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Home >> Checklist: Maine Monocots - USDA Plants Database >> Previous version of Key >> Identification Key (new version): Maine Monocots - USDA Plants Database Filter/Display Options Family/Genus Filter: Sort by: Display Common Names Display images: Plant habit vines / lianas herbaceous grass-like cactus-like / succulents aquatic & OBL wetland species special groups arums orchids monocots longevity annual or biennial perennial armature unarmed armed Leaves arrangement/phyllotaxy basal alternate opposite whorled leaf (blade) presence leaf blades present no leaves apparent Flower principal flower color white or cream purple blue green yellow orange red pink brown inconspicuous flower type bilateral/irregular symmetry radial symmetry 3 petals radial symmetry 4 petals radial sym. 6 or more petals petals indistinguishable ovaries/pistils per flower 1 more than 5 Fruit or Cone fruit consistency at maturity dry/leathery fleshy mature fruit dehiscence opening along 1-2 seams opening along 3 to many seams does not split open to release seed Maine Monocots - USDA Plants Database USDA Plants Database Species Count: 670 Acoraceae Acorus americanus Acorus calamus Alismataceae Alisma subcordatum Alisma triviale Sagittaria cuneata Sagittaria filiformis Sagittaria graminea Sagittaria latifolia Sagittaria rigida Amaryllidaceae Allium burdickii Allium canadense Allium cepa Allium schoenoprasum Allium tricoccum Allium vineale Leucojum aestivum Narcissus poeticus Araceae Arisaema triphyllum Calla palustris Lemna minor Lemna perpusilla Lemna trisulca Peltandra virginica Spirodela polyrrhiza Symplocarpus foetidus Wolffia columbiana Asparagaceae Asparagus officinalis Convallaria majalis Maianthemum canadense Maianthemum racemosum Maianthemum stellatum Maianthemum trifolium Ornithogalum umbellatum Polygonatum biflorum Polygonatum pubescens Asphodelaceae Hemerocallis fulva Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus Butomaceae Butomus umbellatus Colchicaceae Uvularia perfoliata Uvularia sessilifolia Commelinaceae Commelina communis Tradescantia ohiensis Tradescantia virginiana Cyperaceae Bolboschoenus fluviatilis Bolboschoenus maritimus Bolboschoenus novae-angliae Bolboschoenus robustus Bulbostylis capillaris Carex adusta Carex albicans Carex alopecoidea Carex annectens Carex appalachica Carex aquatilis Carex arcta Carex arctata Carex argyrantha Carex atherodes Carex atlantica Carex atratiformis Carex aurea Carex backii Carex baileyi Carex bebbii Carex bicknellii Carex bigelowii Carex billingsii Carex blanda Carex brevior Carex bromoides Carex brunnescens Carex bullata Carex bushii Carex buxbaumii Carex canescens Carex capillaris Carex caryophyllea Carex castanea Carex cephaloidea Carex cephalophora Carex chordorrhiza Carex communis Carex comosa Carex complanata Carex conoidea Carex crawei Carex crawfordii Carex crinita Carex cryptolepis Carex cumulata Carex debilis Carex deflexa Carex deweyana Carex diandra Carex digitalis Carex disperma Carex eburnea Carex echinata Carex exilis Carex flava Carex folliculata Carex garberi Carex gracillima Carex granularis Carex grisea Carex gynandra Carex gynocrates Carex haydenii Carex hirsutella Carex hirta Carex hirtifolia Carex hormathodes Carex houghtoniana Carex hystericina Carex interior Carex intumescens Carex lacustris Carex laevivaginata Carex lapponica Carex lasiocarpa Carex laxiculmis Carex laxiflora Carex lenticularis Carex leptalea Carex leptonervia Carex limosa Carex livida Carex lucorum Carex lupuliformis Carex lupulina Carex lurida Carex mackenziei Carex macloviana Carex magellanica Carex merritt-fernaldii Carex michauxiana Carex microglochin Carex muehlenbergii Carex nigra Carex normalis Carex norvegica Carex novae-angliae Carex oligosperma Carex ormostachya Carex oronensis Carex ovalis Carex paleacea Carex pallescens Carex panicea Carex pauciflora Carex peckii Carex pedunculata Carex pellita Carex pensylvanica Carex plantaginea Carex platyphylla Carex polymorpha Carex praegracilis Carex prairea Carex prasina Carex praticola Carex projecta Carex pseudocyperus Carex radiata Carex rariflora Carex recta Carex retroflexa Carex retrorsa Carex rosea Carex saxatilis Carex scabrata Carex scirpoidea Carex scoparia Carex siccata Carex silicea Carex sparganioides Carex spicata Carex sprengelii Carex sterilis Carex stipata Carex stricta Carex swanii Carex tenera Carex tenuiflora Carex tetanica Carex tincta Carex tonsa Carex torta Carex tribuloides Carex trisperma Carex tuckermanii Carex typhina Carex umbellata Carex utriculata Carex vacillans Carex vaginata Carex vesicaria Carex vestita Carex virescens Carex viridula Carex vulpinoidea Carex wiegandii Cladium mariscoides Cyperus bipartitus Cyperus dentatus Cyperus diandrus Cyperus erythrorhizos Cyperus esculentus Cyperus filicinus Cyperus houghtonii Cyperus lupulinus Cyperus polystachyos Cyperus squarrosus Cyperus strigosus Cyperus subsquarrosus Dulichium arundinaceum Eleocharis acicularis Eleocharis aestuum Eleocharis elliptica Eleocharis engelmannii Eleocharis erythropoda Eleocharis halophila Eleocharis intermedia Eleocharis obtusa Eleocharis olivacea Eleocharis palustris Eleocharis parvula Eleocharis quinqueflora Eleocharis robbinsii Eleocharis rostellata Eleocharis tenuis Eleocharis tuberculosa Eleocharis uniglumis Eriophorum angustifolium Eriophorum gracile Eriophorum tenellum Eriophorum vaginatum Eriophorum virginicum Eriophorum viridicarinatum Fimbristylis autumnalis Rhynchospora alba Rhynchospora capillacea Rhynchospora capitellata Rhynchospora fusca Rhynchospora macrostachya Schoenoplectiella purshiana Schoenoplectiella smithii Schoenoplectus acutus Schoenoplectus pungens Schoenoplectus subterminalis Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Schoenoplectus torreyi Scirpus atrocinctus Scirpus atrovirens Scirpus cyperinus Scirpus expansus Scirpus georgianus Scirpus hattorianus Scirpus longii Scirpus microcarpus Scirpus pedicellatus Scirpus pendulus Scirpus polyphyllus Trichophorum alpinum Trichophorum cespitosum Trichophorum clintonii Trichophorum planifolium Eriocaulaceae Eriocaulon aquaticum Eriocaulon parkeri Hydrocharitaceae Elodea canadensis Elodea nuttallii Hydrilla verticillata Najas flexilis Najas gracillima Najas guadalupensis Vallisneria americana Hypoxidaceae Hypoxis hirsuta Iridaceae Iris germanica Iris prismatica Iris pseudacorus Iris pumila Iris setosa Iris sibirica Iris versicolor Sisyrinchium albidum Sisyrinchium angustifolium Sisyrinchium atlanticum Sisyrinchium montanum Sisyrinchium mucronatum Juncaceae Juncus acuminatus Juncus alpinoarticulatus Juncus ambiguus Juncus anthelatus Juncus arcticus Juncus articulatus Juncus brachycephalus Juncus brevicaudatus Juncus bufonius Juncus canadensis Juncus compressus Juncus dichotomus Juncus dudleyi Juncus effusus Juncus filiformis Juncus gerardii Juncus greenei Juncus marginatus Juncus militaris Juncus nodosus Juncus pelocarpus Juncus secundus Juncus stygius Juncus subcaudatus Juncus subtilis Juncus tenuis Juncus torreyi Juncus trifidus Juncus vaseyi Luzula acuminata Luzula confusa Luzula congesta Luzula luzuloides Luzula multiflora Luzula pallidula Luzula parviflora Luzula spicata Juncaginaceae Triglochin gaspensis Triglochin maritima Triglochin palustris Liliaceae Clintonia borealis Erythronium americanum Lilium canadense Lilium lancifolium Lilium philadelphicum Medeola virginiana Streptopus amplexifolius Streptopus lanceolatus Melanthiaceae Trillium cernuum Trillium erectum Trillium grandiflorum Trillium undulatum Veratrum viride Nartheciaceae Aletris farinosa Orchidaceae Amerorchis rotundifolia Aplectrum hyemale Arethusa bulbosa Calopogon tuberosus Calypso bulbosa Corallorhiza maculata Corallorhiza odontorhiza Corallorhiza trifida Cypripedium acaule Cypripedium arietinum Cypripedium parviflorum Cypripedium reginae Dactylorhiza viridis Epipactis helleborine Galearis spectabilis Goodyera oblongifolia Goodyera pubescens Goodyera repens Goodyera tesselata Isotria medeoloides Isotria verticillata Liparis loeselii Listera auriculata Listera convallarioides Listera cordata Malaxis brachypoda Malaxis unifolia Platanthera aquilonis Platanthera blephariglottis Platanthera clavellata Platanthera dilatata Platanthera flava Platanthera grandiflora Platanthera hookeri Platanthera huronensis Platanthera lacera Platanthera leucophaea Platanthera macrophylla Platanthera obtusata Platanthera orbiculata Platanthera psycodes Pogonia ophioglossoides Spiranthes casei Spiranthes cernua Spiranthes lacera Spiranthes lucida Spiranthes ochroleuca Spiranthes romanzoffiana Triphora trianthophora Poaceae Agrostis canina Agrostis capillaris Agrostis elliottiana Agrostis gigantea Agrostis hyemalis Agrostis mertensii Agrostis perennans Agrostis scabra Agrostis stolonifera Alopecurus aequalis Alopecurus geniculatus Alopecurus myosuroides Alopecurus pratensis Ammophila breviligulata Ammophila champlainensis Andropogon gerardi Anthoxanthum aristatum Anthoxanthum monticola Anthoxanthum nitens Anthoxanthum odoratum Apera interrupta Apera spica-venti Aristida basiramea Aristida dichotoma Aristida oligantha Arrhenatherum elatius Avena fatua Avena sativa Beckmannia syzigachne Bouteloua curtipendula Bouteloua gracilis Bouteloua hirsuta Bouteloua radicosa Bouteloua repens Bouteloua simplex Brachyelytrum aristosum Briza media Bromus arvensis Bromus ciliatus Bromus erectus Bromus hordeaceus Bromus inermis Bromus kalmii Bromus latiglumis Bromus marginatus Bromus pubescens Bromus pumpellianus Bromus racemosus Bromus ramosus Bromus secalinus Bromus tectorum Calamagrostis canadensis Calamagrostis coarctata Calamagrostis pickeringii Calamagrostis stricta Cenchrus longispinus Cenchrus spinifex Cenchrus tribuloides Chloris cucullata Chloris gayana Chloris virgata Cinna arundinacea Cinna latifolia Coleataenia rigidula Corynephorus canescens Cynosurus cristatus Dactylis glomerata Dactyloctenium aegyptium Danthonia compressa Danthonia spicata Deschampsia cespitosa Deschampsia danthonioides Deschampsia elongata Deschampsia flexuosa Dichanthelium acuminatum Dichanthelium boreale Dichanthelium clandestinum Dichanthelium commutatum Dichanthelium depauperatum Dichanthelium dichotomum Dichanthelium latifolium Dichanthelium linearifolium Dichanthelium oligosanthes Dichanthelium sabulorum Dichanthelium scribnerianum Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon Dichanthelium villosissimum Dichanthelium xanthophysum Digitaria ischaemum Digitaria sanguinalis Diplachne fusca Distichlis spicata Echinochloa crus-galli Echinochloa frumentacea Echinochloa muricata Eleusine indica Elymus canadensis Elymus glabriflorus Elymus hystrix Elymus macgregorii Elymus repens Elymus riparius Elymus trachycaulus Elymus virginicus Elymus wiegandii Eragrostis capillaris Eragrostis cilianensis Eragrostis hypnoides Eragrostis intermedia Eragrostis mexicana Eragrostis minor Eragrostis pectinacea Eragrostis pilosa Eragrostis spectabilis Eragrostis von Festuca brachyphylla Festuca filiformis Festuca heteromalla Festuca ovina Festuca rubra Festuca subverticillata Festuca trachyphylla Gastridium phleoides Glyceria acutiflora Glyceria borealis Glyceria canadensis Glyceria grandis Glyceria laxa Glyceria melicaria Glyceria obtusa Glyceria septentrionalis Glyceria striata Holcus lanatus Hordeum brachyantherum Hordeum jubatum Hordeum murinum Hordeum pusillum Hordeum vulgare Koeleria macrantha Leersia oryzoides Leersia virginica Leymus mollis Lolium perenne Lolium temulentum Lycurus phleoides Milium effusum Miscanthus sacchariflorus Molinia caerulea Muhlenbergia frondosa Muhlenbergia glomerata Muhlenbergia mexicana Muhlenbergia racemosa Muhlenbergia richardsonis Muhlenbergia schreberi Muhlenbergia sobolifera Muhlenbergia sylvatica Muhlenbergia uniflora Oryzopsis asperifolia Panicum capillare Panicum dichotomiflorum Panicum miliaceum Panicum philadelphicum Panicum virgatum Pappophorum vaginatum Patis racemosa Pennisetum glaucum Phalaris arundinacea Phalaris canariensis Phleum alpinum Phleum pratense Phragmites australis Piptatheropsis canadensis Piptatheropsis pungens Poa alsodes Poa annua Poa compressa Poa glauca Poa laxa Poa nemoralis Poa palustris Poa pratensis Poa saltuensis Poa secunda Poa trivialis Polypogon monspeliensis Puccinellia distans Puccinellia fasciculata Puccinellia laurentiana Puccinellia maritima Puccinellia nuttalliana Puccinellia tenella Sacciolepis striata Schedonorus arundinaceus Schedonorus pratensis Schizachne purpurascens Schizachyrium scoparium Secale cereale Setaria faberi Setaria italica Setaria pumila Setaria verticillata Setaria viridis Sorghastrum nutans Sorghum bicolor Spartina alterniflora Spartina patens Spartina pectinata Sphenopholis intermedia Sphenopholis obtusata Sporobolus compositus Sporobolus contractus Sporobolus cryptandrus Sporobolus nealleyi Sporobolus neglectus Sporobolus vaginiflorus Thinopyrum pycnanthum Torreyochloa pallida Tragus berteronianus Tragus racemosus Triplasis purpurea Trisetum melicoides Trisetum spicatum Triticum aestivum Vahlodea atropurpurea Ventenata dubia Vulpia bromoides Vulpia myuros Vulpia octoflora Zea mays Zizania aquatica Zizania palustris Pontederiaceae Heteranthera dubia Pontederia cordata Potamogetonaceae Potamogeton alpinus Potamogeton amplifolius Potamogeton bicupulatus Potamogeton confervoides Potamogeton crispus Potamogeton epihydrus Potamogeton foliosus Potamogeton friesii Potamogeton gramineus Potamogeton illinoensis Potamogeton natans Potamogeton nodosus Potamogeton oakesianus Potamogeton obtusifolius Potamogeton perfoliatus Potamogeton praelongus Potamogeton pulcher Potamogeton pusillus Potamogeton richardsonii Potamogeton robbinsii Potamogeton spirillus Potamogeton strictifolius Potamogeton vaseyi Potamogeton zosteriformis Stuckenia filiformis Stuckenia pectinata Zannichellia palustris Ruppiaceae Ruppia maritima Scheuchzeriaceae Scheuchzeria palustris Smilacaceae Smilax herbacea Smilax rotundifolia Tofieldiaceae Triantha glutinosa Typhaceae Sparganium americanum Sparganium androcladum Sparganium angustifolium Sparganium emersum Sparganium eurycarpum Sparganium fluctuans Sparganium natans Typha angustifolia Typha latifolia Xyridaceae Xyris difformis Xyris montana Xyris smalliana Zosteraceae Zostera marina
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