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GentianaceaeGentianaceaeGentianaceae are a family of flowering plants of 87 genera and over 1500 species. Flowers are actinomorphic and bisexual with fused sepals and petals. The stamens are attached to the inside of the petals and alternate with the corolla lobes. There is a glandular disk at the base of the gynoecium,...
- Bartonia paniculata — twining bartonia
- Bartonia virginica — yellow screwstem
- Centaurium exaltatumCentaurium exaltatumCentaurium exaltatum is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name desert centaury. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to Arizona to Nebraska, where it grows in moist areas, generally with alkaline soils. This is an annual herb which...
— tall centaury - Centaurium muehlenbergiiCentaurium muehlenbergiiZeltnera muehlenbergii is a species of annual herb commonly known as Muhlenberg's centaury. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and Nevada, where it commonly grows in forests and other moist places. This is an annual herb growing thin, erect, branching stems to...
— Monterey centaury - Frasera albicaulisFrasera albicaulisFrasera albicaulis is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name whitestem frasera. It is native to the northwestern United States, where it grows in open areas in mountain habitat. It is a perennial herb growing from a woody base surrounded by rosettes of leaves,...
— purple green-gentian - Frasera caroliniensis (= Swertia caroliniensis) — Carolina gentian
- Gentiana affinis — prairie gentian
- Gentiana albaGentiana albaGentiana alba is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the Gentian family Gentianaceae, producing yellowish-white colored flowers from thick white taproots...
— yellow gentian - Gentiana andrewsiiGentiana andrewsiiGentiana andrewsii is a herbaceous species of flowering plant in the Gentian family Gentianaceae....
— fringe-top bottle gentian - Gentiana calycosaGentiana calycosaThe herbaceous perennial plant Gentiana calycosa is a species of gentian known by the common names Rainier pleated gentian and Mountain bog gentian....
— explorer's gentian - Gentiana clausaGentiana clausaGentiana clausa is a 1'-2' tall flowering plant in the Gentianaceae family. It is native to Eastern North American moist meadows and woods at higher elevations, from Quebec in the north, through the Appalachian range to North Carolina and Tennessee in the south...
— closed gentian - Gentiana douglasiana — swamp gentian
- Gentiana fremontii — moss gentian
- Gentiana glaucaGentiana glaucaGentiana glauca is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common names pale gentian and glaucous gentian. It is native to eastern Asia and northwestern North America from Alaska to the Northwest Territories to Washington and Montana.This perennial herb produces a rosette of...
— glaucous gentian - Gentiana linearisGentiana linearisGentiana linearis is a tall flowering plant in the Gentianaceae family. It is native to northeastern North America from Manitoba to Maine, and to the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee...
— narrowleaf gentian - Gentiana nivalis — snow gentian
- Gentiana platypetala — broadpetal gentian
- Gentiana prostrataGentiana prostrataGentiana prostrata is a rare species of gentian known by the common name pygmy gentian.It is native to Eurasia and to western North America from Alaska and northern Canada to Colorado and California. It is a resident of moist areas in the high mountains. This is an annual herb reaching only a few...
— pygmy gentian - Gentiana puberulenta — downy gentian
- Gentiana rubricaulis — closed gentian
- Gentiana sceptrumGentiana sceptrumGentiana sceptrum is a species of gentian known by the common names king's scepter gentian or king's gentian.It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to northern California. It grows in wet areas in the hills and mountains, such as flooded meadows and bogs...
— Pacific gentian - Gentiana x billingtonii
- Gentiana x grandilacustris
- Gentiana x pallidocyanea
- Gentianella amarella — northern gentian
- Gentianella propinqua — four-part gentian
- Gentianella quinquefoliaGentianella quinquefoliaGentianella quinquefolia is a medicinal plant.-Subspecies:There are two subspecies:*Gentianella quinquefolia Small ssp. occidentalis J.Gillett...
— stiff gentian - Gentianella tenellaGentianella tenellaThe Gentianella tenella is a species of the genus Gentianella....
— Dane's gentian - Gentianopsis crinita — fringed gentian
- Gentianopsis detonsa — sheared gentian
- Gentianopsis macounii — Macoun's gentian
- Gentianopsis nesophila — island gentian
- Gentianopsis procera — lesser fringed gentian
- Gentianopsis victorinii — Victorin's gentian
- Halenia deflexa — spurred gentian
- Lomatogonium rotatum — marsh felwort
- Sabatia kennedyana — Plymouth gentian
- Swertia caroliniensis — Carolina gentian
- Swertia perennisSwertia perennisSwertia perennis is a species of flowering plant in the gentian family known by the common name felwort. It is native to several regions of the northern hemisphere, including much of Eurasia and western North America. It is a plant of wetlands, particularly calcareous fens...
— felwort
Geocalycaceae
- Geocalyx graveolens
- Harpanthus drummondii
- Harpanthus flotovianus
- Harpanthus scutatus
GeraniaceaeGeraniaceaeGeraniaceae is a family of flowering plants placed in the order Geraniales. The family name is derived from the genus Geranium. It includes both the genus Geranium and the garden plants called geraniums, which modern botany classifies as genus Pelargonium, along with other related genera.There are...
- Geranium bicknelliiGeranium bicknelliiGeranium bicknellii is a species of geranium known by the common names Bicknell's Cranesbill and Northern Cranesbill. It is native to much of the northern half of North America, where it can be found in a number of forest and woodland habitats. This is an annual or biennial herb which grows hairy...
— Bicknell's northern crane's-bill - Geranium carolinianumGeranium carolinianumGeranium carolinianum is a species of geranium known by the common name Carolina cranesbill, or Carolina geranium. It is native to North America, where it is widespread and grows in many types of habitat. This is an annual herb reaching just over half a meter in maximum height. It has erect stems...
— Carolina crane's-bill - Geranium erianthum — northern crane's-bill
- Geranium maculatumGeranium maculatumGeranium maculatum, the Spotted Geranium, Wood Geranium, or Wild Geranium is a woodland perennial plant native to eastern North America, from southern Manitoba and southwestern Quebec south to Alabama and west to Oklahoma and South Dakota...
— wild crane's-bill
- Geranium oreganumGeranium oreganumGeranium oreganum is a species of geranium known by the common name Oregon cranesbill, or Oregon geranium. It is native to western North America from California to Alberta, where it grows in mountain forests and meadows. This is a perennial herb growing generally erect to heights of 40 to 80...
— Oregon crane's-bill - Geranium richardsoniiGeranium richardsoniiGeranium richardsonii is a species of geranium known by the common name Richardson's geranium. It is native to western North America from Alaska to New Mexico, where it can be found in a number of habitats, especially mountains and forests. This is a perennial herb varying in maximum height from 20...
— Richardson's geranium - Geranium robertianum — herb-Robert
- Geranium viscosissimumGeranium viscosissimumGeranium viscosissimum, commonly known as the sticky purple geranium, is a perennial in the Geraniaceae family of flowering plants. It is thought to be a protocarnivorous plant.-Carnivory:In his 1999 journal article, G.G...
— sticky geranium
Grimmiaceae
- Coscinodon calyptratus
- Coscinodon cribrosus — copper coscinodon
- Dryptodon patens
- Grimmia affinis
- Grimmia anodon
- Grimmia anomala
- Grimmia atrata
- Grimmia donniana
- Grimmia elatior
- Grimmia elongata
- Grimmia funalis
- Grimmia hartmanii
- Grimmia hermannii
- Grimmia incurva
- Grimmia laevigata
- Grimmia mollis
- Grimmia montana
- Grimmia olneyi
- Grimmia ovalis
- Grimmia pilifera
- Grimmia plagiopodia
- Grimmia poecilostoma
- Grimmia pulvinata
- Grimmia reflexidens
- Grimmia tenerrima
- Grimmia teretinervis
- Grimmia torngakiana
- Grimmia torquata
- Grimmia trichophylla
- Grimmia unicolor
- Jaffueliobryum raui
- Jaffueliobryum wrightii
- Racomitrium aciculare
- Racomitrium affine
- Racomitrium aquaticum
- Racomitrium canescens — silver moss
- Racomitrium depressum
- Racomitrium elongatum
- Racomitrium ericoides
- Racomitrium fasciculare
- Racomitrium heterostichum
- Racomitrium lanuginosum — woolly moss
- Racomitrium lawtonae
- Racomitrium macounii
- Racomitrium microcarpon
- Racomitrium muticum
- Racomitrium occidentale
- Racomitrium pacificum
- Racomitrium panschii
- Racomitrium pygmaeum
- Racomitrium sudeticum
- Racomitrium varium
- Schistidium agassizii
- Schistidium andreaeopsis
- Schistidium apocarpum
- Schistidium boreale
- Schistidium confertum
- Schistidium crassipilum
- Schistidium frigidum
- Schistidium heterophyllum
- Schistidium lancifolium
- Schistidium maritimum
- Schistidium obtusifolium
- Schistidium pulchrum
- Schistidium pulvinatum
- Schistidium rivulare
- Schistidium robustum
- Schistidium tenerum
- Schistidium trichodon
Grossulariaceae
- Ribes acerifolium — Howell's gooseberry
- Ribes americanum — wild black currant
- Ribes aureumRibes aureumRibes aureum Pursh is a species of small to medium-sized deciduous shrubs 2 to 3 meters tall in the genus Ribes...
— golden currant - Ribes bracteosumRibes bracteosumRibes bracteosum is a species of currant native to western coastal North America.It is a deciduous shrub, without thorns, growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are 5-20 cm broad, palmately lobed with five to seven lobes...
— California black currant - Ribes cereumRibes cereumRibes cereum is a species of currant known by the common names wax currant and squaw currant...
— wax currant - Ribes cynosbati — prickly gooseberry
- Ribes divaricatumRibes divaricatumRibes divaricatum is a species of currant with three accepted varieties, and known by several common names, found in the forests, woodlands, and coastal scrub of western North America from British Columbia to California.-Varieties:...
— straggly gooseberry - Ribes glandulosum — skunk currant
- Ribes hirtellum — smooth gooseberry
- Ribes hudsonianumRibes hudsonianumRibes hudsonianum is a species of currant, known by the common name northern black currant. The species is divided into two varieties, each known simultaneously as northern black currants, and by their own individual common, and scientific names; the type variety,...
— northern black currant
- Ribes inermeRibes inermeRibes inerme is a species of currant known by the common name whitestem gooseberry. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to the Rocky Mountains, The less common R. inerme var. klamathense, known as Klamath gooseberry, is confined to the states of California and...
— whitestem gooseberry - Ribes lacustreRibes lacustreThe shrub Ribes lacustre is known by the common names prickly currant, swamp gooseberry, and black gooseberry. It is widely distributed, from California to Alaska and across North America to Pennsylvania and Newfoundland....
— bristly black currant - Ribes laxiflorumRibes laxiflorumRibes laxiflorum is a species of currant known by the common names trailing black currant, and spreading currant. It is native to western North America from Alaska and northeastern Canada to far northern California to Colorado and New Mexico; it is also known from Siberia...
— trailing black currant - Ribes lobbiiRibes lobbiiRibes lobbii is a shrubby, deciduous, shade-intolerant perennial dicot found on the western coast of North America. It was first described in 1876 by Asa Gray...
— pioneer gooseberry - Ribes montigenumRibes montigenumRibes montigenum is a species of currant known by the common names mountain gooseberry, alpine prickly currant, and gooseberry currant. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to New Mexico, where it grows in high mountain habitat types in subalpine and alpine...
— alpine prickly gooseberry - Ribes oxyacanthoides — Canada gooseberry
- Ribes sanguineumRibes sanguineumRibes sanguineum is a species of currant native to western coastal North America from central British Columbia south to central California.-Description:...
— winter currant - Ribes triste — swamp red currant
- Ribes viscosissimumRibes viscosissimumRibes viscosissimum is a species of currant known by the common name sticky currant. It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California to Colorado, where it grows in mountain forests, streambanks, and plateau sagebrush...
— sticky gooseberry - Ribes watsonianum — Watson's gooseberry
Gymnomitriaceae
- Gymnomitrion apiculatum
- Gymnomitrion concinnatum
- Gymnomitrion corallioides
- Gymnomitrion pacificum
- Marsupella alpina
- Marsupella arcticaMarsupella arcticaMarsupella arctica, commonly known as Arctic Rustwort, is a species of liverwort found in the Northern Hemisphere. It is present in Alaska and Greenland and has a European distribution confined to Scotland and Svalbard...
- Marsupella boeckii
- Marsupella brevissima
- Marsupella commutata
- Marsupella condensata
- Marsupella emarginata
- Marsupella paroica
- Marsupella revoluta
- Marsupella sparsifolia
- Marsupella sphacelata
- Marsupella ustulata