ACONITUM NAPELLUS Linnaeus - Garden Monkshood. 2n = 32.
Roadsides, thickets, old house sites. From Europe.
ACONITUM UNCINATUM Linnaeus - Wild Monkshood. 2n = 16.
Waste places. From farther south.
Actaea pachypoda Elliott - White Baneberry. 2n = 16.
Rich woods.
Actaea rubra Willdenow - Red Baneberry. 2n = 16.
Rich woods.
Actaea hybrid
Actaea X ludovici B. Boivin - .
[A. pachypoda Elliott X A. rubra Willdenow]
Anemone acutiloba (de Candolle) G. Lawson - Sharp-lobed Hepatica. 2n = 14.
Rich, often calcareous, woods. [Hepatica acutiloba de Candolle; Hepatica nobilis Miller var. acuta (Pursh) Steyermark]
Anemone americana (de Candolle) H. Hara - Round-lobed Hepatica. 2n = 14.
Rich, dry, open woods. [Hepatica americana (de Candolle) Ker Gawler; Hepatica nobilis Miller var. obtusa (Pursh) Steyermark]
ANEMONE BLANDA Schott & Kotschy - Grecian Windflower. 2n = 14, 16.
Disturbed woods. From Europe.
Anemone canadensis Linnaeus - Canada Anemone. 2n = 14.
Damp thickets, woodland margins, meadows, riverbanks, shores.
Anemone cylindrica A. Gray - Long-headed Anemone. 2n = 16.
Dry, open soil, roadsides.
Anemone multifida Poiret var. multifida - Cut-leaved Anemone. 2n = 32.
Calcareous ledges.
ANEMONE NEMOROSA Linnaeus - European Wood Anemone. 2n = 16, 30, 46.
Woods. From Europe.
Anemone quinquefolia Linnaeus var. quinquefolia - Wood Anemone. 2n = 32.
Open, moist woods, woodland borders. [A. quinquefolia var. bifolia Farwell; A. quinquefolia var. interior misapplied]
Anemone virginiana Linnaeus var. virginiana - Tall Anemone. 2n = 16.
Dry, rocky, open woods, thickets, riverbanks.
Anemone virginiana Linnaeus var. alba (Oakes) A.W. Wood - River Thimbleweed. 2n = 16.
Riverbanks, shores. [A. riparia Fernald]
Anemone hybrid
Anemone cylindrica A. Gray X Anemone virginiana Linnaeus var. virginiana - .
Aquilegia canadensis Linnaeus - Wild Columbine. 2n = 14.
Rock outcrops in woods, cliffs, rich soil. [A. canadensis var. coccinea (Small) Munz]
AQUILEGIA VULGARIS Linnaeus - Garden Columbine. 2n = 14.
Roadsides, woodland borders, disturbed areas. From Europe.
Caltha palustris Linnaeus - Marsh Marigold. 2n = 32, 56, 60.
Swamps, wet meadows, brooksides, wet woods, marshes.
Cimicifuga racemosa (Linnaeus) Nuttall - Black Snakeroot. 2n = 16.
Rich, moist woods. [A specimen at NHA collected from Boston in 1876 without habitat information is presumed to be cultivated.]
Clematis occidentalis (Hornemann) de Candolle var. occidentalis - Purple Clematis. 2n = 16.
Rocky, often calcareous, slopes and woods. [C. verticillaris de Candolle]
CLEMATIS RECTA Linnaeus - Ground Clematis. 2n = 16.
Rock walls. From Eurasia.
CLEMATIS TERNIFLORA de Candolle - Sweet Autumn Clematis. 2n = 32, 48.
Roadsides, thickets. From eastern Asia. [C. DIOSCOREIFOLIA H. Léveillé & Vaniot; C. DIOSCOREIFOLIA H. Léveillé & Vaniot var. ROBUSTA (Carrière) Rehder]
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus - Virgin's-bower. 2n = 16.
Moist thickets, low, moist, open ground, often disturbed.
CONSOLIDA AJACIS (Linnaeus) Schur - Rocket Larkspur. 2n = 16.
Rubbish heaps, waste ground, old fields. From Europe and Africa. [Delphinium ajacis Linnaeus; Consolida ambigua misapplied]
CONSOLIDA ORIENTALIS (M. Gay) Schrödinger - Eastern Larkspur. 2n = 16.
Roadsides. From Eurasia and Africa.
Coptis trifolia (Linnaeus) Salisbury - Goldthread. 2n = 18.
Mossy woods, swamps. [C. groenlandica (Oeder) Fernald]
DELPHINIUM EXALTATUM Aiton - Tall Larkspur. 2n = ?
Roadsides. From farther south and west.
Hydrastis canadensis Linnaeus - Goldenseal. 2n = 26.
Rich woods.
MYOSURUS MINIMUS Linnaeus - Little Mousetail. 2n = 16.
Fields. From farther west and south.
NIGELLA DAMASCENA Linnaeus - Love-in-a-mist. 2n = 12, 14.
Waste ground. From Eurasia.
NIGELLA SATIVA Linnaeus - Black Cumin. 2n = 12.
Waste ground. From southwest Asia.
PULSATILLA PATENS (Linnaeus) Miller subsp. PATENS - Pasqueflower. 2n = 16.
Waste ground. From Eurasia. [ANEMONE PATENS Linnaeus subsp. PATENS]
Ranunculus abortivus Linnaeus - Kidneyleaf Crowfoot. 2n = 16.
Damp, rich woods. [R. abortivus var. acrolasius Fernald; R. abortivus var. eucyclus Fernald]
RANUNCULUS ACRIS Linnaeus - Tall Buttercup. 2n = 14.
Moist fields, meadows, roadsides. From Europe. [R. ACRIS var. LATISECTUS Beck]
Ranunculus allegheniensis Britton - Mountain Crowfoot. 2n = 16.
Damp, rocky woods in calcareous soil.
Ranunculus ambigens S. Watson - Water-plantain Spearwort. 2n = ?
Ponds, ditches, brooks.
Ranunculus aquatilis Linnaeus var. diffusus Withering - White Water Crowfoot. 2n = 16, 32, 48.
Ponds, lakes, slow streams. [R. longirostris (Godron) F.W. Schultz; R. subrigidus W. B. Drew; R. trichophyllus Chaix; R. trichophyllus Chaix var. calvescens W.B. Drew]
RANUNCULUS BULBOSUS Linnaeus - Bulbous Buttercup. 2n = 16.
Roadsides, fields, open woods. From Eurasia. [R. BULBOSUS var. DISSECTUS Babey; R. BULBOSUS var. VALDEPUBENS (Jordan) Briquet]
Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh - Seaside Crowfoot. 2n = 16.
Salt marshes, sea beaches.
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhlenberg ex J.M. Bigelow - Early Buttercup. 2n = 32.
Open hillsides on thin soil, ledges (often calcareous).
RANUNCULUS FICARIA Linnaeus - Lesser Celandine. 2n = 16, 24, 32.
Moist, disturbed areas. From Europe. [R. FICARIA var. BULBIFERA Albert]
Ranunculus flabellaris Rafinesque - Yellow Water Buttercup. 2n = 32.
Shallow water of ponds and quiet streams, drying mud.
Ranunculus flammula Linnaeus var. ovalis (J.M. Bigelow) L.D. Benson - Creeping Spearwort. 2n = 32.
Pond and river shores. [R. reptans Linnaeus var. ovalis (J.M. Bigelow) Torrey & A. Gray]
Ranunculus flammula Linnaeus var. reptans (Linnaeus) E. Meyer - Creeping Spearwort. 2n = 32.
Pond and river shores. [R. reptans Linnaeus var. reptans]
Ranunculus gmelinii de Candolle - Small Yellow Water Buttercup. 2n = 16, 32, 64.
Muddy pools, brooks, ditches, shores. [R. gmelinii var. hookeri (D. Don) L.D. Benson]
Ranunculus hispidus Michaux var. hispidus - Hispid Buttercup. 2n = 32.
Dry, often rocky, woods. [R. hispidus var. falsus Fernald]
Ranunculus hispidus Michaux var. caricetorum (Greene) T. Duncan - Swamp Buttercup. 2n = 64.
Swampy woods, meadows. [R. septentrionalis Poiret var. caricetorum (Greene) Fernald]
Ranunculus lapponicus Linnaeus - Lapland Buttercup. 2n = 16.
Wet moss, wet woods.
Ranunculus micranthus Nuttall - Rock Buttercup. 2n = 16.
Rich, rocky woods. [R. micranthus var. delitescens (Greene) Fernald]
Ranunculus pensylvanicus Linnaeus f. - Bristly Crowfoot. 2n = 16.
Meadows, ditches, shores, thickets.
Ranunculus recurvatus Poiret var. recurvatus - Hooked Crowfoot. 2n = 32.
Rich, moist woods, brooksides.
RANUNCULUS REPENS Linnaeus - Creeping Buttercup. 2n = 14, 32.
Wet, open ground, ditches, roadsides. From Eurasia. [R. REPENS var. ERECTUS de Candolle; R. REPENS var. GLABRATUS de Candolle; R. REPENS var. LINEARILOBUS de Candolle; R. REPENS var. PLENIFLORUS Fernald; R. REPENS var. VILLOSUS Lamotte]
RANUNCULUS RHOMBOIDEUS Goldie - Prairie Buttercup. 2n = 16.
Habitat? From farther west.
RANUNCULUS SARDOUS Crantz - Hairy Buttercup. 2n = 16, 32, 48.
Fields. From Europe.
Ranunculus sceleratus Linnaeus var. sceleratus - Cursed Crowfoot. 2n = 32.
Marshes, ditches, springy places.
Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Avé-Lallemant - Purple Meadow-rue. 2n = 168.
Meadows, shores, wet thickets.
Thalictrum dioicum Linnaeus - Early Meadow-rue. 2n = 14.
Rich, rocky woods.
Thalictrum pubescens Pursh - Tall Meadow-rue. 2n = 126.
Meadows and other low, wet ground, usually in the open. [T. polygamum Muhlenberg ex Sprengel; T. polygamum Muhlenberg ex Sprengel var. hebecarpum (Fernald) B. Boivin; T. polygamum Muhlenberg ex Sprengel var. intermedium B. Boivin]
Thalictrum revolutum de Candolle - Skunk Meadow-rue. 2n = 140.
Dry, open woods, often rocky.
Thalictrum thalictroides (Linnaeus) A.J. Eames & B. Boivin - Rue-anemone. 2n = 14.
Dry, open woods. [Anemonella thalictroides Linnaeus]
Thalictrum venulosum Trelease - Northern Meadow-rue. 2n = 42.
Sandy or gravelly shores, river thickets. [T. venulosum var. confine (Fernald) B. Boivin; T. confine Fernald]
Trollius laxus Salisbury - Spreading Globe-flower. 2n = 32.
Meadows and open swamps in calcareous soil.
XANTHORHIZA SIMPLICISSIMA Marshall - Yellowroot. 2n = 36.
Moist woods, shaded stream banks. From farther south.
Saururus cernuus Hooker & Arnott - Lizard's-tail. 2n = 22.
Stream borders, shallow water, swamps, marshes.
Celtis occidentalis Linnaeus - Hackberry. 2n = 20, 30, 40.
Rich woods, along streams, roadsides. [C. occidentalis var. canina (Rafinesque) Sargent; C. occidentalis var. pumila (Pursh) A. Gray]
Ulmus americana Linnaeus - American Elm. 2n = 56.
Rich soil along streams, roadsides.
ULMUS GLABRA Hudson - Wych Elm. 2n = 28.
Roadsides. From Eurasia.
ULMUS MINOR Miller - Smooth-leaved Elm. 2n = ?
Roadsides. From Eurasia and northern Africa. [U. CARPINIFOLIA Gleditsch]
ULMUS PARVIFOLIA Jacquin - Chinese Elm. 2n = 28.
Roadsides. From eastern Asia.
ULMUS PROCERA Salisbury - English Elm. 2n = 28.
Roadsides. From Europe.
ULMUS PUMILA Linnaeus - Siberian Elm. 2n = 28.
Railroads, roadsides, woodland borders. From Asia.
Ulmus rubra Muhlenberg - Slippery Elm. 2n = 28.
Rich soil, often calcareous, often along streams.
Ulmus thomasii Sargent - Rock Elm. 2n = 28.
Calcareous ledges, rich upland woods.
Boehmeria cylindrica (Linnaeus) Swartz - False Nettle. 2n = 28.
Moist or wet soil. [B. cylindrica var. drummondiana (Weddell) Weddell]
Laportea canadensis (Linnaeus) Weddell - Wood-nettle. 2n = 26.
Low, rich, moist woods, stream banks.
PARIETARIA JUDAICA Linnaeus - Spreading Pellitory. 2n = 26.
Cracks in sidewalks, ballast piles, waste heaps; usually around seaports. From the Mediterranean.
Parietaria pensylvanica Muhlenberg ex Willdenow - Pennsylvania Pellitory. 2n = 14, 16.
Rich, rocky, calcareous woods, waste places.
Pilea fontana (Lunell) Rydberg - Lesser Clearweed. 2n = ?
Moist to wet, shaded woods, mossy stream borders, springs, swamps.
Pilea pumila (Linnaeus) A. Gray - Richweed. 2n = 24, 26.
Moist, shaded areas.
URTICA DIOICA Linnaeus subsp. DIOICA - Stinging Nettle. 2n = 52.
Waste places, roadsides. From Eurasia.
Urtica dioica Linnaeus subsp. gracilis (Aiton) Selander - Wild Stinging Nettle. 2n = 26, 52.
Thickets, rich, damp soil, roadsides, waste places. [U. gracilis Aiton; U. procera Muhlenberg ex Willdenow; U. viridis Rydberg]
URTICA URENS Linnaeus - Dog Nettle. 2n = 24, 26.
Waste places, roadsides. From Eurasia.
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