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21 Cards in this Set
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Nymphaeaceae
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Large, floating leaves
Showy flowers Massive rhizome Many stamen |
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Alismataceae
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Numerous simple pistils
Inflorescence often a raceme or panicle |
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Araceae
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Spathe and Spadix
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Lemnaceae
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Small floating plant with hanging roots
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Typhaceae
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"hot dog on a stick” more properly corn-dog
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Potamogetonaceae
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Flower parts often in 4s
Submerged and floating leaves often different Usually has large stipules |
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Aceraceae
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Woody trees
Opposite leaves Winged paired seed |
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Anacardiaceae
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Shrubs or vines
trifoliolate or pinnate leaves single seeded red or white fruits |
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Apiaceae
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Compound umbels
Usually hollow flower stalks (wash your hands) |
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Asteraceae
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Compound flowers in disk-like head (disk & ray flowers)
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Betulaceae
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trees or shrubs
with cone-like catkins or nuts with attached bracts |
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Brassicaceae
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4 petals
4 tall 2 short stamen |
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Cornaceae
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Woody trees, shrubs
Opposite or whorled leaves Fleshy fruit Showy bracts |
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Lamiaceae
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Square stalks
Opposite leaves Often aromatic Often flowers from leaf axis |
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Lythraceae
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Stamen twice as numerous as petals, in two series (short, tall)
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Polygonaceae
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Often pronounced jointed stem
Small flowers in clusters or spikes (triangular seeds) |
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Eriaceae
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Often bell shaped flowers
Often evergreen, in acid soils Often tough leathery leaves |
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Rosaceae
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5 petals, 5 sepals, numerous stamen
Serrate leaves often with pronounced stipules |
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Salicaceae
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Woody shrubs, trees
Catkins form many small capsules Leaves longer than wide |
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Urticaceae
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Often stinging hairs
Flowers string like clusters from leaf axis |
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Fabaceae
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generally 5-petals form distinctive banner and wings
pea-like pods compound leaves often pinnate and stipulate often forming root nodules |
