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Plants #1 (Horsetails, Ferns, Monocots, Lycophytes) - rare Community BioBlitz 2017

A guide for on-the-go plant identification at rare's 2017 Community BioBlitz. Covers the following classes:

  • Equisetopsida (Horsetails)
  • Filicopsida (Ferns)
  • Liliopsida (Monocots)
  • Lycopodiopsida (Lycophytes, aka Fern Allies)
Clinton's wood fern 1
Dryopteris clintoniana
Crested Buckler-fern 2
Dryopteris cristata
Goldie's wood fern 3
Dryopteris goldiana
Intermediate Wood Fern 1
Dryopteris intermedia
marginal wood fern 4
Dryopteris marginalis
northern oak fern 5
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
sensitive fern 6
Onoclea sensibilis
Christmas fern 7
Polystichum acrostichoides
Field Horsetail 8
Equisetum arvense
Water Horsetail
Equisetum fluviatile
western scouringrush 9
Equisetum hyemale affine
Marsh Horsetail 10
Equisetum palustre
Shady Horsetail 11
Equisetum pratense
dwarf horsetail 12
Equisetum scirpoides
Wood Horsetail
Equisetum sylvaticum
Variegated Horsetail 13
Equisetum variegatum variegatum
shining clubmoss 14
Huperzia lucidula
yellow flag iris 15
Iris pseudacorus
Northern Blue Flag 16
Iris versicolor
narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass 17
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Strict Blue-eyed Grass 18
Sisyrinchium montanum
Needle-tipped Blue-eyed-grass 19
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
tapered rush 20
Juncus acuminatus
Jointed rush 21
Juncus articulatus
Short-fruit Rush 22
Juncus brachycarpus
toad rush 23
Juncus bufonius
Dudley's Rush 24
Juncus dudleyi
Soft Rush 25
Juncus effusus
Knotted Rush 26
Juncus nodosus
Slender Rush 23
Juncus tenuis
Eastern Juniper 27
Juniperus virginiana
Hairy Woodrush 28
Luzula acuminata
Common Woodrush 29
Luzula multiflora multiflora
Blue-bead Lily 30
Clintonia borealis
White Fawnlily 31
Erythronium albidum
Erythronium americanum americanum 32
orange day-lily 33
Hemerocallis fulva
Yellow Daylily 34
Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
Canada lily 35
Lilium canadense
Michigan Lily 8
Lilium michiganense
Wood Lily 36
Lilium philadelphicum
Turk's-Cap lily 37
Lilium superbum
Indian cucumber root 38
Medeola virginiana
Solomon's seal 39
Polygonatum biflorum
Hairy Solomon's-seal 40
Polygonatum pubescens
Streptopus lanceolatus var. lanceolatus 41
Streptopus lanceolatus lanceolatus
red trillium 42
Trillium erectum
large white trillium 43
Trillium grandiflorum
Trillium spp. 44
Trillium
largeflower bellwort 45
Uvularia grandiflora
inundated bog clubmoss 46
Lycopodiella inundata
Lycopodium annotinum 35
Spinulum annotinum
Lycopodium obscurum 47
Dendrolycopodium obscurum
Lycopodium ssp. 48
Lycopodium
Anticlea elegans var. glaucus 49
Anticlea elegans glaucus
slender water-nymph 50
Najas flexilis
rattlesnake fern 51
Botrypus virginianus
putty root 52
Aplectrum hyemale
pink lady's slipper 53
Cypripedium acaule
Ram's-head Lady's Slipper 54
Cypripedium arietinum
Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin 52
Cypripedium parviflorum makasin
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens 3
Cypripedium parviflorum pubescens
Showy Lady's Slipper 55
Cypripedium reginae
Broad-leaved Helleborine 56
Epipactis helleborine
showy orchis 57
Galearis spectabilis
Fen Orchid 52
Liparis loeselii
White Bog-orchid 58
Platanthera dilatata
Leafy Northern Green Orchid 59
Platanthera hyperborea
Shining Ladies' Tresses 38
Spiranthes lucida
interrupted fern 60
Osmunda claytoniana
Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis
Osmunda regalis spectabilis
colonial bent 25
Agrostis capillaris
Redtop 61
Agrostis gigantea
Creeping Bent 23
Agrostis stolonifera
short-awn foxtail 23
Alopecurus aequalis
Big Bluestem 23
Andropogon gerardii
wild oat 62
Avena fatua
Oat 63
Avena sativa
sideoats grama 64
Bouteloua curtipendula
Long-awned Wood Grass 4
Brachyelytrum erectum
Big Quaking Grass 65
Briza maxima
fringed brome 23
Bromus ciliatus
Hungarian Brome 66
Bromus inermis
Prairie Brome 67
Bromus kalmii
Broad-glumed Brome 49
Bromus latiglumis
Hairy Woodland Brome
Bromus pubescens
Bluejoint 23
Calamagrostis canadensis
Stout Wood Reed 68
Cinna arundinacea
Cock's-foot 23
Dactylis glomerata
Poverty oatgrass 69
Danthonia spicata
Dichanthelium dichotomum var. dichotomum
Dichanthelium dichotomum dichotomum
Broad-leaved panic grass 68
Dichanthelium latifolium
Slim-leaf Witchgrass 70
Dichanthelium linearifolium
Hairy Crabgrass 71
Digitaria sanguinalis
Barnyardgrass 28
Echinochloa crus-galli
Goose Grass 28
Eleusine indica
Canada Wild Rye 72
Elymus canadensis
Bottlebrush Grass 73
Elymus hystrix
Sand-dune Wild Rye
Elymus lanceolatus psammophilus
Quack Grass 23
Elymus repens

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