NASHVILLE BASIN

SEED LIST

DRY-MESIC, NON-ROCKY, CALCAREOUS, HIGH SUNLIGHT, SAVANNA & MEADOW

The following list of species was developed from a combination of floristic publications and guides, unpublished surveys, consultation with experts, and our staff's experience and study of existing grassland remnants. Please click on the photos below for a link to the original photo or for photographic credits. The majority of images were obtained from the sources listed below.

Photo sources:

Tennessee Vascular Plant Atlas and Database. Accessed January 04, 2018. University of Tennessee Herbarium and Austin Peay State University Herbarium. Tennessee Vascular Plant Database. http://herbarium.utk.edu/.
Gwaltney, John. Southeastern Flora. Accessed January 04, 2018. http://www.southeasternflora.com/index.php.

TREES

Gleditsia triacanthos (Honeylocust)

Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky Coffeetree)

Morus rubra (Red Mulberry)

Quercus imbricaria (Shingle Oak)

Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak)

Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak)

Quercus shumardii (Shumard Oak)

SHRUBS

Cornus drummondii (Roughleaf Dogwood)

Crataegus collina (Hill Hawthorn)

Crataegus crus-galli (Cockspur Hawthorn)

Crataegus engelmannii (Engelmann's Hawthorn)

Crataegus harbisonii (Harbison's Hawthorn)

Crataegus pruinosa (Frosted Hawthorn)

Forestiera ligustrina (Glade Privet)

Prunus americana (American Plum)

Prunus mexicana (Mexican Plum)

Rhamnus caroliniana (Carolina Buckthorn)

Rosa carolina (Carolina Rose)

Rosa setigera (Prairie Rose)

Rubus flagellaris (Northern Dewberry)

Sideroxylon lycioides (Southern Buckthorn)

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus (Coralberry)

Viburnum rufidulum (Rusty Blackhaw)

FORBS

Acalypha rhomboidea (Three-seed Mercury)

Acalypha virginica (Virginia Three-seed Mercury)

Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)

Agalinis tenuifolia (Slenderleaf False Foxglove)

Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop)

Agrimonia pubescens (Soft Agrimony)

Allium canadense (Field Garlic)

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Common Ragweed)

Ambrosia trifida (Giant Ragweed)

Antennaria plantaginifolia (Plantain-leaved Pussytoes)

Apocynum cannabinum (Indian Hemp)

Arnoglossum plantagineum (Groovestem Indian Plantain)

Asclepias purpurascens (Purple Milkweed)

Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)

Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Milkweed)

Asclepias viridiflora (Green Milkweed)

Asclepias viridis (Antelope-Horn Milkweed)

Astranthium integrifolium (Entireleaf Western Daisy)

Bidens aristosa (Bearded Beggarticks)

Bidens bipinnata (Spanish Needles)

Blephilia ciliata (Wood Mint)

Brickellia eupatorioides (False Boneset)

Camassia scilloides (Wild Hyacinth)

Chaerophyllum tainturieri (Hairyfruit Chervil)

Chamaecrista fasciculata (Partridge Pea)

Cirsium discolor (Field Thistle)

Conoclinium coelestinum (Blue Mistflower)

Dasistoma macrophylla (Mullein Foxglove)

Desmanthus illinoensis (Prairie Bundleflower)

Desmodium glabellum (Dillenius' Tick-trefoil)

Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)

Elephantopus carolinianus (Carolina Elephant's Foot)

Erigeron strigosus (Prairie Fleabane)

Eupatorium altissimum (Tall Thoroughwort)

Eupatorium serotinum (Late-flowering Thoroughwort)

Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge)

Fleischmannia incarnata (Pink Thoroughwort)

Frasera caroliniensis (American Colombo)

Fragaria virginiana (Wild Strawberry)

Galactia regularis (Milk Pea)

Gamochaeta argyrinea (Silvery Cudweed)

Gamochaeta purpurea (Purple Cudweed)

Galium pilosum (Hairy Bedstraw)

Gaura biennis (Biennial Beeblossom)

Geranium carolinianum (Carolina Geranium)

Gonolobus suberosus (Angular-fruit Milkvine)

Hedeoma hispida (Rough False Pennyroyal)

Houstonia lanceolata (Lanceleaf Bluets)

Hypericum punctatum (Spotted St. Johnswort)

Lactuca canadensis (Canada Lettuce)

Lespedez virginica (Virginia Bushclover)

Liatris squarrosa (Scaly Blazingstar)

Liatris squarrulosa (Appalachian Blazingstar)

Lobelia spicata (Pale Spike Lobelia)

Matelea caroliniensis (Carolina Milkvine)

Matelea obliqua (Climbing Milkvine)

Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)

Myosotis verna (Spring-Forget-Me-Not)

Oenothera biennis (Common Evening Primrose)

Parnassia incarnata (Passionflower)

Passiflora lutea (Yellow Passionflower)

Penstemon calycosus (Longsepal Beardtongue)

Physalis heterophylla (Clammy Ground Cherry)

Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata (Longleaf Ground Cherry)

Polygala senega (Seneca Snakeroot)

Potentilla simplex (Common Cinquefoil)

Primula meadia (Shooting Star)

Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata (Self-heal)

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Rabbit Tobacco)

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus (Carolina False Dandelion)

Pycnanthemum loomisii (Loomis' Mountain-Mint)

Ratibida pinnata (Gray-Headed Coneflower)

Ruellia caroliniensis (Carolina Wild Petunia)

Ruellia strepens (Limestone Wild Petunia)

Rudbeckia fulgida (Orange Coneflower)

Rudbeckia hirta (Black-Eyed Susan)

Rudbeckia triloba (Browneyed Susan)

Sabatia angularis (Rose Pink)

Salvia lyrata (Lyre-Leaved Sage)

Scrophularia marilandica (Carpenter's Square)

Scutellaria incana var. incana (Hoary Skullcap)

Packera anonyma (Small's Ragwort)

Senna marilandica (Wild Senna)

Sisyrinchium albidum (White Blue-Eyed Grass)

Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Narrow-Leaved Blue-Eyed Grass)

Silphium glabrum (Smooth Rosinweed)

Solidago altissima (Tall Goldenrod)

Solidago nemoralis (Gray Goldenrod)

Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod)

Solidago rigida var. rigida (Stiff Goldenrod)

Solanum carolinense (Horse Nettle)

Solanum ptychanthum (Eastern Black Nightshade)

Spiranthes cernua (Nodding Ladies'-Tresses)

Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis (Slender Ladies'-Tresses)

Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink)

Stylosanthes biflora (Pencil Flower)

Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (Calico Aster)

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum (Hairy White Oldfield Aster)

Symphyotrichum shortii (Short's Aster)

Taenidia integerrima (Yellow Pimpernell)

Teucrium canadense (Canada Germander)

Thaspium chapmanii (Chapman's Meadow-Parsnip)

Thalictrum revolutum (Waxy-Leaf Meadow-Rue)

Tragia cordata (Heartleaf Noseburn)

Triodanis perfoliata (Venus' Looking Glass)

Valerianella radiata (Beaked Corn Salad)

Valerianella umbilicata (Navel Corn Salad)

Verbesina alternifolia (Wingstem)

Verbesina occidentalis (Yellow Crownbeard)

Verbesina virginica (White Crownbeard)

Verbena urticifolia (Nettle-leaf Vervain)

Vernonia gigantea (Tall Ironweed)

Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)

Zizia aptera (Heart-Leaved Golden Alexanders)

Zizia aurea (Golden Alexanders)

graminoids

Agrostis perennens (Upland Bentgrass)

Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem)

Andropogon gyrans (Elliott's Bluestem

Andropogon ternarius (Splitbeard Bluestem)

Andropogon virginicus (Broomsedge Bluestem)

Bromus pubescens (Hairy Brome)

Carex amphibola (Eastern Narrowleaf Sedge)

Carex blanda (Eastern Woodland Sedge)

Carex brevior (Shortbeak Sedge)

Carex cephalophora (Head-like Sedge)

Carex cherokeensis (Cherokee Sedge)

Carex davisii (Davis' Sedge)

Carex glaucodea (Blue Sedge)

Carex granularis (Limestone Meadow Sedge)

Carex grisea (Inflated Narrow-Leaf Sedge)

Carex hirsutella (Fuzzy Wuzzy Sedge)

Carex leavenworthii (Leavenworth's Sedge)

Carex meadii (Mead's Sedge)

Carex molestiformis (Frightful Sedge)

Carex muhlenbergii (Muhlenberg's Sedge)

Carex oxylepis (Sharpscale Sedge)

Carex retroflexa (Reflexed Sedge)

Carex rosea (Rosy Sedge)

Carex swanii (Swan's Sedge)

Carex texensis (Texas Sedge)

Chasmanthium latifolium (River Oats)

Cyperus echinatus (Globe Flatsedge)

Cyperus lancastriensis (Manyflower Flatsedge)

Danthonia spicata (Poverty Oat Grass)

Dichanthelium clandestinum (Deertongue Panic Grass)

Dichanthelium laxiflorum (Openflower Rosette Grass)

Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush Grass)

Elymus glabriflorus (Smooth-leaf Wild Rye)

Elymus macgregorii (Macgregor's Wild Rye)

Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple Love Grass)

Festuca subverticillata (Nodding Fescue)

Juncus brachycarpus (Whiteroot Rush)

Juncus tenuis (Path Rush)

Muhlenbergia schreberi (Nimblewill)

Panicum anceps (Fall Panic Grass)

Paspalum laeve (Field Paspalum)

Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)

Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)

Sporobolus asper var. asper (Dropseed)

Tridens flavus (Purpletop)

Tripsacum dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass)