Plants of the NFWU: Common Name, M-R

Appendix A Plants of the Noble Foundation Wildlife Unit^a Listed by common name: M-R
Common name	Scientific name	Family	Relative occurrence^b
Maximilian sunflower	Helianthus maximiliani	Asteraceae	Scarce
Mayapple	Podophyllum peltatum	Berberidaceae	Scattered
Maypop passionflower	Passiflora incarnata	Passifloraceae	Scattered
Meadow dropseed	Sporobolus asper	Gramineae	Unknown
Mexican tea, wormseed, goosefoot	Chenopodium ambrosioides	Chenopodiaceae	Scattered
Mild water pepper, swamp smartweed	Polygonum hydropiperoides	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Mimosa, baby’s breath	Albizia julibrissin	Mimosaceae	Scarce
Missouri Basin goldenrod	Solidago missouriensis	Asteraceae	Scattered
Mist flower	Eupatorium coelestinum	Asteraceae	Scattered
Mistletoe	Phoradendron serotinum	Loranthaceae	Scattered
Multiflora rose, Japanese rose	Rosa multiflora	Rosaceae	Scarce
Mushrooms			Unknown
Narrow-leaved evening primrose	Oenothera linifolia	Onagraceae	Scarce
Narrowleaf false ragweed	Iva angustifolia	Asteraceae	Scarce
Narrowleaf gayfeather	Liatris mucronata	Asteraceae	Scattered
Narrowleaf lion’s-heart	Physostegia angustifolia	Lamiaceae	Unknown
Narrowleaf puccoon, fringed puccoon	Lithospermum incisum	Boraginaceae	Scarce
Narrowleaf vetch, common vetch	Vicia sativa	Fabaceae	Scattered
Nettleleaf, noseburn	Tragia betonicifolia	Euphorbiaceae	Scattered
Nimble will	Muhlenbergia schreberi	Gramineae	Unknown
Nits-and-lice	Hypericum drummondii	Hypericaceae	Scarce
Nut rushes	Scleria spp.	Cyperaceae	Unknown
Nuttall’s mock bishop-weed	Ptilimnium nuttallii	Apiaceae	Scattered
Ohio spiderwort	Tradescantia ohioensis	Commelinaceae	Scattered
Old-field three-awn	Aristida oligantha	Gramineae	Unknown
Old-field toadflax	Linaria canadensis	Scrophulariaceae	Common
One-seeded bur cucumber	Sicyos angulatus	Cucurbitaceae	Unknown
One-seeded croton	Croton monanthogynus	Euphorbiaceae	Scattered
Open flower dichanthelium	Dichanthelium laxiflorum	Gramineae	Scattered
Orchard grass	Dactylis glomerata	Gramineae	Scarce
Osage orange, bois d’arc	Maclura pomifera	Moraceae	Abundant
Painted euphorbia, catalina	Euphorbia heterophylla	Euphorbiaceae	Scarce
Pale coneflower	Echinacea pallida	Asteraceae	Unknown
Palespike lobelia	Lobelia spicata	Lobeliaceae	Scarce
Palmer’s pigweed, careless weed	Amaranthus palmeri	Amaranthaceae	Scarce
Panicled tick clover	Desmodium paniculatum	Fabaceae	Common
Partridge pea	Cassia fasciculata	Fabaceae	Common
Peach	Prunus persica	Rosaceae	Scarce
Pecan	Carya illinoensis	Juglandaceae	Common
Pencil cholla	Opuntia leptocaulis	Cactaceae	Scarce
Pencil flower	Stylosanthes biflora	Fabaceae	Scarce
Pennsylvania smartweed	Polygonum pensylvanicum	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Penstemons, beardtongues	Penstemon spp.	Scrophulariaceae	Unknown
Pepper vine	Ampelopsis arborea	Vitaceae	Scarce
Peppergrass	Lepidium densiflorum	Brassicaceae	Common
Persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Ebenaceae	Scarce
Philadelphia fleabane	Erigeron philadelphicus	Asteraceae	Scattered
Pink milkwort	Polygala incarnata	Polygalaceae	Scarce
Pink poppy mallow	Callirhoe alcaeoides	Malvaceae	Scattered
Pinweed	Lechea villosa	Cistaceae	Unknown
Pitcher’s clematis, leatherflower	Clematis pitcheri	Ranunculaceae	Scarce
Plainleaf pussytoes	Antennaria parlinii	Asteraceae	Common
Plains clover, low hop clover	Trifolium campestre	Fabaceae	Common
Plains coreopsis	Coreopsis tinctoria	Asteraceae	Scattered
Plains wild indigo	Baptisia bracteata	Fabaceae	Scattered
Poison ivy	Toxicodendron radicans	Anacardiaceae	Common
Pokeweed, poke	Phytolacca americana	Phytolaccaceae	Scattered
Possum grape, ivy treebine	Cissus incisa	Vitaceae	Scarce
Post oak	Quercus stellata	Fagaceae	Abundant
Potato dandelion	Krigia dandelion	Asteraceae	Scattered
Powdery thalia	Thalia dealbata	Marantaceae	Scarce
Prairie acacia	Acacia angustissima	Mimosaceae	Scattered
Prairie cup grass	Eriochloa contracta	Gramineae	Scarce
Prairie groundsel or ragwort	Senecio plattensis	Asteraceae	Scattered
Prairie parsley, parsnip	Polytaenia nuttallii	Apiaceae	Scattered
Prairie rose, meadow pink	Sabatia campestris	Gentianaceae	Scattered
Prairie wedge scale	Sphenopholis obtusata	Gramineae	Unknown
Prickly lettuce	Lactuca sativa	Asteraceae	Common
Prickly sida, mallow	Sida spinosa	Malvaceae	Scarce
Privet hedge, Chinese privet	Ligustrum sinense	Oleaceae	Scarce
Prostrate knotweed	Polygonum aviculare	Polygonaceae	Scarce
Purple camphor weed, marsh fleabane	Pluchea odorata	Asteraceae	Scarce
Purple cudweed	Gnaphalium purpureum	Asteraceae	Scarce
Purple meadow rue	Thalictrum dasycarpum	Ranunculaceae	Unknown
Purple poppy mallow, wine-cup	Callirhoe involucrata	Malvaceae	Common
Purple prairie clover	Petalostemon purpureum	Fabaceae	Scattered
Purple three-awn	Aristida purpurea	Gramineae	Unknown
Purpletop	Tridens flavus	Gramineae	Common
Queen’s-delight	Stillingia sylvatica	Euphorbiaceae	Scattered
Raccoon grape	Ampelopsis cordata	Vitaceae	Scarce
Rain lily, cebolleta	Cooperia drummondii	Amaryllidaceae	Scattered
Rattlebox	Crotalaria sagittalis	Fabaceae	Scarce
Rattlesnake fern	Botrychium virginianum	Ophioglossaceae	Scattered
Red love grass	Eragrostis secundiflora	Gramineae	Scattered
Red mulberry	Morus rubra	Moraceae	Scattered
Red-spotted horsemint	Monarda russeliana	Lamiaceae	Scattered
Redbud	Cercis canadensis	Fabaceae	Common
Rescue grass	Bromus unioloides	Gramineae	Scattered
Robin’s plantain	Erigeron pulchellus	Asteraceae	Scattered
Rocky muhly	Muhlenbergia sobolifera	Gramineae	Unknown
Rose acacia	Robinia hispida	Fabaceae	Scarce
Rose vervain	Verbena canadensis	Verbenaceae	Common
Roses	Rosa spp.	Rosaceae	Scattered
Rough buttonweed, poor joe	Diodia teres	Rubiaceae	Scattered
Rough pennyroyal	Hedeoma hispidum	Lamiaceae	Unknown
Rough pigweed, redroot pigweed	Amaranthus retroflexus	Amaranthaceae	Scattered
Rough-leaved dogwood	Cornus drummondii	Cornaceae	Scattered
Roughhair golden aster	Chrysopsis villosa	Asteraceae	Scattered
Rugel’s plantain	Plantago rugelii	Plantaginaceae	Scarce
Rushes	Juncus spp.	Juncaceae	Scattered
Russian olive	Elaeagnus angustifolia	Elaeagnaceae	Scarce
Rusty black haw	Viburnum rufidulum	Caprifoliaceae	Common
Rye	Secale cereale	Gramineae	Scarce
Ryegrass	Lolium perenne	Gramineae	Common
^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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