Iridaceae

Iridaceae

The Iris family or Iridaceae is a family of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants included in the monocot order Asparagales, taking its name from the genus Iris. Almost worldwide in distribution and one of the most important families in horticulture, it includes more than 2000 species...

 

• Iris brevicaulis — Lamance iris
• Iris lacustris — dwarf lake iris
• Iris missouriensis
  Iris missouriensis
  Iris missouriensis is a species of iris found in western North America. Its distribution is varied; it grows at high elevations in mountains and alpine meadows and all the way down to sea level in coastal hills. Its common names include western blue flag and Rocky Mountain iris...
  
  — western blue iris
• Iris prismatica — slender blueflag
• Iris setosa — beach-head iris
• Iris versicolor
  Iris versicolor
  Iris versicolor, also commonly known as the Harlequin Blueflag, Larger Blue Flag, Northern Blue Flag, and other variations of those names, is a species of Iris native to North America where it is common in sedge meadows, marshes, and along streambanks and shores.-Growth:I. versicolor is a perennial...
  
  — blueflag
• Iris virginica — Virginia blueflag
• Iris x robusta
• Iris x sancti-cyrii — St. Cyr's iris
• Olsynium douglasii
  Olsynium douglasii
  Olsynium douglasii is a flowering plant, commonly known as grasswidows, in the genus Olsynium, native to western North America from southern British Columbia south to northern California, and east to northwest Utah...
  
  — Douglas' blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium albidum — white blue-eyed-grass

• Sisyrinchium angustifolium
  Sisyrinchium angustifolium
  Sisyrinchium angustifolium, commonly known as Stout blue-eyed grass or simply blue-eyed grass, is a herbaceous perennial growing from rhizomes, native to moist meadow and open woodland. It is the most common blue-eyed grass of the eastern United States.Height: . Stem: broadly winged, wide. Leaves:...
  
  — pointed blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium atlanticum — eastern blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium bellum — California blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium californicum
  Sisyrinchium californicum
  Sisyrinchium californicum is a species of flowering plant in the iris family known by the common names yellow-eyed grass, golden-eyed grass, and golden blue-eyed grass...
  
  — golden blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium campestre — prairie blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium fuscatum — coastal plain blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium idahoense
  Sisyrinchium idahoense
  Sisyrinchium idahoense, or Idaho blue-eyed grass, is a perennial that is native to the Western United States and Canada. It It is not a true grass, but is related to the Iris in the Iridaceae family.-Characteristics:...
  
  — Idaho blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium littorale — Alaska blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium montanum
  Sisyrinchium montanum
  Sisyrinchium montanum, or strict blue-eyed grass, is a grass-like species of plants from the genus Sisyrinchium native to northern North America from Newfoundland west to easternmost Alaska, and south to Pennsylvania in the east, and to New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains.It is very similar to S...
  
  — strict blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium mucronatum — Michaux's blue-eyed-grass
• Sisyrinchium septentrionale — northern blue-eyed-grass

Isoetaceae 

• Isoetes acadiensis — Acadian quillwort
• Isoetes bolanderi
  Isoetes bolanderi
  Isoetes bolanderi is a species of quillwort, a type of lycopod. Its common name is Bolander's quillwort. This is a "primitive" aquatic plant native to western North America which grows almost entirely underwater in lakes and other water bodies...
  
  — Bolander's quillwort
• Isoetes echinospora — spinyspore quillwort
• Isoetes engelmannii
  Isoetes engelmannii
  Isoetes engelmannii, commonly known as Engelmann's quillwort or Appalachian quillwort , is an aquatic pteridophyte and is the most widely distributed species of its genus in eastern North America...
  
  — Appalachian quillwort
• Isoetes howellii
  Isoetes howellii
  Isoetes howellii is a species of quillwort, a type of lycopod. Its common name is Howell's quillwort. This is a "primitive" aquatic plant native to western North America which grows in wet habitat such as vernal pools. It produces pointed, cylindrical, bright green leaves approaching 30 centimeters...
  
  — Howell's quillwort
• Isoetes lacustris
  Isoetes lacustris
  Isoetes lacustris is a boreal quillwort native on both sides of the northern Atlantic Ocean. In Europe, it is distributed from Poland west to northeastern France, throughout Scandinavia, the west and north of the British Isles, the Faroe Islands and Iceland...
  
  — western lake quillwort
• Isoetes macrospora — lake quillwort
• Isoetes maritima — maritime quillwort
• Isoetes nuttallii
  Isoetes nuttallii
  Isoetes nuttallii is a species of quillwort, a type of lycopod. Its common name is Nuttall's quillwort. This is a "primitive" plant native to western North America from British Columbia to California which grows in wet habitat such as seasonal streams. It produces pointed, cylindrical, green to...
  
  — Nuttall's quillwort
• Isoetes occidentalis — western quillwort

• Isoetes prototypus — spike quillwort
• Isoetes riparia — riverbank quillwort
• Isoetes tuckermanii — Tuckerman's quillwort
• Isoetes x dodgei — Dodge's quillwort
• Isoetes x eatonii — Eaton's quillwort
• Isoetes x harveyi — Harvey's quillwort
• Isoetes x heterospora
• Isoetes x hickeyi — Hickey's quillwort
• Isoetes x truncata — truncate quillwort

Jubulaceae

Jubulaceae

The family Jubulaceae , is a family of liverworts. The family name is derived from the genus Jubula. The family consists of the genera, the Jubula and Frullania. The genera Neohattoria, Schusterella, and Steerea have been merged into Frullania....

 

• Frullania bolanderi
• Frullania brittoniae
• Frullania eboracensis
• Frullania inflata

• Frullania oakesiana
• Frullania selwyniana
• Frullania tamarisci

Juglandaceae

Juglandaceae

The Juglandaceae, also known as the Walnut Family, is a family of trees, or sometimes shrubs, in the order Fagales. Various members of this family are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Southeast Asia....

 

• Carya alba — mockernut hickory
• Carya cordiformis — bitternut hickory
• Carya glabra — sweet pignut hickory
• Carya laciniosa — big shellbark hickory
• Carya ovalis
  Carya ovalis
  Carya ovalis, the Red Hickory, is a fairly uncommon but widespread Hickory native to eastern North America. It is typically found growing in dry, well drained sandy upland ridges and sloped woodlands from southern Ontario, Canada, and in the United States east to New Hampshire, south to northern...
  
  — red hickory

• Carya ovata — shagbark hickory
• Carya x laneyi — Laney's hickory
• Juglans cinerea — butternut
• Juglans nigra — black walnut

Juncaceae

Juncaceae

Juncaceae, the rush family, are a monocotyledonous family of flowering plants. There are eight genera and about 400 species. Members of the Juncaceae are slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous plants, and they may superficially resemble grasses. They often grow on infertile soils in a wide range...

 

• Juncus acuminatus
  Juncus acuminatus
  Juncus acuminatus is a species of rush known by the common names Tapertip Rush, Tufted Rush and Sharp-fruited Rush. It is native to North and Central America, where it can be found in and around water bodies from central Canada to Honduras. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming clumps up to...
  
  — sharpfruit rush
• Juncus acutiflorus
  Juncus acutiflorus
  Juncus acutiflorus, also called Sharp-flowered Rush, is a rush or a grassy plant of the genus Juncus. As the name suggests, the plant has notable sharp-looking flowers, flowering between July and September.-Physical description:...
  
  — sharpflower rush
• Juncus albescens — northern white rush
• Juncus alpinoarticulatus — northern green rush
• Juncus ambiguus — seaside rush
• Juncus arcticus — arctic rush
• Juncus articulatus
  Juncus articulatus
  Juncus articulatus is a species of rush known by the common name Jointleaf Rush, and more ambiguously as "Jointed Rush" which can also refer to J. kraussii from Australia . It is native to Eurasia and much of Canada and the United States. It grows in moist areas, such as wet sand, and thrives in...
  
  — jointed rush
• Juncus balticus
  Juncus balticus
  Juncus balticus is a species of rush known by the common name Baltic rush. this plant is widespread in occurrence and can reach a height of about three feet.-References:*C.Michael Hogan, ed. 2010....
  
  — Baltic rush
• Juncus biflorus — grass-leaved rush
• Juncus biglumis — two-flower rush
• Juncus bolanderi
  Juncus bolanderi
  Juncus bolanderi is a species of rush known by the common name Bolander's Rush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in many types of wet habitat, such as marshes, beaches, and meadows. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming bunches...
  
  — Bolander's rush
• Juncus brachycarpus — shortfruit rush
• Juncus brachycephalus — smallhead rush
• Juncus brevicaudatus — narrowpanicle rush
• Juncus breweri
  Juncus breweri
  Juncus breweri is a species of rush known by the common name Brewer's rush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in coastal habitat such as beaches and marshes. It is a perennial herb growing from a tough rhizome which anchors it in sand...
  
  — Brewer's rush
• Juncus bufonius
  Juncus bufonius
  Juncus bufonius, known commonly as toad rush, is a common species of rush found worldwide. It grows in moist and muddy places and is considered a weed in many areas. This is an annual monocot that is quite variable in appearance. It is sometimes described as a complex of variants labeled with one...
  
  — toad rush
• Juncus bulbosus — bulbous rush
• Juncus caesariensis — New Jersey rush
• Juncus canadensis — Canada rush
• Juncus castaneus — chestnut rush
• Juncus confusus
  Juncus confusus
  Juncus confusus is a species of rush known by the common name Colorado rush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California to Colorado, where it grows in coniferous forests and wet, grassy areas such as mountain meadows. It is a bunching rhizomatous perennial...
  
  — Colorado rush
• Juncus covillei
  Juncus covillei
  Juncus covillei is a species of rush known by the common name Coville's rush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Idaho to California, where it grows in moist habitat, often in forested areas. This is a perennial herb forming clumps of erect stems up to about 25...
  
  — Coville's rush
• Juncus drummondii
  Juncus drummondii
  Juncus drummondii is a species of rush known by the common name Drummond's rush. It is native to western North America from northern Canada and Alaska to New Mexico, where it grows in wet coniferous forest and alpine meadows and slopes. This is a perennial herb forming narrow, erect tufts to about...
  
  — Drummond's rush
• Juncus dudleyi — Dudley's rush
• Juncus effusus — soft rush
• Juncus ensifolius
  Juncus ensifolius
  Juncus ensifolius is a species of rush known by the common name swordleaf rush. It is native to much of western North America from Alaska to central Mexico, and into eastern Canada. It is present in Japan and far eastern Russia, and it has been introduced to many other regions of the world,...
  
  — three-stamened rush
• Juncus falcatus — sickleleaf rush
• Juncus filiformis — thread rush
• Juncus gerardii
  Juncus gerardii
  Juncus gerardii, commonly known as blackgrass, black needle rush or saltmarsh rush, is a member of the family Juncaceae.-Site:...
  
  — black-grass rush
• Juncus greenei — Greene's rush
• Juncus haenkei — Thaddäus Haenke
  Thaddäus Haenke
  Thaddäus Xaverius Peregrinus Haenke was a geographer and explorer in South America.-Biography:Thaddaeus Haenke was born of ethnic German extraction in the Bohemian village of Kreibnitz , near the Sudeten Mountains in 1761...
  
  's rush
• Juncus interior
  Juncus interior
  Juncus interior is a species of rush. It is known by the common name Interior Rush, and in its native range also as "Soft Rush" ....
  
  — inland rush
• Juncus kelloggii
  Juncus kelloggii
  Juncus kelloggii is a species of rush known by the common name Kellogg's dwarf rush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in low, wet spots in meadows and other grassy areas, for example, vernal pools. It is a tiny annual herb forming small,...
  
  — Kellogg's rush
• Juncus lesueurii
  Juncus lesueurii
  Juncus lesueurii is a species of rush known by the common names Lesueur's Rush and Salt Rush ....
  
  — salt rush
• Juncus longistylis
  Juncus longistylis
  Juncus longistylis is a species of rush known by the common name longstyle rush. It is native to much of North America, including most of the United States and the southern Canadian provinces. It grows in moist terrestrial habitat, such as mountain meadows. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb...
  
  — long-styled rush
• Juncus marginatus — grassleaf rush
• Juncus mertensianus
  Juncus mertensianus
  Juncus mertensianus is a species of rush known by the common name Mertens' rush. It is native to much of western North America from Alaska to Saskatchewan to New Mexico, where it grows in wet mountainous areas such as riverbanks and alpine meadows. This is a clumping perennial herb growing from a...
  
  — Mertens' rush
• Juncus militaris — bayonet rush
• Juncus nevadensis
  Juncus nevadensis
  Juncus nevadensis is a species of rush known by the common name Sierra rush. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to New Mexico, where it grows in wet areas in many habitat types. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb which varies in appearance. Its thin, smooth stems...
  
  — Sierran rush

• Juncus nodosus
  Juncus nodosus
  Juncus nodosus is a species of rush known by the common name knotted rush. It is native to much of North America from northern Canada to central Mexico, where it grows in wet places from freshwater to salt marsh habitat. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing slender, smooth stems up to...
  
  — knotted rush
• Juncus occidentalis
  Juncus occidentalis
  Juncus occidentalis is a species of rush known by the common name western rush. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in wet areas in many types of habitat. This is a bunching perennial herb with thin, stiff stems reaching maximum heights between 30 and 60 centimeters. The wispy...
  
  — western rush
• Juncus oxymeris — pointed rush
• Juncus parryi
  Juncus parryi
  Juncus parryi is a species of rush known by the common name Parry's rush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist and dry spots in mountain habitat, including rocky talus and other areas in the subalpine and alpine...
  
  — Parry's rush
• Juncus pelocarpus — brownfruit rush
• Juncus regelii
  Juncus regelii
  Juncus regelii is a species of rush known by the common name Regel's rush. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Utah, where it grows in moist mountainous habitat, such as meadows. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a dense clump of flattened stems up to about...
  
  — Regel's rush
• Juncus saximontanus
  Juncus saximontanus
  Juncus saximontanus is a species of rush known by the common name Rocky Mountain rush. It is native to much of western North America from Alaska to central Mexico, where it grows in wet habitat, often in mountainous areas, such as bogs and moist meadows.This is a rhizomatous perennial herb...
  
  — Rocky Mountain rush
• Juncus secundus — secund rush
• Juncus stygius — Moor rush
• Juncus subcaudatus — woodland rush
• Juncus subtilis — creeping rush
• Juncus supiniformis — hairyleaf rush
• Juncus tenuis — slender rush
• Juncus torreyi
  Juncus torreyi
  Juncus torreyi is a species of rush known by the common name Torrey's rush. It is native to North America, where it is widespread. It can be found in many habitats across the southern half of Canada, coast to coast in the United States, and throughout northern Mexico. This is a perennial herb...
  
  — Torrey's rush
• Juncus tracyi — Tracy's rush
• Juncus trifidus — highland rush
• Juncus triglumis — three-flower rush
• Juncus vaseyi — Vasey's rush
• Juncus x alpiniformis
• Juncus x fulvescens
• Juncus x gracilescens
• Juncus x lemieuxii — Lemieux's rush
• Juncus x nodosiformis
• Luzula acuminata — hairy woodrush
• Luzula alpinopilosa — alpine woodrush
• Luzula arctica — arctic woodrush
• Luzula arcuata — curved woodrush
• Luzula campestris — common woodrush
• Luzula comosa
  Luzula comosa
  Luzula comosa is a species of flowering plant in the rush family known by the common name Pacific woodrush. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado, where it can be found in moist spots in forests and meadows and many other types of habitat. It is a perennial...
  
  — Pacific woodrush
• Luzula confusa — northern woodrush
• Luzula echinata — hedgehog woodrush
• Luzula glabrata — smooth woodrush
• Luzula groenlandica — Greenland woodrush
• Luzula multiflora
  Luzula multiflora
  Luzula multiflora, the Heath Wood-rush, is a species of flowering plant in the rush family. It is native to North America, found in Canada and all regions of the U.S. except the Southwest.- References :* * * Fl. Spa. 1:169. 1811...
  
  — common woodrush
• Luzula parviflora
  Luzula parviflora
  Luzula parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the rush family known by the common name small-flowered woodrush. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout the northern Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, and North America. It grows in moist areas, often in gravelly soils...
  
  — smallflower woodrush
• Luzula piperi — Piper's woodrush
• Luzula rufescens — hairy woodrush
• Luzula spicata
  Luzula spicata
  Luzula spicata is a species of flowering plant in the rush family known by the common name spiked woodrush. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northern Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, and North America. It grows in subalpine and alpine climates...
  
  — spiked woodrush
• Luzula wahlenbergii — Wahlenberg's woodrush

Juncaginaceae

Juncaginaceae

Juncaginaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, recognized by most taxonomists for the past few decades. It is also known as the Arrowgrass family....

 

• Lilaea scilloides — flowering quillwort
• Triglochin concinna — slender arrow-grass
• Triglochin gaspensis — Gaspé Peninsula arrow-grass

• Triglochin maritima — common bog arrow-grass
• Triglochin palustris
  Triglochin palustris
  Triglochin palustris or Marsh Arrowgrass is a variety of arrowgrass found in damp grassland usually on calcareous soils, fens and meadows. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It can be found locally in the British Isles especially the...
  
  — slender bog arrow-grass

Jungermanniaceae

Jungermanniaceae

Jungermanniaceae is the namesake family of leafy liverworts. It is a group of small plants that are widely distributed. Several genera formerly included within the family are now classified in the Myliaceae or Solenostomataceae....

 

• Anastrophyllum assimile
• Anastrophyllum helleranum
• Anastrophyllum michauxii
• Anastrophyllum minutum
• Anastrophyllum saxicola
• Anastrophyllum tenue
• Barbilophozia atlantica
• Barbilophozia attenuata
• Barbilophozia barbata
• Barbilophozia binsteadii
• Barbilophozia cavifolia
• Barbilophozia floerkei
• Barbilophozia hatcheri
• Barbilophozia kunzeana
• Barbilophozia lycopodioides
• Barbilophozia quadriloba
• Chandonanthus setiformis
• Cryptocolea imbricata
• Gymnocolea acutiloba
• Gymnocolea inflata
• Jamesoniella autumnalis
• Jungermannia atrovirens
• Jungermannia confertissima
• Jungermannia crenuliformis
• Jungermannia exsertifolia
• Jungermannia gracillima
• Jungermannia hyalina
• Jungermannia karl-muelleri
• Jungermannia leiantha
• Jungermannia obovata
• Jungermannia polaris
• Jungermannia pumila
• Jungermannia rubra
• Jungermannia sphaerocarpa
• Jungermannia subelliptica
• Lophozia alpestris

• Lophozia ascendens
• Lophozia badensis
• Lophozia bantriensis
• Lophozia bicrenata
• Lophozia capitata
• Lophozia collaris
• Lophozia excisa
• Lophozia gillmanii
• Lophozia grandiretis
• Lophozia groenlandica
• Lophozia guttulata
• Lophozia heterocolpos
• Lophozia hyperarctica
• Lophozia incisa
• Lophozia latifolia
• Lophozia laxa
• Lophozia longidens
• Lophozia obtusa
• Lophozia opacifolia
• Lophozia pellucida
• Lophozia rutheana
• Lophozia sudetica
• Lophozia ventricosa
• Lophozia wenzelii
• Mylia anomala
• Mylia taylorii
• Nardia breidleri
• Nardia geoscyphus
• Nardia insecta
• Nardia scalaris — ladder flapwort
• Tritomaria exsecta
• Tritomaria exsectiformis
• Tritomaria heterophylla
• Tritomaria polita
• Tritomaria quinquedentata
• Tritomaria scitula