Plants of the NFWU: Common Name, With Links to Photos

Appendix A Plants of the Noble Foundation Wildlife Unit^a Listed by common name
Common name	Scientific name	Family	Relative occurrence^b
Big-tree plum, Mexican plum	Prunus mexicana	Rosaceae	Common
Black oak	Quercus velutina	Fagaceae	Common
Blackjack oak	Quercus marilandica	Fagaceae	Common
Bosc dichanthelium	Dichanthelium ravenelii	Gramineae	Scattered
Box elder	Acer negundo	Aceraceae	Common
Bristly greenbrier	Smilax tamnoides	Liliaceae	Scattered
Bur oak	Quercus macrocarpa	Fagaceae	Scattered
Bush clover, roundhead lespedeza	Lespedeza capitata	Fabaceae	Scarce
Button clover, button medic	Medicago orbicularis	Fabaceae	Scarce
Canada brome	Bromus pubescens	Gramineae	Scarce
Carolina cranesbill	Geranium carolinianum	Geraniaceae	Common
Carolina snail-seed, moonseed	Cocculus carolinus	Menispermaceae	Common
Catchweed bedstraw	Galium aparine	Rubiaceae	Scattered
Chickasaw plum, sandhill plum	Prunus angustifolia	Rosaceae	Scarce
Chinquapin oak	Quercus muhlenbergii	Fagaceae	Scattered
Clammy chickweed	Cerastium glomeratum	Caryophyllaceae	Scattered
Common chickweed	Stellaria media	Caryophyllaceae	Scarce
Common ragweed	Ambrosia artemisiifolia	Asteraceae	Common
Coralberry, buckbrush	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus	Caprifoliaceae	Abundant
Coreopsis beggar-ticks	Bidens aristosa	Asteraceae	Scattered
Creek plum, hog plum	Prunus rivularis	Rosaceae	Scarce
Creeping lespedeza	Lespedeza repens	Fabaceae	Scattered
Croton, tropic croton	Croton glandulosus	Euphorbiaceae	Common
Crownbeard	Verbesina helianthoides	Asteraceae	Scarce
Curltop smartweed, pale smartweed	Polygonum lapathifolium	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Deertongue dichanthelium	Dichanthelium clandestinum	Gramineae	Scarce
Downy brome	Bromus tectorum	Gramineae	Common
False indigo	Amorpha fruticosa	Fabaceae	Scattered
Flowering dogwood	Cornus florida	Cornaceae	Scattered
Fragrant sumac, skunkbush	Rhus aromatica	Anacardiaceae	Common
Giant ragweed, horseweed	Ambrosia trifida	Asteraceae	Common
Grapes	Vitis spp.	Vitaceae	Scattered
Greenbrier, catbrier, bullbrier	Smilax bona-nox	Liliaceae	Common
Hairy bedstraw	Galium pilosum	Rubiaceae	Scattered
Hairy vetch, woollypod vetch	Vicia villosa	Fabaceae	Scattered
Hedge parsley	Torilis arvensis	Apiaceae	Common
Hoary tick clover, beggar’s-lice	Desmodium canescens	Fabaceae	Scattered
Honey locust	Gleditsia triacanthos	Fabaceae	Common
Horseweed, mare’s tail	Conyza canadensis	Asteraceae	Common
Japanese brome	Bromus japonicus	Gramineae	Common
Japanese clover, common lespedeza	Lespedeza striata	Fabaceae	Common
Korean clover, Korean lespedeza	Lespedeza stipulacea	Fabaceae	Scattered
Lady’s thumb, spotted smartweed	Polygonum persicaria	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Lanceleaf ragweed	Ambrosia bidentata	Asteraceae	Common
Longleaf tick clover	Desmodium cuspidatum	Fabaceae	Scarce
Mild water pepper, swamp smartweed	Polygonum hydropiperoides	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Narrowleaf vetch, common vetch	Vicia sativa	Fabaceae	Scattered
One-seeded croton	Croton monanthogynus	Euphorbiaceae	Scattered
Open flower dichanthelium	Dichanthelium laxiflorum	Gramineae	Scattered
Osage orange, bois d’arc	Maclura pomifera	Moraceae	Abundant
Panicled tick clover	Desmodium paniculatum	Fabaceae	Common
Partridge pea	Cassia fasciculata	Fabaceae	Common
Pennsylvania smartweed	Polygonum pensylvanicum	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Plainleaf pussytoes	Antennaria parlinii	Asteraceae	Common
Plains clover, low hop clover	Trifolium campestre	Fabaceae	Common
Poison ivy	Toxicodendron radicans	Anacardiaceae	Common
Post oak	Quercus stellata	Fagaceae	Abundant
Prostrate knotweed	Polygonum aviculare	Polygonaceae	Scarce
Purple cudweed	Gnaphalium purpureum	Asteraceae	Scarce
Purple poppy mallow, wine-cup	Callirhoe involucrata	Malvaceae	Common
Rescue grass	Bromus unioloides	Gramineae	Scattered
Rough-leaved dogwood	Cornus drummondii	Cornaceae	Scattered
Rye	Secale cereale	Gramineae	Scarce
Scribner’s dichanthelium	Dichanthelium oligosanthes	Gramineae	Common
Sensitive pea	Cassia nictitans	Fabaceae	Scattered
Sericea lespedeza	Lespedeza cuneata	Fabaceae	Common
Sessile tick clover	Desmodium sessilifolium	Fabaceae	Common
Shumard’s oak, southern red oak	Quercus shumardii	Fagaceae	Scattered
Slender lespedeza	Lespedeza virginica	Fabaceae	Scattered
Small hop clover, shamrock	Trifolium dubium	Fabaceae	Scattered
Small-flowered vetch	Vicia minutiflora	Fabaceae	Scarce
Smooth seed wild bean	Strophostyles leiosperma	Fabaceae	Common
Smooth sumac	Rhus glabra	Anacardiaceae	Scattered
Sorghum	Sorghum bicolor	Gramineae	Scarce
Stuve’s lespedeza	Lespedeza stuevei	Fabaceae	Scattered
Sweet everlasting, fragrant cudweed	Gnaphalium obtusifolium	Asteraceae	Scattered
Tall fescue	Festuca arundinacea	Gramineae	Abundant
Three-seeded croton	Croton lindheimerianus	Euphorbiaceae	Scattered
Three-seeded mercury	Acalypha gracilens	Euphorbiaceae	Common
Three-seeded mercury	Acalypha virginica	Euphorbiaceae	Scattered
Tick trefoil, littleleaf tick clover	Desmodium ciliare	Fabaceae	Common
Trailing lespedeza	Lespedeza procumbens	Fabaceae	Common
Velvet dichanthelium	Dichanthelium scoparium	Gramineae	Scattered
Virginia knotweed, jumpseed	Polygonum virginianum	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Water smartweed, dotted smartweed	Polygonum punctatum	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Weed bedstraw, wild licorice	Galium circaezans	Rubiaceae	Scattered
Weeping love grass	Eragrostis curvula	Gramineae	Abundant
Western ragweed	Ambrosia psilostachya	Asteraceae	Abundant
Wheat	Triticum aestivum	Gramineae	Scattered
White avens, redroot	Geum canadense	Rosaceae	Scattered
White clover, ladino clover	Trifolium repens	Fabaceae	Common
White crownbeard, frostweed	Verbesina virginica	Asteraceae	Scattered
White sweet clover	Melilotus albus	Fabaceae	Common
White vervain, white verbena	Verbena urticifolia	Verbenaceae	Scattered
Wild bean	Strophostyles helvola	Fabaceae	Scattered
Wild buckwheat, dullseed cornbind	Polygonum convolvulus	Polygonaceae	Scarce
Winged elm	Ulmus alata	Ulmaceae	Abundant
Winged sumac, dwarf sumac	Rhus copallina	Anacardiaceae	Scattered
Woolly croton, hogwort	Croton capitatus	Euphorbiaceae	Scattered
Woolly dichanthelium	Dichanthelium lanuginosum	Gramineae	Common
Yellow ironweed, wingstem	Verbesina alternifolia	Asteraceae	Scattered
Yellow sweet clover	Melilotus officinalis	Fabaceae	Common
Yellow wood sorrel	Oxalis dillenii	Oxalidaceae	Common
Yerba de tajo	Eclipta prostrata	Asteraceae	Scattered
^a Contains all terrestrial and emersed aquatic flowering plants identified on the NFWU. Also includes a few miscellaneous plants such as mushrooms and ferns. ^b The relative occurrence of plant species is based on subjective evaluation. The following categories are used to classify relative occurrence: Abundant—Easy to find; often a dominant over large areas. Common—Easy to find; seldom a dominant over large areas. Scattered—Not extremely difficult to find, but more so than ”common”; often thick with patchy distribution or sparse with good distribution; not dominant in the plant community Scarce—Difficult to find; often found in relatively small pockets; not well distributed. Unknown—Plants have been identified on the NFWU, but the authors are unfamiliar with them; most of these plants would probably be categorized as “scarce.”

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