Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Taxonomy in this view largely follows Massachusetts County Checklist of 1999. Alternative view is available for those preferring taxonomic treatments employed in Massachusetts Checklist of 2011.

The flora of Massachusetts embraces about three thousand species of vascular plants including non-natives. Only about half of those have been recorded for eastern Massachusetts (estimate based on Sorrie and Somers 1999). As of today, the gallery contains 34,918 photos of 2,003 species. We have published photos of 693 species from the Blue Hills Reservation, 584 species from Myles Standish State Forest, 195 species from Stony Brook Reservation, 263 species from Middlesex Fells Reservation, 197 species from Cutler Park.

To get a list of photographs for each reservation, go to Search and choose that reservation from the list of locations. The links above will take you to our running checklists that include all records — with or without published photos. Other photographs are mostly from southeastern Massachusetts with only some few from the north and west.

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Ferns and Allies   (68 species, 1278 images)

Adiantaceae   1 species  
Aspleniaceae   3 species  
Azollaceae   1 species  
Blechnaceae   2 species  
Dennstaedtiaceae   3 species  
Dryopteridaceae   19 species  
Equisetaceae   7 species  
Isoetaceae   3 species  
Lycopodiaceae   11 species  
Marsileaceae   1 species  
Ophioglossaceae   4 species  
Osmundaceae   3 species  
Polypodiaceae   2 species  
Schizaeaceae   1 species  
Selaginellaceae   2 species  
Thelypteridaceae   5 species  

Conifers   (30 species, 925 images)

Cupressaceae   7 species  
Pinaceae   20 species  
Taxaceae   3 species  

Monocots   (500 species, 7402 images)

Agavaceae   1 species  
Alismataceae   8 species  
Araceae   10 species  
Commelinaceae   4 species  
Cyperaceae   158 species  
Eriocaulaceae   2 species  
Haemodoraceae   1 species  
Hydrocharitaceae   4 species  
Iridaceae   14 species  
Juncaceae   22 species  
Juncaginaceae   1 species  
Lemnaceae   5 species  
Liliaceae   62 species  
Najadaceae   1 species  
Orchidaceae   18 species  
Poaceae   159 species  
Pontederiaceae   2 species  
Potamogetonaceae   12 species  
Ruppiaceae   1 species  
Scheuchzeriaceae   1 species  
Smilacaceae   3 species  
Sparganiaceae   3 species  
Typhaceae   3 species  
Xyridaceae   4 species  
Zannichelliaceae   1 species  

Dicots   (1405 species, 25313 images)

Aceraceae   13 species  
Actinidiaceae   1 species  
Aizoaceae   1 species  
Amaranthaceae   11 species  
Anacardiaceae   10 species  
Annonaceae   1 species  
Apiaceae   30 species  
Apocynaceae   6 species  
Aquifoliaceae   8 species  
Araliaceae   10 species  
Aristolochiaceae   6 species  
Asclepiadaceae   11 species  
Asteraceae   196 species  
Balsaminaceae   1 species  
Berberidaceae   6 species  
Betulaceae   20 species  
Bignoniaceae   4 species  
Boraginaceae   14 species  
Brassicaceae   48 species  
Buddlejaceae   1 species  
Buxaceae   3 species  
Cabombaceae   2 species  
Cactaceae   1 species  
Callitrichaceae   3 species  
Calycanthaceae   1 species  
Campanulaceae   11 species  
Cannabaceae   3 species  
Caprifoliaceae   34 species  
Caryophyllaceae   39 species  
Celastraceae   8 species  
Ceratophyllaceae   2 species  
Cercidiphyllaceae   1 species  
Chenopodiaceae   23 species  
Cistaceae   12 species  
Clethraceae   1 species  
Clusiaceae   11 species  
Convolvulaceae   4 species  
Cornaceae   11 species  
Crassulaceae   6 species  
Cucurbitaceae   4 species  
Cuscutaceae   6 species  
Diapensiaceae   2 species  
Dipsacaceae   2 species  
Droseraceae   4 species  
Elaeagnaceae   2 species  
Elatinaceae   1 species  
Empetraceae   1 species  
Ericaceae   42 species  
Euphorbiaceae   8 species  
Fabaceae   74 species  
Fagaceae   21 species  
Fumariaceae   8 species  
Gentianaceae   8 species  
Geraniaceae   7 species  
Grossulariaceae   5 species  
Haloragaceae   6 species  
Hamamelidaceae   3 species  
Hippocastanaceae   2 species  
Hydrangeaceae   7 species  
Iteaceae   1 species  
Juglandaceae   8 species  
Lamiaceae   51 species  
Lardizabalaceae   1 species  
Lauraceae   2 species  
Lentibulariaceae   9 species  
Linaceae   5 species  
Lythraceae   2 species  
Magnoliaceae   6 species  
Malvaceae   6 species  
Melastomataceae   1 species  
Menispermaceae   1 species  
Menyanthaceae   3 species  
Molluginaceae   1 species  
Monotropaceae   3 species  
Moraceae   2 species  
Myricaceae   3 species  
Nelumbonaceae   1 species  
Nyctaginaceae   1 species  
Nymphaeaceae   3 species  
Nyssaceae   1 species  
Oleaceae   16 species  
Onagraceae   16 species  
Orobanchaceae   3 species  
Oxalidaceae   6 species  
Paeoniaceae   1 species  
Papaveraceae   4 species  
Phytolaccaceae   1 species  
Plantaginaceae   6 species  
Platanaceae   1 species  
Plumbaginaceae   1 species  
Polemoniaceae   6 species  
Polygalaceae   6 species  
Polygonaceae   39 species  
Portulacaceae   3 species  
Primulaceae   14 species  
Pyrolaceae   6 species  
Ranunculaceae   32 species  
Rhamnaceae   4 species  
Rosaceae   136 species  
Rubiaceae   20 species  
Rutaceae   5 species  
Salicaceae   45 species  
Santalaceae   3 species  
Sapindaceae   1 species  
Sarraceniaceae   1 species  
Saxifragaceae   7 species  
Scrophulariaceae   40 species  
Simaroubaceae   1 species  
Solanaceae   18 species  
Staphyleaceae   1 species  
Styracaceae   2 species  
Symplocaceae   1 species  
Theaceae   1 species  
Thymelaeaceae   2 species  
Tiliaceae   4 species  
Trapaceae   1 species  
Ulmaceae   7 species  
Urticaceae   6 species  
Valerianaceae   1 species  
Verbenaceae   5 species  
Violaceae   24 species  
Vitaceae   10 species  

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