Plant Identification Profiles
Plant Identification Profiles
Plant lovers, gardeners, ranchers and farmers are always running into plants they
are not familiar with and proper identification of those plants is the key to learning
more about them. OSU Extension is dedicated to helping identify and learn about unknown
plants. Explore below to learn more about specific plants and how to identify them.
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Adam's Needle YuccaAfrican Milk TreeAfrican VioletAlkali SacatonAloe veraAmaryllisAmerican BasswoodAmerican BeautyberryAmerican ElmAmerican HollyAmerican HornbeamAmerican LotusAmerican PlumAmerican SycamoreAmur MapleAngeloniaAnnual SunflowerAnnual ThreeawnAntelopehorn MilkweedArizona CypressArrowhead IvyArrowwoodAshy SunflowerAsparagus FernAustrian PineAutumn SageB
Bald CypressBalfour AraliaBasilBasketflowerBayberryBearded IrisBermudagrassBig BluestemBigleaf HydrangeaBitter SneezeweedBitternut HickoryBlack CherryBlack HickoryBlack LocustBlack OakBlack WalnutBlack WillowBlackeyed SusanBlackgumBlackjack OakBlacksampsonBlanket FlowerBlue GramaBlue Wild IndigoBoston FernBox ElderBroadleaved UniolaBronze FennelBroom SnakeweedBroomsedgeBuckbrushBuffalograssBur OakBushy WallflowerBusy LizzieButterfly BushButtonbushC
Callery PearCanada GoldenrodCanada WildryeCannaCardboard PalmCarolina BuckthornCarolina Cherry LaurelCatclaw SensitivebriarCedar ElmCedar of LebanonCherry PlumChinese ChestnutChinese EvergreenChinese Fringe-FlowerChinese HollyChinese JuniperChinese Parasol TreeChinese PistacheChinese PrivetChinkapin OakChittamwoodChivesChristmas CactusChrysanthemumCleomeCoastal Plain WillowCockspur HawthornColeusColorado Blue SpruceCommon BroomweedCommon CatalpaCommon HackberryCommon JuniperCommon LambsquartersCommon PeriwinkleCommon PrivetCommon Rose MallowCommon Staghorn FernCommon ThymeCommon YarrowCompass PlantCoral BellsCorkscrew WillowCornelian CherryCosmosCrapemyrtleCreeping FigCreeping JuniperCreeping Lily TurfCrossvineCrotonCurlycup GumweedCutleaf Evening PrimroseCylindric Snake PlantD
DaffodilDaisy FleabaneDawn RedwoodDaylilyDeciduous HollyDeodar CedarDonkey's TailDotted GayfeatherDowny BromeDumb CaneDusty MillerDutch IrisDwarf Alberta SpruceE
Eastern ArborvitaeEastern CottonwoodEastern Flowering DogwoodEastern GamagrassEastern HophornbeamEastern Red CedarEastern RedbudElaeagnusElephant’s EarElephant's Foot TreeEngelmann’s DaisyEnglish IvyEnglish LavenderEnglish OakEve's NecklaceF
Fall WitchgrassFalse AraliaFalse IndigoFan FlowerFarkleberryFeather Reed GrassFeral RyeFiddle Leaf PhilodendronField BindweedField SandburFirethorn Five-Leaf AkebiaFlorida PaspalumFlorists' KalanchoeFloss FlowerFlowering CrabappleFlowering KaleFlowering QuinceForsythiaFoster HollyFountain GrassFragrant SumacFraser PhotiniaG
Garden SageGiant ArborvitaeGiant ConeflowerGiant RagweedGlossy AbeliaGoat’s BeardGoat’s RueGolden Barrel CactusGolden Creeping JennyGolden Vicary PrivetGolden-Rain TreeGooseneck LoosestrifeGrape HyacinthGreen AshGreen HawthornGreen PothosGreenbrierGroundplumH
HackberryHairy GramaHairy VetchHalfshrub SundropHardy Water LilyHawaiian ScheffleraHeath AsterHedge MapleHens-and-ChickensHenbitHinoki False CypressHoney LocustHorseweedHouttuyniaHyacinthHyacinth BeanJ
Jade PlantJapanese BarberryJapanese Black PineJapanese BromeJapanese False CypressJapanese Garden JuniperJapanese HollyJapanese MapleJapanese Pagoda TreeJapanese Painted FernJapanese RoseJapanese SpireaJapanese Tree LilacJapanese WisteriaJapanese YewJapanese ZelkovaJohnsongrassL
Lacebark ElmLamb's EarsLanceleaf RagweedLantanaLantanaphyllum ViburnumLarge PeriwinkleLavender CottonLeadplantLeatherleaf MahoniaLenten RoseLeyland CypressLimber PineLittle barleyLittle BluestemLittle WalnutLittleleaf BoxwoodLive OakLoblolly PineM
Madagascar PeriwinkleMaiden GrassMaidenhair TreeMarigoldMaximilian SunflowerMealycup SageMesquiteMexican Feather GrassMexican HatMexican PlumMexican ZinniaMillion BellsMing AraliaMiniature IrisMockernut HickoryMoth OrchidMugo PineMyrtle EuphorbiaN
NandinaNeedle GrassNellie R. Stevens HollyNetleaf HackberryNootka FalsecypressNorfolk Island PineNorthern Red OakNorthern SeaoatsNorway MapleNorway SpruceP
PansyPaper WhitePaperbark MaplePecanPentasPepper-FacePepperweedPerennial PlumbagoPerennial ThreeawnPersian OnionPersian Silk TreePersimmonPetuniaPhilodendronPignut HickoryPin OakPinyon PinePitcher SagePlains LovegrassPlains Wild IndigoPlains YuccaPlantain LilyPoison IvyPonderosa PinePost OakPrague ViburnumPrairie AcaciaPrairie CordgrassPrairie SedgePrickly PearPurple ConeflowerPurple Fountain GrassPurple LoosestrifePurple Prairie CloverPurpletopR
Ravenna GrassRed BuckeyeRed ChokeberryRed MapleRed MulberryRed Osier DogwoodRed YuccaRed-edge DracaenaRedbudRescuegrassRex BegoniaRiver BirchRoseRose MossRose of SharonRosemaryRough-leaf DogwoodRoundhead LespedezaRubber PlantRussian SageRussian ThistleRusty Black HawS
SagewortSago PalmSalt CedarSand DropseedSand LovegrassSand PlumSandbar WillowSandsageSassafrasSaucer MagnoliaSawtooth OakScarlet HibiscusScots PineScribner’s PanicumSericea LespedezaSessile-Leaved TickcloverShagbark HickoryShantung MapleShasta DaisyShining SumacShinnery OakShortleaf PineShumard OakSiberian ElmSideoats GramaSilk TreeSilver BluestemSilver MapleSilver Vase BromeliadSilverleaf NightshadeSiskiyou Pink GauraSlender DaleaSlender LespedezaSlimleaf ScurfpeaSlippery ElmSmoke TreeSmooth SumacSnake PlantSnapdragonSnow-on-the-MountainSoapberrySouthern CatalpaSouthern MagnoliaSouthern Red OakSpider PlantSplitbeard BluestemSpotted LaurelStar MagnoliaStonecropStriped Corn PlantSugar MapleSugarberrySumpweedSwedish IvySweet Potato VineSweetgumSwitchgrassSword FernSyngoniumT
Tall DropseedTall FescueTanyosho PineTaroTexas BluegrassTexas BuckeyeTexas CrotonTexas Star HibiscusThaliaThreadleaf GroundselTickseedTrailing LantanaTrailing WildbeanTree of HeavenTree PhilodendronTricolor Dragon TreeTrue CheatTrumpet CreeperTulipTulip TreeTumble WindmillgrassTurkish HazelW
Wandering JewWashington HawthornWater HyacinthWater OakWavy Blue FernWax BegoniaWax GoldenweedWeeping FigWeeping LovegrassWeeping MulberryWeeping WillowWeigelaWestern IronweedWestern RagweedWestern SoapberryWestern WheatgrassWhite AshWhite CloverWhite OakWhite SnakerootWild BuckwheatWild OatWillow OakWinged ElmWinged EuonymusWinter JasmineWintercreeper EuonymusWishbone FlowerWoolly LocoWormwood