CAPE LOOKOUT
Vegetation and Ecological Processes on Shackleford Bank, North Carolina
NPS Scientific Monograph No. 6
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APPENDIX II:
SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES OF PLANTS
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Amaranthus pumilus | Seabeach amaranth |
| Ammophila breviligulata | Beach grass |
| Ampelopsis arborea | Pepper vine |
| Andropogon | Beardgrass |
| A. littoralis | Dune bluestem |
| A. virginicus | Broom sedge |
| Aristida stricta | Wire grass |
| Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony spleenwort |
| Atriplex arenaria | Sea beach orach |
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| Baccharis | Groundsel tree |
| B. halimifolia | Silverling, sea myrtle |
| Bacopa monnieri | Water hyssop |
| Berchemia scandens | Rattan vine |
| Bidens bipinnata | Spanish needles |
| Boehmeria cylindrica | False nettle |
| Borrichia frutescens | Sea ox-eye |
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| Cakile edentula | Sea rocket |
| Callicarpa americana | Beauty berry |
| Carpinus caroliniana | Ironwood |
| Cenchrus tribuloides | Sandspur, sandbar |
| Centella asiatica | Pennywort |
| Chloris petraea | Finger grass |
| Cicuta maculata | Water hemlock |
| Cirsium | Common thistle |
| C. horridulum | Yellow thistle |
| Cladium | Twig rush |
| C. jamaicense | Saw grass |
| Cladonia | Sod lichen |
| Cnidoscolus stimulosus | Bullnettle |
| Conyza canadensis | Horseweed |
| Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood |
| C. stricta | Dogwood |
| Croton glandulosus | Croton |
| C. punctatus | Silver-leaf croton, beach tea |
| Cyperus filicinus | Cyperus |
| C. flavescens |
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| C. globulosus |
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| C. haspan |
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| C. ororatus |
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| C. polystachyos var. texensis |
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| C. retrorsus |
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| C. strigosus |
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| Dichromena colorata | Whitetop sedge |
| Diospyros virginiana | Persimmon |
| Dictichlis spicata | Salt grass |
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| Eleocharis albida | Spike rush |
| E. fallax |
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| E. flavescens |
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| Elephantopus nudatus | Elephant's foot |
| E. tomentosa |
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| Erogeron quercifolius | Fleabane |
| Euphorbia maculata | Spurge |
| E. polygonifolia | Seaside spurge, beach spurge |
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| Fimbristylis castanea |
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| Gaillardia pulchella | Blanket flower |
| Gnaphalium purpureum | Cudweed |
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| Helianthemum georgianum | Frostweed |
| H. corymbosum |
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| Heterotheca subaxillaris | Camphor weed |
| Hydrocotyle | Water pennywort |
| H. bonariensis |
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| Ilex | Holly |
| I. glabra | Gallberry |
| I. opaca | American holly |
| I. vomitoria | Yaupon |
| Ipomoea sagittata | Morning glory |
| Iva | Marsh elder |
| I. frutescens | Shrubby marsh elder |
| I. imbricata | Seashore elder |
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| Juncus biflorus | Rush |
| J. coriaceus |
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| J. dichotomus |
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| J. megacephalus |
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| J. roemerianus |
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| J. tenuis |
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| Juniperus | Juniper |
| J. virginiana | Red cedar |
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| Kosteletzkya | Mallow |
| K. virginica | Seashore mallow |
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| Lepidium virginicum | Peppergrass |
| Limonium carolinianum | Sea lavender |
| Lippia | Fogfruit |
| L. nodiflora | Capeweed |
| Lopadium leucoxanthum | Wedding ring lichen |
| Ludwigia | False loosestrife |
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| Magnolia virginiana | Sweet bay |
| Mikania scandens | Climbing hempweed |
| Mitchella repens | Partridge berry |
| Morus rubra | Red mulberry |
| Muhlenbergia | Muhly |
| M. capillaris | Hair grass, purple muhly |
| Myrica cerifera | Wax myrtle |
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| Oenothera | Evening primrose |
| O. humifusa | Seabeach evening primrose |
| Opuntia humifusa | Prickly pear |
| Osmonthus americanus | Wild olive |
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| Panicum commutatum | Panic grass |
| P. lancearium |
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| P. sphaerocarpon |
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| P. spretum |
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| P. virgatum var. cubonse |
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| Parmelia | Shield lichen |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper |
| Paspalum distichum | Paspalum |
| P. floridanum |
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| P. laeve |
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| P. setaceum |
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| Persea borbonia | Red bay |
| Phoradendron serotinum | Mistletoe |
| Physalis maritima | Ground cherry |
| Physcia | Blister lichen |
| Pinus palustris | Longleaf pine |
| P. taeda | Loblolly pine |
| Pluchea | Marsh fleabane |
| Polygonum | Knotweed |
| P. glaucum | Smartweed |
| P. lapithifolium |
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| P. punctatum |
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| Polypodium polypodioides | Resurrection fern |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken fern |
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| Quercus | Oak |
| Q. laevis | Turkey oak |
| Q. marilandica | Black jack oak |
| Q. phellos | Willow oak |
| Q. virginiana | Live oak |
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| Ramalina | Twig lichen |
| Rhus copallina | Dwarf or winged sumac |
| R. radicans | Poison ivy |
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| Sabal minor | Palmetto |
| S. palmetto | Cabbage palmetto |
| Sabatia stellaris | Sea pink, marsh pink |
| Sagittaria latifolia | Duck potato |
| Salicornia | Glasswort |
| S. bigelovii | Dwarf glasswort, dwarf saltwort |
| S. virginica | Perennial glasswort, perennial saltwort |
| Salsola | Saltwort |
| S. kali | Common saltwort, goosefoot saltwort |
| Samolus parviflorus | Water pimpernel |
| Scirpus americanus | Chairmaker's rush |
| Setaria geniculata | Foxtail grass |
| S. glauca |
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| S. magna |
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| Smilax | Greenbrier |
| S. auriculata | Catbrier |
| S. bona-nox | China brier |
| S. laurifolia | Bamboo |
| Solidago sempervirens | Goldenrod |
| Spartina alterniflora | Cordgrass, saltwater cordgrass |
| S. distichlis | Cordgrass |
| S. patens | Saltmeadow cordgrass |
| S. spicata | Cordgrass |
| Spiranthes vernalis | Nodding ladies-tresses |
| Stipa avenacea | Needle grass |
| Strophoatyles helvola | Wild bean |
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| Teloschistes | Shore lichen |
| Tillandsia usneoides | Spanish moss |
| Triplasis | Sandgrass |
| Typha | Cattail-flag |
| T. latifolia | Common cattail |
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| Uniola laxa | Spike grass |
| U. paniculata | Sea oats |
| Usnea | Beard lichen |
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| Vitis aestivalis | Summer grape |
| V. rotundifolia | Muscadine grape |
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| Xanthium echinatum | Sea burdock |
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| Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Hercules' club |
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