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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Scarlet Toothcup ¹
Ammannia coccinea

bullet tree ²
Bucida buceras

Calyptranthes zuzygium

Spicewood ³
Calyptranthes pallens

Green Buttonwood
Conocarpus erectus

White Stopper ⁴
Eugenia axillaris

Spanish stopper ⁵
Eugenia foetida

Southern Beeblossom ⁶
Gaura angustifolia

Mexican Primrose-willow ⁷
Ludwigia octovalvis

Lythrum alatum lanceolatum ⁸

Myrcianthes fragrans ⁹

West Indian Lilac ³
Tetrazygia bicolor

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FIU Nature Preserve Plant Inventory List

Scarlet Toothcup 1 Ammannia coccinea

bullet tree 2 Bucida buceras

Calyptranthes zuzygium

Spicewood 3 Calyptranthes pallens

Green Buttonwood Conocarpus erectus

White Stopper 4 Eugenia axillaris

Spanish stopper 5 Eugenia foetida

Southern Beeblossom 6 Gaura angustifolia

Mexican Primrose-willow 7 Ludwigia octovalvis

Lythrum alatum lanceolatum 8

Myrcianthes fragrans 9

West Indian Lilac 3 Tetrazygia bicolor