MatBio: HERBS OF FOREST & FIELD - 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 ↓

Coontie 1
Zamia pumila
Spanish Bayonet 1
Yucca aloifolia
Meadow Garlic 2
Allium canadense canadense
Crowpoison 3
Nothoscordum bivalve
Atamasco Lily 4
Zephyranthes atamasca atamasca
Garden Canna 5
Canna × generalis
Carolina Dayflower 6
Commelina caroliniana
Common Dayflower 7
Commelina diffusa diffusa
Nakedstem Dewflower 8
Murdannia nudiflora
Succulent Spiderwort 9
Tradescantia crassula
Small-leaf Spiderwort 10
Tradescantia fluminensis
Ohio Spiderwort 11
Tradescantia ohiensis
Narrowleaf Blueeyed Grass 12
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Annual Blueeyed Grass 13
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Leafless Beaked Ladiestresses
Sacoila lanceolata var. lanceolata
Greenvein Ladiestresses 14
Spiranthes praecox
Spring Ladiestresses 15
Spiranthes vernalis
Lawn Orchid 16
Zeuxine strateumatica
Shrimpplant 17
Justicia brandegeana
Carolina Wild Petunia 18
Ruellia caroliniensis
Washerwoman 19
Alternanthera caracasana
Tumbleweed 20
Amaranthus albus
Slender Amaranth 21
Amaranthus viridis
Lamb's-Quarters 22
Chenopodium album
Mexican Tea 23
Dysphania ambrosioides
Pitseed Goosefoot 24
Chenopodium berlandieri
Globe Amaranth
Gomphrena serrata
Roughfruit Scaleseed
Spermolepis divaricata
Bristly Scaleseed
Spermolepis echinata
Spadeleaf 25
Centella asiatica
Oppositeleaf Spotflower
Acmella oppositifolia repens
Common Ragweed 26
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Beggarticks 27
Bidens alba radiata
Yellow Thistle 28
Cirsium horridulum
Nuttall's Thistle
Cirsium nuttallii
Canadian Horseweed
Conyza canadensis canadensis
Dwarf Canadian Horseweed
Conyza canadensis pusilla
Golden Tickseed 29
Coreopsis tinctoria
Florida Tasselflower 30
Emilia fosbergii
American Burnweed
Erechtites hieracifolia
Oakleaf Fleabane 31
Erigeron quercifolius
Dogfennel 32
Eupatorium capillifolium
Caribbean Purple Everlasting
Gnaphalium antillanum
Pennsylvania Everlasting
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting 21
Gamochaeta purpurea
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Virginia Dwarfdandelion 33
Krigia virginica
Grassleaf Lettuce
Lactuca graminifolia
Santa Maria Feverfew 34
Parthenium hysterophorus
Carolina Desertchicory
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
Spiny Sowthistle
Sonchus asper
Common Sowthistle 35
Sonchus oleraceus
Creeping Oxeye 36
Sphagneticola trilobata
Rice Button Aster 37
Symphyotrichum dumosum
Rough Cockleburr
Xanthium strumarium glabratum
Oriental False Hawksbeard 38
Youngia japonica
Lesser Swinecress 39
Lepidium didymum
Western Tansymustard 24
Descurainia pinnata
Virginia Pepperweed 40
Lepidium virginicum
Wild Radish 41
Raphanus raphanistrum
Bog Yellowcress 42
Rorippa palustris fernaldiana
Bay Lobelia 38
Lobelia feayana
Venus' Lookingglass 45
Triodanis perfoliata
Southern Rockbell 13
Wahlenbergia marginata
Papaya 46
Carica papaya
Mouseear Chickweed 47
Cerastium glomeratum
Trailing Pearlwort 43
Sagina decumbens
Common Chickweed 47
Stellaria media
Chandelier Plant 48
Kalanchoe delagoensis
Pillpod Sandmat 13
Chamaesyce hirta
Hyssopleaf Sandmat 13
Chamaesyce hyssopifolia
Spotted Sandmat 49
Euphorbia maculata
Prostrate Sandmat 50
Chamaesyce prostrata
Woolly Croton 51
Croton capitatus
Chamber Bitter 52
Phyllanthus urinaria
Fiddler's Spurge 43
Poinsettia heterophylla
Shyleaf 53
Aeschynomene americana
Smooth Rattlebox 54
Crotalaria pallida obovata
Showy Rattlebox 55
Crotalaria spectabilis
Creeping Ticktrefoil 56
Desmodium incanum
Dixie Ticktrefoil 13
Desmodium tortuosum
Threeflower Ticktrefoil 57
Desmodium triflorum
Hairy Indigo 5
Indigofera hirsuta
Trailing Indigo 31
Indigofera spicata
Wild Bushbean 13
Macroptilium lathyroides
Black Medick 58
Medicago lupulina
Burclover 59
Medicago polymorpha
White Sweetclover 58
Melilotus albus
Indian Sweetclover 60
Melilotus indicus
Sicklepod 61
Senna obtusifolia
Septicweed 62
Senna occidentalis
Danglepod 63
Sesbania herbacea
Low Hop Clover 47
Trifolium dubium
White Clover 64
Trifolium repens
Smallflower Fumewort
Corydalis micrantha australis
Earthsmoke 65
Fumaria officinalis
Tropical Bushmint 49
Hyptis mutabilis
Spotted Beebalm 66
Monarda punctata

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