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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American Beautyberry ¹
Callicarpa americana

Pondspice ²
Litsea aestivalis

Swamp Bay ²
Persea palustris

Southern Magnolia ³
Magnolia grandiflora

Scarlet Rosemallow ⁴
Hibiscus coccineus

Swamp Rosemallow ⁵
Hibiscus grandiflorus

Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow ⁶
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos

Gingerbush ⁷
Pavonia spinifex

Indian Hemp ⁸
Sida rhombifolia

Common Fanpetals ⁹
Sida ulmifolia

Carolina Basswood ⁵
Tilia americana var. caroliniana

Caesarweed ¹⁰
Urena lobata

Chinaberrytree ¹¹
Melia azedarach

Red Mulberry ¹²
Morus rubra

Wax Myrtle ¹³
Myrica cerifera

Marlberry ⁵
Ardisia escallonioides

Twinberry ⁷
Myrcianthes fragrans

Hog Plum ¹⁴
Ximenia americana

White Fringetree ¹⁵
Chionanthus virginicus

Florida Swampprivet ¹³
Forestiera segregata

Carolina Ash ¹⁶
Fraxinus caroliniana

Japanese Privet ¹⁷
Ligustrum japonicum

Wild Olive ¹⁶
Osmanthus americanus

Littleleaf Buckbrush ⁵
Ceanothus microphyllus

Carolina Buckthorn ¹⁸
Rhamnus caroliniana

Smallflower Mock Buckthorn ¹⁹
Sageretia minutiflora

May Haw ²⁰
Crataegus aestivalis

Green Hawthorn ¹³
Crataegus viridis

Red Chokeberry ²¹
Photinia pyrifolia

Chickasaw Plum ⁷
Prunus angustifolia

Carolina Laurelcherry ²²
Prunus caroliniana

Black Cherry ²³
Prunus serotina serotina

Flatwoods Plum ¹³
Prunus umbellata

MaCartney Rose ²⁴
Rosa bracteata

Swamp Rose ²⁵
Rosa palustris

Sawtooth Blackberry ²⁶
Rubus pensilvanicus

Sand Blackberry ¹⁶
Rubus cuneifolius

Southern Dewberry ²⁷
Rubus trivialis

Common Buttonbush ²²
Cephalanthus occidentalis

Snowberry ²⁸
Chiococca alba

Wild Coffee ⁵
Psychotria nervosa

Sea Torchwood ⁷
Amyris elemifera

Sour Orange ²⁹
Citrus X aurantium

Common Hoptree ³⁰
Ptelea trifoliata

Hercules'-Club ⁵
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Carolina Willow ⁵
Salix caroliniana

Boxelder ³¹
Acer negundo

Red Maple ³²
Acer rubrum

Red Buckeye ³³
Aesculus pavia

Varnishleaf ³⁴
Dodonaea viscosa

Soapberry ³⁵
Sapindus saponaria

Gum Bully ³⁶
Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Florida Bully ²⁸
Sideroxylon reclinatum reclinatum

Tough Bully ³⁷
Sideroxylon tenax

Christmasberry ⁵
Lycium carolinianum

Potatotree ²⁷
Solanum erianthum

American Snowbell ¹⁵
Styrax americanus

Loblolly Bay ³⁸
Gordonia lasianthus

American Elm ³⁹
Ulmus americana

Lantana ⁴⁰
Lantana camara

Mockernut Hickory ⁴¹
Carya tomentosa

Myrsine ⁶
Myrsine cubana

Red Bay ⁴²
Persea borbonia

Black Tupelo ⁴³
Nyssa sylvatica

Glossy Abelia ⁴⁴
Abelia × grandiflora

American Holly ⁷
Ilex opaca

Ilex cassine ⁵

Pecan ⁴⁵
Carya illinoensis

River Birch ⁴⁶
Betula nigra

East Palatka Holly
Ilex × attenuata

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MatBio: TREES & SHRUBS - Matanzas Biodiversity

American Beautyberry 1 Callicarpa americana

Pondspice 2 Litsea aestivalis

Swamp Bay 2 Persea palustris

Southern Magnolia 3 Magnolia grandiflora

Scarlet Rosemallow 4 Hibiscus coccineus

Swamp Rosemallow 5 Hibiscus grandiflorus

Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow 6 Kosteletzkya pentacarpos

Gingerbush 7 Pavonia spinifex

Indian Hemp 8 Sida rhombifolia

Common Fanpetals 9 Sida ulmifolia

Carolina Basswood 5 Tilia americana var. caroliniana

Caesarweed 10 Urena lobata

Chinaberrytree 11 Melia azedarach

Red Mulberry 12 Morus rubra

Wax Myrtle 13 Myrica cerifera

Marlberry 5 Ardisia escallonioides

Twinberry 7 Myrcianthes fragrans

Hog Plum 14 Ximenia americana

White Fringetree 15 Chionanthus virginicus

Florida Swampprivet 13 Forestiera segregata

Carolina Ash 16 Fraxinus caroliniana

Japanese Privet 17 Ligustrum japonicum

Wild Olive 16 Osmanthus americanus

Littleleaf Buckbrush 5 Ceanothus microphyllus

Carolina Buckthorn 18 Rhamnus caroliniana

Smallflower Mock Buckthorn 19 Sageretia minutiflora

May Haw 20 Crataegus aestivalis

Green Hawthorn 13 Crataegus viridis

Red Chokeberry 21 Photinia pyrifolia

Chickasaw Plum 7 Prunus angustifolia

Carolina Laurelcherry 22 Prunus caroliniana

Black Cherry 23 Prunus serotina serotina

Flatwoods Plum 13 Prunus umbellata

MaCartney Rose 24 Rosa bracteata

Swamp Rose 25 Rosa palustris

Sawtooth Blackberry 26 Rubus pensilvanicus

Sand Blackberry 16 Rubus cuneifolius

Southern Dewberry 27 Rubus trivialis

Common Buttonbush 22 Cephalanthus occidentalis

Snowberry 28 Chiococca alba

Wild Coffee 5 Psychotria nervosa

Sea Torchwood 7 Amyris elemifera

Sour Orange 29 Citrus X aurantium

Common Hoptree 30 Ptelea trifoliata

Hercules'-Club 5 Zanthoxylum clava-herculis

Carolina Willow 5 Salix caroliniana

Boxelder 31 Acer negundo

Red Maple 32 Acer rubrum

Red Buckeye 33 Aesculus pavia

Varnishleaf 34 Dodonaea viscosa

Soapberry 35 Sapindus saponaria

Gum Bully 36 Sideroxylon lanuginosum

Florida Bully 28 Sideroxylon reclinatum reclinatum

Tough Bully 37 Sideroxylon tenax

Christmasberry 5 Lycium carolinianum

Potatotree 27 Solanum erianthum

American Snowbell 15 Styrax americanus

Loblolly Bay 38 Gordonia lasianthus

American Elm 39 Ulmus americana

Lantana 40 Lantana camara

Mockernut Hickory 41 Carya tomentosa

Myrsine 6 Myrsine cubana

Red Bay 42 Persea borbonia

Black Tupelo 43 Nyssa sylvatica

Glossy Abelia 44 Abelia × grandiflora

American Holly 7 Ilex opaca

Ilex cassine 5

Pecan 45 Carya illinoensis

River Birch 46 Betula nigra

East Palatka Holly Ilex × attenuata