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grass-like
ferns & allies
cactus-like / succulents
aquatic & OBL wetland species
special groups
arums
composites
legumes
milkweeds
mints
orchids
spurges
dicots
monocots
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
fascicled/clustered along stem
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
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pink
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inconspicuous
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
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more than 5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
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Species Count: 822
Acanthaceae
Justicia americana
Ruellia caroliniensis
Ruellia humilis
Ruellia pedunculata
Ruellia strepens
Adoxaceae
Viburnum rufidulum
Alismataceae
Echinodorus berteroi
Sagittaria latifolia
Sagittaria montevidensis
Sagittaria platyphylla
Amaranthaceae
Alternanthera caracasana
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus hybridus
Amaranthus palmeri
Amaranthus retroflexus
Amaranthus tuberculatus
Blitum nuttallianum
Chenopodiastrum simplex
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium leptophyllum
Chenopodium standleyanum
Froelichia floridana
Froelichia gracilis
Gossypianthus lanuginosus
Guilleminea densa
Salsola tragus
Amaryllidaceae
Allium canadense
Allium drummondii
Allium stellatum
Cooperia drummondii
Nothoscordum bivalve
Zephyranthes chlorosolen
Anacardiaceae
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallinum
Rhus glabra
Rhus lanceolata
Toxicodendron radicans
Apiaceae
Ammoselinum butleri
Ammoselinum popei
Chaerophyllum tainturieri
Cicuta maculata
Daucus pusillus
Eryngium diffusum
Eryngium leavenworthii
Limnosciadium pinnatum
Lomatium daucifolium
Lomatium foeniculaceum
Polytaenia nuttallii
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Sanicula canadensis
Spermolepis divaricata
Spermolepis echinata
Apocynaceae
Amsonia ciliata
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Apocynum cannabinum
Asclepias asperula
Asclepias latifolia
Asclepias pumila
Asclepias stenophylla
Asclepias sullivantii
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias verticillata
Asclepias viridiflora
Asclepias viridis
Araceae
Arisaema dracontium
Lemna minor
Araliaceae
Hedera helix
Aristolochiaceae
Aristolochia tomentosa
Asparagaceae
Androstephium coeruleum
Camassia scilloides
Manfreda virginica
Yucca glauca
Aspleniaceae
Asplenium trichomanes
Asteraceae
Achillea millefolium
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ambrosia psilostachya
Ambrosia trifida
Amphiachyris dracunculoides
Antennaria parlinii
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Aphanostephus pilosus
Aphanostephus ramosissimus
Aphanostephus skirrhobasis
Artemisia carruthii
Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia filifolia
Artemisia longifolia
Artemisia ludoviciana
Artemisia serrata
Baccharis salicina
Berlandiera texana
Bidens cernua
Bidens frondosa
Brickellia eupatorioides
Centaurea melitensis
Chaetopappa asteroides
Chrysopsis gossypina
Cirsium ochrocentrum
Cirsium undulatum
Conyza canadensis
Conyza ramosissima
Coreopsis grandiflora
Coreopsis lanceolata
Coreopsis tinctoria
Diaperia prolifera
Diaperia verna
Dysodiopsis tagetoides
Echinacea angustifolia
Echinacea pallida
Eclipta prostrata
Engelmannia peristenia
Erigeron bellidiastrum
Erigeron divergens
Erigeron strigosus
Eupatorium serotinum
Gaillardia aestivalis
Gaillardia pulchella
Gaillardia suavis
Gamochaeta purpurea
Grindelia ciliata
Grindelia nuda
Grindelia squarrosa
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Helenium amarum
Helenium autumnale
Helenium flexuosum
Helenium microcephalum
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus hirsutus
Helianthus maximiliani
Helianthus pauciflorus
Helianthus petiolaris
Heterotheca canescens
Heterotheca stenophylla
Heterotheca villosa
Hieracium longipilum
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
Hymenopappus tenuifolius
Iva annua
Krigia cespitosa
Krigia dandelion
Lactuca canadensis
Lactuca serriola
Liatris aspera
Liatris punctata
Liatris scariosa
Mulgedium pulchellum
Nothocalais cuspidata
Packera plattensis
Palafoxia sphacelata
Palafoxia texana
Pluchea camphorata
Pseudognaphalium canescens
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus
Ratibida columnifera
Rayjacksonia phyllocephala
Rudbeckia hirta
Senecio riddellii
Silphium asteriscus
Silphium laciniatum
Silphium radula
Solidago arguta
Solidago gigantea
Solidago missouriensis
Solidago mollis
Solidago petiolaris
Solidago radula
Sonchus oleraceus
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Symphyotrichum falcatum
Symphyotrichum fendleri
Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Symphyotrichum patens
Symphyotrichum subulatum
Taraxacum officinale
Tetraneuris linearifolia
Tetraneuris scaposa
Thelesperma ambiguum
Thelesperma filifolium
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Townsendia exscapa
Tragopogon dubius
Verbesina virginica
Vernonia baldwinii
Vernonia missurica
Xanthisma spinulosum
Xanthisma texanum
Xanthium strumarium
Berberidaceae
Berberis aquifolium
Bignoniaceae
Catalpa speciosa
Chilopsis linearis
Boraginaceae
Buglossoides arvensis
Lithospermum incisum
Myosotis macrosperma
Myosotis verna
Nama hispida
Onosmodium bejariense
Phacelia congesta
Phacelia hirsuta
Brassicaceae
Borodinia missouriensis
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Descurainia pinnata
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
Draba brachycarpa
Draba cuneifolia
Draba reptans
Erysimum capitatum
Lepidium oblongum
Lepidium virginicum
Lesquerella ovalifolia
Nasturtium officinale
Physaria engelmannii
Physaria gordonii
Physaria gracilis
Physaria ovalifolia
Planodes virginicum
Rorippa islandica
Rorippa palustris
Rorippa sessiliflora
Cactaceae
Coryphantha vivipara
Echinocereus reichenbachii
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia engelmannii x phaeacantha
Opuntia fragilis
Opuntia macrorhiza
Campanulaceae
Lobelia appendiculata
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia spicata
Triodanis leptocarpa
Triodanis perfoliata
Cannabaceae
Celtis laevigata
Celtis occidentalis
Celtis reticulata
Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera japonica
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Valerianella radiata
Caryophyllaceae
Cerastium brachypodum
Mononeuria patula
Paronychia jamesii
Paronychia virginica
Sabulina michauxii
Sagina decumbens
Silene antirrhina
Celastraceae
Celastrus scandens
Euonymus atropurpureus
Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum demersum
Cistaceae
Lechea tenuifolia
Cleomaceae
Cleomella angustifolia
Peritoma serrulata
Polanisia dodecandra
Commelinaceae
Commelina erecta
Tradescantia hirsutiflora
Tradescantia occidentalis
Tradescantia ohiensis
Tradescantia tharpii
Convolvulaceae
Convolvulus arvensis
Cuscuta attenuata
Cuscuta coryli
Cuscuta cuspidata
Cuscuta gronovii
Cuscuta indecora
Evolvulus nuttallianus
Ipomoea shumardiana
Cornaceae
Cornus drummondii
Crassulaceae
Sedum nuttallianum
Sedum pulchellum
Cucurbitaceae
Cucurbita foetidissima
Cyclanthera dissecta
Ibervillea lindheimeri
Melothria pendula
Cupressaceae
Juniperus virginiana
Cyperaceae
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Bulbostylis capillaris
Carex amphibola
Carex annectens
Carex austrina
Carex blanda
Carex emoryi
Carex festucacea
Carex frankii
Carex gravida
Carex grisea
Carex joorii
Carex microrhyncha
Carex praegracilis
Carex vulpinoidea
Cyperus acuminatus
Cyperus echinatus
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus lupulinus
Cyperus odoratus
Cyperus pseudovegetus
Cyperus schweinitzii
Cyperus setiger
Cyperus squarrosus
Cyperus subsquarrosus
Cyperus virens
Eleocharis atropurpurea
Eleocharis compressa
Eleocharis engelmannii
Eleocharis macrostachya
Eleocharis montevidensis
Eleocharis obtusa
Eleocharis parvula
Eleocharis quadrangulata
Eleocharis tenuis
Eleocharis wolfii
Fimbristylis puberula
Fimbristylis thermalis
Fimbristylis vahlii
Fuirena simplex
Schoenoplectiella hallii
Schoenoplectiella saximontana
Schoenoplectus acutus
Schoenoplectus americanus
Schoenoplectus pungens
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Scirpus atrovirens
Scirpus lineatus
Scirpus pendulus
Scleria pauciflora
Dryopteridaceae
Dryopteris filix-mas
Dryopteris marginalis
Ebenaceae
Diospyros virginiana
Equisetaceae
Equisetum laevigatum
Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha gracilens
Acalypha ostryifolia
Chamaesyce missurica
Croton capitatus
Croton glandulosus
Croton lindheimerianus
Croton monanthogynus
Croton texensis
Euphorbia commutata
Euphorbia corollata
Euphorbia dentata
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Euphorbia hexagona
Euphorbia maculata
Euphorbia marginata
Euphorbia nutans
Euphorbia prostrata
Euphorbia spathulata
Stillingia sylvatica
Tragia ramosa
Fabaceae
Acaciella angustissima
Albizia julibrissin
Amorpha canescens
Amorpha fruticosa
Amorpha nana
Apios americana
Astragalus crassicarpus
Astragalus lindheimeri
Astragalus plattensis
Baptisia australis
Baptisia bracteata
Baptisia sphaerocarpa
Cercis canadensis
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Clitoria mariana
Crotalaria sagittalis
Dalea aurea
Dalea candida
Dalea enneandra
Dalea multiflora
Dalea purpurea
Dalea tenuifolia
Dalea tenuis
Desmanthus illinoensis
Desmanthus leptolobus
Desmodium ciliare
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium sessilifolium
Galactia volubilis
Gleditsia triacanthos
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Gymnocladus dioicus
Hoffmannseggia glauca
Hylodesmum glutinosum
Hylodesmum nudiflorum
Indigofera miniata
Lespedeza capitata
Lespedeza cuneata
Lespedeza frutescens
Lespedeza procumbens
Lespedeza virginica
Medicago lupulina
Melilotus albus
Melilotus officinalis
Mimosa microphylla
Mimosa nuttallii
Neptunia lutea
Oxytropis lambertii
Pediomelum cuspidatum
Pediomelum esculentum
Pediomelum linearifolium
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Prosopis glandulosa
Robinia pseudoacacia
Senna marilandica
Strophostyles helvola
Strophostyles leiosperma
Strophostyles umbellata
Stylosanthes biflora
Trifolium reflexum
Vicia americana
Vicia ludoviciana
Vicia minutiflora
Fagaceae
Quercus buckleyi
Quercus falcata
Quercus havardii
Quercus macrocarpa
Quercus marilandica
Quercus mohriana
Quercus muehlenbergii
Quercus rubra
Quercus shumardii
Quercus stellata
Quercus velutina
Quercus virginiana
Gentianaceae
Sabatia angularis
Sabatia campestris
Geraniaceae
Erodium cicutarium
Geranium carolinianum
Grossulariaceae
Ribes aureum
Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Myriophyllum pinnatum
Myriophyllum sibiricum
Myriophyllum spicatum
Hydrocharitaceae
Egeria densa
Najas guadalupensis
Hypericaceae
Hypericum drummondii
Hypericum mutilum
Iridaceae
Nemastylis geminiflora
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Isoetaceae
Isoëtes butleri
Isoëtes melanopoda
Juglandaceae
Carya cordiformis
Carya illinoinensis
Juglans major
Juglans nigra
Juncaceae
Juncus acuminatus
Juncus balticus
Juncus dudleyi
Juncus interior
Juncus marginatus
Juncus torreyi
Krameriaceae
Krameria lanceolata
Lamiaceae
Hedeoma drummondii
Hedeoma hispida
Lamium amplexicaule
Lycopus americanus
Monarda citriodora
Monarda clinopodioides
Monarda fistulosa
Monarda pectinata
Monarda punctata
Nepeta cataria
Salvia azurea
Salvia reflexa
Scutellaria drummondii
Scutellaria resinosa
Scutellaria wrightii
Teucrium canadense
Teucrium laciniatum
Trichostema brachiatum
Vitex agnus-castus
Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia gibba
Utricularia macrorhiza
Liliaceae
Erythronium americanum
Linaceae
Linum berlandieri
Linum hudsonioides
Linum imbricatum
Linum sulcatum
Linderniaceae
Lindernia dubia
Loasaceae
Mentzelia nuda
Mentzelia oligosperma
Lythraceae
Ammannia auriculata
Ammannia coccinea
Lythrum alatum
Malvaceae
Callirhoe involucrata
Callirhoe leiocarpa
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Marsileaceae
Marsilea vestita
Pilularia americana
Martyniaceae
Proboscidea louisianica
Menispermaceae
Cocculus carolinus
Menispermum canadense
Molluginaceae
Mollugo verticillata
Montiaceae
Claytonia virginica
Phemeranthus calycinus
Phemeranthus parviflorus
Phemeranthus rugospermus
Moraceae
Maclura pomifera
Morus microphylla
Morus rubra
Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbo lutea
Nyctaginaceae
Mirabilis albida
Mirabilis glabra
Mirabilis linearis
Mirabilis nyctaginea
Oleaceae
Fraxinus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Fraxinus velutina
Ligustrum sinense
Onagraceae
Ludwigia alternifolia
Ludwigia decurrens
Ludwigia palustris
Ludwigia peploides
Ludwigia repens
Oenothera biennis
Oenothera brachycarpa
Oenothera curtiflora
Oenothera gaura
Oenothera grandis
Oenothera jamesii
Oenothera linifolia
Oenothera macrocarpa
Oenothera serrulata
Oenothera sinuosa
Oenothera speciosa
Oenothera suffrutescens
Oenothera suffulta
Oenothera triangulata
Oenothera triloba
Stenosiphon linifolius
Orchidaceae
Spiranthes cernua
Spiranthes vernalis
Orobanchaceae
Agalinis fasciculata
Castilleja purpurea
Castilleja sessiliflora
Oxalidaceae
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis stricta
Oxalis violacea
Papaveraceae
Argemone polyanthemos
Corydalis aurea
Phrymaceae
Phryma leptostachya
Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthus caroliniensis
Phyllanthus polygonoides
Phytolaccaceae
Phytolacca americana
Plantaginaceae
Bacopa rotundifolia
Callitriche heterophylla
Collinsia violacea
Gratiola virginiana
Leucospora multifida
Nuttallanthus texanus
Penstemon albidus
Penstemon cobaea
Penstemon oklahomensis
Penstemon tubiflorus
Plantago aristata
Plantago elongata
Plantago heterophylla
Plantago patagonica
Plantago rhodosperma
Plantago virginica
Plantago wrightiana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica peregrina
Poaceae
Aegilops cylindrica
Agrostis elliottiana
Agrostis hyemalis
Alopecurus carolinianus
Andropogon gerardi
Andropogon virginicus
Aristida dichotoma
Aristida longespica
Aristida oligantha
Aristida purpurea
Bothriochloa barbinodis
Bothriochloa ischaemum
Bothriochloa laguroides
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua dactyloides
Bouteloua gracilis
Bouteloua hirsuta
Bouteloua rigidiseta
Bromus arvensis
Bromus catharticus
Bromus pubescens
Bromus racemosus
Bromus tectorum
Cenchrus spinifex
Chasmanthium latifolium
Chloris verticillata
Chloris virgata
Coleataenia anceps
Coleataenia rigidula
Cynodon dactylon
Dactylis glomerata
Dichanthelium acuminatum
Dichanthelium depauperatum
Dichanthelium linearifolium
Dichanthelium malacophyllum
Dichanthelium oligosanthes
Dichanthelium scoparium
Digitaria californica
Digitaria ciliaris
Digitaria cognata
Diplachne fusca
Disakisperma dubium
Echinochloa crus-galli
Eleusine indica
Elymus canadensis
Elymus virginicus
Eragrostis cilianensis
Eragrostis curtipedicellata
Eragrostis hypnoides
Eragrostis intermedia
Eragrostis pectinacea
Eragrostis pilosa
Eragrostis reptans
Eragrostis secundiflora
Eragrostis sessilispica
Eragrostis spectabilis
Eragrostis trichodes
Eriochloa contracta
Erioneuron pilosum
Festuca versuta
Hopia obtusa
Hordeum pusillum
Leersia oryzoides
Limnodea arkansana
Lolium pratense
Melica nitens
Mnesithea cylindrica
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Muhlenbergia capillaris x rigida
Muhlenbergia frondosa
Muhlenbergia mexicana
Muhlenbergia racemosa
Panicum capillare
Panicum dichotomiflorum
Panicum philadelphicum
Panicum virgatum
Pascopyrum smithii
Paspalidium geminatum
Paspalum dilatatum
Paspalum pubiflorum
Paspalum setaceum
Phalaris caroliniana
Poa annua
Poa arachnifera
Poa compressa
Schedonnardus paniculatus
Schizachyrium scoparium
Setaria parviflora
Setaria viridis
Sorghastrum nutans
Sorghum halepense
Spartina pectinata
Sphenopholis obtusata
Sporobolus airoides
Sporobolus clandestinus
Sporobolus compositus
Sporobolus coromandelianus
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sporobolus neglectus
Sporobolus vaginiflorus
Steinchisma hians
Tridens albescens
Tridens flavus
Tridens muticus
Tridens strictus
Tripsacum dactyloides
Vulpia octoflora
Polemoniaceae
Gilia rubra
Ipomopsis rubra
Phlox pilosa
Polygalaceae
Polygala alba
Polygala verticillata
Polygonaceae
Eriogonum annuum
Eriogonum longifolium
Fallopia convolvulus
Fallopia scandens
Persicaria amphibia
Persicaria hydropiper
Persicaria hydropiperoides
Persicaria lapathifolia
Persicaria pensylvanica
Persicaria punctata
Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum ramosissimum
Polygonum tenue
Rumex altissimus
Rumex crispus
Pontederiaceae
Heteranthera limosa
Portulacaceae
Portulaca halimoides
Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca pilosa
Portulaca umbraticola
Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton amplifolius
Potamogeton crispus
Potamogeton diversifolius
Potamogeton nodosus
Potamogeton pusillus
Primulaceae
Androsace occidentalis
Dodecatheon meadia
Samolus parviflorus
Pteridaceae
Myriopteris fendleri
Myriopteris lanosa
Myriopteris lindheimeri
Myriopteris rufa
Myriopteris tomentosa
Myriopteris wootonii
Notholaena standleyi
Pellaea atropurpurea
Pellaea ternifolia
Pellaea ternifolia x wrightiana
Pellaea wrightiana
Ranunculaceae
Anemone berlandieri
Anemone caroliniana
Clematis pitcheri
Delphinium carolinianum
Myosurus patagonicus
Rhamnaceae
Ceanothus americanus
Ceanothus herbaceus
Paliurus spina-christi
Rosaceae
Agrimonia parviflora
Amelanchier arborea
Crataegus crus-galli
Crataegus engelmannii
Crataegus reverchonii
Crataegus viridis
Drymocallis arguta
Geum aleppicum
Geum canadense
Geum virginianum
Prunus americana
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus gracilis
Prunus mexicana
Prunus persica
Prunus virginiana
Rosa foliolosa
Rosa multiflora
Rubus aboriginum
Rubus argutus
Rubus idaeus
Rubus occidentalis
Rubus trivialis
Rubiaceae
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Galium aparine
Galium pilosum
Galium texense
Galium triflorum
Galium virgatum
Houstonia caerulea
Houstonia longifolia
Houstonia pusilla
Stenaria nigricans
Rutaceae
Ptelea trifoliata
Salicaceae
Populus alba
Populus deltoides
Salix amygdaloides
Salix caroliniana
Salix interior
Salix nigra
Santalaceae
Comandra umbellata
Phoradendron leucarpum
Sapindaceae
Acer grandidentatum
Acer saccharinum
Acer saccharum
Aesculus glabra
Sapindus saponaria
Sapotaceae
Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia lanceolata
Verbascum thapsus
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella peruviana
Selaginella sellowii
Simaroubaceae
Ailanthus altissima
Smilacaceae
Smilax bona-nox
Smilax herbacea
Smilax pseudochina
Smilax rotundifolia
Smilax tamnoides
Solanaceae
Physalis cinerascens
Physalis longifolia
Physalis mollis
Quincula lobata
Solanum carolinense
Solanum citrullifolium
Solanum dimidiatum
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Solanum ptychanthum
Solanum rostratum
Tamaricaceae
Tamarix chinensis
Typhaceae
Typha angustifolia
Typha domingensis
Typha latifolia
Ulmaceae
Ulmus americana
Ulmus rubra
Urticaceae
Boehmeria cylindrica
Parietaria pensylvanica
Verbenaceae
Glandularia bipinnatifida
Glandularia canadensis
Glandularia pumila
Lantana camara
Phyla cuneifolia
Phyla nodiflora
Verbena bracteata
Verbena stricta
Verbena urticifolia
Violaceae
Hybanthus verticillatus
Viola bicolor
Viola missouriensis
Viola sororia
Vitaceae
Ampelopsis cordata
Cissus palmata
Cissus trifoliata
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Vitis aestivalis
Vitis cinerea
Vitis rotundifolia
Vitis rupestris
Vitis vulpina
Woodsiaceae
Woodsia obtusa
Zygophyllaceae
Kallstroemia californica
Tribulus terrestris