Plants of Overton Park's Old Forest, Memphis, TN

There are 350 species (and counting) of plants in the Old Forest, and now you can identify them! Browse the field guide, or use the tags on the left to search by bloom time, establishment, flower color, plant type, or taxonomy. Click each entry for more photos and information about each plant. ...more ↓

Fragile fern ¹
Cystopteris fragilis

Lady fern ²
Athyrium filix-femina

Southern lady fern ³
Athyrium filix-femina asplenioides

Silvery spleenwort ⁴
Deparia acrostichoides

Christmas fern ⁴
Polystichum acrostichoides

Resurrection fern ⁵
Polypodium polypodioides michauxianum

Resurrection fern ⁶
Pleopeltis polypodioides

Broad beech fern ⁶
Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Ebony spleenwort ⁷
Asplenium platyneuron

Common woodsia ⁶
Woodsia obtusa

Sensitive fern ⁸
Onoclea sensibilis

Grape fern ⁹
Botrychium dissectum

Rattlesnake fern ⁶
Botrypus virginianus

Eastern red cedar ¹⁰
Juniperus virginiana

Gingko ¹¹
Ginkgo biloba

Japanese lespedeza ¹²
Kummerowia striata

Pointed tick-trefoil ¹³
Hylodesmum glutinosum

Mimosa tree ¹⁴
Albizia julibrissin

Honey locust ⁶
Gleditsia triacanthos

Redbud ⁶
Cercis canadensis

Wisteria ¹⁵
Wisteria sinensis

Low hop clover ¹⁶
Trifolium campestre

Alsike clover ¹⁷
Trifolium hybridum

Red clover ¹⁸
Trifolium pratense

White clover ⁶
Trifolium repens

Common vetch ⁶
Vicia sativa

Wild sensitive plant ¹⁶
Chamaecrista nictitans

Black locust ⁶
Robinia pseudoacacia

Kudzu ¹⁹
Pueraria montana lobata

Panicled tick-trefoil ⁶
Desmodium paniculatum

White-flowered tick-trefoil ⁶
Desmodium pauciflorum

Hog peanut ²⁰
Amphicarpaea bracteata

Carolina plum (cherry laurel) ²¹
Prunus caroliniana

Wild black cherry ²²
Prunus serotina

Highbush blackberry ⁶
Rubus argutus

Southern dewberry ⁶
Rubus trivialis

Serviceberry ⁷
Amelanchier arborea

Barren strawberry ²³
Potentilla indica

Common cinquefoil ²⁴
Potentilla simplex

Multiflora rose ⁶
Rosa multiflora

Wild crabapple ²⁵
Malus coronaria

White avens ⁶
Geum canadense

Beaked agrimony ²⁶
Agrimonia rostellata

Slender parsley-piert ²⁷
Aphanes microcarpa

Japanese quince ²⁸
Chaenomeles japonica

Rattan vine (supplejack) ⁶
Berchemia scandens

Paper mulberry ⁶
Broussonetia papyrifera

Crabweed ²⁹
Fatoua villosa

White mulberry ³⁰
Morus alba

Red mulberry ⁶
Morus rubra

Osage orange ³¹
Maclura pomifera

Wood nettle ¹
Laportea canadensis

Clearweed ⁴
Pilea pumila

False nettle ⁴
Boehmeria cylindrica

American elm ³²
Ulmus americana

Slippery elm ³³
Ulmus rubra

Sugarberry ²⁰
Celtis laevigata

Hackberry ³⁴
Celtis occidentalis

Autumn olive ³⁵
Elaeagnus pungens

Jewelweed ⁶
Impatiens capensis

Jacob's ladder ⁶
Polemonium reptans

Woodland phlox ⁶
Phlox divaricata laphamii

Persimmon ³¹
Diospyros virginiana

Rough-leaved dogwood ³⁶
Cornus drummondii

Flowering dogwood ³⁷
Cornus florida

Stiff dogwood ⁶
Cornus foemina

Black gum ³⁸
Nyssa sylvatica

Fuzzy deutzia ⁶
Deutzia scabra

Mock orange ³⁶
Philadelphus inodorus

Common hydrangea ⁶
Hydrangea arborescens

Bluevine ³⁹
Cynanchum laeve

Carolina climbing milkweed ⁴⁰
Matelea carolinensis

Climbing milkweed ⁴¹
Matelea gonocarpos

Climbing dogbane ⁴²
Trachelospermum difforme

Great periwinkle ⁶
Vinca major

Field madder ⁶
Sherardia arvensis

Cleavers (catchweed bedstraw) ⁴³
Galium aparine

Bedstraw (smooth wild licorice) ⁶
Galium circaezans

Bluet ⁴⁴
Houstonia purpurea

Common buttonweed ⁴⁵
Diodia teres

Virginia buttonweed ⁶
Diodia virginiana

Little hogweed (purslane) ⁴⁶
Portulaca oleracea

Virginia knotweed ⁴⁷
Polygonum aviculare

Dense-flowered smartweed ⁴⁸
Polygonum densiflorum

Common smartweed ⁴⁹
Polygonum pensylvanicum

Climbing smartweed ⁵⁰
Polygonum scandens

Curly dock ⁶
Rumex crispus

Bitter dock ⁵¹
Rumex obtusifolius

Creeping smartweed ⁶
Persicaria longiseta

Spotted smartweed ⁵²
Persicaria punctata

Virginia knotweed (jumpseed) ⁶
Persicaria virginiana

Common chickweed ⁶
Stellaria media

Mouse-eared chickweed ⁵³
Cerastium nutans

Starry campion ⁵⁴
Silene stellata

Pokeweed ⁶
Phytolacca americana

Lamb's quarters ³⁶
Chenopodium album

Mexican tea ⁵⁵
Dysphania ambrosioides

Red-rooted pigweed ⁵⁶
Amaranthus retroflexus

Spiny pigweed ⁵⁷
Amaranthus spinosus

Carpetweed ⁵⁸
Mollugo verticillata

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Plants of Overton Park's Old Forest, Memphis, TN

Fragile fern 1 Cystopteris fragilis

Lady fern 2 Athyrium filix-femina

Southern lady fern 3 Athyrium filix-femina asplenioides

Silvery spleenwort 4 Deparia acrostichoides

Christmas fern 4 Polystichum acrostichoides

Resurrection fern 5 Polypodium polypodioides michauxianum

Resurrection fern 6 Pleopeltis polypodioides

Broad beech fern 6 Phegopteris hexagonoptera

Ebony spleenwort 7 Asplenium platyneuron

Common woodsia 6 Woodsia obtusa

Sensitive fern 8 Onoclea sensibilis

Grape fern 9 Botrychium dissectum

Rattlesnake fern 6 Botrypus virginianus

Eastern red cedar 10 Juniperus virginiana

Gingko 11 Ginkgo biloba

Japanese lespedeza 12 Kummerowia striata

Pointed tick-trefoil 13 Hylodesmum glutinosum

Mimosa tree 14 Albizia julibrissin

Honey locust 6 Gleditsia triacanthos

Redbud 6 Cercis canadensis

Wisteria 15 Wisteria sinensis

Low hop clover 16 Trifolium campestre

Alsike clover 17 Trifolium hybridum

Red clover 18 Trifolium pratense

White clover 6 Trifolium repens

Common vetch 6 Vicia sativa

Wild sensitive plant 16 Chamaecrista nictitans

Black locust 6 Robinia pseudoacacia

Kudzu 19 Pueraria montana lobata

Panicled tick-trefoil 6 Desmodium paniculatum

White-flowered tick-trefoil 6 Desmodium pauciflorum

Hog peanut 20 Amphicarpaea bracteata

Carolina plum (cherry laurel) 21 Prunus caroliniana

Wild black cherry 22 Prunus serotina

Highbush blackberry 6 Rubus argutus

Southern dewberry 6 Rubus trivialis

Serviceberry 7 Amelanchier arborea

Barren strawberry 23 Potentilla indica

Common cinquefoil 24 Potentilla simplex

Multiflora rose 6 Rosa multiflora

Wild crabapple 25 Malus coronaria

White avens 6 Geum canadense

Beaked agrimony 26 Agrimonia rostellata

Slender parsley-piert 27 Aphanes microcarpa

Japanese quince 28 Chaenomeles japonica

Rattan vine (supplejack) 6 Berchemia scandens

Paper mulberry 6 Broussonetia papyrifera

Crabweed 29 Fatoua villosa

White mulberry 30 Morus alba

Red mulberry 6 Morus rubra

Osage orange 31 Maclura pomifera

Wood nettle 1 Laportea canadensis

Clearweed 4 Pilea pumila

False nettle 4 Boehmeria cylindrica

American elm 32 Ulmus americana

Slippery elm 33 Ulmus rubra

Sugarberry 20 Celtis laevigata

Hackberry 34 Celtis occidentalis

Autumn olive 35 Elaeagnus pungens

Jewelweed 6 Impatiens capensis

Jacob's ladder 6 Polemonium reptans

Woodland phlox 6 Phlox divaricata laphamii

Persimmon 31 Diospyros virginiana

Rough-leaved dogwood 36 Cornus drummondii

Flowering dogwood 37 Cornus florida

Stiff dogwood 6 Cornus foemina

Black gum 38 Nyssa sylvatica

Fuzzy deutzia 6 Deutzia scabra

Mock orange 36 Philadelphus inodorus

Common hydrangea 6 Hydrangea arborescens

Bluevine 39 Cynanchum laeve

Carolina climbing milkweed 40 Matelea carolinensis

Climbing milkweed 41 Matelea gonocarpos

Climbing dogbane 42 Trachelospermum difforme

Great periwinkle 6 Vinca major

Field madder 6 Sherardia arvensis

Cleavers (catchweed bedstraw) 43 Galium aparine

Bedstraw (smooth wild licorice) 6 Galium circaezans

Bluet 44 Houstonia purpurea