This is very much a work in progress, but there are some useful or interesting
bits already. Enjoy.
Robert Grumbine
Last Modified 19 August 2002
Trees/Tree-ish
- Maple (Norway? Red? Sugar?)
- Oak
- Tulip Tree (Magnoliaceae Liriodendron tulipifera)
- Magnolia (Magnoliaceae Magnolia ???)
- Mulberry
- Evergreens:
- Crabapple/Hackberry
- Staghorn Or Poison Sumac
- Beech?
- Boxelder (Ash-Leafed Maple)
- Boxwood?
- Hawthorn?
- Chestnut?
Bushy/Shrubby
- Carnivorous Rose (Rosacea )
- Crape Myrtle
(Lythraceae (Loosestrife) Lagerstroemia indica)
-
Rose of Sharon
(Malvaceae Hibiscus syriaca, Althea)
- Butterfly Bush
(Loganiaceae/Buddlejaceae Buddleia davidii )
- Lilac
Bush
(Euphorbiaceae Croton lobatus)
- Pokeweed
(weed) (Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed family) Phytolacca americana
)
- Alleghenny blackberry
(weed) (Rosacea Rubus allegheniinesis)
-
Rhododendron
-- (Ericaceae - Ericaceous or Heath Family)Rhododenron spp.
- Azalea
-- (Ericaceae - Ericaceous or Heath Family) Rhododendron spp.
- Rosemary
(Magnoliophyta Magnoliopsida Asteridae Lamiales Lamiaceae Rosmarinus
officinalis)
- Bushy Rose --
(Rosacea )
- Hydrangea
- Creeping Juniper --
(Cupressaceae (cypress family) Juniperus Horizontalis)
- Heather
- Poison Ivy -- (weed) (Rhus )
- Forsythia?
- Spirea?
- Wisteria?
Vines/Viney
- Grape
-
Wild Grape
- Japanese Honeysuckle -- (weed) (Caprifoliaceae Lonicera japonica)
- Hedge Bindweed -- (weed)
- Poison Ivy -- (weed) (Anacardiaceae Toxicodendron radicans, Rhus radican
s)
- English
Ivy
(Araliaceae Hedera helix)
- Periwinkle -- (Apocynaceae Vinca minor)
-
Wild strawberry
(Rosaceae Fragaria spp.)
- Creeping Charlie -- (weed)
Flowering (Magnoliophyta (Anthophyta, Angiospermata), class Magnoliopsida
(dicots, Dicotyledonae) )
- Carnivorous Rose
- Hollyhock -- (Althea )
- Black Eyed Susan --
(Taxonomy. Subclass Dicotyledonae; Tenuinucelli. Dahlgren’s Superorder
Asteriflorae; Asterales. Cronquist’s Subclass Asteridae; Asterales. APG
(1998) Eudicot; core Eudicot; Asterid; Euasterid II; Asterales. Species
about 13000. Genera about 1500; Asteraceae Rudbeckia hirta)
- Purple Coneflower -- (Asteraceae Echinacea purpurea)
- Gaillardia (Indian Blanket, Firewheel)
- Coreopsis (Tickseed)
-
Day Lily
(Magnoliophyta Liliopsida Liliaceae Hemerocallis fulva )
- Iris --
(Liliopsida Iridaceae Iris versicolor )
- Bushy Rose
- Spindly Rose
- Driveway Edger
- California Poppy -- (Papaveraceae Eschscholzia californica)
- Yellow Clover -- ( Magnoliopsida Fabaceae/Leguminosae Trifolium ???? )
- White Clover -- (Magnoliopsida Fabaceae/Leguminosae -- Pea/Bean family -- Trifolium
repens)
- Violet
- Phlox
Grasses/Grassy
- Buckhorn Plantain
(Plantaginaceae Plantago lanceolata) (weed) (Ribwort,
herbal remedy
)
- Broadleaf Plantain
(Plantaginaceae Plantago major) (weed)
-
Bristly Foxtail
(Graminae Setaria spp.) [Three species of foxtail exist in the
northeastern United States: S. faberii, S. glauca, and
S. viridis. S. italica, more commonly known as millet,
is grown in the Near East and China for food and birdseed.]
Taxonomy
Seed Idenfitication
Weeds, by declaration
- Pokeweed
- Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera Japonica)
- Mugwort
- Hairy Nightshade (Solanum Sarrachoides)
- Poison Ivy (Rhus )
- Buckhorn Plantain
- Hedge Bindweed
- Creeping Charlie/Purple Deadnettle
- Broadleaf Plantain
-
Dandelion
(Magnoliopsida Asteraceae Taraxacum officinale)
- Pepperweed/Wild Mustard
- Smartweed?
Plants by Taxonomy (Note, per the links above, that serious taxonomy
is a 'full contact' sport not for the faint of heart. As I am faint of
heart with respect to plant taxonomy, the listings here are going by what
references I can find, which ones I can make sense of, and which ones seem
to be relatively recent, scientifically speaking. As this isn't my area
of science, I could easily be wrong in my guesses. References very welcome!!
Plant Kingdom --
Division: Magnoliophyta (a.k.a. Anthophyta, Angiospermata -- Flowering plants)
Class + Groups:
- Magnoliopsida (dicots, Dicotyledonae)
- Magnoliales
- Winterales
- Laurales
- Piperales
- Nymphaeales
- Ceratophyllales
- Aristolochiales
- Liliopsida (monocots, Monocotyledonae)
- Commelinidae
- Asparagales
- Liliales
- et al.
Magnoliophyta (Group, Family, Genus): (estimates for numbers of genera and
species are taken from Dr. Gerald Carr's page,
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr
/)
- Magnoliopsida
- Magnolioaceae (12 genera, 220 species)
- Magnolia
- Liriodendron (Tulip Trees)
- Asteraceae (ca. 1100 genera, 20,000 species)
- Taraxacum (T. officinale -- Dandelion)
- Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
- Rudbeckia spp. (Black Eyed Susan)
- Lythraceae (Loosestrife) (ca. 24 genera, 500 species)
- Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle
- Malvaceae (ca. 75 genera, 1500 species)
- Hibiscus syriaca, Althea Rose of Sharon
- Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed family)
- Phytolacca americana (Pokeweed)
- Rosaceae (appr. 100 genera, 3000 species)
- Rosa (Roses)
- Rubus (Blackberry, raspberry) (Allegheny Blackberry
R. allegheniinesis)
- Fragaria (Strawberry)
- Ericaceae (
ca. 125 genera, 2500 species
)
- Lamiaceae
- Rosmarinus (R. officinalis Rosemary Bush)
- Caprifoliaceae
- Lonicera japonica -- Japanese Honeysuckle
- Anacardiaceae (Cashew or Sumac Family)
- Toxicodendron radicans, Rhus radicans -- Poison Ivy
- Araliaceae (ca. 70 genera, 700 species)
- Hedera helix (English Ivy)
- Apocynaceae (ca. 200 genera, 2000 species)
Coniferophyta, Pinophyta (Gymnosperms)
- Cupressaceae (about 18 genera, 140 species)
- Juniperus (J. horizontalis, creeping Juniper)
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