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Neckeraceae
Notothyladaceae
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Najadaceae
- Najas flexilisNajas flexilisNajas flexilis is an aquatic annual plant native to parts of North America and Europe. Its common names include slender naiad and nodding waternymph.The plant inhabits shallow bodies of brackish and fresh water such as lakes and bays...
— slender naiad - Najas gracillima — threadlike naiad
- Najas guadalupensisNajas guadalupensisNajas guadalupensis is a species of aquatic plant known by the common name common water nymph. It is native to the Americas, where it is widespread. It is also known on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a noxious weed. This annual plant grows submerged in aquatic habitat types...
— southern naiad - Najas marinaNajas marinaNajas marina is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names spiny naiad and holly-leaved water nymph. It can be found nearly worldwide in many types of freshwater and brackish aquatic habitat, including bodies of alkaline water. This annual plant produces a slender, branching stem up to 40...
— holly-leaved naiad
NeckeraceaeNeckeraceaeNeckeraceae is a moss family in the order Hypnales.-Classification:The Neckeraceae includes the following genera:...
- Homalia trichomanoides — lime homalia
- Metaneckera menziesii
- Neckera complanata
- Neckera douglasii
- Neckera pennata
- Neomacounia nitidaNeomacounia nitidaMacoun's Shining Moss is an extinct moss that was found only in a small area of Ontario.-Biology:Macoun's Shining Moss was a large bryophyte with long greenish-brown tufts. The tufts were shiny and up to 6 cm long. The moss was hermaphroditic and capable of fertilizing itself.The plant was an...
— Macoun's shining moss
NotothyladaceaeNotothyladaceaeThe Notothyladaceae is the only family of hornworts in the order Notothyladales....
- Notothylas orbicularis
- Phaeoceros carolinianus
NyctaginaceaeNyctaginaceaeNyctaginaceae, the Four O'Clock Family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions...
- Abronia latifoliaAbronia latifoliaThe perennial flower Abronia latifolia is a species of sand-verbena known commonly as the coastal, or yellow sand-verbena. It is native to the west coast of North America, from southern California to the Canadian border....
— yellow sand-verbena - Abronia umbellataAbronia umbellataAbronia umbellata is a flowering perennial plant native to the western United States. Other common names include Beach Sand Verbena and Purple Sand Verbena.-Distribution:...
— beach sand-verbena - Mirabilis hirsuta — hairy four-o'clock
- Mirabilis linearis — narrow-leaved umbrellawort
- Mirabilis nyctagineaMirabilis nyctagineaMirabilis nyctaginea is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family known by several common names, including wild four o'clock, heartleaf four o'clock, and heartleaf umbrella wort. It is native to the central section of North America, and it occurs elsewhere as an introduced species,...
— wild four-o'clock - Tripterocalyx micranthusTripterocalyx micranthusTripterocalyx micranthus is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family known by the common name smallflower sand-verbena. It is native to North America, where it is known from southern Alberta and Saskatchewan through a section of the central United States toward the desert southwest...
— smallflower sand-verbena
NymphaeaceaeNymphaeaceaeNymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains eight genera. There are about 70 species of water lilies around the world. The genus...
- Nuphar luteaNuphar luteaNuphar lutea is an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia.-Growth:...
— yellow pond-lily - Nuphar rubrodisca
- Nymphaea leibergiiNymphaea leibergiiNymphaea leibergii, also known as the Dwarf Waterlily, and Leiberg's waterlily is a perennial emergent aquatic plant belonging to the genus Nymphaea. It can be found across northern North America in ponds and slow moving streams...
— dwarf water-lily
- Nymphaea odorataNymphaea odorataNymphaea odorata, also known as the Fragrant Water Lily and Beaver Root, is a flower belonging to the genus Nymphaea. It can commonly be found in lake shallows, ponds, and permanent slow moving waters throughout North America where it ranges from Central America to northern Canada...
— American water-lily - Nymphaea tetragona — pygmy water-lily