Table 4.27. Common and scientific names of most vascular plants listed in the Chenier Plain 

 Characterization (Correll and Correll 1975, Montz 1975). 



Alligatorweed Altemathera philoxeroides 



American beauty berry Callicarpa americana 



American elm Ulmus americana 



Aster Aster spp. 



Bagscale Sacciolepsis striata 



Bahia grass Paspalum notatum 



Baldcypress Taxodium distichum 



Banana waterlily Nymphaea mexicana 



Bearded sprangletop Leptochloa fascicularis 



BeggarM'eed Desmodium spp. 



Bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon 



Bicolor lespedeza Lespedeze bicolor 



Big cordgrass Spartina cynosuroides 



Bittemut hickory Carya cordiformis 



Bitter pecan C. aquatica 



Blackberry Rubus spp. 



Blackcherry Prunus serotina 



Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica 



Black mangrove Avicennia germinans 



Blackrush /uncus roemerianus 



Black willow Salix nigra 



Blue hyssop Bacopa caroliniana 



Boxelder Acer negundo 



Brown top millet Panicum ramosum 



Buckbrush Baccharis halimifolia 



BuUtongue Saggittaria falcata 



Bulrush Scirpus spp. 



Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa 



Butterweed Senecio glabellus 



Buttonweed Diodia virginiana 



Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 



California bulrush Scirpus californicus 



Camphorweed Pluchea camphorata 



Carolina ash Fraxinus caroliniana 



Carpet grass Axonopus spp. 



Cattail Typha spp. 



Cherrybark oak. . . .Quercus falcata vai. pagodae folia 



Chickasaw plum Prunus angust if olia 



Chickweed Cerastium spp. 



Chinese tallowtree Sapium sebiferum 



Chufa Cyperus esculentus 



Clover Trifolium spp. 



Cocklebur Xanthium spp. 



Colorado River hemp Sesbania macrocarpa 



Common homwort Ceratophyllum echinatum 



Common lespedeza Lespedeza spp. 



Common reed , Phragmites communis 



Common water nymph Najas quadalupensis 



Coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 



Cottonwood Populus deltoides 



Cranesbill Geranium spp. 



Curly dock Rumex crispus 



Cyperus Cyperus spp. 



Dallis grass Paspalum dilatatum 



Deciduous holly Ilex decidua 



Deer pea Vigna luteola 



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Delta duck-potato Sagittaria platyphylla 



Delta threesquare Scirpus deltanim 



Dichondra Dichondra spp. 



Disc water-hyssop Bacopa rotundifolia 



Dock Rumex spp. 



Doveweed Croton spp. 



Drummond red maple Acer rubrum var. drummondii 



Duck lettuce Otellia alismoides 



Duck potato Sagittaria latifolia 



Duckweed Lemna perpusilla 



Eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana 



Elderberry Sambucus canadensis 



Fall panicum Panicum dichotomiflorum 



Fanwort Cabomba caroliniana 



Fescue grass Festuca spp. 



FimbristyUs Fimbristylis spp. 



Flat sedge Cyperus odoratus 



Foxtail grass Setaria glauca 



Frogfruit Phyla spp. 



Giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 



Giant reed Arundo donax 



Giant ragweed Ambrosia trifida 



Glasswort Salicornia bigelovii 



Goldenrod Solidago spp. 



Goosegrass Eleusine indica 



Grape Vitis spp. 



Greenbriar Smilax spp. 



Groundseltree (bush) Baccharis halimifolia 



Gulf cordgrass Spartina spartinae 



Gulf spikerush Eleocharis cellulosa 



Hackberry Celtis laevigata 



Haw (hawthorn) Crataegus spp. 



Heliotrope Heliotropium spp. 



Homed bladderwort Utricularia cornuta 



Honeysuckle Lonicera spp. 



Japanese millet Echinochloa crusgalli 



vax. frumentacea 



Jointvetch Aeschynomene spp. 



Laurel oak Quercus laurifolia 



Leafy three-square Scirpus robustus 



Live oak Quercus virginiana 



Lizard's tail Saururus cernuus 



Loblolly pine Pinus taeda 



Longleaf pine P. palustris 



Loosestrife Lysimachia spp. 



Maidencane Panicum hemitomon 



Marsh elder Iva frutescens 



Marsh purslane Ludwigia palustris 



Millet Echinochloa spp. 



Mock orange Styrax americana 



Morning glory Ipomoea spp. 



Mudbank paspalum Paspalum dissectum 



Muskmelon Cucumis melo 



Needlerush Juncus roemerianus 



Nutgrass Cyperus rotundus 



Nuttall Oak Quercus nuttallii 



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