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 |
| Rhododendron viscosum | Swamp Azalea Clammy Azalea Cory Azalea Hammock Sweet Azalea | |
| Rosa carolina var. carolina | Carolina Rose | |
| Rudbeckia auriculata | Eared Coneflower | |
| Ruellia caroliniensis | Carolina Wild Petunia | |
| Rudbeckia fulgida | Orange Coneflower Orange Rudbeckia Perennial Black-eyed Susan Goldstrum | |
| Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida | Orange Coneflower | |
| Rudbeckia heliopsidis | Sunfacing Coneflower | |
| Ruellia humilis | Prairie Petunia Fringeleaf Wild Petunia Hairy Ruellia Low Wild Petunia Low Ruellia Fringeleaf Ruellia Fringe-leaf Wild Petunia | |
| Rudbeckia laciniata | Green-headed Coneflower Greenhead Coneflower Cutleaf Coneflower Wild Goldenglow Sochan | |
| Rudbeckia maxima | Giant Coneflower Great Coneflower Giant Brown-eyed Susan Cabbage Coneflower | |
| Ruellia noctiflora | Nightflowering Wild Petunia | |
| Rubus odoratus | Purple-flowering Raspberry Thimbleberry | |
| Rudbeckia triloba | Browneyed Susan Brown-eyed-susan Thin-leaved Coneflower Three-lobed Rudbeckia | |
| Sarracenia alata | Yellow Trumpets Yellow Pitcher Plant Yellow Trumpet Flycatcher Trumpet Pitcher Plant | |
| Sassafras albidum | Sassafras White Sassafras Ague Tree Cinnamon Wood Mitten Tree Saloop Smelling Stick | |
| Sabatia angularis | Rosepink Rose-pink | |
| Salvia azurea | Pitcher Sage Big Blue Sage Azure Sage Giant Blue Sage Blue Sage | |
| Sanguisorba canadensis | Canadian Burnet American Burnet | |
| Sarracenia ×catesbaei | Pitcherplant Pitcher Plant | |
| Saururus cernuus | Lizard's Tail Lizard Tail Breastweed Water Dragon | |
| Sabatia difformis | Lanceleaf Rose Gentian | |
| Sarracenia flava | Yellow Pitcherplant Trumpets Yellow Pitcher Plant | |
| Sarracenia ×formosa | Formosa Pitcherplant Formosa Pitcher Plant | |
| Salix humilis | Prairie Willow | |
| Sabatia kennedyana | Plymouth Rose Gentian Plymouth Gentian | |
| Sarracenia leucophylla | Crimson Pitcherplant Crimson Pitcher-plant Crimson Pitcher Plant | |
| Sarracenia ×mitchelliana | Mitchell's Pitcherplant Mitchell's Pitcher Plant | |
| Sabal minor | Dwarf Palmetto Bush Palmetto Palmetto | |
| Sarracenia minor | Hooded Pitcherplant Hooded Pitcher-plant Hooded Pitcher Plant | |
| Sarracenia ×moorei | Moore's Pitcherplant Moore's Pitcher Plant | |
| Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis | Common Elderberry Black Elder Mexican Elderberry Common Elder Elderberry Tapiro Sauco | |
| Sarracenia oreophila | Green Pitcherplant Green Pitcher Plant | |
| Saxifraga pensylvanica | Eastern Swamp Saxifrage | |
| Sarracenia psittacina | Parrot Pitcherplant Parrot Pitcher Plant | |
| Sarracenia purpurea | Purple Pitcherplant Northern Pitcher-plant Purple Pitcher Plant | |
| Sarracenia purpurea var. purpurea | Purple Pitcherplant Purple Pitcher Plant | |
| Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa | Red Elderberry Scarlet Elder Red-berried Elder | |
| Sarracenia ×readii | Read's Pitcherplant Read's Pitcher Plant | |
| Sarracenia rubra | Sweet Pitcherplant Sweet Pitcher Plant | |
| Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis | Alabama Pitcherplant Alabama Pitcher Plant | |
| Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii | Jones' Pitcherplant Jones' Pitcher Plant | |
| Sarracenia rubra ssp. wherryi | Wherry's Pitcherplant Wherry's Pitcher Plant | |
| Saxifraga virginiensis var. virginiensis | Early Saxifrage | |
| Schwalbea americana | Chaffseed | |
| Scutellaria incana | Hoary Skullcap Downy Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria lateriflora | Blue Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria ovata | Heartleaf Skullcap Heart-leaf Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria ovata ssp. bracteata | Heartleaf Skullcap Heart-leaf Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria parvula | Small Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis | Leonard's Skullcap | |
| Scutellaria saxatilis | Smooth Rock Skullcap | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little Bluestem Popotillo Azul | |
| Scutellaria serrata | Showy Skullcap | |
| Senna hebecarpa | American Senna Wild Senna | |
| Senna marilandica | Maryland Senna Maryland Wild Senna Southern Wild Senna Wild Senna | |
| Sedum ternatum | Woodland Stonecrop Wild Stonecrop | |
| Shortia galacifolia | Oconee Bells Oconee-bells Shortia | |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass Narrow-leaf Blue-eyed-grass Bermuda Blue-eyed Grass Blue-eyed Grass | |
| Silphium asteriscus var. laevicaule | Starry Rosinweed | |
| Silene caroliniana ssp. wherryi | Wherry's Catchfly | |
| Silphium glutinosum | Sticky Rosinweed | |
| Silphium integrifolium | Wholeleaf Rosinweed Entire-leaf Rosinweed | |
| Silphium laciniatum | Compassplant Compass Plant | |
| Sideroxylon lycioides | Buckthorn Bumelia Buckthorn Bully Buckthorn Smooth Bumelia Ironwood | |
| Silphium mohrii | Mohr's Rosinweed | |
| Silene ovata | Blue Ridge Catchfly | |
| Silphium perfoliatum var. connatum | Cup Plant | |
| Silene polypetala | Eastern Fringed Catchfly Fringed Pink | |
| Silene regia | Royal Catchfly | |
| Silene rotundifolia | Roundleaf Catchfly | |
| Silphium simpsonii | Simpson's Rosinweed Tall Rosinweed | |
| Silene stellata | Widow's Frill Starry Campion | |
| Silphium terebinthinaceum | Prairie Rosinweed Prairie Dock | |
| Silphium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum | Whorled Rosinweed | |
| Silene virginica | Fire Pink Scarlet Catchfly | |
| Smallanthus uvedalius | Hairy Leafcup | |
| Sorbus americana | American Mountain Ash American Mountain-ash | |
| Solidago arguta var. caroliniana | Atlantic Goldenrod | |
| Solidago caesia | Wreath Goldenrod Blue-stemmed Goldenrod Bluestem Goldenrod | |
| Solidago erecta | Showy Goldenrod | |
| Solidago flexicaulis | Zigzag Goldenrod Broadleaf Goldenrod | |
| Solidago odora | Anisescented Goldenrod Anise-scented Goldenrod Sweet Goldenrod | |
| Solidago simulans | Cliffside Goldenrod Granite Dome Goldenrod Fall Goldenrod | |
| Solidago simplex var. racemosa | Rand's Goldenrod | |
| Solidago speciosa | Showy Goldenrod Noble Goldenrod | |
| Solidago sphacelata | Autumn Goldenrod Golden Fleece | |
| Spiraea alba | White Meadowsweet | |
| Spiraea alba var. latifolia | White Meadowsweet Meadowsweet | |
| Spigelia gentianoides | Purpleflower Pinkroot Purple Flower Pink Root | |
| Spigelia gentianoides var. gentianoides | Purpleflower Pinkroot | |
| Sporobolus heterolepis | Prairie Dropseed | |
| Spiranthes lucida | Shining Ladies'-tresses Shining Lady's Tresses | |
| Spigelia marilandica | Woodland Pinkroot Pinkroot Indian Pink | |
| Spiranthes odorata | Marsh Ladies'-tresses Fragrant Ladies'-tresses Marsh Lady's Tresses | |
| Spiranthes ovalis | October Ladies'-tresses October Lady's Tresses | |
| Spiraea tomentosa | Steeplebush | |
| Spiraea virginiana | Virginia Meadowsweet | |
| Styrax americanus | American Snowbell American Snowbells American Silverbells Big-leaf Snowbell Storax | |
| Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius | Claspleaf Twistedstalk | |
| Stylosanthes biflora | Sidebeak Pencilflower | |
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