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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 ↓

Schizachyrium rhizomatum
Schizachyrium sanguineum
Schizachyrium scoparium scoparium
soft-stemmed bulrush 1
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Baldwin's nutrush
Scleria baldwinii
Senna ligustrina 2
Mexican Senna 3
Senna mexicana
saw palmetto 4
Serenoa repens
marsh bristlegrass 5
Setaria parviflora
Cuban jute 6
Sida rhombifolia
Spinyhead Sida 7
Sida acuta
Saffron Plum
Sideroxylon celastrinum
False Mastic 3
Sideroxylon foetidissimum
Willow Bustic 8
Sideroxylon salicifolium
narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass 9
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Paradise Tree 10
Simarouba amara
Earleaf Greenbrier 11
Smilax auriculata
saw greenbrier 12
Smilax bona-nox
giant goldenrod 13
Solidago gigantea
Leavenworth's goldenrod
Solidago leavenworthii
Solidago odora chapmanii
Wand Goldenrod 14
Solidago stricta
Sophora tomentosa occidentalis
Woodland false buttonweed 15
Spermacoce remota
buttonweed 16
Spermacoce assurgens
shrubby false buttonweed 17
Spermacoce verticillata
trailing daisy 18
Sphagneticola trilobata
Pink Weed 19
Spigelia anthelmia
Lace-lipped Ladies' Tresses 14
Spiranthes laciniata
Sporobolus indicus pyramidalis
Blue Porterweed 20
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Sweet Shaggytuft 21
Stenandrium dulce
Caribbean Stylo 22
Stylosanthes hamata
Saint Augustine grass 18
Stenotaphrum secundatum
West Indian Mahogany 22
Swietenia mahogani
Pink Trumpet-tree 8
Tabebuia heterophylla
sea hibiscus 23
Hibiscus tiliaceus
West Indian Lilac 2
Tetrazygia bicolor
baldcypress 24
Taxodium distichum
Thelypteris palustris pubescens 25
stately maiden fern 2
Thelypteris kunthii
Northern Needleleaf Airplant 26
Tillandsia balbisiana
cardinal airplant 2
Tillandsia fasciculata
Twisted Airplant 19
Tillandsia flexuosa
Spanish moss 27
Tillandsia usneoides
small ballmoss 14
Tillandsia recurvata
spreading airplant 28
Tillandsia utriculata
Moses-in-the-cradle 29
Tradescantia spathacea
Trema micrantha 30
poison ivy 31
Toxicodendron radicans
southern bulrush 17
Typha domingensis
Tridax daisy 32
Tridax procumbens
Florida Ironweed 33
Vernonia blodgettii
Fourleaf Vetch 34
Vicia acutifolia
Wild Cowpea 11
Vigna luteola
Shoestring Fern 11
Vittaria lineata
muscadine 24
Vitis rotundifolia
Sleepy Morning 35
Waltheria indica
Oriental false hawksbeard 36
Youngia japonica
trailing daisy 18
Sphagneticola trilobata
coontie 2
Zamia pumila
Lime Prickly-ash 37
Zanthoxylum fagara
Zoysia matrella 38

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