Plants of the NFWU: Scientific Name, L-P

Appendix A Plants of the Noble Foundation Wildlife Unit^a Listed by scientific name: L-P
Scientific name	Common name	Family	Relative occurrence^b
Lactuca canadensis	Wild lettuce	Asteraceae	Scattered
Lactuca sativa	Prickly lettuce	Asteraceae	Common
Lamium amplexicaule	Henbit	Lamiaceae	Common
Laportea canadensis	Wood nettle	Urticaceae	Unknown
Lathyrus hirsutus	Singletary peavine	Fabaceae	Scattered
Lechea villosa	Pinweed	Cistaceae	Unknown
Leersia virginica	White grass	Gramineae	Scarce
Lepidium densiflorum	Peppergrass	Brassicaceae	Common
Lepidium virginicum	Virginia peppergrass	Brassicaceae	Scarce
Leptoloma cognatum	Fall witchgrass	Gramineae	Scattered
Lespedeza capitata	Bush clover, roundhead lespedeza	Fabaceae	Scarce
Lespedeza cuneata	Sericea lespedeza	Fabaceae	Common
Lespedeza procumbens	Trailing lespedeza	Fabaceae	Common
Lespedeza repens	Creeping lespedeza	Fabaceae	Scattered
Lespedeza stipulacea	Korean clover, Korean lespedeza	Fabaceae	Scattered
Lespedeza striata	Japanese clover, common lespedeza	Fabaceae	Common
Lespedeza stuevei	Stuve’s lespedeza	Fabaceae	Scattered
Lespedeza virginica	Slender lespedeza	Fabaceae	Scattered
Liatris aspera	Tall gayfeather, blazing star	Asteraceae	Scattered
Liatris mucronata	Narrowleaf gayfeather	Asteraceae	Scattered
Ligustrum sinense	Privet hedge, Chinese privet	Oleaceae	Scarce
Limnosciadium pinnatum	Arkansas dogshade	Apiaceae	Unknown
Linaria canadensis	Old-field toadflax	Scrophulariaceae	Common
Linum medium	Sucker flax	Linaceae	Unknown
Linum sulcatum	Grooved flax	Linaceae	Scarce
Lithospermum incisum	Narrowleaf puccoon, fringed puccoon	Boraginaceae	Scarce
Lobelia appendiculata	Earflower lobelia	Lobeliaceae	Scarce
Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal flower	Lobeliaceae	Scarce
Lobelia spicata	Palespike lobelia	Lobeliaceae	Scarce
Lolium perenne	Ryegrass	Gramineae	Common
Lonicera japonica	Japanese honeysuckle	Caprifoliaceae	Scarce
Ludwigia alternifolia	Bushy seedbox	Onagraceae	Scarce
Ludwigia glandulosa	Creeping seedbox	Onagraceae	Unknown
Lycopus americanus	American bugleweed	Lamiaceae	Scarce
Lysimachia spp.	Loosestrifes	Primulaceae	Unknown
Lythrum alatum	Loosestrife	Lythraceae	Scattered
Maclura pomifera	Osage orange, bois d’arc	Moraceae	Abundant
Marshallia caespitosa	Barbara’s buttons	Asteraceae	Unknown
Medicago orbicularis	Button clover, button medic	Fabaceae	Scarce
Melilotus albus	White sweet clover	Fabaceae	Common
Melilotus officinalis	Yellow sweet clover	Fabaceae	Common
Melothria pendula	Drooping melonette	Cucurbitaceae	Scarce
Mimulus alatus	Sharp-winged monkey flower	Scrophulariaceae	Scarce
Mollugo verticillata	Carpetweed	Aizoaceae	Scarce
Monarda fistulosa	Wild bergamot	Lamiaceae	Scattered
Monarda punctata	Horsemint, spotted bee balm	Lamiaceae	Scattered
Monarda russeliana	Red-spotted horsemint	Lamiaceae	Scattered
Morus rubra	Red mulberry	Moraceae	Scattered
Muhlenbergia schreberi	Nimble will	Gramineae	Unknown
Muhlenbergia sobolifera	Rocky muhly	Gramineae	Unknown
Myosotis verna	Early scorpion grass	Boraginaceae	Unknown
Nelumbo lutea	Lotus lily, American lotus	Nymphaeaceae	Scarce
Nemastylis geminiflora	Celestial lily, prairie iris	Iridaceae	Scarce
Neptunia lutea	Yellow neptunia	Mimosaceae	Scattered
Nothoscordum bivalve	Crow poison	Liliaceae	Scattered
Nyssa sylvatica	Black gum, water tupelo	Nyssaceae	Scarce
Oenothera biennis	Common evening primrose	Onagraceae	Scattered
Oenothera fruticosa	Common sundrops	Onagraceae	Scattered
Oenothera laciniata	Cut-leaf evening primrose	Onagraceae	Scattered
Oenothera linifolia	Narrow-leaved evening primrose	Onagraceae	Scarce
Oenothera rhombipetala	Fourpoint evening primrose	Onagraceae	Scarce
Oenothera serrulata	Day primrose, half-shrub sundrops	Onagraceae	Unknown
Oenothera speciosa	White evening primrose	Onagraceae	Unknown
Opuntia engelmannii	Engelmann prickly pear	Cactaceae	Scattered
Opuntia leptocaulis	Pencil cholla	Cactaceae	Scarce
Oxalis dillenii	Yellow wood sorrel	Oxalidaceae	Common
Oxalis violacea	Violet wood sorrel	Oxalidaceae	Scarce
Panicum anceps	Beaked panicum	Gramineae	Common
Panicum capillare	Common witchgrass	Gramineae	Scattered
Panicum obtusum	Vine mesquite	Gramineae	Scattered
Panicum virgatum	Switch grass, fall switch grass	Gramineae	Scattered
Parthenium hysterophorus	Santa Maria, false ragweed	Asteraceae	Scarce
Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Virginia creeper	Vitaceae	Common
Paspalum dilatatum	Dallis grass	Gramineae	Scattered
Paspalum floridanum	Florida paspalum	Gramineae	Scattered
Paspalum laeve	Field paspalum	Gramineae	Scattered
Paspalum setaceum	Thin paspalum, fringeleaf paspalum	Gramineae	Common
Passiflora incarnata	Maypop passionflower	Passifloraceae	Scattered
Passiflora lutea	Yellow passionflower	Passifloraceae	Scarce
Penstemon spp.	Penstemons, beardtongues	Scrophulariaceae	Unknown
Penthorum sedoides	Ditch stonecrop	Saxifragaceae	Scarce
Perilla frutescens	Common perilla	Lamiaceae	Scarce
Petalostemon candidum	White prairie clover	Fabaceae	Scarce
Petalostemon purpureum	Purple prairie clover	Fabaceae	Scattered
Phacelia hirsuta	Hairy blue curls, phacelia	Hydrophyllaceae	Scarce
Phalaris canariensis	Canary grass	Gramineae	Scarce
Phalaris caroliniana	Carolina canary grass, maygrass	Gramineae	Scarce
Phoradendron serotinum	Mistletoe	Loranthaceae	Scattered
Phyla incisa	Sawtooth frogfruit, fogfruit	Verbenaceae	Scattered
Physalis angulata	Cut-leaf ground-cherry	Solanaceae	Scattered
Physalis viscosa	Field ground-cherry	Solanaceae	Unknown
Physostegia angustifolia	Narrowleaf lion’s-heart	Lamiaceae	Unknown
Phytolacca americana	Pokeweed, poke	Phytolaccaceae	Scattered
Plantago aristata	Bottlebrush plantain, buckhorn	Plantaginaceae	Scattered
Plantago lanceolata	Buckhorn plantain	Plantaginaceae	Scattered
Plantago rugelii	Rugel’s plantain	Plantaginaceae	Scarce
Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore	Platanaceae	Scattered
Pluchea camphorata	Camphor weed	Asteraceae	Scarce
Pluchea odorata	Purple camphor weed, marsh fleabane	Asteraceae	Scarce
Poa chapmaniana	Chapman bluegrass	Gramineae	Scarce
Poa compressa	Canada bluegrass	Gramineae	Scarce
Podophyllum peltatum	Mayapple	Berberidaceae	Scattered
Polygala incarnata	Pink milkwort	Polygalaceae	Scarce
Polygala sanguinea	Blood polygala	Polygalaceae	Unknown
Polygala verticillata	Whorled milkwort	Polygalaceae	Unknown
Polygonum aviculare	Prostrate knotweed	Polygonaceae	Scarce
Polygonum convolvulus	Wild buckwheat, dullseed cornbind	Polygonaceae	Scarce
Polygonum hydropiperoides	Mild water pepper, swamp smartweed	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Polygonum lapathifolium	Curltop smartweed, pale smartweed	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Polygonum pensylvanicum	Pennsylvania smartweed	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Polygonum persicaria	Lady’s thumb, spotted smartweed	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Polygonum punctatum	Water smartweed, dotted smartweed	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Polygonum virginianum	Virginia knotweed, jumpseed	Polygonaceae	Scattered
Polypremum procumbens	Juniperleaf	Loganiaceae	Scarce
Polytaenia nuttallii	Prairie parsley, parsnip	Apiaceae	Scattered
Populus deltoides	Cottonwood	Salicaceae	Scattered
Prionopsis ciliata	Wax goldenweed	Asteraceae	Common
Prunella vulgaris	Common self-heal, heal-all	Lamiaceae	Scattered
Prunus angustifolia	Chickasaw plum, sandhill plum	Rosaceae	Scarce
Prunus mexicana	Big-tree plum, Mexican plum	Rosaceae	Common
Prunus persica	Peach	Rosaceae	Scarce
Prunus rivularis	Creek plum, hog plum	Rosaceae	Scarce
Prunus serotina	Black cherry, wild cherry	Rosaceae	Scarce
Psoralea tenuiflora	Wild alfalfa, scurfy pea	Fabaceae	Scarce
Ptilimnium nuttallii	Nuttall’s mock bishop-weed	Apiaceae	Scattered
Pycnanthemum virginianum	Virginia mountain mint	Lamiaceae	Scarce
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus	False dandelion	Asteraceae	Unknown
Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus	False dandelion	Asteraceae	Scattered
Pyrus communis	Common pear	Rosaceae	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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