Massachusetts Plant Gallery

Massachusetts Vascular Plants

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The flora of Massachusetts embraces more than three thousand species of vascular plants including non-natives. Taxonomy in this view largely follows Massachusetts County Checklist of 2011. As of today, the gallery contains 36,208 photos of 2,095 taxa (species, subspecies, varieties, and hybrids) mostly from southeastern Massachusetts. Species flagged exotic and cultivated are excluded from the count, thus leaving 2,022 species from the flora of Massachusetts. However, this filtering is not applied to thumbnail views. In other words, links to genera and families may lead to photos of some exotic/cultivated taxa, for example, those previously erroneously included in the flora (such as exotic willows Salix pentandra or S. aurita).

Lycophytes — Clubmosses, Quillworts, Spikemosses (16 species, 209 images)

Isoetaceae 3 species

Lycopodiaceae 11 species

Selaginellaceae 2 species

Monilophytes — Ferns and Horsetails (51 species, 1,119 images) *

Aspleniaceae 3 species

Azollaceae 1 species

Blechnaceae 2 species

Dennstaedtiaceae 3 species

Dryopteridaceae 8 species

Equisetaceae 6 species

Marsileaceae 1 species

Onocleaceae 2 species

Ophioglossaceae 4 species

Osmundaceae 3 species

Polypodiaceae 2 species

Pteridaceae 1 species

Schizaeaceae 1 species

Thelypteridaceae 5 species

Woodsiaceae 9 species

Gymnosperms — Conifers (32 species, 959 images)

Cupressaceae 7 species

Pinaceae 22 species

Abies

balsamea — [Native] — 32 images

concolor — [Persistent] — 10 images

Cedrus

No species included in Massachusetts flora

Larix

decidua — [Introduced] — 18 images

laricina — [Native] — 15 images

Picea

abies — [Actually Invasive] — 55 images

glauca — [Introduced] — 32 images

mariana — [Native] — 36 images

pungens — [Persistent] — 12 images

rubens — [Native] — 22 images

Pinus

banksiana — [Persistent] — 12 images

mugo — [Persistent] — 3 images

nigra — [Introduced] — 13 images

resinosa — [WL] — 26 images

rigida — [Native] — 132 images

strobus — [Native] — 89 images

sylvestris — [Introduced] — 25 images

thunbergii — [Likely Invasive] — 23 images

Pseudotsuga

menziesii — [Introduced] — 25 images

menziesii ssp. glauca — [Persistent] — 15 images

Tsuga

canadensis — [Native] — 55 images

Taxaceae 3 species

Monocots (509 species, 7,553 images)

Acoraceae 2 species

Agavaceae 1 species

Alismataceae 8 species

Amaryllidaceae 18 species

Araceae 13 species

Arecaceae 1 species

Asparagaceae 2 species

Asphodelaceae 13 species

Colchicaceae 3 species

Commelinaceae 4 species

Cyperaceae 159 species

Eriocaulaceae 2 species

Haemodoraceae 1 species

Hydrocharitaceae 6 species

Hypoxidaceae 1 species

Iridaceae 18 species

Juncaceae 22 species

Juncaginaceae 1 species

Liliaceae 11 species

Melanthiaceae 8 species

Nartheciaceae 1 species

Orchidaceae 18 species

Poaceae 158 species

Pontederiaceae 2 species

Potamogetonaceae 12 species

Ruppiaceae 1 species

Ruscaceae 8 species

Scheuchzeriaceae 1 species

Smilacaceae 3 species

Typhaceae 6 species

Xyridaceae 4 species

Zosteraceae 1 species

Magnoliid Complex — Primitive Dicots (23 species, 494 images)

Aristolochiaceae 7 species

Cabombaceae 2 species

Calycanthaceae 1 species

Ceratophyllaceae 2 species

Lauraceae 2 species

Magnoliaceae 6 species

Nymphaeaceae 3 species

Eudicots (Tricolpates) — Advanced Dicots (1,464 species, 25,874 images) *

Actinidiaceae 1 species

Adoxaceae 17 species

Aizoaceae 1 species

Altingiaceae 1 species

Amaranthaceae 35 species

Anacardiaceae 10 species

Annonaceae 1 species

Apiaceae 32 species

Apocynaceae 18 species

Aquifoliaceae 8 species

Ilex

crenata — [Introduced] — 14 images

glabra — [Native] — 34 images

laevigata — [Native] — 19 images

montana — [E] — 31 images

mucronata — [Native] — 70 images

opaca — [Native] — 62 images

verticillata — [Native] — 55 images

Araliaceae 10 species

Asteraceae 206 species

Balsaminaceae 1 species

Berberidaceae 7 species

Betulaceae 20 species

Bignoniaceae 4 species

Boraginaceae 14 species

Brassicaceae 55 species

Buxaceae 3 species

Cactaceae 1 species

Campanulaceae 13 species

Cannabaceae 4 species

Caprifoliaceae 20 species

Caryophyllaceae 40 species

Celastraceae 8 species

Cercidiphyllaceae 1 species

Cistaceae 12 species

Cleomaceae 1 species

Clethraceae 1 species

Convolvulaceae 11 species

Cornaceae 12 species

Crassulaceae 10 species

Cucurbitaceae 5 species

Diapensiaceae 2 species

Droseraceae 4 species

Elaeagnaceae 2 species

Elatinaceae 1 species

Ericaceae 53 species

Euphorbiaceae 8 species

Fabaceae 75 species

Fagaceae 23 species

Castanea

dentata — [Native] — 60 images

mollissima — [Introduced] — 9 images

pumila — [No Current Records] — 11 images

Fagus

grandifolia — [Native] — 78 images

sylvatica — [Introduced] — 25 images

Quercus

alba — [Native] — 76 images

bicolor — [Native] — 63 images

cerris — [Introduced] — 24 images

coccinea — [Native] — 42 images

ilicifolia — [Native] — 94 images

marilandica — [Persistent] — 1 images

montana — [Native] — 37 images

muehlenbergii — [SC] — 1 images

palustris — [Introduced] — 31 images

prinoides — [Native] — 65 images

robur — [Introduced] — 20 images

rubra — [Native] — 61 images

stellata — [WL] — 12 images

velutina — [Native] — 52 images

×bimundorum — [Introduced] — 4 images

×saulii — [Native] — 13 images

×stelloides — [Native] — 2 images

Gentianaceae 9 species

Geraniaceae 7 species