| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha alopecuroidea | Foxtail Copperleaf | Disturbed areas. | Native of the Neotropics. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha arvensis | Disturbed ground. | Native of West Indies, Mexico, and Central America. Reported inside greenhouses in Madison County, KY (Adanick & Medley 2020). |  | |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha australis | Asian Copperleaf | Disturbed areas. | Native of e. Asia. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha chamaedrifolia | Everglades Copperleaf | Pine rocklands, marl prairies, disturbed uplands. | S. FL; West Indies. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha deamii | Big-seeded Copperleaf, Two-seeded Copperleaf | Alluvial forests, especially on sandy levees. | Sw. PA (Rhoads & Block 2007), s. OH, and s. IN south to w. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997) and n. AR; apparently disjunct east of the Blue Ridge in VA (where now known from 23 counties, mainly in the Piedmont) and WV (Jefferson County, along the Potomac River), but perhaps only overlooked elsewhere. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha gracilens | Shortstalk Copperleaf, Slender Copperleaf | Woodlands, disturbed ground. | ME west to WI, south to FL and TX. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha herzogiana | Strawberry Firetails, Dwarf Cattail | Disturbed ground, grown as an ornamental, and escaping via vegetative growth. | Native of South America. | |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha monococca | Ozark Copperleaf | Glades, prairies, oak woodlands, woodland edges. | IL and se. IA south to w. LA and e. and c. TX. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha monostachya | Round Copperleaf | Dry, rocky or gravelly areas. | S. and w. TX south to s. Mexico. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha ostryifolia | Rough-pod Copperleaf, Hop-hornbeam Copperleaf | Dry, sandy soil of woodlands, disturbed ground, ditches. | NJ west to IN and NE, south to FL, TX; West Indies. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha phleoides | Lindheimer's Copperleaf | Rocky slopes, especially over limestone. | Nc. TX c. NM, and s. AZ south to s. Mexico. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha poiretii | Dry sandy or gravelly areas (s. TX); eastwards in our region as a waif on ballast, perhaps in other disturbed areas. | S. TX, south into Mexico and beyond. Native of the Neotropics. |  | |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha radians | Round-Croton, Yerba de la Rabia, Cardinal's-feather | Dry sandy or gravelly areas. | C. TX south to n. Mexico (SLP, TAM, VER). |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha rhomboidea | Rhombic Copperleaf | Woodlands, disturbed ground. | NS and ME west to ND, south to Panhandle FL and e. TX. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha setosa | Cuban Copperleaf | Disturbed ground. | Native of West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and n. South America. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha virginica | Virginia Copperleaf | Woodlands and disturbed ground. | ME west to IN, IL, MO, and KS, south to c. GA and TX. |  |
| Euphorbiaceae | Acalypha wilkesiana | Painted Copperleaf, Beefsteak-plant, Match-me-if-you-can, Wilkes’s Copperleaf | Disturbed uplands; cultivar presumably originating in the Pacific Islands. |
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