Plants of the NFWU: Family Name, O-Z

Appendix A Plants of the Noble Foundation Wildlife Unit^a Listed by family name: O-Z
Family	Scientific name	Common name	Relative occurrence^b
Oleaceae	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Green ash	Common
Oleaceae	Ligustrum sinense	Privet hedge, Chinese privet	Scarce
Onagraceae	Gaura parviflora	Velvety gaura	Scarce
Onagraceae	Jussiaea decurrens	Wingleaf water primrose	Scattered
Onagraceae	Jussiaea peploides	Creeping water primrose	Common
Onagraceae	Ludwigia alternifolia	Bushy seedbox	Scarce
Onagraceae	Ludwigia glandulosa	Creeping seedbox	Unknown
Onagraceae	Oenothera biennis	Common evening primrose	Scattered
Onagraceae	Oenothera fruticosa	Common sundrops	Scattered
Onagraceae	Oenothera laciniata	Cut-leaf evening primrose	Scattered
Onagraceae	Oenothera linifolia	Narrow-leaved evening primrose	Scarce
Onagraceae	Oenothera rhombipetala	Fourpoint evening primrose	Scarce
Onagraceae	Oenothera serrulata	Day primrose, half-shrub sundrops	Unknown
Onagraceae	Oenothera speciosa	White evening primrose	Unknown
Ophioglossaceae	Botrychium virginianum	Rattlesnake fern	Scattered
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes vernalis	Twisted ladies’ tresses	Scarce
Oxalidaceae	Oxalis dillenii	Yellow wood sorrel	Common
Oxalidaceae	Oxalis violacea	Violet wood sorrel	Scarce
Passifloraceae	Passiflora incarnata	Maypop passionflower	Scattered
Passifloraceae	Passiflora lutea	Yellow passionflower	Scarce
Phytolaccaceae	Phytolacca americana	Pokeweed, poke	Scattered
Plantaginaceae	Plantago aristata	Bottlebrush plantain, buckhorn	Scattered
Plantaginaceae	Plantago lanceolata	Buckhorn plantain	Scattered
Plantaginaceae	Plantago rugelii	Rugel’s plantain	Scarce
Platanaceae	Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore	Scattered
Polygalaceae	Polygala incarnata	Pink milkwort	Scarce
Polygalaceae	Polygala sanguinea	Blood polygala	Unknown
Polygalaceae	Polygala verticillata	Whorled milkwort	Unknown
Polygonaceae	Polygonum aviculare	Prostrate knotweed	Scarce
Polygonaceae	Polygonum convolvulus	Wild buckwheat, dullseed cornbind	Scarce
Polygonaceae	Polygonum hydropiperoides	Mild water pepper, swamp smartweed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Polygonum lapathifolium	Curltop smartweed, pale smartweed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Polygonum pensylvanicum	Pennsylvania smartweed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Polygonum persicaria	Lady’s thumb, spotted smartweed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Polygonum punctatum	Water smartweed, dotted smartweed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Polygonum virginianum	Virginia knotweed, jumpseed	Scattered
Polygonaceae	Rumex crispus	Curly dock	Common
Polygonaceae	Rumex hastatulus	Heartwing sorrel, heart sorrel	Scattered
Portulacaceae	Claytonia virginica	Virginia spring beauty	Scattered
Primulaceae	Lysimachia spp.	Loosestrifes	Unknown
Ranunculaceae	Anemone caroliniana	Carolina anemone	Scarce
Ranunculaceae	Clematis pitcheri	Pitcher’s clematis, leatherflower	Scarce
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium carolinianum	Carolina larkspur	Scarce
Ranunculaceae	Delphinium tricorne	Dwarf larkspur	Scarce
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus fascicularis	Early buttercup, tufted buttercup	Unknown
Ranunculaceae	Thalictrum dasycarpum	Purple meadow rue	Unknown
Rhamnaceae	Rhamnus caroliniana	Buckthorn, indian cherry	Scarce
Rosaceae	Agrimonia pubescens	Downy agrimony, groovebur	Scarce
Rosaceae	Crataegus crus-galli	Cockspur hawthorn, red haw	Unknown
Rosaceae	Crataegus spp.	Hawthorns	Scattered
Rosaceae	Crataegus viridis	Green hawthorn	Unknown
Rosaceae	Fragaria virginiana	Wild strawberry	Scarce
Rosaceae	Geum canadense	White avens, redroot	Scattered
Rosaceae	Geum vernum	Heartleaf avens, water avens	Scarce
Rosaceae	Gillenia stipulata	Indian physic, American ipecac	Scarce
Rosaceae	Prunus angustifolia	Chickasaw plum, sandhill plum	Scarce
Rosaceae	Prunus mexicana	Big-tree plum, Mexican plum	Common
Rosaceae	Prunus persica	Peach	Scarce
Rosaceae	Prunus rivularis	Creek plum, hog plum	Scarce
Rosaceae	Prunus serotina	Black cherry, wild cherry	Scarce
Rosaceae	Pyrus communis	Common pear	Scarce
Rosaceae	Rosa multiflora	Multiflora rose, Japanese rose	Scarce
Rosaceae	Rosa setigera	Climbing prairie rose	Unknown
Rosaceae	Rosa spp.	Roses	Scattered
Rosaceae	Rubus spp.	Dewberries, blackberries	Abundant
Rubiaceae	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Buttonbush, globeflower	Scattered
Rubiaceae	Diodia teres	Rough buttonweed, poor joe	Scattered
Rubiaceae	Galium aparine	Catchweed bedstraw	Scattered
Rubiaceae	Galium circaezans	Weed bedstraw, wild licorice	Scattered
Rubiaceae	Galium pilosum	Hairy bedstraw	Scattered
Rubiaceae	Hedyotis spp.	Bluets	Common
Salicaceae	Populus deltoides	Cottonwood	Scattered
Salicaceae	Salix nigra	Black willow	Scattered
Sapindaceae	Sapindus drummondii	Soapberry	Scattered
Sapotaceae	Bumelia lanuginosa	Chittamwood, woolly buckthorn	Scattered
Saxifragaceae	Penthorum sedoides	Ditch stonecrop	Scarce
Scrophulariaceae	Agalinus fasciculata	Beach agalinus	Scarce
Scrophulariaceae	Castilleja coccinea	Indian paintbrush	Common
Scrophulariaceae	Castilleja indivisa	Indian paintbrush	Scattered
Scrophulariaceae	Collinsia violacea	Violet collinsia	Scarce
Scrophulariaceae	Linaria canadensis	Old-field toadflax	Common
Scrophulariaceae	Mimulus alatus	Sharp-winged monkey flower	Scarce
Scrophulariaceae	Penstemon spp.	Penstemons, beardtongues	Unknown
Scrophulariaceae	Verbascum thapsus	Common mullein	Scattered
Scrophulariaceae	Veronica arvensis	Common speedwell, corn speedwell	Scattered
Solanaceae	Datura stramonium	Jimsonweed	Scarce
Solanaceae	Physalis angulata	Cut-leaf ground-cherry	Scattered
Solanaceae	Physalis viscosa	Field ground-cherry	Unknown
Solanaceae	Solanum carolinense	Carolina horse nettle	Common
Solanaceae	Solanum cornutum	Buffalo bur	Scattered
Solanaceae	Solanum elaeagnifolium	Silverleaf nightshade	Scattered
Solanaceae	Solanum ptycanthum	Black nightshade	Scarce
Typhaceae	Typha spp.	Cattails	Scarce
Ulmaceae	Celtis spp.	Hackberries	Common
Ulmaceae	Ulmus alata	Winged elm	Abundant
Ulmaceae	Ulmus americana	American elm	Scattered
Ulmaceae	Ulmus rubra	Slippery elm	Scarce
Urticaceae	Boehmeria cylindrica	Bog hemp, false nettle	Scarce
Urticaceae	Laportea canadensis	Wood nettle	Unknown
Valerianaceae	Valerianella radiata	Common beaked corn salad	Scattered
Verbenaceae	Phyla incisa	Sawtooth frogfruit, fogfruit	Scattered
Verbenaceae	Verbena bipinnatifida	Sweet William, fringe verbena	Common
Verbenaceae	Verbena bracteata	Bracted vervain	Scarce
Verbenaceae	Verbena brasiliensis	Brazilian verbena	Scarce
Verbenaceae	Verbena canadensis	Rose vervain	Common
Verbenaceae	Verbena stricta	Woolly vervain, mullenleaf vervain	Scarce
Verbenaceae	Verbena urticifolia	White vervain, white verbena	Scattered
Violaceae	Viola bicolor	Johnny-jump-up, field pansy	Scattered
Violaceae	Viola pubescens	Downy yellow violet	Scarce
Violaceae	Viola sororia	Blue violet	Unknown
Vitaceae	Ampelopsis arborea	Pepper vine	Scarce
Vitaceae	Ampelopsis cordata	Raccoon grape	Scarce
Vitaceae	Cissus incisa	Possum grape, ivy treebine	Scarce
Vitaceae	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Virginia creeper	Common
Vitaceae	Vitis spp.	Grapes	Scattered
Vitaceae	Vitis vulpina	Winter grape, fox grape	Scarce
Zygophyllaceae	Tribulus terrestris	Bullhead, goathead, puncture vine	Scarce
		Mushrooms	Unknown
^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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