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Family List – PLANTS
ACORACEAE: ARACEAE:
• Sweet Flag, Acorus calamus • Duckweed, Wolffia globosa
ADOXACEAE: • Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus (Eastern)
• Black Haw, Viburnum prunifolium and Lysichiton americanus (Western)
• Cranberry (Highbush), Viburnum trilobum ARALIACEAE:
• Elderberry, Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Blue) • Devil’s Club, Oplopanax horridus
and Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (American/ • American Spikenard, Aralia racemosa
Black) • Dwarf Ginseng, Panax trifolius
• Hobblebush, Viburnum lantanoides ARECACEAE:
• Nannyberry, Viburnum lentago • Saw Palmetto, Serenoa repens
• Smooth Witherod, Viburnum nudum
• Squashberry, Viburnum edule ARISTOLOCHIACEAE:
• Wild Ginger, Asarum canadense and Asarum
AIZOACEAE: caudatum
• Desert Horse-Purslane, Trianthema portulacas- ASPARAGACEAE:
trum • Sacahuista, Nolina microcarpa
ALISMATACEAE: • Sotol, Dasylirion wheeleri
• Arrowhead/Wapato, Sagittaria spp. • Yucca (Banana/Blue), Yucca baccata
• Northern Water Plantain, Alisma triviale • Agave, Agave spp.
AMARANTHACEAE: • Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis
• Amaranth, Amaranthus spp. • Camas, Camassia spp.
• Epazote, Dysphania ambrosioides • False Solomon’s Seal, Maianthemum racemosum
• Glasswort, Salicornia spp. • Largeflower Triteleia/Wild Hyacinth, Triteleia
• Lamb’s Quarter, Chenopodium album grandiflora
• Strawberry Blite, Blitum capitatum ASPHODELACAEA:
AMARILLIDACEAE: • Daylily, Hemerocallis spp.
• Wild Garlic, Allium ursinum ASTERACEAE:
• Wild Leek/Ramps, Allium tricoccum • Arrow-Leaved Balsamroot, Balsamorhiza sagit-
• Wild Onion, Allium stellatum tata
ANACARDIACEAE: • Burdock, Arctium spp.
• Sumac, Rhus spp. • Butterbur, Petasites spp.
ANNONACEAE: • Canadian Horseweed, Conyza canadensis
• Cat’s Ear, Hypochaeris radicata
• Pawpaw, Asimina triloba • Chamomile, Matricaria chamomilla
APIACEAE: • Chicory, Cichorium intybus
• Angelica, Angelica atropurpurea • Coast Tarweed, Madia sativa
• Biscuitroot, Lomatium triternatum • Cocklebur, Xanthium strumarium
• Caraway, Carum carvi • Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara
• Cow Parsnip, Heracleum maximum • Coneflower (Cut-Leaf), Rudbeckia laciniata
• Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare • Coneflower (Prairie), Ratibida columnifera
• Seacoast Angelica/Wild Celery, Angelica lucida • Cornflower/Bachelor’s Buttons, Centaurea
• Water Parsnip, Sium suave cyanus
• Wild Carrot, Daucus pusillus • Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale
• Yampah, Perideridia spp. • False Dandelion, Agoseris spp.
APOCYNACEAE: • Fleabane, Erigeron spp.
• Milkweed (Common), Asclepias syriaca • Goldenrod, Solidago spp.
AQUIFOLIACEAE: • Greenthread, Thelesperma megapotamicum
• Jerusalem Artichoke, Helianthus tuberosus
• Yaupon Holly, Ilex vomitoria • Milk Thistle, Silybum marianum
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