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 ↓

Dwarf Palmetto 1
Sabal minor
Cabbage Palm 2
Sabal palmetto
Saw Palmetto 3
Serenoa repens
American Elder 4
Sambucus nigra canadensis
Southern Arrowwood 5
Viburnum dentatum
Possumhaw 6
Viburnum nudum
Walter's Viburnum 1
Viburnum obovatum
Sweetgum 7
Liquidambar styraciflua
Winged Sumac 8
Rhus copallinum
Brazilian Pepper 9
Schinus terebinthifolius
Woolly Pawpaw 10
Asimina incana
Bigflower Pawpaw 11
Asimina obovata
Smallflower Pawpaw 12
Asimina parviflora
Dwarf Pawpaw
Asimina pygmea
Netted Pawpaw 1
Asimina reticulata
Carolina Holly 1
Ilex ambigua
Sweet Gallberry 13
Ilex coriacea
Gallberry 10
Ilex glabra
Yaupon 14
Ilex vomitoria
Devil's Walkingstick 5
Aralia spinosa
Saltwater Falsewillow 12
Baccharis angustifolia
Silverling 15
Baccharis glomeruliflora
Bigleaf Marshelder 16
Iva frutescens
Seacoast Marshelder 17
Iva imbricata
Coastalplain Palafox 10
Palafoxia integrifolia
Climbing Aster 10
Ampelaster carolinianus
Black Mangrove 18
Avicennia germinans
Hazel Alder 19
Alnus serrulata
American Hornbeam 20
Carpinus caroliniana
Gray Sheoak 21
Casuarina glauca
American Strawberybush 22
Euonymus americanus
Spindletree 23
Euonymus maackii
Sugarberry 24
Celtis laevigata
Gopher Apple 25
Licania michauxii
St. Peter's-wort 16
Hypericum crux-andreae
Sandweed 10
Hypericum fasciculatum
Bedstraw St. John's-wort 26
Hypericum galioides
St. Andew's-cross 27
Hypericum hypericoides
Myrtleleaf St. John's-wort 10
Hypericum myrtifolium
Early St. John's-wort
Hypericum nudiflorum
False Spotted St. John's-wort 26
Hypericum pseudomaculatum
Atlantic St. John's-wort 28
Hypericum tenuifolium
Hairy St. John's-wort
Hypericum setosum
Fourpetal St. John's-wort 29
Hypericum tetrapetalum
Virginia Marsh St. John's-wort 30
Triadenum virginicum
White Mangrove 31
Laguncularia racemosa
Swamp Dogwood 10
Cornus foemina
Ogeechee Tupelo 32
Nyssa ogeche
Swamp Tupelo 10
Nyssa biflora
Titi 16
Cyrilla racemiflora
Common Persimmon 33
Diospyros virginiana
Silverthorn 34
Elaeagnus pungens
Florida Hobblebush 35
Agarista populifolia
Tarflower 10
Bejaria racemosa
Florida Rosemary 17
Ceratiola ericoides
Dwarf huckleberry 16
Gaylussacia dumosa
Blue Huckeberry 36
Gaylussacia frondosa
Wicky 26
Kalmia hirsuta
Rusty Staggerbush 29
Lyonia ferruginea
Coastalplain Staggerbush 10
Lyonia fruticosa
Fetterbush 37
Lyonia lucida
Piedmont Staggerbush 38
Lyonia mariana
Sparkleberry 39
Vaccinium arboreum
Highbush Blueberry 40
Vaccinium corymbosum
Shiny Blueberry 37
Vaccinium myrsinites
Deerberry 41
Vaccinium stamineum
Castorbean 42
Ricinus communis
Gulf Sebastiana 43
Sebastiania fruticosa
Silktree 44
Albizia julibrissin
Bastard Indiobush 4
Amorpha fruticosa
Eastern Redbud 45
Cercis canadensis
Coralbean 46
Erythrina herbacea
Water Locust 47
Gleditsia aquatica
Shrubby Indigo 16
Indigofera suffruticosa
Valamuerto 48
Senna pendula glabrata
Rattlebox 49
Sesbania punicea
Chapman's Oak 50
Quercus chapmanii
Running Oak 51
Quercus pumila
Sand Live Oak 52
Quercus geminata
Bluejack Oak 53
Quercus incana
Scrub Oak 17
Quercus inopina
Turkey Oak 54
Quercus laevis
Laurel Oak 55
Quercus laurifolia
Dwarf Live Oak 10
Quercus minima
Myrtle Oak 11
Quercus myrtifolia
Water Oak 56
Quercus nigra
Virginia Live Oak 57
Quercus virginiana
American Witchhazel 58
Hamamelis virginiana
Virginia Willow 59
Itea virginica
Water Hickory 60
Carya aquatica
Pignut Hickory 29
Carya glabra
American Beautyberry 61
Callicarpa americana
Pondspice 62
Litsea aestivalis
Swamp Bay 62
Persea palustris
Southern Magnolia 63
Magnolia grandiflora
Scarlet Rosemallow 64
Hibiscus coccineus
Swamp Rosemallow 10
Hibiscus grandiflorus
Virginia Saltmarsh Mallow 65
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
Gingerbush 16
Pavonia spinifex
Indian Hemp 66
Sida rhombifolia

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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