A Florida Native Food Forest?
Why not! Here are over 50 historic edibles, with at least 12 that were traditionally used as staple foods. Ref: Amanda Pike's Transforming Florida Yards, plus some of my own additions.
Adam’s Needle (Yucca filamentosa) Zones 4 TO 10
Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) Zones 9 TO 12 - STAPLE
Atemoya (Annona chermiola x annona squamosa) Zones 10 TO 12
Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra) Zones 10 TO 12
Basket Vine (Trichostigma octandrum) Zones 9 TO 11
Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) Zones 6 TO 11
Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) Zones 4 TO 10
Betony (Stachys floridana) Zones 8A TO 10B
Bidens Alba (Bidens alba) Zones 8A TO 11
Blackberry (Rubus trivialis) Zones 5 TO 9
Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) Zones 7 TO 11
Cabbage Palmetto (Sabal palmetto) Zones 8 TO 11
Bandana-of-the-everglades (Canna flaccida) - same family as Achira
Cattails (Typha latifolia) 3 TO 10 - STAPLE
Chestnut (Castanea pumila ashei) Zones 6 TO 10 - STAPLE
Chicasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia) Zones 5 TO 9B
Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco) Zones 10 TO 12
Duck Potato (Sagittaria latifolia) Zones 7 TO 11 - STAPLE
Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) Zones 3 TO 10
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra canadensis) Zones 4 TO 10B
Elm (Ulmus americana) Zones 5 TO 10
Everglades Tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium) Zones 9 TO 10
Firebush (Hamelia patens) Zones 8B TO 11
FL Prince Peach (Prunus persica) Zones 5 TO 9
FL Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata) Zones 7B TO 11 - STAPLE
Geranium (Geranium carolinianum) Zones 3A TO 11B
Goldenrod (Solidago spp) Zones 5 TO 10
Gumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba) Zones 10 TO 12
Hickory/Pecan (Carya illinoensis) Zones 5 TO 9 - STAPLE
Honeypod Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) Zones 8 TO 11 - STAPLE
Indigo Milk Cap (Lactarius indigo var. indigo) Zones 8 TO 11
Juanilama (Lippia alba) Zones 8B TO 11
Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) Zones 6 TO 10 - STAPLE
Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) Zones 6 TO 10
Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia) Zones 6 TO 10
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) Zones 7 TO 11
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) Zones 3 TO 11
Pine (Pinus elliottii) Zones 7 TO 11 - STAPLE
Porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis) Zones 9A TO 11 (not the taller one)
Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) Zones 8 TO 11
Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) Zones 8 TO 11 - STAPLE
Sea Grape (Coccoloba uvifera) Zones 9B TO 11
Seminole Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) Zones 4 TO 11 - STAPLE
Simpson's Stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) Zones 8B TO 11
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) Zones 4 TO 10
Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis) Zones 3 TO 9
Sprawling Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis) Zones 6 TO 10B
Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea) Zones 9B TO 11
Sweet Acacia (Acacia farnesiana) Zones 8B TO 11
Turks Cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii) Zones 7 TO 10
Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera) Zones 7 TO 11
Wild Lime (Zanthoxylum fagara) Zones 9 B TO 11