Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants

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• Fabaceae

  • Albizia  julibrissin  Durazz. silk tree Introduced

  • Amorpha  fruticosa  L. indigo bush, false indigo Introduced

  • Amphicarpaea  bracteata  (L.) Fern. hog peanut Native

  • Apios  americana  Medik. groundnut Native

  • Astragalus  canadensis  L. Canada milkvetch, Canadian milkvetch Introduced

  • Baptisia  australis  (L.) R.Br. ex Ait.f. var. australis blue false indigo Introduced

  • Baptisia  tinctoria  (L.) R.Br. ex Ait.f. yellow wild indigo, horsefly weed Native

  • Cercis  canadensis  L. redbud Introduced

  • Chamaecrista  fasciculata  (Michaux) Greene   = C. fasciculata Michaux partridge pea Native

  • Chamaecrista  nictitans  (L.) Moench ssp. nictitans var. nictitans   = C. nictitans L. sensitive partridge pea Native

  • Cladrastis  kentukea  (Dum.-Cours.) Rudd yellowwood Introduced

  • Colutea  arborescens  L. bladder senna Introduced

  • Coronilla  varia  (L.) Lassen   = Securigera varia (L.) Lassen purple crownvetch Introduced

  • Crotalaria  sagittalis  L. rattlebox Native

  • Cytisus  scoparius  (L.) Link var. scoparius Scotch broom Introduced

  • Desmodium  canadense  (L.) DC. showy ticktrefoil, Canadian ticktrefoil Native

  • Desmodium  ciliare  (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. hairy small-leaved ticktrefoil Native

  • Desmodium  glutinosum  (Muhl. ex Willd.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill   = Hylodesmum glutinosum (Mull. ex Willd.) H.Ohashi et R.R. Mill cluster-leaved ticktrefoil, pointed-leaf ticktrefoil Native

  • Desmodium  marilandicum  (L.) DC. Maryland or smooth small-leaved ticktrefoil Native

  • Desmodium  nudiflorum  (L.) H.Ohashi & R.R.Mill   = Hylodesmum nudiflorum (L.) H. Ohashi et R.R. Mill naked ticktrefoil, naked-flower ticktrefoil Native

  • Desmodium  paniculatum  (L.) DC. panicled ticktrefoil Native

  • Desmodium  perplexum  Schubert   = D. glabellum (Mischx.) DC. perplexing ticktrefoil, Dillen's ticktrefoil, puzzling ticktrefoil Native

  • Desmodium  rotundifolium  DC. prostrate ticktrefoil, round-leaved trailing ticktrefoil Native

  • Desmodium  ×humifusum  (Muhl. ex Bigelow) Beck   = D. paniculatum x D. rotundifolium spreading ticktrefoil Endangered

  • Genista  tinctoria  L. dyer's greenweed Introduced

  • Gleditsia  triacanthos  L. honey locust Introduced

  • Lathyrus  japonicus var. maritimus  (L.) Kartesz & Gandhi beach pea Native

  • Lathyrus  latifolius  L. perennial pea, broad-leaved everlasting pea, broad-leaved sweet pea Introduced

  • Lathyrus  sylvestris  L. flat pea, narrow-leaved everlasting pea Introduced

  • Lespedeza  angustifolia  (Pursh) Ell. narrow-leaved bushclover Watch-Listed

  • Lespedeza  capitata  Michx. round-headed bushclover Native

  • Lespedeza  cuneata  (Dum.-Cours.) G.Don Chinese bushclover, sericea lespedeza Introduced

  • Lespedeza  frutescens  (L.) Hornem.   = L. frutescens auct., non (L.) Pers. violet bushclover Watch-Listed

  • Lespedeza  hirta  (L.) Hornem. hairy bushclover Native

  • Lespedeza  procumbens  Michaux trailing bushclover Native

  • Lespedeza  sp.  bushclover Introduced

  • Lespedeza  stuevei  Nutt. Stueve's bushclover

  • Lespedeza  thunbergii ssp. formosa  (Nakai) H.Ohashi tall bushclover, Thunberg's bushclover, shrub lespedeza Invasive

  • Lespedeza  violacea  (L.) Pers.   = L. violacea (S. Wats.) Britt. wand bushclover Native

  • Lespedeza  virginica  (L.) Britton slender bushclover Native

  • Lespedeza  ×longifolia  DC. hybrid bushclover Native

  • Lotus  corniculatus  L. birdfoot trefoil Introduced

  • Lupinus  perennis  L. wild lupine Watch-Listed

  • Lupinus  polyphyllus  Lindley var. polyphyllus garden lupine, Washington lupine Introduced

  • Medicago  lupulina  L. black medick Introduced

  • Medicago  sativa  L. lucerne, blue alfalfa Introduced

  • Melilotus  albus  Medicus white sweetclover Introduced

  • Melilotus  officinalis  (L.) Lam. yellow sweetclover Introduced

  • Phaseolus  vulgaris  L. green bean Introduced

  • Pisum  sativum  L. garden pea Introduced

  • Pueraria  montana var. lobata  (Willd.) Maesen & S.Almeida kudzu Invasive

  • Robinia  hispida  L. var. hispida bristly locust Introduced

  • Robinia  pseudoacacia  L. black locust Invasive

  • Robinia  viscosa  Vent. var. viscosa clammy locust Introduced

  • Senna  hebecarpa  (Fern.) Irwin & Barneby northern wild senna Endangered

  • Strophostyles  helvola  (L.) Ell. annual sand bean, trailing fuzzy bean Native

  • Styphnolobium  japonicum  (L.) Schott.   = S. medeoloides (Pursh) Raf. Japanese pagoda tree, Chinese scholar tree Introduced

  • Tephrosia  virginiana  (L.) Pers. goat's rue, rabbit pea Native

  • Thermopsis  villosa  (Walter) Fern. & Schubert hairy bushpea, Blue Ridge buckbean Introduced

  • Trifolium  agrarium  L.   = T. agrarium Pollich golden clover, palmate hopclover Introduced

  • Trifolium  arvense  L. rabbitfoot clover Introduced

  • Trifolium  campestre  Schreber   = T. procumbens L. low hopclover Introduced

  • Trifolium  dubium  Sibth. little hopclover Introduced

  • Trifolium  hybridum  L. alsike clover Introduced

  • Trifolium  pratense  L. red clover Introduced

  • Trifolium  repens  L. white clover Introduced

  • Vicia  cracca  L. ssp. cracca bird vetch Introduced

  • Vicia  hirsuta  (L.) S.F.Gray tiny vetch, hairy vetch Introduced

  • Vicia  sativa ssp. nigra  (L.) Ehrh. narrow-leaved vetch Introduced

  • Vicia  sativa ssp. sativa  L. ssp. sativa spring vetch, tare Introduced

  • Vicia  tetrasperma  (L.) Schreber four-seed vetch Introduced

  • Vicia  villosa  Roth hairy vetch Introduced

  • Wisteria  floribunda  (Willd.) DC. Japanese wisteria Introduced

  • Wisteria  sinensis  (Sims) DC. Chinese wisteria Introduced