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FamilyScientific Name Common NameHabitatDistributionImage
ArecaceaeAcoelorraphePaurotis Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeAcoelorraphe wrightiiEverglades Palm, Saw Cabbage-palm, Cuban Palm, Paurotis PalmWet coastal hammocks, strand swamps, wet savannas, bay heads.S. FL; West Indies; Gulf coast of Mexico (CAM, CHP, ROO, TAB, TAM, VER, YUC), Central America, and n. South America.image of plant
ArecaceaeAcrocomiaCoyol, Gru-gruimage of plant
ArecaceaeAcrocomia totaiGrugru Palm, Totai PalmEscaped to vacant lots from horticultural use.Native of South America.image of plant
ArecaceaeAdonidiaManila Palm, Christmas Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeAdonidia merrilliiManila Palm, Christmas PalmDisturbed areas.Native of the Philippines.image of plant
ArecaceaeArecaceaePalm Familyimage of plant
ArecaceaeButiaButiaimage of plant
ArecaceaeButia odorataBrazilian Butia, South American Jelly Palm, Pindo PalmWidely planted in the outer Coastal Plain of se. NC, e. SC, e. GA, and FL, persistent in apparently semi-natural situations, and now showing signs of establishing and spreading from seed into natural areas.Native of s. Brazil and Uruguay. See Byrd & Diamond (2018) for the first report in AL and Zomlefer et al. (2018) for report from GA.image of plant
ArecaceaeCaryotaFishtail Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeCaryota mitisClustering Fishtail Palm, Burmese Fishtail PalmDisturbed hammocks, other disturbed (suburban) areas.Native of s. Asia.image of plant
ArecaceaeCaryota urensSolitary Fishtail Palm, Wine PalmDisturbed areas.Native of India. C. urens is also cultivated and sparingly naturalized in s. FL.image of plant
ArecaceaeChamaedoreaBamboo-palm, Parlor Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeChamaedorea seifriziiBamboo-palmDisturbed areas.Native of tropical America.image of plant
ArecaceaeChamaeropsimage of plant
ArecaceaeChamaerops humilisMediterranean Fan PalmPlanted horticulturally, persistent (no definite evidence of naturalization as of 2024).Native of w. Mediterranean s. Europe and n. Africa.image of plant
ArecaceaeCoccothrinaxSilver Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeCoccothrinax argentata ssp. argentataSilver PalmRockland hammocks, coastal strand, dunes.S. FL (Keys of Monroe County); Bahamas.image of plant
ArecaceaeCoccothrinax argentata ssp. garberiMainland Silver PalmRockland hammocks (especially edges), pine rocklands, maritime hammocks and coastal strands.S. FL mainland (Broward and Miami-Dade counties).image of plant
ArecaceaeCocosCoconut Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeCocos nuciferaCoconut PalmBeaches, disturbed areas.Native of the Paleotropics (now pantropical). Photographic evidence of at least the sporadic arrival and short-term germination of this species has been supplied from as far north as Bear Island, Onslow County, NC, 11 Jun 1996 (Dave Owen, pers. comm. and photograph).image of plant
ArecaceaeDypsisimage of plant
ArecaceaeDypsis lutescensAreca Palm, Butterfly PalmHammocks, scrub, disturbed uplands.Native of Madagascar.image of plant
ArecaceaeElaeisOil Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeElaeis guineensisAfrican Oil PalmDisturbed areas, escaped from cultivation.Native of Africa.image of plant
ArecaceaeLeucothrinaximage of plant
ArecaceaeLeucothrinax morrisiiBrittle Thatch-palm, Key Thatch-palmHammocks, pine rocklands (where abundant on Big Pine Key).FL keys; West Indies.image of plant
ArecaceaeLivistonaFan Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeLivistona chinensisChinese Fan PalmHammocks, disturbed uplands, also cultivated and persistent.Native of China and Japan.image of plant
ArecaceaePhoenixDate Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaePhoenix canariensisCanary Island Date PalmDisturbed hammocks and maritime forests.Native of the Canary Islands.image of plant
ArecaceaePhoenix dactyliferaDate PalmCultivated and persistent.Native of (probably) the Middle East.image of plant
ArecaceaePhoenix reclinataSenegal Date PalmCultivated and persistent.Native of the Mediterranean region.image of plant
ArecaceaePseudophoenixCherry Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaePseudophoenix sargentiiBuccaneer Palm, Datelet, Florida Cherry PalmRockland hammocks.S. FL (keys of Miami-Dade and Monroe counties); West Indies; s. Mexico (CAM, ROO, YUC); Central America (Belize). Apparently remaining in Florida at only a single population.image of plant
ArecaceaePtychospermaimage of plant
ArecaceaePtychosperma elegansAlexander Palm, Solitaire PalmDisturbed hammocks, other disturbed uplands.Native of Australia.image of plant
ArecaceaePtychosperma macarthuriiMacArthur Feather PalmDisturbed hammocks.Native of New Guinea and n. Australia.image of plant
ArecaceaeRhapidophyllumNeedle Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeRhapidophyllum hystrixNeedle Palm, Blue PalmettoMoist to wet soils of small blackwater stream swamps, especially where underlain with coquina limestone ("marl"), hydric hammocks and rich, wetland-upland transitions.Se. SC (Beaufort and Jasper counties) south to c. peninsular FL, and west to s. MS. Becoming somewhat popular as a hardy palm that can be grown in the Southeast, well north of its natural range. As a result, records of it naturalizing northwards should be anticipated; reported for the mountains of TN (J. Shaw., 2020, iNaturalist and pers.comm.)image of plant
ArecaceaeRoystoneaRoyal Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeRoystonea regiaCuban Royal Palm, Florida Royal PalmMounds and higher ground in swamps and cypress sloughs, also extensively planted and spreading in disturbed habitats, and natural areas outside of its historical populations.C. peninsular FL (formerly) to s. FL; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba, Caymans); se. Mexico (CHP, CAM, ROO, TAB, VER, YUC.image of plant
ArecaceaeSabalPalmettoimage of plant
ArecaceaeSabal brazoriensisBrazoria PalmettoFloodplain forests.Endemic to a small area of Brazoria County, Texas, in and around the Palm Unit of San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge.image of plant
ArecaceaeSabal etoniaScrub Palmetto, Scrub-cabbage, Corkscrew PalmFlorida scrub.Endemic to FL (Clay County, FL south to Miami-Dade County, FL, primarily on the Lake Wales Ridge but also on coastal and intermediate ridges)
ArecaceaeSabal mexicanaMexican Palmetto, Rio Grande Palmetto, Texas Palm, Palma de MicharosFloodplains, hammocks, swamps.Se. TX, south to Mexico, and Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua).image of plant
ArecaceaeSabal miamiensisMiami PalmettoSandy pine rocklands and scrubby hardwood hammock in the northern end of the Miami Rock Ridge.Endemic to s. FL.image of plant
ArecaceaeSabal minorDwarf PalmettoSwamps, maritime forests, low moist woods, especially in calcareous soils developed from shell limestone (marl), hardwood flatwoods, marshes, saline barrens, also rarely planted as an ornamental farther inland, where persisting (and appearing native) or possibly naturalizing.Ne. NC (Currituck County)(or possibly se. VA?) south to c. peninsular FL, west to e. TX, c. TX, se. OK, and s. AR; disjunct in Nuevo León (Goldman 1999). This palm reaches its northern natural range limit at Monkey Island, Currituck County, NC, and other more inland sites just a few miles south of the VA border (L. Musselman, J. Boggan, pers. comm., 2006); no other New World palm has a native range extending so far north. It has been widely planted horticulturally in se. VA and is now naturalized there.image of plant
ArecaceaeSabal palmettoCabbage PalmettoMaritime forests, marsh edges, and other near-coastal communities.Native from se. NC south to s. FL, west to w. Panhandle FL, and in the West Indies in Cuba and the Bahamas; planted beyond that range, especially on the Gulf Coast.image of plant
ArecaceaeSaribusFan PalmA genus of ca. 10 species, trees, of Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea and New Caledonia.image of plant
ArecaceaeSaribus rotundifoliusFootstool PalmDisturbed hammocks, suburban woodlands, also persistent from cultivation.Native of Malaysia.image of plant
ArecaceaeSerenoaSaw Palmettoimage of plant
ArecaceaeSerenoa repensSaw PalmettoPine flatwoods, maritime forests, dunes, pine rocklands, and Florida dry prairie, xeric longleaf pine sandhills, scrubby pine flatwoods, and Florida scrub. Also used horticulturally, especially the gray (blue) forms.Se. SC (in maritime forests in Charleston and Colleton counties, and in spodosolic flatwoods in Beaufort and Jasper counties) south to s. FL and west to e. LA.image of plant
ArecaceaeSyagrusQueen Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeSyagrus romanzoffianaQueen PalmDisturbed hammocks.Native of Brazil.image of plant
ArecaceaeThrinaxThatch Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeThrinax radiataFlorida Thatch PalmHammocks and maritime shores.FL; Bahamas; se. Mexico (CAM, ROO, YUC).image of plant
ArecaceaeTrachycarpus
ArecaceaeTrachycarpus fortunei
ArecaceaeWashingtoniaFan Palmimage of plant
ArecaceaeWashingtonia robustaMexican Fan PalmSuburban woodlands, persistent and escaped from horticultural use.Native of Mexico. Reported for Grand Isle, Jefferson Parish, LA (Stafford & Reid 2023).image of plant