(a) Native to Bald Head Island.
PLANT LIST | |||||
COMMON NAME | BOTANICAL NAME | EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY | DUNE | EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH | MARITIME FOREST |
PLANT LIST | |||||
COMMON NAME | BOTANICAL NAME | EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY | DUNE | EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH | MARITIME FOREST |
TREES | |||||
American holly** | Ilex opaca and its cultivars | X | X | ||
Cabbage palmetto/ Sabal palm(*)(**) | Sabal palmetto | X | X | X | |
Carolina laurel cherry | Prunus caroliniana | X | X | ||
Coastal American hornbeam/ironw ood | Carpinus caroliniana var. caroliniana | X | X | ||
Coastal red cedar/red cedar** | Juniperus silicicola and its cultivars | X | X | X | X |
Dogwood/flower ing dogwood | Cornus florida/Benthamidia florida | X | X | ||
Eastern red cedar | Juniperus virginiana and its cultivars | X | X | X | |
Live oak** | Quercus virginiana | X | X | X | |
Loblolly pine | Pinus taeda | X | X | X | |
Pignut hickory | Carya glabra | X | X | X | |
Red bay | Persea borbonia | X | X | ||
Red mulberry | Morus rubra | X | |||
Sand laurel oak** | Quercus hemisphaerica/laurifolia | X | X | ||
Sand live oak (tree-form) | Quercus geminata | X | X | ||
Southern toothache tree/Hercules' club | Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | X | X | ||
Wax-myrtle (tree-form) | Morella cerifera/Myrica cerifera | X | X | X | |
Wild olive/ devilwood (tree-form) | Cartrema americanum/osmanthus americanus | X | X | X | |
Yaupon/yaupon holly** (tree-form) | Ilex vomitoria and its cultivars | X | X | X | X |
SHRUBS | |||||
Beautyberry/ American beautyberry | Callicarpa americanum | X | X | X | |
Dune marsh-elder | Iva imbricata | X | |||
Dune prickly-pear cactus | Opuntia drummondii | X | X | ||
Dwarf Yaupon | Ilex vomitoria "Schillings Dwarf" and "Nana" | X | X | X | X |
Farkleberry/ Sparkleberry | Vaccinium arboreum | X | X | ||
Eastern winged sumac | Rhus copallinum var. copallinum | X | X | ||
Maritime marsh-elder | Iva frutscens var. frutescens | X | |||
Mound-lily yucca/ Spanish bayonet* | Yucca gloriosa | X | X | ||
Prickly-pear cactus | Opuntia mesacantha spp. mesacantha | X | X | X | |
Sand live oak (multi-trunk) | Quercus geminate | X | X | X | |
Silverling/mullet bush | Baccharis halimifolia | X | X | ||
Spanish dagger yucca | Yucca aloifolia | X | X | ||
Wax-myrtle | Morella cerifera/Myrica cerifera | X | X | X | |
Weeping yaupon | Ilex vomitoria Pendula | X | X | X | X |
Wild olive/ devilwood | Cartrema americanum/ Osmanthus americanus | X | X | X | |
VINES | |||||
Beach morning-glory* | Ipomoea imperati | X | |||
Carolina jessamine | Gelsemium sempervirens | X | X | X | |
Carolina supplejack | Berchemia scandens | X | |||
Coastal morning-glory/ti e vine | Ipomoea cordatotriloba/var. cordatotriloba | X | X | X | |
Coral honeysuckle | Lonicera sempervirens and its cultivars | X | X | X | |
Peppervine | Nekemias arborea/ ampelopsis arborea | X | X | ||
Saltmarsh morning-glory | Ipomoea sagittata | X | X | ||
Swallow-wort/ sand-vine | Pattalias palustre | X | |||
Yellow passionflower | Passiflora lutea | X | X | X | |
ANNUALS, PERENNIALS AND FERNS | |||||
Annual sand bean | Strophostyles helvola | X | X | ||
Annual sea-pink | Sabatia stellaris | X | |||
Beach blanket-flower | Gaillardia pulchella var. drummondii | X | X | ||
Camphorweed | Heterotheca subaxillaris | X | X | ||
Carolina sea-lavender | Limonium carolinianum | X | |||
Common germander | Teucrium canadense | X | X | ||
Creeping frogfruit/turkey tangle | Phyla nodiflora var. nodiflora | X | X | ||
Dune blue curls* | Trichostema nesophilum/ trichostema sp. 1 | X | X | ||
Dwarf palmetto | Sabal minor | X | X | X | |
Eastern horse-mint | Monarda punctata var. punctata | X | X | ||
Ebony spleenwort fern | Asplenium platyneuron | X | X | ||
Elephant s foot | Elephantopus sp. | X | |||
Northern seaside spurge/northern sandmat | Euphorbia polygonifolia | X | |||
Partridge-berry | Mitchella repens | X | X | ||
Robins-plantain | Erigeron pulchellus | X | X | ||
Salt-marsh aster | Symphytrichum tenuifolium | X | |||
Samphire/ glasswort | Salicornia virginica | X | |||
Seabeach amaranth* | Amaranthus pumilus | X | |||
Silverleaf croton/beach-tea | Croton punctatus | X | X | ||
Silver seaside oxeye | Borrichia frutescens | X | |||
Southern seaside goldenrod | Solidago mexicana | X | X | X | |
Southern seaside spurge/dixie sandmat* | Euphorbia bombensis | X | X | ||
St. Andrew s cross | Hypericum hypericoides | X | |||
GRASSES, SEDGES AND RUSHES | |||||
Bitter seabeach grass | Panicum amarum and its cultivars | X | X | X | |
Black needle rush | Juncus roemerianus | X | |||
Dune hair grass/ sweet grass | Muhlenbergia sericea | X | X | X | |
Elliott s lovegrass | Eragrostis elliottii | X | X | ||
Hairgrass/purple muhly | Muhlenbergia capillaris | X | X | X | |
Maritime bushy bluestem | Andropogon tenuispatheus | X | X | ||
Narrowleaf whitetop sedge/ starrush | Rhychospora colorata | X | X | ||
Saltmarsh cordgrass/smoot h cordgrass | Spartina alterniflora | X | X | ||
Saltmarsh wild-rye | Elymus halophilus/E. virginicus var. halophilus | X | X | X | |
Sea oats** | Uniola paniculata | X | X | ||
Seaside little bluestem | Schizachyricum littorale | X | X | X | |
Small saltmeadow cordgrass/salt hay | Spartina patens | X | |||
Two-flower melic | Melica mutica | X | |||
Woods-grass/ basket-grass* | Oplismenus setarius | X | |||
(b) Native to North Carolina (not native to Bald Head Island).
COMMON NAME | BOTANICAL NAME | EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY | DUNE | EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH | MARITIME FOREST |
COMMON NAME | BOTANICAL NAME | EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY | DUNE | EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH | MARITIME FOREST |
American persimmon | Diospyros virginiana | X | |||
Chickasaw plum | Prunus angustifolia | X | |||
Eastern red maple | Acer rubrum var. | X | X | ||
Eastern redbud | Cercis canadensis and its cultivars | X | |||
Fringe-tree | Chionanthus virginicus | X | |||
Southern magnolia | Magnolia grandiflora and its cultivars | X | |||
Sweet bay magnolia | Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana and its cultivars | X | |||
Water oak | Quercus nigra | X | |||
Wild black cherry | Prunus serotina | X | |||
SHRUBS | |||||
Coastal sweet-pepperbus h/ summersweet | Clethra alnifolia | X | |||
Curlyleaf yucca/ Adam s needle | Yucca filamentosa | X | X | X | |
Southern black haw | Viburnum rufidulum | X | |||
Southern wild raisin/possumha w | Viburnum nudum | X | X | ||
Sweet-shrub/ Carolina allspice | Claycanthus floridus | X | |||
Sweetspire/ Virginia willow | Itea virginica | X | X | ||
VINES | |||||
Cross-vine | Bignonia capreolata and its cultivars | X | X | ||
Maypops/purple passionflower | Passiflora incarnata | X | X | ||
ANNUALS, PERENNIALS AND FERNS | |||||
Coral bean/ cardinal spear | Erythrina herbacea | X | X | ||
Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | X | |||
Eastern butterflyweed | Asclepias tuberosa var. tuberosa | X | |||
Seashore-mallow | Kosteletzkya pentacarpos | X | |||
GRASSES, SEDGES AND RUSHES | |||||
American beachgrass** | Calamagrostis breviligulata/ammophilia breviligulata | X | X | ||
Bottlebrush grass | Elymus hystrix | X | X | ||
Broomsedge | Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus | X | X | ||
Eastern wild-rye | Elymus virginicus | X | |||
Little bluestem | Schizachyrium scoparium and its cultivars | X | |||
Purple lovegrass | Eragrostis spectabilis | X | X | ||
Soft rush | Juncus effusus | X | |||
Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum var. virgatum and its cultivars | X | X | ||
(c) Non-native plants (not native to Bald Head Island or North Carolina).
COMMON NAME | BOTANICAL NAME | EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY | DUNE | EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH | MARITIME FOREST |
COMMON NAME | BOTANICAL NAME | EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY | DUNE | EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH | MARITIME FOREST |
TREES | |||||
California fan palm | Washingtonia filifera | X | |||
Canary date palm | Phoenix canariensis | X | |||
Edible fig | Ficus carica | X | |||
Needle palm | Rhapidophyllum hystrix | X | |||
Windmill palm | Trachycarpus fortunei | X | |||
SHRUBS | |||||
Chinese fringe flower | Loropetlam chinense | X | |||
Chinese juniper | Juniperus chinensis and its cultivars | X | X | ||
Indian hawthorn | Rhaphiolepis spp. and its cultivars | X | X | ||
Loquat | Eriobotrya japonica | X | |||
Oleander (Mediterranean native) | Nerium oleander | X | |||
Pittosporum | Pittosporum tobira and its cultivars | X | X | ||
Rosemary | Rosmarinus officinalis | X | |||
Sago palm | Cycas revoluta | X | X | ||
VINES | |||||
Confederate jasmine | Trachelospermum jasminoides | X | |||
GRASSES, ANNUALS, PERENNIALS, AND FERNS | |||||
Blue wild indigo | Baptista australis | X | |||
Coreopsis | Coreopsis lanceolata | X | |||
Florida gama grass/dwarf fakahatchee (while native to Florida, it is used in golf course communities along the eastern seaboard) | Tripsacum floridanum | X | |||
East Florida beach sunflower (Florida native) | Helianthus debilis | X | |||
Gaura | Gaura lindheimeri | X | |||
Japanese holly fern | Crytomium falcatum | X | |||
Lantana (Central and South America native) | Lantana camara | X | |||
Mexican bush sage | Salvia leucantha | X | |||
Plains coreopsis/ calliopsis (Midwest native) | Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria | X | |||
Prairie dropseed | Sporobolus heterolepsis | X | |||
Russian sage | Perovskia atriplicifolia | X | |||
Silverleaf sunflower (Texas native) | Helianthus argophyllus | X | |||
Weeping love grass (South Africa native) | Eragrostis curvula | X | |||
(d) Invasive, not native (DON’T PLANT ME!”).
COMMON NAME | BOTANICAL NAME | EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY | DUNE | EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH | MARITIME FOREST |
COMMON NAME | BOTANICAL NAME | EASILY SOURCED LOCALLY | DUNE | EDGES of DUNE, MARITIME FOREST OR MARSH | MARITIME FOREST |
Callery pear/ Bradford pear, and the like | Pyrus calleryana and its cultivars | ||||
Chinaberry tree | Melia azedarach | ||||
Chinese tallow tree/ popcorn tree | Triadica sebifera | ||||
Mimosa/silk tree | Albizia julibrissin | ||||
Princess tree | Paulownia tomentosa | ||||
Tree of heaven | Ailanthus altissima | ||||
White mulberry | Morus alba | ||||
White poplar | Populus alba | ||||
SHRUBS | |||||
Amur honeysuckle | Lonicera maackii | ||||
Autumn olive | Elaegnus umbellata | ||||
Burning bush | Euonymus alata | ||||
Butterfly bush | Buddleia davidii and its cultivars | ||||
Chinese privet | Ligustrum sinense and its cultivars | ||||
Fragrant honeysuckle | Lonicera fragrantissima | ||||
Hardy orange/ wild orange | Poncirus trifoliata | ||||
Japanese barberry | Berberis thunbergii and its cultivars | ||||
Japanese privet | Ligustrum japonicum and its cultivars | ||||
Japanese spiraea | Spiraea japonica and its cultivars | ||||
Leatherleaf mahonia | Mahonia bealei and its cultivars | ||||
Morrow honeysuckle | Lonicera morrowii | ||||
Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora | ||||
Nandina (Asia native) | Nandina domestica and its cultivars | ||||
Russian olive | Elaeagnus angustifolia | ||||
Salt-cedar | Tamarix spp. | ||||
Thorny-olive | Elaeagnus pungens | ||||
VINES | |||||
Beach vitex | Vitex rotundifolia | ||||
Chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis and its cultivars | ||||
Chocolate vine | Akebia quinate | ||||
English ivy | Hedera helix and its cultivars | ||||
Japanese honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica and its cultivars | ||||
Japanese wisteria | Wisteria floribunda and its cultivars | ||||
Kudzu | Pueraria montana | ||||
Mile-a-minute vine | Persicaria perfoliata | ||||
Oriental bittersweet | Celastrus orbiculatus | ||||
Porcelain-berry | Ampelopsis brevipedunculata and its cultivars | ||||
Sweet autumn clematis (Asia native) | Clematis terniflora | ||||
Wintercreeper | Euonymus fortunei and its cultivars | ||||
ANNUALS, PERENNIALS, AND FERNS | |||||
Bicolor lespedeza | Lespedeza bicolor | ||||
Common chickweed | Stellia media | ||||
Gill-over-the- ground/ground ivy | Glechoma hederacea | ||||
Henbit | Lamium purpureum | ||||
Hydrilla | Hydrilla verticillata | ||||
Ivyleaf speedwell | Veronica hederifolia | ||||
Japanese knotweed | Polygonum cuspidatum | ||||
Parrotfeather | Myriophyllum aquaticum | ||||
Purple loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | ||||
Sericea lespedeza/ Chinese bushclover | Lespedeza cuneata | ||||
Water-hyacinth | Eichhornia crassipes | ||||
Yellow flag iris | Iris pseudoacrous | ||||
GRASSES, SEDGES AND RUSHES | |||||
Bamboo running/exotic | Phyllostachys spp. | ||||
Chinese silver grass/maiden grass | Miscanthus sinensis and its cultivars | ||||
Common reed | Phragmites australis spp. australis | ||||
Japanese stilt-grass | Microstegium vimineum | ||||
Johnson grass | Sorghum halepense | ||||
Pampas grass (South America native) | Cortaderia selloana or cortaderia jubata | ||||
Torpedograss | Panicum repens | ||||
Wayleaf basketgrass | Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius | ||||
GROUND COVER | |||||
Bigleaf periwinkle | Vinca major and its cultivars | ||||
Common periwinkle | Vinca minor and its cultivars | ||||