Animals

Creature Features

Increase your appreciation of insects, spiders, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.
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Images

Portfolio

Take a journey through natural Florida with images.
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Plants

Plant Profiles

Overcome "plant blindness" through images and brief descriptions of Florida's native plants and flora.
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Florida's Endangered Species, Plants and Animals

Florida's Endangered Species, Plants and Animals

Plant

Profiles

Florida is home to over 3000 native plant species. These Plant Profiles showcase nearly one thousand of these Florida native plants

Each plant species features one or more images along with other species in the same genus and family. Some plant profiles are accompanied by a brief description of the species. 

Plants

green antelopehorn asclepias viridis
Plant Families  (203)
rose rush lygodesmia aphylla
Plant Genera   (607)
pitcherplant savanna at sunset

Carnivorous Plants

purple passionflowers passiflora incarnata

Vines

whitemouth dayflower commelina erecta

Wildflowers

Endangered

& Threatened Plants

As of 2023, Florida has 62 federally endangered and threatened plant species and 566 state listed plant species  that are in peril.

Currently, this website has plant profiles and photos of 257 listed species that are protected nationally or by the state of Florida: 42 federally endangered species, 9 federally threatened species, 192 Florida endangered  species, and  64 Florida threatened species.

In addition to viewing plant pages, you can also view some of the showier plants in our Florida threatened species of listed species.

To See a World in a Grain of Sand and a Heaven in a Wild Flower

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