Plants of the NFWU: Scientific Name, D-K

Appendix A Plants of the Noble Foundation Wildlife Unit^a Listed by scientific name: D-K
Scientific name	Common name	Family	Relative occurrence^b
Dactylis glomerata	Orchard grass	Gramineae	Scarce
Datura stramonium	Jimsonweed	Solanaceae	Scarce
Daucus pusillus	Southwestern carrot	Apiaceae	Scattered
Delphinium carolinianum	Carolina larkspur	Ranunculaceae	Scarce
Delphinium tricorne	Dwarf larkspur	Ranunculaceae	Scarce
Desmanthus illinoensis	Illinois bundleflower	Fabaceae	Scattered
Desmanthus leptolobus	Bundleflower, prairie bundleflower	Fabaceae	Scattered
Desmodium canescens	Hoary tick clover, beggar’s-lice	Fabaceae	Scattered
Desmodium ciliare	Tick trefoil, littleleaf tick clover	Fabaceae	Common
Desmodium cuspidatum	Longleaf tick clover	Fabaceae	Scarce
Desmodium paniculatum	Panicled tick clover	Fabaceae	Common
Desmodium sessilifolium	Sessile tick clover	Fabaceae	Common
Diarrhena americana	Beakgrain	Gramineae	Unknown
Dichanthelium clandestinum	Deertongue dichanthelium	Gramineae	Scarce
Dichanthelium lanuginosum	Woolly dichanthelium	Gramineae	Common
Dichanthelium laxiflorum	Open flower dichanthelium	Gramineae	Scattered
Dichanthelium oligosanthes	Scribner’s dichanthelium	Gramineae	Common
Dichanthelium ravenelii	Bosc dichanthelium	Gramineae	Scattered
Dichanthelium scoparium	Velvet dichanthelium	Gramineae	Scattered
Dicliptera brachiata	Dicliptera	Acanthaceae	Scattered
Digitaria sanguinalis	Hairy crabgrass	Gramineae	Common
Diodia teres	Rough buttonweed, poor joe	Rubiaceae	Scattered
Diospyros virginiana	Persimmon	Ebenaceae	Scarce
Dracopis amplexicaulis	Coneflower, clasping coneflower	Asteraceae	Scattered
Echinacea pallida	Pale coneflower	Asteraceae	Unknown
Echinochloa crusgalli	Barnyard grass	Gramineae	Scattered
Eclipta prostrata	Yerba de tajo	Asteraceae	Scattered
Elaeagnus angustifolia	Russian olive	Elaeagnaceae	Scarce
Elaeagnus umbellata	Autumn olive	Elaeagnaceae	Scarce
Eleocharis spp.	Spikes edges	Cyperaceae	Scarce
Elephantopus carolinianus	Elephant’s foot	Asteraceae	Scattered
Eleusine indica	Goose grass	Gramineae	Scarce
Elymus canadensis	Canada wild rye	Gramineae	Common
Elymus virginicus	Virginia wild rye	Gramineae	Scattered
Eragrostis curtipedicellata	Gummy love grass	Gramineae	Unknown
Eragrostis curvula	Weeping love grass	Gramineae	Abundant
Eragrostis secundiflora	Red love grass	Gramineae	Scattered
Erigeron philadelphicus	Philadelphia fleabane	Asteraceae	Scattered
Erigeron pulchellus	Robin’s plantain	Asteraceae	Scattered
Erigeron strigosus	Daisy fleabane	Asteraceae	Common
Eriochloa contracta	Prairie cup grass	Gramineae	Scarce
Eryngium leavenworthii	Leavenworth eryngo	Apiaceae	Scattered
Eryngium yuccifolium	Button snakeroot	Apiaceae	Scarce
Euonymus atropurpureus	Wahoo, burning bush	Celastraceae	Scarce
Eupatorium coelestinum	Mist flower	Asteraceae	Scattered
Eupatorium rugosum	White snakeroot	Asteraceae	Common
Euphorbia dentata	Toothed spurge	Euphorbiaceae	Unknown
Euphorbia heterophylla	Painted euphorbia, catalina	Euphorbiaceae	Scarce
Euphorbia maculata	Spotted euphorbia	Euphorbiaceae	Scarce
Euphorbia nutans	Eyebane	Euphorbiaceae	Unknown
Festuca arundinacea	Tall fescue	Gramineae	Abundant
Fragaria virginiana	Wild strawberry	Rosaceae	Scarce
Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Green ash	Oleaceae	Common
Gaillardia pulchella	Indian blanket, fire wheels	Asteraceae	Scarce
Galactia regularis	Downy milk pea	Fabaceae	Scarce
Galium aparine	Catchweed bedstraw	Rubiaceae	Scattered
Galium circaezans	Weed bedstraw, wild licorice	Rubiaceae	Scattered
Galium pilosum	Hairy bedstraw	Rubiaceae	Scattered
Gaura parviflora	Velvety gaura	Onagraceae	Scarce
Geranium carolinianum	Carolina cranesbill	Geraniaceae	Common
Geum canadense	White avens, redroot	Rosaceae	Scattered
Geum vernum	Heartleaf avens, water avens	Rosaceae	Scarce
Gillenia stipulata	Indian physic, American ipecac	Rosaceae	Scarce
Glecoma hederacea	Ground ivy	Lamiaceae	Unknown
Gleditsia triacanthos	Honey locust	Fabaceae	Common
Glinus lotoides	Glinus	Aizoaceae	Scarce
Gnaphalium obtusifolium	Sweet everlasting, fragrant cudweed	Asteraceae	Scattered
Gnaphalium purpureum	Purple cudweed	Asteraceae	Scarce
Gutierrezia dracunculoides	Common broomweed	Asteraceae	Scattered
Hedeoma hispidum	Rough pennyroyal	Lamiaceae	Unknown
Hedyotis spp.	Bluets	Rubiaceae	Common
Helenium amarum	Sneezeweed, bitterweed	Asteraceae	Common
Helianthus annuus	Common sunflower	Asteraceae	Scattered
Helianthus hirsutus	Hairy sunflower, coarse sunflower	Asteraceae	Scattered
Helianthus maximiliani	Maximilian sunflower	Asteraceae	Scarce
Helianthus mollis	Ashy sunflower	Asteraceae	Scattered
Helianthus tuberosus	Jerusalem artichoke	Asteraceae	Scarce
Heliotropium indicum	India heliotrope, turnsole	Boraginaceae	Scarce
Heterotheca latifolia	Golden aster, camphor weed	Asteraceae	Scattered
Hibiscus militaris	Scarlet rose mallow	Malvaceae	Unknown
Hieracium longipilum	Longbeard hawkweed	Asteraceae	Scarce
Hordeum pusillum	Little barley	Gramineae	Scattered
Hypericum drummondii	Nits-and-lice	Hypericaceae	Scarce
Hypericum hypericoides	Saint-Andrew’s-cross	Hypericaceae	Scattered
Hypericum punctatum	Spotted Saint-John’s-wort	Hypericaceae	Scattered
Hypoxis hirsuta	Yellow star grass	Amaryllidaceae	Unknown
Ilex decidua	Deciduous holly	Aquifoliaceae	Scattered
Impatiens capensis	Spotted touch-me-not	Balsaminaceae	Scarce
Ipomoea nil	Ivyleaf morning glory	Convolvulaceae	Scattered
Ipomoea pandurata	Wild potato vine	Convolvulaceae	Scattered
Iresine rhizomatosa	Bloodleaf, judas bush	Amaranthaceae	Scarce
Iris spp. (propagated)	Iris, flag	Iridaceae	Scarce
Iva angustifolia	Narrowleaf false ragweed	Asteraceae	Scarce
Iva annua	Annual false ragweed, sumpweed	Asteraceae	Common
Juglans nigra	Black walnut	Juglandaceae	Scarce
Juncus spp.	Rushes	Juncaceae	Scattered
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern red cedar	Cupressaceae	Scattered
Jussiaea decurrens	Wingleaf water primrose	Onagraceae	Scattered
Jussiaea peploides	Creeping water primrose	Onagraceae	Common
Krigia cespitosa	Common dwarf dandelion	Asteraceae	Unknown
Krigia dandelion	Potato dandelion	Asteraceae	Scattered
Krigia virginica	Dwarf dandelion	Asteraceae	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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