List of flora of North Carolina facts for kids
This list includes plants native and introduced to the state of North Carolina, designated (N) and (I), respectively. Varieties and subspecies link to their parent species.
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A
- Acer rubrum (red maple, N)
- Acer saccharum (sugar maple, N)
- Allium canadense (N)
- Allium tricoccum (N)
- Ambrosia trifida (common ragweed, N)
- Arethusa bulbosa (N)
- Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit, N)
- Asclepias syriaca (N)
- Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed, N)
B
- Bellis perennis (I)
- Berberis canadensis (N)
- Betula nigra (N)
C
Cornus florida is the state flower of North Carolina.
- Calopogon tuberosus (N)
- Campsis radicans (trumpet vine, N)
- Carya glabra (pignut hickory, N)
- Carya ovata (shagbark hickory, N)
- Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory, N)
- Castilleja coccinea (N)
- Cercis canadensis (eastern redbud, N)
- Claytonia caroliniana (N)
- Claytonia virginica (N)
- Cleistesiopsis divaricata (rosebud orchid, N)
- Commelina erecta (N)
- Cornus florida (common dogwood, N)
D
- Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace, I)
- Dionaea muscipula (N)
- Dodecatheon meadia (N)
E
- Elephantopus tomentosus (N)
- Erythronium americanum (N)
- Eutrochium purpureum (N)
F
- Fagus grandifolia (N)
- Fraxinus americana (N)
G
- Gelsemium sempervirens (N)
- Glechoma hederacea (I)
- Gordonia lasianthus (N)
H
- Houstonia caerulea (N)
- Hydrangea arborescens (N)
- Hydrangea radiata (N)
I
- Iris cristata (N)
J
- Juglans nigra (N)
- Juniperus virginiana (red cedar, N)
- Justicia americana (N)
K
- Kalmia cuneata (N)
- Kosteletzkya virginica (seashore mallow, N)
L
- Leucanthemum vulgare (I)
- Lilium catesbaei (N)
- Lilium pyrophilum (N)
- Liquidambar styraciflua (American sweetgum, N)
- Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree, N)
- Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower, N)
- Lobelia inflata (N)
- Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle, I)
M
- Magnolia virginiana (sweetbay magnolia, N)
- Maianthemum canadense (false lily-of-the-valley, N)
- Mimulus ringens (Allegheny monkeyflower, N)
- Morus rubra (N)
N
- Nyssa aquatica (N)
- Nyssa sylvatica (N)
O
- Oenothera speciosa (N)
- Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern, N)
- Opuntia humifusa (N)
- Ostrya virginiana (N)
- Oxalis grandis (N)
- Oxalis violacea (N)
P
- Panicum repens (I)
- Phytolacca americana (American pokeweed, N)
- Picea rubens (N)
- Pinus palustris (N)
- Pinus taeda (N)
- Podophyllum peltatum (N)
- Polygonatum biflorum (N)
- Portulaca pilosa (N)
- Pueraria montana (I)
Q
- Quercus alba (white oak, N)
- Quercus nigra (black oak, N)
- Quercus palustris (pin oak, N)
- Quercus phellos (willow oak, N)
- Quercus rubra (northern red oak, N)
- Quercus virginiana (southern live oak, N)
R
- Rhododendron calendulaceum (N)
- Rhododendron periclymenoides (pinkster flower, N)
- Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac, N)
- Rosa carolina (Carolina rose, N)
- Ruellia caroliniensis (Carolina wild petunia, N)
S
- Sabatia angularis (rosepink, N)
- Sagittaria latifolia (broadleaf arrowhead, N)
- Salvia lyrata (N)
- Sarracenia flava (N)
- Sarracenia minor (N)
- Sarracenia purpurea (N)
- Sarracenia rubra (N)
- Sassafras albidum (sassafras, N)
- Sisyrinchium angustifolium (N)
- Smilax glauca (N)
- Solidago gigantea (tall goldenrod, N)
- Strophostyles umbellata (pink fuzzybean, N)
- Symplocarpus foetidus (N)
T
- Tipularia discolor (crane-fly orchid, N)
- Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
- Toxicodendron vernix (poison sumac, N)
- Trillium undulatum (N)
U
- Ulmus alata (N)
- Ulmus americana (American elm, N)
- Utricularia juncea (southern bladderwort, N)
V
- Vaccinium corymbosum (N)
- Vaccinium crassifolium (N)
- Vaccinium stamineum (deerberry, N)
- Verbascum thapsus (common mullein, I)
- Viola bicolor (field pansy, N)
- Viola canadensis (Canada violet, N)
- Viola hastata (halberd-leaved yellow violet, N)
- Viola odorata (sweet violet, I)
- Viola pedata (bird's-foot violet, N)
- Viola sororia (common blue violet, N)
- Vitis rotundifolia (muscadine, N)
W
X
Y
- Yucca flaccida (N)
Z
- Zenobia pulverulenta (N)
- Zizia aurea (N)
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