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

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