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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 ↓

Snow Squarestem 1
Melanthera nivea
creeping cucumber 1
Melothria pendula
Balsam Apple 2
Momordica balsamina
climbing hempvine 3
Mikania scandens
Lax Hornpod 4
Mitreola petiolata
Redgal 5
Morinda royoc
False Mastic 5
Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Myrcianthes fragrans 6
wax myrtle 7
Morella cerifera
Myrsine 8
Myrsine cubana
lancewood 9
Nectandra coriacea
Corymbose Hedyotis 10
Oldenlandia corymbosa
eastern prickly pear 11
Opuntia humifusa
Florida Pellitory
Parietaria floridana
Virginia creeper 12
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
corkystem passionflower 13
Passiflora suberosa
Pectis glaucescens 14
Red Bay 15
Persea borbonia
turkey tangle frogfruit 16
Phyla nodiflora
Dukong Anak 17
Phyllanthus amarus
Rock Carolina leafflower
Phyllanthus caroliniensis saxicola
Mascarene Island leaf-flower
Phyllanthus tenellus
dune ground-cherry 18
Physalis walteri
Picramnia pentandra 8
rockweed 19
Pilea microphylla
Pitted Stripeseed
Piriqueta cistoides caroliniana
Narrowleaf Silkgrass
Pityopsis graminifolia
Jamaican dogwood 20
Piscidia piscipula
Catclaw Blackbead 21
Pithecellobium unguis-cati
Rosy Camphorweed 22
Pluchea baccharis
marsh fleabane 23
Pluchea odorata
painted leaf 24
Euphorbia cyathophora
Showy Milkwort 25
Polygala grandiflora
painted spurge 26
Euphorbia heterophylla
Rust Weed 27
Polypremum procumbens
Common purslane 28
Portulaca oleracea
Shiny-leaved Wild Coffee 22
Psychotria nervosa
velvet-leafed wild coffee 29
Psychotria tenuifolia
southern live oak 30
Quercus virginiana
shining sumac 31
Rhus copallinum
Least Snoutbean 28
Rhynchosia minima
largeflower Mexican clover 32
Richardia grandiflora
Ruellia caroliniensis succulenta
castor bean 33
Ricinus communis
marsh pink 34
Sabatia stellaris
Carolina willow 22
Salix caroliniana
limewater brookweed
Samolus ebracteatus
white twinevine 1
Funastrum clausum
Chinese Tallow 35
Triadica sebifera
Brazilian pepper tree 36
Schinus terebinthifolius
Senna ligustrina 8
Mexican Senna 5
Senna mexicana
Cuban jute 37
Sida rhombifolia
Spinyhead Sida 38
Sida acuta
Saffron Plum
Sideroxylon celastrinum
False Mastic 5
Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Willow Bustic 39
Sideroxylon salicifolium
Paradise Tree 40
Simarouba amara
giant goldenrod 41
Solidago gigantea
Leavenworth's goldenrod
Solidago leavenworthii
Solidago odora chapmanii
Wand Goldenrod 42
Solidago stricta
Sophora tomentosa occidentalis
Woodland false buttonweed 43
Spermacoce remota
buttonweed 44
Spermacoce assurgens
shrubby false buttonweed 14
Spermacoce verticillata
trailing daisy 45
Sphagneticola trilobata
Pink Weed 46
Spigelia anthelmia
Blue Porterweed 47
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Sweet Shaggytuft 48
Stenandrium dulce
Caribbean Stylo 49
Stylosanthes hamata
West Indian Mahogany 49
Swietenia mahogani
Pink Trumpet-tree 39
Tabebuia heterophylla
sea hibiscus 50
Hibiscus tiliaceus
West Indian Lilac 8
Tetrazygia bicolor
Trema micrantha 32
poison ivy 51
Toxicodendron radicans
Tridax daisy 52
Tridax procumbens
Florida Ironweed 53
Vernonia blodgettii
Fourleaf Vetch 25
Vicia acutifolia
Wild Cowpea 22
Vigna luteola
muscadine 54
Vitis rotundifolia
Sleepy Morning 55
Waltheria indica
Oriental false hawksbeard 56
Youngia japonica
trailing daisy 45
Sphagneticola trilobata
Lime Prickly-ash 57
Zanthoxylum fagara

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