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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Agavaceae	Agave americana ssp. americana	Century-plant, Maguey	Sandy desert scrub, disturbed areas, dunes, spread weakly from cultivation.	Native of Mexico and s. TX, and rarely escaping in e. TX east to s. FL and north to s. NC.
Agavaceae	Agave americana ssp. protamericana	Wild Century-plant	Sandy desert scrub.	Native to ne. Mexico; it is only known in the wild in our region from Starr County, TX.
Agavaceae	Agave angustifolia	Century Plant	Disturbed sandy areas, hammocks, and dunes.	Native of Mexico and Central America, escaped in peninsular FL..
Agavaceae	Agave asperrima ssp. asperrima	Rough Agave, Maguey Cenizo	Desert scrub.	S. TX and n. Mexico.
Agavaceae	Agave decipiens	Florida Agave, False-sisal	Shell middens and coastal hammocks, rockland hammocks, coastal rock barrens, often persisting as small understory plants vegetatively until tree-fall gaps stimulate flowering.	Endemic to s. peninsular FL.
Agavaceae	Agave desmetiana	Dwarf Century-plant	Sandy soils in hammocks and along roadsides.	Native to Mexico, introduced in peninsular FL.
Agavaceae	Agave lophantha	Thorn-crested Agave	Sandy and sandy loam desert flats or disturbed areas near habitations.	S. TX south to c. Mexico (COA, HID, NLE, QRO, SLP, TAM, VER), occasionally cultivated and rarely escaping outside its native range (E. Keith, pers. comm.).
Agavaceae	Agave sisalana	Sisal, Sisal-hemp	Coastal hammocks and dunes, and other disturbed areas.	Native of Mexico, introduced in peninsular FL.
Agavaceae	Agave weberi	Small’s Agave, Wild Century-plant	Sandy scrub (in s. TX) and shell middens and coastal thickets (in peninsular FL); apparently introduced from Mexico in both areas.	Native to Mexico; introduced in s. TX and peninsular FL.