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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)
broadleaf arrowhead 1
Sagittaria latifolia
sessile-fruited arrowhead 2
Sagittaria rigida
Small White Leek 3
Allium tricoccum
Jack-in-the-pulpit 4
Arisaema triphyllum
Bog Arum 5
Calla palustris
common duckweed 6
Lemna minor
eastern skunk cabbage 7
Symplocarpus foetidus
Dotted Watermeal 8
Wolffia borealis
Columbian Watermeal
Wolffia columbiana
asparagus 9
Asparagus officinalis
European Lily of the Valley 10
Convallaria majalis
wild lily-of-the-valley 11
Maianthemum canadense
False Solomon's-seal 12
Maianthemum racemosum racemosum
star-flowered lily-of-the-valley 13
Maianthemum stellatum
Flowering-rush 14
Butomus umbellatus
White Bear Sedge 15
Carex albursina
water sedge 16
Carex aquatilis
drooping woodland sedge 17
Carex arctata
wheat sedge 18
Carex atherodes
Back's sedge 19
Carex backii
Bebb's sedge
Carex bebbii
Eastern Woodland Sedge 20
Carex blanda
Brome-like Sedge 21
Carex bromoides
creeping sedge 22
Carex chordorrhiza
Longhair Sedge 23
Carex comosa
Fringed Sedge 24
Carex crinita
Crested Sedge 18
Carex cristatella
Dewey's sedge
Carex deweyana
Lesser Tussock Sedge 25
Carex diandra
slender woodland sedge 26
Carex digitalis
two-seeded sedge
Carex disperma
ebony sedge
Carex eburnea
straw sedge
Carex foenea
Handsome Sedge 20
Carex formosa
Blue Sedge 27
Carex glaucodea
Graceful Sedge 28
Carex gracillima
Meadow Sedge 29
Carex granularis
Inflated Narrow-leaved Sedge 30
Carex grisea
Hairy Sedge 17
Carex hirtifolia
Hitchcock's Sedge 19
Carex hitchcockiana
Bottlebrush Sedge 31
Carex hystericina
bladder sedge 24
Carex intumescens
James' Sedge 32
Carex jamesii
lake sedge 18
Carex lacustris
smooth-sheathed sedge
Carex laevivaginata
woolly-fruited sedge 22
Carex lasiocarpa
spreading sedge 17
Carex laxiculmis
loose-flowered sedge 33
Carex laxiflora
bristle-stalked sedge
Carex leptalea
nerveless woodland sedge 34
Carex leptonervia
livid sedge
Carex livida
False Hop Sedge 35
Carex lupuliformis
Hop Sedge 36
Carex lupulina
Greater Straw Sedge 29
Carex normalis
Peck's sedge 8
Carex peckii
long-stalked sedge 37
Carex pedunculata
Pennsylvania Sedge 37
Carex pensylvanica
plantainleaf sedge 38
Carex plantaginea
broad-leaved sedge 38
Carex platyphylla
necklace sedge 33
Carex projecta
Cyperus Sedge 39
Carex pseudocyperus
retrorse sedge 40
Carex retrorsa
Rosy Sedge 37
Carex rosea
Eastern rough sedge 41
Carex scabrata
Schweinitz's Sedge 34
Carex schweinitzii
Broom Sedge 17
Carex scoparia
bur reed sedge 42
Carex sparganioides
Carex spp. 43
Carex
Spongy Sedge 43
Carex stipata
Tussock Sedge 44
Carex stricta
Rigid Sedge 42
Carex tetanica
Carex tonsa var. rugosperma 45
Carex tonsa rugosperma
Broad-leaved Oval Sedge 28
Carex tribuloides
Hairy-fruit Sedge
Carex trichocarpa
Threeseeded Sedge 17
Carex trisperma
Tuckerman's sedge 37
Carex tuckermanii
Northwest Territory sedge 46
Carex utriculata
Fox Sedge 38
Carex vulpinoidea
Pretty Sedge
Carex woodii
Shining Flatsedge 42
Cyperus bipartitus
Yellow Nutsedge 47
Cyperus esculentus
Three-way Sedge 48
Dulichium arundinaceum
Needle Spikerush 49
Eleocharis acicularis
Matted Spikerush 50
Eleocharis intermedia
Tawny Cotton-grass 37
Eriophorum virginicum
Green Keeled Cotton-grass 51
Eriophorum viridicarinatum
Softstem Bulrush 16
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Dark Green Bulrush 52
Scirpus atrovirens
Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
Pale Bulrush
Scirpus pallidus
yellow flag iris 53
Iris pseudacorus
Northern Blue Flag 54
Iris versicolor
narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass 55
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Strict Blue-eyed Grass 56
Sisyrinchium montanum
Needle-tipped Blue-eyed-grass 57
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
tapered rush 58
Juncus acuminatus
Jointed rush 59
Juncus articulatus
Short-fruit Rush 60
Juncus brachycarpus
toad rush 43
Juncus bufonius
Dudley's Rush 61
Juncus dudleyi

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