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Angiosperm families G-Z

• Angiosperm Families A-F
• Angiosperm Families G-Z
• Gymnosperm Families

Garryaceae - Silktassel Family

• Garrya elliptica - wavyleaf silktassel
• Garrya wrightii - Wright silktassel

Grossulariaceae - Gooseberry Family

• Itea virginica - sweetspire
• Ribes acerifolium - mapleleaf currant
• Ribes americanum - American black currant
• Ribes aureum - golden currant
• Ribes sanguineum - red-flowering currant
• Ribes viburnifolium - evergreen currant

Hamamelidaceae - Witch-Hazel Family

• Corylopsis pauciflora - buttercup winterhazel
• Fothergilla gardenii - dwarf fothergilla
• Hamamelis vernalis - vernal witchhazel
• Hamamelis virginiana - witch-hazel
• Liquidambar styraciflua - sweetgum
• Parrotia persica - Persian ironwood

Hippocastanaceae - Horsechestnut Family

• Aesculus californica - California buckeye
• Aesculus flava - yellow buckeye
• Aesculus glabra - Ohio buckeye
• Aesculus hippocastanum - horsechestnut
• Aesculus parviflora - bottlebrush buckeye
• Aesculus pavia - red buckeye
• Aesculus sylvatica - painted buckeye

Hydrangeaceae - Hydrangea Family

• Decumaria barbara - climbing hydrangea
• Deutzia scabra - fuzzy deutzia
• Hydrangea anomala - climbing hydrangea
• Hydrangea arborescens - wild hydrangea
• Hydrangea macrophylla - bigleaf hydrangea
• Hydrangea paniculata - panicle hydrangea
• Hydrangea quercifolia - oakleaf hydrangea
• Philadelphus coronarius - mockorange
• Philadelphus lewisii - Lewis mockorange

Illiciaceae - Hydrangea Family

• Illicium floridanum - Florida anisetree

Juglandaceae - Walnut Family

• Carya alba (tomentosa) - mockernut hickory
• Carya aquatica - water hickory
• Carya cordiformis - bitternut hickory
• Carya glabra - pignut hickory
• Carya illinoinensis - pecan
• Carya laciniosa - shellbark hickory
• Carya ovata - shagbark hickory
• Carya pallida - sand hickory
• Juglans californica - California black walnut
• Juglans cinerea - butternut
• Juglans hindsii - Hind's black walnut
• Juglans major - Arizona walnut
• Juglans microcarpa - little walnut
• Juglans nigra - walnut

Krameriaceae - Rhatany Family

• Krameria grayi - white ratany

Lamiaceae - Mint Family

• Hyptis emoryi - desert lavender
• Poliomintha incana - rosemary mint
• Salvia apiana - white sage
• Salvia clevelandii - fragrant sage
• Salvia leucophylla - purple sage
• Salvia mellifera - black sage

Lauraceae - Laurel Family

• Cinnamomum camphora - camphor tree
• Laurus nobilis - laurel
• Lindera benzoin - spicebush
• Persea borbonia - redbay
• Persea palustris - swamp bay
• Sassafras albidum - sassafras
• Umbellularia californica - California laurel

Leitneriaceae - Corkwood Family

• Leitneria floridana - corkwood

Liliaceae  - Greenbriers

• Dasylirion leiophyllum - sotol
• Nolina texana - beargrass
• Smilax glauca - cat greenbrier
• Smilax herbacea - carrion flower
• Smilax hispida - bristly greenbrier
• Smilax laurifolia - laurel greenbrier
• Smilax rotundifolia - common greenbrier

Loganiaceae - False Jessamine

• Buddleia davidii - butterfly bush
• Gelsemium rankii - swamp jessamine
• Gelsemium sempervirens - false jessamine

Lythraceae - Loose Strife Family

• Lagerstroemia indica - crapemyrtle

Magnoliaceae - Magnolia Family

• Liriodendron tulipifera - yellow-poplar
• Magnolia acuminata - cucumbertree
• Magnolia ashei - Ashe magnolia
• Magnolia fraseri - Fraser magnolia
• Magnolia grandiflora - southern magnolia
• Magnolia kobus var. stellata - star magnolia
• Magnolia macrophylla - bigleaf magnolia
• Magnolia pyramidata - pyramid magnolia
• Magnolia tripetala - umbrella magnolia
• Magnolia virginiana - sweetbay magnolia
• Magnolia x soulangiana - saucer magnolia

Malvaceae - Mallow Family

• Abutilon palmeri - Palmer's Indian mallow
• Hibiscus syriacus - rose-of-sharon
• Lagunaria patersonii - Norfolk Island hibiscus
• Lavatera assurgentiflora - island mallow
• Sphaeralcea ambigua - desert globemallow

Meliaceae - Mahogany Family

• Melia azedarach - Chinaberry
• Swietenia mahogani - West Indies mahogany

Moraceae - Mulberry Family

• Broussonetia papyrifera - paper mulberry
• Ficus aurea - strangler fig
• Ficus carica - common fig
• Ficus macrophylla - Moreton Bay fig
• Maclura pomifera - osage-orange
• Morus alba - white mulberry
• Morus microphylla - Texas mullberry
• Morus rubra - red mulberry

Myricaceae - Waxmyrtle Family

• Morella (Myrica) californica - Pacific waxmyrtle
• Morella (Myrica) cerifera - waxmyrtle
• Morella (Myrica) inodora - scentless bayberry
• Morella (Myrica) pensylvanica - northern bayberry
• Myrica gale - sweetgale
  

Myrtaceae - Myrtle Family

• Callistemon spp. - bottlebrush tree
• Eucalyptus caesia - gungurru
• Eucalyptus camaldulensis - river red gum
• Eucalyptus cladocalyx - sugar gum
• Eucalyptus cordata - silver gum
• Eucalyptus globulus - blue gum
• Eucalyptus polyanthemos - silver dollar gum
• Eucalyptus sideroxylon - red ironbark
• Eucalyptus torelliana - cadagi
• Eucalyptus woodwardii - lemon - flowered gum
• Melaleuca linariifolia - flaxleaf paperbark
• Myrtus communis - myrtle

Nyssaceae - Tupelo Family

• Nyssa aquatica - water tupelo
• Nyssa biflora - swamp tupelo
• Nyssa sylvatica - blackgum

 

Oleaceae - Olive Family

• Chionanthus virginicus - fringetree
• Forestiera acuminata - eastern swampprivet
• Forestiera pubescens - desert olive
• Forsythia spp. - forsythia
• Fraxinus americana - white ash
• Fraxinus angustifolia - narrowleaf ash
• Fraxinus caroliniana - Carolina ash
• Fraxinus dipetala - two-petal ash
• Fraxinus gooddingii - Gooding ash
• Fraxinus latifolia - Oregon ash
• Fraxinus nigra - black ash
• Fraxinus pennsylvanica - green ash
• Fraxinus profunda - pumpkin ash
• Fraxinus quadrangulata - blue ash
• Fraxinus velutina - Arizona ash
• Ligustrum japonicum - Japanese privet
• Ligustrum sinense - Chinese privet
• Olea europaea - olive
• Osmanthus americanus - devilwood
• Syringa reticulata - Japanese tree lilac
• Syringa villosa - late lilac
• Syringa vulgaris - common lilac

Papaveraceae - Poppy Family

• Dendromecon rigida - tree poppy
  

Platanaceae - Planetree Family

• Platanus occidentalis - American sycamore
• Platanus racemosa - California sycamore
• Platanus wrightii - Arizona sycamore
• Platanus x acerifolia - London plane tree

Polygonaceae - Buckwheat Family

• Coccoloba uvifera - seagrape
• Eriogonum cinereum - coastal buckwheat
• Eriogonum fasciculatum - flat-top buckwheat

Pyrolaceae - Wintergreen Family

• Chimaphila maculata - striped pipsissewa
• Chimaphila umbellata - prince's pine

Ranunculaceae - Buttercup Family

• Clematis vitalba - old man's beard

Rhamnaceae - Buckthorn Family

• Berchemia scandens - supplejack
• Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey tea
• Ceanothus cuneatus - narrowleaf buckbrush
• Ceanothus greggii - desert ceanothus
• Ceanothus integerrimus - deerbrush
• Ceanothus prostratus - mahala mat
• Ceanothus sanguineus - redstem ceanothus
• Ceanothus spinosus - greenbark ceanothus
• Ceanothus thyrsiflorus - blueblossom
• Ceanothus velutinus - snowbrush
• Condalia globosa - bitter condalia
• Frangula alnus - glossy buckthorn
• Frangula californica - California buckthorn
• Frangula caroliniana - Carolina buckthorn
• Frangula purshiana - Cascara buckthorn
• Rhamnus cathartica - common buckthorn
• Rhamnus crocea - redberry
• Ziziphus obtusifolia - lotebush

Rhizophoraceae - Mangrove Family

• Rhizophora mangle - red mangrove

Rosaceae - Rose Family

• Adenostoma sparsifolium - redshank
• Amelanchier alnifolia - Pacific serviceberry
• Amelanchier arborea - downy serviceberry
• Amelanchier laevis - Allegheny serviceberry
• Amelanchier utahensis - Utah serviceberry
• Cercocarpus ledifolius - curlleaf mountain-mahogany
• Cercocarpus montanus - true moutain-mahogony
• Cercocarpus montanus var. betuloides - birchleaf mountain-mahogany
• Chaenomeles speciosa - common flowering quince
• Coleogyne ramosissima - blackbrush
• Cotoneaster spp - cotoneaster
• Cowania mexicana - cliff-rose
• Crataegus spp. - hawthorn
• Fallugia paradoxa - Apache plume
• Heteromeles arbutifolia - toyon
• Holodiscus discolor - oceanspray
• Holodiscus dumosus - bush oceanspray
• Lyonothamnus floribundus - lyon tree
• Malus fusca - Oregon crabapple
• Malus spp. - apple
• Oemleria cerasiformis - Indian plum
• Osteomeles anthyllidofolia - Hawaii's hawthorne
• Photinia (Aronia) melanocarpa - black chokeberry
• Photinia pyrifolia (Aronia arbutifolia) - chokeberry
• Photinia x fraseri - red tips
• Physocarpus capitatus - ninebark
• Physocarpus malvaceus - mallow ninebark
• Physocarpus monogynus - mountain ninebark
• Prunus americana - American plum
• Prunus angustifolia - Chickasaw plum
• Prunus avium - sweet cherry
• Prunus caroliniana - Carolina laurelcherry
• Prunus cerasifera - purple leaf plum
• Prunus emarginata - bitter cherry
• Prunus fremontii - desert apricot
• Prunus ilicifolia - hollyleaf cherry
• Prunus laurocerasus - cherry laurel
• Prunus maritima - beach plum
• Prunus pennsylvanica - fire cherry
• Prunus persica - peach
• Prunus sargentii - Sargent cherry
• Prunus serotina - black cherry
• Prunus serrulata - Kwanzan cherry
• Prunus subcordata - klamath plum
• Prunus subhirtella - Higan cherry
• Prunus virginiana - choke cherry
• Prunus x yedoensis - Yoshino cherry
• Pseudocydonia sinensis - Chinese quince
• Purshia mexicana - cliff-rose
• Purshia tridentata - bitterbrush
• Pyracantha coccinea - scarlet firethorn
• Pyrus calleryana - callery pear
• Pyrus communis - common pear
• Quillaja saponaria - soapbark
• Rosa minutifolia - small-leaved rose
• Rosa multiflora - multiflora rose
• Rosa rugosa - rugosa rose
• Rubus allegheniensis - Alleghany blackberry
• Rubus argutus - Prickly Florida blackberry
• Rubus discolor - Himalaya blackberry
• Rubus flagellaris - dewberry
• Rubus idaeus - red raspberry
• Rubus laciniatus - evergreen blackberry
• Rubus occidentalis - black raspberry
• Rubus odoratus - purple flowering raspberry
• Rubus parviflorus - thimbleberry
• Rubus phoenicolasius - wine raspberry
• Rubus spectabilis - salmonberry
• Rubus ursinus - wild blackberry
• Sorbus alnifolia - Korean mountain ash
• Sorbus americana - American mountain-ash
• Sorbus aucuparia - European mountain-ash
• Sorbus decora - showy mountain-ash
• Sorbus scopulina - Green's mountain-ash
• Sorbus sitchensis - Sitka mountain-ash
• Spiraea alba - narrowleaf spiraea
• Spiraea alba var. latifolia - meadowsweet
• Vauquelinia californica - Arizona rosewood

Rubiaceae - Madder Family

• Cephalanthus occidentalis - buttonbush
• Mitchella repens - partridgeberry
• Pinckneya bracteata - fevertree

Rutaceae - Citrus Family

• Citrus spp. - orange
• Phellodendron amurense - Amur corktree
• Poncirus trifoliata - trifoliate orange
• Ptelea trifoliata - hoptree
• Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - pricklyash

Salicaceae - Willow Family

• Populus alba - European white poplar
• Populus balsamifera - balsam poplar
• Populus (trichocarpa) balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa - black cottonwood
• Populus deltoides - cottonwood
• Populus fremontii - Fremont cottonwood
• Populus grandidentata - bigtooth aspen
• Populus heterophylla - swamp cottonwood
• Populus nigra 'Italica' - Lombardy poplar
• Populus tremuloides - quaking aspen
• Salix babylonica - weeping willow
• Salix bebbiana - Bebb's willow
• Salix discolor - pussy willow
• Salix exigua - sandbar willow
• Salix lasiolepis - arroyo willow
• Salix matsudana - corkscrew willow
• Salix nigra - black willow
• Salix scouleriana - Scouler willow

Sapindaceae - Soapberry Family

• Dodonaea viscosa - hopbush
• Koelreuteria paniculata - goldenraintree
• Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii - western soapberry
• Ungnadia speciosa - Mexican buckeye

Scrophulariaceae - Foxglove Family

• Galvezia juncea - Baja bush snapdragon
• Keckiella ternata - scarlet beardtongue
• Paulownia tomentosa - royal paulownia
• Penstemon davidsonii - Davidson's penstemon

Simaroubaceae - Ailanthus Family

• Ailanthus altissima - tree of Heaven
• Castela emoryi - crucifixion thorn

Simmondsiaceae - Jojoba Family

• Simmondsia chinensis - jojoba

Solanaceae - Nightshade Family

• Lycium andersonii - Anderson boxthorn
• Lycium richii - Baja desert-thorn
• Nicotiana rustica - Aztec tobacco
• Solanum dulcamara - bitter nightshade

Staphyleaceae - Bladdernut Family

• Staphylea trifolia - bladdernut

Sterculiaceae - Chocolate Family

• Firmiana simplex - Chinese parasoltree
• Fremontodendron californicum - California fremontia
• Fremontodendron mexicanum - Mexican fremontia

Styracaceae - Snowbell Family

• Halesia carolina - Carolina silverbell
• Styrax americanus - American snowbell
• Styrax japonicus - Japanese snowbell

Symplocaceae - Sweetleaf Family

• Symplocos tinctoria - common sweetleaf

Tamaricaceae - Tamarisk Family

• Tamarix aphylla - athel tamarisk
• Tamarix chinensis - salt cedar
• Tamarix gallica - tamarisk
• Tamarix parviflora - smallflower tamarisk

Theaceae - Tea Family

• Camellia japonica - Japanese camellia
• Franklinia alatamaha - Franklin tree
• Gordonia lasianthus - loblolly bay
• Stewartia spp. - stewartia

Tiliaceae - Linden Family

• Tilia americana - American basswood
• Tilia cordata - littleleaf linden
• Tilia tomentosa - silver linden

Ulmaceae - Elm Family

• Celtis africana - white stinkwood
• Celtis laevigata - sugarberry
• Celtis laevigata var. reticulata - netleaf hackeberry
• Celtis occidentalis - hackberry
• Celtis pallida - spiny hackberry
• Planera aquatica - water elm
• Ulmus alata - winged elm
• Ulmus americana - American elm
• Ulmus parvifolia - Chinese elm
• Ulmus pumila - Siberian elm
• Ulmus rubra - slippery elm
• Ulmus thomasii - rock elm
• Zelkova serrata - Japanese zelkova

Verbenaceae - Beautyberry Family

• Avicennia germinans - black mangrove
• Callicarpa americana - American beautyberry
• Lippia spp. - verbena
• Vitex agnus-castus - lilac chastetree
• Vitex negundo - chaste tree

Vitaceae - Grape Family

• Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper
• Parthenocissus tricuspidata - Boston ivy
• Vitis aestivalis - summer grape
• Vitis rotundifolia - muscadine grape