Plant of the Month | ORCA VIRTUAL GUIDE
An evergrowing list of plant species at ORCA.
HABITAT LEGEND: H=Hammock, D=Disturbed Areas, P=Scrubby Pine Flatwoods, C=Coastal Wetlands, S=Scrub
  COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME HABITAT
ORCA VIRTUAL GUIDE PHOTOS
1 Spanish Bayonet Yucca aloifolia S
2 Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius P
3 Red Maple Acer rubrum H
4 Giant Leather Fern Acrostichium daenifolium C
5 Pepper Vine Ampolepsis arborea H-D
6 Broom Sedge Andropogon glomeratus C
7 Shoebutton ardisia Ardisia elliptica H-D
8 Marlberry Ardisia escallonioides H
9 Jack-In-The-Pulpit Arisaema acuminatum H
10 Scarlett Milkweed Asclepias curvassicum D
11 Pawpaw Asimina reticlatum S
12 Aster Aster aff. dumosus D
13 Black Mangrove Avicennia germinans C
14 Saltbush Baccharis halimifolia C-D
15 Saltwort Batis maritima C
16 Tarflower Bejaria racemosa S
17 Spanish Needle Bidens alba D
18 Swamp Fern Blechnum serrulatum H
19 Sea Oxeye Daisy Borrichia frutscens C
20 Tough Bumelia Bumelia tenax P
21 Grey Nicker Bean Caesalpinia pulcherrima C
22 Beautyberry Callicarpa americana H-P
23 Cassia Cassia ligustrina D
24 Love Vine, Woevine Cassytha filiformis S
25 Australian Pine Casuarina sp. D
26 Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasciculata S
27 Snowberry Chiococca alba H
28 Possum Grape Cissus verticillata H-D
29 Sour Orange Citrus aurantium H
30 Buttonwood Conocarpus erecta C
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31 Scrub Mint Conradina grandiflora P-S
32 Rattlebox Crotelaria spectabilis D
33 Carrotwood Cupaniopsis anacardiodes D
34 Swamp Cyrilla Cyrilla racemosa H
35 Coin Vine Dalbergia ecastophyllum C
36 Air Potato Dioscorea bulbifera D-H
37 Butterfly Orchid Encyclia tampensis H
38 Coral Bean Erythrina herbacea H
39 White Stopper Eugenia axillaris H
40 Frostweed Eupatorium serotinum D
41 Seaside Gentian Eustoma exaltatum C
42 Strangler Fig Ficus aurea H
43 Yellowtop Flaveria linearis C-D
44 Florida Privet Forestiera segregata H-C
45 Elliot's Milk Pea Galactia elliotti S
46 Loblolly Bay Gordonia lisanthus H
47 Blolly Guapira discolor H
48 Habenaria Orchid Habenaria odontopetala H
49 Firebush Hammelia patens H
50 Scorpion Tail Heliotropium angiospermum C
51 Gallberry Ilex glabra P
52 Virginia Willow Itea verginica H
53 Marsh Elder Iva frutescens C
54 Marsh mallow Kosteletzyka virginica C
55 White Mangrove Laguncularia racemosa C
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56 Lantana Lantana camara D
57 Blazing Star Liatris sp. S
58 Sea Lavender Limonium carolinianum C
59 Lupine Lupinus sp. S
60 Christmas Berry Lycium carolinanum C
61 Rusty Lyonia Lyonia fruiticosum P-S
62 Pink Lyonia Lyonia lucida P-S
63 Wild balsam apple Momordica charantia  
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64 Red Mulberry Morus rubra H
65 Wild Grape Vitis rotundifolia H-P-D
66 Simpson's Stopper Myrcianthes fragrans var. simpsoni H
67 Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera H-P-D
68 Myrsine Myrsine guinanensis H
69 Lancewood Nectandra coriacea H
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70 Tuberous Sword Fern Nephrolepsis cordifolia H
71 Basket Grass Oplismenus setarius H
72 Coastal Plain Palafox Palofoxia integrifolia S
73 Giant Panicum Panicum maximum D
74 Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia H
75 Redbay Persea borbonia H
76 Golden Polypody Phlebodium aureum H
77 Pokeberry Phytolacca americana H-D
78 Pennyroyal Piloblephis rigida S
79 Sand Pine Pinus clausa S
80 South Florida Slash Pine Pinus elliotti var. densa P
81 Goldenaster Pityopsis graminifolia S
82 Silk-grass Pityopsis oligantha S
83 Marsh Fleabane Pluchea odorata C
84 Wild Plumbago Plumbago scandens H
85 Wireweed Polygonella gracilis S
86 Resurrection Fern Polypodium polypodioides H
87 Cherry Laurel Prunus carolinianum H
88 Cattley Guava Psidium cattelianum H-D
89 Guava Psidium guajava H-D
90 Whisk Fern Psilotum nudum H
91 Wild Coffee Psychotria nervosa H
92 Wild Coffee Psychotria sulzneri H
93 Pineland Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum H-S
94 Chapman Oak Quercus chapmani P-S
95 Scrub Live Oak Quercus geminata P-S
96 Laurel Oak Quercus laurifolia H
97 Myrtle Oak Quercus myrtifolia S
98 Live Oak Quercus virginiana H
99 White Indigo Berry Randia aculeata H
100 Myrsine Rapanea punctata H
101 Red Mangrove Rhizophora mangle C
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102 Shiny Sumac Rhus copallina S
103 Rougeberry Rivinia humilis H
104 Cabbage Palm Sabal palmetto H
105 Red Salvia Salvia coccinea  
106 Elderberry Sambucus canadensis H
107 Brazilian Pepper Schinus terebinthifolious D
108 Sensitive Briar Schrankia microphylla S
109 Saw Palmetto Serenoa repens H-P-S
110 Sea Purslane Sesuvium portulacastrum C
111 Earleaf Greenbrier Smilax auriculata H-P
112 Twinleaf Solanum Solanum diphyllum H-D
113 Downy Shield Fern Thelypteris dentata H
114 Southern Shield Fern Thelypteris kunthii H
115 Seaside Mahoe Thespesia populnea C
116 Red Wild Pine Tillandsia fasciculata H
117 Ball Moss Tillandsia recurvata H
118 Quill-leaf Wild Pine Tillandsia setacea H
119 Spanish Moss Tillandsia usneoides H
120 Green Wild Pine Tillandsia utriculata S-H
121 Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans D-H
122 Blue Curls Trichostema S
123 Gentian Noddingcaps Triphora gentianoides  
124 Caesarweed Urena lobata H-D
125 Shiny Blueberry Vaccinium myrsinites S
126 Climbing Cowpea Vigna luteola C
127 Shoestring Fern Vittaria lineata H
128 Shoestring Fern, Grass Fern Vittaria lineata H
129 Wedelia Wedelia triloba D
130 Virginia Chain Fern Woodwardia D
131 Tallowwood Ximenia americana P-S
132 Hercules Club Zanthoxylum clava herculis H
       

CREDITS

This plant list for the ORCA Extension Property was started by Sue Thompson and Janice Broda. Joe Carroll and Martha Willoughby added to it on 9/30/00. Judy Avril, Pearl McKenzie, Brandon McKenzie, Emilee Peters, and Gayle Peters updated it on 5/17/03. Judy Avril added more plants on 6/1/03.
 
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