Special Collections
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
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| 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 | |
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