Plants of the NFWU: Family Name, G-N

Appendix A Plants of the Noble Foundation Wildlife Unit^a Listed by family name: G-N
Family	Scientific name	Common name	Relative occurrence^b
Gentianaceae	Sabatia campestris	Prairie rose, meadow pink	Scattered
Geraniaceae	Geranium carolinianum	Carolina cranesbill	Common
Gramineae	Agrostis hyemalis	Winter bent grass, tickle grass	Unknown
Gramineae	Andropogon gerardii	Big bluestem	Common
Gramineae	Andropogon virginicus	Broom sedge bluestem	Abundant
Gramineae	Aristida dichotoma	Church mouse three-awn	Unknown
Gramineae	Aristida oligantha	Old-field three-awn	Unknown
Gramineae	Aristida purpurascens	Arrowfeather three-awn	Unknown
Gramineae	Aristida purpurea	Purple three-awn	Unknown
Gramineae	Arundinaria gigantea	Giant cane	Scattered
Gramineae	Bothriochloa saccharoides	Silver bluestem	Scattered
Gramineae	Bouteloua curtipendula	Side oats grama	Scarce
Gramineae	Bouteloua hirsuta	Hairy grama	Scarce
Gramineae	Brachiaria platyphylla	Broadleaf signal grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Bromus japonicus	Japanese brome	Common
Gramineae	Bromus pubescens	Canada brome	Scarce
Gramineae	Bromus tectorum	Downy brome	Common
Gramineae	Bromus unioloides	Rescue grass	Scattered
Gramineae	Buchloe dactyloides	Buffalo grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Cenchrus incertus	Sandbur, grass bur	Scattered
Gramineae	Chasmanthium latifolium	Inland sea oats	Common
Gramineae	Cinna arundinacea	Stout woodreed	Scattered
Gramineae	Coelorachis cylindrica	Carolina jointtail, joint grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Cynodon dactylon	Bermuda grass	Abundant
Gramineae	Dactylis glomerata	Orchard grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Diarrhena americana	Beakgrain	Unknown
Gramineae	Dichanthelium clandestinum	Deertongue dichanthelium	Scarce
Gramineae	Dichanthelium lanuginosum	Woolly dichanthelium	Common
Gramineae	Dichanthelium laxiflorum	Open flower dichanthelium	Scattered
Gramineae	Dichanthelium oligosanthes	Scribner’s dichanthelium	Common
Gramineae	Dichanthelium ravenelii	Bosc dichanthelium	Scattered
Gramineae	Dichanthelium scoparium	Velvet dichanthelium	Scattered
Gramineae	Digitaria sanguinalis	Hairy crabgrass	Common
Gramineae	Echinochloa crusgalli	Barnyard grass	Scattered
Gramineae	Eleusine indica	Goose grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Elymus canadensis	Canada wild rye	Common
Gramineae	Elymus virginicus	Virginia wild rye	Scattered
Gramineae	Eragrostis curtipedicellata	Gummy love grass	Unknown
Gramineae	Eragrostis curvula	Weeping love grass	Abundant
Gramineae	Eragrostis secundiflora	Red love grass	Scattered
Gramineae	Eriochloa contracta	Prairie cup grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Festuca arundinacea	Tall fescue	Abundant
Gramineae	Hordeum pusillum	Little barley	Scattered
Gramineae	Leersia virginica	White grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Leptoloma cognatum	Fall witchgrass	Scattered
Gramineae	Lolium perenne	Ryegrass	Common
Gramineae	Muhlenbergia schreberi	Nimble will	Unknown
Gramineae	Muhlenbergia sobolifera	Rocky muhly	Unknown
Gramineae	Panicum anceps	Beaked panicum	Common
Gramineae	Panicum capillare	Common witchgrass	Scattered
Gramineae	Panicum obtusum	Vine mesquite	Scattered
Gramineae	Panicum virgatum	Switch grass, fall switch grass	Scattered
Gramineae	Paspalum dilatatum	Dallis grass	Scattered
Gramineae	Paspalum floridanum	Florida paspalum	Scattered
Gramineae	Paspalum laeve	Field paspalum	Scattered
Gramineae	Paspalum setaceum	Thin paspalum, fringeleaf paspalum	Common
Gramineae	Phalaris canariensis	Canary grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Phalaris caroliniana	Carolina canary grass, maygrass	Scarce
Gramineae	Poa chapmaniana	Chapman bluegrass	Scarce
Gramineae	Poa compressa	Canada bluegrass	Scarce
Gramineae	Schedonnardus paniculatus	Tumble grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Schizachyrium scoparium	Little bluestem	Abundant
Gramineae	Secale cereale	Rye	Scarce
Gramineae	Setaria geniculata	Knotroot bristle grass	Common
Gramineae	Setaria glauca	Yellow bristle grass	Scattered
Gramineae	Setaria italica	Foxtail millet	Scarce
Gramineae	Setaria viridis	Green bristle grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Sorghastrum nutans	Indian grass	Common
Gramineae	Sorghum bicolor	Sorghum	Scarce
Gramineae	Sorghum halepense	Johnson grass	Common
Gramineae	Sphenopholis obtusata	Prairie wedge scale	Unknown
Gramineae	Sporobolus asper	Meadow dropseed	Unknown
Gramineae	Sporobolus cryptandrus	Sand dropseed	Unknown
Gramineae	Sporobolus pyramidatus	Whorled dropseed	Scarce
Gramineae	Tridens albescens	White tridens	Scarce
Gramineae	Tridens flavus	Purpletop	Common
Gramineae	Tridens strictus	Longspike tridens	Scattered
Gramineae	Tripsacum dactyloides	Eastern gama grass	Scarce
Gramineae	Triticum aestivum	Wheat	Scattered
Gramineae	Vulpia octoflora	Common six-weeks grass	Unknown
Gramineae	Zizaniopsis miliacea	Southern wild rice, giant cut-grass	Scarce
Hydrophyllaceae	Phacelia hirsuta	Hairy blue curls, phacelia	Scarce
Hypericaceae	Hypericum drummondii	Nits-and-lice	Scarce
Hypericaceae	Hypericum hypericoides	Saint-Andrew’s-cross	Scattered
Hypericaceae	Hypericum punctatum	Spotted Saint-John’s-wort	Scattered
Iridaceae	Iris spp. (propagated)	Iris, flag	Scarce
Iridaceae	Nemastylis geminiflora	Celestial lily, prairie iris	Scarce
Iridaceae	Sisyrinchium angustifolium	Blue-eyed grass	Scattered
Juglandaceae	Carya aquatica	Water hickory	Scarce
Juglandaceae	Carya illinoensis	Pecan	Common
Juglandaceae	Carya texana	Black hickory	Common
Juglandaceae	Juglans nigra	Black walnut	Scarce
Juncaceae	Juncus spp.	Rushes	Scattered
Lamiaceae	Glecoma hederacea	Ground ivy	Unknown
Lamiaceae	Hedeoma hispidum	Rough pennyroyal	Unknown
Lamiaceae	Lamium amplexicaule	Henbit	Common
Lamiaceae	Lycopus americanus	American bugleweed	Scarce
Lamiaceae	Monarda fistulosa	Wild bergamot	Scattered
Lamiaceae	Monarda punctata	Horsemint, spotted bee balm	Scattered
Lamiaceae	Monarda russeliana	Red-spotted horsemint	Scattered
Lamiaceae	Perilla frutescens	Common perilla	Scarce
Lamiaceae	Physostegia angustifolia	Narrowleaf lion’s-heart	Unknown
Lamiaceae	Prunella vulgaris	Common self-heal, heal-all	Scattered
Lamiaceae	Pycnanthemum virginianum	Virginia mountain mint	Scarce
Lamiaceae	Salvia azurea	Azure blue sage	Scarce
Lamiaceae	Salvia lyrata	Lyreleaf sage	Unknown
Lamiaceae	Scutellaria parvula	Small skullcap	Scarce
Lamiaceae	Stachys tenuifolia	Slenderleaf betony	Scattered
Lamiaceae	Teucrium canadense	American germander	Scattered
Liliaceae	Allium canadense	Wild onion, Canada garlic	Scattered
Liliaceae	Allium drummondii	Drummond’s wild onion	Scattered
Liliaceae	Nothoscordum bivalve	Crow poison	Scattered
Liliaceae	Smilax bona-nox	Greenbrier, catbrier, bullbrier	Common
Liliaceae	Smilax tamnoides	Bristly greenbrier	Scattered
Liliaceae	Zigadenus nuttallii	Death camas	Scarce
Linaceae	Linum medium	Sucker flax	Unknown
Linaceae	Linum sulcatum	Grooved flax	Scarce
Lobeliaceae	Lobelia appendiculata	Earflower lobelia	Scarce
Lobeliaceae	Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal flower	Scarce
Lobeliaceae	Lobelia spicata	Palespike lobelia	Scarce
Loganiaceae	Polypremum procumbens	Juniperleaf	Scarce
Loranthaceae	Phoradendron serotinum	Mistletoe	Scattered
Lythraceae	Ammannia coccinea	Toothcup, purple ammania	Scattered
Lythraceae	Cuphea viscosissima	Blue waxweed, clammy cuphea	Scarce
Lythraceae	Lythrum alatum	Loosestrife	Scattered
Malvaceae	Abutilon theophrasti	Velvetleaf, Indian mallow	Scarce
Malvaceae	Callirhoe alcaeoides	Pink poppy mallow	Scattered
Malvaceae	Callirhoe involucrata	Purple poppy mallow, wine-cup	Common
Malvaceae	Hibiscus militaris	Scarlet rose mallow	Unknown
Malvaceae	Sida spinosa	Prickly sida, mallow	Scarce
Marantaceae	Thalia dealbata	Powdery thalia	Scarce
Menispermaceae	Cocculus carolinus	Carolina snail-seed, moonseed	Common
Mimosaceae	Acacia angustissima	Prairie acacia	Scattered
Mimosaceae	Albizia julibrissin	Mimosa, baby’s breath	Scarce
Mimosaceae	Neptunia lutea	Yellow neptunia	Scattered
Mimosaceae	Schrankia nuttallii	Catclaw sensitive brier	Scattered
Moraceae	Maclura pomifera	Osage orange, bois d’arc	Abundant
Moraceae	Morus rubra	Red mulberry	Scattered
Nymphaeaceae	Nelumbo lutea	Lotus lily, American lotus	Scarce
Nyssaceae	Nyssa sylvatica	Black gum, water tupelo	Scarce
^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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