Plants of Howell Woods

As of 8 August, 2006

Trees |  Shrubs  |  Vines  |  Herbaceous plants

Scientific name / Common name

Trees of Howell Woods:

• Acer Rubrum / Red maple
• Asimina triloba / Pawpaw
• Betula nigra / River birch
• Catalpa bignoniodes / Southern Catalpa
• Carpinus caroliniana / American hornbeam
• Carya aquatica / Water hickory
• Carya cordiformis / Bitternut hickory
• Carya ovata / Shagbark hickory
• Carya pallida / Sand hickory
• Carya tomentosa / Mockernut hickory
• Chamaecyparis thyoides / Atlantic white cedar
• Cornus florida / Flowering dogwood
• Crataegus marshallii / Parsely hawthorn
• Crataegus viridis / Green hawthorn
• Diospyros virginiana /Persimmon
• Fagus grandifolia / American beech
• Fraxinus caroliniana / Carolina or Water ash
• Fraxinus pennsylvatica / Green ash
• Ilex opaca / American holly
• Juglans nigra / Black Walnut
• Liquidambar styraciflua / Sweetgum
• Liriodendron tulipifera / Tuliptree
• Magnolia virginiana / Sweetbay
• Morus rubra / Red mulberry
• Nyssa biflora / Swamp tupelo
• Nyssa sylvatica / Blackgum
• Oxydendrum arboreum / Sourwood
• Pinus palustris / Longleaf pine
• Pinus taeda / Loblolly pine
• Pinus echinata / Shortleaf pine
• Platanus occidentalis / Sycamore
• Populus heterophylla / Swamp cottonwood
• Prunus serotina / Black cherry
• Quercus alba / White oak
• Quercus falcata / Southern Red oak
• Quercus laevis / Turkey oak
• Quercus laurifolia / Laurel oak
• Quercus lyrata / Overcup oak
• Quercus margaretta / Scrub post oak
• Quercus marilandica / Blackjack oak
• Quercus michauxii / Swamp chestnut oak
• Quercus nigra / Water oak
• Quercus pagoda / Cherrybark oak
• Quercus phellos / Willow oak
• Quercus stellata / Post oak
• Salix nigra / Swamp willow
• Salix caroliniana / Carolina or Coastal Plain willow
• Taxodium distichum / Bald cypress
• Taxodium ascendens / Pond cypress
• Ulmus alata / Winged elm
• Ulmus americana / American elm
• Ulmus rubra / Slippery elm

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Shrubs of Howell Woods:

• Amelanchier obovalis / Shadbush
• Amelanchier sp.
• Amorpha georgiana / Leadplant
• Aralia spinosa / Hercules' club or Devils Walking Stick
• Arundinaria gigantea / Giant cane
• Callicarpa sp.
• Cephalanthus occidentalis / Buttonbush
• Clethra sp.
• Cornus amomum / Silky dogwood
• Cyrilla racemiflora / Titi
• Fothergilla gardenii / Witch alder
• Gaylussacia dumosa / Dwarf huckleberry
• Gaylussacia frondosa / Dangleberry
• Ilex decidua / Possum haw
• Ilex glabra / Inkberry
• Ilex laevigata / Smooth winterberry
• Ilex vomitoria / Yaupon
• Itea virginica / Virginia willow
• Kalmia angustifolia / Sheep laurel
• Leucothoe axillaris / Doghobble
• Leucothoe racemosa / Swamp leucothoe
• Malus angustifolia / Southern crab-apple
• Myrica cerifera / Wax myrtle
• Persea borbonia / Swamp red bay
• Rhododendron atlanticum / Dwarf azalea
• Rhus copallina / Winged sumac
• Rhus glabera / Smooth sumac
• Styrax grandifolius / Bigleaf Snowbell
• Symplocos tinctoria / Common sweetleaf
• Vaccinium arboreum / Sparkleberry
• Vaccinium atrococcum / Downy swamp huckleberry
• Vaccinium chorymbosm / High bush blueberry
• Vaccinium elliottii / High bush blueberry
• Vaccinium steminum / Squaw huckleberry or Gooseberry
• Viburnum nudum / Swamp haw
• Viburnum rufidulum / Blue haw
• Yucca filamentosa / Yucca

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Vines of Howell Woods:

• Anisostichus capreolata / Crossvine
• Clematis crispa / Swamp leather flower
• Gelsemium sp.
• Ipomoea pandurata / Wild potato vine
• Parthenocissus quinquefolia / Virginia creeper
• Smilax bona-nox / Bullbrier
• Smilax hispida / Chinaroot
• Smilax laurifolia / Bamboo vine
• Smilax rotundifolia / Greenbrier
• Toxicodendron radicans / Poison ivy
• Trachelospermum difforme / Climbing dogbane
• Vitis rotundifolia / Muscadine

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Herbaceous plants of Howell Woods:

• Andropogon scoparius
• Andropogon virginicus
• Arisaema triphyllum / Jack-in-the-pulpit
• Aristida stricta / Wiregrass
• Asclepias amplexicaulis
• Asclepias huminstrata
• Asclepias purpurascens / Purple milkweed (*Watch list plant)
• Asclepias tuberosa / Butterfly weed
• Aster vimineus / Small-flowered white aster
• Baptisia alba / White wild indigo
• Boehmeria cylindrica / False nettle
• Boltonia caroliniana / Carolina doll's daisy
• Bonamia patens / Coastalplain dawnflower
• Carex sp. / Sedge
• Cassia fasciculata / Partridge pea
• Cassia marilandica / Wild senna
• Centrosema sp.
• Clematis crispa / Swamp leather flower
• Commelina virginica / Virginia dayflower
• Cnidoscolus stimulosus / Tread-softly
• Cuphea carthagensis
• Cypripedium acaule / Pink lady's slipper
• Danthonia sp. / Oat grass
• Desmodium lineatum
• Desmodium nuttallii
• Desmodium pauciflorum / Few-flower tick-trefoil (*Watch list )
• Desmodium strictum
• Dioda teres / Buttonwood
• Eryngium prostatum / Creeping eryngo
• Eupatorium coelestinum / Mist flower
• Euphorbia ipecac / American ipecac
• Euphorbia obtusata / Warty spurge
• Galium obtusum var. filifolium / Bluntleaf bedstraw
• Galium sp. / Bedstraw
• Helianthemum canadense / Frostweed
• Helenium autumnale / Sneezeweed
• Heterotheca pinifolia / Taylor county gold aster
• Heterothecal graminifolia / Grass-leaved golden aster
• Hexastylis lewisii(?)
• Hibiscus moscheutos / Swamp rose mallow
• Hottonia inflata / Water violet (rare)
• Hypericum gentianoides / Orange grass
• Hypericum hypercoides
• Hypericum punctatum
• Impatiens capensis / Jewelweed
• Juncus effusus
• Krigia oppositifolia / Weedy dwarf dandelion
• Leersial lenticularis / Catchfly cutgrass (*Watch list)
• Lespedeza hirta / Hairy lespedeza
• Ludwigia alternifolia / Seedbox
• Ludwigia glandulosa
• Lysimachia ciliata / Fringed Loosestrife
• Macbridea caroliniana / Carolina bogmint (*Fed. spec. concern)
• Malaxis unifolia / Green addersmouth orchid
• Matelea gonocarpa
• Mimulus alatus / Sharp-winged Monkey-flower
• Myosotis macrosperma / Spring forget-me-not
• Oenothera fruticosa / Sundrops
• Opuntia compressa / Prickly-pear cactus
• Osmunda regalis / Royal fern
• Oxalis sp. / Sorrel
• Panicum sp.
• Passiflora lutea / Passion flower
• Penthorum sp. / Ditch stonecrop
• Phyllanthus sp. / Leafflower
• Physalis heterophylla / Clammy ground cherry
• Pitiopsis pinifolia / Pine leaved golden aster
• Pitiopsis graminifolia / Grass-leaved golden aster
• Polygonum sp. / Knotweed
• Polypremum sp. / Juniper leaf
• Pteridium sp. / Brackenfern
• Rubus sp.
• Rumex verticillatus / Swamp dock
• Saururus cernuus / Lizard's tail
• Schrankia / Sensitive briar
• Senecio glabellus / Butterweed (*Watch list)
• Silene caroliniana / Carolina pink (*Watch list)
• Solidago odora / Sweet goldenrod
• Sorbus arbutifolia / Red chokeberry
• Spermolepis divaricata / Roughfruit scaleseed
• Stipulicida / Pineland scaly pink
• Tephrosia (sp.) (spicata?) / Goat's rue
• Tradescantia rosea / Piedmont roseling
• Tragia urens / Wavyleaf noseburn
• Trichostem dichotomum / Blue curls
• Uniola latifolia / Wild oats
• Uniola laxa / Slender woodoats
• Verbascum blattaria / Moth Mullein
• Viola brittoniana / North coastal violet (*Watch list)
• Viola papilionacea / Common blue violet
• Zephyranthes atamasco / Atamasco lily

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