Flora of Arkansas
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Arkansas has many rare and fascinating plantlife. Here is a list of just some of it's unique plantlife diversity.
Contents
Rare Species
A
- Amorpha quachitensis - Ouachita leadplant
- Amorpha paniculata - Panicled indigobush
- Amsonia hubrichtii - Ouachita blue star
- Aster furcatus - An aster
- Astragalus soxmaniorum - Soxmans' milk-vetch
B
C
- Calamagrostis porterissp insperata - Ofer hollow reed grass
- Calamovilfa arcuata - A sandgrass
- Carex decomposita - Epiphytic sedge
- Carex latebracteata - Waterfall's sedge
- Carex shinnersii - Shinner's sedge
- Carex timida - A sedge
- Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis - Ozark chinquapin
- Chelone obliqua var. speciosa - Rose turtlehead
- Cyperus grayoides - Umbrella sedge
- Cypripedium kentuckiense - Southern lady's-slipper
D
- Delphinium newtonianum - Moore's larkspur
- Delphinium treleasei - Trelease's larkspur
- Dodecatheon frenchii - French's shootingstar
- Draba aprica - Open-ground whitlow-grass
E
- Echinacea paradoxa - Bush's yellow coneflower
- Echinacea sanguinea - A coneflower
- Eriocaulon kornickianum - Small-headed pipewort
F
- Fothergilla major - Witch-alder
G
- Galium arkansanum - A bedstraw
H
- Helianthus occidentalis ssp. plantagineus - Shinner's sunflower
- Heuchera villosa var. arkansana - Arkansas alumroot
- Houstonia ouachitana - Ouachita bluet
- Hydrophyllum brownei - Browne's waterleaf
I
J
K
L
- Leitneria floridana - Corkwood
- Liatris squarrosa var. compacta - A blazing star
M
- Mespilus canescens - Stern's medlar
- Minuartia godfreyi - Godfrey's sandwort
N
- Neviusia alabamensis - Alabama snow wreath
O
- Oenothera heterophylla ssp. orientalis - An evening primrose
- Oenothera pilosella ssp. sessilis - Prairie evening primrose
P
- Polymnia cossatotensis - Cossatot leafcup
Q
- Quercus acerifolia - Maple-leaved oak
- Quercus arkansana - Arkansas oak
R
S
- Sagittaria ambigua - Kansas arrowhead
- Schisandra glabra - Climbing magnolia
- Schoenolirion wrightii - Texas sunnybell
- Scutellaria bushii - Bush's skullcap
- Silene ovata - Ovate-leaf catchfly
- Silene regia - Royal catchfly
- Solidago quachitensis - A goldenrod
- Streptanthus maculatus ssp. obtusifolius - A twistflower
- Streptanthus squamiformis - A twistflower
T
- Thalictrum arkansanum - Arkansas meadow-rue
- Tradescantia longipes - Dwarf spiderwort
- Tradescantia ozarkana - Ozark spiderwort
- Trillium pusillum var. ozarkanum - Ozark least trillium
U
V
- Valerianella nuttallii - Nuttall corn-salad
- Valerianella palmeri - Palmer's corn-salad
- Valerianella ozarkana - Ozark corn-salad
- Vernonia lettermannii - Narrowleaf ironweed
W
X
Y
Z
Common Trees
- Pinus ponderosa - Ponderosa Pine
- Other Pinus species also popular
- Juglans nigra - Black Walnut
- Carya ovata - Shagbark Hickory
- Betula papyrifera - Paper Birch
- Quercus alba - White Oak
- Other Quercus species also popular
- Sassafras albidum - Sassafras
- Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum
- Platanus occidentalis - American Sycamore
- Malus sylvestris - Common Apple (Arkansas State Flower is the Apple Blossom)
- Acer species - Maples
- Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood
Common Shrubs
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