MatBio: TREES & SHRUBS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

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Red Cedar ¹
Juniperus virginiana

Pond-Cypress ²
Taxodium ascendens

Bald-Cypress ³
Taxodium distichum

Sand Pine ⁴
Pinus clausa var. clausa

Slash Pine ⁵
Pinus elliottii

Longleaf Pine ⁵
Pinus palustris

Pond Pine ⁶
Pinus serotina

Loblolly Pine ⁷
Pinus taeda

Dwarf Palmetto ⁴
Sabal minor

Cabbage Palm ⁸
Sabal palmetto

Saw Palmetto ⁹
Serenoa repens

American Elder ¹⁰
Sambucus nigra canadensis

Southern Arrowwood ¹¹
Viburnum dentatum

Possumhaw ¹²
Viburnum nudum

Walter's Viburnum ⁴
Viburnum obovatum

Sweetgum ¹³
Liquidambar styraciflua

Winged Sumac ¹⁴
Rhus copallinum

Brazilian Pepper ¹⁵
Schinus terebinthifolius

Woolly Pawpaw ⁶
Asimina incana

Bigflower Pawpaw ¹⁶
Asimina obovata

Smallflower Pawpaw ¹⁷
Asimina parviflora

Dwarf Pawpaw
Asimina pygmea

Netted Pawpaw ⁴
Asimina reticulata

Carolina Holly ⁴
Ilex ambigua

Sweet Gallberry ¹⁸
Ilex coriacea

Gallberry ⁶
Ilex glabra

Yaupon ¹⁹
Ilex vomitoria

Devil's Walkingstick ¹¹
Aralia spinosa

Saltwater Falsewillow ¹⁷
Baccharis angustifolia

Silverling ²⁰
Baccharis glomeruliflora

Bigleaf Marshelder ²¹
Iva frutescens

Seacoast Marshelder ²²
Iva imbricata

Coastalplain Palafox ⁶
Palafoxia integrifolia

Climbing Aster ⁶
Ampelaster carolinianus

Black Mangrove ²³
Avicennia germinans

Hazel Alder ²⁴
Alnus serrulata

American Hornbeam ²⁵
Carpinus caroliniana

Gray Sheoak ²⁶
Casuarina glauca

American Strawberybush ²⁷
Euonymus americanus

Spindletree ²⁸
Euonymus maackii

Sugarberry ²⁹
Celtis laevigata

Gopher Apple ³⁰
Licania michauxii

St. Peter's-wort ²¹
Hypericum crux-andreae

Sandweed ⁶
Hypericum fasciculatum

Bedstraw St. John's-wort ³¹
Hypericum galioides

St. Andew's-cross ³²
Hypericum hypericoides

Myrtleleaf St. John's-wort ⁶
Hypericum myrtifolium

Early St. John's-wort
Hypericum nudiflorum

False Spotted St. John's-wort ³¹
Hypericum pseudomaculatum

Atlantic St. John's-wort ³³
Hypericum tenuifolium

Hairy St. John's-wort
Hypericum setosum

Fourpetal St. John's-wort ³⁴
Hypericum tetrapetalum

Virginia Marsh St. John's-wort ³⁵
Triadenum virginicum

White Mangrove ³⁶
Laguncularia racemosa

Swamp Dogwood ⁶
Cornus foemina

Ogeechee Tupelo ³⁷
Nyssa ogeche

Swamp Tupelo ⁶
Nyssa biflora

Titi ²¹
Cyrilla racemiflora

Common Persimmon ³⁸
Diospyros virginiana

Silverthorn ³⁹
Elaeagnus pungens

Florida Hobblebush ⁴⁰
Agarista populifolia

Tarflower ⁶
Bejaria racemosa

Florida Rosemary ²²
Ceratiola ericoides

Dwarf huckleberry ²¹
Gaylussacia dumosa

Blue Huckeberry ⁴¹
Gaylussacia frondosa

Wicky ³¹
Kalmia hirsuta

Rusty Staggerbush ³⁴
Lyonia ferruginea

Coastalplain Staggerbush ⁶
Lyonia fruticosa

Fetterbush ⁴²
Lyonia lucida

Piedmont Staggerbush ⁴³
Lyonia mariana

Sparkleberry ⁴⁴
Vaccinium arboreum

Highbush Blueberry ⁴⁵
Vaccinium corymbosum

Shiny Blueberry ⁴²
Vaccinium myrsinites

Deerberry ⁴⁶
Vaccinium stamineum

Castorbean ⁴⁷
Ricinus communis

Gulf Sebastiana ⁴⁸
Sebastiania fruticosa

Silktree ⁴⁹
Albizia julibrissin

Bastard Indiobush ¹⁰
Amorpha fruticosa

Eastern Redbud ⁵⁰
Cercis canadensis

Coralbean ⁵¹
Erythrina herbacea

Water Locust ⁵²
Gleditsia aquatica

Shrubby Indigo ²¹
Indigofera suffruticosa

Valamuerto ⁵³
Senna pendula glabrata

Rattlebox ⁵⁴
Sesbania punicea

Chapman's Oak ⁵⁵
Quercus chapmanii

Running Oak ⁵⁶
Quercus pumila

Sand Live Oak ⁵
Quercus geminata

Bluejack Oak ⁵⁷
Quercus incana

Scrub Oak ²²
Quercus inopina

Turkey Oak ⁵⁸
Quercus laevis

Laurel Oak ⁵⁹
Quercus laurifolia

Sand Post Oak
Quercus margaretta

Dwarf Live Oak ⁶
Quercus minima

Myrtle Oak ¹⁶
Quercus myrtifolia

Water Oak ⁶⁰
Quercus nigra

Virginia Live Oak ⁶¹
Quercus virginiana

American Witchhazel ⁶²
Hamamelis virginiana

Virginia Willow ⁶³
Itea virginica

Water Hickory ⁶⁴
Carya aquatica

Pignut Hickory ³⁴
Carya glabra

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MatBio: TREES & SHRUBS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Red Cedar 1 Juniperus virginiana

Pond-Cypress 2 Taxodium ascendens

Bald-Cypress 3 Taxodium distichum

Sand Pine 4 Pinus clausa var. clausa

Slash Pine 5 Pinus elliottii

Longleaf Pine 5 Pinus palustris

Pond Pine 6 Pinus serotina

Loblolly Pine 7 Pinus taeda

Dwarf Palmetto 4 Sabal minor

Cabbage Palm 8 Sabal palmetto

Saw Palmetto 9 Serenoa repens

American Elder 10 Sambucus nigra canadensis

Southern Arrowwood 11 Viburnum dentatum

Possumhaw 12 Viburnum nudum

Walter's Viburnum 4 Viburnum obovatum

Sweetgum 13 Liquidambar styraciflua

Winged Sumac 14 Rhus copallinum

Brazilian Pepper 15 Schinus terebinthifolius

Woolly Pawpaw 6 Asimina incana

Bigflower Pawpaw 16 Asimina obovata

Smallflower Pawpaw 17 Asimina parviflora

Dwarf Pawpaw Asimina pygmea

Netted Pawpaw 4 Asimina reticulata

Carolina Holly 4 Ilex ambigua

Sweet Gallberry 18 Ilex coriacea

Gallberry 6 Ilex glabra

Yaupon 19 Ilex vomitoria

Devil's Walkingstick 11 Aralia spinosa

Saltwater Falsewillow 17 Baccharis angustifolia

Silverling 20 Baccharis glomeruliflora

Bigleaf Marshelder 21 Iva frutescens

Seacoast Marshelder 22 Iva imbricata

Coastalplain Palafox 6 Palafoxia integrifolia

Climbing Aster 6 Ampelaster carolinianus

Black Mangrove 23 Avicennia germinans

Hazel Alder 24 Alnus serrulata

American Hornbeam 25 Carpinus caroliniana

Gray Sheoak 26 Casuarina glauca

American Strawberybush 27 Euonymus americanus

Spindletree 28 Euonymus maackii

Sugarberry 29 Celtis laevigata

Gopher Apple 30 Licania michauxii

St. Peter's-wort 21 Hypericum crux-andreae

Sandweed 6 Hypericum fasciculatum

Bedstraw St. John's-wort 31 Hypericum galioides

St. Andew's-cross 32 Hypericum hypericoides

Myrtleleaf St. John's-wort 6 Hypericum myrtifolium

Early St. John's-wort Hypericum nudiflorum

False Spotted St. John's-wort 31 Hypericum pseudomaculatum

Atlantic St. John's-wort 33 Hypericum tenuifolium

Hairy St. John's-wort Hypericum setosum

Fourpetal St. John's-wort 34 Hypericum tetrapetalum

Virginia Marsh St. John's-wort 35 Triadenum virginicum

White Mangrove 36 Laguncularia racemosa

Swamp Dogwood 6 Cornus foemina

Ogeechee Tupelo 37 Nyssa ogeche

Swamp Tupelo 6 Nyssa biflora

Titi 21 Cyrilla racemiflora

Common Persimmon 38 Diospyros virginiana

Silverthorn 39 Elaeagnus pungens

Florida Hobblebush 40 Agarista populifolia

Tarflower 6 Bejaria racemosa

Florida Rosemary 22 Ceratiola ericoides

Dwarf huckleberry 21 Gaylussacia dumosa

Blue Huckeberry 41 Gaylussacia frondosa

Wicky 31 Kalmia hirsuta

Rusty Staggerbush 34 Lyonia ferruginea

Coastalplain Staggerbush 6 Lyonia fruticosa

Fetterbush 42 Lyonia lucida

Piedmont Staggerbush 43 Lyonia mariana

Sparkleberry 44 Vaccinium arboreum

Highbush Blueberry 45 Vaccinium corymbosum

Shiny Blueberry 42 Vaccinium myrsinites

Deerberry 46 Vaccinium stamineum

Castorbean 47 Ricinus communis

Gulf Sebastiana 48 Sebastiania fruticosa

Silktree 49 Albizia julibrissin

Bastard Indiobush 10 Amorpha fruticosa

Eastern Redbud 50 Cercis canadensis