Plants
to Know for the Midterm Exam
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Scientific Name |
Common Name |
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Acer rubrum |
red maple |
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Alternanthera philoxeroides |
alligatorweed |
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Ambrosia artemisiifolia |
common ragweed |
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Andropogon gerardii |
big bluestem, turkeyfoot |
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Aristida spp. |
three awn grass |
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Arundinaria gigantea |
giant reed; giant cane |
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Aster spp. |
aster |
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Avicennia germinans |
black mangrove |
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Azolla caroliniana |
Carolina mosquitofern |
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Baccharis halimifolia |
eastern baccharis; saltbush |
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Bacopa spp. |
water-hyssops |
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Bidens spp. |
beggarticks |
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Boehmeria cylindrica |
bog hemp, false nettle |
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Borrichia frutescens |
sea ox-eye; bushy seaside tansy |
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Brasenia schreberi |
water shield |
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Callicarpa americana |
American beauty-berry, French mulberry |
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Carex spp. |
carex |
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Carpinus caroliniana |
ironwood, musclewood, eastern hop-hornbeam |
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Cenchrus spp. |
sandspur |
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Ceratophyllum spp. |
coontail; hornwort |
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Chasmanthium laxum var. sessiliflorum (C. sessiliflorum) |
slender woodoats |
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Cladium jamaicense |
Jamaica swamp sawgrass |
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Clethra alnifolia |
sweet pepperbush, white alder |
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Croton punctatus |
gulf croton |
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Ctenium aromaticum |
toothache grass |
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Cyperus sp. |
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Cyrilla racemiflora |
titi, leatherwood |
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Rhynchospora colorata (=Dichromena colorata) |
whitetop sedge, starrush whitetop |
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Distichlis spicata |
inland saltgrass |
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Drosera brevifolia |
sundew |
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Echinochloa spp. |
water grasses |
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Eclipta prostrata |
eclipta; false daisy |
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Eichhornia crassipes |
common water hyacinth |
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Eleocharis spp. |
spikerush |
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Eleusine indica |
Indian goosegrass |
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Equisetum hymale |
horsetail, scouring rush |
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Eragrostis spp. |
lovegrass |
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Erianthus giganteus |
giant sugar cane plume grass |
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Eriocaulon spp. |
pipewort, lady’s hat pins |
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Eupatorium spp. |
thoroughwort |
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Fibmbristylis spp. |
fimbry |
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Fuirena squarrosa |
umbrella grass |
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Helianthus heterophyllus |
bog sunflower |
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Heliotropium curassavicum |
seaside heliotrope |
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Heteranthera spp. |
duck salad |
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Hibiscus spp. |
rosemallow; hibiscus |
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Hydrilla verticillata |
hydrilla, waterthyme |
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Hydrocotyle spp. |
dollarweed; hydrocotyle |
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Hygrophila spp. |
swamp weed |
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Hypericum spp. |
St. John’t wort, St. Andrew’s cross |
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Hypericum galioides |
St. John’t wort |
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Illicium floridanum |
star anise, stink bush |
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Ilex coriacea |
large or sweet gallberry |
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Ilex glabra |
inkberry, bitter gallberry |
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Ilex opaca |
American Holly |
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Ilex vomitoria |
yaupon |
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Ipomoea imperati (=I. stolonifera) |
beach morning-glory |
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Ipomoea sagittata |
saltmarsh morning-glory |
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Itea virginica |
Virginia willow |
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Iva annua |
annual marshelder |
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Iva frutescens |
shrubby marshelder; Jesuit’s bar |
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Juncus effusus |
soft rush |
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Juncus roemerianus |
needlegrass rush; black rush; needle rush |
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Kosteletzkya virginica |
Virginia saltmarsh mallow |
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Lachnanthes caroliniana |
red-root |
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Lemna minor |
duckweed |
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Leucothoe axillaris |
leucothoe |
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Leucothoe racemosa |
fetter-bush |
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Liatris spp. |
blazing star, gay feather |
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Lobelia spp. |
lobelia |
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Ludwigia spp. |
water primrose; primrose-willow |
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Lycopodiella alopecuroides |
fox-tail clubmoss |
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Lycopus spp. |
waterhorehound |
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Lyonia lucida |
fetter-bush |
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Magnolia virginiana |
sweetbay magnolia |
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Myrica cerifera |
wax myrtle, bayberry |
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Myriophyllum spp. |
parrot’s feather |
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Najas spp. |
waternymph |
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Nelumbo lutea |
American lotus |
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Nymphaea elegans |
white waterlily |
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Nymphaea odorata |
American white waterlily |
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Orontium aquaticum |
golden club |
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Osmunda cinnamomea |
cinnamon fern |
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Ostrya virginiana |
hop hornbeam |
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Panicum spp. |
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Panicum amarum |
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Panicum repens |
torpedo grass |
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Panicum virgatum |
switchgrass |
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Paspalum spp. |
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Peltandra virginica |
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Phragmites australis |
common reed |
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Phyla spp. |
frogfruit |
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Pluchea spp. |
camphorweed |
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Polygonum spp. |
smartweed |
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Pontederia cordata |
pickerelweed |
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Proserpinaca spp. |
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Quercus virginiana |
live oak |
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Rhexia spp. |
meadow-beauty |
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Rhynchospora spp. |
beaksedge |
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Sabal minor |
dwarf palmetto, bluestem palm |
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Sacciolepis striata |
American cupscale |
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Sagittaria spp. |
arrowhead |
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Salicornia spp. |
glasswort |
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Salix nigra |
black willow |
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Salvinia minima |
water spangles |
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Sarracenia alata |
yellow pitcher plant |
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Saururus cernuus |
lizard’s tail |
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Schizachyrium scoparium |
little bluestem |
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Scirpus californicus Schoenoplectus californicus |
California bulrush |
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Scirpus robustus (S. maritimas) Schoenoplectus robustus |
sturdy bulrush |
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Scleria spp. |
nut rush, eye-ball sedge |
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Sesbania drummondii |
poisonbean, rattlebox |
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Sesuvium portulacastrum |
sea-purslane |
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Solidago spp. |
goldenrod |
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Solidago sempervirens |
seaside goldenrod |
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Sparganium americanum |
bur-reed |
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Spartina alterniflora |
smooth cordgrass |
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Spartina cynosuroides |
big cordgrass |
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Spartina patens |
saltmeadow cordgrass |
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Spartina spartinae |
gulf cordgrass |
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Spilanthes americana (Acmella oppositifolia) |
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Spirodela polyrhiza |
giant duckweed |
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Suaeda linearis |
annual seepweed |
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Taxodium distichum |
bald cypress |
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Tridens spp. |
tridens, fluff grass |
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Typha latifolia |
broadleaf cattail |
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Uniola paniculata |
seaoats |
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Utricularia spp. |
bladderwort |
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Vallisneria americana |
ribbonweed |
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Viburnum dentatum |
arrow wood |
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Viburnum nudum |
viburnum |
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Vigna spp. |
deerpea |
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Wolffiella spp. |
bogmat: mudmidget |
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Woodwardia areolata |
netted chain-fern |
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Woodwardia virginica |
Virginia chain-fern |
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Xyris spp. |
yellow eyed grass |
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Zizaniopsis miliacea |
giant cutgrass |
Also
be able to recognize the following four families: Asteraceae (Compositae),
Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, and Poaceae (Gramineae).