Botany

The Botany Section identifies plants for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Division of Plant Industry, as well as for other governmental agencies and private individuals. For reference, the Botany Section maintains a herbarium of several thousand dried plant specimens and dried seed samples. Learn more about the Botany Section.

Plant Identification

Would you like a plant identified? Learn how to Submit a Sample for Identification.

Protected Plants

• Aquatic Plants
• Preservation of Native Flora of Florida, Rule 5B-40
• Rule 5B-64

Noxious Weeds

• Noxious Weed Information

Poisonous Plants

• Books with Information About Poisonous Plants [ 13.8 kB ]  
• Guide to the Poisonous and Irritant Plants of Florida
• Stinging, Itching, Burning and Wicked Plant Presentation [ 4 MB ]
• Poisonous Plants Workshop Presentation [ 151.2 kB ]

Botany-Related Publications

• Botany Circulars
• Pest Alerts
• Plants for Bees [ 13.7 MB ]
• Tri-ology

For Kids!

• Florida Agriculture in the Classroom
• Wildflower Coloring Book [ 6.6 MB ]

Additional Resources

• Solutions for Your Life

Acknowledgements

We appreciate the generosity of the following individuals and organizations in providing photographs of Florida plants:

• Archbold Biological Station
• Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
• Bok Tower Garden
• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
• Patti J. Anderson
• Mariana Beckman
• Jeffrey W. Lotz