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trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
ferns & allies
grass-like
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
Kay Yatskievych and Paul Rothrock
Species Count: 315
Acoraceae
Altingiaceae
Anacardiaceae
Annonaceae
Apiaceae
Apocynaceae
Araceae
Araliaceae
Aristolochiaceae
Asparagaceae
Aspleniaceae
Asteraceae
Athyriaceae
Berberidaceae
Betulaceae
Boraginaceae
Brassicaceae
Campanulaceae
Caprifoliaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Celastraceae
Colchicaceae
Commelinaceae
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Cystopteridaceae
Dryopteridaceae
Elaeagnaceae
Equisetaceae
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Fagaceae
Geraniaceae
Grossulariaceae
Hamamelidaceae
Hydrangeaceae
Iridaceae
Juglandaceae
Juncaceae
Lamiaceae
Lauraceae
Liliaceae
Limnanthaceae
Lycopodiaceae
Magnoliaceae
Malvaceae
Melanthiaceae
Montiaceae
Moraceae
Onagraceae
Onocleaceae
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Orobanchaceae
Osmundaceae
Oxalidaceae
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Plantaginaceae
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Polemoniaceae
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Polygonaceae
Primulaceae
Pteridaceae
Ranunculaceae
Rosaceae
Rubiaceae
Salicaceae
Sapindaceae
Saxifragaceae
Smilacaceae
Staphyleaceae
Thelypteridaceae
Thymelaeaceae
Verbenaceae
Viburnaceae
Violaceae
Vitaceae