- A plant with obovate leaves: Asimina tribola or pawpaw tree. Found in Jennings courtyard. Leaves are obovate when the leaf is wider at the apex end than it is at the base end.
- Pawpaw tree
- Obovate leaves
- A plant that produces achenes: Eastern Joe-Pye weed or Eupatorium dubium. Found in Jennings courtyard. Achenes are small, dry, one-seeded fruits that do not split open.
- Eastern Joe-pye weed
- Achenes
- A member of the Fabaceae family is Cercis canadensis or redbud. Found in Jennings courtyard. Defining characteristic is legume fruits.
- Redbud
- Legumes
- I was unable to find a member of the Apiaceae family, but I was looking for plants with an umbel inflorescence.
- Sorghastrum nutans or yellow indiangrass. Found in Jennings courtyard. Characters I used to recognize this plant were the long blades of leaves and golden brown plumes.
- Yellow indiangrass
- Celtis occidentalis or common hackberry. I was unable to find this species, but while searching I looked for winged bark and ovate, serrate leaves that were not symmetrical at the base, and small dark drupes.