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
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| Quercus ellipsoidalis | Northern Pin Oak Black Oak Hill's Oak | |
| Quercus falcata | Southern Red Oak Bottomland Red Oak Three-lobed Red Oak Spanish Oak | |
| Quercus incana | Bluejack Oak Sandjack Oak Upland Willow Oak Cinnamon Oak Shin Oak Turkey Oak | |
| Quercus lyrata | Overcup Oak Swamp Post Oak Water White Oak Swamp White Oak | |
| Quercus macrocarpa | Bur Oak Burr Oak Savanna Oak Overcup Oak Prairie Oak Mossy-cup Oak Mossy-overcup Oak Blue Oak | |
| Quercus michauxii | Swamp Chestnut Oak Basket Oak Cow Oak Swamp Oak | |
| Quercus montana | Chestnut Oak Rock Chestnut Oak Mountain Chestnut Oak Rock Oak Tanbark Oak | |
| Quercus muehlenbergii | Chinkapin Oak Chinquapin Oak Chestnut Oak Yellow Chestnut Oak Rock Chestnut Oak Yellow Oak Rock Oak | |
| Quercus nigra | Water Oak Possum Oak Duck Oak Punk Oak Spotted Oak | |
| Quercus palustris | Pin Oak Swamp Spanish Oak | |
| Quercus pagoda | Cherrybark Oak | |
| Quercus phellos | Willow Oak Swamp Willow Oak Pin Oak Peach Oak | |
| Quercus prinoides | Dwarf Chinkapin Oak Scrub Chestnut Oak | |
| Quercus rubra | Northern Red Oak | |
| Quercus rubra var. ambigua | Northern Red Oak | |
| Quercus ×saulii | Saul Oak Saul's Oak | |
| Quercus shumardii | Shumard Oak Shumard's Oak Shumard Red Oak Southern Red Oak Swamp Red Oak Spotted Oak | |
| Quercus texana | Nuttall Oak Texas Oak | |
| Quercus velutina | Black Oak Quercitron Oak Yellow Oak Smoothbark Oak Yellowbark Oak | |
| Ranunculus hispidus | Bristly Buttercup | |
| Rhododendron alabamense | Alabama Azalea | |
| Rhexia aristosa | Awnpetal Meadow Beauty Awn-petal Meadow Beauty | |
| Rhododendron arborescens | Smooth Azalea Sweet Azalea | |
| Rhus aromatica | Fragrant Sumac Aromatic Sumac Lemon Sumac Polecat Bush | |
| Rhododendron atlanticum | Dwarf Azalea Coastal Azalea | |
| Rhododendron austrinum | Orange Azalea Florida Azalea Yellow Azalea | |
| Rhododendron carolinianum | Carolina Azalea Carolina Rhododendron Carolina Laurel | |
| Rhododendron calendulaceum | Flame Azalea | |
| Rhododendron canescens | Mountain Azalea Wild Azalea Honeysuckle Azalea Piedmont Azalea Sweet Azalea Hoary Azalea Southern Pinxterflower | |
| Rhododendron catawbiense | Catawba Rosebay Purple Rhododendron Red Laurel Catawba Rhododendron Mountain Rosebay | |
| Rhododendron chapmanii | Chapman's Rhododendron | |
| Rhus copallinum | Winged Sumac Shining Sumac Flameleaf Sumac Mountain Sumac Dwarf Sumac Wing-rib Sumac Black Sumac Upland Sumac | |
| Rhynchospora colorata | Whitetop Sedge White-topped Sedge Starrush Whitetop Star Sedge Star Rush | |
| Rhododendron cumberlandense | Cumberland Rhododendron | |
| Rhododendron flammeum | Piedmont Azalea Oconee Azalea | |
| Rhynchospora harperi | Harper's Beaksedge | |
| Rhapidophyllum hystrix | Needle Palm Blue Palmetto | |
| Rhododendron maximum | Great Laurel Wild Rhododendron Rosebay Rhododendron White Laurel Rosebay | |
| Rhexia mariana var. mariana | Maryland Meadow Beauty Pale Meadow Beauty | |
| Rhododendron minus | Piedmont Rhododendron Dwarf Rhododendron Carolina Laurel | |
| Rhynchospora nitens | Shortbeak Beaksedge | |
| Rhododendron periclymenoides | Pink Azalea Pinxterbloom Azalea Pinxterflower | |
| Rhododendron prinophyllum | Early Azalea Roseshell Azalea Woolly Azalea | |
| Rhododendron prunifolium | Plumleaf Azalea | |
| Rhynchospora rariflora | Fewflower Beaksedge | |
| Rhynchosia tomentosa | Twining Snoutbean | |
| Rhynchospora torreyana | Torrey's Beaksedge | |
| Rhus typhina | Staghorn Sumac Velvet Sumac | |
| Rhododendron vaseyi | Pinkshell Azalea Pink-shell Azalea | |
| Rhexia virginica | Handsome-harry Virginia Meadow Beauty Meadow-beauty | |
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