Glade Plants

Field Guide to the Limestone Cedar Glades

There are a number of wonderful sites which collect pictures of and information about plants of the mid-south. The three that I have found most useful are:

The National Resources Conservation Services - Plants Database (http://plants.usda.gov/)
Wildflowers of the Southeast US (2bnthewild.com)
Vanderbilt University's Bioimages (http://bioimages.cas.vanderbilt.edu/)

Plants of the Gravelly Glades

Nostoc commune - Witches Butter (not actually a plant but cyanobacteria) photos by Nancy Stetten	Arenaria (Minuartia) patula - Glade Sandwort, also Pitcher's Stitchwort photo by William S Justice, NRCS Plants Database
Leavenworthia stylosa - Nashville Glade-cress, Gray Cedar Glade-cress, Nashville Mustard ©Daniel Reed - www.2bnthewild.com	Sedum pulchellum - Lime Stonecrop, also called Widow's cross ©Daniel Reed - www.2bnthewild.com
Lobelia appendiculata var. gattinger - Gattinger's Lobelia Photo by Daniel Reed the NRCS Plants Database	Talinum calcaricum - Limestone Fame Flower Photo by Thomas G. Barnes the NRCS Plants Database
Oxalis violacea - Violet Wood-sorrel ©Daniel Reed - http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H21.h	Phacelia dubia var. interior - Glade Scorpion-weed ©William S. Justice. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany .

Plants of the Grassy Glades

Aristida dichotoma - Three-awn Grass	Manfreda virginica - False Aloe (also Rattlesnake Master) ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H202.htm
Belamcanda chinensis - Blackberry-lily ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/	Pediomelum subacaulis - Nashville Breadroot ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H99.htm
Dalea gattingeri - Gattinger's Prairie-clover also called Purple Tassels ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/	Hypericum perforatum - St. John's-wort ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/
Hypoxis hirsuta - Star-grass ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/	Eggleston's Violet
Phlox bifida - Glade Phlox (also Cleft Phlox) ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/	Verbena canadensis - Rose Verbena ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/
©Small's Ragwort Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/	Tennessee Coneflower ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/

Plants of the Xeric Limestone Prairie



Hypericum frondosum - Shrubby St. John’s-wort ©Daniel Reed http://2bnthewild.com/	Forestiera ligustrina - Glade Privet © 2002 Steve Baskauf Vanderbilt University Bioimages
Rhus aromatica - Aromatic Sumac	Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - Coralberry © 2002 Steve Baskauf Vanderbilt University Bioimages

Plants of the Cedar Woods


Eastern Red-cedar ( Juniperus virginiana )	Hackberry ( Celtis laevigata )
Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata ) © 2002 Steve Baskauf Vanderbilt University Bioimages	Winged Elm ( Ulmus alata )