Culturally Significant Plant Guides are available in either Adobe® Acrobat® Portable Document
Format (pdf) or Microsoft Word (doc).
Synonyms are indented beneath accepted counterparts.
| Symbol |
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Plant Guides |
| ACMI2 |
Achillea millefolium |
common yarrow |
doc pdf |
| AECA |
Aesculus californica |
California buckeye |
doc pdf |
| ALBIB |
Allium bisceptrum var. bisceptrum |
twincrest onion |
doc pdf |
| ALHY |
Allium hyalinum |
glassy onion |
doc pdf |
| ALUN |
Allium unifolium |
oneleaf onion |
doc pdf |
| ALIN2 |
Alnus incana |
gray alder |
doc pdf |
| ALINR |
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa |
speckled alder |
doc pdf |
| ALRU2 |
Alnus rubra |
red alder |
doc pdf |
| AMBR2 |
Amphicarpaea bracteata |
American hogpeanut |
doc pdf |
| ANCA10 |
Anemopsis californica |
yerba mansa |
doc pdf |
| APAM |
Apios americana |
groundnut |
doc pdf |
| APCA |
Apocynum cannabinum |
Indianhemp |
doc pdf |
| ARME |
Arbutus menziesii |
Pacific madrone |
doc pdf |
| ARVI4 |
Arctostaphylos viscida |
sticky whiteleaf manzanita |
doc pdf |
| AREG |
Argentina egedii |
Pacific silverweed |
doc pdf |
| ARCAC |
Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata |
field sagewort |
doc pdf |
| ARDR4 |
Artemisia dracunculus |
tarragon |
doc pdf |
| ARFR4 |
Artemisia frigida |
prairie sagewort |
doc pdf |
| ARLU |
Artemisia ludoviciana |
white sagebrush |
doc pdf |
| ARGI |
Arundinaria gigantea |
giant cane |
doc pdf |
| ASCA |
Asarum canadense |
Canadian wildginger |
doc pdf |
| ASCO |
Asclepias cordifolia |
heartleaf milkweed |
doc pdf |
| ASFA |
Asclepias fascicularis |
Mexican whorled milkweed |
doc pdf |
| ASSP |
Asclepias speciosa |
showy milkweed |
doc pdf |
| ASSY |
Asclepias syriaca |
common milkweed |
doc pdf |
| ASTU |
Asclepias tuberosa |
butterfly milkweed |
doc pdf |
| ASTR |
Asimina triloba |
pawpaw |
doc pdf |
| BAAU |
Baptisia australis |
blue wild indigo |
doc pdf |
| BRCO3 |
Brodiaea coronaria |
crown brodiaea |
doc pdf |
| CACI2 |
Calandrinia ciliata |
fringed redmaids |
doc pdf |
| CAAM2 |
Callicarpa americana |
American beautyberry |
doc pdf |
| CALU9 |
Calochortus luteus |
yellow mariposa lily |
doc pdf |
| CASU3 |
Calochortus superbus |
yellow mariposa |
doc pdf |
| CAVE3 |
Calochortus venustus |
butterfly mariposa lily |
doc pdf |
| CAQUB2 |
Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora |
small camas |
doc pdf |
| CAQUQ |
Camassia quamash ssp. quamash |
small camas |
doc pdf |
| CABA4 |
Carex barbarae |
Santa Barbara sedge |
doc pdf |
| CAOB3 |
Carex obnupta |
slough sedge |
doc pdf |
| CAGI10 |
Carnegiea gigantea |
saguaro |
|
| CAGI7 |
Carnegia gigantea |
|
doc pdf
|
| CAIL2 |
Carya illinoinensis |
pecan |
doc pdf |
| CEAM |
Ceanothus americanus |
New Jersey tea |
doc pdf |
| CECU |
Ceanothus cuneatus |
buckbrush |
doc pdf |
| CEHE |
Ceanothus herbaceus |
Jersey tea |
doc pdf |
| CELA |
Celtis laevigata |
sugarberry |
doc pdf |
| CECA4 |
Cercis canadensis |
eastern redbud |
doc pdf |
| CEOR9 |
Cercis orbiculata |
California redbud |
doc pdf |
| CHPO3 |
Chlorogalum pomeridianum |
wavyleaf soap plant |
doc pdf |
| COES |
Colocasia esculenta |
coco yam |
doc pdf |
| COSE16 |
Cornus sericea |
redosier dogwood |
doc pdf |
| COSEO |
Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis |
western dogwood |
doc pdf |
| COSES |
Cornus sericea ssp. sericea |
redosier dogwood |
doc pdf |
| CYACA2 |
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa |
buckhorn cholla |
|
| OPAC |
Opuntia acanthocarpa |
|
doc pdf
|
| CYER |
Cyperus eragrostis |
tall flatsedge |
doc pdf |
| DICA14 |
Dichelostemma capitatum |
bluedicks |
doc pdf |
| DICAC5 |
Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum |
bluedicks |
doc pdf |
| DICAP |
Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. pauciflorum |
bluedicks |
doc pdf |
| ECAN2 |
Echinacea angustifolia |
blacksamson echinacea |
doc pdf |
| ECPU |
Echinacea purpurea |
eastern purple coneflower |
doc pdf |
| EPNE |
Ephedra nevadensis |
Nevada jointfir |
doc pdf |
| EPVI |
Ephedra viridis |
mormon tea |
doc pdf |
| ERPH |
Erigeron philadelphicus |
Philadelphia fleabane |
doc pdf |
| ERCA6 |
Eriodictyon californicum |
California yerba santa |
doc pdf |
| ERAQ |
Eryngium aquaticum |
rattlesnakemaster |
doc pdf |
| FRCH |
Fragaria chiloensis |
beach strawberry |
doc pdf |
| FRCHC |
Fragaria chiloensis ssp. chiloensis |
beach strawberry |
doc pdf |
| FRCHL |
Fragaria chiloensis ssp. lucida |
beach strawberry |
doc pdf |
| FRCHP |
Fragaria chiloensis ssp. pacifica |
Pacific beach strawberry |
doc pdf |
| FRCHS2 |
Fragaria chiloensis ssp. sandwicensis |
Sandwich beach strawberry |
doc pdf |
| FRVE |
Fragaria vesca |
woodland strawberry |
doc pdf |
| FRVI |
Fragaria virginiana |
Virginia strawberry |
doc pdf |
| FRAM2 |
Fraxinus americana |
white ash |
doc pdf |
| FRNI |
Fraxinus nigra |
black ash |
doc pdf |
| FRCA6 |
Fremontodendron californicum |
California flannelbush |
doc pdf |
| FRAF2 |
Fritillaria affinis |
checker lily |
doc pdf |
| FRCA5 |
Fritillaria camschatcensis |
Kamchatka fritillary |
doc pdf |
| GUSA2 |
Gutierrezia sarothrae |
broom snakeweed |
doc pdf |
| GYDI |
Gymnocladus dioicus |
Kentucky coffeetree |
doc pdf |
| HEAN3 |
Helianthus annuus |
common sunflower |
doc pdf |
| HEFA |
Hemizonia fasciculata |
clustered tarweed |
doc pdf |
| HEWH |
Hesperoyucca whipplei |
chaparral yucca |
|
| YUWH |
Yucca whipplei |
|
doc pdf
|
| HEAR5 |
Heteromeles arbutifolia |
toyon |
doc pdf |
| HIHIA |
Hierochloe hirta ssp. arctica |
northern sweetgrass |
doc pdf |
| HIOD |
Hierochloe odorata |
sweetgrass |
doc pdf |
| HYHYH |
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides |
St. Andrew's cross |
doc pdf |
| ILVO |
Ilex vomitoria |
yaupon |
doc pdf |
| IRDO |
Iris douglasiana |
Douglas iris |
doc pdf |
| IRFE |
Iris fernaldii |
Fernald's iris |
doc pdf |
| IRMA |
Iris macrosiphon |
bowltube iris |
doc pdf |
| IRMI |
Iris missouriensis |
Rocky Mountain iris |
doc pdf |
| IRPU |
Iris purdyi |
Purdy's iris |
doc pdf |
| IRVI |
Iris virginica |
Virginia iris |
doc pdf |
| JUNI |
Juglans nigra |
black walnut |
doc pdf |
| JUARL |
Juncus arcticus ssp. littoralis |
mountain rush |
|
| JUBA |
Juncus balticus |
|
doc pdf
|
| JUEF |
Juncus effusus |
common rush |
doc pdf |
| JULE |
Juncus lesueurii |
salt rush |
doc pdf |
| JUTE2 |
Juncus textilis |
basket rush |
doc pdf |
| JUPI |
Juniperus pinchotii |
Pinchot's juniper |
doc pdf |
| JUSC2 |
Juniperus scopulorum |
Rocky Mountain juniper |
doc pdf |
| JUVI |
Juniperus virginiana |
eastern redcedar |
doc pdf |
| LEGR |
Ledum groenlandicum |
bog Labrador tea |
doc pdf |
| LECA8 |
Lespedeza capitata |
roundhead lespedeza |
doc pdf |
| LERE7 |
Lewisia rediviva |
bitter root |
doc pdf |
| LIPA |
Lilium pardalinum |
leopard lily |
doc pdf |
| LIST2 |
Liquidambar styraciflua |
sweetgum |
doc pdf |
| LIDE3 |
Lithocarpus densiflorus |
tanoak |
doc pdf |
| LOCA2 |
Lobelia cardinalis |
cardinalflower |
doc pdf |
| LOIN |
Lobelia inflata |
Indian-tobacco |
doc pdf |
| LOSI |
Lobelia siphilitica |
great blue lobelia |
doc pdf |
| LUNO |
Lupinus nootkatensis |
Nootka lupine |
doc pdf |
| LUPE3 |
Lupinus perennis |
sundial lupine |
doc pdf |
| MAEL |
Madia elegans |
common madia |
doc pdf |
| MASA |
Madia sativa |
coast tarweed |
doc pdf |
| MAIN3 |
Mangifera indica |
mango |
doc pdf |
| MAES |
Manihot esculenta |
cassava |
doc pdf |
| MEDI |
Mentzelia dispersa |
bushy blazingstar |
doc pdf |
| MOFI |
Monarda fistulosa |
wild bergamot |
doc pdf |
| MOPU |
Monarda punctata |
spotted beebalm |
doc pdf |
| MOCA6 |
Morella californica |
California wax myrtle |
doc pdf |
| MORU2 |
Morus rubra |
red mulberry |
doc pdf |
| MURI2 |
Muhlenbergia rigens |
deergrass |
doc pdf |
| NOMI |
Nolina microcarpa |
sacahuista |
doc pdf |
| OEBI |
Oenothera biennis |
common evening primrose |
doc pdf |
| PAQU |
Panax quinquefolius |
American ginseng |
doc pdf |
| PAIN3 |
Parthenium integrifolium |
wild quinine |
doc pdf |
| PAIN6 |
Passiflora incarnata |
purple passionflower |
doc pdf |
| PEGR7 |
Penstemon grandiflorus |
large beardtongue |
doc pdf |
| PISI |
Picea sitchensis |
Sitka spruce |
doc pdf |
| PIED |
Pinus edulis |
twoneedle pinyon |
doc pdf |
| PIMO |
Pinus monophylla |
singleleaf pinyon |
doc pdf |
| PIRA2 |
Pinus radiata |
Monterey pine |
doc pdf |
| PIRE |
Pinus resinosa |
red pine |
doc pdf |
| PISA2 |
Pinus sabiniana |
California foothill pine |
doc pdf |
| PLCI2 |
Platanthera ciliaris |
yellow fringed orchid |
doc pdf |
| PLOC |
Platanus occidentalis |
American sycamore |
doc pdf |
| POIN3 |
Poliomintha incana |
frosted mint |
doc pdf |
| POAN3 |
Populus angustifolia |
narrowleaf cottonwood |
doc pdf |
| POBAT |
Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa |
black cottonwood |
doc pdf |
| POFR2 |
Populus fremontii |
Fremont cottonwood |
doc pdf |
| POTR5 |
Populus tremuloides |
quaking aspen |
doc pdf |
| PRPA2 |
Proboscidea parviflora |
doubleclaw |
doc pdf |
| PRGL2 |
Prosopis glandulosa |
honey mesquite |
doc pdf |
| PRGLT |
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana |
western honey mesquite |
doc pdf |
| PRPU |
Prosopis pubescens |
screwbean mesquite |
doc pdf |
| PRVE |
Prosopis velutina |
velvet mesquite |
doc pdf |
| PRAM |
Prunus americana |
American plum |
doc pdf |
| PREM |
Prunus emarginata |
bitter cherry |
doc pdf |
| PRIL |
Prunus ilicifolia |
hollyleaf cherry |
doc pdf |
| PRVI |
Prunus virginiana |
chokecherry |
doc pdf |
| PSME |
Pseudotsuga menziesii |
Douglas-fir |
doc pdf |
| QUAG |
Quercus agrifolia |
California live oak |
doc pdf |
| QUBI |
Quercus bicolor |
swamp white oak |
doc pdf |
| QUDO |
Quercus douglasii |
blue oak |
doc pdf |
| QUKE |
Quercus kelloggii |
California black oak |
doc pdf |
| QUMA2 |
Quercus macrocarpa |
bur oak |
doc pdf |
| QURU |
Quercus rubra |
northern red oak |
doc pdf |
| QUSH |
Quercus shumardii |
Shumard's oak |
doc pdf |
| QUWI2 |
Quercus wislizeni |
interior live oak |
doc pdf |
| RACO3 |
Ratibida columnifera |
upright prairie coneflower |
doc pdf |
| RAPI |
Ratibida pinnata |
pinnate prairie coneflower |
doc pdf |
| RHAR4 |
Rhus aromatica |
fragrant sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHARA |
Rhus aromatica var. arenaria |
fragrant sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHARA2 |
Rhus aromatica var. aromatica |
fragrant sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHARS |
Rhus aromatica var. serotina |
fragrant sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHGL |
Rhus glabra |
smooth sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHTR |
Rhus trilobata |
skunkbush sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHTRA |
Rhus trilobata var. anisophylla |
skunkbush sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHTRP |
Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima |
pubescent skunkbush sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHTRQ |
Rhus trilobata var. quinata |
skunkbush sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHTRR |
Rhus trilobata var. racemulosa |
skunkbush sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHTRS |
Rhus trilobata var. simplicifolia |
skunkbush sumac |
doc pdf |
| RHTRT |
Rhus trilobata var. trilobata |
skunkbush sumac |
doc pdf |
| RIAU |
Ribes aureum |
golden currant |
doc pdf |
| RIAUA |
Ribes aureum var. aureum |
golden currant |
doc pdf |
| RIAUG |
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum |
golden currant |
doc pdf |
| RIAUV |
Ribes aureum var. villosum |
golden currant |
doc pdf |
| ROVI2 |
Rosa virginiana |
Virginia rose |
doc pdf |
| ROVIL |
Rosa virginiana var. lamprophylla |
Virginia rose |
doc pdf |
| ROVIV2 |
Rosa virginiana var. virginiana |
Virginia rose |
doc pdf |
| ROWO |
Rosa woodsii |
Woods' rose |
doc pdf |
| ROWOG |
Rosa woodsii var. glabrata |
Woods' rose |
doc pdf |
| ROWOG2 |
Rosa woodsii var. gratissima |
Tehachapi rose |
doc pdf |
| ROWOU |
Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana |
Woods' rose |
doc pdf |
| ROWOW |
Rosa woodsii var. woodsii |
Woods' rose |
doc pdf |
| RUID |
Rubus idaeus |
American red raspberry |
doc pdf |
| RUSP |
Rubus spectabilis |
salmonberry |
doc pdf |
| SAMI8 |
Sabal minor |
dwarf palmetto |
doc pdf |
| SAPA |
Sabal palmetto |
cabbage palmetto |
doc pdf |
| SACU |
Sagittaria cuneata |
arumleaf arrowhead |
doc pdf |
| SALA2 |
Sagittaria latifolia |
broadleaf arrowhead |
doc pdf |
| SAAM2 |
Salix amygdaloides |
peachleaf willow |
doc pdf |
| SABE2 |
Salix bebbiana |
Bebb willow |
doc pdf |
| SAEX |
Salix exigua |
narrowleaf willow |
doc pdf |
| SAHU2 |
Salix humilis |
prairie willow |
doc pdf |
| SALU |
Salix lucida |
shining willow |
doc pdf |
| SALUL |
Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra |
Pacific willow |
doc pdf |
| SASI2 |
Salix sitchensis |
Sitka willow |
doc pdf |
| SAAP2 |
Salvia apiana |
white sage |
doc pdf |
| SACO6 |
Salvia columbariae |
chia |
doc pdf |
| SANIC4 |
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis |
American black elderberry |
doc pdf |
| SANIC5 |
Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea |
blue elderberry |
doc pdf |
| SAAL5 |
Sassafras albidum |
sassafras |
doc pdf |
| SCACO2 |
Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis |
tule |
doc pdf |
| SCAM6 |
Schoenoplectus americanus |
chairmaker's bulrush |
doc pdf |
| SCCA11 |
Schoenoplectus californicus |
California bulrush |
doc pdf |
| SCTA2 |
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
softstem bulrush |
doc pdf |
| SCCY |
Scirpus cyperinus |
woolgrass |
doc pdf |
| SHCA |
Shepherdia canadensis |
russet buffaloberry |
doc pdf |
| SIPE2 |
Silphium perfoliatum |
cup plant |
doc pdf |
| SIPEC2 |
Silphium perfoliatum var. connatum |
cup plant |
doc pdf |
| SIPEP |
Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum |
cup plant |
doc pdf |
| SPAM |
Sparganium americanum |
American bur-reed |
doc pdf |
| SPAN |
Sparganium androcladum |
branched bur-reed |
doc pdf |
| SPAN2 |
Sparganium angustifolium |
narrowleaf bur-reed |
doc pdf |
| SPER |
Sparganium erectum |
simplestem bur-reed |
doc pdf |
| SPERS2 |
Sparganium erectum ssp. stoloniferum |
simplestem bur-reed |
doc pdf |
| SPEU |
Sparganium eurycarpum |
broadfruit bur-reed |
doc pdf |
| SPFL |
Sparganium fluctuans |
floating bur-reed |
doc pdf |
| SPGL |
Sparganium glomeratum |
clustered bur-reed |
doc pdf |
| SPHY |
Sparganium hyperboreum |
northern bur-reed |
doc pdf |
| SPNA |
Sparganium natans |
small bur-reed |
doc pdf |
| SPAI |
Sporobolus airoides |
alkali sacaton |
doc pdf |
| STHE9 |
Strophostyles helvola |
amberique-bean |
|
| STHE4 |
Strophostyles helvula |
|
doc pdf
|
| SYAL |
Symphoricarpos albus |
common snowberry |
doc pdf |
| SYLAL4 |
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. lanceolatum var. lanceolatum |
white panicle aster |
doc pdf |
| SYNO2 |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae |
New England aster |
doc pdf |
| SYNON |
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. novi-belgii |
New York aster |
doc pdf |
| SYVU |
Syringa vulgaris |
common lilac |
doc pdf |
| THOC2 |
Thuja occidentalis |
arborvitae |
doc pdf |
| THPL |
Thuja plicata |
western redcedar |
doc pdf |
| TIAM |
Tilia americana |
American basswood |
doc pdf |
| TIAMA |
Tilia americana var. americana |
American basswood |
doc pdf |
| TIAMC |
Tilia americana var. caroliniana |
Carolina basswood |
doc pdf |
| TIAMH |
Tilia americana var. heterophylla |
American basswood |
doc pdf |
| TIUS |
Tillandsia usneoides |
Spanish moss |
doc pdf |
| TRVI |
Tradescantia virginiana |
Virginia spiderwort |
doc pdf |
| TRLA4 |
Trichostema lanceolatum |
vinegarweed |
doc pdf |
| TRWO |
Trifolium wormskioldii |
cows clover |
doc pdf |
| TRHY3 |
Triteleia hyacinthina |
white brodiaea |
doc pdf |
| TRIX |
Triteleia ixioides |
prettyface |
doc pdf |
| TRLA16 |
Triteleia laxa |
Ithuriel's spear |
doc pdf |
| TSCA |
Tsuga canadensis |
eastern hemlock |
doc pdf |
| TSHE |
Tsuga heterophylla |
western hemlock |
doc pdf |
| TYAN |
Typha angustifolia |
narrowleaf cattail |
doc pdf |
| TYDO |
Typha domingensis |
southern cattail |
doc pdf |
| TYLA |
Typha latifolia |
broadleaf cattail |
doc pdf |
| ULPU |
Ulmus pumila |
Siberian elm |
doc pdf |
| ULRU |
Ulmus rubra |
slippery elm |
doc pdf |
| UMCA |
Umbellularia californica |
California laurel |
doc pdf |
| VADE |
Vaccinium deliciosum |
Cascade bilberry |
doc pdf |
| VAME |
Vaccinium membranaceum |
thinleaf huckleberry |
doc pdf |
| VAOV2 |
Vaccinium ovatum |
California huckleberry |
doc pdf |
| VAOX |
Vaccinium oxycoccos |
small cranberry |
doc pdf |
| VAPA |
Vaccinium parvifolium |
red huckleberry |
doc pdf |
| VASC |
Vaccinium scoparium |
grouse whortleberry |
doc pdf |
| VIOPA2 |
Viburnum opulus var. americanum |
American cranberrybush |
doc pdf |
| WAFI |
Washingtonia filifera |
California fan palm |
doc pdf |
| YUFI |
Yucca filamentosa |
Adam's needle |
doc pdf |
| ZAPU |
Zamia pumila |
coontie |
doc pdf |
| ZAAM |
Zanthoxylum americanum |
common pricklyash |
doc pdf |
