Louisiana Ecosystems--Plant List Sorted by Family

Family	Common Name	Scientific Name	Virtual Tour Location
Aceraceae	boxelder	Acer negundo	Bo1
Aceraceae	Drummond red maple	Acer rubrum var. drummondii	Bo2 Bo3 Bo4 Bo5/Hk1 Bo6/Hk5 Bo9 Bo11 Bo15 Bs1 Bs3 Ur3
Aceraceae	Florida maple	Acer barbatum	Ur6
Aceraceae	red maple	Acer rubrum var. rubrum	Bo16
Aceraceae	silver maple	Acer saccharinum
Anacardiaceae	Chinese pistache	Pistacia chinensis
Anacardiaceae	poison ivy	Toxicodendron radicans	Bo2 Bo9 Ur3 Ur7
Anacardiaceae	poison oak	Toxicodendron pubescens
Anacardiaceae	poison sumac	Toxicodendron vernix	Bo6/Hk5 Bo13
Anacardiaceae	smooth sumac	Rhus glabra
Anacardiaceae	winged sumac	Rhus copallina	Up5 Up6
Annonaceae	dwarf pawpaw	Asimina parviflora	Di1/Hk3
Annonaceae	pawpaw	Asimina triloba
Apocynaceae	climbing dogbane	Trachelospermum difforme
Apocynaceae	oleander	Nerium oleander
Aquifoliaceae	American holly	Ilex opaca	Bo5/Hk1 Bo15 Bs2
Aquifoliaceae	dahoon holly	Ilex cassine
Aquifoliaceae	deciduous holly	Ilex decidua	Ur2
Aquifoliaceae	gallberry	Ilex glabra
Aquifoliaceae	sweet gallberry	Ilex coriacea	Bo9
Aquifoliaceae	winterberry	Ilex verticillata
Aquifoliaceae	yaupon	Ilex vomitoria	Bo6/Hk5 Bo9 Bo16 Up5 Ur1
Araliaceae	devil’s-walkingstick	Aralia spinosa
Arecaceae	cabbage palm	Sabal palmetto
Arecaceae	needle palm	Rhapidophyllum hystrix
Arecaceae	palmetto	Sabal minor	Bo3 Bo4 Bo10 Bo12 Bs2 Bs3 Ur3
Asclepiadaceae	butterfly milkweed	Asclepias tuberose
Asclepiadaceae	white milkweed	Asclepias variegata
Asteraceae	dog fennel	Eupatorium album
Asteraceae	eastern baccharis	Baccharis halimifolia	Up7
Asteraceae	goldenrod	Solidago sp.
Asteraceae	ironweed	Verbena sp.
Asteraceae	joe-pye weed	Eupatorium sp.	Bo13 Up2/Hk2 Up5 Up6 Up7
Asteraceae	ragweed	Ambrosia sp.
Betulaceae	eastern hophornbeam	Ostrya virginiana	Ur4
Betulaceae	hazel alder	Alnus serrulata
Betulaceae	hornbeam	Carpinus caroliniana	Bo1 Bo12 Bs3 Up1 Ur2 Ur5
Betulaceae	river birch	Betula nigra	Ur6
Bignoniaceae	crossvine	Bignonia capreolata	Ur2 Up1
Bignoniaceae	southern catalpa	Catalpa bignonioides
Bignoniaceae	trumpet creeper	Campsis radicans	Bo8 Ur7
Bromeliaceae	ball moss	Tillandsia recurvata
Bromeliaceae	Spanish moss	Tillandsia usneoides
Caprifoliaceae	arrow-wood	Viburnum dentatum	Bo6/Hk5
Caprifoliaceae	coral honeysuckle	Lonicera sempervirens
Caprifoliaceae	elderberry	Sambucus canadensis	Ur4 Ur7
Caprifoliaceae	Japanese honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Ur7
Caprifoliaceae	possumhaw	Viburnum nudum	Bo12
Caprifoliaceae	rusty blackhaw	Viburnum rufidulum
Celastraceae	strawberry bush	Euonymus americanus
Clethraceae	pepperbush	Clethera alnifolia
Cornaceae	flowering dogwood	Cornus florida	Bo6/Hk5 Di2/Hk4 Ur4
Cornaceae	roughleaf dogwood	Cornus drummondii	Bo1
Cupressaceae	Atlantic white cedar	Chamaecyparis thyoides
Cupressaceae	eastern redcedar	Juniperus virginiana	Ur6
Cupressaceae	Leyland cypress	xCupressocyparis leylandii
Cycadaceae	sago palm	Cycas revoluta	Ur5 Ur6
Cyperaceae	sedge	Cyperus sp.
Cyrillaceae	buckwheat tree	Cliftonia monophylla
Cyrillaceae	white titi	Cyrilla racemiflora	Bo5/Hk1 Bo9 Bo11 Bs2
Ebenaceae	persimmon	Diospyros virginiana	Bs1 Ur5
Elaeagnaceae	Russian olive	Elaeagnus pungens
Ericaceae	downy leucothoe	Leucothoe axillaris
Ericaceae	Elliott’s huckleberry	Vaccinium elliottii	Bo5/Hk1 Up5
Ericaceae	evergreen blueberry	Vaccinium darrowii
Ericaceae	fetterbush	Lyonia lucida
Ericaceae	mountain laurel	Kalmia latifolia
Ericaceae	sourwood	Oxydendrum arboreum	Ur4 Bo5/Hk1 Bo10
Ericaceae	tree huckleberry	Vaccinium arboreum
Ericaceae	wild azalea	Rhododendron canescens	Bo5/Hk1 Bo12 Bs2
Euphorbiaceae	candleberry	Sebastiana ligustrina
Euphorbiaceae	tallowtree	Triadica sebifera	Ur2
Euphorbiaceae	tung-oil tree	Vernicia fordii
Euphorbiaceae	woolly croton	Croton capitatus
Fabaceae	black locust	Robinia pseudoacacia
Fabaceae	beggar lice	Desmodium sp.	Up2/Hk2 Up6
Fabaceae	bicolor lespedeza	Lespedeza bicolor
Fabaceae	brownhair tephrosia	Tephrosia spicata
Fabaceae	butterfly pea	Clitoria mariana
Fabaceae	coffeeweed	Sesbania herbacea
Fabaceae	coral bean	Erythrina herbacea
Fabaceae	dollarleaf rhynchosia	Rhynchosia reniformis
Fabaceae	eastern redbud	Cercis canadensis	Up8
Fabaceae	false indigo	Amorpha fruticosa
Fabaceae	goat's rue	Tephrosia virginiana
Fabaceae	honeylocust	Gleditsia triacanthos
Fabaceae	kudzu	Pueraria lobata
Fabaceae	lespedeza	Lespedeza sp.	Up5
Fabaceae	milkpea	Galactia volubilis
Fabaceae	mimosa	Albizia julibrissin
Fabaceae	panic grass	Dichanthelium sp.	Up6
Fabaceae	partridge pea	Chamaecrista fasciculata	Up6
Fabaceae	pencilflower	Stylosanthes biflora
Fabaceae	rattlebox	Sesbania drummondii
Fabaceae	sensitivebriar	Mimosa microphylla
Fabaceae	spurred butterfly pea	Centrosema virginianum
Fabaceae	velvetleaf rhynchosia	Rhynchosia tomentosa
Fabaceae	vetch	Vicia sp.
Fabaceae	wisteria	Wisteria sp.
Fagaceae	American beech	Fagus grandifolia	Ur2 Up3 Bs2
Fagaceae	black oak	Quercus velutina
Fagacaeae	blackjack oak	Quercus marilandica	Up6 Up7
Fagaceae	bluejack oak	Quercus incana
Fagaceae	cherrybark oak	Quercus pagoda	Ur4 Ur2 Up1
Fagaceae	chinquapin	Castanea pumila
Fagaceae	delta post oak	Quercus similis
Fagaceae	diamond leaf oak	Quercus laurifolia	Bo12
Fagaceae	laurel oak	Quercus hemisphaerica
Fagaceae	live oak	Quercus virginiana	Ur6
Fagaceae	Nuttall oak	Quercus texana	Bo12 Bs1 Ur3 Ur5
Fagaceae	overcup oak	Quercus lyrata	Ur3
Fagaceae	post oak	Quercus stellata
Fagaceae	sawtooth oak	Quercus acutissima
Fagaceae	Shumard oak	Quercus shumardii
Fagaceae	southern red oak	Quercus falcata	Bo14 Di2/Hk4
Fagaceae	swamp chestnut oak	Quercus michauxii	Up1 Ur2
Fagaceae	turkey oak	Quercus laevis
Fagaceae	water oak	Quercus nigra	Bo6/Hk5 Bo8 Bo11 Bo14 Ur2
Fagaceae	white oak	Quercus alba	Bo10 Bo16 Di1/Hk3 Up2/Hk2
Fagaceae	willow oak	Quercus phellos	Bo14 Ur2
Ginkgoaceae	ginkgo	Ginkgo biloba	Ur5
Hamamelidaceae	sweetgum	Liquidambar styraciflua	Bo7 Di1/Hk3 Up1 Up2/Hk2 Up5 Up6 Up7 Up8 Ur2 Ur7
Hamamelidaceae	witch-hazel	Hamamelis virginiana	Bo10
Hippocastanaceae	red buckeye	Aesculus pavia
Hypericaceae	St. Andrew’s cross	Hypericum hypericoides	Up5
Juglandaceae	bitter pecan	Carya x lecontei
Juglandaceae	bitternut hickory	Carya cordiformis
Juglandaceae	black walnut	Juglans nigra
Juglandaceae	mockernut hickory	Carya tomentosa	Di1/Hk3 Up2/Hk2
Juglandaceae	pignut hickory	Carya glabra
Juglandaceae	sweet pecan	Carya illinoinensis	Ur7
Juglandaceae	water hickory	Carya aquatica	Bs1 Ur3
Juncaceae	rush	Juncus sp.
Lauraceae	camphor tree	Cinnamomum camphora
Lauraceae	red bay	Persea borbonia
Lauraceae	sassafras	Sassafras albidum	Ur4 Ur5
Lauraceae	spicebush	Lindera benzoin	Bo1 Up1
Liliaceae	bear grass	Yucca filamentosa
Loganiaceae	yellow jessamine	Gelsemium sempervirens	Bo9
Loranthaceae	American mistletoe	Phoradendron serotinum
Lythraceae	crapemyrtle	Lagerstroemia indica
Magnoliaceae	bigleaf magnolia	Magnolia macrophylla	Bo10 Up3
Magnoliaceae	southern magnolia	Magnolia grandiflora	Bo10 Bo15 Bs2 Di2/Hk4 Up3 Ur2 Ur4
Magnoliaceae	starbush	Illicium floridanum	Bo5/Hk1 Bo10
Magnoliaceae	sweetbay	Magnolia virginiana	Bo5/Hk1 Bo9 Bo11 Bo13 Bo15 Bo16 Up5
Magnoliaceae	yellow-poplar	Liriodendron tulipifera	Bo6/Hk5 Up3 Up4
Malvaceae	hibiscus	Hibiscus aculeatus
Meliaceae	Chinaberry	Melia azedarach
Menispermaceae	red-berried moonseed	Cocculus carolinus	Bo8 Ur7
Moraceae	osage-orange	Maclura pomifera
Moraceae	paper mulberry	Broussonetia papyrifera
Moraceae	red mulberry	Morus rubra
Myricaceae	southern bayberry	Morella caroliniensis
Myricaceae	waxmyrtle	Morella cerifera	Bo13 Bo15 Bo16
Myrsinaceae	coral ardisia	Ardisia crenata
Nyssaceae	hill blackgum	Nyssa sylvatica	Bo5/Hk1 Bo9 Bo12 Bo16 Bs2 Bs3
Nyssaceae	swamp tupelo	Nyssa biflora	Bo3 Bo4
Nyssaceae	water tupelo	Nyssa aquatica	Bo1 Bo2 Bo3 Bo4 Bo7 Bo12 Ur7
Oleaceae	Carolina ash	Fraxinus caroliniana
Oleaceae	Chinese privet	Ligustrum sinense	Up5 Bo11
Oleaceae	devilwood	Osmanthus americanus
Oleaceae	fringetree	Chionanthus virginicus
Oleaceae	green ash	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Bo12 Ur2 Ur3
Oleaceae	pumpkin ash	Fraxinus profunda	Ur7
Oleaceae	swamp privet	Forestiera acuminata
Oleaceae	tree ligustrum	Ligustrum spp.
Oleaceae	white ash	Fraxinus americana
Pinaceae	deodar cedar	Cedrus deodara
Pinaceae	eastern white pine	Pinus strobus
Pinaceae	loblolly pine	Pinus taeda	Bo6/Hk5 Bo16 Bs2 Ur1 Ur5 Up2/Hk2
Pinaceae	longleaf pine	Pinus palustris	Bo15 Up6
Pinaceae	shortleaf pine	Pinus echinata
Pinaceae	slash pine	Pinus elliottii	Ur1
Pinaceae	Sonderegger pine	Pinus palustris X Pinus taeda
Pinaceae	spruce pine	Pinus glabra	Bo10
Pinaceae	Virginia pine	Pinus virginiana
Platanaceae	American sycamore	Platanus occidentalis
Poaceae	bahia grass	Paspalum notatum
Poaceae	bluestem	Andropogon sp.	Up5
Poaceae	cogon grass	Imperata cylindrica
Poaceae	Johnsongrass	Sorghum halepense
Poaceae	switchcane	Arundinaria gigantea	Ur2 Bs2
Podocarpaceae	Japanese yew	Podocarpus macrophylla
Polygonaceae	ladies’-eardrops	Brunnichia ovata	Ur7
Polypodiaceae	resurrection fern	Pleopeltis polypodioides	Bo2
Pontederiaceae	water hyacinth	Eichornia crassipes
Pontederiaceae	pickerelweed	Pontederia cordata
Rhamnaceae	Carolina buckthorn	Frangula caroliniana
Rhamnaceae	New Jersey tea	Ceanothus americanus
Rhamnaceae	rattan	Berchemia scandens	Bo12
Rosaceae	black cherry	Prunus serotina
Rosaceae	Bradford pear	Pyrus calleryana	Ur6
Rosaceae	cherrylaurel	Prunus caroliniana
Rosaceae	Chickasaw plum	Prunus angustifolia
Rosaceae	dewberry	Rubus sp.	Ur3 Ur7 Bo7
Rosaceae	downy serviceberry	Amelanchier arborea
Rosaceae	hawthorn	Crataegus sp.
Rosaceae	mayhaw	Crataegus opaca
Rosaceae	parsley hawthorn	Crataegus marshallii
Rosaceae	red chokeberry	Aronia arbutifolia
Rosaceae	rose	Rosa sp.
Rosaceae	southern crab apple	Malus angustifolia
Rubiaceae	buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Bo2 Bo3 Bo4 Bs1 Bo7
Rutaceae	Hercules'-club	Zanthoxylum clava-herculis
Rutaceae	trifoliate orange	Poncirus trifoliata
Salicaceae	black willow	Salix nigra	Bo8
Salicaceae	eastern cottonwood	Populus deltoides
Salicaceae	sandbar willow	Salix exigua
Sapindaceae	goldenrain tree	Koelreuteria bipinnata
Saururaceae	lizard's-tail	Saururus cernuus	Bo2 Bo4 Bo12
Saxifragaceae	Virginiawillow	Itea virginica	Bo12 Bo2 Bo4
Schizaeaceae	Japanese climbing fern	Lygodium japonicum	Bo6/Hk5 Up5 Ur2
Scrophulariaceae	royal paulownia	Paulownia tomentosa
Sterculiaceae	Chinese parasoltree	Firmiana simplex
Smilacaceae	cat greenbrier	Smilax glauca
Smilacaceae	common greenbrier	Smilax rotundifolia
Smilacaceae	dwarf greenbrier	Smilax pumila	Bo7
Smilacaceae	lanceleaf greenbrier	Smilax lanceolata	Bo13 Bo16 Ur2
Smilacaceae	laurel greenbrier	Smilax laurifolia	Bo12
Smilacaceae	saw greenbrier	Smilax bona-nox
Styracaceae	bigleaf snowbell	Styrax grandifolia
Styracaceae	two-wing silverbell	Halesia diptera
Symplocaceae	sweetleaf	Symplocos tinctoria	Bo13 Bo15 Up4
Taxodiaceae	baldcypress	Taxodium distichum	Bo1 Bo2 Bo5/Hk1 Bo7 Bo14 Bs3 Ur5 Ur7
Taxodiaceae	pondcypress	Taxodium ascendens
Theaceae	loblolly bay	Gordonia lasianthus
Tiliaceae	Carolina basswood	Tilia americana var. caroliniana	Ur5
Ulmaceae	American elm	Ulmus americana	Bo1 Up1 Ur3 Ur7
Ulmaceae	Chinese elm	Ulmus parvifolia
Ulmaceae	planertree	Planera aquatica	Bs1
Ulmaceae	slippery elm	Ulmus rubra
Ulmaceae	sugarberry	Celtis laevigata	Bo1 Bo7 Ur3 Ur7
Ulmaceae	winged elm	Ulmus alata	Ur2
Verbenaceae	French mulberry	Callicarpa americana	Bo6/Hk5 Bo12 Ur2 Bo16 Up2/Hk2 Up5
Vitaceae	bushkiller	Cayratia japonica
Vitaceae	heartleaf peppervine	Ampelopsis cordata
Vitaceae	muscadine	Vitis rotundifolia	Di1/Hk3 Up1 Ur2
Vitaceae	peppervine	Ampelopsis arborea	Bo7 Bo8
Vitaceae	Virginia creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Bo12 Ur3 Ur7
Vitaceae	wild grape	Vitis sp.

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