Florida's Native Trees and Shrubs: Dicots: Rutaceae - Symplocaceae

Family Genus Species Common Name Zone Form
Rutaceae Amyris elemifera Torchwood C, S Small Tree

Ptelea trifoliata Common Hop Tree, Wafer Ash NW, NE, C Small Tree
Zanthoxylum americanum Prickly Ash, Toothache Tree NW, C Small Tree
Zanthoxylum clava-hurculis Hercules Club NW, NE, C, S Large Tree


Zanthoxylum coriaceum Biscayne Prickly Ash S Small Tree
Zanthoxylum fagara Lime Prickly Ash, Wild Lime C, S Small Tree

Zanthoxylum flavum Yellowheart, Satinwood S Small Tree
Salicaceae Populus deltoides Eastern Cottonwood NW, NE, C Large Tree
Populus heterophylla Swamp Cottonwood NW Large Tree
Salix caroliniana Coastal Plain Willow NW, NE, C, S Small Tree



Salix eriocephala Heart-leaved Willow NW Small Tree
Salix floridana Florida Willow NW, NE, C Small Tree
Salix nigra Black Willow NW, NE Small Tree
Sapindaceae Cupania glabra Florida Cupania S Small Tree
Dodonaea viscosa Varnish Leaf, Florida Hop Bush NE, C, S Shrub
Exothea paniculata Butterbough, Inkwood C, S Small Tree

Hypelate trifoliata Inkwood S Small Tree
Sapindus marginatus Florida Soapberry NW, NE, C, S Small Tree

Sapindus saponaria Wingleaf Soapberry NW, NE, C, S Small Tree
Sapotaceae Chrysophyllum oliviforme Satinleaf C, S Small Tree
Dipholis salicifolia Willow Bustic S Small Tree
Manilkara bahamensis Wild Dilly S Small Tree
Sideroxylon alachuense Alachua Buckthorn NE, C Shrub
Sideroxylon celastrinum Saffron Plum Bumelia S Small Tree
Sideroxylon foetidissimum False Mastic, Jungleplum C, S Large Tree
Sideroxylon lanuginosum Gum Bumelia, False Buckthorn NW, NE, C Small Tree
Sideroxylon lycioides Buckthorn Bumelia, Ironwood NW Small Tree
Sideroxylon reclinatum Smooth Bumelia NE, C, S Small Tree
Sideroxylon tenax Tough Bumelia C, NE, NW Small Tree
Saxifragaceae Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea NW Shrub
Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf Hydrangea NW, NE, C Shrub

Itea virginica Virginia Willow, Tassel-white, Sweetspire NW, NE, C, S Shrub
Philadelphus inodorus Common Mock Orange, Summer Dogwood, Syringa NW Shrub
Ribes echinellum Florida Gooseberry, Miccosukee Gooseberry NW, NE Shrub
Simaroubaceae Alvaradoa amorphoides Mexican Alvaradoa S Large Tree
Picramnia pentandra Bitterbush S Shrub
Simarouba glauca Paradise Tree C, S Small Tree

Solanaceae Lycium carolinianum Salt Matrimony Vine, Christmasberry C, S Shrub
Solanum bahamense Cankerberry S Shrub

Solanum erianthum Potato Tree, Mullein Nightshade NE, C, S Shrub
Styracaceae Halesia carolina Carolina Silverbell NW, NE, C Small Tree
Halesia diptera Two-wing Silverbell NW, NE Small Tree
Halesia tetraptera Little Silverbell NE, NW Small Tree
Styrax americana American Snowbell, Storax NW, NE, C, S Shrub
Styrax grandifolia Big Leaf Snowbell NW, NE Small Tree
Surianaceae Suriana maritima Bay Cedar C, S Small Tree
Symplocaceae Symplocos tinctoria Sweetleaf, Horse Sugar NW, NE, C Small Tree

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