Plants > Fagales
The Swamp Chestnut Oak (Quercus michauxii), celebrated throughout the American South as the Basket Oak or Cow Oak, is a colossal, majestic canopy tree native to rich alluvial river floodplains. Renowned for its enormous, sweet-tasting acorns that can exceed an inch...
Plants > Magnoliales
The Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), celebrated across the globe as the Bull Bay or Southern Queen, is the quintessential, fragrant matriarch of the American South and one of the most beloved, stately evergreen flowering trees in the world. Renowned for its...
Plants > Conifers
The Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) is the rugged, fire-forged survivor of eastern North America and the cornerstone ecological anchor of the world-famous New Jersey Pine Barrens. Renowned for its gnarled, twisted branches, deeply furrowed blackish bark, and wood so heavily...
Plants > Conifers
The Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii), celebrated across Florida and the southeastern coastal plain as the fast-growing sovereign of the wet flatwoods, is one of the most commercially vital, ecologically dominant, and hurricane-resilient southern yellow pines. Named for...
Plants > Caryophyllales
The Teddy Bear Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii), celebrated across the desert Southwest as the most deceivingly named and formidable plant in the desert, is a legendary icon of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts. From a distance, its densely packed, silvery-white spines...
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