Vascular Plants of Vermont
All vascular plants known to occur in Vermont
alpine woodsia
Woodsia alpina, commonly known as Alpine Woodsia, is a fern found in northern latitudes in North America and Eurasia. Also known as Northern Woodsia or Alpine Cliff Fern, it is typically found in crevices, scree slopes and cliffs containing slate and calcareous rocks, especially limestone.
Scott's spleenwort
Asplenium × ebenoides (Scott's spleenwort, dragon tail fern or walking spleenwort) is a hybrid fern native to eastern North America, part of the "Appalachian Asplenium complex" of related hybrids. The sterile offspring of the walking fern (A. rhizophyllum) and the ebony spleenwort (A. platyneuron), A. × ebenoides is intermediate ...more ↓
Labrador tea
Rhododendron groenlandicum (Bog Labrador tea, formerly Ledum groenlandicum or Ledum latifolium), is a flowering plant in the subsection Ledum of the large genus Rhododendron in the family Ericaceae. It is a low shrub growing to 50 cm (rarely up to 2 m) tall with evergreen leaves 20–60 mm long and 3–15 mm broad. The leaves are ...more ↓
Peppermint
Peppermint (Mentha × piperita, also known as M. balsamea Willd.) is a hybrid mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. The plant, indigenous to Europe, is now widespread in cultivation throughout all regions of the world. It is found wild occasionally with its parent species.
silky dogwood
Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood) is a species of dogwood native to eastern North America, from Ontario and Quebec south to Arkansas and Georgia. Also found in other parts of North America.
DENDEN
Lycopodium dendroideum is a clubmoss native to the northeastern USA. It is part of a complex of species colloquially known as groundpine, which taxa were originally all lumped under the species Lycopodium obscurum. This species was known as L. obscurum L. var. dendroideum (Michx.) Eaton.
northern lady fern
Athyrium angustum is known as the northern lady fern, native to northeastern North America. It was long included in the superspecies Athyrium filix-femina, but is now largely recognized as a distinct species.
rock harlequin
Capnoides sempervirens (pale corydalis, pink corydalis or rock harlequin) is an annual or biennial plant native to rocky woodland and burned or disturbed places in northern North America.
mountain firmoss
Huperzia appressa (common name, Appalachian firmoss) is a non-flowering plant in the Lycopodiaceae. It has been reported from the United States, Canada, China, Russia, and several European countries. It is a terrestrial plant up to 10 cm tall, with dichotomously branched stems.
variegated pond-lily
Nuphar variegata (the variegated pond-lily) is a plant in the water lily family, Nymphaeaceae. It is native to much of Canada and the northernmost United States.
cinnamon fern
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, the cinnamon fern, is a species of eusporangiate fern in the family Osmundaceae. It is native to the Americas and eastern Asia, growing in swamps, bogs and moist woodlands.
early saxifrage
Micranthes virginiensis (Early saxifrage,Virginia saxifrage) is a wildflower native to eastern and central North America. It is a herbaceous plant, which can reach 30 cm tall (12 inches).
gray dogwood
Cornus racemosa (northern swamp dogwood, gray dogwood or panicle dogwood) is a shrubby plant native to southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It is a member of the dogwood genus Cornus and the family Cornaceae.
princess pine
Lycopodium obscurum, commonly called ground pine or princess pine, is a species of clubmoss in the family Lycopodiaceae. It is a close relative of other treelike Lycopodium such as L. dendroideum and L. hickeyi. It is distributed from Alabama to the east coast of the United States, and north into Canada. Newfoundland is in the northeast corner ...more ↓
heartleaf twayblade
Neottia cordata or Lesser Twayblade is an orchid of upland bogs and mires that rarely exceeds 15 cm in height. It was formerly placed in the genus Listera, but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Neottia nidus-avis, the Bird's-nest Orchid, evolved within the same group.
Cutler's goldenrod
Solidago leiocarpa, common name Cutler’s alpine goldenrod, or (in Québec) verge d’or de Cutler, is a plant species native to mountainous portions of Québec, northern New England, and northern New York State. It is generally found at elevations over 800 m (2400 feet).
Black Swallow-wort
Cynanchum louiseae, a species in the milkweed family, is also known as Black swallow-wort, Louise's swallow-wort., or Black dog-strangling vine,Cynanchum louiseae is a species of plant that is native to Europe and is found primarily in Italy, France, Portugal, and Spain. It is an invasive plant species in the northeastern United States, parts of the ...more ↓
Southern twayblade
Neottia bifolia (syn. Listera australis), the southern twayblade, is a species of terrestrial orchid found in eastern North America.
Ferns
Pteridophytes or Pteridophyta, in the broad interpretation of the term (or sensu lato), are vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce and disperse via spores. Because they produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are referred to as cryptogams. The group includes ferns, horsetails, clubmosses, spikemosses and quillworts. These do not form a monophyletic ...more ↓
black swallowwort
Cynanchum louiseae, a species in the milkweed family, is also known as Black swallow-wort, Louise's swallow-wort., or Black dog-strangling vine,Cynanchum louiseae is a species of plant that is native to Europe and is found primarily in Italy, France, Portugal, and Spain. It is an invasive plant species in the northeastern United States, parts of the ...more ↓
weft fern
Trichomanes intricatum is known as the weft fern. This is an unusual filmy fern that grows in rock shelters and crevices in the eastern United States, being known only from its gametophyte generation. It is a rare plant that is protected in several states.
