Field Guide to the Limestone Cedar Glades
There are a number of wonderful sites which collect pictures of and information about plants of the mid-south. The three you may find most useful are:
- The National Resources Conservation Services - Plants Database (http://plants.usda.gov/)
- Wildflowers of the Southeast US (2bnthewild.com)
- Vanderbilt University's Bioimages (http://bioimages.cas.vanderbilt.edu/)
Plants of the Gravelly Glades
Nostoc commune - Witches Butter (not actually a plant but cyanobacteria) photos by Nancy Stetten |
Arenaria (Minuartia) patula - Glade Sandwort, also Pitcher's Stitchwort
photo by William S Justice, NRCS Plants Database |
Leavenworthia stylosa - Nashville Glade-cress, Gray Cedar Glade-cress, Nashville Mustard ©Daniel Reed - www.2bnthewild.com |
Sedum pulchellum - Lime Stonecrop, also called Widow's cross
©Daniel Reed - www.2bnthewild.com |
Lobelia appendiculata var. gattinger - Gattinger's Lobelia
Photo by Daniel Reed |
Talinum calcaricum - Limestone Fame Flower Photo by Thomas G. Barnes |
Oxalis violacea - Violet Wood-sorrel
©Daniel Reed - http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H21.htm |
Phacelia dubia var. interior - Glade Scorpion-weed
©William S. Justice. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology,
Botany. |
Plants of the Grassy Glades
Aristida dichotoma - Three-awn Grass |
Manfreda virginica - False Aloe (also Rattlesnake Master)
©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H202.htm
|
Belamcanda chinensis - Blackberry-lily ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/ |
Pediomelum subacaulis - Nashville Breadroot
©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H99.htm |
Dalea gattingeri - Gattinger's Prairie-clover also called Purple Tassels
©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/ |
Hypericum perforatum - St. John's-wort
©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/ |
Hypoxis hirsuta - Star-grass
©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/ |
Eggleston's Violet |
Phlox bifida - Glade Phlox (also Cleft Phlox)
©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/ |
Verbena canadensis - Rose Verbena
©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/ |
Small's Ragwort |
Tennessee Coneflower ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/ |
Plants of the Xeric Limestone Prairie
Hypericum frondosum - Shrubby St. John’s-wort ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/ |
Forestiera ligustrina - Glade Privet © 2002 Steve Baskauf Vanderbilt University Bioimages |
Rhus aromatica - Aromatic Sumac |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - Coralberry © 2002 Steve Baskauf Vanderbilt University Bioimages |
Plants of the Cedar Woods
Eastern Red-cedar ( Juniperus virginiana ) |
Hackberry ( Celtis laevigata ) |
Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata ) © 2002 Steve Baskauf Vanderbilt University Bioimages |
Winged Elm ( Ulmus alata ) |