Companion Forest Plants

This page contains links to the names, descriptions and photos of forest companion plants found within Florida. The following groups of letters provide a shortcut to the plants, which are listed by their common name.

Companion Plants:

A-D, E-L, M-R, S, T-Z

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		Identifying plant specimens at 4-H Forest Ecology Contest - Austin Cary Memorial Forest

Plant List:

A-D Back to top
air-potato #	Dioscorea sp.
American beautyberry	Callicarpa americana
American lotus	Nelumbo lutea
anise	Illicium sp.
blackberry #	Rubus sp.
black needle rush	Juncus roemerianus
blackroot	Pterocaulon pycnostachyum
blazingstar	Liatris sp.
Boston fern	Nephrolepis exaltata
bracken fern	Pteridium aquilinum
Spanish-moss	Tillandsia sp.
broomsedge	Andropogon sp.
buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis
chinquapin	Castanea pumila
cogongrass #	Imperata cylindrica
coontie	Zamia pumila
coral ardisia	Ardisia crenata
coralbean	Erythrina herbacea
deerberry #	Vaccinium stamineum
deertongue	Carphephorus sp.
devil's-claws	Pisonia aculeata
duck potato	sagittaria sp.
E-L Back to top
elderberry #	Sambucus canadensis
fetterbush #	Lyonia lucida
Florida rosemary #	Ceratiola ericoides
frog's-bit	Limnobium spongia
gallberry #	Ilex glabra
goldenaster	Pityopsis graminifolia
greenbrier	Smilax sp.
golden-club	Orontium aquaticum
gopher-apple #	Licania michauxii
ground blueberry	Vaccinium myrsinites
Japanese climbing fern	Lygodium japonicum
Japanese honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica
kudzu	Pueraria lobata
latherleaf	Colubrina asiatica
golden leather fern	Acrostichum aureum
reindeer moss	Cladonia sp.
lizard's-tail	Saururus cernuus
lopsided indiangrass	Sorghastrum secundum
low panicgrass	Dicanthelium sp.
lupine	Lupinus sp.
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maidencane	Panicum hemitomum
milkpea	Galactia sp.
milkweed	Asclepias sp.
nickerbean #	Caesalpinia bonduc
Old World climbing fern	Lygodium microphyllum
pawpaw	Asimina sp.
peppervine	Ampelopsis arborea
perennial glasswort #	Salicornia virginica
pickerelweed	Pontederia lanceolata
pine lily	Lilium catesbaei
poison ivy #	Toxicodendron radicans
poison-oak #	Toxicodendron toxicarium
pricklypear	Opuntia humifusa
primrose-willow	Ludwigia peruviana
resurrection fern	Polypodium polypodioides
rouge plant	Rivina humilis
rubbervine	Rhabdadenia biflora
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saltbush	Baccharis sp.
saltgrass	Distichlis spicata
saltwort	Batis maritima
sawgrass #	Cladium jamaicense
saw palmetto #	Serenoa repens
sea blite	Suaeda linearis
sea daisy	Borrichia frutescens
sea purslane	Sesuvium portulacastrum
skunkvine	Paederia foetida
snowberry #	Chiococca alba
Spanish-moss	Tillandsia sp.
spatterdock #	Nuphar lutea
St. John's-wort	Hypericum sp.
stinging nettle	Cnidoscolus stimulosus
switchcane	Arundinaria gigantea
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tarflower	Befaria racemosa
trumpet creeper	Campsis radicans
Virginia creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia
water-hemlock	Cicuta mexicana
water-hyacinth	Eichornia crassipes
water-lettuce	Pistia stratiotes
wild azalea	Rhododendron canescens
wild coffee #	Psychotria nervosa
wild grape #	Vitis rotundifolia
winged sumac	Rhus copallina
wiregrass #	Aristida beyrichiana
yellow jessamine	Gelsemium sempervirens



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