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Salicaceae

Populus angustifolia — narrowleaf cottonwood
Populus balsamifera — balsam poplar
Populus deltoides — eastern cottonwood
Populus grandidentata — largetooth aspen
Populus heterophylla — swamp cottonwood
Populus tremuloides — trembling aspen
Populus x acuminata
Populus x berolinensis
Populus x brayshawii
Populus x canadensis
Populus x heimburgeri
Populus x jackii — balm-of-Gilead
Populus x rouleauiana
Populus x smithii — Barnes' aspen
Salix alaxensis — Alaska willow
Salix amygdaloides — peach-leaved willow
Salix arbusculoides — littletree willow
Salix arctica — Arctic willow
Salix arctophila — Arctic willow
Salix argyrocarpa — northern willow
Salix athabascensis — Athabasca willow
Salix ballii — Ball's willow
Salix barclayi — Barclay's willow
Salix barrattiana — Barratt's willow
Salix bebbiana — Bebb's willow
Salix boothii — Booth's willow
Salix brachycarpa — shortfruit willow
Salix candida — hoary willow
Salix cascadensis — Cascade willow
Salix chamissonis — Chamisso's willow
Salix chlorolepis — green-scaled willow
Salix commutata — undergreen willow
Salix cordata — sand dune willow
Salix discolor — pussy willow
Salix drummondiana — satiny salix
Salix eriocephala — heart-leaved willow
Salix exigua — narrowleaf willow
Salix farriae — Farr's willow
Salix fuscescens — Alaska bog willow
Salix geyeriana — Geyer's willow
Salix glauca — grey willow
Salix hastata — halberd willow
Salix herbacea — New England dwarf willow
Salix hookeriana — Hooker's willow
Salix humilis — prairie willow
Salix jejuna — calcareous mat willow
Salix lanata — lanate willow
Salix lemmonii — Lemmon's willow
Salix lucida — shining willow
Salix lutea — yellow willow
Salix maccalliana — McCall's willow
Salix melanopsis — dusky willow
Salix monochroma — one-colour willow
Salix monticola — mountain willow

Salix myricoides — blue-leaved willow
Salix myrtillifolia — myrtle-leaf willow
Salix nigra — black willow
Salix nivalis — snow willow
Salix orestera — greyleaf Sierran willow
Salix ovalifolia — Arctic seashore willow
Salix pedicellaris — bog willow
Salix pedunculata — blackbract willow
Salix pellita — satiny willow
Salix petiolaris — meadow willow
Salix petrophila — alpine willow
Salix phlebophylla — skeletonleaf willow
Salix planifolia — tea-leaved willow
Salix polaris — polar willow
Salix prolixa — MacKenzie's willow
Salix pseudomonticola — false mountain willow
Salix pyrifolia — balsam willow
Salix raupii — Raup's willow
Salix reticulata — net-veined willow
Salix rotundifolia — roundleaf willow
Salix scouleriana — Scouler's willow
Salix sericea — silky willow
Salix serissima — autumn willow
Salix sessilifolia — Del Norte coast willow
Salix setchelliana — Setchell's willow
Salix silicicola — blanketleaf willow
Salix sitchensis — Sitka willow
Salix sphenophylla — wedgeleaf willow
Salix stolonifera — creeping willow
Salix turnorii — Turnor's willow
Salix tweedyi — Tweedy's willow
Salix uva-ursi — bearberry willow
Salix vestita — rock willow
Salix x amoena
Salix x argusii
Salix x beschelii
Salix x brachypurpurea
Salix x conifera
Salix x cryptodonta
Salix x dutillyi
Salix x gaspeensis
Salix x grayi
Salix x jamesensis
Salix x laurentiana
Salix x obtusata
Salix x paraleuca
Salix x peasei
Salix x pellicolor
Salix x schneideri
Salix x sericans
Salix x simulans
Salix x ungavensis
Salix x waghornei
Salix x wiegandii

Santalaceae

Comandra umbellata — umbellate bastard toadflax

Geocaulon lividum — northern comandra

Sarraceniaceae

Sarracenia purpurea — purple pitcher-plant

Saururaceae

Saururus cernuus — lizard's-tail

Saxifragaceae

Boykinia occidentalis — coastal brookfoam
Chrysosplenium americanum — American golden-saxifrage
Chrysosplenium iowense — Iowa golden-saxifrage
Chrysosplenium rosendahlii — Rosendahl's golden-saxifrage
Chrysosplenium tetrandrum — northern golden-carpet
Chrysosplenium wrightii — Wright's golden-saxifrage
Conimitella williamsii — Williams' conimitella
Elmera racemosa — elmera
Heuchera americana — American alumroot
Heuchera chlorantha — greenflower alumroot
Heuchera cylindrica — poker alumroot
Heuchera flabellifolia — Bridger Mountain alumroot
Heuchera glabra — alpine alumroot
Heuchera grossulariifolia — gooseberry-leaf alumroot
Heuchera micrantha — crevice alumroot
Heuchera parvifolia — littleleaf alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii — Richardson's alumroot
Heuchera x easthamii
Leptarrhena pyrolifolia — leatherleaf saxifrage
Lithophragma glabrum — bulbous woodland-star
Lithophragma parviflorum — smallflower woodland-star
Lithophragma tenellum — slender woodland-star
Mitella breweri — feathery bishop's-cap
Mitella caulescens — creeping bishop's-cap
Mitella diphylla — two-leaf bishop's-cap
Mitella nuda — naked bishop's-cap
Mitella ovalis — oval-leaf bishop's-cap
Mitella pentandra — five-point bishop's-cap
Mitella prostrata — creeping bishop's-cap
Mitella trifida — Pacific bishop's-cap
Parnassia fimbriata — fringed grass-of-Parnassus
Parnassia glauca — Carolina grass-of-Parnassus
Parnassia kotzebuei — Kotzebue's grass-of-Parnassus
Parnassia multiseta — boreal grass-of-Parnassus
Parnassia palustris — marsh grass-of-Parnassus
Saxifraga adscendens — ascending saxifrage
Saxifraga aizoides — yellow mountain saxifrage
Saxifraga bronchialis — matte saxifrage
Saxifraga cernua — nodding saxifrage
Saxifraga cespitosa — tufted saxifrage
Saxifraga eschscholtzii — cushion saxifrage
Saxifraga ferruginea — rusty-hair saxifrage

Saxifraga flagellaris — spider saxifrage
Saxifraga foliolosa — leafy saxifrage
Saxifraga gaspensis — Gaspé saxifrage
Saxifraga hieracifolia — stiffstem saxifrage
Saxifraga hirculus — yellow marsh saxifrage
Saxifraga hyperborea — pygmy saxifrage
Saxifraga integrifolia — northwestern saxifrage
Saxifraga lyallii — redstem saxifrage
Saxifraga mertensiana — Mertens' saxifrage
Saxifraga nelsoniana — heartleaf saxifrage
Saxifraga nidifica — peak saxifrage
Saxifraga nivalis — snow saxifrage
Saxifraga occidentalis — western saxifrage
Saxifraga odontoloma — streambank saxifrage
Saxifraga oppositifolia — purple mountain saxifrage
Saxifraga oregana — bog saxifrage
Saxifraga paniculata — white mountain saxifrage
Saxifraga pensylvanica — swamp saxifrage
Saxifraga platysepala — broadsepal saxifrage
Saxifraga razshivinii — Razshivin's saxifrage
Saxifraga redofskii — many-flower saxifrage
Saxifraga reflexa — Yukon saxifrage
Saxifraga rhomboidea — diamondleaf saxifrage
Saxifraga rivularis — alpine brook saxifrage
Saxifraga rufidula — redwool saxifrage
Saxifraga rufopilosa — redhair saxifrage
Saxifraga serpyllifolia — thyme-leaf saxifrage
Saxifraga sibirica — Siberian saxifrage
Saxifraga spicata — spiked saxifrage
Saxifraga stellaris — star saxifrage
Saxifraga taylorii — Taylor's saxifrage
Saxifraga tenuis — Ottertail Pass saxifrage
Saxifraga tolmiei — Tolmie's saxifrage
Saxifraga tricuspidata — prickly saxifrage
Saxifraga virginiensis — Virginia saxifrage
Saxifraga x geum
Suksdorfia ranunculifolia — buttercup-leaf suksdorfia
Suksdorfia violacea — violet suksdorfia
Telesonix heucheriformis — false saxifrage
Tellima grandiflora — large fringe-cup
Tiarella cordifolia — heartleaf foamflower
Tiarella trifoliata — lace foamflower
Tolmiea menziesii — piggyback plant

Scapaniaceae

Diplophyllum albicans
Diplophyllum apiculatum
Diplophyllum imbricatum
Diplophyllum microdontum
Diplophyllum obtusatum
Diplophyllum obtusifolium
Diplophyllum taxifolium
Scapania americana
Scapania apiculata
Scapania brevicaulis
Scapania carinthiaca
Scapania crassiretis
Scapania curta
Scapania cuspiduligera
Scapania degenii
Scapania glaucocephala
Scapania gymnostomophila
Scapania hyperborea

Scapania irrigua
Scapania ligulifolia
Scapania massalongi
Scapania mucronata
Scapania nemorosa
Scapania obcordata
Scapania obscura
Scapania paludicola
Scapania paludosa
Scapania parvifolia
Scapania scandica
Scapania simmonsii
Scapania spitzbergensis
Scapania subalpina
Scapania uliginosa
Scapania umbrosa
Scapania undulata

Scheuchzeriaceae

Scheuchzeria palustris — pod grass

Schistostegaceae

Schistostega pennata — luminous moss

Schizaeaceae

Schizaea pusilla — curly-grass fern

Scouleriaceae

Scouleria aquatica

Scouleria marginata

Scrophulariaceae

Agalinis aspera — rough purple false foxglove
Agalinis gattingeri — roundstem false foxglove
Agalinis maritima — saltmarsh false foxglove
Agalinis neoscotica — Nova Scotia false foxglove
Agalinis paupercula — smallflower false foxglove
Agalinis purpurea — large-purple false foxglove
Agalinis skinneriana — pale false foxglove
Agalinis tenuifolia — slender false foxglove
Aureolaria flava — smooth yellow false foxglove
Aureolaria pedicularia — fernleaf yellow false foxglove
Aureolaria virginica — downy false foxglove
Bacopa rotundifolia — roundleaf water-hyssop
Bartsia alpina — alpine bartsia
Besseya wyomingensis — Wyoming coral-drops
Buchnera americana — bluehearts
Castilleja ambigua — paintbrush owl's-clover
Castilleja angustifolia — northwestern Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja annua — annual Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja attenuata — narrowleaf owl's-clover
Castilleja caudata — Port Clarence Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja cervina — deer Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja coccinea — scarlet Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja cusickii — Cusick's Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja elegans — elegant Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja elmeri — Elmer's Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja fulva — Elko Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja hispida — harsh Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja hyetophila — coastal red Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja hyperborea — northern Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja levisecta — golden paintbrush
Castilleja lutescens — stiff yellow Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja miniata — greater red Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja minor — smallflower Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja occidentalis — western Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja pallescens — pallid Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja parviflora — small-flowered Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja raupii — Raup's Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja rhexiifolia — rhexia-leaf Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja rupicola — cliff Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja septentrionalis — Labrador Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja sessiliflora — downy Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja sulphurea — sulphur Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja tenuis — hairy owl's-clover
Castilleja thompsonii — Thompson's Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja unalaschcensis — Alaska Indian-paintbrush
Castilleja yukonis — Yukon Indian-paintbrush
Chelone glabra — white turtlehead
Collinsia grandiflora — giant blue-eyed mary
Collinsia parviflora — small-flowered blue-eyed mary
Collinsia verna — spring blue-eyed mary
Euphrasia frigida — cold-weather eyebright
Euphrasia hudsoniana — Hudson's eyebright
Euphrasia nemorosa — common eyebright
Euphrasia oakesii — Oakes' eyebright
Euphrasia randii — small eyebright
Euphrasia subarctica — Arctic eyebright
Euphrasia suborbicularis — roundleaf eyebright
Euphrasia vinacea — glacier eyebright
Euphrasia x aequalis
Euphrasia x vestita
Euphrasia x villosa
Gratiola aurea — golden hedge-hyssop
Gratiola ebracteata — bractless hedge-hyssop
Gratiola neglecta — clammy hedge-hyssop
Lagotis minor — little weaselsnout
Leucospora multifida — cliff conobea
Limosella aquatica — northern mudwort
Limosella australis — mudwort
Lindernia dubia — yellowseed false pimpernel
Melampyrum lineare — American cow-wheat
Mimetanthe pilosa — false monkeyflower
Mimulus alatus — sharpwing monkeyflower
Mimulus alsinoides — chickweed monkeyflower
Mimulus breviflorus — shortflower monkeyflower
Mimulus breweri — Brewer's monkeyflower
Mimulus cardinalis — scarlet monkeyflower

Mimulus dentatus — toothleaf monkeyflower
Mimulus floribundus — floriferous monkeyflower
Mimulus glabratus — roundleaf monkeyflower
Mimulus guttatus — common large monkeyflower
Mimulus lewisii — Lewis' monkeyflower
Mimulus moschatus — muskflower
Mimulus ringens — squarestem monkeyflower
Mimulus tilingii — subalpine monkeyflower
Nothochelone nemorosa — woodland beardtongue
Nuttallanthus canadensis — old-field toadflax
Nuttallanthus texanus — Texas toadflax
Orthocarpus barbatus — Grand Coules owl's-clover
Orthocarpus bracteosus — rosy owl's-clover
Orthocarpus imbricatus — mountain owl's-clover
Orthocarpus luteus — yellow owl's-clover
Orthocarpus tenuifolius — goldtongue
Pedicularis bracteosa — Canadian lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis — early wood lousewort
Pedicularis capitata — capitate lousewort
Pedicularis contorta — curvebeak lousewort
Pedicularis flammea — redtip lousewort
Pedicularis furbishiae — Furbish's lousewort
Pedicularis groenlandica — bull elephant's-head
Pedicularis hirsuta — hairy lousewort
Pedicularis labradorica — Labrador lousewort
Pedicularis lanata — woolly lousewort
Pedicularis lanceolata — swamp lousewort
Pedicularis langsdorfii — Langsdorf's lousewort
Pedicularis lapponica — northern lousewort
Pedicularis macrodonta — muskeg lousewort
Pedicularis oederi — Öder's lousewort
Pedicularis ornithorhyncha — bird's-beak lousewort
Pedicularis palustris — purple lousewort
Pedicularis parviflora — smallflower lousewort
Pedicularis racemosa — leafy lousewort
Pedicularis sudetica — sudetic lousewort
Pedicularis verticillata — whorled lousewort
Penstemon albertinus — Alberta beardtongue
Penstemon albidus — whiteflower beardtongue
Penstemon attenuatus — taperleaf beardtongue
Penstemon confertus — yellow beardtongue
Penstemon davidsonii — creeping beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis — foxglove beardtongue
Penstemon ellipticus — eggleaf beardtongue
Penstemon eriantherus — crested-tongue beardtongue
Penstemon fruticosus — shrubby beardtongue
Penstemon gormanii — Gorman's beardtongue
Penstemon gracilis — slender beardtongue
Penstemon hirsutus — hairy beardtongue
Penstemon laevigatus — smooth beardtongue
Penstemon lyallii — Lyall's beardtongue
Penstemon nitidus — waxleaf beardtongue
Penstemon ovatus — broadleaf beardtongue
Penstemon procerus — smallflower beardtongue
Penstemon pruinosus — Chelan beardtongue
Penstemon richardsonii — Richardson's beardtongue
Penstemon serrulatus — Cascade beardtongue
Rhinanthus minor — little yellow-rattle
Scrophularia lanceolata — hare figwort
Scrophularia marilandica — Carpenter's square figwort
Scrophularia oregana — Oregon figwort
Synthyris borealis — Alaska kittentail
Tonella tenella — smallflower tonella
Triphysaria eriantha — Jonny-Turk owl's-clover
Triphysaria pusilla — dwarf owl's-clover
Triphysaria versicolor — yellowbeak false owl's-clover
Veronica alpina — alpine speedwell
Veronica americana — American speedwell
Veronica anagallis-aquatica — brook-pimpernel
Veronica cusickii — Cusick's speedwell
Veronica officinalis — gypsyweed
Veronica peregrina — purslane speedwell
Veronica scutellata — marsh speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia — thyme-leaf speedwell
Veronica wormskjoldii — Wormskjold's alpine speedwell
Veronicastrum virginicum — culver's-root

Selaginellaceae

Selaginella densa — dense spikemoss
Selaginella eclipes — hidden spikemoss
Selaginella oregana — Oregon spikemoss
Selaginella rupestris — ledge spikemoss

Selaginella selaginoides — low spikemoss
Selaginella sibirica — northern spikemoss
Selaginella wallacei — Wallace's spikemoss

Seligeriaceae

Blindia acuta
Brachydontium olympicum
Seligeria acutifolia
Seligeria brevifolia
Seligeria calcarea
Seligeria campylopoda
Seligeria careyana
Seligeria diversifolia

Seligeria donniana
Seligeria oelandica
Seligeria polaris
Seligeria pusilla
Seligeria recurvata
Seligeria subimmersa
Seligeria tristichoides

Sematophyllaceae

Brotherella recurvans
Brotherella roellii
Heterophyllium affine
Sematophyllum adnatum

Sematophyllum demissum
Sematophyllum marylandicum
Wijkia carlottae

Smilacaceae

Smilax ecirrata — upright greenbrier
Smilax herbacea — smooth herbaceous greenbrier
Smilax illinoensis — Illinois greenbrier

Smilax lasioneura — herbaceous greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia — common greenbrier
Smilax tamnoides — halberd-leaf greenbrier

Solanaceae

Leucophysalis grandiflora — large-flowered ground-cherry
Nicotiana attenuata — coyote tobacco
Physalis heterophylla — clammy ground-cherry
Physalis longifolia — longleaf ground-cherry

Physalis virginiana — Virginia ground-cherry
Solanum americanum — American nightshade
Solanum ptychanthum — black nightshade
Solanum triflorum — cutleaf nightshade

Sparganiaceae

Sparganium americanum — American bur-reed
Sparganium androcladum — branching bur-reed
Sparganium angustifolium — narrowleaf bur-reed
Sparganium erectum — simplestem bur-reed
Sparganium eurycarpum — large bur-reed

Sparganium fluctuans — floating bur-reed
Sparganium glomeratum — northern bur-reed
Sparganium hyperboreum — boreal bur-reed
Sparganium natans — small bur-reed

Sphagnaceae

Sphagnum affine
Sphagnum andersonianum
Sphagnum angermanicum
Sphagnum angustifolium — narrowleaf peatmoss
Sphagnum annulatum
Sphagnum aongstroemii
Sphagnum arcticum
Sphagnum balticum
Sphagnum bartlettianum — Bartlett's peatmoss
Sphagnum capillifolium — northern peatmoss
Sphagnum centrale
Sphagnum compactum — low peatmoss
Sphagnum contortum
Sphagnum cuspidatum — toothed peatmoss
Sphagnum fallax — flat-top peatmoss
Sphagnum fimbriatum — fringed bog moss
Sphagnum flavicomans
Sphagnum flexuosum — flexuous peatmoss
Sphagnum fuscum — brown peatmoss
Sphagnum girgensohnii — Girgensohn's peatmoss
Sphagnum henryense — Henry's peatmoss
Sphagnum inundatum
Sphagnum jensenii
Sphagnum junghuhnianum
Sphagnum lenense
Sphagnum lescurii — yellow peatmoss
Sphagnum lindbergii
Sphagnum macrophyllum
Sphagnum magellanicum — Magellan's peatmoss
Sphagnum majus — greater peatmoss
Sphagnum mendocinum — Mendocino peatmoss
Sphagnum molle

Sphagnum nitidum
Sphagnum obtusum
Sphagnum orientale
Sphagnum pacificum — Pacific peatmoss
Sphagnum palustre — prairie peatmoss
Sphagnum papillosum — papillose peatmoss
Sphagnum platyphyllum
Sphagnum pulchrum — beautiful peatmoss
Sphagnum pylaesii — simple peatmoss
Sphagnum quinquefarium — five-ranked bogmoss
Sphagnum recurvum — recurved peatmoss
Sphagnum riparium
Sphagnum rubellum — red peatmoss
Sphagnum rubiginosum
Sphagnum russowii — Russow's peatmoss
Sphagnum schofieldii
Sphagnum splendens
Sphagnum squarrosum
Sphagnum steerei
Sphagnum strictum
Sphagnum subnitens
Sphagnum subobesum
Sphagnum subsecundum — orange peatmoss
Sphagnum subtile
Sphagnum tenellum — delicate peatmoss
Sphagnum tenerum
Sphagnum teres
Sphagnum torreyanum — giant peatmoss
Sphagnum warnstorfii — fen peatmoss
Sphagnum wilfii
Sphagnum wulfianum — Wulf's peatmoss

Splachnaceae

Aplodon wormskjoldii
Splachnum ampullaceum
Splachnum luteum
Splachnum pennsylvanicum — southern dung moss
Splachnum rubrum
Splachnum sphaericum
Splachnum vasculosum
Tayloria acuminata
Tayloria froelichiana
Tayloria hornschuchii

Tayloria ligulata
Tayloria serrata
Tayloria splachnoides
Tetraplodon angustatus
Tetraplodon mnioides
Tetraplodon pallidus
Tetraplodon paradoxus
Tetraplodon urceolatus
Voitia nivalis

Staphyleaceae

Staphylea trifolia — American bladdernut

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