Mosses to Monocots Go to Eudicots

Lycopodiopsida

Order Lycopodiales

• Clubmosses (family Lycopodiaceae)
  • Prickly Tree-Clubmoss (Dendrolycopodium dendroideum)
  • Hickey's Tree-Clubmoss (Dendrolycopodium hickeyi)
  • Southern Ground-Cedar (Diphasiastrum digitatum)
  • Blue Ground-Cedar (Diphasiastrum tristachyum)
  • Shining Firmoss (Huperzia lucidula)
  • Northern Bog-Clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata)
  • One-Cone Clubmoss (Lycopodium lagopus)
  • Bristly Clubmoss (Spinulum annotinum)

Polypodiopsida

Order Equisetales

• Horsetails (family Equisetaceae)
  • Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
  • Water Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)

Order Polypodiales

• Spleenworts (family Aspleniaceae)
  • Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)
  • Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
• Lady Ferns (family Athyriaceae)
  • Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
• Cosmopolitan Ferns (family Cystopteridaceae)
  • Fragile Fern (Cystopteris fragilis)
• Brackens (family Dennstaedtiaceae)
  • Hay-Scented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)
  • Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)
• Wood Ferns (family Dryopteridaceae)
  • Mountain Wood Fern (Dryopteris campyloptera)
  • Clinton's Wood Fern (Dryopteris clintoniana)
  • Evergreen Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia)
  • Marginal Wood Fern (Dryopteris marginalis)
  • Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
• Sensitive Ferns (family Onocleaceae)
  • Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
  • Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
• Polypody Ferns (family Polypodiaceae)
  • Common Polypody Fern (Polypodium virginanum)
• Maidenhair Ferns (family Pteridaceae)
  • Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)
• Marsh Ferns (family Thelypteridaceae)
  • Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)
  • New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis)

Order Osmundales

• Royal Ferns (family Osmundaceae)
  • Interrupted Fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana)
  • Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
  • Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)

Basal Angiosperms

Order Nymphaeales

• Water Lilies (family Nymphaeaceae)
  • Fragrant Water-Lily (Nymphaea odorata)
  • Bullhead Pond-Lily (Nuphar variegata
• Fanworts (family Cabombaceae)
  • Water Shield (Brasenia schreberi)

Magnoliids

Order Laurales

• Laurels (family Lauraceae)
  • Northern Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)

Order Piperales

• Birthworts (family Aristolochiaceae)
  • Canada Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)

Monocots

Order Alismatales

• Water-Plantains (family Alismataceae)
  • Southern Water-Plantain (Alisma subcordatum)
  • Engelmann's Arrowhead (Sagittaria engelmanniana)
  • Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
  • Sessile-Fruited Arrowhead (Sagittaria rigida)
• Arums (family Araceae)
  • Jack-In-The-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
  • Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
• Flowering Rushes (family Butomaceae)
  • Flowering-Rush (Butomus umbellatus), non-native
• Pondweeds (family Potamogetonaceae)
  • Ribbon-Leaved Pondweed (Potamogeton epihydrus)

Order Asparagales

• Amaryllises (family Amaryllidaceae)
  • Wild Leek (Allium tricoccum)
  • Summer Snowflake (Leucojum aestivum), non-native
  • Florida Swamp-Lily (Crinum americanum)
• Asparagus (family Asparagaceae)
  • Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
  • False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
  • Star-Like False Solomon's-Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
  • Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum biflorum)
• Day Lilies (family Hemerocallidaceae)
  • Orange Day Lily (Hemerocallis fulva), non-native
• Irises (family Iridaceae)
  • Crested Dwarf Iris (Iris cristata)
  • Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus), non-native
  • Slender Blue Flag (Iris prismatica)
  • Blue Flag (Iris versicolor)
  • Needle-Tipped Blue-Eyed-Grass (Sisyrinchium mucronatum)
• Orchids (family Orchidaceae)
  • Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
  • Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine), non-native
  • Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis)
  • Downy Rattlesnake-Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)
  • Dwarf Rattlesnake-Plantain (Goodyera repens)
  • Checkered Rattlesnake-Plantain (Goodyera tesselata)
  • Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides)
  • Small Green Wood Orchid (Platanthera clavellata)
  • Greater Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera grandiflora)
  • Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid (Platanthera psycodes)
  • Nodding Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes cernua)

Order Commelinales

• Spiderworts (family Commelinaceae)
  • Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis)
  • Slender Dayflower (Commelina erecta)
  • Smooth Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)
• Pickerelweeds (family Pontederiaceae)
  • Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)

Order Liliales

• Bellworts (family Colchicaceae)
  • Large-Flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
  • Perfoliate Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata)
  • Wild Oats (Uvularia sessilifolia)
• Lilies (family Liliaceae)
  • Clintonia (Clintonia borealis)
  • Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
  • Canada Lily (Lilium canadense)
  • Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)
  • Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana)
• Bunchflowers (family Melanthiaceae)
  • Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)
  • White Trillium (Trillium grandiforum)
  • Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)
  • American False Hellebore (Veratrum viride)

Order Poales

• Bromeliads (family Bromeliaceae)
  • Cardinal Airplant (Tillandsia fasciculata)
• Sedges (family Cyperaceae)
  • Greater Bladder Sedge (Carex intumescens)
  • Broad Loose-Flowered Sedge(Carex laxiflora)
  • Broad-Leaved Sedge (Carex platyphylla)
  • Drooping Sedge (Carex prasina)
• Pipeworts (family Eriocaulaceae)
  • Common Pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum)
• Grasses (family Poaceae)
  • Eastern Bottle-Brush Grass (Elymus hystrix)
  • Common Reed (Phragmites australis) non-native
• Cattails (family Typhaceae)
  • American Bur-Reed (Sparganium americanum)
  • Simple-Stemmed Bur-Reed (Sparganium emersum)
  • Narrowleaf Cattail (Typha angustifolia)
  • Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia)

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