Botany

Botanists with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) identify plants for FDACS, other governmental agencies and private individuals. For reference, FDACS maintains a herbarium of several thousand dried plant specimens and dried seed samples. 

Plant Identification

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

Protected Plants

• Aquatic Plants

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
• Poisonous Plants Workshop Presentation [ 151.2 kB ]
• Stinging, Itching, Burning and Wicked Plant Presentation [ 4 MB ]

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 organizations and individuals 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