A digital collection of botanical drawings depicting 175 common and rare, native and non-native species. The illustrators whose work is included in this collection are Ann Murray, Laura Line, Dale Johnson, Susan Trammell, Ana Ramey, Sandra Murphy-Pak, and Katrina Vitkus.

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A

• Aletris farinosa – colic-root
• Allium canadense – Canada garlic
• Alternanthera philoxeroides – alligator weed – Non-Native
• Ampelopsis arborea – peppervine
• Andropogon glomeratus – bushy beardgrass
• Ardisia crenata – coral ardisia – Non-Native
• Ardisia elliptica – shoebutton ardisia – Non-Native
• Ardisia escallonioides – marlberry
• Arundo donax – giant reed – Non-Native
• Asimina reticulata – pawpaw
• Azolla caroliniana – Azolla

B

• Bacopa caroliniana – blue-hyssop
• Berchemia scandens – rattan vine
• Bidens laevis – bur-marigold
• Brasenia schreberi – water shield
• Butomus umbellatus – flowering rush – Non-Native

C

• Cabomba caroliniana – fanwort
• Carex spp. – sedge
• Carex comosa – sedge
• Carex glaucescens – waxy sedge
• Casuarina spp. – Australian pine – Non-Native
• Caulerpa taxifolia – caulerpa marine green alga
• Cephalanthus occidentalis – buttonbush
• Ceratophyllum demersum – coontail
• Chara spp. – muskgrass
• Cicuta mexicana – water hemlock
• Cinnamomum camphora – camphor tree – Non-Native
• Cladium jamaicense – saw-grass
• Colocasia esculenta – wild taro – Non-Native
• Colubrina asiatica – lather leaf – Non-Native
• Crassula helmsii – swamp stonecrop – Non-Native
• Cyperus alopecuroides – foxtail flat sedge – Non-Native
• Cyperus difformis – smallflower umbrella sedge – Non-Native
• Cyperus distinctus – flat sedge
• Cyperus iria – rice flatsedge – Non-Native
• Cyperus odoratus – flat sedge
• Cyperus prolifer – dwarf papyrus – Non-Native

D

• Decodon verticillatus – swamp loosestrife
• Dichromena colorata – white-top sedge, Star rush
• Dioscorea bulbifera – air potato – Non-Native

E

• Echinodorus cordifolius – creeping burhead
• Egeria densa – waterweed – Non-Native
• Eichhornia crassipes – water hyacinth – Non-Native
• Eleocharis baldwinii – slender spikerush
• Eleocharis equisetoides – jointed spikerush
• Equisetum hyemale – scouring rush horsetail
• Eriocaulon decangulare – ten-angle pipewort

F

• Fuirena scirpoidea – rush fuirena

H

• Habenaria blephariglottis – white fringed orchid
• Helianthus angustifolius – narrow-leaf sunflower
• Hydrilla verticillata – hydrilla – Non-Native
• Comparisons: Hydrilla-Elodea-Egeria
• Comparisons: Hydrilla-Elodea-Egeria-Lagarosiphon
• Hydrocharis morsus-ranae – European frog-bit – Non-Native
• Hydrocotyle spp. – water pennywort
• Hygrophila polysperma – hygro – Non-Native
• Hymenachne amplexicaulis – East Indian marsh grass – Non-Native

I

• Ipomoea aquatica – water spinach – Non-Native
• Ipomoea fistulosa – blue morning-glory – Non-Native
• Iris virginica – southern blue flag
• Iris pseudacorus – yellow flag – Non-Native

J

• Juncus effusus – soft rush
• Juncus elliottii – Elliott’s rush
• Juncus megacephalus – bighead rush

L

• Lachnanthes caroliniana – redroot
• Lagarosiphon spp. – African elodea – Non-Native
• Landoltia punctata – dotted duckweed – Non-Native
• Lemna minor – small duckweed
• Liatris spicata – blazing star
• Ligustrum sinense – Chinese privet – Non-Native
• Lilium catesbaei – Catesby’s lily
• Limnobium spongia – frog’s bit
• Limnocharis flava -flowering rush – Non-Native
• Limnophila sessiliflora – limnophila – Non-Native
• Lobelia cardinalis – cardinal-flower
• Ludwigia alternifolia – seed-box
• Ludwigia grandiflora – large flower primrose willow
• Ludwigia peruviana – Peruvian primrose-willow
• Ludwigia repens – red ludwigia
• Luziola fluitans – watergrass
• Lygodium japonicum – Japanese climbing fern – Non-Native
• Lygodium microphyllum – Old World climbing fern – Non-Native
• Lythrum salicaria – purple loosestrife – Non-Native

M

• Mayaca fluviatilis – bog moss
• Melaleuca quinquenervia – melaleuca – Non-Native
• Melia azedarach – Chinaberry – Non-Native
• Melothria pendula – creeping cucumber
• Micranthemum glomeratum – baby’s-tears
• Mimosa pigra – giant sensitive plant – Non-Native
• Monochoria hastata – Non-Native
• Monochoria vaginalis – Non-Native
• Muhlenbergia capillaris – Gulf muhly grass
• Myriophyllum aquaticum – parrot feather – Non-Native
• Myriophyllum heterophyllum – variable-leaved milfoil
• Myriophyllum spicatum – Eurasian water milfoil – Non-Native

N

• Najas guadalupensis – southern naiad
• Nechamandra alternifolia – Non-Native
• Nelumbo lutea – American lotus
• Nephrolepis cordifolia – Boston fern
• Nitella spp. – stonewort
• Nuphar advena – cow lily, spatterdock
• Nymphaea odorata – fragrant water lily
• Nymphoides aquatica – banana lily
• Nymphoides cristata – crested floating heart
• Nymphoides indica – water snowflake
• Nymphoides peltata – yellow floating heart – Non-Native

O

• Oryza rufipogon – wild red rice – Non-Native
• Oscillatoria spp.
• Oxypolis filiformis – water dropwort

P

• Paederia foetida – skunk vine – Non-Native
• Panicum hemitomon – maidencane
• Panicum repens – torpedograss – Non-Native
• Parthenocissus quinquefolia – Virginia creeper
• Paspalum urvillei – vasey grass – Non-Native
• Passiflora incarnata – purple passion flower
• Pennisetum purpureum – elephant grass – Non-Native
• Phalaris arundinacea – reed canarygrass – Non-Native
• Phragmites australis – common reed
• Pistia stratiotes – water lettuce – Non-Native
• Polygonum densiflorum – dense-flower knotweed
• Polygonum hydropiperoides – swamp smartweed
• Pontederia cordata – pickerelweed
• Pontederia rotundifolia – tropical pickerelweed – Non-Native
• Potamogeton crispus – curly pondweed – Non-Native
• Potamogeton diversifolius – variable-leaved pondweed
• Potamogeton illinoensis – Illinois pondweed
• Potamogeton pusillus – pondweed
• Potamogeton richardsonii – Richardson’s pondweed
• Proserpinaca palustris – marsh mermaid-weed
• Proserpinaca pectinata – combleaf mermaid-weed

R

• Rhodomyrtus tomentosus – downy rose myrtle – Non-Native
• Rhynchospora cephalantha – bunched beakrush
• Rhynchospora inundata – inundated beakrush
• Ruellia simplex – Mexican-petunia

S

• Sacciolepis striata – American cupscale-grass
• Sagittaria filiformis (S. stagnorum) – standing-water arrowhead
• Sagittaria graminea – slender arrowhead
• Sagittaria lancifolia – bulltongue arrowhead
• Salvinia minima – water spangles – Non-Native
• Salvinia molesta – giant salvinia – Non-Native
• Sambucus canadensis – elderberry
• Sapium sebiferum – Chinese tallow – Non-Native
• Saururus cernuus – lizard’s-tail
• Schinus terebinthifolia – Brazilian pepper-tree – Non-Native
• Scirpus californicus – giant bulrush
• Scirpus cubensis – Cuban bulrush
• Scleria lacustris – Wright’s nut-rush – Non-Native
• Senna pendula – climbing cassia – Non-Native
• Smilax species – comparisons
• Smilax glauca – cat greenbrier
• Smilax laurifolia – bamboo vine
• Smilax tamnoides – bristly greenbrier
• Smilax walteri – coral greenbrier
• Solanum tampicense – aquatic soda apple – Non-Native
• Sparganium americanum – American bur-reed
• Sparganium erectum – bur-reed – Non-Native
• Spartina alterniflora – smooth cordgrass
• Spirodela polyrhiza – giant duckweed
• Spirogyra spp.
• Stratiotes aloides – water soldier, Water aloe – Non-Native

T

• Thalia geniculata – fire flag
• Trapa natans – water chestnut – Non-Native
• Typha (T. domingensis, T. latifolia) – cat-tail
• Ulothrix spp.
• Urochloa mutica (Brachiaria mutica) – para grass – Non-Native
• Utricularia purpurea – purple bladderwort
• Utricularia radiata – little floating bladderwort

V

• Vallisneria americana – tape grass
• Viola spp. – American violet
• Vitis aestivalis spp. – summer grape
• Vitis rotundifolia spp. – muscadine grape
• Vossia cuspidata – hippo grass – Non-Native

W

• Wolffia columbiana – water-meal
• Wolffiella floridana – mud-midget

X

• Xyris spp. – yellow-eyed grass

Z

• Zizania aquatica – wild rice
• Zizaniopsis miliaceae – giant cutgrass