Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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 7199 photos of 931 species. We have published photos of 414 species from the Blue Hills Reservation, 230 species from Myles Standish State Forest, 166 species from Stony Brook Reservation, 133 species from Middlesex Fells Reservation, 79 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.

Photo Alexey Zinovjev and Irina Kadis, unless stated otherwise; plant identification and captions Irina Kadis; willow identification Alexey Zinovjev
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Ferns and Allies   —   view all thumbnails   (43 species, 360 images)
      first published 26 Feb 2006   last updated 9 Jul 2010

Adiantaceae   1 species  
Aspleniaceae   2 species  
Blechnaceae   2 species  
Dennstaedtiaceae   2 species  
Dryopteridaceae   12 species  
Equisetaceae   4 species  
Lycopodiaceae   8 species  
Marsileaceae   1 species  
Ophioglossaceae   2 species  
Osmundaceae   3 species  
Polypodiaceae   1 species  
Thelypteridaceae   5 species  

Conifers   —   view all thumbnails   (18 species, 266 images)
      first published 26 Mar 2006

Cupressaceae   4 species  
Pinaceae   14 species  

Monocots   (163 species, 1031 images)
      first published 1 May 2006

Agavaceae   1 species  
Alismataceae   5 species  
Araceae   5 species  
Commelinaceae   3 species  
Cyperaceae   43 species  
Eriocaulaceae   1 species  
Iridaceae   3 species  
Juncaceae   7 species  
Juncaginaceae   1 species  
Lemnaceae   1 species  
Liliaceae   28 species  
Orchidaceae   12 species  
Poaceae   40 species  
Pontederiaceae   1 species  
Potamogetonaceae   3 species  
Scheuchzeriaceae   1 species  
Smilacaceae   3 species  
Sparganiaceae   2 species  
Typhaceae   2 species  
Xyridaceae   1 species  

Dicots   (707 species, 5777 images)
      first published 4 Jun 2006   last updated 9 Jul 2010

Aceraceae   9 species  
Amaranthaceae   2 species  
Anacardiaceae   5 species  
Apiaceae   14 species  
Apocynaceae   3 species  
Aquifoliaceae   4 species  
Araliaceae   6 species  
Aristolochiaceae   1 species  
Asclepiadaceae   6 species  
Asteraceae   115 species  
Balsaminaceae   1 species  
Berberidaceae   3 species  
Betulaceae   11 species  
Bignoniaceae   2 species  
Boraginaceae   2 species  
Brassicaceae   26 species  
Buddlejaceae   1 species  
Buxaceae   1 species  
Cabombaceae   2 species  
Callitrichaceae   1 species  
Campanulaceae   6 species  
Cannabaceae   1 species  
Caprifoliaceae   14 species  
Caryophyllaceae   14 species  
Celastraceae   6 species  
Chenopodiaceae   7 species  
Cistaceae   7 species  
Clethraceae   1 species  
Clusiaceae   7 species  
Convolvulaceae   1 species  
Cornaceae   7 species  
Crassulaceae   1 species  
Cucurbitaceae   2 species  
Cuscutaceae   1 species  
Droseraceae   3 species  
Elaeagnaceae   2 species  
Elatinaceae   1 species  
Empetraceae   1 species  
Ericaceae   27 species  
Euphorbiaceae   2 species  
Fabaceae   41 species  
Fagaceae   17 species  
Fumariaceae   3 species  
Gentianaceae   4 species  
Geraniaceae   2 species  
Grossulariaceae   2 species  
Haloragaceae   4 species  
Hamamelidaceae   1 species  
Hippocastanaceae   1 species  
Juglandaceae   7 species  
Lamiaceae   21 species  
Lardizabalaceae   1 species  
Lauraceae   2 species  
Lentibulariaceae   4 species  
Linaceae   2 species  
Lythraceae   2 species  
Magnoliaceae   2 species  
Malvaceae   3 species  
Melastomataceae   1 species  
Menyanthaceae   2 species  
Molluginaceae   1 species  
Monotropaceae   2 species  
Moraceae   1 species  
Myricaceae   3 species  
Nyctaginaceae   1 species  
Nymphaeaceae   2 species  
Nyssaceae   1 species  
Oleaceae   5 species  
Onagraceae   6 species  
Orobanchaceae   2 species  
Oxalidaceae   2 species  
Papaveraceae   2 species  
Phytolaccaceae   1 species  
Plantaginaceae   4 species  
Platanaceae   1 species  
Plumbaginaceae   1 species  
Polygalaceae   5 species  
Polygonaceae   18 species  
Portulacaceae   2 species  
Primulaceae   9 species  
Pyrolaceae   6 species  
Ranunculaceae   20 species  
Rhamnaceae   3 species  
Rosaceae   55 species  
Rubiaceae   14 species  
Rutaceae   4 species  
Salicaceae   21 species  
Santalaceae   1 species  
Sarraceniaceae   1 species  
Saxifragaceae   4 species  
Scrophulariaceae   19 species  
Simaroubaceae   1 species  
Solanaceae   4 species  
Styracaceae   1 species  
Thymelaeaceae   1 species  
Tiliaceae   2 species  
Trapaceae   1 species  
Ulmaceae   6 species  
Urticaceae   3 species  
Verbenaceae   2 species  
Violaceae   15 species  
Vitaceae   6 species  

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