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Plant
  habit
   trees
   shrubs
   vines / lianas
   herbaceous
   ferns & allies
   grass-like
   cactus-like / succulents
   aquatic & OBL wetland species
  special groups
   arums
   composites
   legumes
   milkweeds
   mints
   orchids
   spurges
   dicots
   monocots
  longevity
   annual or biennial
   perennial
  armature
   unarmed
   armed
  leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
   without marked odor
   clearly odiferous
Leaves
  arrangement/phyllotaxy
   basal
   alternate
   opposite
   whorled
   fascicled/clustered along stem
  blade division
   all simple
   deeply lobed or divided
   some or all fully compound
Inflorescence
  flowering season - upper Midwest
   spring
   summer
   fall
Flower
  principal flower color
   white or cream
   purple
   blue
   green
   yellow
   orange
   red
   pink
   brown
   inconspicuous
  ovaries/pistils per flower
   1
   2-5
   more than 5
Fruit or Cone
  fruit consistency at maturity
   dry/leathery
   fleshy

NICHES Land Trust: Master Species List

Bob Easter, Paul Rothrock
Species Count: 1068

Acanthaceae

Alismataceae

Amaranthaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Anacardiaceae

Annonaceae

Apiaceae

Apocynaceae

Aquifoliaceae

Araceae

Araliaceae

Aristolochiaceae

Asparagaceae

Asphodelaceae

Aspleniaceae

Asteraceae

Athyriaceae

Balsaminaceae

Berberidaceae

Betulaceae

Bignoniaceae

Boraginaceae

Brassicaceae

Cactaceae

Campanulaceae

Cannabaceae

Caprifoliaceae

Caryophyllaceae

Celastraceae

Cistaceae

Cleomaceae

Colchicaceae

Commelinaceae

Convolvulaceae

Cornaceae

Crassulaceae

Cucurbitaceae

Cupressaceae

Cyperaceae

Cystopteridaceae

Dennstaedtiaceae

Dioscoreaceae

Dryopteridaceae

Elaeagnaceae

Equisetaceae

Ericaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Fagaceae

Gentianaceae

Geraniaceae

Grossulariaceae

Hamamelidaceae

Hydrangeaceae

Hydrocharitaceae

Hymenophyllaceae

Hypericaceae

Hypoxidaceae

Iridaceae

Juglandaceae

Juncaceae

Lamiaceae

Lauraceae

Liliaceae

Limnanthaceae

Linaceae

Linderniaceae

Lycopodiaceae

Lythraceae

Magnoliaceae

Malvaceae

Melanthiaceae

Menispermaceae

Molluginaceae

Montiaceae

Moraceae

Myricaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Nyssaceae

Oleaceae

Onagraceae

Onocleaceae

Ophioglossaceae

Orchidaceae

Orobanchaceae

Osmundaceae

Oxalidaceae

Papaveraceae

Passifloraceae

Penthoraceae

Phrymaceae

Phytolaccaceae

Pinaceae

Plantaginaceae

Platanaceae

Poaceae

Polemoniaceae

Polygalaceae

Polygonaceae

Polypodiaceae

Primulaceae

Pteridaceae

Ranunculaceae

Rhamnaceae

Rosaceae

Rubiaceae

Rutaceae

Salicaceae

Santalaceae

Sapindaceae

Saururaceae

Saxifragaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Selaginellaceae

Simaroubaceae

Smilacaceae

Solanaceae

Staphyleaceae

Thelypteridaceae

Thymelaeaceae

Typhaceae

Ulmaceae

Urticaceae

Verbenaceae

Viburnaceae

Violaceae

Vitaceae

Woodsiaceae