BIOL 301, PLANT TAXONOMY LAB -- Cumulative
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4 April 2022 |
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FAMILY |
GENUS |
SPECIES |
MODERN NAME |
COMMON NAME |
IMAGES |
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Aceraceae |
Acer |
rubrum |
* |
red maple |
Leaves |
Leaves, closer |
Leaf arrangement |
Immature leaves |
Samaras |
Young bark |
Mature bark |
Flowers |
Distant habit in flower |
Amaryllidaceae |
Zephyranthes |
atamasco |
Liliaceae, Z. atamasca |
atamasco lily |
Habit in flower |
Single flower |
Flower bud |
Bottomland habit in flower |
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Anacardiaceae |
Rhus |
radicans |
Toxicodendron radicans |
poison ivy |
Leaves |
Leaves |
Vine with adventitious roots |
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Apiaceae |
Hydrocotyle |
spp. |
* |
pennywort |
Leaves |
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Aquifoliaceae |
Ilex |
coriacea |
* |
sweet gallberry |
Leaves |
Leaves, backlit |
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Aquifoliaceae |
Ilex |
glabra |
* |
inkberry |
Habit in flower |
Habit in flower |
Habit in fruit |
Habit in fruit, later winter |
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Aquifoliaceae |
Ilex |
opaca |
* |
American holly |
Leaves and fruits |
Habit in fruit |
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Aquifoliaceae |
Ilex |
vomitoria |
* |
yaupon holly |
Habit in fruit |
Leaves |
Leaf, closer |
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Araceae |
Arisaema |
triphyllum |
* |
Jack in the pulpit |
Habit in flower |
Leaf |
Fruit |
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Araliaceae |
Aralia |
spinosa |
* |
devil's walking stick |
Leaf |
Leaflets |
Stem |
Node |
Inflorescence |
Fruits, closer |
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Arecaceae |
Sabal |
minor |
* |
dwarf palmetto |
Habit in bud |
Habit with immature fruits |
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Arecaceae |
Sabal |
palmetto |
* |
cabbage palmetto |
Habit |
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Aristolochiaceae |
Hexastylis |
arifolia |
* |
wild ginger |
Leaves |
Leaf, close |
Flower |
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Aspidiaceae |
Onoclea |
sensibilis |
Dryopteridaceae |
sensitive fern |
Habit in spore |
Leaf |
Spore leaf |
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Aspidiaceae |
Polystichum |
acrostichoides |
Dryopteridaceae |
Christmas fern |
Habit |
Leaflets, close |
Sori on leaf back |
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Aspidiaceae |
Thelypteris |
hexagonoptera |
Thelypteridaceae, Phegopteris … |
broad beech fern |
Leaf |
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Aspleniaceae |
Asplenium |
platyneuron |
* |
ebony spleenwort |
Habit |
Habit |
Rachis |
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Asteraceae |
Baccharis |
halimifolia |
* |
groundsel-tree |
Leaves |
Leaves |
Staminate flowers |
Carpellate flowers |
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Asteraceae |
Borrichia |
frutescens |
* |
sea ox-eye |
Flowers |
Immature flowers |
Habit in flower |
Fruit remnants |
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Asteraceae |
Chrysogonum |
virginianum |
C. virginianum var. australe |
green-and-gold |
Habit in flower |
Habit in flower, closer |
Flowers, close |
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Asteraceae |
Heterotheca |
graminifolia |
Pityopsis graminifolia |
grass-leaved goldenaster |
Leaves |
Flowers |
Flowers, closer |
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Asteraceae |
Iva |
frutescens |
* |
marsh elder |
Leaves |
Leaves, close |
Flowers |
Flowers, close |
Habit in flower |
Fruit remnants |
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Asteraceae |
Pterocaulon |
pycnostachyum |
* |
blackroot |
Habit |
Flowers |
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Berberidaceae |
Podophyllum |
peltatum |
* |
May-apple |
Leaves |
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Betulaceae |
Carpinus |
caroliniana |
* |
ironwood |
Fluted trunk |
Leaf |
Carpellate catkin |
Fruit bract, mature, close |
Staminate catkin |
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Bignoniaceae |
Anisostichus |
capreolata |
Bignonia capreolata |
cross-vine |
Leaves |
Flowers |
Tendrils |
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Blechnaceae |
Woodwardia |
areolata |
* |
netted chain fern |
Leaves |
Leaf, close |
Reproductive frond |
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Blechnaceae |
Woodwardia |
virginica |
* |
Virginia chain fern |
Leaves |
Single leaf |
Oc on left, Wv on right |
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Bromeliaceae |
Tillandsia |
usneoides |
* |
Spanish moss |
Habit |
Leaves, closer |
Open capsule |
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Cactaceae |
Opuntia |
compressa |
Opuntia humifusa |
prickly pear |
Flower |
Leaves |
Habit in flower |
Habit in fruit |
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Cactaceae |
Opuntia |
drummondii |
O. pusilla |
devil joint |
Habit |
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Caprifoliaceae |
Lonicera |
japonica |
* |
Japanese honeysuckle |
Leaves |
Pectinate leaves |
Flowers |
Fruits |
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Caprifoliaceae |
Lonicera |
sempervirens |
* |
honeysuckle |
Habit in flower |
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Chenopodiaceae |
Salicornia |
virginica |
S. depressa |
sea pickle |
Habit |
Habit, closer |
Flowers |
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Chenopodiaceae |
Salsola |
kali |
* |
Russian thistle |
Habit |
Seedling |
Leaves, close |
Dry |
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Clethraceae |
Clethra |
alnifolia |
* |
sweet pepperbush |
Habit in flower |
Leaves |
Fruit remnants |
Flowers, close |
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Cornaceae |
Cornus |
florida |
* |
flowering dogwood |
Leaves |
Fall leaves |
Flowers |
Fruits and flower bud |
Mature bark |
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Cupressaceae |
Juniperus |
virginiana |
* |
eastern red cedar |
Mature leaves |
Juvenile leaves |
Seed cones |
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Ebenaceae |
Diospyros |
virginiana |
* |
persimmon |
Leaves |
Leaves, closer |
Fruit |
Mature bark |
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Ericaceae |
Chimaphila |
maculata |
Pyrolaceae |
spotted wintergreen |
Leaves |
Habit in flower |
Flower, close |
Fruit |
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Ericaceae |
Lyonia |
lucida |
* |
fetterbush |
Leaves |
Leaves |
Flowers |
Fruit remnants |
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Ericaceae |
Vaccinium |
arboreum |
* |
sparkleberry |
Leaves |
Winter leaves |
Flowers |
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Ericaceae |
Vaccinium |
crassifolium |
* |
creeping blueberry |
Habit in flower |
Habit |
Stolons |
Habit in fruit |
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Euphorbiaceae |
Cnidoscolus |
stimulosus |
* |
stinging nettle |
Habit in flower |
Habit in flower |
Flower, closer |
Leaves |
Hairs |
Fruit |
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Euphorbiaceae |
Croton |
punctatus |
* |
silver-leaf croton |
Habit |
Leaves, close |
Fruits |
Flowers |
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Euphorbiaceae |
Sapium |
sebiferum |
Triadica sebifera |
popcorn tree |
Habit in bud |
Leaves |
Immature fruits |
Seedlings |
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Fabaceae |
Cercis |
canadensis |
* |
redbud |
Summer leaves |
Fall leaves |
Flowers |
Flowers, closer |
Immature fruits |
Zig-zag twigs |
Distant habit in flower |
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Fagaceae |
Castanea |
pumila |
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chinqupin |
Habit in flower |
Leaves |
Fruit |
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Fagaceae |
Fagus |
grandifolia |
* |
American beech |
Leaves |
Tan leaves |
Bud |
Bark |
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Fagaceae |
Quercus |
alba |
* |
white oak |
Leaves |
Leaf |
Bark |
Terminal buds |
Acorn |
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Fagaceae |
Quercus |
laevis |
* |
turkey oak |
Leaves |
Leaf, closer |
Buds |
Male catkins |
Acorns |
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Fagaceae |
Quercus |
laurifolia |
* |
laurel oak |
Leaves |
Leaves, close |
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Fagaceae |
Quercus |
michauxii |
* |
swamp chestnut oak |
Leaves, front |
Leaves, back |
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Fagaceae |
Quercus |
nigra |
* |
water oak |
Leaves, close |
Leaves, variation |
Acorns |
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Fagaceae |
Quercus |
pagodaefolia |
Q. pagoda |
cherrybark oak |
Leaves |
Dried leaves, showing backs |
Bark |
Acorn |
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Fagaceae |
Quercus |
phellos |
* |
willow oak |
Leaves |
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Fagaceae |
Quercus |
pumila |
* |
running oak |
Habit |
Leaf back |
Leaves, closer |
Habit in flower |
Habit in fruit |
Acorn |
Colonial habit |
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Fagaceae |
Quercus |
virginiana |
* |
live oak |
Trunk |
Leaves |
Acorns |
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Geraniaceae |
Geranium |
maculatum |
* |
wild geranium |
Habit in flower |
Leaves |
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Hamamelidaceae |
Liquidambar |
styraciflua |
* |
sweet gum |
Leaves |
Leaf arrangement |
Fall leaf color |
Fruit |
Winter twigs |
Young warty bark |
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Iridaceae |
Iris |
virginica |
* |
blue flag iris |
Flower |
Leaves |
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Juglandaceae |
Carya |
spp. |
* |
hickory |
Leaves |
Leaf scar |
Fruit |
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Juncaceae |
Juncus |
roemerianus |
* |
black needle rush |
Habit |
Habit, closer |
Flowers |
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Lauraceae |
Persea |
borbonia |
* |
red bay |
Leaves |
Fruits |
Leaves with typical galls |
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Lemnaceae |
Spirodela |
polyrhiza |
* |
duckweed |
Whole plant |
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Lemnaceae |
Wolffiella |
floridana |
W. gladiata |
bogmat |
Whole plant |
Duckweeds, habit |
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Lentibulariaceae |
Utricularia |
inflata |
* |
floating bladderwort |
Habit in pond |
Flowers |
Floats |
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Lentibulariaceae |
Utricularia |
spp. |
* |
vegetative bladderwort |
see also U. inflata and U. purpurea |
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Liliaceae |
Smilax |
auriculata |
Smilacaceae |
dunes greenbrier |
Habit in fruit |
Leaves |
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Liliaceae |
Smilax |
bona-nox |
Smilacaceae |
greenbrier |
Leaves |
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Liliaceae |
Smilax |
laurifolia |
Smilacaceae |
bamboo vine |
Habit |
Leaves with tendrils |
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Liliaceae |
Smilax |
pumila |
Smilacaceae |
greenbrier |
Habit |
Flowers |
Fruits |
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Liliaceae |
Trillium |
maculatum |
* |
Coastal Plain mottled trillium |
Single flower |
Habit in flower |
Clump in flower |
Patch in flower |
Single leaf seedling |
Two and three leaf seedlings |
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Liliaceae |
Yucca |
gloriosa |
Agavaceae |
Spanish bayonet |
Habit |
Tall habit |
Leaf margins |
Inflorescence |
Flowers, close |
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Loganiaceae |
Gelsemium |
sempervirens |
* |
Carolina jessamine |
Leaves |
Flowers |
Habit |
Habit |
Fruits |
Fruit remnants |
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Lycopodiaceae |
Lycopodium |
alopecuroides |
Lycopodiella alopecuroides |
foxtail clubmoss |
Habit |
Habit |
Habit, close |
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Magnoliaceae |
Liriodendron |
tulipifera |
* |
yellow poplar |
Leaf |
Fall leaves |
Young bark |
Stipule/bud scales |
Habit in flower |
Flower, close |
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Magnoliaceae |
Magnolia |
grandiflora |
* |
southern magnolia |
Habit in flower |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
Fruit, closer |
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Magnoliaceae |
Magnolia |
virginiana |
* |
sweet bay |
Habit in flower |
Twig with scars |
Back of leaf |
Flower |
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Melastomataceae |
Rhexia |
spp. |
* |
meadow-beauty |
Habit in flower |
Flower |
Awned anthers |
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Myricaceae |
Myrica |
cerifera |
Morella cerifera |
wax myrtle |
Leaves |
Fruits |
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Myricaceae |
Myrica |
heterophylla |
Morella pumila (Weakley) |
southern bayberry, dry |
Habit |
Habit |
Flowers |
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Nymphaeaceae |
Nymphaea |
odorata |
* |
water lily |
Habit in flower |
Flower, close |
Leaves on pond |
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Nyssaceae |
Nyssa |
biflora |
* |
pond gum |
Leaves |
Leaves, closer |
Habit in pond |
Fruit |
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Oleaceae |
Fraxinus |
spp. |
* |
ash |
Leaves |
Buds |
Leaf scar |
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Oleaceae |
Ligustrum |
sinense |
* |
Chinese privet |
Leaves |
Habit in flower |
Flowers |
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Orchidaceae |
Tipularia |
discolor |
* |
crane-fly orchid |
Habit in flower |
Flowers, close |
Top of leaf |
Back of leaf |
Capsule |
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Orobanchaceae |
Conopholis |
americana |
* |
cancer-root |
Habit in flower |
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Orobanchaceae |
Epifagus |
virginiana |
* |
beechdrops |
Habit |
Habit |
Capsules showing seeds |
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Osmundaceae |
Osmunda |
cinnamomea |
* |
cinnamon fern |
Habit in spore |
Base of leaves, spring |
Base of leaves, fall |
Young sporophyll |
Circinate vernation |
Oc on left, Wv on right |
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Osmundaceae |
Osmunda |
regalis |
* |
royal fern |
Habit in spore |
Leaf, close |
Reproductive leaflets |
Base of rachis |
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Oxalidaceae |
Oxalis |
violacea |
* |
violet wood sorrel |
Habit in flower |
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Pinaceae |
Pinus |
glabra |
* |
spruce pine |
Leaves |
Leaves |
Cone |
Bark |
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Pinaceae |
Pinus |
palustris |
* |
longleaf pine |
Habit, mature |
Grass stage |
Bottlebrush stage |
Bark |
Seed cone |
Pollen cone |
Immature pollen cone |
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Pinaceae |
Pinus |
serotina |
* |
pond pine |
Habit in pocosin |
Epicormic sprouts |
Leaves |
Closed cone |
Open cone |
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Pinaceae |
Pinus |
taeda |
* |
loblolly pine |
Leaves |
Seed cones |
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Poaceae |
Andropogon |
capillipes |
* |
chalky bluestem, dry |
Habit |
Equitant leaf bases |
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Poaceae |
Andropogon |
spp. |
* |
broomsedge |
Base of leaves |
Tan habit |
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Poaceae |
Arundinaria |
gigantea |
* |
switch cane |
Leaves |
Habit |
Habit at pond edge |
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Poaceae |
Cenchrus |
tribuloides |
* |
dune sandbur |
Habit in fruit |
Habit in Fruit |
Fruit, close |
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Poaceae |
Erianthus |
giganteus |
Saccharum giganteum |
giant beard grass |
Distant habit |
Inflorescences |
Inflorescences, closer |
Erianthus, S. cynosuroides surrounding |
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Poaceae |
Panicum |
amarum |
* |
seaside panicum |
Habit in fruit |
Habit, closer |
Fruits |
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Poaceae |
Spartina |
alterniflora |
* |
smooth cord grass |
Habit |
Habit in flood |
Habit, close |
Flowers |
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Poaceae |
Spartina |
cynosuroides |
* |
giant cordgrass |
Distant habit |
Panicle |
Panicle |
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Poaceae |
Spartina |
patens |
* |
salt hay |
Habit |
Habit |
Habit in dunes |
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Poaceae |
Uniola |
paniculata |
* |
sea oats |
Habit in Fruit |
Fruits |
Basal rosette |
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Polypodiaceae |
Polypodium |
polypodioides |
Pleopeltis polypodioides |
resurrection fern |
Green habit |
Dry habit |
Back of dry leaf with sori |
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Pteridaceae |
Pteridium |
aquilinum |
Dennstaedtiaceae |
bracken fern |
Leaf |
Habit |
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Rhamnaceae |
Berchemia |
scandens |
* |
supplejack |
Leaves |
Stems |
Bark |
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Rosaceae |
Prunus |
serotina |
* |
black cherry |
Leaves |
Glands |
Young bark |
Mature bark |
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Rosaceae |
Rubus |
spp. |
* |
blackberry |
Habit |
Leaves, closer |
Flower, close |
Winter leaves |
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Rubiaceae |
Mitchella |
repens |
* |
partridge berry |
Habit |
Flowers |
Fruit |
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Saururaceae |
Saururus |
cernuus |
* |
lizard's tail |
Leaves |
Habit in flower |
Fruits |
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Sphagnaceae |
Sphagnum |
spp. |
* |
peat moss |
Habit |
Habit, wet |
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Symplocaceae |
Symplocos |
tinctoria |
* |
horsesugar |
Habit |
Leaves |
Winter leaves |
Flowers |
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Taxodiaceae |
Taxodium |
ascendens |
Cupressaceae |
pond cypress |
Leaves |
Leaves, closer, fall |
Habit in pond |
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Taxodiaceae |
Taxodium |
distichum |
Cupressaceae |
bald cypress |
Leaves |
Buttress |
Knee |
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Typhaceae |
Typha |
latifolia |
* |
cat-tails |
Habit |
Base of leaves |
Mature inflorescence |
Fruit remnants |
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Ulmaceae |
Ulmus |
alata |
* |
winged elm |
Leaves |
Wings |
Immature fruits |
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Violaceae |
Viola |
spp. |
* |
violets |
Flowers |
Leaves |
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Vitaceae |
Parthenocissus |
quinquefolia |
* |
Virginia creeper |
Leaves |
Habit |
Flowers |
Fruits |
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Vitaceae |
Vitis |
rotundifolia |
* |
muscadine |
Leaves |
Young leaves |
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Xyridaceae |
Xyris |
spp. |
* |
yellow-eyed grass |
Flowers |
Fruit remnant |
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