Plants Native to the Property

One of the best things about hiking around our property is finding and identifying what we have growing here naturally. With each passing season, we find more we failed to notice the time before!

 

Trees
Common Name Latin Name
Paper Mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_mulberry
Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carya_ovata
Pignut Hickory Carya glabra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carya_glabra
Smoothbark Hickory see above
Red Elm Ulmus rubra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulmus_rubra
Slippery Elm see above
Muhlenberg Oak (Chinkapin) Quercus muehlenbergii http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_muehlenbergii
Red Oak Quercus rubra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_rubra
Eastern Black Oak Quercus velutina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_velutina
White Ash Fraxinus americana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus_americana
Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus_virginiana
Sassafras Sassafras albidum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassafras_albidum
Kentucky Coffee Tree Gymnocladus dioicus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_coffeetree
Dogwood Cornus florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_florida
Redbud Cercis canadensis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercis_canadensis
Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinia_pseudoacacia
Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_locust
Sugar Maple Acer saccharum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_saccharum
Red Maple Acer rubrum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_rubrum
Hackberry Celtis occidentalis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtis_occidentalis
Box Elder Acer negundo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_negundo
Sycamore Sassafras albidum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sycamore
Black Walnut Juglans nigra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_nigra
Pawpaw Asimina triloba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba
Pear Pyrus calleryana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrus_calleryana
Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron_tulipifera
Persimmon Persimmon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persimmon
Black Maple Acer nigrum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_nigrum
Beech Fagus grandifolia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fagus_grandifolia
Black Cherry Prunus serotina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_serotina
Osage Orange Maclura pomifera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura_pomifera
Hophornbeam[Hornbeam](Ironwood) Ostrya virginiana [carpinus caroliniana] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrya_virginiana
Sugarberry Celtis laevigata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtis_laevigata
Shrubs
Common Name Latin Name
Gray Dogwood Cornus racemosa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_racemosa
Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaeagnus_umbellata
Spice Bush Lindera benzoin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindera_benzoin
Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonicera_maackii
Coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphoricarpos_orbiculatus
Wild Rose Rosa multiflora https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_multiflora
Blackberry
Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_occidentalis
Elderberry
Prickly Gooseberry Ribes cynosbati
Eastern Wahoo (burning bush) Euonymus atropurpureus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euonymus_atropurpureus
Vines
Common Name Latin Name
Wild Grape
Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenocissus_quinquefolia
Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicodendron_radicans
Bittersweet

 

Herbaceous
Common Name Latin Name
Mint
Snake Root(White) Ageratina altissima http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageratina_altissima
Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica_dioica
Jewelweed
Poison hemlock
 

Resources for Kentucky native plants.

Photographic list of Kentucky wildflowers