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North America
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Taxa
Cyperaceae
He described the following taxa in the family
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
(sedges); alternative combinations are indented.
*'' Carex abramsii'' Mack.
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Carex abrupta
''Carex abrupta'' is a species of sedge known by the common name abrupt-beaked sedge or abruptbeak sedge. It is native to the western United States from California to Idaho, where it grows in moist mountain habitat such as meadows.
Description
T ...
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Carex abscondita
''Carex abscondita'', the thicket sedge, is a North American species of sedge first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1910. It grows along the central and eastern United States, from eastern Texas to southern Missouri, east to the Atlantic coast ...
Carex aggregata
''Carex aggregata'' is a species of sedge that was first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1910. It is native to the eastern United States and Canada.
References
aggregata
''Aggregata'' is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging to the ...
Carex albonigra
''Carex albonigra'' is a species of sedge known by the common name black and white sedge. It is native to western North America from Alaska and most of western Canada to California to New Mexico, where it grows in mainly dry, rocky high mountain ...
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Carex allegheniensis
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Carex'' ...
Carex amplectens
''Carex amplectens'', the claspbract sedge, is a species of sedge
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in abo ...
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Carex leersii
''Carex leersii'', the grassland sedge or many-leaved sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to the Atlas Mountains in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Altai and the western Him ...
Carex arctiformis
''Carex arctiformis'', the polar sedge, is a species of sedge native to sphagnum bogs and other wetlands in northwestern North America (British Columbia and southeastern Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax ...
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Carex canescens
''Carex canescens'' L. (syn. ''C. cinerea'' Poll.; ''C. curta'' Gooden.) is a perennial species of plants in the family Cyperaceae growing in damp forests and wetlands. It is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, Australia, New Guinea, North A ...
'' subsp. ''arctiformis'' (Mack.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
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Carex artitecta
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Carex'' ...
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Carex atrosquama
''Carex atrosquama'', the lesser blackscale sedge, is a species of sedge that was first formally named by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1912. It is native to the northwestern United States and western Canada, from Alaska south to Utah and Colorado
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Carex atrata
''Carex atrata'', called black alpine sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus ''Carex
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, ...
'' subsp. ''atrosquama'' (Mack.) Hultén
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Carex atrata
''Carex atrata'', called black alpine sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus ''Carex
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, ...
'' var. ''atrosquama'' (Mack.) Cronquist
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Carex austrina
''Carex austrina'', known as southern sedge, is a species of sedge endemic to the southern and central United States.
It was first described as ''Carex muehlenbergii'' var. ''australis'' in 1886.
Distribution and habitat
Southern sedge grows ...
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Carex autumnalis
''Carex autumnalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It was first formally named by Jisaburo Ohwi
was Japanese botanist. He was a distinguished member of the Faculty of Science of Kyoto Imperial University. He ...
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Carex aztecica
''Carex aztecica'' is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is native to Central America.
It was originally named ''Carex fuscotincta'' by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie in 1909. However, this name was already occupied by ''C ...
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Carex biltmoreana
''Carex biltmoreana'', known as Biltmore sedge, is a species of sedge that was first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1910. It is endemic to the southeastern United States, where it occurs in southwestern North Carolina, northwestern South Caro ...
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Carex brachyglossa
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Carex'' ...
'' Mack.
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Carex brainerdii
''Carex brainerdii'', or Brainerd's sedge, is a species of sedge
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in abou ...
Carex deflexa
''Carex deflexa'', the northern sedge, is a cespitose sedge with purplish brown to reddish brown rhizomes and pale green leafs that are often shorter than stems and 0.9–2.6 mm wide.
It is native to Canada, most of the US except the central sta ...
'' var. ''brevicaulis'' (Mack.) B.Boivin
*'' Carex breviligulata'' Mack.
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Carex brevior
''Carex brevior'', known as shortbeak sedge and plains oval sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America. The specific epithet ''brevior'' means "shorter" in Latin.
Description
''Carex brevior'' forms dense tufts with short-prolonged rhi ...
Carex bushii
''Carex bushii'', Bush's sedge, is a species of sedge in the genus '' Carex''. It native to the eastern United States where it is found in areas of natural grassland.
''Carex bushii'' is distinguished from the similar ''Carex caroliniana'', ''Ca ...
Carex conspecta
The genus '' Carex'', the sedges, is one of the largest genera of flowering plants, containing around 1800 species, according to a 2004 estimate. All the species (including hybrid species) accepted by ''The Plant List'' are given below: In May ...
Carex cumulata
Carex cumulata, common names clustered sedge, piled sedge, and piled-up sedge is a species of ''Carex'' native to North America. It is a perennial.
Conservation status within the United States
It is listed as endangered in Indiana and New Jersey ...
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Carex cusickii
''Carex cusickii'' is a species of sedge known by the common name Cusick's sedge. It is native to Northwestern North America from British Columbia to California, and in Utah, where it can be found in several types of wet habitat, such as marshes ...
Carex egglestonii
''Carex egglestonii'', or Eggleston's sedge, is a species of sedge
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in ab ...
Carex macloviana
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Car ...
Carex fracta
''Carex fracta'' is a species of sedge known by the common name fragile sheath sedge. It is native to the western United States from Washington to California, where it grows in moist to dry areas in mountain forests and meadows. This sedge produc ...
Carex geophila
The genus '' Carex'', the sedges, is one of the largest genera of flowering plants, containing around 1800 species, according to a 2004 estimate. All the species (including hybrid species) accepted by ''The Plant List'' are given below: In May ...
Carex inops
''Carex inops'' is a species of sedge known as long-stolon sedge and western oak sedge. It is native to northern North America, where it occurs throughout the southern half of Canada and the western and central United States.
There are two subsp ...
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Carex pensylvanica
''Carex pensylvanica'' is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family commonly called Pennsylvania sedge (sometimes shortened to Penn sedge). Other common names include early sedge, common oak sedge, and yellow sedge.
Distribution
This pla ...
Carex hirsutella
''Carex hirsutella'', the hairy green sedge or fuzzy wuzzy sedge, is a species of North American sedge that was first described by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1923. It ranges from Texas, throughout most of the central and eastern United States, north t ...
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Carex complanata
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Carex'' ...
Carex maritima
''Carex maritima'', called the curved sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Carex
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older bo ...
Carex castanea
Carex castanea, known as chestnut sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae) native to North America. It is listed as endangered in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. It occurs from Manitoba to the eastern ...
Carex muricata
''Carex muricata'', the rough sedge or prickly sedge (a name it shares with other species), is a species of ''Carex'' found in Europe and western Asia as far as the Himalayas. It has been introduced elsewhere. Poorly studied, ''Carex muricata'' ...
Carex mediterranea
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Car ...
Carex macloviana
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Car ...
Carex molesta
''Carex molesta'' is a species of Carex, sedge known by the common name troublesome sedge. It is native to eastern and central North America, where it grows in varied wet and dry habitats, performs equally well in full sun and partial shade, inc ...
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Carex brevior
''Carex brevior'', known as shortbeak sedge and plains oval sedge, is a species of sedge native to North America. The specific epithet ''brevior'' means "shorter" in Latin.
Description
''Carex brevior'' forms dense tufts with short-prolonged rhi ...
Carex normalis
''Carex normalis'', the greater straw sedge, is a species of Cyperaceae, sedge that was first described by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie, Kenneth Mackenzie in 1919.
References
Carex, normalis
Plants described in 1919
Taxa named by Kenneth Kent ...
Carex muricata
''Carex muricata'', the rough sedge or prickly sedge (a name it shares with other species), is a species of ''Carex'' found in Europe and western Asia as far as the Himalayas. It has been introduced elsewhere. Poorly studied, ''Carex muricata'' ...
Carex backii
''Carex backii'', commonly known as Back's sedge, is a species of sedge (''Carex'') in the section ''Phyllostachyae''. First described scientifically in 1839 by American botanist Francis Boott, it is found in Canada and the United States, where ...
Carex scirpoidea
''Carex scirpoidea'' is a species of sedge belonging to the family Cyperaceae. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Its native range is Norway ( Solvågtind), Russia (Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r= ...
Carex praegracilis
''Carex praegracilis'' is a species of North American sedge known as clustered field sedge, field sedge, and expressway sedge. ''Carex praegracilis'' is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade as lawn substitute and meadow-like plantings.
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Carex athrostachya
''Carex athrostachya'' is a species of sedge known by the common name slenderbeak sedge. It is native to western North America, including Alaska to central Canada, the western contiguous United States, and just into Baja California.
Description
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Cymophyllus
''Carex fraseriana'' is a perennial member of the sedge family with the common name Fraser's sedge. It was the only species of the genus ''Cymophyllus'' before it was re-transferred to ''Carex''.
''Carex fraseriana'' is native to the Great Smoky ...
In other families, he described the following taxa:
;Acanthaceae
*'' Gerardia flava'' var. ''calycosa'' (Mack. & Bush) Steyerm.
;Adiantaceae
*'' Pellaea atropurpurea'' var. ''bushii'' Mack.
;Alismataceae
*'' Echinodorus cordifolius'' var. ''lanceolatus'' (Engelm.) Mack. & Bush
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Sagittaria brevirostra
''Sagittaria brevirostra'', common name Midwestern arrowhead or shortbeak arrowhead, is an aquatic plant species native to North America. It is common in wet places in an area stretching from Michigan and Ohio south to Alabama and west to North D ...
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Sagittaria engelmanniana
''Sagittaria engelmanniana'' (Engelmann's arrowhead or acid-water arrowhead) is an aquatic plant species native to eastern North America. It has been reported from every state bordering on the Gulf of Mexico or on the Atlantic Ocean from Mississi ...
Taenidia montana
Taenidia (singular: taenidium) are circumferential thickenings of the cuticle inside a trachea or tracheole in an insect's respiratory system. The geometry of the Taenidiae varies across different orders of insects and even throughout the trac ...
Packera paupercula
''Packera paupercula'' is a flowering plant species of the genus '' Packera'' and family Asteraceae, native to North America, where it is widespread across Canada and much of the United States. Its common names include balsam ragwort and balsam g ...
Packera pseudaurea
''Packera pseudaurea'' is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name falsegold groundsel. It is native to North America, where it can be found in western and central parts of Canada and the United States. It grows ...
Senecio aureus
''Packera aurea'' (formerly ''Senecio aureus''), commonly known as golden ragwort or simply ragwort, is a perennial flower in the family Asteraceae. It is also known as golden groundsel, squaw weed, life root, golden ''Senecio'', uncum, uncum ro ...
'' var. ''semicordatus'' (Mack. & Bush) Greenm.
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Smallanthus
''Smallanthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Millerieae within the family Asteraceae.
Taxonomy
The following species are currently recognized:
*'' Smallanthus apus'' – Mexico
*'' Smallanthus cocuyensis'' – Colombia
*'' Smalla ...
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Smallanthus uvedalia
''Smallanthus uvedalia'', known as hairy leafcup, bear's foot, and yellow flower leafcup, is a herbaceous perennial native to the Central and Eastern United States. It is a member of the family Asteraceae.
Description
Hairy leafcup is 0.6 to ...
Solidago tarda
''Solidago tarda'', commonly known as Atlantic goldenrod, is a rare North American species of goldenrod in the family Asteraceae. It is found along the Atlantic coastal plain from New Jersey and Alabama, though nowhere very common.
Description
...
Onosmodium hispidissimum
''Lithospermum'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The genus is distributed nearly worldwide, but most are native to the Americas and the center of diversity is in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Species are kn ...
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Onosmodium molle
''Lithospermum molle'', the softhair marbleseed, is a species of flowering plant in the forget-me-not family. This species is a narrow endemic, native primarily to the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, where it is found in limestone prairies near ...
Onosmodium molle
''Lithospermum molle'', the softhair marbleseed, is a species of flowering plant in the forget-me-not family. This species is a narrow endemic, native primarily to the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, where it is found in limestone prairies near ...
'' var. ''hispidissimum'' (Mack.) Cronquist
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Onosmodium virginianum
''Onosmodium virginianum'', common names gravel-weed, wild Job's tears, false gromwell, and Virginia false-gromwell is perennial plant native to the eastern United States.
Conservation status
It is endangered in Connecticut, Maryland, New Jers ...
'' var. ''hirsutum'' Mack.
*'' Onosmodium bejariense'' var. ''hispidissimum'' (Mack.) B.L.Turner
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Onosmodium hispidissimum
''Lithospermum'' is a genus of plants belonging to the family Boraginaceae. The genus is distributed nearly worldwide, but most are native to the Americas and the center of diversity is in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Species are kn ...
Onosmodium molle
''Lithospermum molle'', the softhair marbleseed, is a species of flowering plant in the forget-me-not family. This species is a narrow endemic, native primarily to the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, where it is found in limestone prairies near ...
'' subsp. ''occidentale'' (Mack.) Cochrane
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Onosmodium molle
''Lithospermum molle'', the softhair marbleseed, is a species of flowering plant in the forget-me-not family. This species is a narrow endemic, native primarily to the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, where it is found in limestone prairies near ...
'' subsp. ''occidentale'' (Mack.) Cochrane
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Onosmodium molle
''Lithospermum molle'', the softhair marbleseed, is a species of flowering plant in the forget-me-not family. This species is a narrow endemic, native primarily to the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, where it is found in limestone prairies near ...
'' var. ''occidentale'' (Mack.) I.M.Johnst.
*'' Onosmodium subsetosum'' Mack. & Bush ''in'' Small
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Onosmodium molle
''Lithospermum molle'', the softhair marbleseed, is a species of flowering plant in the forget-me-not family. This species is a narrow endemic, native primarily to the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, where it is found in limestone prairies near ...
Onosmodium molle
''Lithospermum molle'', the softhair marbleseed, is a species of flowering plant in the forget-me-not family. This species is a narrow endemic, native primarily to the Nashville Basin of Tennessee, where it is found in limestone prairies near ...
'' var. ''subsetosum'' (Mack. & Bush) Cronquist
*'' Onosmodium occidentale'' var. ''sylvestre'' Mack.
;Campanulaceae
*'' Lobelia spicata'' var. ''leptostachys'' Mack. & Bush ''in'' Mack.
;Caryophyllaceae
*''
Geocarpon
''Geocarpon'' is a monotypic genusUSFWSThreatened status for ''Geocarpon minimum''.''Federal Register'' June 16, 1987.USFWS''Geocarpon minimum'' Five-year Review.July 2009.Geocarpon minimum'' Mack.
;Chenopodiaceae
*'' Chenopodium album'' var. ''berlandieri'' (Moq.) Mack. & Bush
;Convallariaceae
*'' Uvularia nitida'' Mack.
;Convolvulaceae
*''
Convolvulus sepium
''Calystegia sepium'' (hedge bindweed, Rutland beauty, bugle vine, heavenly trumpets, bellbind, granny-pop-out-of-bed and many others) is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. It has a subcosmopolitan distribution throughout ...
Calystegia sepium
''Calystegia sepium'' (hedge bindweed, Rutland beauty, bugle vine, heavenly trumpets, bellbind, granny-pop-out-of-bed and many others) is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, subcosmopolit ...
'' var. ''fraterniflora'' (Mack. & Bush) R.H.Mohlenbrock
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Calystegia silvatica
The morning glory ''Calystegia silvatica'' (syn. ''Calystegia sepium silvatica'', ''C. inflata'', and ''C. sylvestris'') is known by the common name giant bindweed or large bindweed. It is the largest species of bindweed and is a strong rampant c ...
Gaylussacia baccata
''Gaylussacia baccata'', the black huckleberry, is a common huckleberry found throughout a wide area of eastern North America.
Distribution
The plant is native to Eastern Canada and the Great Lakes region, the Midwestern and Northeastern Unit ...
Lespedeza violacea
''Lespedeza violacea'', commonly known as wand lespedeza or violet lespedeza, is a species of herbaceous plant in the legume family.
It is native to eastern North America, where it is widespread. It is found in woodlands, savannas, prairies, an ...
'' var. ''prairea'' Mack. & Bush
*'' Lespedeza simulata'' Mack. & Bush
;Haloragaceae
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Proserpinaca intermedia
''Proserpinaca'', commonly called mermaidweed, is a genus of flowering plants in the watermilfoil family (Haloragaceae). It is a small genus, comprising only two to three Extant taxon, extant species, all of which are native to eastern North Amer ...
Juncus coriaceus
''Juncus coriaceus'', the leathery rush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Juncaceae, native to the southeastern United States, from Texas to Cape May, New Jersey
Cape May is a city located at the southern tip of Cape May Penins ...
Oenothera biennis
''Oenothera biennis'', the common evening-primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae, native to eastern and central North America, from Newfoundland west to Alberta, southeast to Florida, and southwest to Texas, and widely ...
Oenothera biennis
''Oenothera biennis'', the common evening-primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae, native to eastern and central North America, from Newfoundland west to Alberta, southeast to Florida, and southwest to Texas, and widely ...
'' f. ''argillicola'' (Mack.) B.Boivin
;Poaceae
*''
Elymus canadensis
''Elymus canadensis'', commonly known as Canada wild rye or Canadian wildrye, is a species of Elymus (plant), wild rye native to much of North America. It is most abundant in the central plains and Great Plains. It grows in a number of ecosystems ...
Delphinium carolinianum
''Delphinium carolinianum'', commonly known as Carolina larkspur, is a species of perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family. It is native to central and eastern North America, where it is found in prairies and rocky glades. It produces b ...
Salix cordata
''Salix cordata'', the sand dune willow, furry willow or heartleaf willow, is a perennial shrub that grows tall; plants taller than are rare. The plant is native to the northeast regions of the North American continent; it is found on sand dune ...
'' var. ''missouriensis'' Mack. & Bush ''in'' Mack.
;Saxifragaceae
*''
Heuchera puberula
''Heuchera'' ( or ) is a genus of largely evergreen perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae, all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells.
Description
''Heuchera'' have palmately lobed leaves on long petiol ...
Physalis missouriensis
''Physalis'' (, , , , from φυσαλλίς ''phusallís'' "bladder") is a genus of approximately 75 to 90 flowering plants in the nightshade family ( Solanaceae), which are native to the Americas and Australasia. At least 46 species are endem ...
Physalis longifolia
''Physalis longifolia'', known by the common names common groundcherry, longleaf groundcherry, and wild tomatillo, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It is native to North America, where it is native to eastern ...
'' var. ''subglabrata'' (Mack. & Bush) Cronquist
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Physalis virginiana
''Physalis virginiana'', the Virginia groundcherry, is a rhizomatous perennial with a deeply buried stem base. It is found mostly in eastern North America as far west as Wyoming.
Description
The Virginia groundcherry is mostly found from early J ...
'' var. ''subglabrata'' (Mack. & Bush) Waterf.
;Ulmaceae
*'' Celtis mississippiensis'' var. ''pumila'' (Pursh) Mack. & Bush