List of Canadian plants by family S
Encyclopedia
Main page: List of Canadian plants by family
Families:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z
Salicaceae
Santalaceae
Saxifragaceae
Scapaniaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Seligeriaceae
Smilacaceae
Solanaceae
Sparganiaceae
Sphagnaceae
Families:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z
SalicaceaeSalicaceaeSalicaceae are a family of flowering plants. Recent genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 55 genera....
- Populus angustifoliaPopulus angustifoliaPopulus angustifolia is a species of poplar tree known by the common names Narrowleaf Cottonwood and Willow-leaved Poplar. This tree is native to the Great Basin in the United States where it is most often found by streams and creeks at some elevation.The tree is slim in profile, with yellow-green...
— narrowleaf cottonwood - Populus balsamiferaPopulus balsamiferaPopulus balsamifera, commonly called balsam poplar, bamtree, eastern balsam poplar, hackmatack, tacamahac poplar, tacamahaca,...
— balsam poplar - Populus deltoides — eastern cottonwood
- Populus grandidentataPopulus grandidentataPopulus grandidentata — the large-tooth, or big-tooth, aspen — is a deciduous tree native to eastern North America.-Name:...
— largetooth aspen - Populus heterophyllaPopulus heterophyllaPopulus heterophylla, known as the Swamp Cottonwood, also called the River Cottonwood, Downy Poplar, Swamp Poplar, or Black Cottonwood which is actually Populus trichocarpa, is a large deciduous Poplar belonging to section Leucoides of the larger Salindaceae family, found in wet bottom land...
— swamp cottonwood - Populus tremuloidesPopulus tremuloidesPopulus tremuloides is a deciduous tree native to cooler areas of North America, commonly called quaking aspen, trembling aspen, American aspen, and Quakies,. The trees have tall trunks, up to 25 metres, with smooth pale bark, scarred with black. The glossy green leaves, dull beneath, become golden...
— trembling aspen - Populus x acuminata
- Populus x berolinensis
- Populus x brayshawii
- Populus x canadensis
- Populus x heimburgeri
- Populus x jackii — balm-of-Gilead
- Populus x rouleauiana
- Populus x smithii — Barnes' aspen
- Salix alaxensis — Alaska willow
- Salix amygdaloides — peach-leaved willow
- Salix arbusculoides — littletree willow
- Salix arctica — Arctic willow
- Salix arctophila — Arctic willow
- Salix argyrocarpa — northern willow
- Salix athabascensis — Athabasca willow
- Salix ballii — Ball's willow
- Salix barclayi — Barclay's willow
- Salix barrattianaSalix barrattianaSalix barrattiana, also known as Barratt's willow, is a shrub in the Salicaceae family found in Alaska. It is 30 to 60 cm tall....
— Barratt's willow - Salix bebbianaSalix bebbianaSalix bebbiana is a species of Willow that is indigenous to Canada and the northern United States, from Alaska and Yukon south to California and Arizona and north-east to Newfoundland and New England...
— Bebb's willow - Salix boothiiSalix boothiiSalix boothii is a species of willow known by the common name Booth's willow. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California and New Mexico, where it grows in moist mountain habitat, such as riverbanks. It is a shrub which can reach six meters in height...
— Booth's willow - Salix brachycarpa — shortfruit willow
- Salix candidaSalix candidaSalix candida, also known as sageleaf willow, is a shrub in the Salicaceae family found in northern United States and Canada. It is .5 to 3.5 m tall.-External links:**...
— hoary willow - Salix cascadensis — Cascade willow
- Salix chamissonis — Chamisso's willow
- Salix chlorolepis — green-scaled willow
- Salix commutata — undergreen willow
- Salix cordataSalix cordataSalix cordata is a perennial shrub that grows tall; plants taller than are rare. The plant is native to the northeast regions of the North American continent; it is found on sand dunes, river banks, and lake shores in sandy, silty or gravelly soils....
— sand dune willow - Salix discolorSalix discolorSalix discolor is a species of willow native to North America, one of two species commonly called Pussy Willow.It is native to the northern forests and wetlands of Canada and the northeastern contiguous United States .It is a weak-wooded deciduous shrub or...
— pussy willow - Salix drummondianaSalix drummondianaSalix drummondiana is a species of willow known by the common name Drummond's willow. It is native to western North America from Yukon and the Northwest Territories in the north to California and New Mexico in the south...
— satiny salix - Salix eriocephala — heart-leaved willow
- Salix exiguaSalix exiguaSalix exigua Salix exigua Salix exigua (Sandbar Willow, Narrowleaf Willow, or Coyote Willow; syn. S. argophylla, S. hindsiana, S. interior, S. linearifolia, S. luteosericea, S. malacophylla, S. nevadensis, S...
— narrowleaf willow - Salix farriae — Farr's willow
- Salix fuscescens — Alaska bog willow
- Salix geyerianaSalix geyerianaSalix geyeriana is a species of willow known by the common names Geyer's willow, Geyer willow and silver willow. The type specimen was collected by the botanist Karl Andreas Geyer, for whom it was named...
— Geyer's willow - Salix glauca — grey willow
- Salix hastata — halberd willow
- Salix herbacea — New England dwarf willow
- Salix hookerianaSalix hookerianaSalix hookeriana is a species of willow known by the common names dune willow, coastal willow, and Hooker's willow. It is native to the west coast of North America from Alaska to northern California, where it grows in coastal habitat such as beaches, marshes, floodplains, and canyons...
— Hooker's willow - Salix humilis — prairie willow
- Salix jejuna — calcareous mat willow
- Salix lanataSalix lanataSalix lanata, the common name is Wooly Willow, is a species of willow native to tundra regions over much of the Circumboreal Region.-Description:...
— lanate willow - Salix lemmoniiSalix lemmoniiSalix lemmonii is a species of willow known by the common name Lemmon's willow. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist and wet areas in mountain coniferous forest habitat, such as streambanks and meadows.-Description:Salix...
— Lemmon's willow - Salix lucidaSalix lucidaSalix lucida is a species of willow native to northern and western North America, occurring in wetland habitats....
— shining willow - Salix luteaSalix luteaSalix lutea is a species of willow known by the common name yellow willow. It is native to North America, including central Canada and parts of the western and central United States, with the exception of the Great Basin. It can be found in moist and wet habitat types, such as riverbanks, meadows,...
— yellow willow - Salix maccalliana — McCall's willow
- Salix melanopsisSalix melanopsisSalix melanopsis is a species of willow known by the common name dusky willow. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California and Colorado, where it grows in many types of moist and wet habitat, such as riverbanks and subalpine mountain meadows, on rocky and...
— dusky willow - Salix monochroma — one-colour willow
- Salix monticola — mountain willow
- Salix myricoides — blue-leaved willow
- Salix myrtillifolia — myrtle-leaf willow
- Salix nigra — black willow
- Salix nivalis — snow willow
- Salix oresteraSalix oresteraSalix orestera is a species of willow known by the common name Sierra willow, or gray-leafed Sierra willow. It is native to the Sierra Nevada of California and western Nevada, where it grows in moist areas in high mountain subalpine and alpine climates...
— greyleaf Sierran willow - Salix ovalifolia — Arctic seashore willow
- Salix pedicellaris — bog willow
- Salix pedunculata — blackbract willow
- Salix pellita — satiny willow
- Salix petiolaris — meadow willow
- Salix petrophila — alpine willow
- Salix phlebophylla — skeletonleaf willow
- Salix planifoliaSalix planifoliaSalix planifolia is a species of willow known by the common names diamondleaf willow and tea-leafed willow. It is native to northern and western North America, including most all of Canada, Alaska, and the western United States...
— tea-leaved willow - Salix polaris — polar willow
- Salix prolixaSalix prolixaSalix prolixa is a species of willow known by the common name MacKenzie's willow. It is native to western North America from Alaska and northwestern Canada to the high mountains of California and Utah. It grows in moist habitat such as riverbanks, springs, and marshes. It is a shrub growing 1 to 5...
— MacKenzie's willow - Salix pseudomonticola — false mountain willow
- Salix pyrifolia — balsam willow
- Salix raupii — Raup's willow
- Salix reticulataSalix reticulataSalix reticulata, the Net-leaved Willow, is a dwarf willow, occurring in the colder parts of Northern Europe, Greenland, North America and Northern Asia...
— net-veined willow - Salix rotundifolia — roundleaf willow
- Salix scoulerianaSalix scoulerianaSalix scouleriana Salix scouleriana Salix scouleriana (Scouler's Willow; syn. S. brachystachys Benth., S. capreoides Anderss., S. flavescens Nutt., S. nuttallii Sarg., S...
— Scouler's willow - Salix sericeaSalix sericeaSalix sericea, also known as silky willow, is a shrub in the Salicaceae family that grows in swamps and along rivers in eastern United States and Canada...
— silky willow - Salix serissima — autumn willow
- Salix sessilifoliaSalix sessilifoliaSalix sessilifolia is a species of willow known by the common name northwest sandbar willow. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows on sandy and gravelly riverbanks, floodplains, and sandbars...
— Del Norte coast willow - Salix setchelliana — Setchell's willow
- Salix silicicola — blanketleaf willow
- Salix sitchensisSalix sitchensisSalix sitchensis is a species of willow known by the common name Sitka willow. It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska to northern California to Montana. It is a common to abundant plant in many types of coastal and inland wetland habitat, such as marshes, riverbanks, swamps, coastal...
— Sitka willow - Salix sphenophylla — wedgeleaf willow
- Salix stolonifera — creeping willow
- Salix turnorii — Turnor's willow
- Salix tweedyi — Tweedy's willow
- Salix uva-ursi — bearberry willow
- Salix vestita — rock willow
- Salix x amoena
- Salix x argusii
- Salix x beschelii
- Salix x brachypurpurea
- Salix x conifera
- Salix x cryptodonta
- Salix x dutillyi
- Salix x gaspeensis
- Salix x grayi
- Salix x jamesensis
- Salix x laurentiana
- Salix x obtusata
- Salix x paraleuca
- Salix x peasei
- Salix x pellicolor
- Salix x schneideri
- Salix x sericans
- Salix x simulans
- Salix x ungavensis
- Salix x waghornei
- Salix x wiegandii
SantalaceaeSantalaceaeSantalaceae is a widely distributed family of flowering plants which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants...
- Comandra umbellata — umbellate bastard toadflax
- Geocaulon lividum — northern comandra
SaxifragaceaeSaxifragaceaeSaxifragaceae is a plant family with about 460 known species in 36 genera. In Europe there are 12 genera.The flowers are hermaphroditic and actinomorphic...
- Boykinia occidentalisBoykinia occidentalisBoykinia occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name coastal brookfoam. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in shady areas near riverbanks and streams...
— coastal brookfoam - Chrysosplenium americanum — American golden-saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium iowense — Iowa golden-saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium rosendahlii — Rosendahl's golden-saxifrage
- Chrysosplenium tetrandrum — northern golden-carpet
- Chrysosplenium wrightii — Wright's golden-saxifrage
- Conimitella williamsii — Williams' conimitella
- Elmera racemosa — elmera
- Heuchera americanaHeuchera americanaHeuchera americana, or Alumroot, is a small evergreen perennial native to Central U.S. Lobed semi-palmate green, purple, or brown leaves are often veined or marbled...
— American alumroot - Heuchera chlorantha — greenflower alumroot
- Heuchera cylindrica — poker alumroot
- Heuchera flabellifolia — Bridger Mountain alumroot
- Heuchera glabra — alpine alumroot
- Heuchera grossulariifolia — gooseberry-leaf alumroot
- Heuchera micranthaHeuchera micranthaHeuchera micrantha is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name crevice alumroot. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows on rocky slopes and cliffs. This plant is quite variable in appearance. There are a number...
— crevice alumroot - Heuchera parvifolia — littleleaf alumroot
- Heuchera richardsonii — Richardson's alumroot
- Heuchera x easthamii
- Leptarrhena pyrolifolia — leatherleaf saxifrage
- Lithophragma glabrumLithophragma glabrumLithophragma glabrum is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name bulbous woodland star. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and Saskatchewan to Colorado, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is a rhizomatous perennial...
— bulbous woodland-star - Lithophragma parviflorumLithophragma parviflorumLithophragma parviflorum is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name smallflower woodland star. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to California to South Dakota and Nebraska, where it grows in several types of open habitat...
— smallflower woodland-star - Lithophragma tenellumLithophragma tenellumLithophragma tenellum is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name slender woodland star. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to California to New Mexico, where it grows in several types of open habitat. It is a rhizomatous...
— slender woodland-star - Mitella breweriMitella breweriMitella breweri is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name Brewer's miterwort. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California and Nevada, where it grows in moist meadows, woods, and mountain forests. It is a rhizomatous...
— feathery bishop's-cap - Mitella caulescensMitella caulescensMitella caulescens is an herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae native to Western North America.-External links:****...
— creeping bishop's-cap - Mitella diphyllaMitella diphyllaMitella diphylla is a clump forming, open woodland plant growing from a fibrouse root system. The species is placed in the Saxifragaceae family. It is native to Eastern North America and is a spring blooming plant with lacy, white flowers produced on stems growing from 20 to 50 centimeters tall...
— two-leaf bishop's-cap - Mitella nudaMitella nudaMitella nuda, the naked bishop's cap, is a plant in the genus Mitella.It has a single leaf, serrate but not deeply lobed, rising in single stalks from the ground. The leaf color is light green. Tiny white hairs arise perpendicular to the leaf surface...
— naked bishop's-cap - Mitella ovalisMitella ovalisMitella ovalis is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common names coastal miterwort and oval-leaf miterwort. It is native to western North America from southwestern British Columbia, including Vancouver Island, to northern California as far south as Marin County. It...
— oval-leaf bishop's-cap - Mitella pentandraMitella pentandraMitella pentandra is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name fivestamen miterwort. It is native to much of western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist, shady habitat such as meadows, woods, and mountain forests. It is a...
— five-point bishop's-cap - Mitella prostrata — creeping bishop's-cap
- Mitella trifidaMitella trifidaMitella trifida is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common names threeparted miterwort and Pacific miterwort. It is native to western North America from Alaska to Montana to California, where it grows in wet wooded habitat types. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb...
— Pacific bishop's-cap - Parnassia fimbriataParnassia fimbriataParnassia fimbriata is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae known by the common name fringed Grass of Parnassus. It is native to western North America from Alaska and northwestern Canada to the southern Rocky Mountains, where it is a plant of alpine and subalpine environments.It...
— fringed grass-of-Parnassus - Parnassia glauca — Carolina grass-of-Parnassus
- Parnassia kotzebuei — Kotzebue's grass-of-Parnassus
- Parnassia multiseta — boreal grass-of-Parnassus
- Parnassia palustrisParnassia palustrisParnassia palustris, commonly called Marsh Grass-of-Parnassus, Northern Grass-of-Parnassus, and Bog-star, is a species of the genus Parnassia....
— marsh grass-of-Parnassus - Saxifraga adscendens — ascending saxifrage
- Saxifraga aizoidesSaxifraga aizoidesSaxifraga aizoides is a flower of the genus Saxifraga. Yellow mountain saxifrage prefers cold and wet shale cliff environment and could be found in North America and Europe .-External links and references:***...
— yellow mountain saxifrage - Saxifraga bronchialis — matte saxifrage
- Saxifraga cernua — nodding saxifrage
- Saxifraga cespitosa — tufted saxifrage
- Saxifraga eschscholtzii — cushion saxifrage
- Saxifraga ferrugineaSaxifraga ferrugineaSaxifraga ferruginea is a species of saxifrage known by the common names russethair saxifrage and rusty saxifrage. It is native to western North America from Alaska and northwestern Canada to northern California to Wyoming, where it can be found in moist, rocky habitat in mountainous areas...
— rusty-hair saxifrage
- Saxifraga flagellarisSaxifraga flagellarisSaxifraga flagellaris is a plant native all over the high arctic and some areas of northern Rocky Mountains, and Norway. It is not very common. It is also known as Spider Saxifrage or "spider plant", though the latter name more commonly refers to the unrelated Chlorophytum comosum . The Broadsepal...
— spider saxifrage - Saxifraga foliolosa — leafy saxifrage
- Saxifraga gaspensis — Gaspé saxifrage
- Saxifraga hieracifoliaSaxifraga hieracifoliaSaxifraga hieracifolia is a species of saxifrage distributed all over the high arctic and some alpine areas like Norway and the Carpathian Mountains, with a few isolated populations in the Central Eastern Alps of Austria and the Massif Central of...
— stiffstem saxifrage - Saxifraga hirculus — yellow marsh saxifrage
- Saxifraga hyperborea — pygmy saxifrage
- Saxifraga integrifoliaSaxifraga integrifoliaSaxifraga integrifolia is a species of saxifrage known by the common name wholeleaf saxifrage. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana and northern California, where it grows in moist habitat, including meadows, prairies, and grassy mountain slopes...
— northwestern saxifrage - Saxifraga lyallii — redstem saxifrage
- Saxifraga mertensianaSaxifraga mertensianaSaxifraga mertensiana is a species of plant in the Saxifragaceae family. It is native to western North America.-External links:* Accessed 2008-06-28.****...
— Mertens' saxifrage - Saxifraga nelsoniana — heartleaf saxifrage
- Saxifraga nidificaSaxifraga nidificaSaxifraga nidifica is a species of saxifrage known by the common name peak saxifrage. It is native to the northwestern United States, where it grows in moist habitat, often in mountainous areas. It is a perennial herb growing from a caudex and system of rhizomes and producing a basal rosette of...
— peak saxifrage - Saxifraga nivalisSaxifraga nivalisSaxifraga nivalis is a species of saxifrage. It is commonly called Snow Saxifrage or "alpine saxifrage".Found on irrigated rocks or open vegetation in shaded sites, often on mountain ledges and crags with base rich substratum. This species is not very tolerant of competition and so is found in...
— snow saxifrage - Saxifraga occidentalis — western saxifrage
- Saxifraga odontolomaSaxifraga odontolomaSaxifraga odontoloma is a species of saxifrage known by the common name brook saxifrage. It is native to much of western North America, where it can be found in many types of moist and rocky habitat types. It is a perennial herb growing from a caudex and rhizome system. It produces a clump of...
— streambank saxifrage - Saxifraga oppositifolia — purple mountain saxifrage
- Saxifraga oreganaSaxifraga oreganaSaxifraga oregana is a species of saxifrage known by the common name Oregon saxifrage. It is native to western North America, including the mountainous regions of the western United States. It can be found in moist habitat, such as marshes and other wetlands. It is a perennial herb growing from a...
— bog saxifrage - Saxifraga paniculataSaxifraga paniculataSaxifraga paniculata is a species of saxifrage native to the United States.-External links:*...
— white mountain saxifrage - Saxifraga pensylvanica — swamp saxifrage
- Saxifraga platysepala — broadsepal saxifrage
- Saxifraga razshivinii — Razshivin's saxifrage
- Saxifraga redofskii — many-flower saxifrage
- Saxifraga reflexa — Yukon saxifrage
- Saxifraga rhomboidea — diamondleaf saxifrage
- Saxifraga rivularisSaxifraga rivularisSaxifraga rivularis is a species of saxifrage known by several common names, including alpine brook saxifrage, pygmy saxifrage, and weak saxifrage.-Distribution:...
— alpine brook saxifrage - Saxifraga rufidulaSaxifraga rufidulaSaxifraga rufidula is a species of saxifrage known by the common name rustyhair saxifrage. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Oregon, and one location in northern California. It grows in moist, open and rocky habitat in mountainous areas. It is a perennial herb growing...
— redwool saxifrage - Saxifraga rufopilosa — redhair saxifrage
- Saxifraga serpyllifolia — thyme-leaf saxifrage
- Saxifraga sibirica — Siberian saxifrage
- Saxifraga spicata — spiked saxifrage
- Saxifraga stellarisSaxifraga stellarisSaxifraga stellaris, the starry saxifrage or hairy kidney-wort, is an Arctic-alpine species of saxifrage. It produces panicles of 5–10 white flowers on a stem up to tall, rising from a basal leaf rosette...
— star saxifrage - Saxifraga taylorii — Taylor's saxifrage
- Saxifraga tenuis — Ottertail Pass saxifrage
- Saxifraga tolmieiSaxifraga tolmieiSaxifraga tolmiei is a species of saxifrage known by the common name Tolmie's saxifrage, or Tolmie's alpine saxifrage. It is native to western North America from Alaska to Montana to California, where it grows in rocky mountain habitat types, especially in alpine climates, such as talus and...
— Tolmie's saxifrage - Saxifraga tricuspidata — prickly saxifrage
- Saxifraga virginiensisSaxifraga virginiensisSaxifraga virginiensis is a wildflower native to eastern and central North America.It is a herbacious plant, which can reach 30cm tall ....
— Virginia saxifrage - Saxifraga x geum
- Suksdorfia ranunculifoliaSuksdorfia ranunculifoliaSuksdorfia ranunculifolia is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name buttercup suksdorfia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta south to northern California. It grows in moist, rocky habitat in mountains and foothills. It is a...
— buttercup-leaf suksdorfia - Suksdorfia violacea — violet suksdorfia
- Telesonix heucheriformis — false saxifrage
- Tellima grandifloraTellima grandifloraTellima grandiflora is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Saxifragaceae.A herbaceous plant, with rounded leaves, emerging from a rootstock, up to 30cm high. It is evergreen in mild winters. Flowers are borne in spring and early summer, on spikes up to 60cm high...
— large fringe-cup - Tiarella cordifolia — heartleaf foamflower
- Tiarella trifoliataTiarella trifoliataTiarella trifoliata is a dicot in the family Saxifragaceae. It is a perennial herb that grows in the late spring. It is endemic to the low to moderate elevation moist forests of western North America....
— lace foamflower - Tolmiea menziesii — piggyback plant
ScapaniaceaeScapaniaceaeScapaniaceae is a family of liverworts in order Jungermanniales. The family has been extended to include the former family Lophoziaceae....
- Diplophyllum albicans
- Diplophyllum apiculatum
- Diplophyllum imbricatum
- Diplophyllum microdontum
- Diplophyllum obtusatum
- Diplophyllum obtusifolium
- Diplophyllum taxifolium
- Scapania americana
- Scapania apiculata
- Scapania brevicaulis
- Scapania carinthiaca
- Scapania crassiretis
- Scapania curta
- Scapania cuspiduligera
- Scapania degenii
- Scapania glaucocephala
- Scapania gymnostomophila
- Scapania hyperborea
- Scapania irrigua
- Scapania ligulifolia
- Scapania massalongi
- Scapania mucronata
- Scapania nemorosa
- Scapania obcordata
- Scapania obscura
- Scapania paludicola
- Scapania paludosa
- Scapania parvifolia
- Scapania scandica
- Scapania simmonsii
- Scapania spitzbergensis
- Scapania subalpina
- Scapania uliginosa
- Scapania umbrosa
- Scapania undulata
Scouleriaceae
- Scouleria aquatica
- Scouleria marginata
ScrophulariaceaeScrophulariaceaeScrophulariaceae, the figwort family, are a family of flowering plants. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with flowers with bilateral or rarely radial symmetry. Members of the Scrophulariaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including...
- Agalinis asperaAgalinis asperaAgalinis aspera is a non-poisonous plant of the genus Agalinis, habitating in the dry prairies. It can grow to be about eight to twenty-four inches tall. When the flowers bloom, the colors vary between purple and pink.The tall foxglove is native to some parts of the United States and Canada...
— rough purple false foxglove - Agalinis gattingeri — roundstem false foxglove
- Agalinis maritima — saltmarsh false foxglove
- Agalinis neoscotica — Nova Scotia false foxglove
- Agalinis paupercula — smallflower false foxglove
- Agalinis purpurea — large-purple false foxglove
- Agalinis skinneriana — pale false foxglove
- Agalinis tenuifolia — slender false foxglove
- Aureolaria flava — smooth yellow false foxglove
- Aureolaria pedicularia — fernleaf yellow false foxglove
- Aureolaria virginica — downy false foxglove
- Bacopa rotundifoliaBacopa rotundifoliaBacopa rotundifolia is a species of water hyssop known as the disk water hyssop or round-leafed water hyssop, due to the shape of its leaves. This is an aquatic plant native to water bodies of the central United States and well-known in other areas as an invasive weed of waterways. The round leaves...
— roundleaf water-hyssop - Bartsia alpinaBartsia alpinaBartsia alpina is a species of perennial flowering plant. It is known by the common name Velvetbells.-External links:**...
— alpine bartsia - Besseya wyomingensis — Wyoming coral-drops
- Buchnera americana — bluehearts
- Castilleja ambiguaCastilleja ambiguaCastilleja ambigua is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common name Johnny-nip. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it is most common along the coast in salt marshes and scrub.-Description:...
— paintbrush owl's-clover - Castilleja angustifoliaCastilleja angustifoliaCastilleja angustifolia is a species of wildflower known by the common names northwestern paintbrush and desert Indian paintbrush. It is an herbaceous perennial native to the desert scrub and woodlands of western North America.-Description:...
— northwestern Indian-paintbrush - Castilleja annua — annual Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja attenuataCastilleja attenuataCastilleja attenuata is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common names attenuate Indian paintbrush and valley tassels. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California, where it grows in grassland habitat.-Description:This is an annual herb growing up to...
— narrowleaf owl's-clover - Castilleja caudata — Port Clarence Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja cervina — deer Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja coccinea — scarlet Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja cusickii — Cusick's Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja elegansCastilleja elegansCastilleja elegans, the elegant Indian paintbrush, is a herbaceous plant species in the genus Castilleja found in Canada....
— elegant Indian-paintbrush - Castilleja elmeri — Elmer's Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja fulva — Elko Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja hispida — harsh Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja hyetophila — coastal red Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja hyperborea — northern Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja levisectaCastilleja levisectaCastilleja levisecta is a rare species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name golden paintbrush, or golden Indian paintbrush. It is native to British Columbia and Washington, where it is known from eleven remaining populations. It occurred in Oregon but all natural...
— golden paintbrush - Castilleja lutescens — stiff yellow Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja miniataCastilleja miniataCastilleja miniata is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common name giant red Indian paintbrush. It is native to western North America from Alaska to Ontario to California to New Mexico, where it grows usually in moist places in a wide variety of habitat types.-Description:This wildflower...
— greater red Indian-paintbrush - Castilleja minorCastilleja minorCastilleja minor is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name lesser Indian paintbrush.It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to New Mexico, where it grows in moist habitats such as spring meadows.-Description:This is an annual...
— smallflower Indian-paintbrush - Castilleja occidentalisCastilleja occidentalisCastilleja occidentalis is a member of the genus Castilleja , commonly referred to as western Indian paintbrush. Like other members, it is a hemi-parasite.-Distribution:...
— western Indian-paintbrush - Castilleja pallescens — pallid Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja parvifloraCastilleja parvifloraCastilleja parviflora is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common name mountain Indian paintbrush. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California, where it grows in high mountain habitat, including areas of alpine climate....
— small-flowered Indian-paintbrush - Castilleja raupii — Raup's Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja rhexiifolia — rhexia-leaf Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja rupicola — cliff Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja septentrionalisCastilleja septentrionalisCastilleja septentrionalis is a species of Indian paintbrush known by several different common names, including pale painted cup , northern painted cup , pale Indian paintbrush , and Labrador Indian paintbrush. The scientific name "Castilleja pallida Spreng. var...
— Labrador Indian-paintbrush - Castilleja sessilifloraCastilleja sessilifloraCastilleja sessiliflora is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common names downy Indian paintbrush and downy paintedcup. It is native to the Great Plains of North America from southern Canada, through the central United States, to northern Mexico...
— downy Indian-paintbrush - Castilleja sulphurea — sulphur Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja tenuisCastilleja tenuisCastilleja tenuis is a species of Indian paintbrush known by the common name hairy Indian paintbrush. It is native to western North America, where it grows in a number of habitat types, especially in mountainous areas.-Description:...
— hairy owl's-clover - Castilleja thompsonii — Thompson's Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja unalaschcensis — Alaska Indian-paintbrush
- Castilleja yukonis — Yukon Indian-paintbrush
- Chelone glabraChelone glabraChelone glabra is a plant in the family Plantaginaceae .-Description:Chelone glabra is a herbaceous plant found in wetlands and riparian forests of eastern North America with opposite, simple leaves, on stout, upright stems. The flowers are white, borne in late summer and early fall...
— white turtlehead - Collinsia grandifloraCollinsia grandifloraCollinsia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common names giant blue eyed Mary and large-flowered collinsia. This wildflower is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California where it grows in coniferous understory and...
— giant blue-eyed mary - Collinsia parvifloraCollinsia parvifloraCollinsia parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common names maiden blue eyed Mary and small-flowered collinsia. This tiny wildflower is a common plant throughout much of western and northern North America, where it grows in moist, shady mountain forests...
— small-flowered blue-eyed mary - Collinsia vernaCollinsia vernaCollinsia verna is an annual wildflower common in eastern North America, where it is known as blue-eyed Mary. The flowers are actually bicolored white and blue. It is a plant of valley bottoms and moist bottom slopes, in areas of moderate light; it is not a shade lover....
— spring blue-eyed mary - Euphrasia frigida — cold-weather eyebright
- Euphrasia hudsoniana — Hudson's eyebright
- Euphrasia nemorosa — common eyebright
- Euphrasia oakesii — Oakes' eyebright
- Euphrasia randii — small eyebright
- Euphrasia subarctica — Arctic eyebright
- Euphrasia suborbicularis — roundleaf eyebright
- Euphrasia vinacea — glacier eyebright
- Euphrasia x aequalis
- Euphrasia x vestita
- Euphrasia x villosa
- Gratiola aurea — golden hedge-hyssop
- Gratiola ebracteataGratiola ebracteataGratiola ebracteata is a species of flowering plant known by the common name bractless hedgehyssop. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to California. It grows in mud. This is a small, hairless, glandular annual plant rarely exceeding 10 centimeters in height...
— bractless hedge-hyssop - Gratiola neglectaGratiola neglectaGratiola neglecta is a species of flowering plant known by the common name clammy hedgehyssop. It is native to much of North America, including most all of the United States and the southern half of Canada. It is generally found in moist to wet habitat. This is an unobtrusive annual herb producing...
— clammy hedge-hyssop - Lagotis minor — little weaselsnout
- Leucospora multifida — cliff conobea
- Limosella aquaticaLimosella aquaticaLimosella aquatica is a widespread species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common name water mudwort. It is native to much of the temperate world, where it grows in many types of wet habitat. It is semiaquatic, growing in moist land habitat such as meadows, in mud and wet sand...
— northern mudwort - Limosella australis — mudwort
- Lindernia dubiaLindernia dubiaLindernia dubia is a species of flowering plant known by the common names yellowseed false pimpernel and moist bank pimpernel. It is a member of the "new" plant family Linderniaceae, and it is sometimes treated as a member of the families Scrophulariaceae and Plantaginaceae...
— yellowseed false pimpernel - Melampyrum lineareMelampyrum lineareMelampyrum lineare or narrowleaf cow wheat is a hemiparasitic plant native to North America, especially southern Canada through the eastern United States. Leaves have two forms. Lower on the plant leaves are linear. Below the flowers, leaves have two pointed lobes behind the usual linear structure....
— American cow-wheat - Mimetanthe pilosa — false monkeyflower
- Mimulus alatus — sharpwing monkeyflower
- Mimulus alsinoidesMimulus alsinoidesMimulus alsinoides is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names wingstem monkeyflower and chickweed monkeyflower.-Distribution:...
— chickweed monkeyflower - Mimulus breviflorusMimulus breviflorusMimulus breviflorus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name shortflower monkeyflower. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Wyoming to the Modoc Plateau and northern Sierra Nevada in California...
— shortflower monkeyflower - Mimulus breweriMimulus breweriMimulus breweri is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Brewer's monkeyflower. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist spots in several habitat types. This is a hairy annual herb producing a thin, erect stem up to...
— Brewer's monkeyflower - Mimulus cardinalisMimulus cardinalisMimulus cardinalis, the scarlet monkeyflower, is a flowering perennial in the family Phrymaceae. Together with other species in Mimulus section Erythranthe, it serves as a model system for studying pollinator-based reproductive isolation....
— scarlet monkeyflower
- Mimulus dentatusMimulus dentatusMimulus dentatus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name coastal monkeyflower. It is native to the western coast of North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in moist habitat.-Description:...
— toothleaf monkeyflower - Mimulus floribundusMimulus floribundusMimulus floribundus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name many-flowered monkeyflower. It is native to western North America from western Canada to California and northern Mexico, to the Rocky Mountains. It grows in many types of habitat, especially moist areas.-Description:This...
— floriferous monkeyflower - Mimulus glabratus — roundleaf monkeyflower
- Mimulus guttatusMimulus guttatusMimulus guttatus, the Common monkey-flower, is a yellow bee-pollinated annual or perennial herbaceous wildflower that grows along the banks of streams and seeps in western North America.-Description:...
— common large monkeyflower - Mimulus lewisiiMimulus lewisiiMimulus lewisii is a perennial plant in the family Phrymaceae. It is named in honor of Meriwether Lewis...
— Lewis' monkeyflower - Mimulus moschatusMimulus moschatusMimulus moschatus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name muskflower.-Distribution:It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to the Rocky Mountains, where it grows in moist, partially shaded habitat in mountains, woodlands, chaparral, and other areas.It...
— muskflower - Mimulus ringensMimulus ringensMimulus ringens is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names Allegheny monkeyflower and square-stemmed monkeyflower....
— squarestem monkeyflower - Mimulus tilingiiMimulus tilingiiMimulus tilingii is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Tiling's monkeyflower.-Distribution:It is native to much of western North America, from Alaska to California to New Mexico to Montana...
— subalpine monkeyflower - Nothochelone nemorosa — woodland beardtongue
- Nuttallanthus canadensisNuttallanthus canadensisNuttallanthus canadensis is a species of Nuttallanthus in the Plantaginaceae family, native to eastern North America from Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to Texas and Florida.It is an annual or biennial plant growing to...
— old-field toadflax - Nuttallanthus texanus — Texas toadflax
- Orthocarpus barbatus — Grand Coules owl's-clover
- Orthocarpus bracteosusOrthocarpus bracteosusOrthocarpus bracteosus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name rosy owl's clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in moist mountain habitat, such as meadows.-Description:Orthocarpus...
— rosy owl's-clover - Orthocarpus imbricatusOrthocarpus imbricatusOrthocarpus imbricatus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name mountain owl's clover. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in meadows and other mountain habitat.-Description:It is an annual herb...
— mountain owl's-clover - Orthocarpus luteusOrthocarpus luteusOrthocarpus luteus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name yellow owl's clover. It is native to much of western and central North America, where it grows in many types of plateau, grassland, and mountain habitat.-Description:It is an annual herb producing a...
— yellow owl's-clover - Orthocarpus tenuifolius — goldtongue
- Pedicularis bracteosa — Canadian lousewort
- Pedicularis canadensisPedicularis canadensisPedicularis canadensis is a flowering plant in the Orobanchaceae family and is also known as Wood Betony, Beefsteak Plant, Canadian Lousewort, High Heal-all, Snaffles and Canada Lousewort. It is found in thickets and dry, open wooded areas throughout Canada and the United States. It is a low, hairy...
— early wood lousewort - Pedicularis capitata — capitate lousewort
- Pedicularis contortaPedicularis contortaPedicularis contorta is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common names coiled lousewort and curved-beak lousewort. It is native to western North America, including southwestern Canada and the northwestern United States, where it grows in moist mountainous habitat,...
— curvebeak lousewort - Pedicularis flammea — redtip lousewort
- Pedicularis furbishiaePedicularis furbishiaeFurbish's lousewort is a perennial herb found only on the shores of the upper St. John River in Maine and New Brunswick. Furbish's lousewort was first recognized as a new species by Maine naturalist and botanical artist Kate Furbish in 1880...
— Furbish's lousewort - Pedicularis groenlandicaPedicularis groenlandicaPedicularis groenlandica is a showy flowering plant in the Scrophulariaceae which is known by the common names elephant's head and elephanthead lousewort. This erect plant can grow to a height of 80 centimeters. Its sharply-toothed fernlike leaves are located low on the stout stem. The stem is...
— bull elephant's-head - Pedicularis hirsuta — hairy lousewort
- Pedicularis labradorica — Labrador lousewort
- Pedicularis lanata — woolly lousewort
- Pedicularis lanceolata — swamp lousewort
- Pedicularis langsdorfii — Langsdorf's lousewort
- Pedicularis lapponica — northern lousewort
- Pedicularis macrodonta — muskeg lousewort
- Pedicularis oederi — Öder's lousewort
- Pedicularis ornithorhyncha — bird's-beak lousewort
- Pedicularis palustris — purple lousewort
- Pedicularis parviflora — smallflower lousewort
- Pedicularis racemosaPedicularis racemosaPedicularis racemosa is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common names sickletop lousewort and leafy lousewort. It is native to western North America, where it grows in coniferous forests. This is a perennial herb producing several stems up to 80 centimeters tall,...
— leafy lousewort - Pedicularis sudetica — sudetic lousewort
- Pedicularis verticillata — whorled lousewort
- Penstemon albertinus — Alberta beardtongue
- Penstemon albidus — whiteflower beardtongue
- Penstemon attenuatus — taperleaf beardtongue
- Penstemon confertus — yellow beardtongue
- Penstemon davidsonii — creeping beardtongue
- Penstemon digitalisPenstemon digitalisPenstemon digitalis is a plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. The flowers are white, borne in summer. It is native to Eastern and Southeastern United States. Its common name is Beardtongue.-Description:...
— foxglove beardtongue - Penstemon ellipticus — eggleaf beardtongue
- Penstemon eriantherus — crested-tongue beardtongue
- Penstemon fruticosus — shrubby beardtongue
- Penstemon gormanii — Gorman's beardtongue
- Penstemon gracilis — slender beardtongue
- Penstemon hirsutus — hairy beardtongue
- Penstemon laevigatusPenstemon laevigatusPenstemon laevigatus is a plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. The flowers are borne in summer. Its native range includes much of the Eastern United States, from Maine to Michigan and Georgia to Mississippi. It can grow in either sunny or shady conditions....
— smooth beardtongue - Penstemon lyallii — Lyall's beardtongue
- Penstemon nitidus — waxleaf beardtongue
- Penstemon ovatus — broadleaf beardtongue
- Penstemon procerusPenstemon procerusPenstemon procerus is a species of penstemon known by the common name littleflower penstemon. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado, as far east in Canada as Manitoba, where it grows in mountain habitat such as meadows, often in alpine climates...
— smallflower beardtongue - Penstemon pruinosus — Chelan beardtongue
- Penstemon richardsonii — Richardson's beardtongue
- Penstemon serrulatus — Cascade beardtongue
- Rhinanthus minor — little yellow-rattle
- Scrophularia lanceolataScrophularia lanceolataScrophularia lanceolata is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common name lanceleaf figwort. It is native to North America, where it is known from western and eastern Canada and much of the United States except for the southeastern quadrant. It grows in many types of...
— hare figwort - Scrophularia marilandicaScrophularia marilandicaScrophularia marilandica, also called Late Figwort, Maryland Figwort, Carpenter's Square, or Eastern Figwort, is a flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native throughout eastern and central North America, where it is found growing in dry woods from Manitoba and Quebec south to Texas and...
— Carpenter's square figwort - Scrophularia oregana — Oregon figwort
- Synthyris borealis — Alaska kittentail
- Tonella tenellaTonella tenellaTonella tenella is one of two herbaceous plant species in genus Tonella, which has been recently reclassified as a member of Plantaginaceae. This species is known by the common names small-flowered tonella and lesser baby innocence. The plant is a small annual herb with an erect stem up to 30...
— smallflower tonella - Triphysaria erianthaTriphysaria erianthaTriphysaria eriantha is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common names Johnny Tuck and butter and eggs. It is native to Oregon and California, where it grows in many types of habitat, becoming quite common in some areas. This is an annual herb producing a hairy...
— Jonny-Turk owl's-clover - Triphysaria pusillaTriphysaria pusillaTriphysaria pusilla is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name dwarf owl's clover. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, where it grows in moist open habitat such as spring-wet grasslands...
— dwarf owl's-clover - Triphysaria versicolorTriphysaria versicolorTriphysaria versicolor is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name yellowbeak owl's clover. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, where it grows in grassland habitat. It an annual herb producing a green or...
— yellowbeak false owl's-clover - Veronica alpina — alpine speedwell
- Veronica americanaVeronica americanaVeronica americana, variously called American Brooklime or American Speedwell, is a plant native to temperate and arctic Asia and North America where it grows in streams and bottomlands....
— American speedwell - Veronica anagallis-aquaticaVeronica anagallis-aquaticaVeronica anagallis-aquatica is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common names water speedwell, blue speedwell, and brook pimpernel. Its true native range is not clear, but the plant is present on most continents, and in most places it is probably naturalized...
— brook-pimpernel - Veronica cusickiiVeronica cusickiiVeronica cusickii is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name Cusick's speedwell. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to northern California, where it is occurs in mountain meadows and forests...
— Cusick's speedwell - Veronica officinalisVeronica officinalisVeronica officinalis is a species of Veronica, native to Europe and western Asia....
— gypsyweed - Veronica peregrinaVeronica peregrinaVeronica peregrina is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by several common names, including neckweed, American speedwell and purslane speedwell. It is native to the Americas, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species and a common weed...
— purslane speedwell - Veronica scutellataVeronica scutellataVeronica scutellata is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common names marsh speedwell, grassleaf speedwell, and skullcap speedwell. It is native to northern North America, including most of Canada and the northern half of the United States. It occurs in moist and wet...
— marsh speedwell - Veronica serpyllifoliaVeronica serpyllifoliaVeronica serpyllifolia is a perennial flowering plant in the plantain family. It can be found on most continents.-Description:The leaves are oval, borne on creeping stems...
— thyme-leaf speedwell - Veronica wormskjoldiiVeronica wormskjoldiiVeronica wormskjoldii is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name American alpine speedwell. It is native to much of northern and western North America, including the western United States and northern Canada, from where it grows in moist alpine habitat, such as...
— Wormskjold's alpine speedwell - Veronicastrum virginicumVeronicastrum virginicumVeronicastrum virginicum is a wildflower native to the United States...
— culver's-root
Selaginellaceae
- Selaginella densaSelaginella densaSelaginella densa is a species of spikemoss known by the common names lesser spikemoss, prairie spikemoss, and Rocky Mountains spikemoss...
— dense spikemoss - Selaginella eclipes — hidden spikemoss
- Selaginella oreganaSelaginella oreganaSelaginella oregana is a species of spikemoss known by the common name Oregon spikemoss. It is native to the Pacific Coast of western North America, where it can be found from British Columbia to northern California. It grows in mossy, shady coastal forests. It is often epiphytic, growing attached...
— Oregon spikemoss - Selaginella rupestrisSelaginella rupestrisSelaginella rupestris is a species of spike-moss occurring in dry rocky places in eastern North America, including one locality in Greenland. It has a wide but sporadic range.-External links:*...
— ledge spikemoss
- Selaginella selaginoidesSelaginella selaginoidesSelaginella selaginoides is a non-flowering plant of the spikemoss genus Selaginella with a wide distribution around the Northern Hemisphere. It resembles a moss in appearance but is a vascular plant belonging to the division Lycopodiophyta...
— low spikemoss - Selaginella sibirica — northern spikemoss
- Selaginella wallaceiSelaginella wallaceiSelaginella wallacei is a species of spikemoss known by the common name Wallace's spikemoss. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Montana, where it can be found in many types of habitat, including open and shaded areas, and wet to dry environments. This...
— Wallace's spikemoss
SeligeriaceaeSeligeriaceaeSeligeriaceae is a family of mosses in the subclass Dicranidae....
- Blindia acuta
- Brachydontium olympicum
- Seligeria acutifolia
- Seligeria brevifolia
- Seligeria calcarea
- Seligeria campylopoda
- Seligeria careyana
- Seligeria diversifolia
- Seligeria donniana
- Seligeria oelandica
- Seligeria polaris
- Seligeria pusilla
- Seligeria recurvata
- Seligeria subimmersa
- Seligeria tristichoides
Sematophyllaceae
- Brotherella recurvans
- Brotherella roellii
- Heterophyllium affine
- Sematophyllum adnatum
- Sematophyllum demissum
- Sematophyllum marylandicum
- Wijkia carlottae
SmilacaceaeSmilacaceaeSmilacaceae, the greenbrier family, is a family of flowering plants. Up to some decades ago the genera now included in family Smilacaceae were often assigned to a more broadly defined family Liliaceae, but for the past twenty to thirty years most botanists have accepted Smilacaceae as a distinct...
- Smilax ecirrata — upright greenbrier
- Smilax herbaceaSmilax herbaceaSmilax herbacea is a plant in the catbrier family, Smilacaceae.-Description:...
— smooth herbaceous greenbrier - Smilax illinoensis — Illinois greenbrier
- Smilax lasioneura — herbaceous greenbrier
- Smilax rotundifolia — common greenbrier
- Smilax tamnoides — halberd-leaf greenbrier
SolanaceaeSolanaceaeSolanaceae are a family of flowering plants that include a number of important agricultural crops as well as many toxic plants. The name of the family comes from the Latin Solanum "the nightshade plant", but the further etymology of that word is unclear...
- Leucophysalis grandiflora — large-flowered ground-cherry
- Nicotiana attenuataNicotiana attenuataNicotiana attenuata is a species of wild tobacco known by the common name coyote tobacco. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Texas and northern Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is a glandular and sparsely hairy annual herb exceeding a meter in maximum...
— coyote tobacco - Physalis heterophyllaPhysalis heterophyllaPhysalis heterophylla, colloquial name "Clammy Ground Cherry", is a herbaceous plant that is a member of the Solanaceae family. It is native to North America, occurring primarily in the eastern United States and Canada. It is known to occur in all contiguous states except for Nevada and California...
— clammy ground-cherry - Physalis longifoliaPhysalis longifoliaPhysalis longifolia is a species of ground cherry. It is a small shrub native to central and eastern United States and in some parts of Canada. It flowers from May to September. Its fruits resemble those of the tomatillo. The fruits must be cooked before they become edible...
— longleaf ground-cherry
- Physalis virginiana — Virginia ground-cherry
- Solanum americanumSolanum americanumAmerican nightshade is a herbaceous flowering plant of wide though uncertain native range. The certain native range encompasses the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Melanesia and Meganesia...
— American nightshade - Solanum ptychanthum — black nightshade
- Solanum triflorumSolanum triflorumSolanum triflorum is a species of nightshade known by the common name cutleaf nightshade and small nightshade. It is native to Argentina, but it is known on other continents, including Europe and Australia, as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. It is present throughout much of North...
— cutleaf nightshade
SparganiaceaeSparganiaceaeSparganiaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family was previously recognized by most taxonomists.The APG II system, of 2003 , also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots...
- Sparganium americanum — American bur-reed
- Sparganium androcladum — branching bur-reed
- Sparganium angustifoliumSparganium angustifoliumSparganium angustifolium is a species of flowering plant in the cat-tail family known by the common name narrowleaf bur-reed. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. It is an aquatic plant, growing in water up to 2.5 meters deep...
— narrowleaf bur-reed - Sparganium erectumSparganium erectumSparganium erectum, the simplestem bur-reed or branched bur-reed, is a perennial plant species in the genus Sparganium.The larvae of the moth Plusia festucae feed on Sparganium erectum.-See also:...
— simplestem bur-reed - Sparganium eurycarpumSparganium eurycarpumSparganium eurycarpum is a species of bur-reed known by the common names giant bur-reed and broadfruit bur-reed. It is native to Eurasia and North America.-External links:***...
— large bur-reed
- Sparganium fluctuans — floating bur-reed
- Sparganium glomeratum — northern bur-reed
- Sparganium hyperboreum — boreal bur-reed
- Sparganium natansSparganium natansSparganium natans is a species of bur-reed known by the common name small bur-reed. It is a water plant native to high elevation lakes and marshes of Canada and the northern United States. It is usually found submersed in shallow, calm water. This bur-reed has thin, flexible, grasslike leaves which...
— small bur-reed
SphagnaceaeSphagnaceaeThe Sphagnaceae is a family of moss with only one living genus Sphagnum....
- Sphagnum affineSphagnum affineSphagnum affine is a species of peat moss or sphagnum moss which is exploited to make commercial peat products. This moss has a yellowish coloring....
- Sphagnum andersonianum
- Sphagnum angermanicum
- Sphagnum angustifoliumSphagnum angustifoliumSphagnum angustifolium is a species of peat moss with a Holarctic distribution.-External links:** @ Moss Flora of China...
— narrowleaf peatmoss - Sphagnum annulatum
- Sphagnum aongstroemii
- Sphagnum arcticum
- Sphagnum balticum
- Sphagnum bartlettianum — Bartlett's peatmoss
- Sphagnum capillifoliumSphagnum capillifoliumSphagnum capillifolium, the small red peat moss, is a species of peat moss native to Canada, the northern United States, Greenland and Europe. Small red peat can be distinguished by its sweeping, outward-curving branches that resemble tresses....
— northern peatmoss - Sphagnum centrale
- Sphagnum compactum — low peatmoss
- Sphagnum contortum
- Sphagnum cuspidatum — toothed peatmoss
- Sphagnum fallax — flat-top peatmoss
- Sphagnum fimbriatum — fringed bog moss
- Sphagnum flavicomans
- Sphagnum flexuosum — flexuous peatmoss
- Sphagnum fuscum — brown peatmoss
- Sphagnum girgensohniiSphagnum girgensohniiCommon green peat moss is a species of peat moss with a Holarctic and Indo-Malesian distribution.-External links:** @ Moss Flora of China...
— Girgensohn's peatmoss - Sphagnum henryense — Henry's peatmoss
- Sphagnum inundatum
- Sphagnum jensenii
- Sphagnum junghuhnianum
- Sphagnum lenense
- Sphagnum lescurii — yellow peatmoss
- Sphagnum lindbergii
- Sphagnum macrophyllum
- Sphagnum magellanicumSphagnum magellanicumSphagnum magellanicum is one of the most common species of mosses in Chile. It has a distinctive reddish colour which makes it easy to recognise among other sphagnum species in Chile....
— Magellan's peatmoss - Sphagnum majus — greater peatmoss
- Sphagnum mendocinum — Mendocino peatmoss
- Sphagnum molle
- Sphagnum nitidum
- Sphagnum obtusum
- Sphagnum orientale
- Sphagnum pacificum — Pacific peatmoss
- Sphagnum palustreSphagnum palustreSphagnum palustre is a species of moss from the genus Sphagnum, in the family Sphagnaceae....
— prairie peatmoss - Sphagnum papillosum — papillose peatmoss
- Sphagnum platyphyllum
- Sphagnum pulchrum — beautiful peatmoss
- Sphagnum pylaesii — simple peatmoss
- Sphagnum quinquefarium — five-ranked bogmoss
- Sphagnum recurvum — recurved peatmoss
- Sphagnum riparium
- Sphagnum rubellum — red peatmoss
- Sphagnum rubiginosum
- Sphagnum russowiiSphagnum russowiiSphagnum russowii is a species of peat moss with a Holarctic distribution.-External links:** @ Moss Flora of China...
— Russow's peatmoss - Sphagnum schofieldii
- Sphagnum splendens
- Sphagnum squarrosum
- Sphagnum steerei
- Sphagnum strictum
- Sphagnum subnitens
- Sphagnum subobesum
- Sphagnum subsecundum — orange peatmoss
- Sphagnum subtile
- Sphagnum tenellum — delicate peatmoss
- Sphagnum tenerum
- Sphagnum teres
- Sphagnum torreyanum — giant peatmoss
- Sphagnum warnstorfii — fen peatmoss
- Sphagnum wilfii
- Sphagnum wulfianum — Wulf's peatmoss
Splachnaceae
- Aplodon wormskjoldii
- Splachnum ampullaceum
- Splachnum luteum
- Splachnum pennsylvanicum — southern dung moss
- Splachnum rubrum
- Splachnum sphaericumSplachnum sphaericumSplachnum sphaericum is a species of moss. The floral region of this species is North America US Lower 48 states....
- Splachnum vasculosum
- Tayloria acuminata
- Tayloria froelichiana
- Tayloria hornschuchii
- Tayloria ligulata
- Tayloria serrata
- Tayloria splachnoides
- Tetraplodon angustatus
- Tetraplodon mnioides
- Tetraplodon pallidus
- Tetraplodon paradoxus
- Tetraplodon urceolatus
- Voitia nivalis