Plant Identification Guide
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| Nymphea (Nymphaeceae) | ![]() Water-lily Family Aquatic Herbs Chordate leaves floating or immersed leaves with long petiole. Folicle or Berry Floral Formula: *,3-∞, 3-∞, ∞, 5-∞; berry or follicleN |
| Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) | ![]() Herbs woody vines Alternate simple palmately veined leaves Floral Formula: *, 3 (connate/fused=circled), 8-∞, 3-6 (inferior ovary=line above); capsule |
| Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) | ![]() Deciduous Tree Waxy leaf covering Floral Formula: *, 9-15 tepals, ∞, ∞(underline=superior ovary); follicle or samara |
| Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae) | ![]() Mostly herbs, few small shrubs or woody vines Alternate w/ sheathing bases Actinomorphic or zygomorphic solitary or in cymose inflorescences, racemes or panicles. 3-X sepals. 0-4 petals. Perianth often not differentiated into sepals and petals. 4 stamens, spirally inserted. Anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits Superior Ovary 3-4 carpels, apocarpous, spirally arranged Placentation basal or marginal Follicle, achene, berry, capsule |
| Mahonia (Berberidaceae) | ![]() Perennial herbs or shrubs Plants often with yellow colored wood due to the presence of the alkaloid berberine Simple pinnately compound or palmately lobed leaves Synoecious Actinomorphic Symmetry 4-4 sepals. 4-4 petals. 3-6 stamens Perianth members sometimes in whorls of 3 Anthers often opening by flaps (valvate) the pollen remaining attached to the valves Superior ovary, 1 carpel, placentation marginal or basal Berry or follicle |
| Sanguinaria (Papaveraceae) | ![]() Annual or perennial herbs (occasionally shrubs but rarely trees) Often with colored or milky latex Alternate leaves w/ entire or divided margins Exstipulate, synoecious Actinomorphic 2-3 sepals, 4-12 petals, often with a crumpled appearance, 4 stamens Superior ovary 2-X carpels, syncarpous placentation parietal capsule opening by valves or pores |
| Proteaceae | ![]() Trees bark deciduous and peeling Alternate simple palmately lobed or veined leaves Dilated petiole base concealing the bud Monoecious Spherical heads of unisexual flowers Actinomorphic 3-8 sepals, 3-8 petals, 3-8 stamens Superior ovary 6-9 carpels one locule, placentation apical Dense spherical heads of achenes with long bristles |
| (Araceae) | ![]() Herbs in the temperate zone, typically of wet sites; leaves leathery, often pinnately veined; inflorescence a spadix surrounded by a spathe. *, 0 or 2-3, 0 or 2-3, 4-10, 2-4 gynoecium syncarpous, ovary sometimes embedded in the spadix and inferior |
| Sagittaria (Alismataceae) | ![]() Marsh and aquatic herbs, sometimes with arrowhead-shaped leaves, with flowers having 3 green sepals and 3 white petals; gynoecium apocarpous, usually with many carpels. *, 3, 3, 6-4, 6-4 |
| Lilium (Liliaceae) | ![]() Perennial herbs from bulbs, rhizomes or corms; leaves linear, sometimes sword-shaped and fibrous; perianth 6 parted and conspicuous, 6 (3) stamens; ovary syncarpous, superior or inferior of 3 carpels; fruit a capsule or berry. *, 3, 3, 6, ()3))) or (3) |
| Iris (Iridaceae) | ![]() Herbs with equitant leaves, petaloid perianth, 3 stamens; ovary of 3 carpels (with petaloid styles in Iris ), inferior. *, 3, 3, 3, ()3))) [Crocus : perianth united below into a tube] |
| (Orchidaceae) | ![]() Perennial herbs, often epiphytic; leaves 2-ranked; trimerous zygomorphic flowers with a labellum, pollinia, gynandrium and an inferior ovary. +, 3, 2+1, 1-2, ()3))) androecium and gynoecium fused into gynandrium |
| (Arecaceae) | ![]() Medium to tall trees with well-developed unbranched trunks; leaves large and fan-shaped or pinnately compound with conspicuous sheathing bases; inflorescence a panicle enclosed by a spathe; flowers small, trimerous. *, 3, 3, 6, 3 or (3) |
| Tradescantia (Commelinaceae) | ![]() Herbs with succulent, mucilaginous stems, prominent closed sheaths, 3 green sepals, 3 often blue petals, 6 stamens with hairy filaments. *, 3, 3, 6, (3) |
| Typha (Typhaceae) | ![]() Large marsh herbs with 2-ranked linear leaves and a brownish compact spike of unisexual flowers. staminate: ,X, 0, 2-5, 0; pistillate: , X, 0, 0, 1 |
| Luzula (Juncaceae) | ![]() Grass-like herbs of wet or damp sites; leaves basal and tufted; flowers reduced, inconspicuous, 3-merous of sepaloid tepals; fruit a capsule. |
| Poa (Poaceae) | ![]() Herbs with linear 2- ranked leaves and round hollow stems; leaves with ligules and open sheaths; flowers greatly reduced, enclosed in two bracts, arranged in spiklets. This family is most commonly confused with the Cyperaceae |
| (Zingiberaceae) | ![]() Large aromatic herbs with distichous, ligulate, leaves; flowers zygomorphic with tubular calyx, petals united into floral tube, 1 fertile stamen and 3 staminodes, ovary inferior. +, (3), |(3), 1+4|, ()3))) floral tube unites all parts except gynoecium and calyx, two lateral petaloid staminodes and one labellum |
| Musa (Musaceae) | ![]() Large tree-like herbs with pinnately veined leaves than often tear; flowers unisexual, zygomorphic, 3- merous, ovary inferior. Fruit a leathery berry more or less resembling the banana of commerce. Staminate: +, 3, 2+1, 5+1, 0; Pistillate: +, 3, 2+1, 0, ()3)) |
| Cyprus (Cyperaceae) | ![]() Grass-like herbs with solid, 3-sided stem, 3-ranked leaves and closed leaf sheaths; reduced wind-pollinated flowers subtended by a single bract. |
| Polygonium (Polygonaceae) | ![]() Herbs (sometimes shrubs or trees) stems with swollen nodes Alternate, rarely opposite leaves often with an ocrea (a membranous sheath that forms a collar around the node) Plants synoecious, monecious or dioecious Actinomorphic. Perianth. Calyx petaloid 3-6 sepals (often called tepals) petals absent stamens 3-9 Superior ovary 3 carpels one locule one ovule basal placentation Lens-shaped or triangular achene, subtended by a persistent perianth |
| Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae) | ![]() Herbs with swollen nodes, ocrea or involucrate heads, petaloid calyx and a lens shaped or triangular achene, often black; 3 carpels with 1 locule and 1 ovule. There are two common floral formulas in this family: *, 3+3, 0, 3-9, (3) or *, 5, 0, 5-8, (3) |
| Crassulaceae | ![]() Exstipulate, succulent herbs and subshrubs 4-5 merous flowers, carpels free but connate at base, each subtended by a glandular scale. *, 4-5, 4-5, 8-10, 4-5 (carpels basally connate) |
| Hamamelis (Hamamelidaceae) | ![]() Woody plants with stellate hairs, bicarpellate gynoecium with divergent apices and a woody or leathery capsule. *, 4-5, 4-5, 4-5, (2) sepals connate at base, carpels connate at base |
| Claytonia (Portulacaceae) | ![]() Herbs Feshy leaves, 2 sepals, Bsal placentation and a circumscissile capsule. *, 2 or (2), 4-6, 4-4,(2-8) |
| Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae) | ![]() Herbs Oposite leaves connected by a transverse line; leaves simple, entire; Sollen nodes; petals 5 ut often cleft and appearing as 10; Fee central placentation; dry, many-seeded capsule opening by teeth or valves. *,(5), 5, 5-10, (2-5) |
| Cactaceae | ![]() Succulent, often spiny herbs (spines in areoles) Showy flowers with numerous perianth parts, many stamens and an inferior ovary. *, X, 4, 4, 2-4, (2)-4) |
| Dionaea (Droseraceae) | ![]() Insectivorous plants Leaves either covered with sticky glandular hairs or equipped with a sensitive hairs that close the blade to form a trap. *, (5), 5, 5, 2-3-5 |
| (Cucurbitaceae) | ![]() Coarse, tendril bearing vines with often yellow unisexual flowers; ovary inferior, fruit a pepo. staminate: , 5 (5), 5, 0; pistillate: , 5 (5), 0, 3 |
| Quercus (Fagaceae) | ![]() Catkin-bearing trees and shrubs with pinnately lobed leaves, buds clustered at the tips of the twigs; fruit a least partially enclosed by a cupule; fruit a nut (acorn). Staminate: *, 4-6, 0, 4-4, 0; Pistillate: 4-6, 0, 0, ()3) )) |
| Betula (Betulaceae) | ![]() Catkin-bearing trees with simple, serrate leaves; bracteate catkins; flowers with a bicarpellate inferior ovary. Staminate: *, 0 or 4, 0, 2-20, 0; Pistillate: *, 0, 0, 0, ()2) )) |
| Carya (Juglandaceae) | ![]() Catkin-bearing trees with pinnately compound leaves. Staminate: *, 3-6, 0, 3-4, 0; Pistillate: *, 4, 0, 0, ()2) -3) )) |
| Brassica (Brassicaceae) | ![]() Herbs with an acrid taste (mustard oils); tetramerous perianth, 6 tetradynamous stamens (4+2), fruit a silique or silicle. *, 4, 4, 4+2, (2) |
| Gossypium (Malvaceae) | ![]() Herbs and shrubs with stellate pubescence; leaves palmately lobed and veined; stamens united by their filaments; fruit a capsule, less commonly a berry or samara. *, (3-5), 5, (4), (5-8) |
| Acer (Aceraceae) | ![]() Trees and shrubs with opposite palmate lobed and veined leaves (compound in Acer negundo). Fruits splitting into two samaras. *, 4-5, 4-5, 4-10, 2 (nectary disk often present) |
| Phlox (Polemoniaceae) | ![]() Polemoniaceae family phlox, 5 sepals fused in tube (unlike carnation), epipetalous (androecium attached to petals), single style w/ 3 stigmas |
| Isotrema (Aristolochiaceae) | ![]() Pipevine (Isotrema macrophylla) Leaves of vegetative shoots up to 40 cm (15 in) long and wide, heart-shaped Flowers about 3 cm long, strongly curved. Calyx with a dark purple orifice and a wrinkled reflexed limb. Fruits capsules about 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter. |
| Liriodendron (Magnoliaceae) | ![]() Tulip Magnolia, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, or the Tuliptree 2-2.5 inch long flowers they are similar to a tulip in shape Can reach 70ft and crown 40-50ft Magnoliaceae family |
| Berberis (Berberidaceae) | ![]() Long shoots form structure short shoots about 1-2 in long leaves on long shoots are non-photosynthetic, three-spined thorns 3-30 mm long; bud in the axil of each thorn-leaf with a short shoot with several normal, photosynthetic leaves. These leaves are 1-10 cm long |
| Platanus (Platanaceae) | ![]() Planes, Plane Trees Last member of family Platanaceae 90-150 ft tall flowers are born in balls (globose heads); possible 3-7 hairy sepals fused at the base, possible 3-7 Petals which are spatulate. |
| Liquidambar (Hamamelidaceae) | ![]() |
| Drosera (Droseraceae) | ![]() |
| Geranium (Geraniaceae) | ![]() |
| Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) | ![]() |
| Viola (Violaceae) | ![]() |
| Salix (Salicaceae) | ![]() |
| Cercis (Fabaceae) | ![]() |
| Pyrus (Rosaceae) | ![]() |
| Prunus (Rosaceae) | ![]() |
| Spirea (Rosaceae) | ![]() |
| Ulmus (Ulmaceae) | ![]() |
| Ficus (Moraceae) | ![]() |
| Morus (Moraceae) | ![]() |
| Hibiscus (Malvaceae) | ![]() |
| Tilia (Malvaceae) | ![]() |
| Cornus (Cornaceae) | ![]() Trees and shrubs, often with opposite leaves, arcuate veins, 4-5 merous flowers, ovary inferior; fruit a drupe or berry. *, 4-5, 4-5, 4-5, 2) |
| Rhododendron (Ericaceae) | ![]() Woody plants, usually shrubs, with leathery, often evergreen leaves, urceolate or campanulate flowers with anthers opening by terminal pores. *, (4-5), (4-5), 8-10, (4-5) or (4)-5)) |
| Lycopersicum (Solanaceae) | ![]() Herbs or shrubs with alternate leaves; actinomorphic, 5-merous flowers with 5 stamens; fruit a berry or capsule. *, (5), (5), 5, (2). Note: Can be distinguished from the Scrophulariaceae by the zygomorphic flowers and 4 stamens in the latter family. |
| Vinca (Apocynaceae) | ![]() Herbs, shrubs or small trees with opposite or whorled leaves, milky laytex, 5-merous flowers, gynoecium of 2 separate carpels, fruit a follicle with comose seeds. * (5), (5), 5, 2 stamen epipetalous |
| Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae) | ![]() Herbs with opposite or whorled leaves, milky latex, 5-merous flowers, corona, pollinia, translators, corpuscula; fruit a follicle with comose seeds. *, 5, (5), 5, 2 anthers fused to stigma, carpels fused in upper regions |
| Forsythia (Oleaceae) | ![]() Trees and shrubs with opposite leaves; flowers with 4 sepals and petals, 2 stamen and 2 united carpels. *, (4), (4), 2, (2) |
| Fraxinus (Oleaceae) | ![]() Trees and shrubs with opposite leaves; flowers with 4 sepals and petals, 2 stamen and 2 united carpels. *, (4), (4), 2, (2) |
| Veronica (Scrophulariaceae) | ![]() Herbs or shrubs with alternate or opposite leaves; 5-merous zygomorphic flowers, 4 stamens with sometimes a 5th staminode. +, (5), (5), [2]4[5], (2) |
| Lamium (Lamiaceae) | ![]() Herbs and shrubs with square stems, opposite leaves and a minty aroma; 5-merous zygomorphic flowers, 2-4 stamen, ovary deeply 4-lobed, style gynobasic. +, (5), (5), 2 or 2+2, (2) |
| Daucus (Apiaceae) | ![]() Aromatic herbs with hollow, furrowed stems, compound leaves with sheathing leaf based; 5-merous often white or yellow flowers in compound umbels; fruit a schizocarp. *, 5, 5, 5, ()2))) |
| Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae) | ![]() Exstipulate shrubs or vines with opposite leaves, 5 (4) merous epigynous flowers and a multi-carpellate gynoecium. * (+), 5, (5), 5, 2)-8) |
| Viburnum (Caprifoliaceae) | ![]() Exstipulate shrubs or vines with opposite leaves, 5 (4) merous epigynous flowers and a multi-carpellate gynoecium. * (+), 5, (5), 5, 2)-8) |
| Taraxicum (Asteraceae) | ![]() herbs or shrubs with involucrate heads; flowers small, 5-merous, sympetalous; calyx a pappus, a series of bristles or scales; stamens 5, united by their anthers; gynoecium bicarpellate, inferior; fruit a single achene. *, X or (5), (5), 5, ()2))) anthers fused into a tube surrounding style |
| Narcissus (Liliaceae) | ![]() |
| Crocus (Iridaceae) | ![]() |
| Orchidaceae | ![]() |
| Acer palmatum | ![]() Japanese maple |
| Acer palmatum var. dissectum | ![]() Cutleaf Japanese maple |
| Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood' | ![]() Bloodgood Japanese maple |
| Clerodendrum trichotomum | ![]() Peanutbutter bush |
| Parthenocissus henryana | ![]() Silvervain creeper |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | ![]() Virginia creeper |
| Platanus x acerifolia | ![]() London plane tree |
| Rhus typhina 'Laciniata' | ![]() Cut leaf staghorn sumac |
| Acer saccharum | ![]() Sugar Maple |
| Ampelopsis brevipedunculata | ![]() Porcelain ampelopsis |
| Aralia spinosa | ![]() Devil's walking stick |
| Berberis thunbergii | ![]() Japanese barberry |
| Campsis radicans | ![]() Common trumpet creeper |
| Cornus kousa | ![]() Kousa dogwood |
| Fraxinus americana | ![]() American ash |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | ![]() Green ash |
| Lagerstroemia indica | ![]() Common crapemyrtle |
| Larix decidua | ![]() European larch |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | ![]() Black locust |
| Acer circinatum | ![]() Vine maple |
| Acer saccharum 'Sentry' | ![]() Sentry sugar maple |
| Cercidiphyllum japonicum | ![]() Katsura tree |
| Euonymus alatus 'Compactus' | ![]() Dwarf winged euonymus |
| Holodiscus discolor | ![]() Ocean spray/Arrowwood |
| Hydrangea macrophylla | ![]() Big leaf hydrangea |
| Hydrangea quercifolia | ![]() Oakleaf hydrangea |
| Koelreuteria paniculata | ![]() Goldenrain tree |
| Parrotia persica | ![]() Persian parrotia |
| Stewartia pseudocamellia | ![]() Japanese stewartia |
| Styrax japonicus | ![]() Japanese snowbell |
| Styrax obassia | ![]() Fragrant snowbell |
| Acer x freemanii autumn blaze | ![]() Autumn blaze maple |
| Acer griseum | ![]() Paperbark maple |
| Acer rubrum | ![]() Red maple |
| Betula papyrifera | ![]() Paper birch |
| Betula pendula | ![]() European white birch |
| Betula utilis var. jacquemontii | ![]() Jacquemontii birch |
| Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' | ![]() Pyramidal european hornbeam |
| Fraxinus oxycarpa 'Flame' | Flame ash |
| Sophora japonica | ![]() Japanese pagoda tree |
| Tilia americana | ![]() American linden |
| Tilia cordata | ![]() Little leaf linden |
| Zelkova serrata | ![]() Japanese zelkova |
| Acer macrophyllum | ![]() Big leaf maple |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | ![]() Common horsechestnut |
| Catalpa bignonioides | ![]() Southern catalpa |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | ![]() American sweetgum |
| Nyssa sylvatica | ![]() Black tupelo |
| Oxydendrum Arboreum | ![]() Lilly of the valley tree |
| Acer ginnala | ![]() Amur maple |
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- "Mahonia (Berberidaceae)" image
- "Sanguinaria (Papaveraceae)" image
- "Sagittaria (Alismataceae)" image
- "Lilium (Liliaceae)" image
- "Tradescantia (Commelinaceae)" image
- "Luzula (Juncaceae)" image
- "Poa (Poaceae)" image
- "Musa (Musaceae)" image
- "Cyprus (Cyperaceae)" image
- "Polygonium (Polygonaceae)" image
- "Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae)" image
- "Claytonia (Portulacaceae)" image
- "Carya (Juglandaceae)" image
- "Brassica (Brassicaceae)" image
- "Gossypium (Malvaceae)" image
- "Phlox (Polemoniaceae)" image
- "Isotrema (Aristolochiaceae)" image
- "Liriodendron (Magnoliaceae)" image
- "Berberis (Berberidaceae)" image
- "Platanus (Platanaceae)" image
- "Liquidambar (Hamamelidaceae)" image
- "Drosera (Droseraceae)" image
- "Geranium (Geraniaceae)" image
- "Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae)" image
- "Viola (Violaceae)" image
- "Salix (Salicaceae)" image
- "Cercis (Fabaceae)" image
- "Pyrus (Rosaceae)" image
- "Prunus (Rosaceae)" image
- "Spirea (Rosaceae)" image
- "Ulmus (Ulmaceae)" image
- "Ficus (Moraceae)" image
- "Morus (Moraceae)" image
- "Hibiscus (Malvaceae)" image
- "Tilia (Malvaceae)" image
- "Cornus (Cornaceae)" image
- "Rhododendron (Ericaceae)" image
- "Lycopersicum (Solanaceae)" image
- "Vinca (Apocynaceae)" image
- "Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae)" image
- "Forsythia (Oleaceae)" image
- "Fraxinus (Oleaceae)" image
- "Veronica (Scrophulariaceae)" image
- "Lamium (Lamiaceae)" image
- "Daucus (Apiaceae)" image
- "Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae)" image
- "Viburnum (Caprifoliaceae)" image
- "Taraxicum (Asteraceae)" image
- "Narcissus (Liliaceae)" image
- "Crocus (Iridaceae)" image
- "Orchidaceae" image
- "Acer palmatum" image
- "Acer palmatum var. dissectum" image
- "Acer palmatum 'Bloodgood'" image
- "Clerodendrum trichotomum" image
- "Parthenocissus henryana" image
- "Parthenocissus quinquefolia" image
- "Platanus x acerifolia" image
- "Rhus typhina 'Laciniata'" image
- "Acer saccharum" image
- "Ampelopsis brevipedunculata" image
- "Aralia spinosa" image
- "Berberis thunbergii" image
- "Campsis radicans" image
- "Cornus kousa" image
- "Fraxinus americana" image
- "Fraxinus pennsylvanica" image
- "Lagerstroemia indica" image
- "Larix decidua" image
- "Robinia pseudoacacia" image
- "Acer circinatum" image
- "Acer saccharum 'Sentry'" image
- "Cercidiphyllum japonicum" image
- "Euonymus alatus 'Compactus'" image
- "Holodiscus discolor" image
- "Hydrangea macrophylla" image
- "Hydrangea quercifolia" image
- "Koelreuteria paniculata" image
- "Parrotia persica" image
- "Stewartia pseudocamellia" image
- "Styrax japonicus" image
- "Styrax obassia" image
- "Acer x freemanii autumn blaze" image
- "Acer griseum" image
- "Acer rubrum" image
- "Betula papyrifera" image
- "Betula pendula" image
- "Betula utilis var. jacquemontii" image
- "Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'" image
- "Sophora japonica" image
- "Tilia americana" image
- "Tilia cordata" image
- "Zelkova serrata" image
- "Acer macrophyllum" image
- "Aesculus hippocastanum" image
- "Catalpa bignonioides" image
- "Liquidambar styraciflua" image
- "Nyssa sylvatica" image
- "Oxydendrum Arboreum" image
- "Acer ginnala" image
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