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Home >> Checklist: NICHES Land Trust: Master Species List >> Previous version of Key >> Identification Key (new version): NICHES Land Trust: Master Species List Filter/Display Options Family/Genus Filter: Sort by: Display Common Names Display images: Plant habit trees shrubs vines / lianas herbaceous ferns & allies grass-like 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 Inflorescence flowering season - upper Midwest spring summer fall Flower principal flower color white or cream purple blue green yellow orange red pink brown inconspicuous ovaries/pistils per flower 1 2-5 more than 5 Fruit or Cone fruit consistency at maturity dry/leathery fleshy NICHES Land Trust: Master Species List Bob Easter, Paul Rothrock Species Count: 765 Acanthaceae Justicia americana Ruellia humilis Ruellia strepens Alismataceae Alisma subcordatum Sagittaria brevirostra Sagittaria graminea Sagittaria latifolia Sagittaria rigida Amaranthaceae Chenopodiastrum simplex Chenopodium album Amaryllidaceae Allium burdickii Allium canadense Allium cernuum Allium tricoccum Allium vineale Anacardiaceae Rhus aromatica Rhus glabra Rhus typhina Toxicodendron radicans Annonaceae Asimina triloba Apiaceae Angelica atropurpurea Chaerophyllum procumbens Cicuta maculata Conium maculatum Cryptotaenia canadensis Daucus carota Erigenia bulbosa Eryngium yuccifolium Heracleum maximum Osmorhiza Osmorhiza claytonii Osmorhiza longistylis Pastinaca sativa Sanicula Sanicula canadensis Sanicula marilandica Sanicula odorata Sium suave Taenidia integerrima Thaspium barbinode Thaspium chapmanii Zizia aurea Apocynaceae Apocynum androsaemifolium Apocynum cannabinum Asclepias amplexicaulis Asclepias exaltata Asclepias incarnata Asclepias purpurascens Asclepias sullivantii Asclepias syriaca Asclepias tuberosa Asclepias verticillata Cynanchum laeve Vinca minor Aquifoliaceae Ilex verticillata Araceae Arisaema dracontium Arisaema triphyllum Lemna minor Lemna minuta Lemna trisulca Symplocarpus foetidus Araliaceae Aralia nudicaulis Aralia racemosa Panax quinquefolius Aristolochiaceae Asarum canadense Endodeca serpentaria Asparagaceae Asparagus officinalis Camassia scilloides Maianthemum racemosum Maianthemum stellatum Ornithogalum umbellatum Polygonatum biflorum Polygonatum pubescens Asphodelaceae Hemerocallis fulva Aspleniaceae Asplenium platyneuron Asplenium rhizophyllum Asteraceae Achillea millefolium Ageratina altissima Ambrosia artemisiifolia Ambrosia trifida Antennaria Antennaria neglecta Antennaria parlinii Antennaria plantaginifolia Arctium minus Arnoglossum atriplicifolium Bidens bipinnata Bidens cernua Bidens frondosa Bidens trichosperma Boltonia latisquama Carduus nutans Cichorium intybus Cirsium altissimum Cirsium arvense Cirsium discolor Cirsium vulgare Conoclinium coelestinum Conyza canadensis Coreopsis palmata Coreopsis tripteris Doellingeria umbellata Echinacea pallida Echinacea purpurea Erechtites hieraciifolius Erigeron annuus Erigeron philadelphicus Erigeron pulchellus Erigeron strigosus Eupatorium altissimum Eupatorium perfoliatum Eupatorium serotinum Eupatorium sessilifolium Eutrochium fistulosum Eutrochium maculatum Eutrochium purpureum Hasteola suaveolens Helenium autumnale Helianthus Helianthus divaricatus Helianthus grosseserratus Helianthus mollis Helianthus occidentalis Helianthus strumosus Helianthus × cinereus Heliopsis helianthoides Heterotheca camporum Hieracium gronovii Hieracium scabrum Krigia biflora Lactuca biennis Lactuca canadensis Lactuca serriola Leucanthemum vulgare Liatris aspera Liatris pycnostachya Liatris scariosa Liatris spicata Nabalus albus Nabalus altissimus Nabalus crepidineus Packera aurea Packera glabella Packera obovata Parthenium integrifolium Polymnia canadensis Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium Ratibida pinnata Rudbeckia hirta Rudbeckia laciniata Rudbeckia subtomentosa Rudbeckia triloba Silphium integrifolium Silphium laciniatum Silphium perfoliatum Silphium terebinthinaceum Solidago altissima Solidago caesia Solidago canadensis Solidago flexicaulis Solidago gigantea Solidago graminifolia Solidago juncea Solidago missouriensis Solidago nemoralis Solidago patula Solidago rigida Solidago rugosa Solidago speciosa Solidago ulmifolia Symphyotrichum cordifolium Symphyotrichum ericoides Symphyotrichum laeve Symphyotrichum lateriflorum Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Symphyotrichum oolentangiense Symphyotrichum pilosum Symphyotrichum shortii Symphyotrichum urophyllum Tanacetum vulgare Taraxacum officinale Tragopogon pratensis Verbesina alternifolia Vernonia gigantea Vernonia missurica Athyriaceae Athyrium filix-femina Deparia acrostichoides Balsaminaceae Impatiens capensis Impatiens pallida Berberidaceae Berberis vulgaris Caulophyllum giganteum Caulophyllum thalictroides Podophyllum peltatum Betulaceae Betula nigra Carpinus caroliniana Corylus americana Ostrya virginiana Bignoniaceae Campsis radicans Boraginaceae Ellisia nyctelea Hackelia virginiana Hydrophyllum appendiculatum Hydrophyllum virginianum Lithospermum caroliniense Lithospermum croceum Lithospermum incisum Lithospermum parviflorum Mertensia virginica Myosotis verna Onosmodium hispidissimum Phacelia purshii Brassicaceae Alliaria petiolata Barbarea vulgaris Borodinia laevigata Capsella bursa-pastoris Cardamine bulbosa Cardamine concatenata Cardamine douglassii Cardamine parviflora Cardamine pensylvanica Draba verna Hesperis matronalis Iodanthus pinnatifidus Lepidium campestre Lepidium densiflorum Lepidium virginicum Rorippa sylvestris Campanulaceae Campanulastrum americanum Lobelia cardinalis Lobelia inflata Lobelia siphilitica Lobelia spicata Triodanis perfoliata Cannabaceae Celtis occidentalis Humulus lupulus Caprifoliaceae Diervilla lonicera Lonicera japonica Lonicera maackii Lonicera reticulata Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Triosteum aurantiacum Valeriana pauciflora Valerianella umbilicata Caryophyllaceae Agrostemma githago Arenaria serpyllifolia Cerastium fontanum Dianthus armeria Moehringia lateriflora Paronychia canadensis Saponaria officinalis Silene antirrhina Silene latifolia Silene nivea Silene regia Silene stellata Silene virginica Silene vulgaris Stellaria longifolia Stellaria media Celastraceae Celastrus scandens Euonymus atropurpureus Euonymus obovatus Cistaceae Crocanthemum bicknellii Lechea tenuifolia Colchicaceae Uvularia grandiflora Commelinaceae Commelina communis Commelina erecta Tradescantia ohiensis Tradescantia subaspera Tradescantia virginiana Convolvulaceae Calystegia sepium Calystegia spithamaea Convolvulus arvensis Cuscuta gronovii Ipomoea pandurata Cornaceae Cornus alternifolia Cornus drummondii Cornus florida Cornus obliqua Cornus racemosa Cornus rugosa Crassulaceae Sedum ternatum Cupressaceae Juniperus virginiana Cyperaceae Carex aggregata Carex albicans Carex albursina Carex amphibola Carex bicknellii Carex blanda Carex brevior Carex bromoides Carex bushii Carex careyana Carex cephalophora Carex communis Carex comosa Carex conjuncta Carex cristatella Carex davisii Carex digitalis Carex frankii Carex glaucodea Carex gracilescens Carex granularis Carex grayi Carex grisea Carex haydenii Carex hirsutella Carex hirtifolia Carex hystericina Carex jamesii Carex lacustris Carex laxiculmis Carex laxiflora Carex lupulina Carex lurida Carex molesta Carex muehlenbergii Carex muskingumensis Carex normalis Carex pellita Carex pensylvanica Carex rosea Carex shortiana Carex sparganioides Carex squarrosa Carex stipata Carex stricta Carex swanii Carex tribuloides Carex trichocarpa Carex umbellata Carex virescens Carex vulpinoidea Scirpus atrovirens Scirpus cyperinus Cystopteridaceae Cystopteris bulbifera Cystopteris protrusa Cystopteris tenuis Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum Dioscoreaceae Dioscorea villosa Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris carthusiana Dryopteris intermedia Dryopteris marginalis Polystichum acrostichoides Elaeagnaceae Elaeagnus umbellata Equisetaceae Equisetum arvense Equisetum hyemale Ericaceae Gaylussacia baccata Hypopitys monotropa Monotropa uniflora Vaccinium corymbosum Vaccinium pallidum Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia corollata Fabaceae Amorpha canescens Amphicarpaea bracteata Baptisia alba Baptisia bracteata Cercis canadensis Chamaecrista fasciculata Dalea candida Dalea purpurea Desmodium canadense Desmodium illinoense Desmodium rotundifolium Gleditsia triacanthos Gymnocladus dioicus Hylodesmum glutinosum Hylodesmum nudiflorum Kummerowia stipulacea Lathyrus palustris Lespedeza capitata Lespedeza cuneata Lespedeza hirta Lespedeza procumbens Lespedeza virginica Lotus corniculatus Lupinus perennis Medicago lupulina Melilotus albus Melilotus officinalis Orbexilum onobrychis Robinia pseudoacacia Securigera varia Senna hebecarpa Strophostyles helvola Tephrosia virginiana Trifolium hybridum Trifolium pratense Trifolium repens Vicia cracca Fagaceae Fagus grandifolia Quercus alba Quercus bicolor Quercus imbricaria Quercus macrocarpa Quercus muehlenbergii Quercus palustris Quercus rubra Quercus velutina Gentianaceae Frasera caroliniensis Sabatia angularis Geraniaceae Geranium maculatum Geranium pusillum Grossulariaceae Ribes Ribes americanum Ribes cynosbati Ribes missouriense Hamamelidaceae Hamamelis virginiana Hydrangeaceae Hydrangea arborescens Hypericaceae Hypericum mutilum Hypericum perforatum Hypericum prolificum Hypericum punctatum Hypericum sphaerocarpum Hypoxidaceae Hypoxis hirsuta Iridaceae Iris virginica Sisyrinchium albidum Sisyrinchium angustifolium Juglandaceae Carya cordiformis Carya glabra Carya illinoinensis Carya ovalis Carya ovata Juglans nigra Juncaceae Juncus dudleyi Juncus effusus Juncus tenuis Luzula echinata Lamiaceae Agastache nepetoides Blephilia hirsuta Collinsonia canadensis Glechoma hederacea Hedeoma pulegioides Lamium amplexicaule Lamium purpureum Leonurus cardiaca Lycopus americanus Lycopus rubellus Monarda fistulosa Monarda punctata Nepeta cataria Physostegia virginiana Prunella vulgaris Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Pycnanthemum verticillatum Pycnanthemum virginianum Scutellaria incana Scutellaria lateriflora Scutellaria nervosa Scutellaria ovata Stachys hispida Stachys pilosa Stachys tenuifolia Teucrium canadense Trichostema brachiatum Trichostema dichotomum Lauraceae Lindera benzoin Sassafras albidum Liliaceae Erythronium albidum Erythronium americanum Lilium michiganense Limnanthaceae Floerkea proserpinacoides Linaceae Linum virginianum Linderniaceae Lindernia dubia Magnoliaceae Liriodendron tulipifera Malvaceae Abutilon theophrasti Hibiscus laevis Hibiscus moscheutos Malva neglecta Napaea dioica Tilia americana Melanthiaceae Trillium flexipes Trillium nivale Trillium recurvatum Trillium sessile Veratrum virginicum Veratrum woodii Menispermaceae Menispermum canadense Montiaceae Claytonia virginica Moraceae Maclura pomifera Morus alba Morus rubra Myricaceae Comptonia peregrina Nyctaginaceae Mirabilis nyctaginea Nyssaceae Nyssa sylvatica Oleaceae Fraxinus americana Fraxinus nigra Fraxinus pennsylvanica Fraxinus quadrangulata Ligustrum obtusifolium Syringa vulgaris Onagraceae Circaea canadensis Ludwigia alternifolia Oenothera biennis Oenothera gaura Onocleaceae Onoclea sensibilis Ophioglossaceae Botrypus virginianus Ophioglossum vulgatum Sceptridium dissectum Orchidaceae Aplectrum hyemale Corallorhiza odontorhiza Cypripedium parviflorum Goodyera pubescens Liparis liliifolia Platanthera ciliaris Platanthera flava Platanthera lacera Spiranthes cernua Orobanchaceae Agalinis purpurea Agalinis tenuifolia Aureolaria flava Aureolaria pedicularia Aureolaria virginica Conopholis americana Orobanche uniflora Pedicularis canadensis Pedicularis lanceolata Osmundaceae Osmunda regalis Oxalidaceae Oxalis stricta Oxalis violacea Papaveraceae Corydalis flavula Dicentra canadensis Dicentra cucullaria Sanguinaria canadensis Stylophorum diphyllum Penthoraceae Penthorum sedoides Phrymaceae Mimulus ringens Phryma leptostachya Phytolaccaceae Phytolacca americana Pinaceae Pinus strobus Plantaginaceae Callitriche terrestris Chelone glabra Chelone obliqua Gratiola neglecta Leucospora multifida Nuttallanthus canadensis Penstemon calycosus Penstemon digitalis Penstemon hirsutus Plantago lanceolata Plantago major Plantago rugelii Plantago virginica Veronica arvensis Veronicastrum virginicum Platanaceae Platanus occidentalis Poaceae Agrostis elliottiana Agrostis gigantea Agrostis hyemalis Alopecurus aequalis Alopecurus pratensis Andropogon gerardi Andropogon virginicus Aristida Bouteloua curtipendula Bouteloua gracilis Brachyelytrum erectum Bromus inermis Bromus nottowayanus Bromus pubescens Bromus tectorum Calamagrostis canadensis Cenchrus longispinus Chasmanthium latifolium Cinna arundinacea Dactylis glomerata Danthonia spicata Diarrhena obovata Dichanthelium acuminatum Dichanthelium clandestinum Dichanthelium dichotomum Dichanthelium latifolium Dichanthelium linearifolium Dichanthelium oligosanthes Dichanthelium ovale Digitaria cognata Elymus canadensis Elymus hystrix Elymus riparius Elymus villosus Elymus virginicus Eragrostis spectabilis Festuca obtusa Festuca subverticillata Glyceria striata Hesperostipa spartea Koeleria macrantha Leersia oryzoides Leersia virginica Panicum capillare Panicum dichotomiflorum Panicum virgatum Paspalum setaceum Patis racemosa Phalaris arundinacea Phragmites australis Poa compressa Poa paludigena Poa palustris Poa pratensis Poa sylvestris Schizachyrium scoparium Setaria faberi Setaria pumila Sorghastrum nutans Spartina pectinata Sporobolus heterolepis Sporobolus vaginiflorus Tridens flavus Polemoniaceae Phlox divaricata Phlox glaberrima Phlox paniculata Phlox pilosa Polemonium reptans Polygalaceae Polygala polygama Polygala sanguinea Polygala senega Polygala verticillata Polygonaceae Fallopia scandens Persicaria amphibia Persicaria arifolia Persicaria maculosa Persicaria pensylvanica Persicaria sagittata Persicaria virginiana Rumex acetosella Rumex crispus Rumex verticillatus Polypodiaceae Polypodium virginianum Primulaceae Androsace occidentalis Dodecatheon meadia Lysimachia arvensis Lysimachia ciliata Lysimachia hybrida Lysimachia nummularia Lysimachia quadriflora Lysimachia thyrsiflora Pteridaceae Adiantum pedatum Ranunculaceae Actaea pachypoda Anemone acutiloba Anemone quinquefolia Anemone virginiana Aquilegia canadensis Caltha palustris Clematis viorna Clematis virginiana Delphinium tricorne Enemion biternatum Hydrastis canadensis Ranunculus abortivus Ranunculus hispidus Ranunculus recurvatus Thalictrum amphibolum Thalictrum dasycarpum Thalictrum dioicum Thalictrum thalictroides Rhamnaceae Ceanothus americanus Rosaceae Agrimonia Agrimonia gryposepala Agrimonia parviflora Agrimonia pubescens Agrimonia rostellata Amelanchier arborea Crataegus Crataegus calpodendron Drymocallis arguta Fragaria virginiana Geum canadense Geum vernum Malus ioënsis Malus pumila Malus sylvestris Potentilla norvegica Potentilla recta Potentilla simplex Prunus americana Prunus serotina Prunus virginiana Rosa carolina Rosa multiflora Rosa palustris Rosa setigera Rubus allegheniensis Rubus alumnus Rubus flagellaris Rubus occidentalis Rubus pensilvanicus Rubus steelei Rubiaceae Cephalanthus occidentalis Galium aparine Galium circaezans Galium concinnum Galium obtusum Galium tinctorium Galium triflorum Hexasepalum teres Houstonia caerulea Houstonia longifolia Mitchella repens Rutaceae Ptelea trifoliata Zanthoxylum americanum Salicaceae Populus deltoides Populus grandidentata Populus tremuloides Salix humilis Salix interior Salix nigra Santalaceae Comandra umbellata Sapindaceae Acer negundo Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Acer saccharum Aesculus glabra Saururaceae Saururus cernuus Saxifragaceae Heuchera americana Heuchera richardsonii Micranthes pensylvanica Mitella diphylla Scrophulariaceae Scrophularia lanceolata Scrophularia marilandica Verbascum blattaria Verbascum thapsus Selaginellaceae Selaginella rupestris Simaroubaceae Ailanthus altissima Smilacaceae Smilax ecirrhata Smilax lasioneura Smilax tamnoides Solanaceae Solanum carolinense Staphyleaceae Staphylea trifolia Thelypteridaceae Phegopteris hexagonoptera Thelypteris noveboracensis Thymelaeaceae Dirca palustris Typhaceae Typha angustifolia Typha latifolia Ulmaceae Ulmus americana Ulmus pumila Ulmus rubra Urticaceae Boehmeria cylindrica Laportea canadensis Pilea pumila Urtica dioica Verbenaceae Phyla lanceolata Verbena hastata Verbena stricta Verbena urticifolia Viburnaceae Sambucus canadensis Viburnum acerifolium Viburnum lentago Viburnum prunifolium Viburnum rafinesqueanum Violaceae Cubelium concolor Viola lanceolata Viola missouriensis Viola palmata Viola pedata Viola pubescens Viola sagittata Viola sororia Viola striata Vitaceae Parthenocissus quinquefolia Vitis Vitis cinerea Vitis riparia Vitis vulpina Woodsiaceae Woodsia obtusa
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