| Genus, species | common name | family | location | notes | |||||||||
| Acer negundo | River Maple | Aceraceae | ETSU Campus | only N. American maple with compound leaves | |||||||||
| Acer pennsylvanicum | striped maple | Aceraceae | Unaka Mountain | fls green, hanging racemes, dioecious | |||||||||
| Acer platanoides | norway maple | Aceraceae | ETSU campus | lf wide, top lobe > unlobed part | |||||||||
| Acer rubrum | Red Maple | Aceraceae | ETSU Campus | leaves 3- to 5- lobed, much whitened underneath, twigs and buds reddish | |||||||||
| Acer saccharhinum | Silver Maple | Aceraceae | ETSU Campus | leaves deeply 5 lobed, foliage whitened, sometimes hairy underneath | |||||||||
| Acer negundo | box elder, water maple, ash-leaved maply | Aceraceae: maple | S. Holston wier | lvs opp, pinnate, lflts toothed-lobed | |||||||||
| Allium vinale | wild field garlic | Alliaceae/Liliaceae | Winged Deer Park | onion smell, lvs tubular | |||||||||
| Rhus glabra | smooth sumac | Anacardiaceae: cashew | pinnate leaf, rachis winged | ||||||||||
| Rhus toxicodendron (= Rhus radicans) | poison ivy | Anacardiaceae: cashew | Winged Deer Park | 3 leaflets shiny, toothed | |||||||||
| Rhus typhina | staghorn sumac | Anacardiaceae: cashew | pinnate leaf | ||||||||||
| Asimina triloba | paw-paw | Annonaceae | S. Holston wier | lvs w/oily smell, oblanceolate | |||||||||
| Cryptotaenia canadensis | Honewort | Apiaceae | S. Holston wie | sheathing petiole on compound leaf w/ umbel inflorescence | |||||||||
| Daucus carota | Queen Anne's lace | Apiaceae | wild carrot | ||||||||||
| Osmorhiza claytonii | sweet Cicely | Apiaceae | |||||||||||
| Sanicula gregaria | clustered snakeroot | Apiaceae | Winged Deer Park | lvs biternate, umbels headlike | |||||||||
| Zizia aurea | Apiaceae | ||||||||||||
| Osmorhiza longistylis | licorice root | Apiaceae: umbel | Winged Deer Park | herb, fruit long w/2 styles | |||||||||
| Apocynum cannabinum | Indian Hemp | Apocynaceae | University Nature Trail | leaves ovate or elliptice, 4-14 cm long, 1.5-6 cm wide, glaborous to tomentose beneath; inforescence usually overtopped by leafy branches, corolla white to greenish; milky sap; woodland margins, roadsides and dry waste places. | |||||||||
| Arisaema triphyllum | jack-in-the-pulpit | Araceae: arum | S. Holston wier | lvs 3-lobed, infl spadix w/spathe | |||||||||
| Asarum canadense | wild ginger | Aristolochiaceae: birthwort | Winged Deer Park | arrow-leaf, little brown jugs | |||||||||
| Polystichum acrostichoides | christmas fern | Aspidiaceae | S. Holston wier | evergreen, "stocking", "sleigh", indusia over sporangia | |||||||||
| Cardus nutans | NODDING THISTLE: | Asteraceae | ETSU campus | ||||||||||
| Hypochoeris radicata | Cat's Ear | Asteraceae | University Nature Trail | yellow flower 1-1 1/2" wide; leaves very hairy on both sides; stalks 8-18" high, ususally bearing a few scales, branched. | |||||||||
| Senecio aureus | Golden Ragwort | Asteraceae | Unaka Mountain | basal leaves usually purple underneath, disc flowers perfect, rays pistillate | |||||||||
| Erigeron philadelphicus | COMMON FLEABANE: | Asteraceae | ETSU campus | ||||||||||
| Chrysanthemum leucanthemum | ox-eye daisy | Asteraceae: daisy | Winged Deer Park | disc florets yellow, ray florets white | |||||||||
| Impatiens | JEWELWEED: | Balsaminaceae | University woods | ||||||||||
| Diphylleia cymosa | umbrellaleaf | Berberidaceae | Roan Mt. St. Pk. | ||||||||||
| Nandina domestica | heavenly bamboo | Berberidaceae | ETSU campus | lvs to 4x pinnate, berries red | |||||||||
| Podophyllum peltatum | Mayapple | Berberidaceae | S. Holston wie | peltate lf./shield-like rhizotomous plant w/yellow fruit | |||||||||
| Podophyllum peltatum | mayapple | Berberidaceae: barberry | S. Holston wier | peltate lobed lf, fr ripens to edible | |||||||||
| Catalpa bignonioides | Cigar tree | Bignoniaceae | S. Holston wie | solid whitish pith & cigar shaped friuts. Showy white flowers. | |||||||||
| Cynoglossum virginiana | wild comfrey | Boraginaceae: forget--me-not | Winged Deer Park | herb, stiff-fuzzy, fruit w/hooked hairs | |||||||||
| Calycanthus fertilis | SMOOTH ALLSPICE, SWEET SHRUB: | Calycantaceae | ETSU campus | ||||||||||
| Lonicera japonica | Honeysuckle | Caprifoliaceae | ETSU Campus | red berries axillary, opposite leaves, tubular corolla, vine, semi-woody | |||||||||
| Lonicera mackii x tartarica | bush honeysuckle | Caprifoliaceae | near ETSU | red berries axillary | |||||||||
| Lonicera X bella | Honeysuckle | Caprifoliaceae | University Nature Trail | erect shurb; twigs very pubescent; leaves oblong, 3-4 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, entire; flowers paired; berry red. | |||||||||
| Dianthus aremeria | DEPTFORD PINK: | Caryophyllaceae | ETSU campus | ||||||||||
| Stellaria pubescens | giant chickweed | Caryophyllaceae | lvs opp, sm herb | ||||||||||
| Silene virginica | fire pink | Caryophyllaceae: pinks | Doe River Gorge | fls red, petals lobed | |||||||||
| Euonymous americanus | STRAWBERRY BUSH: | Celasteraceae | University woods | ||||||||||
| Cornus amomum | swamp dogwood | Cornaceae | near ETSU | ylw-wh fl in open corymb | |||||||||
| Cornus florida | fl dogwood | Cornaceae | infl w/4 wh/pink bracts | ||||||||||
| Dioscorea villosa | Wild Yam | Dioscoreaceae | Unaka Mountain | leaves cordate, whorled; herb; vine | |||||||||
| Drosera rotundifolia | round-leaved sundew | Droseraceae | Doe River Gorge | small lvs, insectivorous w/"fly-paper" hairs | |||||||||
| DIospyros virginiana | persimmon | Ebenaceae: ebony | Winged Deer Park | lf base obtuse, lf dull, fl 4-merous | |||||||||
| Albizzia julibrissin | Mimosa | Fabaceae | University Nature Trail | small tree with feathery, fernlike 2X compound leaves; on being handled, leaflets close like pages of a book; twigs hairless, smooth bark; flowers powder-puff-like, pink. | |||||||||
| Gleditsia tricanthos | honey locust | Fabaceae | ETSU campus | lvs 1-2x pinnate | |||||||||
| Lathyrus latifolius | Everlasting Pea | Fabaceae | University Nature Trail | leaflets 2, lance shaped or oblong; purple/pink flowers, 1" long, in long-stalked racemes; stipules lance-shaped; stems broadly winged. | |||||||||
| Trifolium pratense | red clover | Fabaceae | near ETSU | big purple flower heads | |||||||||
| Trifolium repens | white clover | Fabaceae | near ETSU | fls in globose heads, 3 lflts | |||||||||
| Robinia pseudo-acacia | black locust | Fabaceae: bean | Winged Deer Park | 2 thorns at lf base, pinnate lvs | |||||||||
| Quercus coccinea | Scarlett Oak | Fagaceae | S. Holston wier | lvs. Deeply lobed, twigs hairless, end buds scraggly, hairy | |||||||||
| Quercus michauxii (?) | swamp chestnut oak | Fagaceae | Winged Deer Park | lvs w/pointy lobes, chestnut like | |||||||||
| Quercus palustris | Pin Oak | Fagaceae | ETSU Campus | end buds small, hairless, sharp; lower branches point downward, leaves 5"-7" | |||||||||
| Quercus alba | white oak | Fagaceae: beech | Winged Deer Park | lf lobes rounded, bark gray | |||||||||
| Quercus rubra | red oak | Fagaceae: beech | |||||||||||
| Geranium maculatum | Wild Geranium | Geraniaceae | Unaka Mountain | rose-purple flowers, 1-1 1/2" wide; leaves deeply & irregularly cleft into 3-5 lobes | |||||||||
| Gingko biloba | MAIDENHAIR-TREE | Gingkoaceae | ETSU campus | ||||||||||
| Hamamelis virginiana | witch hazel | Hamamelidaceae: witch hazel | Doe River Gorge | fls in november, lf margin crenate | |||||||||
| Aesculus octandra | american horsechestnut | Hippocastaneaceae: horse-chestnut | ETSU campus | lvs palmate | |||||||||
| Iris cristata | dwarf crested iris | Iridaceae | Unaka Mountain | sepals, styles petaloid | |||||||||
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium | BLUE-EYED GRASS | Iridaceae | ETSU campus | ||||||||||
| Carya ovata | shagbark hickory | Juglandaceae | S. Holston wier | lvs pinnate, obovate, w/tufted hairs | |||||||||
| Carya tomentosa | mockernut hickory | Juglandaceae | Winged Deer Park | tr, lvs alt pinnate, fuzzy | |||||||||
| Leonurus cardiaca | Motherwort | Lamiaceae | University Nature Trail | lilac or pale-purple flowers in the upper axils of the long-stalked leaves; stem leaves mostly with 3 pointed lobes; lower leaves deeply cleft into 3-5 lobes; 2-5' high; waste places; mint family. | |||||||||
| Lindera benzoin | spicebush | Lauraceae | Winged Deer Park | twigs smell of "Vicks" | |||||||||
| Sassafras albidum | sassafras | Lauraceae | Doe River Gorge | root for rootbeer, lvs mittenlike | |||||||||
| Polygonatum biflorum | Smooth Solomon's Seal | Liliaceae | Unaka Mountain | flowers paired, axillary, 1-4 in a cluster; leaves smooth on both sides | |||||||||
| Polygonatum pubescens | Hairy Solomon's Seal | Liliaceae | Unaka Mountain | leaves hairy on the veins beneath; flowers growing singly or in pairs | |||||||||
| Smilicina racemosa | false solomon's seal | Liliaceae | fls in terminal raceme | ||||||||||
| Trillium luteum | YELLOW TRILLIUM: | Liliaceae | University woods | ||||||||||
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip Poplar | Magnoliaceae | ETSU Campus | notched-tip 4-pt leaves, prs. of large leafy stipules enclose buds, orange/green tulip-like flowers | |||||||||
| Magnolia fraseri | Fraser Magnolia | Magnoliaceae | Unaka Mountain | deciduous, 1-5 dm long obovate leaves; petals yellow or white; fruit aggregate | |||||||||
| Magnolia grandiflora | Southern Magnolia | Magnoliaceae | ETSU Campus | lvs. evergreen, thick | |||||||||
| Menispermum canadense | MOONSEED: | Menispermaceae | University woods | ||||||||||
| Morus rubra | red mulberry | Moraceae: mulberry | Winged Deer Park | tr, lvs rough, +/- lobed | |||||||||
| Fraxinus americana | white ash | Oleaceae | lvs wh beneath, wider | ||||||||||
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | green ash | Oleaceae | lvs greener beneath, narrower | ||||||||||
| Ligustrum vulgare | common privet | Oleaceae | ETSU campus | fls wh, fragrant, common introduced sh | |||||||||
| Botrychium virginianum | Rattlesnake Fern | Ophioglossaceae | University Nature Trail | sterile blade herbaceous, 3X pinnate, segments lacerate-toothed; fertile panicle erect, stalked 3-0 cm long, 2X pinnate, sprorangia stalked. | |||||||||
| Botrychium virginianum | rattlesnake fern | Ophioglossaceae: adder's tounge ferns | Winged Deer Park | lvs biternate, sporangia stalk leafed | |||||||||
| Goodyera repens | dwarf rattlesnake plaintain | Orchidaceae: orchid | Doe River Gorge | lvs green w/wh nerves | |||||||||
| Conopholis americana | Squawroot | Orobanchaceae | Unaka Mountain | parasitic on oak; flowers emerging from beneath lanceolate/ovate,scales on upper part of fleshy stalk | |||||||||
| Orobanchae | squaw-root | Orobanchaceae | Unaka Mountain | parasitic on oaks | |||||||||
| Oxalis stricta | sourgrass, or common yellow wood sorrel | Oxalidaceae: sourgrass | ETSU campus | 3 lflts, fl yellow, weedy, sour tasting | |||||||||
| Sanguinaria candensis | BLOODROOT: | Papaveraceae | University woods | ||||||||||
| Sanguinaria canadensis | bloodroot | Papaveraceae | Winged Deer Park | sap/latex orange, leaf cordate, lobed | |||||||||
| Phytolacca americana | POKEWEED: | Phytolaccaceae | ETSU campus | ||||||||||
| Pinus virginiana | scrub pine, virginia pine | Pinaceae | Doe River Gorge | needles 2, twisted, short, flexible | |||||||||
| Tsuga canadensis | Eastern Hemlock | Pinaceae | Unaka Mountain | needles 5/16-9/16", whitened beneath; twigs rough, flexible; cones 5/8-1", few-scaled, pendent | |||||||||
| Platanus occidentalis | sycamore | Platanaceae | S. Holston wier | infl. globose, lvs lobed, bark like desert camoflague | |||||||||
| Rumex crispa | curly dock | Polygonaceae | ETSU campus | weedy, fls grn, sepals w/decoy 'seed' | |||||||||
| Rumex crispus | CURLY DOCK: | Polygonaceae | ETSU campus | ||||||||||
| Chimaphila maculata | spotted wintergreen | Pyrolaceae: pyrol; or Ericaceae: heath | Winged Deer Park | lv evergreen, lanceolate, variegated | |||||||||
| Cimicifuga racemosa | BLACK COHOSH: | Ranunculaceae | University woods | ||||||||||
| Dicentra cucularia | bleeding hearts | Ranunculaceae | Doe River Gorge | flws red & white, bilateral | |||||||||
| Ranunculus bulbosus | bulbous-root buttercup | Ranunculaceae | ETSU campus | fls br. yellow, many pistils | |||||||||
| Ranunculus recurvata | hooked-fruited buttercup | Ranunculaceae | Winged Deer Park | achenes w/hooked beak = style | |||||||||
| Thalictrum dioecum | rue anemone | Ranunculaceae | Unaka Mountain | fls dioecious | |||||||||
| Crataegus washingtonii | Hawthorn | Rosaceae | ETSU Campus | dense shrub w/ long thorns, fruits small, yellow to red, applelike, often remain on plant thru winter | |||||||||
| Duchesnia indica | wild strawberry | Rosaceae | Unaka Mountain | fls creamy, calyx w/alternating bracts | |||||||||
| Physocarpus opulifolius | ninebark | Rosaceae | S. Holston wier | bladder-like fruit segments | |||||||||
| Rosa multiflora | multiflora rose | Rosaceae | S. Holston wier | cilliate stipules on petiole base | |||||||||
| Rubus occidentalis | Black Rasberry | Rosaceae | University Nature Trail | flowers 1/2" wide, the petals no longer than the sepals, flowers in racemes; fruit juicy, black; dry fields, clearings. | |||||||||
| Prunus serotina | choke cherry | Rosaceae | Winged Deer Park | glands on petiole, smooth lf, stipules; twigs smell of cherry | |||||||||
| Galium pilosum | Hairy Bedstraw | Rubiaceae | University Nature Trail | leaves oval, usually hairy, 1/2-1" long, with 1 main vein; greenish-white to purple flowers, distinctly stalked; dry woods and thickets. | |||||||||
| Gallium aparine | bedstraw | Rubiaceae | Doe River Gorge | clinging stems, lvs. fls wh, tiny | |||||||||
| Mitella diphylla | mitre-wort, bishops cap | Saxifragaceae | stem lvs opp, fls w/fine-cut edge | ||||||||||
| Heuchera americana | alum root | Saxifragaceae: saxifrage | Winged Deer Park | lvs cordate, fuzzy, fl w/5 stamens | |||||||||
| Veronica serpyllifolia | Timeleaf Speedwell | Scrophulariaceae | S. Holston wie | K4C4A4G1 Stripes on petals, short tube at corolla base | |||||||||
| Ailanthus altissima | tree of heaven | Simaroubaceae: quassia | Winged Deer Park | lvs pinnate, w/glands on edge lobes | |||||||||
| Smilax rotundifolia | common greenbrier | Smilacaceae | Winged Deer Park | fls green, 6 parted | |||||||||
| Tilia heterophylla | basswood | Tiliaceae | S. Holston wier | lf base oblique, lvs differ on tree | |||||||||
| Tilia americana | american linden, basswood | Tiliaceae: Linden | Doe River Gorge | lvs whiteish below | |||||||||
| Ulmus rubra | slippery elm | Ulmaceae | Winged Deer Park | lf base oblique, lf v. rough | |||||||||
| Celtis tenuifolia (= C. occidentalis var. georgiana) | thin-leaved hackberry | Ulmaceae: elm | Winged Deer Park | sh, oblique lf base, fr globose | |||||||||
| Viola striata | striped violet | Violaceae: violet | S. Holston wier | erect stem, cream fl w/purple stripes | |||||||||
| Parthenocissus quinqufolia | virginia creeper | Vitaceae | lvs palmate | ||||||||||
| Vitis labrusca | Fox Grape | Vitaceae | University Nature Trail | a tendril or flower cluster opposite most of the leaves, leaves with low teeth and usually with 3 shallow lobes; fruit purplish, musky, about 3/4" in diameter; dry or moist thickets. | |||||||||