Plant Families

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Milky sap

Pinnate or palmate venation
Often hastate or saggitate leaves
3-merous: CA 3 distinct, CO 3 distinct, S 6-infinity, G 6-infinity (ring or sphere)
Achenes

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Alismataceae

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Swollen nodes, sheathing, often succulent

Flowers subtended by a folded spath; CA 3 greenish, CO 3 colorful, S 6 often with hairy filaments, may have reduced staminodes with modified anthers, G 1 pistil, 1 stigma, 3 locules
capsule

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Commelinaceae

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Bulb
Alternate usually basal leaves; sheathing
Umbel subtended by a spathe, tepals: 6, petaloid, not spotted; when connate, tubular to campanile
Stamens: 6, sometimes adnate to tepals
g: 1 pistil, 3 locules, 1 stigma capitate to 3-lobed
loculicidal capsule

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Alliaceae

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onion family

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Woody to some degree
Thick stems, fibrous, often spiny, persistent leaves in whirls or rosettes
6 tepals, usually petaloid
6 stamens
g: 1 pistil with 3; 1 style or stigma sessile
usually capsule or berry like

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Agavaceae

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Yucca family

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Somewhat succulent
small, actinomorphic flowers papery perianth, often white
stamens 3-5, opposite sepals
g - 1 pistil, 1 locule, 1 basal ovule, usually 2 stigmas
Achenes or utricle

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Amaranthaceae

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Small flowers with superior ovary, 3 merous
Fused perianth, looks like 1 whorl
6 petaloid tepals usually connate
6 stamens often adnate to tepals
1 pistil, 1 stigma, capitate to 3-lobed
berry or 3 angled, nut like

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Ruscaceae

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Shrubs or trees
Alt, simple leaves; Deciduous stipules
Dioecious
Catkins, each flower subtended by a small bracts; CA 1-3, either large basal glands or cup shaped disk, no evident perianth
1 to many distinct stamens
1 pistil with 1 locule
capsule with many comose seeds

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Salicaceae

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Tree, unisexual
Perianth reduced to 2 glands

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Salix

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Tree; unisexual
Perianth reduced to a disk

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Populus: Aspen, Cottonwood, Poplar

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Herb
Opposite simple leaves; swollen nodes
Actinomorphic 5-merous flower; ca5, co5 often bilobed, usually clawed. Petals are really modified stamens
S 5 or 10
G 1 pistil, 1 locule, 2-5 styles
capsule or achene

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Caryophyllaeae

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Alternate leaves, simple or compound, serrated
Actinomorphic, hypanthium, often cup shaped.
Ca5 often alternating with epicalyx lobes, partially connate
co5, distinct, clawed, around cup like hypanthium
s 10 - infinity
g - either many simple pistil or 1 or a few compound pistil

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Rosaceae

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Shrubs or trees
Simple scale, linear or awl liked leaves
Aromatic
Small, ovulate cones woody or fleshy, ovuliferous scales fused to bracts
Scales almost always opposite

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Cupressaceae

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cedar, sequoia, juniper

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Succulent stems, simple succulent or fleshy leaves
Actinomorphic; CA 4-5 distinct, CO 4-5 distinct or basally connate
s usually twice number of petals, free or basally adnate to corolla (usually when double, opposite stamens are adnate)
g 4-5 distinct simple pistils, often don't look distinct but can easily tease apart
follicles

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crassulaceae

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Herbs, simple leaves
Usually zygomorphic
CA 4 or 5 usually connate
Co 4 or 5 connate, bilabiate, usually 2 upper and 3 lower lobes
s epipetalous 2 or 4 didynamous, sometimes a staminode (5th sterile)
g 1 pistil 2 locules
entire stigma or 2 lobed
capsule

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plantaginaceae

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Herbaceous
Alt leaves or basal with palmate venation; often scape
Usually a short hypanthium; CA 4 or 5 free or connate, CO 4 or 5 clawed. many with dissected petals
4, 5 or 10 stamens, = or twice number of petals
2 or 5 connate carpels. usually fused basally with distinct upper ovaries, styles and stigmas.
capsule or follicles

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Saxifragaceae

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Herbs
Deeply dissected, divided, or compound leaves. Watery sap

Zygomorphic bisexuals flowers; CA 2 minute, CO 4 in 2 dissimilar sets: outer 2 with basal spur or sac, inner 2 connivent or connate at tips

stamens 6, diadelphous in 2 sets of 3
gynoecium 1 pistil

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Fumariaceae

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Often cordate leaf bases, often palmate venation
Zygomorphic, cleistogamous flowers; CA distinct 5, CO 5 lower petal often spurred or saccate; stamens 5 connivent or connate, anthers appressed to ovary
1 pistil

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Violaeae

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Herbs, alternate leaves, deeply divided or dissected
Opaque sap
Actinomorphic flowers, solitary
CA 2 or 3 caducous, CO 4, 6 or 8, often wrinkled petals
many distinct stamens
1 pistil

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Papaveraceae

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Usually alternate dissected or compound leaves, often with glandular hairs.
Actinomorphic, usually a scorpoid cyme or solitary; CA 5 distinct or basally connate. CO 5 connate
5 stamens, epipetalous often with a pair of scales where filaments join corolla
1 pistil with 1 (2) style branches. NOT 4 LOBED

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Hydrophyllaceae

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Usually alternate but sometime opposite leaves. simple, divided or compound. often foul smelling.
Actinomorphic; CA 5, connate, lobes usually green with hyaline margins, calyx tube usually hyaline between sepals. CO 5 connate,often salverform with slender tube
5 stamens, epipetalous often at different levels on corolla tube
1 pistil, 1 style with 3 branches

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Polemoniaceae

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fibrous leaf margins

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Yucca

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spiny leaf margins

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Agave

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Alternate leaves; simple and entire. Often hirsute with swollen based hairs.

Usually actinomorphic, usually a scorpioid cyme. CA5, sometimes fused into groups. CO5, connate; often with scales or appendages at mouth of corolla tube.

5 epipetalous stamens. 1 pistil, style with 2 branches or stigma lobes, ovary appears 4-lobed.

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Boraginaceae

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Herbs, shrubs, or woody vines. Opposite simple leaves.

Zygomorphic flowers, CA(4) 5, connate, CO(4) 5 connate, bilateral and often bilabial with 2 upper and 3 lower lobes OR 4 upper and 1 lower.

(4) 5 epipetalous stamens

elongated style, stigma capitate.

Flowers and fruits often in pairs.

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Caprifoliaceae

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z

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Campanulaceae

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Apocynaceae

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Malvaceae

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q

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Polygonaceae

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Montiaceae

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Iridaceae

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Araceae

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Orchidaceae

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Liliaceae

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Verbenaceae

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Grossulariaceae

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Ranunculaceae

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Magnoliaceae

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Berberidaceae

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Nymphaeaceae

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Pinaceae

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Fabaceae

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Mimosoideae

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Caesalpinioideae

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Papilioniodeae

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Apiaceae

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Euphorbiaceae

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Solanaceae

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Lamiaceae

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Asteraceae

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Brassicaceae

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Ericaceae

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Cactaceae

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Fagaceae

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Betulaceae

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Juncaceae

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Cyperaceae

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Poaceae

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Ephedraceae

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Onagraceae

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Pseudotsuga

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Tsuga

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Pinus

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Abies

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Picea

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Larix