There are over 1400 species of vascular plants in the flora of the Lucayan Archipelago. The Lucayan Archipelago includes both The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands as a natural floristic unit. This flora includes native species as well as the invasive, naturalized, horticultural, and agricultural plants.
The Levy Preserve/Bahamas National Trust is working to fulfill Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation which calls for each nation to have an online flora. The current online flora has over 690 species (~49 % of the flora) with descriptions and pictures.
At the Levy Preserve there are 410 native species in the living collection including 46 of the 89 endemic species known to occur in the islands (Freid et. al. 2014). The original survey of the property listed 171 species as naturally occurring on the site. The increase in species number is due to a closer examination of the site revealing additional species as naturally occurring as well as live plant collections from Abaco, Andros, Cat Island, Crooked Island, Exumas, Grand Bahama, Great Inagua, Long Island, Mayaguana, New Providence, San Salvador, and elsewhere on Eleuthera. An additional 21 non-native fruiting trees, shrubs, and herbs were added to the Edible History section.
Many plant pages also have links to the herbarium specimens collected by the New York Botanical Gardens. Below is a list of the vascular plants of the Lucayan Archipelago currently in the Levy Preserves online database. Click on the links below for information about each species.
Abraham Bush African Bow String Hemp African Cabbage African Spotted Orchid Alligator Pear Allspice Aloe Aloe vera Aloevis Alvaradoa American Beauty Berry American Cherry Anaconda Arabian Lilac Artillery Plant Asparagus Fern - Asparagus densiflorus Asparagus Fern - Asparagus setaceus Asparagus Grass Atamasco-lily Australian Pine Autograph tree Avocado Azores Jasmine Baby Jump Up Bad Obeah Bush Bahama Brasiletto Bahama Century Plant Bahama Flax Bahama Floating Heart Bahama Hibiscus Bahama Love Grass Bahama Milk Pea Bahama Mimosa Bahama Passion Flower Bahama Pigeon Plum Bahama Sagebrush Bahama Senna Bahama Spathelia Bahama Spurge Bahama Swamp Bush Bahama Waltheria Bahama Vervain Bahama Virgin's Bower Bahamas Reynosia Bahamian Buttercup Bahamian Pine Ball Nut Bamboo Grass Banana Banyan Tree Barbados Cherry Barbados Pride Bashful Bush Bastard Stopper Bastard Torch Bay Bean Bay Berry Bay Cedar Bay Hops Bay Geranium Bay Lavendar Bay Marigold Bay Rush - Zamia integrifolia Bay Rush - Zamia pumila Bay Winders Bay Wormwood Beach Alternanthera Beach Iva Beach Morning Glory Beach Pea Beauty Berry Beauty Leaf Bed Grass Bee Bush Beef Wood Beggars Tick Bell Pepper Belly Ache Bush Benjamin Fig Bermuda Grass Bert's Joe Wood Big Sage Bird Pepper Bitter Aloes Bitter Bush - Chromolaena odorata Bitter Bush - Picramnia pentandra Bitter Wood Bitters - Colubrina arborescens Bitters - Lasiocroton bahamensis Black Ebony Black Eyed Susan Black Ink Berry Black Iron Wood Black Mangrove Black Olive Black Physic Nut Black Soap Black Torch Black Willow Black Wood Bladder Mallow Blazing Star Bleeding Heart Vine Blind-eye Bush Blood Berry Blue Flower Blue Hearts Blue Pea Blue Plumbago Blue Rat Tail Blue Rattle Weed Blue Water Lily Blunt Leave Achyranthes Bo Hog Bush Boa Wood Boat Lily Bootle Bay Sedge Bottle Brush Tree Bougainvillea sp. Bow Pigeon Box Briar Box Fruit Box Wood - Buxus bahamensis Box Wood - Schaefferia frutescens Bracken Fern Brasiletto Brazilian Pepper Bridal Bouquet Brier Brier Tree Broadleaf Broom-Bush Broom Sedge Browne's Blechum Brown Seed Portulaca Buccaneer Palm Buffalo Bean Buffalo Top Bull Thistle Bull Vine Bully Wood Bunchy Sedge Bur-head Bur Vervain Burr Bush Bushy Beard Grass Bushy Flea Bane Bushy Salmea Bush Starwort Butterfly Pea - Centrosema angustifolium Butterfly Pea - Centrosema virginianum Butterfly Pea - Clitoria ternatea Butterfly Orchid Butter Bough Buttonweed Buttonwood Cabbage Palm Cajeput Tree Calabash Calalue Candle Berry - Brysonima lucida Candle Berry - Aleurites moluccanus Candle Bush Candle Nut Candle Torch Candle Wood Caneel Canistel Canker Berry Cancer Tree Cannabis Cape Leadwort Cape Plumbago Capeweed Caper Tree Capitate Spike Rush Caracoli Caraja Bush Caribbean Clear Weed Caribbean Myrtle Croton Caribbean Pine Casava Cascarilla Cassip Castor Bean Cat Mint Cat Nep Cat Nip Cat's Paw Cat Tail Cat's Tail Cat's Tongue Cat's Whisker Cathartic Bark Catesby's Vine Cayenne Pepper Cedar Cerasee Ceylon Swamp Lily Chalice Vine Chaney Briar Cherry Chew Stick Chick Weed Chicory Chili Pepper China Berry Chinese Box Chinese Crown Orchid Chinese Ink Berry Chinese Ixora Chinese Violet Chinsaga Christmas Berry Tree Christmas Bush Christmas Candle Cinderella Weed Cinnamon Bark Cinnecord Climbing Asparagus Climbing Fig Climbing Hemp Weed Clock Bush Clover Ash Coast Spurge Coastal Indian Mallow Coastal Iresine Coastal Rat Tail Grass Coco Plum Cocobey Coconut Coffee Senna Colic Wood Comb Bush Mint Comb Fern Common Fig Common Prickly Pear Common Snake Bark Common Tick Seed Cone Spur Bladderwort Coontie - Zamia integrifolia Coontie - Zamia pumila Copper Leaf Coral Blow Coral Creep Coral Fountain Coral Plant - Jatropha multida Coral Plant - Russelia equisetiformia Coral Vine Corallina Cork Tree Corky Passion Flower Corn Coromandel Cotton Cotton Wood Cough Bush Cough Vine Country Spinach Cow Bush Cow Itch Cow Itch Vine Crab Eyes Crabwood - Coccoloba krugii Crabwood - Gymnanthes lucida Creek Bottle Brush Creeping Bluet Creeping Fig Creeping Foxglove Creeping Sea Ox-Eye Crepe Myrtle Crinum Lily Croton Crow Feet Grass Crown Grass Cuban Yellow Wood Cudjoe Wood Cup of Gold Cut Leaved Ground Cherry Cuttlefish Danish Darling Plum Day Blooming Cestrum Day Blooming Jasmine Devil's Backbone - Euphorbia tithymaloides subsp bahamensis Devil's Back Bone - Kalanchoe daigremontiana Devils Potato Devils Pumpkin Diamiana Diamond Frost Dildo Cactus Dill Dilly Doctor Bar Dodder Dog Berry Dog Weed Dog Wood Dollar Orchid Donkey Thistle Dove Plum Down Dragon Bones Tree Dragum Drop Seed Grass Drumstick Tree Duck's Eyes Dune Lily Thorn Dune Marsh Elder Dutchmans Pipe Dwarf Morning Glory Dwarf Poinciana Dynamite Tree Dysentery Bark Ebony Egg Fruit Egyptian Star Cluster Egyptian Grass Eleuthera Coontie False Boxwood False Button Weed False Cocaine False Daisy False Lignum Vitae False Mallow False Money Wort Feather Bed Fennel Fetid Marigold Fever Grass Fever Plant Fever Root Ficus Fiddle Flower Fiddle Wood Field Copper Leaf Fig Fig Tree Fir Leaf Celery Fire Bush - Croton lucidus Fire Bush - Hamelia patens Fire Cracker Plant Fire Wheel Fish Fuddle Fish Poison Fish Tree Poison Five-Finger Flamboyant Tree Flaming Glory Bower Flat Leaf Flat Sedge Flat Spiked Rush Flea Bane Fleiti Flexuous Wild Pine Fountain Plant Fowl Foot Foxtail Fern French Grass French Mulberry French Trumpet Flower Frog Bush Frog Tree Frog Wood Frangipani Fringed Love Grass Fringed Sida Gale-O-Wind Gammalamme Ganja Garber's Blazing Star Gardena Garlic Weed Geiger Tree Genip Geno-Geno Geranium Tree Giant Air Plant Giant Crinum Lily Giant Leather Fern Giant Milk Weed Gilded Spoon Goat Bush Goat Weed Goats Foot Gold Shower Golden Arrow Golden Candle Stick Golden Chalice Vine Golden Creeper Golden Cup Golden Dew Drop Golden Polypody Golden Rod Gome Bush Goober Goose Berry - Byrsomina lucida Goose Berry - Phyllanthus acidus Goose Grass Governor Grant's Livery Graceful Orchid Granny Bush - Cordia bahamensis Granny Bush - Croton linearis Grass Leaved Golden Aster Greater Caltrop Green Amaranth Green Thorn Greens Green Shrimp Plant Grey Knickers Ground Nut Guanaberry Guava Guinea Bead Guinea Grass Guinea Hen Gum Elemi Gumbo Limbo Gun Powder Plant Hairy Wild Coffee Hard Head Bush Haul Back Havana Cluster Vine Hawaiian Lily Hawaiian Sea Lettuce Headache bush Hell Fire Bean Herb Hercules Club Hibiscus Hippo Hog Bush - Callicarpa hitchcockii Hog Bush - Rachcallis americana Hog Cabbage Palm Hog Palmetto Hog Plum Hog Weed Hop Wood Horned Yellow Wood Sorrel Horse Bush - Gundlachia corymbosa Horse Bush - Peltophorum adnatum Horse Flesh Horse Flesh Mahogany Horse Herb Horseradish Tree Hot Pepper Huautli Hurricane Grass Hurricane Weed Hyssop Hyssop Leaf Sandmat Inagua Frangipani Inagua Oak Inagua Sagebrush Indian Blanket Indigo Berry Ink Berry - Forestiera segregata Ink Berry - Randia aculeata Ink Bush Iron Weed Iron Wood Island Wax Weed Itchy Bean Jack Switch Jackmada Jacob's Ladder Jamaican Caper Jamaican Dogwood Jerusalem Thorn Jocote Joe Bush Joe Wood Joseph's Coat of Many Colors Jointed Charlock Jujube JumBay Juniper Berry Jute Kenip Kitten Knicker Bean Knotted Spike Rush Knotweed Knuxker Box Lace Plant Lady Of The Night Lance Leaf Lance Wood Lantana Large Cyperus Large Day Flower Large Leaf Blolly Lawn Flower Lay Flat Spurge Lead Wood Leaf Life Leavenworth's Tick Seed Lice Root Lightwood Lignum Vitae - G. officinale Lignum Vitae - G. sanctum Lily Grass Lima Bean Limewater Brookweed Linden's Cattleyopsis Link Vine Lipstick Bush Little Bell Lobed Croton Locust Berry Logwood Long Island Coontie Long Tom Loofah Loose Panic Grass Love Vine Low Butterwort Low Rattlebox Low Senna Lucky Nut Lucky Seed Mad Moll Madagascar Periwinkle Madiera Mahoe Mahogany Maiden Bush Maidenhair Anemia Maidenhair Fern Maize Malabar Spinach Mamey Mammee Apple Manchineel Mango Mangrove Swamp Vine Marijuana Manioc Marlberry Marsh Fern Marsh Fleabane Marsh Gentian Marsh Metastelma Marsh Parsley Marsh Phyla Marsh Pink Mascarene Grass Mashaparni Mashavan Mastic Mastic Bully Mast Wood Match Me If You Can Mealy Wild Pine Melon Leaf Mexican Flame Vine Mexican Poppy Mexican Sunflower Mickle Bush Milk and Wine Lily Milk Berry Milk Bush - Euphorbia mesembryanthemifolia Milk Bush - Euphorbia tirucalli Milkwort Milky weed Millspaugh's Consolea Millspaugh's Dildo Ming Tree Minnie Root Miracle Tree Mock Orange Money Orchid Moneywort Evolvulus Monkey Fiddle Moringa Morning Glory Moses in a Basket Mosquito Bush Mosslike Lithophila Mother In Laws Tongue Mother of Millions Mottled Spurge Moujean Tea Mrs. Britton's Shadow Witch Mrs. Northrop's Mistletoe Muckle Bush Muhly Grass Mullein Nightshade Mustard Tree Naked Wood Nastor Grass Natal Grass Natal Plum Necklace Pod Neem Night Blooming Cereus Night Cestrum Night Scented Orchid Noni Noyau Vine Nut Grass Nut Sedge Obeah Bush - Petiveria alliacea Obeah Bush - Stemodia maritima Okra Old Maid Old Man's Beard - Tibisia farcta Old Man's Beard - Tillandsia usneoides Old Man Cactus Oleander Orange Jasmine Oyster Plant Oyster Wood Pagoda Flower Pain-in-Back Pale Stopper Panama Crown Grass Panic Grass Papaya Paper Bark Tree Paradise Tree Parasitic Ghost Plant Parrot Apple Parsely Passion Fruit Peanut Pear Pectinate Passion Flower Pen and Ink Pencil Cactus Pencil Flower Pencil Tree Pepper Bush Pepper Cinnamon Peregina Periwinkle Pigeon Berry - Erithalis fruticosa Pigeon Berry - Rivinia humilis Pigeon Pea Pigeon Plum Pimenta Pin Weed Spurge Pine Pineapple Pineland Aster Pineland Fern Pineland Pink Pineland Snow Berry Pink Pink Morning Glory Pink Muhly Grass Pink Rain Lily Pissabed - Chiococca alba Pisser bed - Vallesia antillana Pitch apple Pitcher Plant Pitted Blue Stem Plantain Plum Berry Plum Bush Plume Asparagus Poison Berry Poison Bulb Poison Bush Poison Ivy Poison Tree Poison Wood Pomegranate Pond Weed Poppers Pork and Doughboy Pork Bush Pork Fat Apple Pound Cake Bush Pour Man Strength Prickly Apple Prickle Bush - Oplonia spinosa Prickle Bush - Randia aculeata Prickly Bush Prickly Pear Prickly Tree Pride of Barbados Pride of India Primrose Prince Wood Prince's Feather Princess of the Night Pudding Vine Puncture Vine Punk Tree Purple Allamanda - Allamanda blanchetii Purple Allamanda - Cryptostegia grandiflora Purple Bladderwort Purple Bush Bean Purple Emilia Purple Heart Purple Mombin Purple Rattle Box Purslane Pussley Pygmy Melon Pyramid Bush Queen Flower Queen of the Night Railroad Vine Rams Horn Rat Root Rat Wood Red Amaranthus Red Bell Red Cedar Red Frangipanni Red Mangrove Red Milk Pea Red Plumeria Red Sage Brush Rhubarb Ring Worm Bush Rock Bush Rock Weed Rong Bush Rooster Comb - Heliotropium angiospermum Rooster Comb - Serjania diversifolia Rope Vine Rosary Pea Rosemary Rosewood Rouge Plant Rough Leaf Velvet Seed Royal Palm Royal Poinciana Rubber Vine - Cryptostegia grandiflora Rubber Vine - Echites umbellatus Rufous Orchid Running Crab Grass Sabal Palm Saffron Tree Salt Marsh Agalinis Salt Marsh Aster Salt Water Bush Salt Wort Salve Bush - Neurolaena lobata Salve Bush - Solanum erianthum Salz Bush Sand Box Tree Sand Bur Sand Couch Sand Flea Bush Sandmat Spurge Sand Rocket Sand Sedge Sandy Plain Cluster Vine Saparilla Sarah's Toes Satin Leaf Saw Grass Scarlet Morning Glory Scarlet Plum Scented Black Torch Scipio Bush Scurgeons Needle Sea Beach Grass Sea Coast Marsh Elder Sea Grape Sea Hibiscus Sea Lettuce Sea Oats Sea Ox-eye Sea Poison Tree Sea Purslane Sea Rocket Seashore Drop Seed Seashore Rush Grass Seaside Heliotrope Seaside Golden Rod Seaside Mahoe Sensitive Partridge Pea Sensitive Plant Serpent Fern Seven Man Strength Seven Year Apple Shaggy Crab Grass Shake Hand Shallot Shanks Sheathed Spurge Sheep Potato Shell Orchid Shepherd's Needle Shoe Button Shoe String Fern Shona Cabbage Shower of Gold Shy Plant Silver Leaf Silver Leaf Sunflower Silver Thatch Silver Top Silvery Wild Pine Simple Leaf Chaste Tree Singing Tree Sip Che Sisal Skull Cap Slag Sleepy Morning Sleepy Plant Slender Amaranth Slender Aster Slender Celery Slender Goat's Rue Slender Nut Rush Slender Sand Burr Slippery Burr Slippery Dick Small Flower Lily Thorn Small Leaved Blolly Small Passion Flower Small White Sage Smoke Wood Smooth Casearia Smooth Hog Weed Smooth Horseweed Smooth Melochia Smooth Mistletoe Smooth Rattle Box Smooth Velvet Seed Smooth Wild Coffee Snake Cactus Snake Root - Chiococca alba Snake Root - Picramnia pentandra Snapdragon Root Snow Berry Snow Bush Soldier Vine Soap Bush Sour Bush Sour Grass Sour Sop South American Apricot Southern Bracken Fern Southern Colic Root Southern Crab Grass Southern Grass Pink Southern Lip Fern Southern Rag Weed Southern Sand Burr Southern Shield Fern Sow Bane Spanish Bayonet Spanish Cordia Spanish Cork Spanish Guava Spanish Jasmine Spanish Lime Spanish Moss Spineless Yellow Knicker Spanish Stopper Spicewood Spiciform Milk Pea Spicy Jatropha Spider Flower Spider Lily Spider Pea Spider Wisp Spike Grass Spike Moss Spike Rush Spiny Black Olive Spiny Sand Burr Sponge Gourd Star Berry Star Flower Steel Wood St. Andrews Cross St. Augustine Grass St. Thomas Bush Stiff Cock Stiff Flower Star Orchid Stinking Pea Stinking Pea Root Stinking Weed Stink Weed Stow Weed Straggler Daisy Strangler Fig Strap Fern Strip Me Naked Stopper Stopper Bush Strong Back Strong Back Leave Sugar Apple Surinam Cherry Swamp Redwood Sweet Margaret Sweet Pepper Sweet Torch Wood Swollen Wild Pine Sword Bush Tall Sea Blite Tamanu Tamarindillo Tamarind Tassel Flower Tattoo Bush Thread Leaved Wild Pine Thatch Palm The Rich Flowering Oncidium Thick Ditch Crown Grass Three Finger Vine Tick Trefoil Tie Tongue Tomato Tonka Bean Tooth Cup Torchwood Touch-Me-Not Tourist tree Trailing Daisy Trash-a-Berry Treebine Tree Poppy Tropical Flat Sedge Tufted Phyllanthus Turk's Cap Turk's Head Cactus Turk's Turban Turtle Weed Twin Berry Twin Berry Stopper Twisted Tick Trefoil Umbrella Plant Umbrella Tree Vanilla Vine Varnish Tree Velvety Rattle Box Virgate Mimosa Virginia Beard Grass Virginia Creeper Walking Wood Fern Walla Berry Waringin Wash Wood Water Dropwort Water Hyssop Watermelon Water Pimpernel Wattle Wax Berry Wax Mallow Wax Myrtle Weed Weeping Bottle Brush Weeping Fig West Indian Almond West Indian Catalpa West Indian Chick Weed West Indian False Box West Indian Living Vase West Indian Thyme What O'clock Whisk Fern Whistling Bean White Beef Wood White Calliandra White Candle Wood White Granny Bush White-headed Rush White Indigo Berry White Ink Berry White Iron Wood White Mangrove White Rain Lily White Sage White Stopper White Top White Torch White Water Lily White Wood Bark Wild Alamanda Wild Apricot Wild Balsam Apple Wild Bush Bean Wild Cherry Wild Cinnamon Wild Coffee - Psychotria nervosa Wild Coffee - Senna occidentalis Wild Coral Wild Cotton Wild Down Wild Dilly Wild Down Wild Fig Wild Grape Wild Guava - Petitia domingensis Wild Guava - Mosiera longipes Wild Guava - Tetrazygia bicolor Wild Indigo Wild Ipecac Wild Lettuce Wild Lime Wild Mamee Wild Mulberry Wild Oak Wild Orange Wild Pepper Grass Wild Potato Wild Radish Wild Raisin Wild Saffron Wild Sage Wild Salve Wild Sapodilla Wild Shallot Wild Tamarind Wild Thyme Wild Tobacco Wild Tomato Wild Unction Wild Watermelon Wild Yam Willow Bustic Wire Blue Stem Wire Weed Woe Vine Womans Tongue Woody Glasswort Wooly Booger Wooly Nipple Cactus Worm Seed Worm Vine Yellow Crocus Yellow Elder Yellow Mombin Yellow Knicker Bean Yellow Knickers Yellow Nut Sedge Yellow Rain Lily Yellow Top Yellow Trumpet Flower Yellow Wood Yerba de Tago Yoke Wood Yucatan Fly Mallow Zoysia Grass