BIO 350 Plant Lists  2008

(Dr. John Rushin, Professor of Biology, Missouri Western State University)

Bio 350 students must learn to identify and name (common name, genus or genus and species and family as given below) the plants from each of the following two lists: Fall Herbaceous Plants and Woody Plants.

Most of the plants on the lists above (Fall Herbaceous and Woodys) can be easily found on the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) Native Plant Species List.  Click on the species in question for detailed images and information from the MDC.  The MDC Native Plant Species List is an excellent study guide for learning the plants that you are required to identify and name in Bio 350.  Also use the Study Mounts and (best of all!) Sightings in the Field.  (Another website where many of the plant on the Bio 350 lists can be accessed is the Index of Scientific Names: Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses.)

 

Fall Herbaceous Plant List (a sampling)
The following is a list of common plants collected in northwest Missouri in the fall. You should be able to identify these plants by sight with the nomenclature given below:

"white snakeroot" Eupatorium fam: Asteraceae (Compositae)
"thoroughwort" Eupatorium fam: Asteraceae
"ironweed" Vernonia fam: Asteraceae
"giant ragweed" Ambrosia fam: Asteraceae
"small ragweed" Ambrosia fam: Asteraceae
"sunflower" Helianthus annuus fam: Asteraceae
"Jeruslaem Artichoke" Helianthus tuberosus fam: Asteraceae
"bull thistlle" Cirsium fam: Asteraceae
"musk thistle" Carduus fam: Asteraceae
"wild lettuce" Lactuca fam: Asteraceae
"black-eyed Susan" Rudbeckia fam: Asteraceae
"yarrow" Achillea fam: Asteraceae
"gay feather" Liatris fam: Asteraceae
"Queen Anne's Lace" Daucus fam: Apiaceae
"hemp" Cannabis fam: Moraceae
"partridge pea" Cassia fam: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
"sweet clover" Melilotus fam: Fabaceae
"red clover" Trifolium fam: Fabaceae
"tick-trefoil" Desmodium fam: Fabaceae
"bindweed" Convolvus fam: Convolvulaceaae
"wood sorrel" Oxalis fam: Oxalidaceae
"trumpet creeper" Campsis fam: Bignoniaceae
"yellow jewelweed" Impatiens pallida fam: Balsaminaceae
"orange jewelweed" Impatiens capensis fam: Balsaminaceae
"mullein" Verbascum fam: Scrophulariaceae
"stinging nettle" Urtica fam: Urticaceae
"stinging nettle" Laportea fam: Urticaceae
"big bluestem" Andropogon fam: Poaceae (Gramineae)
"little bluestem" Andropogon fam: Poaceae
"sideoats grama" Bouteloua fam: Poaceaae
"Indian grass" Sorghastrum fam: Poaceae
"switch grass" Panicum fam: Poaceae
"purple top" Tridens fam: Poaceae
"jimpson weed" Datura fam: Solanaceae
"horse nettle" Solanum fam: Solanaceae
"milkweed" Asclepias fam: Asclepidaceae
"pokeberry" Phytolacca fam: Phytolaccaceae
"evening primrose" Oenothera fam: Onagraceae
"gaura" Gaura fam: Onagraceae
"Virginia knotweed" Polygonum fam: Polygonaceae
"lobelia" Lobelia syphilitica fam: Campanulaceae
"bellwort" Campanula americana fam: Campanulaceae
"vervain" Verbena fam: Verbenaceae
"goldenrod" Solidago fam: Asteraceae

Woody Plant List (a sampling)
"American elm" Ulmus americana fam: Ulmaceae
"Arkansas rose" Rosa arkansana fam: Rosaceae
"white ash" Fraxinus fam: Oleaceae
"green ash" Fraxinus fam: Oleaceae 
"bitternut hickory" Carya cordiformes fam:Junglandaceae
"shagbark hickory" Carya ovata fam: Juglandaceae
"black cherry" Prunus serotina fam: Rosaceae
"black oak" Quercus velutina fam: Fagaceae
"blackberry" Rubus fam: Rosaceae
"black walnut" Juglans fam: Juglandaceae
"box elder" Acer negundo fam: Aceraceae
"burr oak" Quercus macrocarpa fam: Fagaceae
"buckbrush" Symphoricarpos fam: Caprifoliaceae
"bush honeysuckle" Lonicera Morrowi fam: Caprifoliaceae
"chestnut oak" Quercus prinoides fam: Fagaceae
"dwarf sumac" Rhus fam: Anacardiaceae
"eastern cottonwood" Populus deltoides fam: Salicaceae
"elderberry" Sambucus fam: Caprifoliaceae
"gooseberry" Ribes fam: Saxifragaceae
"greenbriar" Smilax fam: Liliaceae
"hackberry" Celtis fam:Ulmaceae
"hawthorne" Craetagus fam: Rosaceae
"hazelnut" Corylus fam: Corylaceae
"honey locust" Glidetsia fam: Fabaceae
"Ohio buckeye" Aesculus fam: Hippocastanaceae
"ironwood" Ostrya fam: Corylaceae
"hazelnut" Corylus fam: Corylaceae
"multiflora rose" Rosa multiflora fam: Rosaceae
"hedge apple" Maclura fam: Moraceae
"paw paw" Asimina fam: Annonaceae
"poison ivy" Rhus radicans fam: Anacardiaceae
"prairie rose" Rosa setigera fam: Rosaceae
"red mulberry" Morus rubra fam: Moraceae
"redbud" Cercis fam: Fabaceae
"red oak" Quercus rubra fam: Fagaceae
"rough-leaved dogwood" Cornus fam: Cornaceae
"silver maple" Acer sacharinum fam: Aceraceae
"sugar maple" Acer sacharum fam: Aceraceae
"staph tree" Staphylea fam: Staphylaceae
"southern flowering crabapple" Pyrus fam: Rosaceae
"smooth sunmac" Rhus fam: Anacardiaceae
"sycamore" Platanus fam: Platanaceae
"Virginia creeper" Parthenocissus fam: Vitaceae
"white oak" Quercus alba fam: Fagaceae
"wild plum" Prunus americana fam: Rosaceae
"wild grape" Vitis fam: Vitaceae
"willow" Salix fam: Salicaceae