Mt. Cuba Center
The Copeland family dedicated their Mt. Cuba estate to conserving the native plants that they cherished for future generations to enjoy in their natural setting. Today, the Center is passionately committed to preserving the rich flora of the Appalachian Piedmont Region through conservation, horticulture, and education & research.Printer Friendly: Species List | List with Images | List with QR Tags to Mobile
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Houstonia purpurea | Venus's Pride Large Houstonia Woodland Bluets Purple Bluets Mountain Bluets | |
Houstonia purpurea var. montana | Roan Mountain Bluet Venus's Pride | |
Houstonia serpyllifolia | Thymeleaf Bluet | |
Hypericum adpressum | Creeping St. John's-wort | |
Hydrangea arborescens | Smooth Hydrangea Wild Hydrangea Sevenbark | |
Hypericum ascyron | Great St. John's-wort Giant St. John's-wort | |
Hydrastis canadensis | Goldenseal | |
Hydrangea cinerea | Ashy Hydrangea Deam's Hydrangea Gray Hydrangea | |
Hypericum densiflorum | Bushy St. John's-wort | |
Hypericum denticulatum | Coppery St. John's-wort | |
Hypericum frondosum | Cedarglade St. John's-wort Golden St. John's-wort | |
Hypoxis hirsuta | Common Goldstar Yellow Star-grass Eastern Yellow Star-grass | |
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. multicaule | St. Andrew's-cross | |
Hypericum lloydii | Sandhill St. John's-wort | |
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum | Largeleaf Waterleaf Large-leaved Waterleaf | |
Hypericum prolificum | Shrubby St. John's-wort | |
Hydrangea quercifolia | Oakleaf Hydrangea Oak-leaf Hydrangea | |
Hydrangea radiata | Silverleaf Hydrangea | |
Hylotelephium telephioides | Allegheny Stonecrop | |
Hydrophyllum virginianum | Virginia Waterleaf Eastern Waterleaf Shawnee Salad | |
Hydrophyllum virginianum var. atranthum | Eastern Waterleaf | |
Ilex ambigua | Carolina Holly Sand Holly Possum Holly | |
Ilex amelanchier | Sarvis Holly Swamp Holly | |
Ilex cassine | Dahoon | |
Ilex coriacea | Baygall Bush Large Gallberry Gallberry Tall Inkberry Holly Inkberry Holly Shining Inkberry Inkberry | |
Ilex decidua | Possumhaw Possumhaw Holly Deciduous Holly Meadow Holly Prairie Holly Swamp Holly Welk Holly Deciduous Yaupon Bearberry Winterberry | |
Illicium floridanum | Florida Anisetree Florida Anise Anise Tree Stinkbush | |
Ilex glabra | Inkberry Gallberry | |
Ilex montana | Mountain Holly Mountain Winterberry | |
Ilex mucronata | Catberry | |
Ilex myrtifolia | Myrtle Dahoon Myrtle Leaf Holly Myrtle Holly | |
Ilex opaca | American Holly White Holly Prickly Holly Evergreen Holly Christmas Holly Yule Holly | |
Ilex verticillata | Common Winterberry Winterberry Michigan Holly Black Alder | |
Ionactis linariifolius | Flaxleaf Whitetop Aster Stiff Aster Flaxleaf Aster | |
Ipomopsis rubra | Standing Cypress Texas Plume Red Texas Star Red Gilia | |
Iris brevicaulis | Zigzag Iris | |
Iris cristata | Dwarf Crested Iris | |
Iris prismatica | Slender Blue Iris Slender Blue Flag Coastal Iris | |
Iris tridentata | Savanna Iris | |
Iris verna | Dwarf Violet Iris Vernal Iris Dwarf Iris | |
Iris versicolor | Harlequin Blueflag Northern Blue Flag Large Blue Iris | |
Iris verna var. smalliana | Dwarf Violet Iris Mountain Vernal Iris | |
Isotria verticillata | Large Whorled Pogonia Purple Fiveleaf Orchid | |
Itea virginica | Virginia Sweetspire Tassel-white Virginia Willow | |
Jamesianthus alabamensis | Alabama Warbonnet | |
Jeffersonia diphylla | Twinleaf | |
Justicia americana | American Water-willow Water-willow | |
Juglans cinerea | Butternut White Walnut | |
Juncus effusus | Common Rush Soft Rush | |
Juglans nigra | Black Walnut Eastern Black Walnut American Black Walnut | |
Juncus tenuis | Poverty Rush Path Rush | |
Juniperus virginiana | Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redcedar Virginia Juniper Red Juniper Pencil Cedar Carolina Cedar Red Savin | |
Kalmia angustifolia | Sheep Laurel Lambkill Kalmia Lambkill | |
Kalmia carolina | Carolina Laurel | |
Kalmia cuneata | Whitewicky White Wicky | |
Kalmia latifolia | Mountain Laurel Calico Bush Kalmia Mountain-laurel | |
Kalmia polifolia | Bog Laurel Pale Laurel Swamp Laurel | |
Krigia montana | Mountain Dwarfdandelion | |
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum | Southern Bogbutton | |
Leucothoe axillaris | Coastal Doghobble Coast Leucothoe | |
Leiophyllum buxifolium | Sandmyrtle Sand-myrtle | |
Lespedeza capitata | Roundhead Lespedeza Roundhead Bush-clover Round-headed Lespedeza Round-headed Bush-clover | |
Leucothoe fontanesiana | Highland Doghobble Drooping Leucothoe | |
Litsea aestivalis | Pondspice | |
Listera australis | Southern Twayblade | |
Lindera benzoin | Northern Spicebush Spicebush Wild Allspice | |
Lithospermum canescens | Hoary Puccoon | |
Lilium canadense | Canada Lily Canadian Lily Wild Yellow Lily | |
Lilium catesbaei | Pine Lily Southern Red Lily Catesby's Lily | |
Lilium canadense ssp. editorum | Canada Lily | |
Liatris cylindracea | Ontario Blazing Star Ontario Gayfeather Ontario Liatris Dwarf Blazing Star Dwarf Gayfeather Dwarf Liatris | |
Lilium grayi | Gray's Lily | |
Liatris gracilis | Slender Blazing Star Slender Gayfeather Slender Liatris | |
Liatris helleri | Heller's Blazing Star Heller's Gayfeather Heller's Liatris | |
Lilium iridollae | Pot-of-Gold Lily Panhandle Lily | |
Liparis liliifolia | Brown Widelip Orchid Large Twayblade | |
Lilium michauxii | Carolina Lily | |
Liatris microcephala | Smallhead Blazing Star Smallhead Gayfeather Smallhead Liatris | |
Lilium michiganense | Michigan Lily Turk's Cap Lily | |
Lilium philadelphicum | Wood Lily | |
Lilium philadelphicum var. andinum | Western Wood Lily Western Red Lily Wood Lily | |
Liatris pilosa | Shaggy Blazing Star Shaggy Gayfeather Shaggy Liatris Grass-leaf Blazingstar | |
Lilium pyrophilum | Sandhills Lily | |
Liatris scariosa | Devil's Bite Large Blazing Star Large Gayfeather Large Liatris Savanna Blazing Star Savanna Gayfeather Savanna Liatris | |
Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii | Nieuwland's Blazing Star Nieuwland's Gayfeather Nieuwland's Liatris | |
Liatris spicata | Dense Blazing Star Dense Gayfeather Dense Liatris Marsh Blazing Star Marsh Gayfeather Marsh Liatris | |
Liatris squarrosa | Scaly Blazing Star Scaly Gayfeather Scaly Liatris | |
Liatris squarrulosa | Appalachian Blazing Star Appalachian Gayfeather Appalachian Liatris | |
Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweetgum American Sweetgum Red Gum White Gum Star-leaved Gum Starleaf Gum Alligator Tree Satin Walnut Bilsted Liquidambar | |
Lilium superbum | Turk's-cap Lily | |
Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Tree Tulip Poplar Yellow Poplar | |
Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | |
Lonicera canadensis | American Fly Honeysuckle | |
Lonicera flava | Yellow Honeysuckle | |
Lobelia puberula | Downy Lobelia | |
Lonicera sempervirens | Coral Honeysuckle Trumpet Honeysuckle Woodbine | |
Lobelia siphilitica | Great Blue Lobelia | |
Luzula acuminata | Hairy Woodrush | |
Ludwigia hirtella | Spindleroot | |
Lupinus perennis | Sundial Lupine Wild Lupine | |
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