A listing of Florida’s native trees with opposite branch arrangement and simple leaves.
Family | Scientific_Name | Common_Name | Range |
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Aceraceae | Acer rubrum | red maple | Statewide |
Adoxaceae | Viburnum nudum | possumhaw | Statewide |
Adoxaceae | Viburnum obovatum | small-leaf arrowwood | Statewide |
Avicenniaceae | Avicennia germinans | black mangrove | Statewide |
Cornaceae | Cornus florida | flowering dogwood | Statewide |
Cornaceae | Cornus foemina | stiff dogwood | Statewide |
Oleaceae | Chionanthus virginicus | white fringetree | Statewide |
Oleaceae | Osmanthus americanus | wild olive, devilwood | Statewide |
Rubiaceae | Cephalanthus occidentalis | common buttonbush | Statewide |
Aceraceae | Acer saccharinum | silver maple | NW |
Aceraceae | Acer succharum subsp. floridanum | southern sugar maple | NW,NE |
Aceraceae | Acer succharum subsp. leucoderme | chalk maple | NW,NE |
Celastraceae | Euonymus atropurpureus | Eastern Wahoo, burningbush | NW,NE |
Adoxaceae | Viburnum rufidulum | rusty blackhaw | NW,NE,C |
Bignoniaceae | Catalpa bignonioides | southern catalpa | NW,NE,C |
Cornaceae | Cornus asperifolia | toughleaf dogwood | NW,NE,C |
Oleaceae | Forestiera acuminata | eastern swampprivet | NW,NE,C |
Oleaceae | Forestiera godfreyi | Godfrey's swampprivet | NW,NE,C |
Rubiaceae | Pinckneya bracteata | fevertree | NW,NE,C |
Myrtaceae | Myrcianthes fragrans | twinberry | NE,C,S |
Combretaceae | Laguncularia racemosa | white mangrove | C,S |
Myrtaceae | Eugniea axillaris | white stopper | C,S |
Myrtaceae | Eugniea foetida | boxleaf stopper | C,S |
Nyctaginaceae | Guapira discolor | beeftree | C,S |
Nyctaginaceae | Pisonia aculeata | pullback | C,S |
Rhamnaceae | Krugiodendron ferreum | leadwood | C,S |
Rhizophoraceae | Rhizophora mangle | red mangrove | C,S |
Verbenaceae | Citharexylum spinosum | spiny fiddlewood | C,S |
Celastraceae | Crossopetalum rhacoma | maidenberry | S |
Celastraceae | Gyminda latifolia | West Indian false box | S |
Clusiaceae | Clusia rosea | pitch apple, Scotch attorney | S |
Malpighiaceae | Byrsonima lucida | Long Key locustberry | S |
Melastomataceae | Tetrazygia bicolor | Florida clover ash | S |
Myrtaceae | Calyptranthes pallens | pale lidflower | S |
Myrtaceae | Calyptranthes zuzygium | myrtle of the river | S |
Myrtaceae | Eugniea confusa | redberry stopper | S |
Myrtaceae | Eugniea rhombea | red stopper | S |
Nyctaginaceae | Guapira obtusata | corcho prieto | S |
Nyctaginaceae | Pisonia rotundata | smooth devil's-claws | S |
Rhamnaceae | Reynosia septentrionalis | darlingplum | S |
Rubiaceae | Exostema caribaeum | Caribbean princewood | S |
Rubiaceae | Genipa clusiifolia | sevenyear apple | S |
Rubiaceae | Guettarda elliptica | hammock velvetseed | S |