Sperry Herbarium: Woody Plants of Southeast Kansas: By Leaf and Type

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BY COMMON NAME BY SCIENTIFIC NAME BY LEAF & HABIT

EVERGREEN

Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)

CACTI

Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa)

Plains Prickly Pear (Opuntia macrorhiza)

ALTERNATE AND CLUSTERED

Possum Haw (Ilex decidua)

Wooly Buckthorn, Chittum Wood (Sideroxylon languinosum)

ALTERNATE AND COMPOUND

SHRUBS

Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

Common Elderberry (Sambucus nigra var. canadensis)

Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)

Highbush Blackberry (Rubus argutus)

Highbush Blackberry (Rubus pensilvanicus)

Hop Tree (Ptelea trifoliate)

Indigo Bush (Amorpha fruticosa)

Lead Plant (Amorpha canescens)

Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)

Pasture Rose, Carolina Rose (Rosa carolina)

Prairie Rose, Climbing Rose (Rosa setigera)

Prairie Wild Rose (Rosa arkansana)

Prickly Ash, Toothache Tree (Zanthoxylum americanum)

TREES

Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordifofmis); Black Hickory (Carya texana); Black Locust (Robinia pseudo-acacia); Black Walnut (Juglans nigra); Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos); Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica); Mimosa, Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin); Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa); Pecan (Carya illinoinesis); Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans); Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata); Shellbark Hickory (Carya laciniosa); Soapberry (Sapindus drummondii)

TREE OR SHRUB: Aromatic Sumac, Fragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica); Hop Tree (Ptelea trifoliate); Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra); Winged Sumac, Dwarf Sumac (Rhus copallina)

WOODY VINES

Virginia Creeper, Woodbine (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens)

ALTERNATE AND SIMPLE

SHRUBS

Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)

Buckbrush, Coral Berry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)

Deerberry, Highbush Huckleberry (Vaccinium stamineum)

Farkleberry, Sparkelberry (Vaccinium arboretum)

Frosty Hawthorn (Crataegus pruinosa )

Goldern Currant (Ribes odoratum)

Hazelnut (Corylus americana)

Heart-leaved Willow (Salix rigida)

Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)

Lowbush Blueberry, Lowbush Huckleberry (Vaccinium pallidum)

Missouri Gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)

New Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball (Ceanothus americanus)

Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)

Possum Haw (Ilex decidua)

Red Root, New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus herbaceous)

Spice Bush (Lindera benzoin)

TREES

American Basswood, Linden Tree (Tilia americana); American Elm (Ulmus americana); Black Cherry, Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina); Black Jack Oak (Quercus marilandica); Black Willow (Salix nigra); Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa); Chinkapin Oak (Quercus muehlenbergii); Cockspur Thorn (Crataegus crus-gallii); Coral Berry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus); Cottonwood (Populus deltoides); Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis); Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra); Osage Orange, Hedge Apple, Bois D'arc (Maclura pomifera); Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera); Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana); Pin Oak (Quercus palustris); Post Oak (Quercus stellata); Red Mulberry (Morus rubra); River Birch (Betula nigra); Russian Olive, Oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia); Sassafras (Sassafras albidum); Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea); Shumard Oak (Quercus shumardii); Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra); Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata); Sycamore, Plane Tree (Platanus occidentalis); White Mulberry (Morus alba); White Oak (Quercus alba); Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)

TREE OR SHRUB: Alder (Alnus serrulata); Carolina Willow (Salix caroliniana); Chickasaw Plum, Kansas Sand Plum (Prunus angustifolia); Dwarf Hackberry (Celtis tenuifolia); Paw Paw, Ozark Banana (Asimina triloba); Redbud (Cercis canadensis); Service Berry, June Berry, Shadbush, Sarviss Tree (Amelanchier arborea); Wild Goose Plum (Prunus munsoniana); Wild Plum, American Plum (Prunus americana); Wooly Buckthorn, Chittum Wood (Sideroxylon languinosum)

WOODY VINES

American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)

Bristly Greenbrier, Catbrier (Smilax hispida)

Carolina Moonseed (Cocculus carolinus)

Catbrier, Greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox)

Cupseed (Calycocarpum lyonii)

Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Raccoon Grape (Ampelopsis cordata)

Riverbank Grape, Frost Grape (Vitis riparia)

Summer Grape (Vitis aestivalis)

Winter Grape (Vitis cinera)

Wooly Pipevine, Dutchman’s Pipe (Aristolochia tomentosa)

BASAL

SHRUBS

Spanish Bayonet, Adam’s Needle (Yucca filamentosa)

OPPOSITE AND COMPOUND

TREES

Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthes altissima)

TREE OR SHRUB: Bladdernut, American Bladdernut (Staphylea_trifoliata); Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)

WOODY VINE

Trumpet Creeper, Devil’s Shoelaces, Cow Itch Vine (Campsis radicans)

Virgin’s Bower (Clematis virginiana)

OPPOSITE AND SIMPLE

SHRUB

Black Haw (Viburnum prunifolium)

Bush Honeysuckle, Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)

Mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum)

Round Fruit St. John’s Wort (Hypericum sphaerocarpum)

Southern Black Haw, Nannyberry, Rusty Black Haw, Wild Raisin (Viburnum rufidulum)

St. Andrew’s Cross (Hypericum hypericoides)

Wahoo, Burning Bush (Euonymus atropurpureus)

Winged Euonymus, Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)

TREES

Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata)

Box Elder, Ash-leaved Maple (Acer negundo)

Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

Northern Catalpa, Cigar Tree, Catawba Tree (Catalpa speciosa)

Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)

Swamp Dogwood (Cornus amomum )

White Ash (Fraxinus americana)

TREE OR SHRUB

Flowering Dogwood, Rough-leaved Dogwood, Florida Dogwood Dogwood (Cornus florida); Rough-leaved Dogwood (Cornus drummondii)

WOODY VINE: Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica); Trumpet Honeysuckle, Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens); Yellow Honeysuckle (Lonicera flava)

SIMPLE AND WHORLED

SHRUB

Buttonbush, Globe Flower (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Northern Catalpa, Cigar Tree, Catawba Tree (Catalpa speciosa)