FIU Nature Preserve Plant Inventory List

A visual guide to the Plant Inventory list created for the Florida International University Nature Preserve and updated in 2016. This includes trees, ferns, airplants, and understory growth--both native and non-native. Hopefully this helps in your exploration of the preserve and helps give a ...more ↓

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Firebush ¹
Hamelia patens

Lignum-vitae
Guaiacum sanctum

pineland heliotrope ²
Heliotropium polyphyllum

sea hibiscus ³
Hibiscus tiliaceus

Coastal Plain St. John's Wort ⁴
Hypericum brachyphyllum

dahoon ⁵
Ilex cassine

Creeping Indigo ²
Indigofera spicata

Saltmarsh Morning-glory ⁶
Ipomoea sagittata

oceanblue morning glory ⁷
Ipomoea indica

Littlebell ⁸
Ipomoea triloba

Jacquemontia pentanthos ⁹

Calcareous Morning-glory ¹⁰
Ipomoea microdactyla

Cherry Coke Rush ⁵
Juncus megacephalus

Black Ironwood ¹¹
Krugiodendron ferreum

common lantana ¹²
Lantana camara

Pineland Lantana ¹³
Lantana depressa

Button Sage ¹⁴
Lantana involucrata

Native rice grass ¹⁵
Leersia hexandra

Perennial Ryegrass ¹⁶
Lolium perenne

Mexican Primrose-willow ¹⁷
Ludwigia octovalvis

Wild Tamarind ⁹
Lysiloma latisiliquum

Lythrum alatum lanceolatum ¹⁸

sweetbay magnolia ¹⁹
Magnolia virginiana

Manilkara jaimiqui ²⁰

black medick ²¹
Medicago lupulina

Snow Squarestem ²
Melanthera nivea

creeping cucumber ²
Melothria pendula

Balsam Apple ²²
Momordica balsamina

climbing hempvine ²³
Mikania scandens

Lax Hornpod ²⁴
Mitreola petiolata

Redgal ¹¹
Morinda royoc

False Mastic ¹¹
Sideroxylon foetidissimum

Muhlenbergia capillaris capillaris

Myrcianthes fragrans ²⁵

wax myrtle ²⁶
Morella cerifera

southern sword fern ²⁷
Nephrolepis exaltata

Myrsine ⁹
Myrsine cubana

Silkreed
Neyraudia reynaudiana

lancewood ²⁸
Nectandra coriacea

Corymbose Hedyotis ²⁹
Oldenlandia corymbosa

Monk Orchid ³⁰
Oeceoclades maculata

eastern prickly pear ³¹
Opuntia humifusa

Smooth Witchgrass ³²
Panicum dichotomiflorum

Torpedo grass ³³
Panicum repens

Florida Pellitory
Parietaria floridana

Virginia creeper ³⁴
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Paspalum caespitosum

Hilograss ³⁵
Paspalum conjugatum

Florida paspalum ³⁶
Paspalum floridanum

Gulfdune Paspalum ³⁷
Paspalum monostachyum

Bahia grass ⁸
Paspalum notatum

Thin Paspalum ³⁸
Paspalum setaceum

Vasey Grass ³⁹
Paspalum urvillei

corkystem passionflower ⁴⁰
Passiflora suberosa

Pectis glaucescens ⁴¹

elephant grass ³³
Pennisetum purpureum

Red Bay ⁴²
Persea borbonia

golden polypody ²⁶
Phlebodium aureum

turkey tangle frogfruit ⁴³
Phyla nodiflora

Dukong Anak ⁴⁴
Phyllanthus amarus

Rock Carolina leafflower
Phyllanthus caroliniensis saxicola

Mascarene Island leaf-flower
Phyllanthus tenellus

dune ground-cherry ⁴⁵
Physalis walteri

Picramnia pentandra ⁹

rockweed ⁴⁶
Pilea microphylla

South Florida slash pine
Pinus elliottii densa

Pitted Stripeseed
Piriqueta cistoides caroliniana

Narrowleaf Silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia

Jamaican dogwood ⁴⁷
Piscidia piscipula

Catclaw Blackbead ⁴⁸
Pithecellobium unguis-cati

Rosy Camphorweed ⁵
Pluchea baccharis

marsh fleabane ⁴⁹
Pluchea odorata

painted leaf ⁵⁰
Euphorbia cyathophora

Showy Milkwort ⁴
Polygala grandiflora

painted spurge ³⁵
Euphorbia heterophylla

Rust Weed ⁵¹
Polypremum procumbens

Common purslane ⁵²
Portulaca oleracea

skeleton fork fern ⁵
Psilotum nudum

Shiny-leaved Wild Coffee ⁵
Psychotria nervosa

Bahama Brake
Pteris bahamensis

velvet-leafed wild coffee ⁵³
Psychotria tenuifolia

ladder fern ⁵⁴
Pteris vittata

southern live oak ⁵⁵
Quercus virginiana

shining sumac ⁵⁶
Rhus copallinum

Least Snoutbean ⁵²
Rhynchosia minima

whitetop sedge ⁵⁷
Rhynchospora colorata

Rhynchospora odorata

Rhynchospora microcarpa

largeflower Mexican clover ⁵⁸
Richardia grandiflora

Ruellia caroliniensis succulenta

castor bean ⁵⁹
Ricinus communis

cabbage palmetto ⁵
Sabal palmetto

marsh pink ⁶⁰
Sabatia stellaris

Sacoila lanceolata paludicola

Carolina willow ⁵
Salix caroliniana

limewater brookweed
Samolus ebracteatus

white twinevine ²
Funastrum clausum

Chinese Tallow ⁶¹
Triadica sebifera

Brazilian pepper tree ⁶²
Schinus terebinthifolius

Schizachyrium gracile

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FIU Nature Preserve Plant Inventory List

Firebush 1 Hamelia patens

Lignum-vitae Guaiacum sanctum

pineland heliotrope 2 Heliotropium polyphyllum

sea hibiscus 3 Hibiscus tiliaceus

Coastal Plain St. John's Wort 4 Hypericum brachyphyllum

dahoon 5 Ilex cassine

Creeping Indigo 2 Indigofera spicata

Saltmarsh Morning-glory 6 Ipomoea sagittata

oceanblue morning glory 7 Ipomoea indica

Littlebell 8 Ipomoea triloba

Calcareous Morning-glory 10 Ipomoea microdactyla

Cherry Coke Rush 5 Juncus megacephalus

Black Ironwood 11 Krugiodendron ferreum

common lantana 12 Lantana camara

Pineland Lantana 13 Lantana depressa

Button Sage 14 Lantana involucrata

Native rice grass 15 Leersia hexandra

Perennial Ryegrass 16 Lolium perenne

Mexican Primrose-willow 17 Ludwigia octovalvis

Wild Tamarind 9 Lysiloma latisiliquum

sweetbay magnolia 19 Magnolia virginiana

black medick 21 Medicago lupulina

Snow Squarestem 2 Melanthera nivea

creeping cucumber 2 Melothria pendula

Balsam Apple 22 Momordica balsamina

climbing hempvine 23 Mikania scandens

Lax Hornpod 24 Mitreola petiolata

Redgal 11 Morinda royoc

False Mastic 11 Sideroxylon foetidissimum

wax myrtle 26 Morella cerifera

southern sword fern 27 Nephrolepis exaltata

Myrsine 9 Myrsine cubana

Silkreed Neyraudia reynaudiana

lancewood 28 Nectandra coriacea

Corymbose Hedyotis 29 Oldenlandia corymbosa

Monk Orchid 30 Oeceoclades maculata

eastern prickly pear 31 Opuntia humifusa

Smooth Witchgrass 32 Panicum dichotomiflorum

Torpedo grass 33 Panicum repens

Florida Pellitory Parietaria floridana

Virginia creeper 34 Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Hilograss 35 Paspalum conjugatum

Florida paspalum 36 Paspalum floridanum

Gulfdune Paspalum 37 Paspalum monostachyum

Bahia grass 8 Paspalum notatum

Thin Paspalum 38 Paspalum setaceum

Vasey Grass 39 Paspalum urvillei

corkystem passionflower 40 Passiflora suberosa

elephant grass 33 Pennisetum purpureum

Red Bay 42 Persea borbonia

golden polypody 26 Phlebodium aureum

turkey tangle frogfruit 43 Phyla nodiflora

Dukong Anak 44 Phyllanthus amarus

Rock Carolina leafflower Phyllanthus caroliniensis saxicola

Mascarene Island leaf-flower Phyllanthus tenellus

dune ground-cherry 45 Physalis walteri

rockweed 46 Pilea microphylla

South Florida slash pine Pinus elliottii densa

Pitted Stripeseed Piriqueta cistoides caroliniana

Narrowleaf Silkgrass Pityopsis graminifolia

Jamaican dogwood 47 Piscidia piscipula

Catclaw Blackbead 48 Pithecellobium unguis-cati

Rosy Camphorweed 5 Pluchea baccharis

marsh fleabane 49 Pluchea odorata

painted leaf 50 Euphorbia cyathophora

Showy Milkwort 4 Polygala grandiflora

painted spurge 35 Euphorbia heterophylla

Rust Weed 51 Polypremum procumbens

Common purslane 52 Portulaca oleracea

skeleton fork fern 5 Psilotum nudum

Shiny-leaved Wild Coffee 5 Psychotria nervosa

Bahama Brake Pteris bahamensis

velvet-leafed wild coffee 53 Psychotria tenuifolia

ladder fern 54 Pteris vittata

southern live oak 55 Quercus virginiana

shining sumac 56 Rhus copallinum

Least Snoutbean 52 Rhynchosia minima

whitetop sedge 57 Rhynchospora colorata

largeflower Mexican clover 58 Richardia grandiflora