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Angiosperm families A-F

• Angiosperm Families A-F
• Angiosperm Families G-Z
• Gymnosperm Families

• Acer barbatum - Florida maple
• Acer buergeranum - trident maple
• Acer campestre - hedge maple
• Acer circinatum - vine maple
• Acer ginnala - Amur maple
• Acer glabrum - Rocky Mountain maple
• Acer grandidentatum - bigtooth maple
• Acer griseum - paperbark maple
• Acer macrophyllum - bigleaf maple
• Acer negundo - boxelder
• Acer nigrum - black maple
• Acer palmatum - Japanese maple
• Acer pensylvanicum - striped maple
• Acer platanoides - Norway maple
• Acer pseudoplatanus - sycamore maple
• Acer rubrum - red maple
• Acer saccharinum - silver maple
• Acer saccharum - sugar maple
• Acer spicatum - mountain maple

Agavaceae - Agave Family

• Dracaena draco - dragontree
• Yucca baccata - banana yucca
• Yucca brevifolia - Joshua tree
• Yucca elata - soaptree yucca
• Yucca schidigera - Mojave yucca
• Yucca torreyana - Torrey's yucca

Anacardiaceae - Cashew Family

• Cotinus obovatus - American smoketree
• Pachycormus discolor - torote blanco
• Pistacia chinensis - Chinese pistache
• Rhus aromatica - fragrant sumac
• Rhus copallina - shining sumac
• Rhus glabra - smooth sumac
• Rhus integrifolia - lemonade sumac
• Rhus kearneyi - Kearney's sumac
• Rhus lancea - African sumac
• Rhus laurina - laurel sumac
• Rhus lentii - lentisco
• Rhus microphylla - littleleaf sumac
• Rhus ovata - sugar sumac
• Rhus trilobata - skunkbush sumac
• Rhus hirta - staghorn sumac
• Rhus virens - New Mexico evergreen sumac
• Schinus molle - Pepper tree
• Schinus terebinthifolius - Brazilian peppertree
• Toxicodendron diversilobum- Pacific poison-oak
• Toxicodendron pubescens (quercifolium) - poison-oak
• Toxicodendron radicans - poison-ivy
• Toxicodendron vernix - poison sumac

Annonaceae - Custard Apple Family

• Annona glabra - pond apple
• Asimina parviflora - dwarf pawpaw
• Asimina triloba - pawpaw

Apocynaceae - Dogbane Family

• Nerium oleander - oleander
• Vinca minor - periwinkle

Aquifoliaceae - Holly Family

• Ilex amelanchier - sarvis holly
• Ilex cassine - dahoon
• Ilex coriacea - large gallberry
• Ilex cornuta - Chinese holly
• Ilex crenata - Japanese holly
• Ilex decidua - deciduous holly
• Ilex glabra - inkberry
• Ilex myrtifolia - myrtle leaf holly
• Ilex opaca - American holly
• Ilex purpurea - Oriental holly
• Ilex verticillata - winterberry holly
• Ilex vomitoria - yaupon
• Ilex  x attenuata - Foster's holly

Araliaceae - Ginseng Family

• Aralia spinosa - Devil's walking stick
• Hedera helix - English ivy
• Oplopanax horridum - devilsclub

Arecaceae - Palm Family

• Acoelorraphe wrightii - Everglades palm
• Phoenix canariensis - Canary Island date palm
• Rhapidophyllum hystrix - needle palm
• Roystonea elata - royal palm
• Sabal minor - bush palmetto
• Sabal palmetto - cabbage palmetto
• Serenoa repens - saw palmetto
• Washingtonia filifera - California fan palm
• Washingtonia robusta - Mexican fan palm

Aristolochiaceae - Birthwort Family

• Aristolochia durior - Dutchman's pipe

Asteraceae - Aster Family

• Ambrosia ambrosioides - canyon ragweed
• Ambrosia chenopodiifolia - San Diego bursage
• Ambrosia deltoidea - triangleleaf bursage
• Artemisia californica - coastal sagebrush
• Artemisia tridentata - big sagebrush
• Baccharis halimifolia - eastern baccharis
• Baccharis pteronioides - Yerba de pasmo
• Baccharis sarothroides - desertbroom
• Encelia californica - California brittlebush
• Encelia farinosa - brittlebush
• Ericameria linearifolia- narrowleaf goldenbush
• Ericameria (Chrysothamnus) nauseosa - gray rabbitbrush
• Ericameria palmeri - Palmer's goldenbush
• Iva frutescens - marsh-elder
• Iva hayesiana - San Diego povertyweed
• Pluchea sericea - arrow-weed
• Psilostrophe cooperi - paper-daisy
• Viguiera laciniata - San Diego sunflower

Berberidaceae - Barberry Family

• Berberis thunbergii - Japanese barberry
• Mahonia aquifolium - tall Oregon-grape
• Mahonia fremontii - Fremont barberry
• Mahonia nervosa - dwarf Oregon-grape
• Mahonia nevinii - Nevin's barberry
• Mahonia repens - creeping mahonia
• Nandina domestica - Heavenly bamboo

Betulaceae - Birch Family

• Alnus glutinosa - European black alder
• Alnus incana ssp. rugosa - speckled alder
• Alnus oblongifolia - Arizona alder
• Alnus rhombifolia - white alder
• Alnus rubra - red alder
• Alnus serrulata - hazel alder
• Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata - Sitka alder
• Betula alleghaniensis - yellow birch
• Betula lenta - sweet birch
• Betula nigra - river birch
• Betula occidentalis - water birch
• Betula papyrifera - paper birch
• Betula pendula - European white birch
• Betula populifolia - gray birch
• Betula uber - roundleaf birch
  
• Carpinus caroliniana - hornbeam
• Corylus americana - American hazel
• Corylus cornuta - beaked hazel
• Ostrya virginiana - hophornbeam

Bignoniaceae - Catalpa Family

• Bignonia capreolata - crossvine
• Campsis radicans - trumpet creeper
• Catalpa bignoniodes - southern catalpa
• Catalpa speciosa - northern catalpa
• Chilopsis linearis - desert willow
• Jacaranda mimosifolia - jacaranda
• Tecoma stans - yellow bells

Boraginaceae - Borage Family

• Ehretia anacua - sandpaper tree

Burseraceae - Torchwood Family

• Bursera fagaroides - fragrant bursera
• Bursera hindsiana - copal
• Bursera microphylla - elephant tree
• Bursera simarouba - gumbo-limbo

Buxaceae - Box Family

• Buxus sempervirens - boxwood
• Pachysandra terminalis - Japanese pachysandra

Cactaceae - Cactus Family

• Carnegiea gigantea - Saguaro cactus
• Cereus hildmannianus - Andes organ pipe
• Echinicereus triglochidiatus - Mojave hedgehog cactus
• Ferocactus wislizeni - barrel cactus
• Opuntia acanthocarpa - buckthorn cholla
• Opuntia bigelovii - Teddy bear cholla
• Opuntia cineracea -pencil cholla
• Opuntia engelmannii - Engelmann's pricklypear
• Opuntia fulgida - jumping cholla
• Opuntia imbricata - tree cholla
• Opuntia prolifera - coastal cholla
• Opuntia rufida - blind pricklypear
• Opuntia spinosior - cane cholla
• Pachycereus schottii - Senita cactus

Calycanthaceae - Calycanthus Family

• Calycanthus floridus - common sweetshrub
• Calycanthus occidentalis - sweetbush

Capparaceae - Caper Family

• Cleome isomeris - bladderpod spiderflower
• Koeberlinia spinosa - allthorn

Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle Family

• Abelia x grandiflora - glossy abelia
• Diervilla lonicera - northern bush-honeysuckle
• Kolkwitzia amabilis - beautybush
• Linnaea borealis - twinflower
• Lonicera involucrata - black twinberry
• Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle
• Lonicera maackii - Amur honeysuckle
• Lonicera morrowii - Morrow honeysuckle
• Lonicera utahensis - red twinberry
• Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis - American elderberry
• Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea - blue elderberry
• Sambucus racemosa - red elderberry
• Symphoricarpos albus - snowberry
• Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - coralberry
• Viburnum acerifolium - mapleleaf viburnum
• Viburnum dentatum - Southern arrowwood
• Viburnum dilatatum - linden viburnum
• Viburnum ellipticum - western viburnum
• Viburnum lantanoides (alnifolium) - hobblebush
• Viburnum lentago - nannyberry
• Viburnum nudum - possumhaw viburnum
• Viburnum opulus - European cranberrybush
• Viburnum opulus var. americanum - highbush cranberry
• Viburnum plicatum - doublefile viburnum
• Viburnum prunifolium - blackhaw
• Viburnum rhytidophyllum - leatherleaf viburnum
• Viburnum rufidulum - rusty blackhaw
• Weigela florida - old fashioned weigela

Casuarinaceae - Beefwood Family

• Casuarina equisetifolia - Australian pine

Celastraceae - Staff-Tree Family

• Celastrus spp. - bittersweet
• Euonymus alatus - winged euonymus
• Euonymus americanus - strawberry bush
• Euonymus atropurpureus - eastern wahoo
• Euonymus europaeus - spindletree
• Euonymus fortunei - wintercreeper
• Paxistima myrsinites - false box

Cercidiphyllaceae - Katsura Family

• Cercidiphyllum japonicum - katsuratree

Chenopodiaceae - Goosefoot Family

• Atriplex canescens - four-wing saltbush

Cistaceae - Rock-rose Family

• Cistus spp. - rockrose

Clethraceae - Sweet-Pepper Bush Family

• Clethra alnifolia - summersweet clethra

Clusiaceae - Garcinia Family

• Hypericum spp. - Saint Johnswort

Combretaceae - Combretum Family

• Laguncularia racemosa - white mangrove

Cornaceae - Dogwood Family

• Cornus alternifolia - alternate-leaf dogwood
• Cornus amomum - silky dogwood
• Cornus canadensis - bunchberry
• Cornus florida - flowering dogwood
• Cornus kousa - kousa dogwood
• Cornus mas - Cornelian cherry dogwood
• Cornus nuttallii - Pacific dogwood
• Cornus sericea (stolonifera) - red-osier dogwood

Cyrillaceae - Titi Family

• Cliftonia monophylla - buckwheat tree
• Cyrilla racemiflora - swamp cyrilla

Ebenaceae - Ebony Family

• Diospyros texana - Texas persimmon
• Diospyros virginiana - persimmon

Elaeagnaceae - Oleaster Family

• Elaeagnus angustifolia - Russian-olive
• Elaeagnus umbellata - autumn-olive
• Shepherdia canadensis - buffaloberry
• Shepherdia rotundifolia - roundleaf buffaloberry

Ericaceae - Heath Family

• Arbutus arizonica - Arizona madrone
• Arbutus menziesii - Pacific madrone
• Arbutus xalapensis - Texas madron
• Arctostaphylos columbiana - hairy manzanita
• Arctostaphylos densiflora - Vine Hill manzanita
• Arctostaphylos glauca - bigberry manzanita
• Arctostaphylos patula - green manzanita
• Arctostaphylos pungens - pointleaf manzanita
• Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - kinnikinick
• Arctostaphylos viscida - whiteleaf manzanita
• Cassiope mertensiana - white mountain heather
• Gaultheria procumbens - teaberry
• Gaultheria shallon - salal
• Gaylussacia spp. - huckleberry
• Kalmia angustifolia - sheep laurel
• Kalmia latifolia - mountain laurel
• Leucothoe axillaris - coast leucothoe
• Leucothoe racemosa - swamp sweetbells
• Loiseleuria procumbens - alpine azalea
• Lyonia ferruginea - staggerbush
• Lyonia lucida - fetterbush lyonia
• Menziesia ferruginea - false azalea
• Oxydendrum arboreum - sourwood
• Pieris floribunda - mountain pieris
• Pieris japonica - Japanese pieris
• Rhododendron albiflorum - white rhododendron
• Rhododendron atlanticum - dwarf azalea
• Rhododendron austrinum - Florida azalea
• Rhododendron calendulaceum - flame azalea
• Rhododendron canescens - swamp azalea
• Rhododendron catawbiense - Catawba rhododendron
• Rhododendron macrophyllum - Pacific rhododendron
• Rhododendron maximum - great rhododendron
• Rhododendron occidentale - western azalea
• Rhododendron periclymenoides (nudiflorum) - pink azalea
• Vaccinium arboreum - sparkleberry
• Vaccinium corymbosum - highbush blueberry
• Vaccinium elliottii - Elliott's blueberry
• Vaccinium macrocarpon - cranberry
• Vaccinium membranaceum - big huckleberry
• Vaccinium ovalifolium - ovalleaf huckleberry
• Vaccinium ovatum - evergreen huckleberry
• Vaccinium pallidum - lowbush blueberry
• Vaccinium parvifolium - red huckleberry
• Vaccinium stamineum - deerberry
• Vaccinium vitis-idaea - lingonberry
  

Euphorbiaceae - Spurge Family

• Croton alabamensis - Alabama croton
• Euphorbia misera - cliff spurge
• Triadica sebiferum (Sapium sebiferum) - Chinese tallow tree
• Vernicia fordii - tungoil tree

Fabaceae - Bean Family

• Acacia berlandieri - guajillo
• Acacia constricta - whitethorn acacia
• Acacia farnesiana - sweet acacia
• Acacia greggii - catclaw acacia
• Albizia julibrissin - mimosa
• Amorpha fruticosa - desert false indigo
• Caesalpinia pulcherrima - pride-of-Barbados
• Calliandra eriophylla - fairy duster
• Caragana arborescens - pea tree
• Cercis canadensis - eastern redbud
• Cercis occidentalis - western redbud
• Cladrastis kentukea - yellowwood
• Cytisus scoparius - Scotch broom
• Delonix regia - flamboyant tree
• Ebenopsis confinis - ejoton
• Ebenopsis ebano - Texas ebony
• Erythrina coralloides - coral tree
• Eysenhardtia orthocarpa - kidneywood
• Eysenhardtia texana - Texas kidneywood
• Faidherbia albida - winter thorn
• Gleditsia aquatica - waterlocust
• Gleditsia triacanthos - honeylocust
• Gymnocladus dioicus - Kentucky coffetree
• Laburnum x watereri - goldenchain tree
• Leucaena retusa - littleleaf leadtree
• Lysiloma candida - palo blanco
• Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera - catclaw mimosa
• Olneya tesota - desert ironwood
• Parkinsonia aculeata - Jerusalem thorn
• Parkinsonia (Cercidium) floridum - blue palo verde
• Parkinsonia (Cercidium) microphyllum - yellow palo verde
• Prosopis glandulosa - honey mesquite
• Prosopis pubescens - screwbean mesquite
• Prosopis velutina - velvet mesquite
• Psorothamnus schottii - Schott indigobush
• Psorothamnus spinosus - desert smoke tree
• Pueraria montana var. lobata - kudzu
• Robinia hispida - bristly locust
• Robinia neomexicana - New Mexico locust
• Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust
• Sesbania punicea - rattlebox
• Sophora japonica - Japanese pagoda tree
• Sophora secundiflora - mescal bean
• Wisteria floribunda - Japanese wisteria

Fagaceae - Beech Family

• Castanea dentata - American chestnut
• Castanea mollissima - Chinese chestnut
• Castanea pumila - Alleghany chinkapin
• Chrysolepis (Castanopsis) chrysophylla - golden chinkapin
• Fagus grandifolia - American beech
• Fagus sylvatica - European beech
• Lithocarpus densiflorus - tanoak
• Quercus acutissima - sawtooth oak
• Quercus agrifolia - coast live oak
• Quercus alba - white oak
• Quercus arizonica - Arizona white oak
• Quercus berberidifolia - scrub oak
• Quercus bicolor - swamp white oak
• Quercus chrysolepis - canyon live oak
• Quercus coccinea - scarlet oak
• Quercus douglasii - blue oak
• Quercus emoryi - Emory oak
• Quercus engelmannii - Engelmann oak
• Quercus falcata - southern red oak
• Quercus gambelii - Gambel oak
• Quercus garryana - Oregon white oak
• Quercus grisea - gray oak
• Quercus hemisphaerica - Darlington oak
• Quercus hypoleucoides - silverleaf oak
• Quercus ilicifolia - bear oak
• Quercus imbricaria - shingle oak
• Quercus incana - bluejack oak
• Quercus kelloggii - California black oak
• Quercus laevis - turkey oak
• Quercus laurifolia - laurel oak
• Quercus lobata - valley oak
• Quercus lyrata - overcup oak
• Quercus macrocarpa - bur oak
• Quercus margarettiae - sand post oak
• Quercus marilandica - blackjack oak
• Quercus michauxii - swamp chestnut oak
• Quercus minima - running oak
• Quercus muehlenbergii - chinkapin oak
• Quercus nigra - water oak
• Quercus oblongifolia - Mexican blue oak
• Quercus pagoda - cherrybark oak
• Quercus palustris - pin oak
• Quercus phellos - willow oak
• Quercus prinus - chestnut oak
• Quercus robur - English oak
• Quercus rubra - northern red oak
• Quercus rugosa - netleaf oak
• Quercus shumardii - Shumard oak
• Quercus sinuata - Durand white oak
• Quercus stellata - post oak
• Quercus suber - cork oak
• Quercus texana (nuttallii) - Nuttall oak
• Quercus tomentella - island live oak
• Quercus turbinella - shrub live oak
• Quercus velutina - black oak
• Quercus virginiana - live oak
• Quercus wislizenii - interior live oak