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Paeoniaceae

Paeonia brownii — western peony

Pallaviciniaceae

Moerckia blyttii
Moerckia hibernica

Pallavicinia lyellii — pallavicinia

Papaveraceae

Meconella oregana — white meconella
Papaver alboroseum — pale poppy
Papaver alpinum — dwarf poppy
Papaver dahlianum — polar poppy
Papaver gorodkovii — Russian poppy
Papaver lapponicum — Lapland poppy
Papaver macounii — Macoun's poppy

Papaver mcconnellii — McConnell's poppy
Papaver nudicaule — Icelandic poppy
Papaver pygmaeum — alpine glacier poppy
Papaver radicatum — Arctic poppy
Papaver walpolei — Walpole's poppy
Sanguinaria canadensis — bloodroot
Stylophorum diphyllum — celandine poppy

Pelliaceae

Pellia endiviifolia
Pellia epiphylla — common pellia

Pellia neesiana

Phytolaccaceae

Phytolacca americana — common pokeweed

Pinaceae

Abies amabilis — Pacific silver fir
Abies balsamea — balsam fir
Abies grandis — grand fir
Abies lasiocarpa — subalpine fir
Abies x phanerolepis
Larix laricina — tamarack
Larix lyallii — subalpine larch
Larix occidentalis — western larch
Picea engelmannii — Engelmann's spruce
Picea glauca — white spruce
Picea mariana — black spruce
Picea rubens — red spruce
Picea sitchensis — Sitka spruce
Picea x lutzii
Pinus albicaulis — whitebark pine

Pinus banksiana — jack pine
Pinus contorta — lodgepole pine
Pinus flexilis — limber pine
Pinus monticola — western white pine
Pinus ponderosa — ponderosa pine
Pinus resinosa — red pine
Pinus rigida — pitch pine
Pinus strobus — eastern white pine
Pinus x murraybanksiana
Pseudotsuga menziesii — Douglas-fir
Tsuga canadensis — eastern hemlock
Tsuga heterophylla — western hemlock
Tsuga mertensiana — mountain hemlock

Plagiochilaceae

Pedinophyllum interruptum
Plagiochila arctica
Plagiochila asplenioides
Plagiochila austinii

Plagiochila porelloides
Plagiochila satoi
Plagiochila schoefieldiana
Plagiochila semidecurrens

Plagiotheciaceae

Plagiothecium berggrenianum
Plagiothecium cavifolium
Plagiothecium denticulatum
Plagiothecium laetum

Plagiothecium latebricola — lurking leskea
Plagiothecium piliferum
Plagiothecium undulatum

Plantaginaceae

Littorella uniflora — American shoregrass
Plantago bigelovii — Bigelow's plantain
Plantago canescens — hairy plantain
Plantago cordata — heartleaf plantain
Plantago elongata — slender plantain
Plantago eriopoda — saline plantain

Plantago macrocarpa — Alaska plantain
Plantago maritima — seaside plantain
Plantago patagonica — woolly plantain
Plantago rugelii — blackseed plantain
Plantago tweedyi — Tweedy's plantain

Pleuroziaceae

Pleurozia purpurea

Pleuroziopsidaceae

Pleuroziopsis ruthenica

Plumbaginaceae

Armeria maritima — western thrift

Limonium carolinianum — sea-lavender

Poaceae

Achnatherum hymenoides — Indian mountain-ricegrass
Achnatherum lemmonii — Lemmon's needlegrass
Achnatherum nelsonii — Nelson's needlegrass
Achnatherum occidentale — western needlegrass
Achnatherum richardsonii — Canada mountain-ricegrass
Agrostis aequivalvis — northern bentgrass
Agrostis alascana — Alaska bentgrass
Agrostis clavata — clubbed bentgrass
Agrostis diegoensis — leafy bentgrass
Agrostis exarata — spike bentgrass
Agrostis geminata — hairgrass
Agrostis humilis — mountain bentgrass
Agrostis hyemalis — winter bentgrass
Agrostis idahoensis — Idaho bentgrass
Agrostis mertensii — Arctic bentgrass
Agrostis microphylla — small-leaf bentgrass
Agrostis oregonensis — Oregon bentgrass
Agrostis pallens — seashore bentgrass
Agrostis perennans — perennial bentgrass
Agrostis scabra — rough bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera — creeping bentgrass
Agrostis thurberiana — Thurber's bentgrass
Agrostis variabilis — variable bentgrass
Alopecurus aequalis — shortawn foxtail
Alopecurus alpinus — mountain foxtail
Alopecurus carolinianus — tufted foxtail
Ammophila breviligulata — American beachgrass
Andropogon gerardi — big bluestem
Andropogon hallii — sand bluestem
Andropogon virginicus — common broom-sedge
Arctagrostis latifolia — broadleaf arctagrostis
Arctophila fulva — pendant-grass
Aristida basiramea — forked three-awn grass
Aristida dichotoma — Shinner's three-awn grass
Aristida longespica — slimspike three-awn grass
Aristida purpurascens — purple needlegrass
Aristida purpurea — purple three-awn grass
Beckmannia syzigachne — American sloughgrass
Bouteloua curtipendula — side-oats gramma
Bouteloua gracilis — blue gramma
Bouteloua hirsuta — hairy gramma
Brachyelytrum erectum — bearded shorthusk
Brachyelytrum septentrionale — northern shorthusk
Bromus anomalus — nodding brome
Bromus carinatus — California brome
Bromus ciliatus — fringed brome
Bromus inermis — awnless brome
Bromus kalmii — wild chess
Bromus latiglumis — broad-glumed brome
Bromus nottowayanus — Nottoway brome
Bromus pacificus — Pacific brome
Bromus porteri — Porter's chess
Bromus pubescens — hairy wood brome
Bromus sitchensis — Alaska brome
Bromus vulgaris — narrow-flowered brome
Buchloe dactyloides — buffalo grass
Calamagrostis canadensis — bluejoint reedgrass
Calamagrostis coarctata — Nuttall's reedgrass
Calamagrostis deschampsioides — circumpolar small-reedgrass
Calamagrostis holmii — Holm's small-reedgrass
Calamagrostis lapponica — Lapland reedgrass
Calamagrostis montanensis — plains reedgrass
Calamagrostis nutkaensis — Pacific small-reedgrass
Calamagrostis pickeringii — Pickering's reed bentgrass
Calamagrostis purpurascens — purple reedgrass
Calamagrostis rubescens — pine reedgrass
Calamagrostis sesquiflora — one-and-a-half-flower small-reedgrass
Calamagrostis stricta — slimstem small-reedgrass
Calamovilfa longifolia — sand reedgrass
Catabrosa aquatica — brook grass
Cenchrus longispinus — longspine sandbur
Chasmanthium latifolium — Indian sea-oats
Cinna arundinacea — stout wood reedgrass
Cinna latifolia — slender wood reedgrass
Coleanthus subtilis — moss grass
Danthonia californica — California oatgrass
Danthonia compressa — flattened oatgrass
Danthonia intermedia — Vasey's oatgrass
Danthonia parryi — Parry's oatgrass
Danthonia spicata — poverty oatgrass
Danthonia unispicata — few-flowered oatgrass
Deschampsia alpina — alpine hairgrass
Deschampsia beringensis — Bering hairgrass
Deschampsia brevifolia — shortleaf hairgrass
Deschampsia caespitosa — tufted hairgrass
Deschampsia danthonioides — annual hairgrass
Deschampsia elongata — slender hairgrass
Deschampsia flexuosa — wavy hairgrass
Deschampsia holciformis — Pacific hairgrass
Deschampsia mackenzieana — MacKenzie's hairgrass
Diarrhena americana — American beakgrain
Diarrhena obovata — beak grass
Dichanthelium acuminatum — tapered rosette grass
Dichanthelium boreale — northern witchgrass
Dichanthelium boscii — Bosc's witchgrass
Dichanthelium clandestinum — deer-tongue witchgrass
Dichanthelium depauperatum — starved witchgrass
Dichanthelium dichotomum — cypress witchgrass
Dichanthelium latifolium — broadleaf witchgrass
Dichanthelium leibergii — Leiberg's rosette grass
Dichanthelium leucothrix — roughish witchgrass
Dichanthelium linearifolium — slimleaf witchgrass
Dichanthelium longiligulatum — coastal plain witchgrass
Dichanthelium meridionale — matting witchgrass
Dichanthelium oligosanthes — Heller's witchgrass
Dichanthelium ovale — egg-leaf witchgrass
Dichanthelium sabulorum — hemlock witchgrass
Dichanthelium scabriusculum — woolly witchgrass
Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon — roundfruit panicgrass
Dichanthelium spretum — Eaton's witchgrass
Dichanthelium villosissimum — whitehair witchgrass
Dichanthelium wilcoxianum — Wilcox' panicgrass
Dichanthelium xanthophysum — slender dichanthelium
Digitaria cognata — mountain hairgrass
Distichlis spicata — seashore saltgrass
Dupontia fisheri — Fisher's dupontia
Echinochloa muricata — rough barnyard grass
Echinochloa walteri — Walter's barnyard grass
Elymus alaskanus — Alaska wild rye
Elymus albicans — Montana wild rye
Elymus calderi — Calder's wild rye
Elymus canadensis — nodding wild rye
Elymus diversiglumis — interrupted wild rye
Elymus elymoides — bottlebrush squirrel-tail
Elymus glaucus — smooth wild rye
Elymus hirsutus — boreal wild rye
Elymus hystrix — bottlebrush grass
Elymus lanceolatus — streamside wild rye
Elymus macrourus — thickspike wild rye
Elymus riparius — river wild rye
Elymus scribneri — Scribner's wild rye
Elymus sibiricus — Siberian wild rye
Elymus submuticus — wild rye
Elymus trachycaulus — slender wild rye
Elymus villosus — hairy wild rye
Elymus virginicus — Virginia wild rye
Elymus vulpinus — Rydberg's wild rye
Elymus wiegandii — Wiegand's wild rye
Elymus x dorei — Dore's wild rye
Elymus x ebingeri — Ebinger's wild rye
Elymus x hansenii — Hansen's wild rye
Elymus x maltei — Malte's wild rye
Elymus x mossii — Moss' wild rye
Elymus x palmerensis — Palmer's wild rye
Elymus x pseudorepens — quackgrass
Eragrostis capillaris — tiny lovegrass
Eragrostis frankii — Frank's lovegrass
Eragrostis hypnoides — teal lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea — purple lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis — purple lovegrass
Festuca altaica — rough fescue
Festuca baffinensis — Baffin fescue
Festuca brachyphylla — shortleaf fescue
Festuca brevissima — Alaska fescue
Festuca campestris — blue rough fescue
Festuca edlundiae — Arctic festuca
Festuca frederikseniae — North Atlantic fescue
Festuca hallii — Hall's rough fescue
Festuca heteromalla — spreading fescue
Festuca hyperborea — boreal fescue
Festuca idahoensis — Idaho fescue
Festuca lenensis — tundra fescue
Festuca minutiflora — smallflower fescue
Festuca occidentalis — western fescue
Festuca richardsonii — Richardson's fescue
Festuca rubra — red fescue
Festuca saximontana — Rocky Mountain fescue
Festuca subulata — nodding fescue
Festuca subuliflora — crinkle-awn fescue
Festuca subverticillata — nodding fescue
Festuca viridula — mountain fescue
Festuca viviparoidea — northern fescue
Glyceria borealis — small floating mannagrass
Glyceria canadensis — Canada mannagrass
Glyceria elata — tall mannagrass
Glyceria grandis — American mannagrass
Glyceria laxa — northern mannagrass
Glyceria leptostachya — slimhead mannagrass
Glyceria melicaria — slender mannagrass
Glyceria obtusa — blunt mannagrass

Glyceria occidentalis — northwestern mannagrass
Glyceria pulchella — MacKenzie Valley mannagrass
Glyceria septentrionalis — floating mannagrass
Glyceria striata — fowl mannagrass
Glyceria x gatineauensis — Gatineau mannagrass
Helictotrichon hookeri — spike-oat
Hesperostipa comata — needle-and-thread
Hesperostipa curtiseta — western porcupine grass
Hesperostipa spartea — porcupine needlegrass
Hierochloe alpina — alpine sweet grass
Hierochloe hirta — northern sweet grass
Hierochloe odorata — vanilla grass
Hierochloe pauciflora — Arctic sweet grass
Hordeum brachyantherum — meadow barley
Hordeum jubatum — foxtail barley
Hordeum pusillum — little barley
Koeleria asiatica — Oriental junegrass
Koeleria macrantha — prairie junegrass
Leersia oryzoides — rice cutgrass
Leersia virginica — Virginia cutgrass
Leymus cinereus — Great Basin lyme grass
Leymus innovatus — northwestern wildrye
Leymus mollis — sea lyme grass
Leymus triticoides — beardless lyme grass
Leymus x vancouverensis — Vancouver Island lyme grass
Melica bulbosa — western melicgrass
Melica fugax — small melicgrass
Melica harfordii — Harford's melicgrass
Melica hitchcockii — Alberta melicgrass
Melica smithii — Smith's melicgrass
Melica spectabilis — showy melicgrass
Melica subulata — Alaska onion grass
Milium effusum — tall millet grass
Monroa squarrosa — munro grass
Muhlenbergia andina — foxtail muhly
Muhlenbergia asperifolia — alkali muhly
Muhlenbergia cuspidata — plains mühlenbergia
Muhlenbergia filiformis — Pullup muhly
Muhlenbergia frondosa — wirestem muhly
Muhlenbergia glomerata — marsh muhly
Muhlenbergia mexicana — Mexican muhly
Muhlenbergia racemosa — green muhly
Muhlenbergia richardsonis — softleaf muhly
Muhlenbergia schreberi — Schreiber's muhly
Muhlenbergia sobolifera — cliff muhly
Muhlenbergia sylvatica — woodland muhly
Muhlenbergia tenuiflora — slender muhly
Muhlenbergia uniflora — fall dropseed muhly
Nassella viridula — green needlegrass
Oryzopsis asperifolia — white-grained mountain-ricegrass
Panicum capillare — old witch panicgrass
Panicum dichotomiflorum — spreading panicgrass
Panicum flexile — wiry witch grass
Panicum gattingeri — Gattinger's panicgrass
Panicum philadelphicum — Philadelphia panicgrass
Panicum rigidulum — redtop panicgrass
Panicum virgatum — old switch panicgrass
Pascopyrum smithii — western wheatgrass
Paspalum setaceum — slender paspalum
Phalaris arundinacea — reed canarygrass
Phippsia algida — ice grass
Phippsia concinna — snow grass
Phleum alpinum — mountain timothy
Phragmites australis — common reed
Piptatherum canadense — Canada mountain ricegrass
Piptatherum exiguum — little ricegrass
Piptatherum micranthum — little mountain-ricegrass
Piptatherum pungens — slender mountain-ricegrass
Piptatherum racemosum — blackfruit mountain-ricegrass
Piptochaetium avenaceum — blackseed needlegrass
Pleuropogon refractus — nodding false semaphore grass
Pleuropogon sabinei — sabine-grass
Poa abbreviata — northern bluegrass
Poa alpina — alpine bluegrass
Poa alsodes — grove meadow grass
Poa arctica — Arctic bluegrass
Poa arida — prairie bluegrass
Poa confinis — dune bluegrass
Poa cusickii — Cusick's bluegrass
Poa eminens — largeflower bluegrass
Poa fendleriana — muttongrass
Poa flexuosa — flexible bluegrass
Poa gaspensis — Gaspé Peninsula bluegrass
Poa glauca — white bluegrass
Poa hartzii — Hartz' bluegrass
Poa howellii — Howell's bluegrass
Poa interior — inland bluegrass
Poa laxa — Mt. Washington bluegrass
Poa laxiflora — loose-flowered bluegrass
Poa leibergii — Leiberg's bluegrass
Poa leptocoma — bog bluegrass
Poa lettermanii — Letterman's bluegrass
Poa macrantha — sand-dune bluegrass
Poa marcida — weak bluegrass
Poa nemoralis — woods bluegrass
Poa nervosa — Hooker's bluegrass
Poa palustris — fowl bluegrass
Poa porsildii — Porsild's bluegrass
Poa pratensis — Kentucky bluegrass
Poa pseudoabbreviata — polar bluegrass
Poa reflexa — nodding bluegrass
Poa saltuensis — drooping bluegrass
Poa secunda — curly bluegrass
Poa stenantha — narrowflower bluegrass
Poa suksdorfii — western bluegrass
Poa sylvestris — woodland bluegrass
Poa tolmatchewii — Tolmatchew's bluegrass
Poa wheeleri Wheeler's bluegrass
Poa x limosa — Lassen County bluegrass
Pseudoroegneria spicata — Bluebunch wheatgrass
Puccinellia agrostidea — tundra alkali grass
Puccinellia ambigua — Alberton alkali grass
Puccinellia americana — American alkali grass
Puccinellia andersonii — Anderson's alkali grass
Puccinellia angustata — northern alkali grass
Puccinellia arctica — Arctic alkali grass
Puccinellia bruggemannii — Prince Patrick alkali grass
Puccinellia deschampsioides — polar alkali grass
Puccinellia distans — spreading alkali grass
Puccinellia fasciculata — saltmarsh goosegrass
Puccinellia grandis — Pacific alkali grass
Puccinellia interior — inland alkali grass
Puccinellia kurilensis — dwarf alkali grass
Puccinellia laurentiana — Tracadigash Mountain alkali grass
Puccinellia lemmonii — Lemmon's alkali grass
Puccinellia lucida — shining alkali grass
Puccinellia macra — Bonaventure Island alkali grass
Puccinellia nutkaensis — Alaska alkali grass
Puccinellia nuttalliana — Nuttall's alkali grass
Puccinellia phryganodes — creeping alkali grass
Puccinellia poacea — floodplain alkali grass
Puccinellia tenella — tundra alkali grass
Puccinellia vaginata — Arctic tussock alkali grass
Puccinellia vahliana — Vahl's alkali grass
Schedonnardus paniculatus — tumble grass
Schizachne purpurascens — purple oat
Schizachyrium scoparium — little bluestem
Scolochloa festucacea — sprangletop
Sorghastrum nutans — yellow Indiangrass
Spartina alterniflora — saltwater cordgrass
Spartina gracilis — alkali cordgrass
Spartina patens — saltmeadow cordgrass
Spartina pectinata — freshwater cordgrass
Spartina x caespitosa — marsh cordgrass
Sphenopholis intermedia — slender wedgescale
Sphenopholis nitida — shiny wedgegrass
Sphenopholis obtusata — prairie wedgegrass
Sporobolus airoides — alkali sacaton
Sporobolus compositus — tall dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus — sand dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis — northern dropseed
Sporobolus neglectus — small dropseed
Sporobolus vaginiflorus — sheathed dropseed
Torreyochloa pallida — pale manna grass
Triplasis purpurea — purple sandgrass
Trisetum canescens — nodding trisetum
Trisetum melicoides — purple false oats
Trisetum montanum — mountain oats
Trisetum sibiricum — Siberian false oats
Trisetum spicatum — narrow false oats
Trisetum wolfii — beardless oats
Vahlodea atropurpurea — mountain hairgrass
Vulpia microstachys — small six-weeks grass
Vulpia octoflora — slender eight-flowered fescue
Zizania aquatica — eastern wild rice
Zizania palustris — northern wild rice
x Agroelymus bowdenii
x Dupoa labradorica
x Elyhordeum chatangensis
x Elyhordeum macounii
x Elyhordeum montanense
x Elyhordeum schaackianum
x Elyleymus colvillensis
x Elyleymus hirtiflorus
x Elyleymus jamesensis
x Elyleymus turneri
x Elyleymus uclueletensis
x Elyleymus ungavensis
x Pucciphippsia vacillans

Podostemaceae

Podostemum ceratophyllum — threadfoot

Polemoniaceae

Collomia grandiflora — largeflower collomia
Collomia heterophylla — varied-leaved collomia
Collomia linearis — narrow-leaved collomia
Collomia tenella — diffuse collomia
Gilia sinuata — rosy gilia
Gilia tenerrima — delicate gilia
Ipomopsis aggregata — scarlet skyrocket
Ipomopsis minutiflora — smallflower standing-cypress
Leptodactylon pungens — granite prickly-phlox
Linanthus bicolor — bicoloured desert-gold
Linanthus harknessii — harkness linanthus
Linanthus septentrionalis — northern desert-gold
Navarretia divaricata — mountain navarretia
Navarretia intertexta — needleleaf navarretia
Navarretia leucocephala — whiteflower navarretia
Navarretia squarrosa — skunkweed
Phlox alyssifolia — alyssum-leaf phlox
Phlox caespitosa — carpet phlox

Phlox diffusa — spreading phlox
Phlox divaricata — wild blue phlox
Phlox gracilis — slender phlox
Phlox hoodii — Hood's phlox
Phlox longifolia — longleaf phlox
Phlox maculata — northern meadow phlox
Phlox richardsonii — Richardson's phlox
Phlox sibirica — Siberian phlox
Phlox speciosa — showy phlox
Polemonium acutiflorum — tall Jacob's-ladder
Polemonium boreale — northern Jacob's-ladder
Polemonium californicum — California polemonium
Polemonium elegans — elegant polemonium
Polemonium micranthum — annual polemonium
Polemonium occidentale — western Jacob's-ladder
Polemonium pulcherrimum — showy Jacob's-ladder
Polemonium vanbruntiae — bog Jacob's-ladder
Polemonium viscosum — skunk polemonium

Polygalaceae

Polygala alba — white milkwort
Polygala incarnata — pink milkwort
Polygala paucifolia — gaywing milkwort
Polygala polygama — racemed milkwort

Polygala sanguinea — field milkwort
Polygala senega — Seneca snakeroot
Polygala verticillata — whorled milkwort

Polygonaceae

Eriogonum androsaceum — rock-jasmine wild buckwheat
Eriogonum cernuum — nodding wild buckwheat
Eriogonum flavum — yellow wild buckwheat
Eriogonum heracleoides — parsnip-flower wild buckwheat
Eriogonum niveum — snow wild buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium — oval-leaf buckwheat
Eriogonum pauciflorum — smallflower wild buckwheat
Eriogonum pyrolifolium — pyrola-leaved wild buckwheat
Eriogonum strictum — blue mountain wild buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum — sulphur-flower wild buckwheat
Koenigia islandica — island kœnigia
Oxyria digyna — mountain-sorrel
Polygonella articulata — eastern jointweed
Polygonum achoreum — leathery knotweed
Polygonum alpinum — alpine smartweed
Polygonum amphibium — water smartweed
Polygonum arifolium — halberd-leaf tearthumb
Polygonum bellardii — narrowleaf knotweed
Polygonum bistorta — meadow bistort
Polygonum bistortoides — American bistort
Polygonum boreale — northern knotweed
Polygonum buxiforme — Small's knotweed
Polygonum careyi — Carey's smartweed
Polygonum caurianum — Alaska knotweed
Polygonum ciliinode — fringed black-bindweed
Polygonum douglasii — Douglas' knotweed
Polygonum erectum — erect knotweed
Polygonum fowleri — Fowler's knotweed
Polygonum franktonii — Nova Scotia knotweed
Polygonum hudsonianum — Hudson Bay knotweed
Polygonum hydropiper — marshpepper smartweed

Polygonum hydropiperoides — mild water-pepper
Polygonum lapathifolium — dockleaf smartweed
Polygonum minimum — leafy dwarf knotweed
Polygonum oxyspermum — sharpfruit knotweed
Polygonum paronychia — beach knotweed
Polygonum pensylvanicum — Pennsylvania smartweed
Polygonum polygaloides — white-margin knotweed
Polygonum punctatum — dotted smartweed
Polygonum raii — Ray's knotweed
Polygonum ramosissimum — bushy knotweed
Polygonum robustius — stout smartweed
Polygonum sagittatum — arrowleaf tearthumb
Polygonum scandens — climbing false buckwheat
Polygonum tenue — slender knotweed
Polygonum virginianum — Virginia knotweed
Polygonum viviparum — viviparous knotweed
Rumex acetosa — garden sorrel
Rumex altissimus — tall dock
Rumex aquaticus — western dock
Rumex arcticus — Arctic dock
Rumex beringensis — Bering Sea dock
Rumex maritimus — seaside dock
Rumex occidentalis
Rumex orbiculatus — water dock
Rumex pallidus — seabeach dock
Rumex paucifolius — alpine sheep sorrel
Rumex salicifolius — willow dock
Rumex venosus — veined dock
Rumex verticillatus — swamp dock
Rumex x alexidis
Rumex x franktonis — Frankton's dock

Polypodiaceae

Polypodium amorphum — irregular polypody
Polypodium appalachianum — Appalachian rockcap fern
Polypodium glycyrrhiza — licorice fern
Polypodium hesperium — western polypody

Polypodium scouleri — coast polypody
Polypodium sibiricum — Siberian polypody
Polypodium virginianum — rock polypody
Polypodium x incognitum

Polytrichaceae

Atrichum altecristatum
Atrichum angustatum
Atrichum crispum
Atrichum haussknechtii
Atrichum oerstedianum
Atrichum selwynii
Atrichum tenellum
Atrichum undulatum — wavy catherinea
Bartramiopsis lescurii
Oligotrichum aligerum
Oligotrichum falcatum
Oligotrichum hercynicum
Oligotrichum parallelum
Pogonatum brachyphyllum — haircap
Pogonatum contortum
Pogonatum dentatum — haircap
Pogonatum pensilvanicum

Pogonatum urnigerum — haircap
Polytrichastrum alpinum — alpine polytrichastrum moss
Polytrichum commune — common haircap moss
Polytrichum formosum
Polytrichum hyperboreum
Polytrichum juniperinum — juniper moss
Polytrichum longisetum — haircap
Polytrichum lyallii
Polytrichum ohioense
Polytrichum pallidisetum
Polytrichum piliferum — hairmoss
Polytrichum sexangulare
Polytrichum sphaerothecium
Polytrichum strictum — bog haircap moss
Polytrichum swartzii
Psilopilum cavifolium
Psilopilum laevigatum

Pontederiaceae

Heteranthera dubia — grassleaf mud-plantain

Pontederia cordata — pickerelweed

Porellaceae

Porella cordaeana
Porella navicularis
Porella pinnata

Porella platyphylla
Porella platyphylloidea
Porella roellii

Portulacaceae

Calandrinia ciliata — red maids
Cistanthe tweedyi — Tweedy's bitterroot
Cistanthe umbellata — Mount Hood pussy-paws
Claytonia caroliniana — Carolina spring-beauty
Claytonia cordifolia — heartleaf spring-beauty
Claytonia exigua — serpentine spring-beauty
Claytonia lanceolata — lanceleaf spring-beauty
Claytonia megarhiza — alpine spring-beauty
Claytonia ogilviensis — Ogilve Mountain spring-beauty
Claytonia parviflora — littleflower spring-beauty
Claytonia perfoliata — miner's-lettuce
Claytonia rubra — redstem spring-beauty
Claytonia sarmentosa — Alaska spring-beauty
Claytonia scammaniana — Scamman's spring-beauty
Claytonia sibirica — Siberian spring-beauty
Claytonia tuberosa — tuber spring-beauty

Claytonia virginica — narrowleaf spring-beauty
Claytonia washingtoniana — Washington spring-beauty
Lewisia columbiana — Columbian bitterroot
Lewisia pygmaea — alpine bitterroot
Lewisia rediviva — Oregon bitterroot
Lewisia triphylla — three-leaf bitterroot
Montia bostockii — Bostock's miner's-lettuce
Montia chamissoi — Chamisso's miner's-lettuce
Montia dichotoma — dwarf miner's-lettuce
Montia diffusa — diffuse montia
Montia fontana — fountain miner's-lettuce
Montia howellii — Howell's miner's-lettuce
Montia linearis — linearleaf miner's-lettuce
Montia parvifolia — littleleaf miner's-lettuce
Talinum sediforme — Okanogan flameflower

Potamogetonaceae

Potamogeton alpinus — northern pondweed
Potamogeton amplifolius — largeleaf pondweed
Potamogeton bicupulatus — snail-seed pondweed
Potamogeton compressus — flatstem pondweed
Potamogeton confervoides — algæ-like pondweed
Potamogeton epihydrus — Nuttall's pondweed
Potamogeton filiformis — slender pondweed
Potamogeton foliosus — leafy pondweed
Potamogeton friesii — Fries' pondweed
Potamogeton gramineus — grassy pondweed
Potamogeton hillii — Hill's pondweed
Potamogeton illinoensis — Illinois pondweed
Potamogeton methyensis — Methy Lake pondweed
Potamogeton natans — floating pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus — longleaf pondweed
Potamogeton oakesianus — Oakes' pondweed
Potamogeton oblongus — cinnamon-spot pondweed
Potamogeton obtusifolius — bluntleaf pondweed
Potamogeton ogdenii — Ogden's pondweed
Potamogeton pectinatus — Sago pondweed
Potamogeton perfoliatus — claspingleaf pondweed
Potamogeton praelongus — whitestem pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher — spotted pondweed

Potamogeton pusillus — slender pondweed
Potamogeton richardsonii — redheadgrass
Potamogeton robbinsii — flatleaf pondweed
Potamogeton spirillus — spiral pondweed
Potamogeton strictifolius — straightleaf pondweed
Potamogeton subsibiricus — Yenisei River pondweed
Potamogeton vaginatus — sheathed pondweed
Potamogeton vaseyi — Vasey's pondweed
Potamogeton x faxonii — Faxon's pondweed
Potamogeton x griffithii — Griffith's pondweed
Potamogeton x hagstroemii — Hagstrøm's pondweed
Potamogeton x haynesii — Haynes' pondweed
Potamogeton x nericus
Potamogeton x nitens
Potamogeton x saxonicus — Saxon pondweed
Potamogeton x schreberi — Schreiber's pondweed
Potamogeton x scoliophyllus
Potamogeton x sparganiifolius
Potamogeton x spathuliformis
Potamogeton x suecicus

Pottiaceae

Acaulon muticum
Acaulon triquetrum
Aloina bifrons
Aloina brevirostris
Aloina rigida
Anoectangium aestivum
Anoectangium tenuinerve
Astomum muehlenbergianum
Astomum phascoides
Barbula amplexifolia
Barbula convoluta
Barbula coreensis
Barbula eustegia
Barbula indica
Barbula unguiculata
Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum
Bryoerythrophyllum ferruginascens
Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostre
Crossidium aberrans
Crossidium seriatum
Crumia latifolia
Desmatodon cernuus
Desmatodon convolutus
Desmatodon guepinii
Desmatodon heimii
Desmatodon latifolius
Desmatodon laureri
Desmatodon leucostoma
Desmatodon obtusifolius
Desmatodon porteri
Desmatodon randii
Desmatodon systylius
Didymodon asperifolius
Didymodon fallax
Didymodon johansenii
Didymodon leskeoides
Didymodon michiganensis
Didymodon nevadensis
Didymodon nigrescens
Didymodon rigidulus
Didymodon subandreaeoides
Didymodon tophaceus
Didymodon vinealis
Eucladium verticillatum — lime-seep eucladium
Geheebia gigantea
Gymnostomum aeruginosum
Gymnostomum calcareum
Gyroweisia reflexa
Gyroweisia tenuis
Hymenostylium insigne
Hymenostylium recurvirostre — hymenostylium moss

Hyophila involuta — hyophila moss
Molendoa sendtneriana
Oxystegus spiralis
Oxystegus tenuirostris
Paraleptodontium recurvifolium
Phascum cuspidatum
Phascum floerkeanum
Phascum vlassovii
Pleurochaete squarrosa
Pottia bryoides
Pottia davalliana
Pottia intermedia
Pottia nevadensis
Pottia truncata
Pottia wilsonii
Pseudocrossidium revolutum
Pterygoneurum kozlovii
Pterygoneurum lamellatum
Pterygoneurum ovatum
Pterygoneurum subsessile
Stegonia latifolia
Stegonia pilifera
Timmiella crassinervis
Tortella arctica
Tortella fragilis
Tortella humilis
Tortella inclinata
Tortella tortelloides
Tortella tortuosa — twisted moss
Tortula amplexa
Tortula bartramii
Tortula bolanderi
Tortula brevipes
Tortula cainii
Tortula caninervis — tortula moss
Tortula laevipila
Tortula latifolia
Tortula mucronifolia
Tortula muralis
Tortula norvegica
Tortula papillosa
Tortula papillosissima
Tortula princeps
Tortula ruralis — tortula moss
Tortula scotteri
Tortula subulata
Trichostomopsis australasiae
Trichostomum arcticum
Trichostomum crispulum
Weissia controversa
Weissia hedwigii

Primulaceae

Anagallis minima — chaffweed
Androsace alaskana (syn. Douglasia alaskana) — Alaska rock-jasmine
Androsace chamaejasme — sweetflower rock-jasmine
Androsace filiformis — slender rock-jasmine
Androsace laevigata (syn. Douglasia laevigata) — cliff douglasia
Androsace montana (syn. Douglasia montana) — mountain douglasia
Androsace occidentalis — western rock-jasmine
Androsace ochotensis (syns. Androsace arctica, Douglasia ochotensis) — Alaska douglasia
Androsace septentrionalis (syn. Douglasia ochotensis subsp. gormanii ) — pygmyflower rock-jasmine, Gorman's douglasia
Dodecatheon conjugens — Bonneville shootingstar
Dodecatheon dentatum — white shootingstar
Dodecatheon frigidum — northern shootingstar
Dodecatheon hendersonii — Henderson's shootingstar
Dodecatheon jeffreyi — Jeffrey's shootingstar
Dodecatheon meadia — shootingstar
Dodecatheon pulchellum — few-flower shootingstar
Glaux maritima — sea milkwort
Lysimachia ciliata — fringed loosestrife

Lysimachia hybrida — lanceleaf loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata — lanceleaf loosestrife
Lysimachia quadriflora — four-flower loosestrife
Lysimachia quadrifolia — whorled yellow loosestrife
Lysimachia terrestris — swamp loosestrife
Lysimachia thyrsiflora — water loosestrife
Lysimachia x commixta
Lysimachia x producta
Primula borealis — slender primrose
Primula cuneifolia — wedgeleaf primrose
Primula egaliksensis — Greenland primrose
Primula eximia — Arctic primrose
Primula incana — Jones' primrose
Primula laurentiana — St. Lawrence primrose
Primula mistassinica — bird's-eye primrose
Primula nutans — sleepy primrose
Primula stricta — stiff primrose
Samolus valerandi — Valerand's brookweed
Trientalis borealis — northern starflower
Trientalis europaea — Arctic starflower

Pseudolepicoleaceae

Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Pteridaceae

Adiantum aleuticum — Aleutian maidenhair fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris — southern maidenhair fern
Adiantum pedatum — northern maidenhair fern
Adiantum viridimontanum — Green Mountain maidenhair fern
Aspidotis densa — Indian's-dream
Cheilanthes feei — Fee's lipfern
Cheilanthes gracillima — lace lipfern

Cryptogramma acrostichoides — American rockbrake
Cryptogramma cascadensis — Cascade rockbrake
Cryptogramma sitchensis — Sitka rockbrake
Cryptogramma stelleri — fragile rockbrake
Pellaea atropurpurea — purplestem rockbrake
Pellaea gastonyi — Gastony's rockbrake
Pellaea glabella — smooth rockbrake
Pentagramma triangularis — western gold fern

Pterigynandraceae

Heterocladium dimorphum
Heterocladium macounii
Heterocladium procurrens
Iwatsukiella leucotricha

Myurella julacea
Myurella sibirica
Myurella tenerrima
Pterigynandrum filiforme

Ptilidiaceae

Ptilidium ciliare — northern naugehyde liverwort

Ptilidium pulcherrimum

Ptychomitriaceae

Campylostelium saxicola — rock-loving swan-necked moss

Ptychomitrium gardneri
Ptychomitrium incurvum

Pyrolaceae

Chimaphila maculata — spotted wintergreen
Chimaphila menziesii — Menzies' wintergreen
Chimaphila umbellata — common wintergreen
Moneses uniflora — one-flower wintergreen
Orthilia secunda — one-side wintergreen
Pyrola americana — American wintergreen

Pyrola asarifolia — pink wintergreen
Pyrola chlorantha — greenflower wintergreen
Pyrola elliptica — shinleaf
Pyrola grandiflora — Arctic wintergreen
Pyrola minor — lesser wintergreen
Pyrola picta — whitevein wintergreen

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