Support the Flora of the Southeastern US
2024 has been a banner year for making the best flora we can imagine. We've created:
- Keys with embedded images of diagnostic features
- Clickable glossary terms with illustrated definitions
- FloraQuest: Carolinas & Georgia mobile app
- Heliophily and Wetland Statuses
- Direct links to Flora of North America
- 17,730 new high quality diagnostic photos and counting
With financial support from people like you, we are aiming even higher in 2025. Together we can accomplish all this: Vote on our 2025 priorities
- Add Global Conservation Ranks (GRanks) vote
- Professional graphic keys (polyclaves) to individual families/genera vote
- 2 new FloraQuest apps: Florida & Mid-South vote
- Image overlays highlighting diagnostic characters with arrows vote
- iNaturalist integration in FloraQuest vote
We've set a goal of recruiting 200 ongoing supporters to donate $15 or more each month in 2025. Please help us reach this goal and make next year's flora even better:
| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabaceae | Mimosa asperata | Black Sensitive-brier, Zarza, Coatante | Resacas, other seasonally flooded areas. | S. TX south through Mexico to Belize and Guatemala; Cuba. | |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa biuncifera | Catclaw Mimosa, Wait-a-bit | Grasslands, disturbed areas. | C. TX, Panhandle TX, n, NM, and n. AZ south into Mexico. |  |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa borealis | Pink Mimosa | Rocky or gravelly hillsides. | S. KS and e. CO south to sc. TX, NM, and Mexico (CHH, COA, SLP). |  |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa floridana | Florida Sensitive-briar | Xeric longleaf pine sandhills and other dry, sandy habitats. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: s. GA south to s. FL. |  |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa hystricina | Porcupine Mimosa | Longleaf pine savannas, open habitats. | W. LA west to se. TX. |  |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa latidens | Small-pod Mimosa | Oak woodlands, grasslands, thornscrub. | Sw. LA west to s. and s. TX and Mexico. |  |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa malacophylla | Raspilla, Vine Mimosa | Thickets, washes, tropical woodland. | S. TX south to n. Mexico (COA, NLE, TAM). | |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa microphylla | Eastern Sensitive-briar | Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands and forests, dry disturbed areas. | DE, WV, and KY south to s. FL and e. TX. |  |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa nuttallii | Plains Sensitive-briar | Glades, upland prairies, dry forest openings. | S. WI, IA, and NE south to w. LA and TX. |  |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa pellita | Black Mimosa | Disturbed wet areas, marshes. | Native of New World tropics (West Indies, Central America, South America). |  |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa pudica | Sensitive Plant, Shameplant | Disturbed areas, only a waif in the northern parts of our area. | Native of the Neotropics. |  |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa roemeriana | Broadpod Mimosa, Roemer's Mimosa | Prairies, oak woodlands, mesquital. | Se. OK south to sc. TX. | |
| Fabaceae | Mimosa strigillosa | Powderpuff Mimosa, Vergonzosa | Floodplain forests, open wet areas, also cultivated. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: e. GA south to FL, west to TX and ne. Mexico (CHH, SLP, TAM). It might be expected in se. SC. |  |