Common Names for Certain Pollen Species
Acer (maple, incl.box elder) Alnus (alder) Ambrosia (ragweed) Artemisia (sage) Betulaceae (birch, etc.) Carya (hickory, pecan) Chenopodiaceae & Amaranthaceae (beets,spinach,Rus.thistle,pigweed,amaranth) Compositae (aster family,daisy,dandelion,thistle,etc.,etc., NOT ragweed) Cupressaceae (cypress,juniper,cedars) Cyperaceae (sedges) Fagus (beech) Fraxinus (ash) Gramineae (grasses) Juglandaceae (walnut,butternut) Liquidambar (sweetgum) Morus (mulberry) Olea (Olive) Pinus (pine, etc.) Plantago (plantain (weed)) Platanus (sycamore) Populus (poplar,cottonwood) Quercus (oak) Rumex (sheep sorrel, dock) Salix (willow) Tilia (basswood, linden) Typha (cattail) Ulmus (elm) Urtica (nettle) Other (identified but not listed here) Unidentified