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Magnoliaceae
Malvaceae
Marchantiaceae
Menyanthaceae
Metzgeriaceae
Monotropaceae
Myricaceae
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MagnoliaceaeMagnoliaceaeThe Magnoliaceae, or Magnolia Family, is a flowering plant family in the order Magnoliales. It consists of two subfamilies:*Magnolioideae, of which Magnolia is the most well-known genus....
- Liriodendron tulipiferaLiriodendron tulipiferaLiriodendron tulipifera, commonly known as the tulip tree, American tulip tree, tuliptree, tulip poplar or yellow poplar, is the Western Hemisphere representative of the two-species genus Liriodendron, and the tallest eastern hardwood...
— tulip-tree
- Magnolia acuminata — cucumber magnolia
MalvaceaeMalvaceaeMalvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...
- Hibiscus moscheutosHibiscus moscheutosHibiscus moscheutos is a cold-hardy perennial wetland plant that can grow in large colonies. The hirsute leaves are of variable morphology, but commonly found as deltoidal in form and sometimes having up to three lobes...
— swamp rosemallow - Iliamna rivularisIliamna rivularisIliamna rivularis, commonly called Kankakee Globe-Mallow or Peter's Mountain Mallow or Streambank Wild Hollyhock, is a perennial plant species in the family Malvaceae. The plant grows 3 to 6 feet tall from a woody caudex and produces dense racemes of soft lavender-pink flowers. Plants blooms from...
— streambank globemallow - Sida hermaphrodita — Virginia mallow
- Sidalcea campestris — meadow checkermallow
- Sidalcea hendersonii — Henderson's checkermallow
- Sidalcea oreganaSidalcea oreganaSidalcea oregana is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name Oregon checkerbloom. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in a number of moist habitat types, such as marshes and meadows...
— Oregon checkermallow - Sphaeralcea coccineaSphaeralcea coccineaSphaeralcea coccinea is a perennial plant growing 10–30 cm tall from spreading rhizomes with a low habit. They have grayish stems with dense, star-shaped hairs and alternately arranged leaves. The leaf blades are 2–5 cm long, palmately shaped, and deeply cut, with 3–5 main wedge-shaped segments....
— red globemallow - Sphaeralcea munroanaSphaeralcea munroanaSphaeralcea munroana is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common name Munro's globemallow. It is native to the western United States, where it can be found in the Great Basin and surrounding regions. It grows in sagebrush, desert flats, and mountain slopes...
— whitestem globemallow
MarchantiaceaeMarchantiaceaeMarchantiaceae is a family of liverworts in order Marchantiales.- Genera in Marchantiaceae :Currently, four genera are included in the Marchantiaceae:* Bucegia* Marchantia* Neohodgsonia* Preissia...
- Bucegia romanica
- Marchantia alpestris
- Marchantia polymorphaMarchantia polymorphaMarchantia polymorpha, sometimes known as the common liverwort or umbrella liverwort, is a large liverwort with a wide distribution around the world. It is variable in appearance and has several subspecies. It is dioecious, having separate male and female plants.-Description:It is a thallose...
- Preissia quadrata
Meesiaceae
- Amblyodon dealbatus
- Meesia longiseta
- Meesia triquetraMeesia triquetraThreeranked humpmoss , is a moss that occurs all around the northern hemisphere in higher latitudes.- Technical description :...
- Meesia uliginosaMeesia uliginosaBroadnerved humpmoss , is a rare moss of the Western U.S. It occurs all around the northern hemisphere in higher latitudes, and in some places is not as rare as in the Western U.S.- Technical description :...
- Paludella squarrosa
MenyanthaceaeMenyanthaceaeMenyanthaceae are a family of aquatic and wetland plants in the order Asterales. There are approximately 60-70 species in five genera distributed worldwide. The simple or compound leaves arise alternately from a creeping rhizome. In the submersed aquatic genus Nymphoides, leaves are floating and...
- Fauria crista-galli — deer-cabbage
- Menyanthes trifoliata — bog buckbean
- Nymphoides cordata — little floatingheart
MetzgeriaceaeMetzgeriaceaeMetzgeriaceae is a family of thallose liverworts in the order Metzgeriales. Species may be either monoicous or dioicous....
- Apometzgeria pubescens
- Metzgeria conjugata
- Metzgeria furcata
- Metzgeria myriopoda
Mniaceae
- Cinclidium arcticum
- Cinclidium latifolium
- Cinclidium stygium
- Cinclidium subrotundum
- Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides
- Cyrtomnium hymenophyllum
- Leucolepis acanthoneuron
- Mnium ambiguum
- Mnium arizonicum
- Mnium blyttii
- Mnium hornum
- Mnium marginatum — olive-green calcareous moss
- Mnium spinulosum
- Mnium stellare
- Mnium thomsonii
- Plagiomnium ciliare
- Plagiomnium cuspidatum — toothed plagiomnium moss
- Plagiomnium drummondii
- Plagiomnium ellipticum
- Plagiomnium insigne
- Plagiomnium mediumPlagiomnium mediumPlagiomnium medium, commonly known as Alpine Thyme-moss, or Medium Plagiomnium Moss is a moss found in montane habitats in the Northern Hemisphere.Research published in 1988 showed that is a hybrid of P. ellipticum and P...
- Plagiomnium rostratum
- Plagiomnium venustum
- Pseudobryum cinclidioides
- Rhizomnium andrewsianum
- Rhizomnium appalachianum — Appalachian rhizomnium moss
- Rhizomnium glabrescens
- Rhizomnium gracile
- Rhizomnium magnifolium — grandleaf rhizomnium moss
- Rhizomnium nudum
- Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum — felt round moss
- Rhizomnium punctatum — rhizomnium moss
MonotropaceaeMonotropaceaeMonotropaceae was a small family of flowering plants under the old Cronquist system of plant classification. It included 10 genera Allotropa, Cheilotheca, Hemitomes, Monotropa, Monotropastrum, Monotropsis, Pityopus, Pleuricospora, Pterospora, Sarcodes....
- Allotropa virgataAllotropa virgataAllotropa virgata is in the family Ericaceae and is the only species of the genus Allotropa. It is a perennial plant that gets its common names from the distinct white and red or maroon stripes along its erect peduncle. A...
— sugarstick - Hemitomes congestum — gnome-plant
- Monotropa hypopithys — American pinesap
- Monotropa unifloraMonotropa unifloraMonotropa uniflora, also known as the Ghost Plant, Indian Pipe, or Corpse Plant is a herbaceous perennial plant, formerly classified in the family Monotropaceae, but now included within the Ericaceae. It is native to temperate regions of Asia, North America and northern South America, but with...
— Indian-pipe - Pleuricospora fimbriolata — fringed pinesap
- Pterospora andromedea — giant pinedrops
MyricaceaeMyricaceaeThe Myricaceae is a small family of dicotyledonous shrubs and small trees in the order Fagales. There are three genera in the family, although some botanists separate many species from Myrica into a fourth genus Morella...
- Comptonia peregrina — sweet-fern
- Morella californica — California bayberry
- Morella pensylvanica — northern bayberry
- Myrica galeMyrica galeMyrica gale is a species of flowering plant in the genus Myrica, native to northern and western Europe and parts of northern North America. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1–2 m tall. Common names include Bog Myrtle and Sweet Gale...
— sweet gale
Myriniaceae
- Myrinia pulvinata
- Schwetschkeopsis fabronia