Hardwood Trees: 20% of state forest habitats
- 26 Oaks
- White Oak Family - rounded margins
- Red oak Family - pointed margins
- 6 Hickories
- 9 Magnolias
Panhandle: Southern hardwood forest
- American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- White Oak (Quercus alba)
- Florida Yew (Taxus floridana) & Florida Torreya (Torreya taxifolia) - endemic species, endangered
- Ashe Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla) – state champion tree in Torreya State Park
- Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
- Live oak (Quercus virginiana)
- Laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia)
- Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
- American Basswood (Tilia americana) - white basswood endemic to panhandle
- Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Chapman’s rhododendron (Rhododendron minus var. chapmanii) – endangered
Pine land trees:- 7 Pines
- Longleaf - Pinus palustris
- Loblolly - Pinus taeda
- Pond - Pinus serotina
- Slash - Pinus elliotii
- Sand - Pinus clausa
- Spruce - Pinus glabra
- Shortleaf - Pinus echinata
- 11 Hollys
- Understory Herbs
- 4 Goldenasters
- Ptyopsis aspera and P. oligantha endemic to Panhandle
- 21 Milkweeds
- 29 Pine weeds
Scrub, dry prairie and range trees:
- Myrtle Oak (Quercus myrtifolia)
- Inopina Oak (Quercus inopina)
- Chapman's Oak (Quercus chapmanii)
- Sand Live Oak (Quercus geminata)
- Wild olive (Osmanthus megacarpa)
- Scrub Hickory (Carya floridana)
- 12 Cacti
- 100 Mints
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