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 36,686 photos of 2,132 taxa (species, subspecies, varieties, and hybrids) mostly from southeastern Massachusetts. Species flagged exotic and cultivated are excluded from the count, thus leaving 2,052 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).

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

Isoetaceae   3 taxa  
Lycopodiaceae   11 taxa  
Selaginellaceae   2 taxa  

Monilophytes [*] — Ferns and Horsetails (51 taxa, 1,120 images)

Aspleniaceae   3 taxa  
Azollaceae   1 taxon  
Blechnaceae   2 taxa  
Dennstaedtiaceae   3 taxa  
Dryopteridaceae   8 taxa  
Equisetaceae   6 taxa  
Marsileaceae   1 taxon  
Onocleaceae   2 taxa  
Ophioglossaceae   4 taxa  
Osmundaceae   3 taxa  
Polypodiaceae   2 taxa  
Pteridaceae   1 taxon  
Schizaeaceae   1 taxon  
Thelypteridaceae   5 taxa  
Woodsiaceae   9 taxa  

Gymnosperms — Conifers (32 taxa, 961 images)

Cupressaceae   7 taxa  
Pinaceae   22 taxa  
Taxaceae   3 taxa  

Monocots (512 taxa, 7,594 images)

Acoraceae   2 taxa  
Agavaceae   1 taxon  
Alismataceae   8 taxa  
Amaryllidaceae   18 taxa  
Araceae   13 taxa  
Arecaceae   1 taxon  
Asparagaceae   2 taxa  
Asphodelaceae   15 taxa  
Colchicaceae   3 taxa  
Commelinaceae   4 taxa  
Cyperaceae   159 taxa  
Eriocaulaceae   2 taxa  
Haemodoraceae   1 taxon  
Hydrocharitaceae   6 taxa  
Hypoxidaceae   1 taxon  
Iridaceae   18 taxa  
Juncaceae   22 taxa  
Juncaginaceae   1 taxon  
Liliaceae   11 taxa  
Melanthiaceae   8 taxa  
Nartheciaceae   1 taxon  
Orchidaceae   18 taxa  
Poaceae   159 taxa  
Pontederiaceae   2 taxa  
Potamogetonaceae   12 taxa  
Ruppiaceae   1 taxon  
Ruscaceae   8 taxa  
Scheuchzeriaceae   1 taxon  
Smilacaceae   3 taxa  
Typhaceae   6 taxa  
Xyridaceae   4 taxa  
Zosteraceae   1 taxon  

Magnoliid Complex — Primitive Dicots (24 taxa, 516 images)

Aristolochiaceae   7 taxa  
Cabombaceae   2 taxa  
Calycanthaceae   1 taxon  
Ceratophyllaceae   2 taxa  
Lauraceae   2 taxa  
Magnoliaceae   6 taxa  
Nymphaeaceae   4 taxa  

Eudicots (Tricolpates) * — Advanced Dicots (1,497 taxa, 26,286 images)

Actinidiaceae   1 taxon  
Adoxaceae   20 taxa  
Aizoaceae   1 taxon  
Altingiaceae   1 taxon  
Amaranthaceae   37 taxa  
Anacardiaceae   10 taxa  
Annonaceae   1 taxon  
Apiaceae   32 taxa  
Apocynaceae   18 taxa  
Aquifoliaceae   8 taxa  
Araliaceae   11 taxa  
Asteraceae   208 taxa  
Balsaminaceae   1 taxon  
Berberidaceae   7 taxa  
Betulaceae   20 taxa  
Bignoniaceae   4 taxa  
Boraginaceae   14 taxa  
Brassicaceae   57 taxa  
Buxaceae   3 taxa  
Cactaceae   1 taxon  
Campanulaceae   13 taxa  
Cannabaceae   4 taxa  
Caprifoliaceae   21 taxa  
Caryophyllaceae   41 taxa  
Celastraceae   8 taxa  
Cercidiphyllaceae   1 taxon  
Cistaceae   12 taxa  
Cleomaceae   1 taxon  
Clethraceae   1 taxon  
Convolvulaceae   11 taxa  
Cornaceae   13 taxa  
Crassulaceae   10 taxa  
Cucurbitaceae   5 taxa  
Diapensiaceae   2 taxa  
Droseraceae   4 taxa  
Ebenaceae   1 taxon  
Elaeagnaceae   2 taxa  
Elatinaceae   1 taxon  
Ericaceae   53 taxa