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Vascular Plant Herbarium

All names in our online guide to the vascular plants of Tennessee follow the taxonomic treatment used in Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015). If you have trouble finding a scientific name on our site, you can search for synonyms on Tropicos or the USDA Plants Database.

Search Notes:

The search criteria are not case sensitive.
The common name search field will match all names containing the letters/word entered. (i.e. entering “blue” will return all names containing “blue” such as “bluestar”, “sky blue”, “blue beech” and etc.)
Searches may take a few seconds to a couple of minutes to complete depending on Internet connection speed and the number of records entered in the county.
Search result contains only those taxa that have been entered into the TENN flora database. If you have knowledge of a plant not listed, please contact us.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Jessica M. Budke.