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 |
| Lysichiton americanus | American Skunkcabbage Yellow-skunk-cabbage Swamp Lantern | |
| Lycopodium clavatum | Running Clubmoss | |
| Lycopodium dendroideum | Tree Groundpine | |
| Lysimachia lanceolata | Lanceleaf Loosestrife Lance-leaved Loosestrife | |
| Lyonia lucida | Shining Fetterbush Fetterbush Lyonia Shinyleaf Fetterbush Staggerbush | |
| Lyonia mariana | Piedmont Staggerbush Staggerbush | |
| Lygodium palmatum | American Climbing Fern Hartford Fern Creeping Fern Windsor Fern | |
| Lysimachia quadrifolia | Whorled Yellow Loosestrife Whorled Loosestrife Prairie Loosestrife | |
| Magnolia acuminata | Cucumbertree Cucumber Tree Mountain Magnolia | |
| Malus angustifolia | Southern Crabapple Narrowleaf Crabapple Wild Crabapple Southern Crab Narrowleaf Crab Wild Crab | |
| Magnolia ashei | Ashe's Magnolia Ashe Magnolia Deciduous Magnolia | |
| Macbridea caroliniana | Carolina Birds-in-a-nest | |
| Maianthemum canadense | Canada Mayflower False Lily-of-the-valley | |
| Magnolia fraseri | Mountain Magnolia Fraser Magnolia | |
| Matelea gonocarpos | Anglepod Angularfruit Milkvine | |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia Evergreen Magnolia Loblolly Magnolia Great Laurel Magnolia Big Laurel Bull Bay | |
| Magnolia macrophylla | Bigleaf Magnolia | |
| Marshallia mohrii | Mohr's Barbara's Buttons Coosa Barbara's Buttons | |
| Marshallia obovata | Spoonshaped Barbara's Buttons Piedmont Barbara' Buttons | |
| Magnolia pyramidata | Pyramid Magnolia | |
| Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum | Feathery False Lily Of The Valley False Spikenard False Solomon's Seal Solomon's Plume Smilacina | |
| Matteuccia struthiopteris | Ostrich Fern | |
| Maianthemum stellatum | Starry False Lily Of The Valley Starry False Solomon's Seal Star-flowered Solomon's Seal | |
| Magnolia tripetala | Umbrella Tree Umbrella Magnolia | |
| Marshallia trinervia | Broadleaf Barbara's Buttons Colonial Barbara's Buttons Southern Barbara's Buttons | |
| Magnolia virginiana | Sweetbay Sweetbay Magnolia Southern Sweetbay Swampbay Swamp Magnolia Sweet Magnolia Small Magnolia Laurel Magnolia White Bay White Laurel Swamp Laurel Beaver Tree | |
| Manfreda virginica | False Aloe Rattlesnake Master | |
| Meehania cordata | Meehan's Mint | |
| Menziesia pilosa | Minniebush | |
| Medeola virginiana | Indian Cucumber Indian Cucumber-root | |
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia Bluebells | |
| Mitella diphylla | Twoleaf Miterwort Miterwort | |
| Mitchella repens | Partridgeberry Twinberry Running Box Pigeon Plum | |
| Monarda bradburiana | Eastern Beebalm Wild Bergamot Horsemint | |
| Morella caroliniensis | Southern Bayberry Swamp Bayberry Swamp Candleberry | |
| Monarda clinopodia | White Bergamot | |
| Monarda didyma | Scarlet Beebalm Oswego Tea Red Bergamot | |
| Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | |
| Morella pensylvanica | Northern Bayberry Candleberry | |
| Morus rubra | Red Mulberry Moral | |
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Gulf Muhly Hair-awn Muhly Hairy-awn Muhly Hair Grass Pink Muhly | |
| Muhlenbergia torreyana | New Jersey Muhly | |
| Narthecium americanum | Yellow Asphodel | |
| Neviusia alabamensis | Alabama Snow-wreath Neviusia | |
| Nelumbo lutea | American Lotus Yellow Water Lotus Yellow Lotus | |
| Nyssa aquatica | Water Tupelo Blackgum Sourgum Cotton Gum Swamp Tupelo Water Gum | |
| Nyssa biflora | Swamp Tupelo Swamp Blackgum | |
| Nyssa ogeche | Ogeechee Tupelo Ogeechee Lime | |
| Nyssa sylvatica | Tupelo Blackgum Black Tupelo Sourgum Pepperidge Tupelo Gum Beetlebung | |
| Oclemena nemoralis | Bog Aster | |
| Oligoneuron album | Prairie Goldenrod Prairie Flat-top-goldenrod Upland White Aster Stiff Aster Sneezewort Aster | |
| Oligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum | Stiff Goldenrod | |
| Onosmodium decipiens | Deceptive Marbleseed | |
| Onoclea sensibilis | Sensitive Fern Bead Fern Sympathy Fern | |
| Opuntia humifusa | Low Prickly Pear Smooth Prickly Pear Devil's Tongue | |
| Opuntia pusilla | Cockspur Prickly Pear Drummond's Prickly Pear | |
| Orontium aquaticum | Goldenclub Neverwet | |
| Osmanthus americanus | American Olive Devilwood Wild Olive | |
| Osmunda claytoniana | Interrupted Fern | |
| Osmunda regalis | Royal Fern | |
| Ostrya virginiana | Eastern Hop-hornbeam American Hop-hornbeam Woolly Hop-hornbean Eastern Ironwood Roughbark Ironwood Ironwood Deerwood Leverwood | |
| Oxydendrum arboreum | Sourwood Sorrel Tree | |
| Oxalis violacea | Violet Woodsorrel Violet Wood-sorrel | |
| Packera anonyma | Small's Ragwort | |
| Packera antennariifolia | Shale Barren Ragwort | |
| Paronychia argyrocoma | Silvery Nailwort | |
| Packera aurea | Golden Groundsel Golden Ragwort Butterweed | |
| Parthenium auriculatum | Wild Quinine | |
| Paxistima canbyi | Canby's Mountain-lover | |
| Passiflora incarnata | Maypop Purple Passionflower Purple Passion Vine Apricot Vine | |
| Passiflora lutea | Yellow Passionflower Yellow Passion Vine Yellow Passion-flower | |
| Pachysandra procumbens | Allegheny Spurge Mountain Spurge | |
| Panax quinquefolius | American Ginseng Wild Ginseng | |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper | |
| Panax trifolius | Dwarf Ginseng | |
| Pellaea atropurpurea | Purple Cliffbrake | |
| Persea borbonia | Redbay Red Bay Sweet Bay Silk Bay Red Bay Persea Laurel Tree | |
| Pediomelum canescens | Buckroot | |
| Penstemon calycosus | Long-sepal Penstemon Long-sepal Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon canescens | Eastern Gray Penstemon Eastern Gray Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon digitalis | Mississippi Penstemon Mississippi Beardtongue Smooth White Penstemon Smooth White Beardtongue Talus Slope Penstemon Talus Slope Beardtongue Foxglove Penstemon Foxglove Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon dissectus | Dissected Penstemon Dissected Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon laevigatus | Eastern Smooth Penstemon Eastern Smooth Beardtongue Smooth Penstemon Smooth Beardtongue Eastern Penstemon Eastern Beardtongue Hairy Penstemon Hairy Beardtongue | |
| Persea palustris | Swamp Bay Swampbay | |
| Penstemon smallii | Small's Penstemon Small's Beardtongue | |
| Penstemon tenuiflorus | Eastern Whiteflower Penstemon Eastern Whiteflower Beardtongue | |
| Phlox amoena | Hairy Phlox | |
| Physostegia angustifolia | Narrowleaf False Dragonhead False Dragon-head | |
| Phacelia bipinnatifida | Fernleaf Phacelia Fernleaf Scorpion Weed Spotted Phacelia Loose-flowered Phacelia | |
| Phlox bifida | Cleft Phlox Sand Phlox | |
| Phegopteris connectilis | Long Beechfern | |
| Phlox divaricata | Wild Blue Phlox Louisiana Phlox Blue Woodland Phlox Sweet William Wild Sweet William | |
| Phlox glaberrima ssp. triflora | Smooth Phlox | |
| Phegopteris hexagonoptera | Broad Beechfern Broad Beech Fern | |
| Philadelphus inodorus | Scentless Mock Orange | |
| Phlox latifolia | Wideflower Phlox Mountain Phlox | |
| Phlox maculata | Wild Sweetwilliam Meadow Phlox Wild Sweet William | |
| Phlox nivalis | Trailing Phlox | |
| Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides | Missouri Maidenbush Maidenbush | |
| Phlox pilosa | Downy Phlox Prairie Phlox Fragrant Phlox | |
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