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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 ↓

flatspike sedge 1
Abildgaardia ovata
Earpod Wattle 2
Acacia auriculiformis
Acalypha chamaedrifolia 3
Pineland Acacia
Acacia pinetorum
sweet acacia 4
Vachellia farnesiana
common ragweed 5
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Scarlet Toothcup 6
Ammannia coccinea
Clusterspike False Indigo 7
Amorpha herbacea
Hairy Bluestem
Andropogon longiberbis
Andropogon glomeratus pumilus
Pond Apple 8
Annona glabra
shoebutton Ardisia 9
Ardisia elliptica
tropical milkweed 10
Asclepias curassavica
pineland golden trumpet 11
Angadenia berteroi
Big Carpetgrass
Axonopus furcatus
Silverling
Baccharis glomeruliflora
groundsel tree 12
Baccharis halimifolia
Orchid Tree 13
Bauhinia purpurea
Bishop wood 14
Bischofia javanica
false nettle 15
Boehmeria cylindrica
Bourreria cassinifolia
bullet tree 13
Bucida buceras
Bluehearts 16
Buchnera americana
Gumbo Limbo 17
Bursera simaruba
Bahama Strongbark 18
Bourreria succulenta
Brickellia mosieri
Locustberry 19
Byrsonima lucida
Calyptranthes zuzygium
beach she-oak 20
Casuarina equisetifolia
Papaya 21
Carica papaya
Spicewood 19
Calyptranthes pallens
Madagascar Periwinkle 22
Catharanthus roseus
Southern Sandbur 23
Cenchrus echinatus
Gotu Cola 24
Centella asiatica
day jessamine 2
Cestrum diurnum
Chamaecrista nictitans nictitans 25
graceful spurge 26
Euphorbia hypericifolia
asthma plant 2
Euphorbia hirta
hyssop spurge 27
Euphorbia hyssopifolia
Florida Hammock Sandmat 28
Euphorbia ophthalmica
Siam weed 29
Chromolaena odorata
bristle thistle 30
Cirsium horridulum
Chrysophyllum oliviforme 2
Spiny Fiddlewood
Citharexylum spinosum
Jamaica swamp sawgrass 31
Cladium mariscus jamaicense
Java Glorybower 21
Clerodendrum speciosissimum
autograph tree 32
Clusia rosea
sea grape
Coccoloba uvifera
Pigeon Plum 18
Coccoloba diversifolia
Colubrina elliptica
Green Buttonwood
Conocarpus erectus
horseweed 33
Erigeron canadensis
horseweed 33
Erigeron canadensis
Crossopetalum ilicifolium
blue mistflower 34
Conoclinium coelestinum
low rattlebox 35
Crotalaria pumila
Croton glandulosus floridanus
Blodgett's Swallow-wort) 36
Metastelma blodgettii
Fragrant Swallow-wort
Cynanchum northropiae
Bunchy flat-sedge 37
Cyperus polystachyos
Pine Barren Flatsedge 38
Cyperus retrorsus
Durban Crowfoot
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Flamboyant 39
Delonix regia
Needleleaf Rosette Grass 40
Dichanthelium aciculare
creeping beggarweed 41
Desmodium incanum
Tropical Finger-grass 42
Digitaria ciliaris
air potato 2
Dioscorea bulbifera
buttonweed 16
Diodia virginiana
false daisy 43
Eclipta prostrata
Canada Spikesedge 44
Eleocharis geniculata
Red Tasselflower 45
Emilia fosbergii
lilac tasselflower 46
Emilia sonchifolia
Tampa Butterfly Orchid 47
Encyclia tampensis
field lovegrass 48
Eragrostis elliottii
Oakleaf Fleabane 49
Erigeron quercifolius
fireweed 50
Erechtites hieraciifolius
Eryngium baldwinii
White Stopper 51
Eugenia axillaris
Cherokee Bean 52
Erythrina herbacea
Spanish stopper 53
Eugenia foetida
dogfennel 54
Eupatorium capillifolium
false fennel 55
Eupatorium leptophyllum
Semaphore thoroughwort
Eupatorium mikanioides
Pinewoods Fingergrass
Eustachys petraea
Eustachys glauca 48
silky evolvulus 56
Evolvulus sericeus
Inkwood 36
Exothea paniculata
Shortleaf Fig 57
Ficus citrifolia
Florida Strangler Fig 48
Ficus aurea
Narrowleaf Yellowtops 58
Flaveria linearis
Florida Privet 44
Forestiera segregata
Saltmarsh Umbrella-sedge 48
Fuirena breviseta
Bermuda bedstraw 59
Galium hispidulum
Southern Beeblossom 60
Gaura angustifolia
Gomphrena Weed 61
Gomphrena serrata
Blolly 62
Guapira discolor
Waterspider Bog Orchid 63
Habenaria repens
Firebush 64
Hamelia patens
Lignum-vitae
Guaiacum sanctum
pineland heliotrope 49
Heliotropium polyphyllum

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