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 ↓

Oppositeleaf Spotflower
Acmella oppositifolia repens
Common Ragweed 1
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Beggarticks 2
Bidens alba radiata
Yellow Thistle 3
Cirsium horridulum
Nuttall's Thistle
Cirsium nuttallii
Canadian Horseweed
Conyza canadensis canadensis
Dwarf Canadian Horseweed
Conyza canadensis pusilla
Golden Tickseed 4
Coreopsis tinctoria
Florida Tasselflower 5
Emilia fosbergii
American Burnweed
Erechtites hieracifolia
Oakleaf Fleabane 6
Erigeron quercifolius
Dogfennel 7
Eupatorium capillifolium
Caribbean Purple Everlasting
Gnaphalium antillanum
Pennsylvania Everlasting
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting 8
Gamochaeta purpurea
Camphorweed
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Virginia Dwarfdandelion 9
Krigia virginica
Grassleaf Lettuce
Lactuca graminifolia
Santa Maria Feverfew 10
Parthenium hysterophorus
Carolina Desertchicory
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
Spiny Sowthistle
Sonchus asper
Common Sowthistle 11
Sonchus oleraceus
Creeping Oxeye 12
Sphagneticola trilobata
Rice Button Aster 13
Symphyotrichum dumosum
Rough Cockleburr
Xanthium strumarium glabratum
Oriental False Hawksbeard 14
Youngia japonica
Bay Lobelia 14
Lobelia feayana
Venus' Lookingglass 16
Triodanis perfoliata
Southern Rockbell 17
Wahlenbergia marginata
Groundsel Tree 18
Baccharis halimifolia
Smallhead Doll's-Daisy
Boltonia diffusa
Scrubland Goldenaster
Chrysopsis subulata
Lanceleaf Tickseed 19
Coreopsis lanceolata
Slender Scratchdaisy
Croptilon divaricatum
Prairie Fleabane 20
Erigeron strigosus
Yankeeweed
Eupatorium compositifolium
Narrowleaf Yellowtops
Flaveria linearis
Spanish Daisy 21
Helenium amarum
Stiff Sunflower
Helianthus radula
Weedy Dwarfdandelion
Krigia cespitosa
Rose-Rush 22
Lygodesmia aphylla
Scotch Cottonthistle 23
Onopordum acanthium
Blackeyed Susan 24
Rudbeckia hirta
Canada Goldenrod 25
Solidago canadensis scabra
Pinebarren Goldenrod 3
Solidago fistulosa
Giant Goldenrod
Solidago leavenworthii
Seaside Goldenrod 26
Solidago sempervirens
Lesser Snakeroot 27
Ageratina aromatica
Pinelandy Rayless Goldenrod
Bigelowia nudata nudata
Maryland Goldenaster 28
Chrysopsis mariana
Blue Mistflower 29
Conoclinium coelestinum
Carolina Elephantsfoot 22
Elephantopus carolinianus
Tall Elephantsfoot 22
Elephantopus elatus
Early Whitetop Fleabane 22
Erigeron vernus
White Thoroughwort 30
Eupatorium album
Justiceweed
Eupatorium leucolepis
Mohr's Thoroughwort
Eupatorium mohrii
Rough Boneset
Eupatorium pilosum
Roundleaf Thoroughwort 9
Eupatorium rotundifolium
Smallflower Thoroughwort
Eupatorium semiserratum
Slender Goldenrod 22
Euthamia caroliniana
Lakeside Sunflower
Helianthus carnosus
Florida Sunflower
Helianthus floridanus
Queen-Devil 31
Hieracium gronovii
Coastalplain Hawkweed 6
Hieracium megacephalon
Piedmont Marshelder
Iva microcephala
Slender Gayfeather 32
Liatris gracilis
Dense Gayfeather 33
Liatris spicata
Liatris tenuifolia var quadriflora 22
Liatris tenuifolia quadriflora
Shortleaf Gayfeather
Liatris tenuifolia tenuifolia
Narrowleaf Silkgrass 6
Pityopsis graminifolia
Sweet Everlasting 27
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
Blackroot 22
Pterocaulon pycnostachyum
Whitetop Aster 6
Sericocarpus tortifolius
Kidneyleaf Rosinweed 32
Silphium compositum
Wand Goldenrod 34
Solidago stricta
Eastern Silver Aster 22
Symphyotrichum concolor concolor
Walter's Aster 35
Symphyotrichum walteri
Diverseleaf Crownbeard
Verbesina heterophylla
Hammock Snakeroot 36
Ageratina jucunda
Florida Indian Plantain 22
Arnoglossum floridanum
Soft Greeneyes 32
Berlandiera pumila
Coastalplain Chaffhead 6
Carphephorus corymbosus
Cottony Goldenaster 30
Chrysopsis gossypina gossypina
Pineland Goldenaster 37
Chrysopsis latisquamea
Coastalplain Goldenaster 6
Chrysopsis scabrella
Pinkscale Gayfeather 38
Liatris elegans
Fewflower Gayfeather
Liatris pauciflora
Softhair Coneflower 32
Rudbeckia mollis
Chapman's Goldenrod
Solidago odora chapmanii
Anisescented Goldenrod 35
Solidago odora odora
Ovateleaf Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum ovatum
Oneflower Honeycombhead 39
Balduina uniflora
Bigelowia nudata subsp australis
Bigelowia nudata australis
Hairy Chaffhead 22
Carphephorus paniculatus
Woolly Sunbonnets 31
Chaptalia tomentosa
Coastalplain Tickseed 41
Coreopsis gladiata
Fringeleaf Tickseed
Coreopsis integrifolia

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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