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Fairway Athena

Lolium perenne × Festuca arundinacea

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Fairy Moss

Azolla filiculoides

Fairy's Joke

Miscanthus x giganteus 'Fairy's Joke'

False Hellebore

Veratrum viride

Fantastico Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Fantastico'

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Simba Bamboo

Fargesia murielae 'Simba'

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Black Dragon Bamboo

Fargesia nitida 'Black Dragon'

Great Wall Bamboo

Fargesia nitida 'Great Wall'

Robusta Bamboo

Fargesia robusta

Campbell Bamboo

Fargesia robusta 'Campbell'

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Fargesia robusta 'Green Screen'

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Pingwu Clumping Bamboo

Fargesia robusta 'Pingwu'

Farro

Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum

Farro Piccolo

Triticum dicoccum

Feathered Moss

Hypnum cupressiforme

Feather grass

Stipa pennata

Feathermoss

Hylocomium splendens

Feather Reed Grass

Calamagrostis × acutiflora

Feathery Ornamental Grasses

Miscanthus × giganteus, Panicum virgatum, Cortaderia selloana, and related species

Felina

Cannabis sativa L. (hemp cultivar)

Fennel

Foeniculum vulgare

Fennel Bronze

Foeniculum vulgare var. vulgare 'Bronze'

Fenugreek

Trigonella foenum-graecum

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Fern Allies

Lycopodiophyta and Selaginellophyta (divisions)

Fernleaf Dill

Anethum graveolens 'Fernleaf'

Ferns (Maidenhair & Shield Ferns)

Adiantum spp. & Polystichum spp.

Fern (High Humidity Varieties)

Pteridophyta (various genera including Nephrolepis, Adiantum, Polystichum, Asplenium)

Tropical Understory Ferns

Polypodiophyta (Division); various genera including Nephrolepis, Platycerium, Asplenium, Adiantum

Fescue

Festuca spp.

Fescue Grass

Festuca species

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Fescue Sedge

Carex festucacea

Festolium

Festuca × Lolium

Festuca

Festuca species

California Fescue

Festuca californica

Azurite Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca 'Azurite'

Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca

Elijah Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'

Festuca Grass

Festuca species

Idaho Fescue

Festuca idahoensis

Japanese Festuca

Festuca japonica

Mairei Fescue

Festuca mairei

Sheep Fescue

Festuca ovina

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Red Fescue Sand Variety

Festuca rubra ssp. arenaria

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Red Fescue (Littoral variety)

Festuca rubra subsp. littoralis

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Festuca (Fescue Grass)

Festuca spp.

Feverfew

Tanacetum parthenium

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Fiddleneck

Amsinckia menziesii

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Figaro Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Figaro'

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