Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida
 
   
   
   





Why is there more than one Latin name?
• Sometimes an older name is uncovered, and the rule of priority requires that it be used.
• Sometimes DNA research shows that a particular plant isn't what it was thought to be.
• Sometimes botanists disagree as to the relative importance of various features....


Most field guides written for the Southeast will use one of the scientific names cited in the website.