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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.

D

Daffodil Daisy Fleabane Dawn Redwood Daylily Deciduous Holly Deodar Cedar Donkey's Tail Dotted Gayfeather Downy Brome Dumb Cane Dusty Miller Dutch Iris Dwarf Alberta Spruce

E

Eastern Arborvitae Eastern Cottonwood Eastern Flowering Dogwood Eastern Gamagrass Eastern Hophornbeam Eastern Red Cedar Eastern Redbud Elaeagnus Elephant’s Ear Elephant's Foot Tree Engelmann’s Daisy English Ivy English Lavender English Oak Eve's Necklace

G

Garden Sage Giant Arborvitae Giant Coneflower Giant Ragweed Glossy Abelia Goat’s Beard Goat’s Rue Golden Barrel Cactus Golden Creeping Jenny Golden Vicary Privet Golden-Rain Tree Gooseneck Loosestrife Grape Hyacinth Green Ash Green Hawthorn Green Pothos Greenbrier Groundplum

H

Hackberry Hairy Grama Hairy Vetch Halfshrub Sundrop Hardy Water Lily Hawaiian Schefflera Heath Aster Hedge Maple Hens-and-Chickens Henbit Hinoki False Cypress Honey Locust Horseweed Houttuynia Hyacinth Hyacinth Bean

I

Illinois Bundleflower Indian Blanket Indiangrass Inkberry Inland Saltgrass Italian Arum Italian Ryegrass

J

Jade Plant Japanese Barberry Japanese Black Pine Japanese Brome Japanese False Cypress Japanese Garden Juniper Japanese Holly Japanese Maple Japanese Pagoda Tree Japanese Painted Fern Japanese Rose Japanese Spirea Japanese Tree Lilac Japanese Wisteria Japanese Yew Japanese Zelkova Johnsongrass

K

Kentucky Coffee Tree Kochia Kurume Azalea

L

Lacebark Elm Lamb's Ears Lanceleaf Ragweed Lantana Lantanaphyllum Viburnum Large Periwinkle Lavender Cotton Leadplant Leatherleaf Mahonia Lenten Rose Leyland Cypress Limber Pine Little barley Little Bluestem Little Walnut Littleleaf Boxwood Live Oak Loblolly Pine

M

Madagascar Periwinkle Maiden Grass Maidenhair Tree Marigold Maximilian Sunflower Mealycup Sage Mesquite Mexican Feather Grass Mexican Hat Mexican Plum Mexican Zinnia Million Bells Ming Aralia Miniature Iris Mockernut Hickory Moth Orchid Mugo Pine Myrtle Euphorbia

N

Nandina Needle Grass Nellie R. Stevens Holly Netleaf Hackberry Nootka Falsecypress Norfolk Island Pine Northern Red Oak Northern Seaoats Norway Maple Norway Spruce

O

Oakleaf Hydrangea Oklahoma Blackberry Old World Bluestem Oriental Arborvitae Osage Orange Overcup Oak

U

V

Variegated Bishop's Weed Verbena Vine Mesquite Violet Wood Sorrel Virginia Creeper

Y

Yaupon Holly Yellow Flag Yellow Neptune Yellow Puccoon

Z

Zinnia Zonal or Bedding Geranium ZZ Plant