Florida Native Plant Bibliography

The following list of books on Florida plants and ecosystems is not exhaustive, but forms an excellent basis for understanding, especially for those new to the subject. Is there a book that you've found helpful that isn't listed? Let us know!

• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers: A Guide to Common Wildflowers of the Coastal Regions of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Northeastern Florida. Gil Nelson. 2006. Guilford, CT: Falcon Press Publishing. ISBN 0762734337.
  
  
• Best Native Plants for Southern Gardens: A Handbook for Gardeners, Homeowners, and Professionals. 2010. Gil Nelson. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3458-4
• Big Trees: The Florida Register. Daniel B. Ward and Robert T. Ing. 1997. Orlando: Florida Native Plant Society. ISBN 1885258062.
• Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens. Douglas W. Tallamy. 2009. Timber Press. ISBN 978-0881929928.
• Butterfly Gardening with Florida's Native Plants. Craig N. Huegel. 1998. Orlando: Florida Native Plant Society. ISBN 1885258011.
  
  
• Coastal Dune Plants: The Common PlantsF of Southeast Florida's Ocean-side Communities. Daniel . Austin, Penelope Honychurch, and Steve Bass. 1991. Boca Raton: Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. No ISBN.
• Coastal Hammock and Mangrove Guide. Daniel Austin, Penelope Honychurch, and Steve Bass. 1983. Boca Raton: Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. No ISBN.
• Common Grasses of Florida and the Southeast. Lewis Yarlett. 1996. Orlando: Florida Native Plant Society. ISBN 1885258054.
  
  
• Ecosystems of Florida. Ronald L Myers and John J. Ewel, editors. 1990. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813010225.
• Everglades Wildflowers. Roger L. Hammer. 2002. Guilford, CT: Falcon Press Publishing. ISBN 0762710896.
  
  
• The Ferns of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide. Gil Nelson. 2000. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. ISBN 1561641979.
• Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida. Linda G. Chafin. 2004. Tallahassee: Florida Natural Areas Inventory. ISBN 096067084X.
• Flatwoods Plant Guide. Daniel F. Austin, Penelope Honychurch, and Steve Bass. 2002. Boca Raton: Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. No ISBN.
• The Flora of Florida: Volume I. Richard P. Wunderlin and Bruce Hansen. 2000. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813018056.
• Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida. R. W. Long, and O. Lakela. 1971. Coral Gables: University of Miami Press. ISBN 0870242016.
• Florida Butterfly Caterpillars and Their Host Plants. Marc C. Minno, Jerry F. Butler, and Donald W. Hall. 2005. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813027896.
• Florida Butterfly Gardening. Mark C. Minno and Maria Minno. 1999. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813016657.
• Florida Ethnobotany. Daniel F. Austin. 2004. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 0849323320.
• Florida Freshwater Plants: A Handbook of Common Aquatic Plants in Florida Lakes. Karen Brown, Mark V. Moyer, and Daniel E. Canfield. 1996. Tallahassee: Florida Department of Environmental Protection and University of Florida. ISBN 091628719X.
• Florida Keys Wildflowers. Roger L. Hammer. 2004. Guilford, CT: Falcon Press Publishing. ISBN 0762725699.
• Florida Landscape Plants: Native and Exotic. James V. Watkins, Thomas J. Sheehan and Robert J. Black. 2005 (revised edition). Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813028388.
• Florida, My Eden. Frederic B. Stresau. 1986. Port Salerno, FL: Florida Classics Library. ISBN 091245119X.
• Florida Plants for Wildlife: A Selection Guide to Native Trees and Shrubs. Craig N. Huegel. 1995. Orlando: Florida Native Plant Society. ISBN 1885258046.
• Florida Wild Flowers and Roadside Plants. C. Ritchie Bell and Bryan J. Taylor. 1982. Chapel Hill, NC: Laurel Hill Press. ISBN 090688801.
• Florida Wildflowers in Their Natural Communities. Walter K. Taylor. 1998. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813016169.
• Florida's Best Fruiting Plants. Charles R. Boning. Gainesville: Univ. Press of Florida. 2006. ISBN 978-1561643721.
• Florida's Best Native Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. Gil Nelson. 2003. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 081302644X.
• Florida's Incredible Wild Edibles. Richard Deuerling and Peggy Lantz. 1993. Orlando: Florida Native Plant Society. ISBN 188525802X.
• Florida's Living Beaches. Dawn and Blair Witherington. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1561643868.
• Florida Wetland Plants: An Identification Manual. John D. Tobe (editor). Florida Department of Environmental Protection and University of Florida. 1998. Tallahassee: Florida Department of Environmental Protection and University of Florida. ISBN 0916287270.
• Flowering Plants of Florida: A Guide to Common Families. Wendy B. Zomlefer. 1989. Gainesville: Biological Illustrations, Inc. ISBN 0932353126.
• Forest Trees of Florida. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Forestry. 2004 (19th edition). Tallahassee: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ISBN unknown.
  
  
• A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. Rufino Osorio. 2001. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813018528.
• Gardening for Florida's Butterflies. Pamela F. Traas. 2000 (2nd edition). St. Petersburg: Great Outdoors Publishing Co. ISBN 0820004200.
• Grafting, Budding, Cutting, Layering & Other Ways of Propagating Fruit Plants in Florida. 1995. Gainesville: Institute of Food & Agricultural Science. ISBN 0916287092.
• Growing Native: Native Plants for Landscape Use in Coastal South Florida. Richard W. Workman. 1980. Sanibel: Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation. No ISBN.
• A Guide to Florida Grasses. Walter Kingsley Taylor. 2009. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3319-8
• Guide to Florida Wildflowers. Walter Kingsley Taylor. 1992. Dallas, TX: Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 0878337474.
• Guide to the Natural Communities of Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory and Florida Dept. of Natural Resources. 1990. Tallahassee: Florida Natural Areas Inventory and Florida Dept. of Natural Resources. No ISBN.
• Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central Florida. Richard P. Wunderlin. 1983. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813007488.
• Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. Richard P. Wunderlin and Bruce F. Hansen. 2003. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813026326.
• Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Florida Panhandle. A. F. Clewell. 1985. Tallahassee: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813007798.
  
  
• Healing Plants: Medicine of the Florida Seminole Indians. A. M. Snow and S. E. Stans. 2001. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 081302062X.
  
  
• Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas. Karen A. Langeland and Kathy Craddock Burks, editors. 1999. Gainesville: Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Publications, University of Florida. (Available online as a downloadable PDF at http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/identif.html)
• Illustrated Plants of Florida and the Coastal Plain. David W. Hall and Edward H. Stehman. 1993. Gainesville: Maupin House. ISBN 0929895401.
  
  
• Landscaping for Florida's Wildlife: Re-Creating Native Ecosystems in Your Yard. Joseph M. Schaefer and George W. Tanner. 1998. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813015715.
  
  
• Mangroves: Trees in the Sea. Jerry Greenberg, Idaz Greenberg, and Michael Greenberg. 2000. Miami: Seahawk Press. ISBN 0913008273.
  
  
• National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida. National Audubon Society, Peter Alden, and Rick Cech. 1998. Knopf. ISBN 978-0679446774.
• Native Bromeliads of Florida. Harry Luther and David Benzing. 2009. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. ISBN 978-1-5616-4448-3
• Native Florida Plants: Low Maintenance Landscaping and Gardening. Robert G. Haehle and Joan Brookwell. 2004 (revised edition). Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 1589790510.
• The Native Orchids of Florida. Carl Luer. 1972. New York: New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 0893270148.
• Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife. Craig N. Huegel. 2010. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3494-2
• Native Trees and Shrubs of the Florida Keys. J. Paul Scurlock. 1987. Bethel Park, PA: Laurel Press. ISBN 0961915528.
• Native Trees of Florida. Erdman West and Lillian E. Arnold. 1956. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. No ISBN.
• Native Trees of South Florida: Including Everglades and Biscayne National Parks, Big Cypress National Preserve and the Florida Keys. R. Seavey and J. Seavey. 2005. Homestead: Seavey Field Guides. ISBN 1892772094.
• Natural Florida Landscaping. Dan Walton and Laurel Schiller. 2007. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1561643882
• Notes on Florida's Endangered and Threatened Plants. Nancy Coile. 2000. Tallahassee: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. No ISBN.
  
  
• Plants of Central Florida. Henry Conrad. 1969. Lake Wales, FL: Ridge Audubon Society. No ISBN.
• Poisonous Plants and Animals of Florida and the Caribbean. David W. Nellis. 1997. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. ISBN 1561641138.
• Priceless Florida: Natural Ecosystems and Native Species. Ellie Whitney, Bruce Means and Anne Rudloe. 2005. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. ISBN 0893270148.
  
  
• Rare and Endangered Biota of Florida: Vol. 5: Plants. Daniel Ward (editor). 1979. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. (ISBN unavailable.)
• Rare Plants of South Florida: Their History, Conservation and Restoration. George D. Gann, Keith A. Bradley & Steve W. Woodmansee. 2002. Miami: Institute for Regional Conservation. ISBN 0970498705.
• The Right Plants for Dry Places: Native Plant Landcaping in Central Florida. Suncoast Native Plant Society. 2005 (2nd edition). St. Petersburg: Great Outdoors Publ. Co. ISBN 0820004235.
  
  
• Scrub Plant Guide. Daniel F. Austin, Penelope Honychurch, and Steve Bass. 1993. Boca Raton: Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. No ISBN.
• Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean. David W. Nellis. 1994. Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press. ISBN 1561640263.
• The Shrubs and Woody Vines of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide. Gil Nelson. 1996. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. ISBN 1561641103.
• Smithsonian Guide to Seaside Plants of the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts from Louisiana to Massachusetts, Exclusive of Lower Peninsular Florida. W. H. Duncan and M. B. Duncan. 1987. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute Press. ISBN 0874743877.
• Sustainable Gardening for Florida. Ginny Stibolt. 2009. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3392-1
  
  
• Trees of Central Florida. O. Lakela and Richard P. Wunderlin. 1980. Miami: Banyan Books. ISBN 0916224511.
• The Trees of Florida: A Reference and Field Guide. Gil Nelson. 1998. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. ISBN 1561640557.
• Trees of Northern Florida. H. Kurz. 1980. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. ISBN 081300666X.
• Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama. R. K. Godfrey. 1989. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 0820310352.
  
  
• Wild Love Affair: Essence of Florida's Native Orchids. Connie Bransilver. 2004. Englewood, CO: Westcliffe Publishers. ISBN 1565795016.
• Wild Orchids of Florida: With References to the Atlantic And Gulf Coastal Plains. Paul Martin Brown. 2006 (revised edition). Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813029333.
• Wild Orchids of the Southeastern United States, North of Peninsular Florida. Paul Martin Brown. 2004. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 0813027497.
• Wildflowers, South Florida Natives: Identification and Habitat of Indigenous Tropical Flora. A. A. Schuyler. 1982. Boca Raton: FACTS. ISBN 0910991006.
   
• The Young Naturalist's Guide to Florida. Peggy Lantz and Wendy Hale. 2nd Edition, 2006. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. ISBN 978-1-5616-4377-6.
  
  
• Xeric Landscaping with Florida Native Plants. Michael Jameson and Richard Moyroud, editors. 1991. San Antonio, FL: Association of Florida Native Nurseries. No ISBN.

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