BIOL 301, PLANT TAXONOMY LAB -- Species List for Longleaf and Pocosin Ecosystems in the Francis Marion National Forest
21 February 2022
FAMILY GENUS SPECIES MODERN NAME COMMON NAME IMAGES
Aquifoliaceae Ilex coriacea * sweet gallberry Leaves Leaves, backlit
Aquifoliaceae Ilex glabra * inkberry Habit in flower Habit in flower Habit in fruit Habit in fruit, later winter
Asteraceae Heterotheca graminifolia Pityopsis graminifolia grass-leaved goldenaster Leaves Flowers Flowers, closer
Asteraceae Pterocaulon pycnostachyum * blackroot Habit Flowers
Ericaceae Lyonia lucida * fetterbush Leaves Leaves Flowers Fruit remnants
Ericaceae Vaccinium crassifolium * creeping blueberry Habit in flower Habit Stolons Habit in fruit
Fagaceae Quercus pumila * running oak Habit Leaf back Leaves, closer Habit in flower Habit in fruit Acorn Colonial habit
Lentibulariaceae Utricularia spp. * vegetative bladderwort see also U. inflata and U. purpurea
Liliaceae Smilax laurifolia Smilacaceae bamboo vine Habit Leaves with tendrils
Lycopodiaceae Lycopodium alopecuroides Lycopodiella alopecuroides foxtail clubmoss Habit Habit Habit, close
Magnoliaceae Magnolia virginiana * sweet bay Habit in flower Twig with scars Back of leaf Flower
Myricaceae Myrica heterophylla Morella pumila (Weakley) southern bayberry, dry Habit Habit Flowers
Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea odorata * water lily Habit in flower Flower, close Leaves on pond
Pinaceae Pinus palustris * longleaf pine Habit, mature Grass stage Bottlebrush stage Bark Seed cone Pollen cone Immature pollen cone
Pinaceae Pinus serotina * pond pine Habit in pocosin Epicormic sprouts Leaves Closed cone Open cone
Poaceae Andropogon capillipes * chalky bluestem, dry Habit Equitant leaf bases
Pteridaceae Pteridium aquilinum Dennstaedtiaceae bracken fern Leaf Habit
Sphagnaceae Sphagnum spp. * peat moss Habit Habit, wet
Xyridaceae Xyris spp. * yellow-eyed grass Flowers Fruit remnant