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ElaeagnaceaeElaeagnaceaeElaeagnaceae, the oleaster family, is a plant family of the order Rosales comprising small trees and shrubs, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, south into tropical Asia and Australia. The family has 45-50 species in three genera....
- Elaeagnus commutataElaeagnus commutataElaeagnus commutata , is a species of Elaeagnus native to western and boreal North America, from southern Alaska through British Columbia east to Quebec, south to Utah, and across the upper Midwestern United States to South Dakota and western Minnesota...
— American silverberry - Shepherdia argenteaShepherdia argenteaShepherdia argentea is a species of Shepherdia, native to central North America from southern Canada south in the United States to northern California and New Mexico.It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2–6 m tall...
— silver buffaloberry
- Shepherdia canadensis — Canada buffaloberry
ElatinaceaeElatinaceaeElatinaceae is a family of flowering plants with 35-50 species in 2 genera: Elatine and Bergia. The Elatine are mostly aquatic herbs, and the Bergia are subshrubs to shrubs. Elatine species are widely distributed throughout the world from temperate to tropical zones, with its greatest diversity...
- Elatine americana — American waterwort
- Elatine minima — small waterwort
- Elatine rubella — southwestern waterwort
- Elatine triandra — longstem waterwort
Empetraceae
- Corema conradii — broom crowberry
- Empetrum eamesii — rock crowberry
- Empetrum nigrumEmpetrum nigrumEmpetrum nigrum is a species of crowberry known as black crowberry which is native to most northern areas of the northern hemisphere, as well as the Falkland Islands in the southern hemisphere....
— black crowberry
EncalyptaceaeEncalyptaceaeEncalyptaceae is a family of mosses in order Encalyptales. It includes two genera; the genus Bryobartramia, formerly included in the family, is now placed in its own family....
- Bryobrittonia longipes
- Encalypta affinis
- Encalypta alpina
- Encalypta brevicolla
- Encalypta brevipes
- Encalypta ciliata
- Encalypta intermedia
- Encalypta longicolla
- Encalypta mutica
- Encalypta procera — extinguisher moss
- Encalypta rhaptocarpa — extinguisher moss
- Encalypta spathulata
- Encalypta vulgaris
Entodontaceae
- Entodon brevisetus
- Entodon cladorrhizans
- Entodon concinnus — lime entodon
- Entodon schleicheri
- Entodon seductrixEntodon seductrixE. seductrix, known as the seductive entodon moss, is a species of Entodontaceae....
- Pleurozium schreberi — feathermoss
Ephemeraceae
- Ephemerum cohaerens — emerald dewdrops
- Ephemerum crassinervium — emerald dewdrops
- Ephemerum serratum
- Ephemerum spinulosum — emerald dewdrops
- Micromitrium austinii
EquisetaceaeEquisetaceaeEquisetaceae, sometimes called the horsetail family, is the only extant family of the class Equisetales, with one surviving genus, Equisetum, which comprises about twenty species.- Evolution and systematics :...
- Equisetum arvenseEquisetum arvenseEquisetum arvense, commonly known as the Field Horsetail or Common Horsetail, is a rather bushy perennial with a rhizomatous stem formation native to the northern hemisphere. These horsetails may have sterile or fertile stems. Sterile stems start to grow after the fertile stems have wilted...
— field horsetail - Equisetum fluviatile — water horsetail
- Equisetum hyemaleEquisetum hyemaleEquisetum hyemale , known in South Africa as snake grass, is a species of horsetail native to moist forests, forest edges and stream banks, swamps and fens throughout the Holarctic Kingdom.-Usage:...
— rough horsetail - Equisetum laevigatumEquisetum laevigatumEquisetum laevigatum is a species of horsetail known by the common names smooth scouring rush and smooth horsetail. This plant is native to much of North America except for northern Canada and southern Mexico. It is usually found in moist areas in sandy and gravelly substrates. It may be annual or...
— smooth scouring-rush - Equisetum palustreEquisetum palustreEquisetum palustre, the marsh horsetail, is a plant species belonging to the division of horsetails .- Description :...
— marsh horsetail - Equisetum pratenseEquisetum pratenseEquisetum pratense, commonly known as meadow horsetail, shade horsetail or shady horsetail, is a plant species belonging to the division of horsetails . Shade horsetail can be commonly found in forests with tall trees or very thick foliage that can provide shade. They also tend to grow closer and...
— meadow horsetail - Equisetum scirpoidesEquisetum scirpoidesEquisetum scirpoides Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 281 . 2 n = 216. The smallest of the currently occurring representatives of the genus Equisetum . It occurs mainly in the area of the Arctic Circle in Alaska for the Indians and Greenlandii, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, New...
— dwarf scouring-rush
- Equisetum sylvaticum — woodland horsetail
- Equisetum telmateiaEquisetum telmateiaEquisetum telmateia is a species of Equisetum with an unusual distribution, with one subspecies native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa, and a second subspecies native to western North America...
— giant horsetail - Equisetum variegatumEquisetum variegatumEquisetum variegatum is a horsetail native to the Northern Hemisphere.-Description:...
— variegated horsetail - Equisetum x ferrissii
- Equisetum x litorale
- Equisetum x mackaii
- Equisetum x nelsonii
EricaceaeEricaceaeThe Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...
- Andromeda polifolia — bog rosemary
- Arbutus menziesii — Pacific madrone
- Arctostaphylos alpina — alpine manzanita
- Arctostaphylos columbianaArctostaphylos columbianaArctostaphylos columbiana is a species of manzanita known by the common name hairy manzanita. It is native to the coast of western North America from northern California to British Columbia. This large manzanita is a treelike shrub occasionally reaching heights of up to ten meters...
— bristly manzanita - Arctostaphylos rubraArctostaphylos rubraArctostaphylos rubra is a species of flowering plant in the heath family and the genus Arctostaphylos, the manzanitas and bearberries. Common names include red fruit bearberry, alpine bearberry, arctic bearberry, red manzanita, and ravenberry. It is native to Eurasia and northern North America from...
— red manzanita - Arctostaphylos uva-ursiArctostaphylos uva-ursiArctostaphylos uva-ursi, with names for this species including Kinnikinnick and Pinemat manzanita, one of several related species referred to as Bearberry...
— bearberry - Arctostaphylos x media
- Arctostaphylos x victorinii — Victorin's bearberry
- Cassiope lycopodioides — clubmoss bell-heather
- Cassiope mertensianaCassiope mertensianaCassiope mertensiana is a species of flowering plant known by the common names western moss heather and white mountain heather. This heather is native to subalpine areas of western North America, from Alaska to the mountains of California. It is a small, branching shrub which forms patches along...
— western bell-heather - Cassiope tetragonaCassiope tetragonaCassiope tetragona is a plant native to the high Arctic and northern Norway, where it is found widely....
— arctic bell-heather - Chamaedaphne calyculata — leatherleaf
- Elliottia pyroliflorus — copper-flower
- Epigaea repensEpigaea repensEpigaea repens — known as mayflower or trailing arbutus — is a low, spreading shrub in the Ericaceae family. It is found from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Kentucky and the Northwest Territories.-Biological description:...
— trailing arbutus - Gaultheria hispidulaGaultheria hispidulaGaultheria hispidula, commonly known as the Creeping Snowberry or Moxie-Plum, is a spreading ground-level vine of the heath family Ericaceae native to North America that produces small white edible berries. It fruits from August to September...
— creeping snowberry - Gaultheria humifusaGaultheria humifusaGaultheria humifusa is a species of shrub in the heath family which is known by the common names alpine wintergreen and alpine spicy wintergreen. It is native to western North America, from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist subalpine mountain forests...
— alpine spicy wintergreen - Gaultheria ovatifoliaGaultheria ovatifoliaGaultheria ovatifolia is a species of shrub in the heath family which is known by the common names western teaberry and Oregon spicy wintergreen. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in high mountain forests. This is a small, low shrub with stems...
— slender wintergreen - Gaultheria procumbens — teaberry
- Gaultheria shallon — salal
- Gaylussacia baccataGaylussacia baccataGaylussacia baccata, the Black Huckleberry, is a common huckleberry found throughout a wide area of northeastern North America. It closely resembles the blueberry plants with which it grows, but can be readily identified by the numerous resin dots on the undersides of the leaves which glitter when...
— black huckleberry - Gaylussacia dumosa — dwarf huckleberry
- Harrimanella hypnoides — moss bell-heather
- Harrimanella stelleriana — starry bell-heather
- Kalmia angustifoliaKalmia angustifoliaKalmia angustifolia is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, which is often used like an ornamental plant. It has attractive small, deep crimson-pink flowers that occur early summer. The low shrub, a native plant of North America, may be only six inches high, or it may attain three feet...
— sheep laurel - Kalmia microphyllaKalmia microphyllaKalmia microphylla, known as alpine laurel, bog laurel, swamp-laurel, western bog-laurel or western laurel, is a species of Kalmia belonging to the Ericaceae family...
— alpine bog laurel - Kalmia polifolia — pale laurel
- Ledum glandulosum — glandular Labrador-tea
- Ledum groenlandicum — common Labrador-tea
- Ledum palustre — marsh Labrador-tea
- Ledum x columbianum — Columbian Labrador-tea
- Loiseleuria procumbensLoiseleuria procumbensThe Loiseleuria procumbens, alpine azalea, are dwarf shrubs of high mountain regions of Northern hemisphere that usually grow no more than 10cm. It shares the history of a family Kalmiopsis leachiana...
— alpine-azalea
- Menziesia ferrugineaMenziesia ferrugineaMenziesia ferruginea is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by several common names, including rusty menziesia, false huckleberry, and mock azalea. It is native to northwestern North America from Alaska through the Pacific Northwest to Wyoming, where it is a member of the flora...
— mock-azalea - Phyllodoce caerulea — blue mountain-heath
- Phyllodoce empetriformisPhyllodoce empetriformisPhyllodoce empetriformis is a low matting shrub with distinctive leaves which roll under themselves so tightly they resemble pine needles. It bears attractive flowers in shades of pink and purple. Phyllodoce empetriformis is found in mountainous regions of western North America.-External links:***...
— pink mountain-heath - Phyllodoce glanduliflora — yellow mountain-heath
- Phyllodoce x intermedia — hybrid mountain-heath
- Rhododendron albiflorum — white-flowered rhododendron
- Rhododendron canadenseRhododendron canadenseRhododendron canadense is a deciduous flowering shrub that is native to northeastern North America. The wild distribution of the rhodora begins at its easternmost extreme in Canada in Labrador and extends into eastern Ontario and the United States, where it has its most famous home in New England...
— rhodora - Rhododendron lapponicum — Lapland azalea
- Rhododendron macrophyllumRhododendron macrophyllumRhododendron macrophyllum, the Pacific Rhododendron, Coast Rhododendron or Big Leaf Rhododendron, is a broadleaf evergreen rhododendron species native to western North America.-Distribution:...
— Pacific rhododendron - Vaccinium angustifolium — late lowbush blueberry
- Vaccinium boreale — northern blueberry
- Vaccinium caespitosum — dwarf huckleberry
- Vaccinium corymbosum — highbush blueberry
- Vaccinium deliciosumVaccinium deliciosumVaccinium deliciosum is a species of bilberry known by the common names Cascade bilberry, Cascade blueberry, and blueleaf huckleberry. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Idaho to northern California, where it grows at elevations of 600 to 2000 meters in subalpine and...
— Rainier blueberry - Vaccinium fuscatum — black highbush blueberry
- Vaccinium macrocarponVaccinium macrocarponVaccinium macrocarpon is a cranberry of the subgenus Oxycoccus and genus Vaccinium...
— large cranberry - Vaccinium membranaceumVaccinium membranaceum- Geographic Distribution :Vaccinium membranaceum is a species within the group of Vaccinium commonly referred to as huckleberry. This particular species is known by the common names thinleaf huckleberry, tall huckleberry, big huckleberry, mountain huckleberry, square-twig blueberry, and as...
— square-twigged huckleberry - Vaccinium myrtilloides — velvetleaf blueberry
- Vaccinium myrtillusVaccinium myrtillusVaccinium myrtillus is an almost Holarctic species of shrub with edible fruit, usually simply referred to as "bilberry" or "whortleberry". It is more precidely called Common Bilberry or Blue Whortleberry, to distinguish it from its Vaccinium relatives...
— whortleberry - Vaccinium ovalifoliumVaccinium ovalifoliumVaccinium ovalifolium is a plant found in coastal forests throughout southern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands.-Growth:...
— oval-leaf huckleberry - Vaccinium ovatum — evergreen blueberry
- Vaccinium oxycoccos — small cranberry
- Vaccinium pallidum — early lowbush blueberry
- Vaccinium parvifoliumVaccinium parvifoliumRed Huckleberry is a species of Vaccinium native to the western North America, where it is common in forests from southeastern Alaska and British Columbia south through western Washington and Oregon to central California. In the Oregon Coast Range, it is the most common Vaccinium...
— red blueberry - Vaccinium scopariumVaccinium scopariumVaccinium scoparium is a species of huckleberry known by the common names grouse whortleberry, grouseberry, and littleleaf huckleberry. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to far northern California to Colorado and New Mexico...
— grouseberry - Vaccinium stamineumVaccinium stamineumVaccinium stamineum, commonly known as deerberry, squaw huckleberry or gooseberry, is a flowering shrub in the heath family. The plant is native to eastern North America from Ontario in the north, south to Florida and west to Texas...
— squaw huckleberry - Vaccinium uliginosumVaccinium uliginosumVaccinium uliginosum is a flowering plant in the genus Vaccinium.-Distribution:Vaccinium uliginosum is native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, at low altitudes in the Arctic, and at high altitudes south to the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Caucasus in Europe, the mountains of...
— alpine blueberry - Vaccinium vitis-idaeaVaccinium vitis-idaeaVaccinium vitis-idaea is a short evergreen shrub in the heath family that bears edible sour fruit, native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America. In the past it was seldom cultivated, but fruit was commonly collected in the wild. ...
— mountain cranberry - Vaccinium x nubigenum
EriocaulaceaeEriocaulaceaeThe Eriocaulaceae or pipewort family is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the order Poales. The family is large, with about 1,150-1,200 species described in ten genera. The family is widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical regions,...
- Eriocaulon aquaticum — seven-angle pipewort
- Eriocaulon parkeri — Parker's pipewort
EuphorbiaceaeEuphorbiaceaeEuphorbiaceae, the Spurge family are a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are also shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and resemble cacti....
- Acalypha rhomboideaAcalypha rhomboideaAcalypha rhomboidea Acalypha rhomboidea Acalypha rhomboidea ( Common three-seeded mercury, Rhombic three-seeded-mercury, Rhomboid mercury, Copperleaf, Rhombic copper-leaf, Three-seeded-mercury, Ricinelle rhomboide, Diamond threeseed mercury; syn. Acalypha urticifolia Raf., Acalypha virginica L....
— common copperleaf - Chamaesyce geyeri — Geyer's broomspurge
- Chamaesyce glyptosperma — corrugate-seed broomspurge
- Chamaesyce nutans — eyebane broomspurge
- Chamaesyce polygonifolia — seaside spurge
- Chamaesyce serpens — matted broomspurge
- Chamaesyce serpyllifolia — thymeleaf broomspurge
- Chamaesyce vermiculata — worm-seeded spurge
- Euphorbia commutata — wood spurge
- Euphorbia corollataEuphorbia corollataEuphorbia corollata is a species from the Euphorbiaceae family that is native to North America. A common name for the species is flowering spurge.-Range and habitat:...
— flowering spurge - Euphorbia spathulataEuphorbia spathulataEuphorbia spathulata is a species of spurge known by the common names warty spurge and roughpod spurge. It is native to the Americas, where it is widespread. This is an annual herb not exceeding half a meter in height with oval-shaped leaves one to three centimeters long. The upper stem may be...
— reticulate-seeded spurge