anisescented goldenrod Solidago odora
- annual phlox Phlox drummondii
- aquatic milkweed Asclepias perennis
- arrowfeather threeawn Aristida purpurascens
- axilflower Mecardonia acuminata
- Baldwin's flatsedge Cyperus croceus
- basketgrass Oplismenus hirtellus
- beach false foxglove Agalinis fasciculata
- beaked panicgrass Panicum anceps
- bearded skeletongrass Gymnopogon ambiguus
- big carpetgrass Axonopus furcatus
- bigpod sesbania Sesbania herbacea
- broadwing sedge Carex alata
- brome-like sedge Carex bromoides
- bunched beaksedge Rhynchospora cephalantha
- button eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium
- camphorweed Heterotheca subaxillaris
- Canada spikesedge Eleocharis geniculata
- Canada toadflax Nuttallanthus canadensis
- Canby's bulrush Schoenoplectus etuberculatus
- Carolina desert-chicory Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
- Carolina fimbry Fimbristylis caroliniana
- Carolina geranium Geranium carolinianum
- Carolina mosquitofern Azolla caroliniana
- Carolina wild petunia Ruellia caroliniensis
- chaffweed Anagallis minima
- clasping Venus' looking-glass Triodanis perfoliata
- clustered mille graines Oldenlandia uniflora
- coastal sandbur Cenchrus spinifex
- combleaf mermaidweed Proserpinaca pectinata
- combleaf yellow false foxglove Aureolaria pectinata
- common carpetgrass Axonopus fissifolius
- cone-cup spikerush Eleocharis tuberculosa
- creeping primrose-willow Ludwigia repens
- cutleaf evening primrose Oenothera laciniata
- cypress panicgrass Dichanthelium dichotomum
- denseflower knotweed Polygonum glabrum
- diamond-flowers Stenaria nigricans
- drumheads Polygala cruciata
- dwarf umbrella-sedge Fuirena pumila
- eastern milkpea Galactia regularis
- eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
- eastern purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea
- Elliott's bluestem Andropogon gyrans
- Elliott's rush Juncus elliottii
- erect centella Centella erecta
- fall witchgrass Digitaria cognata
- false hop sedge Carex lupuliformis
- fewflower beaksedge Rhynchospora rariflora
- fewflower milkweed Asclepias lanceolata
- fire on the mountain Euphorbia cyathophora
- flattened pipewort Eriocaulon compressum
- Florida yellow flax Linum floridanum
- forked bluecurls Trichostema dichotomum
- foxtail clubmoss Lycopodiella alopecuroides
- fringed nutrush Scleria ciliata
- fringed yelloweyed grass Xyris fimbriata
- giant bristlegrass Setaria magna
- giant ironweed Vernonia gigantea
- giant sedge Carex gigantea
- globe beaksedge Rhynchospora globularis
- grassleaf lettuce Lactuca graminifolia
- grassy arrowhead Sagittaria graminea
- greenvein lady's tresses Spiranthes praecox
- Guadeloupe cucumber Melothria pendula
- hairy fimbry Fimbristylis puberula
- heartleaf nettle Urtica chamaedryoides
- heartwing sorrel Rumex hastatulus
- hedge false bindweed Calystegia sepium
- helmet flower Scutellaria integrifolia
- hemlock rosette grass Dichanthelium sabulorum
- herb of grace Bacopa monnieri
- herbwilliam Ptilimnium capillaceum
- horned bladderwort Utricularia cornuta
- humped bladderwort Utricularia gibba
- hyssopleaf sandmat Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
- Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis
- Indianpipe Monotropa uniflora
- Java-bean Senna obtusifolia
- juniper leaf Polypremum procumbens
- kiss me quick Portulaca pilosa
- lanceleaf blanketflower Gaillardia aestivalis
- lavender bladderwort Utricularia resupinata
- lax hornpod Mitreola petiolata
- lizard's tail Saururus cernuus
- Long's sedge Carex longii
- loosehead beaksedge Rhynchospora chalarocephala
- lyreleaf sage Salvia lyrata
- maidencane Panicum hemitomon
- man of the earth Ipomoea pandurata
- manyflower marshpennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
- marsh bristlegrass Setaria parviflora
- marsh fimbry Fimbristylis castanea
- marsh lady's tresses Spiranthes odorata
- Maryland meadowbeauty Rhexia mariana
- meadow spikemoss Selaginella apoda
- Michaux's croton Croton michauxii
- narrowfruit horned beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata
- netted chainfern Woodwardia areolata
- netted nutrush Scleria reticularis
- openflower rosette grass Dichanthelium laxiflorum
- Pennsylvania everlasting Gamochaeta pensylvanica
- pillpod sandmat Chamaesyce hirta
- pine barren flatsedge Cyperus retrorsus
- pink sundew Drosera capillaris
- plains snakecotton Froelichia floridana
- poison sumac Toxicodendron vernix
- poorjoe Diodia teres
- procession flower Polygala incarnata
- purple passionflower Passiflora incarnata
- queen's-delight Stillingia sylvatica
- queendevil Hieracium gronovii
- rabbit-tobacco Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- rice button aster Symphyotrichum dumosum
- Richard's yelloweyed grass Xyris jupicai
- romerillo Bidens alba
- rose of Plymouth Sabatia stellaris
- rough barnyardgrass Echinochloa muricata
- rough panicgrass Dichanthelium leucothrix
- roundleaf thoroughwort Eupatorium rotundifolium
- sensitive partridge pea Chamaecrista nictitans
- shaggy hedgehyssop Gratiola pilosa
- shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens
- shortleaf skeletongrass Gymnopogon brevifolius
- slender fimbry Fimbristylis autumnalis
- slender goldentop Euthamia caroliniana
- slim amaranth Amaranthus hybridus
- Small's yelloweyed grass Xyris smalliana
- snakemouth orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides
- sneezeweed Helenium amarum
- snowy orchid Platanthera nivea
- southern bladderwort Utricularia juncea
- southern cattail Typha domingensis
- southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra
- southern sandbur Cenchrus echinatus
- spoonleaf purple everlasting Gamochaeta purpurea
- spotted sandmat Chamaesyce maculata
- spotted water hemlock Cicuta maculata
- spring lady's tresses Spiranthes vernalis
- St. Andrew's cross Hypericum hypericoides
- stinking camphorweed Pluchea foetida
- swamp dock Rumex verticillatus
- swamp leather flower Clematis crispa
- swollen bladderwort Utricularia inflata
- Texas signalgrass Urochloa texana
- thin paspalum Paspalum setaceum
- threadleaf false foxglove Agalinis setacea
- tropical flatsedge Cyperus surinamensis
- tuberous grasspink Calopogon tuberosus
- velvetleaf ticktrefoil Desmodium viridiflorum
- Viola ×primulifolia Viola ×primulifolia
- Virginia bunchflower Veratrum virginicum
- Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana
- Virginia chainfern Woodwardia virginica
- Virginia dwarfdandelion Krigia virginica
- Virginia marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum virginicum
- Virginia pepperweed Lepidium virginicum
- Virginia plantain Plantago virginica
- warty panicgrass Panicum verrucosum
- western tansymustard Descurainia pinnata
- whip nutrush Scleria triglomerata
- whisk fern Psilotum nudum
- white crownbeard Verbesina virginica
- whitemouth dayflower Commelina erecta
- whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata
- winged lythrum Lythrum alatum
- yankeeweed Eupatorium compositifolium
- yellow screwstem Bartonia virginica
- yellow spikerush Eleocharis flavescens
- yellow thistle Cirsium horridulum
- yellowseed false pimpernel Lindernia dubia
- zigzag bladderwort Utricularia subulata
Also listed as native and introduced here 2
PLANTS labels these species both native and introduced in this state: some forms are native and others were brought in from elsewhere. Most gardeners should choose plants from the main list.
- annual ragweedAmbrosia artemisiifolia
- Mexican teaDysphania ambrosioides
Compared with Florida
The typical county is the median of the 67 Florida counties with PLANTS county records; the statewide figure counts every species native anywhere in the state. More species is not better or worse: counties differ in size, habitat and how thoroughly they have been surveyed.
| Measure | Osceola County | Typical county | Statewide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Native species | 319 | 385 | 1,282 |
| Garden-ready natives | 140 | 170 | 493 |
| Tree | 39 | — | 166 |
| Shrub | 17 | — | 59 |
| Wildflower (forb) | 154 | — | 648 |
| Grass or grass-like | 85 | — | 315 |
| Vine | 17 | — | 65 |
| Fern | 7 | — | 29 |
Neighboring counties
Counties that share a ZIP code with Osceola County.
- Okeechobee County, FL 103 garden-ready
- Orange County, FL 183 garden-ready
- Polk County, FL 203 garden-ready
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Zones
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2023) ZIP table: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed November 3, 2026. Plant zones on this site are our estimate, not the official map.
- Scope
- Osceola County (county FIPS 12097), Florida. 319 native species from PLANTS county distribution records; garden-ready = species with a PLANTS characteristics record.
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources