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 you may find 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 Stitchwortphoto 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 LobeliaPhoto by Daniel Reedthe NRCS Plants Database	Talinum calcaricum – Limestone Fame Flower Photo by Thomas G. Barnesthe NRCS Plants Database
Oxalis violacea – Violet Wood-sorrel©Daniel Reed – http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H21.htm	Phacelia dubia var. interior – Glade Scorpion-weed©William S. Justice. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany. https://plants.usda.gov/home

Plants of the Grassy Glades

Aristida dichotoma – Three-awn Grass http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ARDIC	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	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 )