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Table of contents |
Genus index |
Protected species index | Invasive species index | ||
Order Garryales
The order Garryales...[1]
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Family Eucommiaceae
The Eucommiaceae (hard rubber tree family) contains a single living species.[1]
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Eucommia
Although a number of extinct Eucommia species were native to North America, the only living species, Eucommia ulmoides, is native to central China but has been planted worldwide. It is known for being a very cold-tolerant rubber-producing tree. It has been reported as naturalized in Indiana and Ohio, but not in New York State.[1]
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Eucommia | hard rubber tree | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
1890. Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.
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Hardy rubber tree
Hard rubber tree
Chinese rubber tree
Gutta-percha tree
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Introduced, Not naturalized Deciduous, Tree |
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NYFA-Xm BNA Red Images, wsp |
Order Gentianales
The order Gentianales...[1]
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Order | Family | Subfamily | Tribe | Subtribe | Genera | G | T |
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Gentianales | Rubiaceae | Cinchonoideae | Naucleeae | — | Cephalanthus (button bush) | 1 | 1 |
Rubioideae | Morindeae | — | Mitchella (partridge berry) | 1 | 1 | ||
Spermacoceae | — | Diodia (buttonweed) Houstonia (bluet) Oldenlandia (clustered bluets) |
3 | 6 | |||
Rubieae | — | Rubia (madder) Sherardia (field-madder) Asperula (woodruff) Cruciata (bedstraw) Galium (bedstraw, wild-licorice, cleavers) |
5 | 29 | |||
Loganiaceae | — | — | — | Spigelia (Indian pink, pinkroot) | 1 | 1 | |
Gentianaceae | — | Chironieae | — | Centaurium (centaury) Sabatia (rose gentian, pink) |
2 | 6 | |
Gentianeae | Gentianinae | Gentiana (gentian) | 1 | 5 | |||
Swertiinae | Bartonia (screwstem) Frasera (green-gentian) Gentianella (dwarf gentian) Gentianopsis (fringed-gentian) Halenia (spurred-gentian) |
5 | 7 | ||||
Apocynaceae | Rauvolfioideae | Vinceae | Vincinae | Vinca (periwinkle) | 1 | 2 | |
Amsonieae | — | Amsonia (bluestar) | 1 | 3 | |||
Apocynoideae | Apocyneae | — | Apocynum (dogbane) | 1 | 3 | ||
Periplocoideae | — | — | Periploca (silk vine) | 1 | 1 | ||
Asclepiadoideae | Asclepiadeae | Asclepiadinae | Asclepias (milkweed) | 1 | 12 | ||
Cynanchinae | Cynanchum (honeyvine) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Tylophorinae | Vincetoxicum (swallow-wort) | 1 | 3 |
Family Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae (coffee or madder family).[1][2]
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Subfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe Naucleeae
Cephalanthus
![]() Cephalanthus occidentalis buttonbush |
Cephalanthus | Buttonbush | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Cephalanthus occidentalis L. 1828. C. occidentalis var. pubescens 1849. C. occidentalis var. californicus 1917. C. berlandieri Wernham |
Buttonbush, Common buttonbush, Eastern buttonbush, Button willow, Honey bells Céphalanthe occidental, Céphalante occidental, Bois-bouton, Bois-noir |
Native, C:7, Secure OBL Perennial, Tree, shrub, Sun - part shade |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT Can ARS ITIS Trop. LBJ Images, wsp |
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Morindeae
Mitchella
![]() Mitchella repens L. partridgeberry |
Mitchella | Mitchella | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Mitchella repens L. 1862. Perdicesca repens (L.) Prov. |
Partridgeberry, Partridge-berry, Two-eyed berry, Twinberry, Squaw vine Pain-de-perdrix |
Native, C:6, Secure FACU Perennial, Herb-forb, Part shade - shade |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT ARS Trop. BNA LBJ Images, wsp |
Tribe Spermacoceae
Diodia
Diodia | Buttonweed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Walter 1788. Diodia teres Walter 1913. Diodella teres (Walter) Small 2014. Hexasepalum teres (Walter) J.H.Kirkbr. |
Rough buttonweed, Buttonweed, Poorjoe |
Native, C:0, Secure FACU-UPL Annual, Herb-forb |
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NYFA-5 USDA-N0 NPT ARS LBJ Images, wsp |
Houstonia
![]() Houstonia caerulea bluets |
Houstonia | Bluet | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Houstonia caerulea L.
1833. Hedyotis caerulea (L.) Hook.
1834. Anotis coerulea (L.) G.Don
1856. Oldenlandia caerulea (L.) A.Gray
1907. Houstonia caerulea var. faxonorum
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Common bluets
Quaker ladies
Little bluet
Azure bluet
Bluets
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Native, C:1, Secure FACU Perennial, Herb-forb |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN ARS ITIS Trop. Images, wsp |
Gaertn. |
Long-leaved bluets
Longleaf summer bluet
Houstonie à longues feuilles
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Native, C:8, Secure Perennial, Herb-forb |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN ITIS Images, wsp |
L. var. calycosa A.Gray 1813. Hedyotis lanceolata Poir.
1830. Anotis lanceolata (Poir.) DC.
1884. Houstonia purpurea var. calycosa
1901. Houstonia calycosa (A. Gray) C. Mohr
1901. Houstonia lanceolata (Poir.) Britton
1954. Hedyotis purpurea var. calycosa
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Midwestern purple bluet, Purple bluet, Venus' pride |
Native, Endangered |
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NYFA-Z1 USDA-N0 ITIS Trop. Images, wsp |
L. var. purpurea Hedyotis purpurea |
Purple bluet | Native, Endangered |
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NYFA-Z Images, wsp |
Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. 1818. Houstonia canadensis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
1941. Hedyotis canadensis (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Fosberg
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Canada bluets
Canadian summer bluet
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Native, C:7, Unranked Perennial, Herb-forb |
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NYFA-U USDA-N0 Trop. Images, wsp |
Oldenlandia
Oldenlandia | Oldenlandia | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. |
Clustered bluets, Clustered mille graines |
Native, Endangered |
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NYFA-1 USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
Tribe Rubieae
Galium
Galium sect. Platygalium
Galium sect. Platygalium | Bedstraw | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Galium boreale L. 1800. G. hyssopifolium Hoffm. 1818. G. septentrionale Roem.& Schult. 1819. G. strictum Torr. 1830. G. boreale var. hyssopifolium 1830. G. boreale var. intermedium |
Northern bedstraw, Boreal bedstraw, Crosswort Gaillet boréal |
Native, C:6, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT Can ARS ITIS Trop. NSE BNA IPN Images, wsp |
(Torr.) Torr. 1819. G. circaezans var. lanceolatum 1824. G. lanceolatum (Torr.) Torr. |
Lanceleaf wild licorice, Lanceleaf licorice bedstraw, Torrey's wild licorice, Spear wild licorice Gaillet lancéolé |
Native, C:7, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT Can ITIS Trop. NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Michx. var. circaezans G. bermudense G. circaeoides G. rotundifolium var. circaezans |
Licorice bedstraw, Wild licorice |
Native, C:7, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA- NPT NSE BNA Images, wsp Note: IWF |
Michx. var. hypomalacum |
Licorice bedstraw, Forest bedstraw, Wild licorice |
Native, C:7, Vulnerable |
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NYFA-3 USDA- NPT NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Aiton ssp. pilosum |
Hairy bedstraw | Native, C:6, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4 USDA-NN NPT NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Aiton ssp. puncticulosum (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray 1788. Galium purpureum Walter 1791. Galium walteri J.F.Gmel. 1803. Galium puncticulosum Michx. 1805. Galium punctatum Pers. 1841. Galium pilosum var. puncticulosum Torr.& A.Gray |
Hairy bedstraw | Native, No records |
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NYFA-D USDA-N0 NPT Trop. NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Steller ex Schult. & Schult.f |
Boreal bedstraw | Native, C:10?, Endangered |
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NYFA-1 USDA-NN NPT NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Torrey & A.Gray |
Shining bedstraw | Native, C:10?, Endangered, NYNHP: 1[1] |
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NYFA-1 USDA-NN NEW-0 NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Galium sect. Aparinoides
Galium sect. Aparinoides | Bedstraw | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Michx. |
Rough bedstraw, Kidney-vine, Pointed cleavers |
Native, C:6, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT NSE BNA Images, wsp |
L. |
Common marsh bedstraw, Marsh bedstraw |
Native, C:3, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT NSE BNA Images, wsp |
L. |
Stiff marsh bedstraw, Stiff three-petal bedstraw |
Native, C:5, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT NSE BNA Images, wsp |
L. ssp. trifidum G. brandegeei A.Gray p.p. |
Three-petal bedstraw | Native, C:7, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Bigelow 1824 ssp. obtusum G. trifidum var. latifolium Torr. G. obtusum var. ramosum Gleason |
Bluntleaf bedstraw, Blunt-leaved bedstraw |
Native, C:7, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT ITIS NSE BNA Images, wsp |
(Wieg.) Wieg. G. tinctorium var. labradoricum |
Bog bedstraw, Northern bog bedstraw |
Native, C:8, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4 USDA-NN NPT NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Fernald & Wiegand G. trifidum ssp. brevipes |
Limestone swamp bedstraw | Native, C:10?, Likely extirpated |
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NYFA-Z USDA-NN NPT NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Galium sect. Kolgyda
Note that BONAP lists most Galium species, including Galium aparine as noxious weeds in New York, Pennsylvania and New England. This is likely based on prohibited-seed lists that don't distinguish between Galium species.
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Galium sect. Kolgyda | Bedstraw | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753 |
Cleavers, Catchweed bedstraw, Stickywilly, Scratch bedstraw |
Native, C:0, Secure |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NX? NPT ARS NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Dandy Galium tricorne Stokes p.p. |
Rough-fruited corn bedstraw, Roughfruit corn bedstraw |
Introduced | ![]() |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Galium sect. Hylaea
![]() Galium triflorum Michx. three-flowered bedstraw |
Galium sect. Hylaea | Bedstraw | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Michx. 1803. Galium triflorum Michx. 1803. Galium jalapense Schltdl. 1935. Galium triflorum var. asprelliforme Fernald |
Sweet-scented bedstraw, Three-flowered bedstraw, Fragrant bedstraw Gaillet à trois fleurs, Gaillet odorant |
Native, C:7, Secure FACU Perennial, Herb-vine |
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NYFA-5 USDA-NN NPT ARS Trop. NSE BNA Images, wsp |
(L.) Scop. Asperula odorata |
Sweet bedstraw, Sweetscented bedstraw, Sweet woodruff |
Introduced from temperate Eurasia, Somewhat invasive, NYIS: 48%[1] |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT ARS NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Galium sect. Leiogalium
![]() Galium album Mill. hedge bedstraw |
Galium sect. Leiogalium | Bedstraw | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Mill. 1753. Galium mollugo L. misapplied
1762. Galium erectum Huds.
1768. Galium album Mill.
Galium mollugo ssp. erectum
1926. Galium mollugo var. erectum
Galium album var. erectum
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Hedge bedstraw
White bedstraw
False baby's breath
Whorled bedstraw
Wild madder
Gaillet mollugine, Caille-lait blanc |
Introduced from Eurasia, northern Africa, Potentially invasive, IO, NE-3[1] |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT Can ARS ITIS Trop. BNA IPN Images, wsp |
L. 1762. Galium sylvaticum L. |
Scotch-mist, Wood bedstraw, Baby's breath Gaillet des bois, Gaillet des forêts |
Introduced | ![]() |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT Can ITIS Trop. BNA Images, wsp |
Galium (excluded taxa) | Bedstraw | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Galium mollugo L.
1880. Rubia mollugo (L.) Baill.
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False baby's breath
Smooth bedstraw
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Introduced, N.Y. excluded |
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NYFA-XCLD USDA-XX NPT Can ARS ITIS Trop. BNA IPN Images, wsp |
L. 1762. Galium aristatum L. |
Awned bedstraw | Introduced from Eurasia, northern Africa, N.Y. excluded |
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NYFA-XCLD USDA- NEW-0 ITIS BNA IPN Images, wsp |
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Galium sect. Galium
Galium sect. Galium | Bedstraw | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. ssp. verum 1753. Galium verum L. 1879. G. verum var. verum 1885. G. verum ssp. verum |
Lady's bedstraw, Yellow bedstraw, Yellow Spring bedstraw |
Introduced from Eurasia, northern Africa |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT Trop. Images, wsp |
L. ssp. wirtgenii (F.W. Schultz) Oborný 1854. Galium wirtgenii F.W.Schultz 1879. G. verum var. wirtgenii 1885. G. verum ssp. wirtgenii |
Wirtgen's bedstraw | Introduced | ![]() |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT Trop. Images, wsp |
Retz. 1795. Galium × pomeranicum Retz. 1804. Galium × ochroleucum Wolf ex Schweigg. 1850. Galium × ambiguum Gren. & Godr. 1903. G. × ochroleucum var. ambiguum |
Pale yellow bedstraw | Introduced, N. America native |
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NYFA-X USDA-XN Trop. Images, wsp |
Galium sect. Asperula
Galium sect. Asperula | Woodruff | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | n NPT |
(L.) F. Herm. 1753. Asperula arvensis L.
1844. Asperula setosa Jaub. & Spach
1904. G. sherardiiflorum (L.) E.H.L.Krause
1844. Asperula arvensis var. setosa
1956. G. arvense (L.) F. Herm.
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Blue woodruff | Introduced | ![]() |
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NYFA-X USDA-XW ITIS Trop. BNA Images, wsp |
Galium sect. Cruciata
Galium sect. Cruciata | Bedstraw | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | n NPT |
(Bellardi) Ehrend. 1789. Galium pedemontanum (Bellardi) All. 1788. Vaillantia pedemontana Bellardi 1961. Cruciata pedemontana (Bellardi) Ehrend. |
Piedmont bedstraw, Yellow bedstraw, Piedmont Crosswort |
Introduced | ![]() |
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NYFA-X USDA- Trop. Images, wsp |
Opiz 1771. Galium cruciata (L.) Scop. 1852. Cruciata laevipes Opiz 1958. Cruciata chersonensis Ehrend. |
Smooth bedstraw | Introduced | ![]() |
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NYFA-X USDA-X0 Trop. Images, wsp |
Sherardia
Sherardia | Field madder | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. |
Blue field madder, Blue fieldmadder, Cultivated field madder |
Introduced | ![]() |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX Images, wsp |
Rubia
Rubia | Rubia | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. Rubia tinctoria L. orth. var. |
Dyer's madder, Indian madder, Madder |
Introduced, Impersistent |
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NYFA-Xm USDA-X0 Images, wsp |
Family Loganiaceae
The Loganiaceae is a mostly-tropical family with no members that are native to or reported to have naturalized in New York.
Spigelia
![]() Spigelia marilandica (L.) L. Indian pink |
Spigelia | Pinkroot | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) L. 1753. Lonicera marilandica L. 1767. Spigelia marilandica (L.) L. |
Indian pink, Woodland pinkroot |
N. America native southern US, No specimens, Cultivated Perennial, Forb-herb |
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NYFA-0 USDA-N0 ARS NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Family Gentianaceae
The Gentianaceae (gentian family).[1][2]
Tribe Chironieae
Centaurium
![]() Centaurium erythraea common centaury
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Centaurium | Centaury | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Rafn 1782. Centaurium umbellatum Gilib. inval.
1800. Centaurium erythraea Rafn
auct. Centaurium minus non Moench, rej.
auct. Erythraea centaurium
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Common centaury, European centaury |
Introduced FAC |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT Images, wsp |
(Sw.) Druce |
Branched centaury, Branching centaury-plant, Lesser centaury |
Introduced FAC |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT Images, wsp |
Sabatia
Sabatia | Rose-gentian | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Pursh S. maculata (Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f.
S. palmeri A.Gray
S. purpusii Brandegee
S. simulata Britton
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Sea pink, Marsh pink, Rose of Plymouth, Saltmarsh rosegentian |
Native, Threatened, NYNHP: 2[1] |
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NYFA-2 USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
(L.) Pursh 1753. Chironia angularis L. 1814. Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh |
Square-stemmed rose pink, Rose pink, Bitterbloom |
Native, Endangered, NYNHP: 1[2] |
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NYFA-1 USDA-NN Images, wsp |
(L.) Torr. Sabatia gracilis (Michx.) Salisb. |
Slender marsh pink, Slender rose gentian |
Native, Endangered, NYNHP: 1[3] |
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NYFA-1 USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
(L.) BSP. var. dodecandra Chironia dodecandra L. Sabatia chloroides (Michx.) Pursh |
Large marsh pink, Marsh rose gentian |
Native, Extirpated |
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NYFA-Z USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
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Tribe Gentianeae
Subtribe Gentianinae
Gentiana
Gentiana | Gentian | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Griseb. |
Fringe-topped bottle gentian | Native, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4 USDA-NN NPT LBJ Images, wsp |
Raf. |
Bottle gentian, Closed gentian |
Native, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4 USDA-NN NPT LBJ Images, wsp |
Froel. |
Narrow-leaved gentian | Native, Vulnerable |
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NYFA-3-4 USDA-NN NPT LBJ Images, wsp |
L. |
Soapwort gentian, Soap gentian, Harvestbells |
Native, Endangered |
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NYFA-1 USDA-N0 NPT LBJ Images, wsp |
Pringle |
Downy gentian | Native, Likely extirpated |
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NYFA-Z USDA-NN NPT LBJ Images, wsp |
Subtribe Swertiinae
Bartonia
Bartonia | Screwstem | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. 1753. Sagina virginica L. 1801. Bartonia tenella Willd. 1888. Bartonia virginica (L.) BSP 1895. Bartonia moseri B.L.Rob. |
Yellow screwstem, Virginia screwstem, Yellow bartonia Bartonie de Virginie |
Native, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4 USDA-NN NPT Can Trop. IPN Images, wsp |
ssp. paniculata |
Twining screwstem | Native, Endangered |
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NYFA-1 Images, wsp |
Frasera
Frasera | Green-gentian | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Frasera officinalis
Frasera verticillata
Frasera walteri
Swertia caroliniensis
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Columbo
American columbo
Green gentian
Yellow gentian
Carolina gentian
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Native, Threatened |
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NYFA-2 USDA-NN Images, wsp |
Gentianella
Gentianella | Dwarf-gentian | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Small ssp. quinquefolia |
Agueweed, Gall-of-the-earth, Stiff gentian |
Native, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4 USDA-NN NPT LBJ Images, wsp |
Gentianopsis
Gentianopsis | Fringed-gentian | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Froel.) Ma |
Greater fringed gentian | Native, Likely secure |
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NYFA-4 USDA-NN NPT LBJ Images, wsp |
(Raf.) Holub |
Lesser fringed gentian | Native, Endangered |
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NYFA-1 USDA-NN NPT LBJ Images, wsp |
Halenia
Halenia | Spurred-gentian | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Sm.) Griseb. |
Spurred gentian | Native, Endangered |
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NYFA-1 USDA-NN Images, wsp |
Family Apocynaceae
The Apocynaceae (dogbane or periwinkle family).[1][2][3]
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Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
Tribe Vinceae
A very common New York ground cover, both cultivated and naturalized is Vinca minor, known commonly as periwinkle or myrtle. It is often found in wooded areas were old homesteads once stood and along ditches and stream banks where floodwaters have carried the rhizomes downstream from their previous location.
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Subtribe Vincinae
Vinca
While Vinca minor is very common outside of cultivation and is considered to be moderately invasive, Vinca major rarely naturalizes in New York State.
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Vinca | Periwinkle | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Vinca minor L. |
Lesser periwinkle, Common periwinkle, Myrtle, Running-myrtle Petite pervenche, Pervenche mineure |
Introduced from Eurasia, Moderately invasive, NYIS: 57%[1], CP-3[2] |
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NYFA-X USDA-XX NPT Can ARS Images, wsp |
L. 1753. Vinca major L. |
Greater periwinkle, Bigleaf periwinkle, Large-leaved periwinkle Grande pervenche |
Introduced from Eurasia, Rarely naturalizing |
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NYFA-X USDA- NPT Can ARS Trop. Images, wsp |
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Tribe Amsonieae
Amsonia
Amsonia | Bluestar | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Walter var. tabernaemontana 1762. Tabernaemontana amsonia L. 1788. Amsonia tabernaemontana Walter 1894. Amsonia amsonia (L.) Britton |
Eastern bluestar, Texas-star |
Introduced from southern US, N. America native |
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NYFA-X USDA-N0 NPT ARS Trop. NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Walter var. salicifolia (Pursh) Woodson 1814. Amsonia salicifolia Pursh 1838. Ansonia salicifolia (Pursh) Raf. 1928. A. tabernaemontana var. salicifolia (Pursh) Woodson |
Eastern bluestar, Willowleaf Bluestar |
Introduced from southern US, N. America native |
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NYFA-X USDA-N0 NPT ARS Trop. NSE BNA Images, wsp |
Woodson |
Bluestar, Ozark bluestar |
Introduced, N. America native |
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NYFA-X USDA-N0 Images, wsp |
Subfamily Apocynoideae
Tribe Apocyneae
Apocynum
![]() Apocynum cannabinum hemp dogbane |
Apocynum | Dogbane | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Apocynum cannabinum L. 1770. Apocynum sibiricum Jacq. 1789. Apocynum hypericifolium Aiton 1902. Apocynum suksdorfii Greene 1912. Apocynum ithacense Greene |
Hemp dogbane, Clasping-leaved dogbane, Indian hemp, American-hemp Apocyn chanvrin, Apocyn à feuilles de millepertuis |
Native, C:2, Secure |
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1753. Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 1894. Apocynum pumilum (A.Gray) Greene 1901. Apocynum ambigens Greene 1906. Apocynum scopulorum Greene |
Spreading dogbane, Bitter-root, Common dogbane, Creeping dogbane Apocyn à feuilles d'androsème, Herbe à la puce |
Native, C:2, Secure |
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Greene (pro sp.) Apocynum androsaemifolium × Apocynum cannabinum 1893. Apocynum × floribundum Greene 1897. Apocynum × medium Greene 1901. Apocynum × milleri Britton 1930. Apocynum × jonesii Woodson |
Intermediate dogbane, Jones' dogbane, Hybrid of hemp dogbane & spreading dogbane Apocyn moyen |
Native, C:x, Secure |
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Subfamily Periplocoideae
Periploca
Silkvine (Periploca graeca) is native to eastern Europe and is listed as invasive in Northeastern Spain. It is capable of rooting vegetatively from small pieces of stem.[1]
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Vouchered plant specimens have been collected from Erie and Monroe counties, but it is not thought to have naturalized there.[1] It has also been reported along roadsides in Suffolk County, NY, and Fairfield County, CT, but it is uncertain whether those plants were cultivated or naturalized.[2]
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Periploca Tourn. ex. L. | Silk-vine | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1753. Periploca graeca L. 1820. Periploca graeca Schult. |
Silkvine, Silk vine, Grecian silkvine Bourreau des arbres |
Introduced from Eurasia, Potentially invasive Perennial, Woody vine |
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Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
The New York Flora Atlas includes Asclepias, Cynanchum, and Periploca in Asclepiadaceae. It includes the three Vincetoxicum species as Cynanchum.[1]
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Tribe Asclepiadeae
Subtribe Asclepiadinae
Asclepias
The milkweed genus Asclepias is here separated into two clades according to Fishbein, et. al. (2011).[1] Each of these clades contains milkweeds that support monarch butterfly developmemt. In New York, these are:
Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) also supports monarchs west of the Mississippi, where it is native, but the benefit of planting it in New York for this purpose could be questioned. |
Asclepias clade incarnata/verticillata
Asclepias | Milkweed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. ssp. incarnata 1753. Asclepias incarnata L. |
Western swamp milkweed, Swamp milkweed, Rose milkweed Asclépiade incarnate, Asclépiade rouge |
Native, C:4, Secure OBL Perennial, Herb-forb |
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L. ssp. pulchra (Ehrh. ex Willd.) Woodson 1798. Asclepias pulchra Ehrh. ex Willd. 1840. Asclepias maritima Raf. non Jacq. 1921. A. incarnata var. neoscotica 1954. A. incarnata var. pulchra |
Eastern swamp milkweed, Swamp milkweed |
Native, C:4, Vulnerable OBL Perennial, Herb-forb |
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L. 1753. Asclepias verticillata L. |
Whorled milkweed, Eastern whorled milkweed, Horsetail milkweed |
Native, C:9, Threatened, NYNHP: S2[1] FACU-UPL Perennial, Herb-forb |
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Asclepias clade syriaca/speciosa
Asclepias | Milkweed | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
L. 1762. Asclepias syriaca L. 1840. A. serica Raf. 1844. A. cornuti Decne. 1904. A. kansana Vail 1935. A. syriaca var. kansana |
Common milkweed, Kansas milkweed, Silkweed, Virginia silk Asclépiade commune, Cochons de lait, Herbe à coton |
Native, C:0, Secure |
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Jacq. 1767. Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. 1818. A. vanilla Raf. 1840. A. quadrifolia var. oppositifolia |
Fourleaf milkweed, Four-leaved milkweed, Whorled milkweed Asclépiade à quatre feuilles |
Native, C:7, Secure |
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L. 1753. Asclepias tuberosa L. 1753. Asclepias decumbens L. |
Butterfly-weed, Butterfly milkweed, Orange milkweed, Pleurisy root Asclépiade tubéreuse, Asclépiade de l'intérieur |
Native, C:2, Likely secure |
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Sm. 1797. A. amplexicaulis Sm. 1803. A. obtusifolia Michx. 1832. A. rotundifolia Raf. 1930. A. gladewitzii Farw. |
Clasping milkweed, Blunt-leaved milkweed |
Native, C:2, Likely secure |
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L. 1756. Asclepias exaltata L. 1762. A. syriaca var. exaltata 1788. A. polystachya Walter 1814. A. phytolaccoides G.F. Lyon ex Pursh 1904. A. bicknellii Vail |
Poke milkweed, Tall milkweed Asclépiade très grande, Grande asclépiade |
Native, C:6, Likely secure FACU-UPL Perennial, Herb-forb, Sun - part shade |
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L. 1753. Asclepias purpurascens L. 1753. A. amoena L. 1794. A. compressa Moench 1832. A. dasypus Raf. 1840. A. gonalis Raf. |
Purple milkweed, Eastern purple milkweed Asclépiade pourprée |
Native, C:2, Threatened, USFS-CA, NYNHP: 2[1] FACU Perennial, Herb-forb |
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Raf. 1808. Asclepias viridiflora Raf. 1819. As. lanceolata E.Ives (i) 1824. As. viridiflora var. lanceolata 1829. Acerates viridiflora (Raf.) Pursh ex Eaton 1841. Acerates lanceolata Steud. 1946. As. viridiflora var. linearis |
Green milkweed, Green comet milkweed, Short green milkweed, Green-flowered milkweed Asclépiade à fleurs vertes |
Native, C:10, Threatened, NYNHP: 2[2] |
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White milkweed, Redring milkweed |
Native, C:10, Endangered, NYNHP: 1[3] |
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L. 1753. Asclepias rubra L. 1788. A. cordata Walter (i) 1803. A. laurifolia Michx. 1814. A. acuminata Pursh 1818. A. periplocaefolia Nutt. 1903. A. rubra var. laurifolia |
Red milkweed, Tall pink bog milkweed |
Native, C:10, No recent reports OBL Perennial, Herb-forb, Sun - part shade |
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Vail Asclepias amplexicaulis × Asclepias syriaca 1904. Asclepias intermedia Vail |
Intermediate milkweed, Hybrid of clasping milkweed & common milkweed |
Native, Unranked |
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Torr. 1827. Asclepias speciosa Torr. 1837. Asclepias douglasii Hook. 1931. Asclepias giffordii Eastw. |
Showy milkweed, Greek milkweed Belle asclépiade |
Introduced from w. North America, N. America native, No reports |
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A. speciosa × syriaca Asclepias speciosa × Asclepias syriaca |
Hybrid Showy milkweed & Common milkweed |
Native, Introduced, No reports |
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Subtribe Cynanchinae
Many sources, including the New York Flora Atlas still include the Vincetoxicum species in Cynanchum.
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Cynanchum
Cynanchum L. | Swallow-wort | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Michx.) Pers. 1803. Gonolobus laevis Michx. 1805. Cynanchum laeve Pers. 1818. Enslenia albida Nutt. 1894. Ampelamus albidus Britton 2001. Ampelamus laevis Krings |
Honeyvine, Smooth swallowwort, Climbing milkweed Dompte-venin glabre |
Introduced, US South native |
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Subtribe Tylophorinae
Vincetoxicum
Vincetoxicum includes the two very highly invasive alien vines black swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum nigrum) and pale swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum rossicum), also known as dog-strangling vines, which are both well-established in parts of New York State. Aside from their general invasiveness and the subsequent loss of habitat for native plants, these milkweed relatives have been implicated in luring monarch butterflies away from native milkweed as a place to lay eggs. Because only milkweed can supprort monarch larvae, those that hatch from eggs laid on the swallow-wort cannot survive.
As with some other invasive plants, when swallow-wort is first introduced in an area, its rate of spread is fairly slow, so the rate of future spread and the difficulty of controlling it is often underestimated. A phenomenon called the Allee effect is responsible for increasing the growth rate of individual swallow-wort plants as their population increases and the population of competing plants declines, up to a limit of course.[1] The root cause of this effect is not certain, but a likely contributor is allelopathy on the part of the invasive swallow-worts, which both produce the phytotoxin -(-) antofine. |
Vincetoxicum | Swallow-wort | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Moench 1753. Asclepias nigra L. 1802. Vincetoxicum nigrum Moench 1805. Cynanchum nigrum Pers. nom. illeg. 1991. Cynanchum louiseae Kartesz & … |
Black swallow-wort, Black dog-strangling vine, Climbing poison, Louise's swallow-wort Dompte-venin noir, Cynaque noir, Cynanche noire |
Introduced from southern Europe, Very highly invasive, NYIS: 90%[1], Prohibited[2], CP-2[3] Perennial, Forb-herb, vine |
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(Kleopow) Barbar. 1929. Cynanchum rossicum Kleopow 1950. Vincetoxicum rossicum Barbar. 1952. Antitoxicum rossicum Pobed. auct. Cynanchum medium non R.Br. auct. Vincetoxicum medium non Dcne. |
Pale swallow-wort, European swallow-wort, Dog-strangling vine (DSV) Dompte-venin de Russie |
Introduced from eastern Europe, Very highly invasive, NYIS: 88%[4], Prohibited[2], CP-3[5] Perennial, Forb-herb, vine |
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Medik. 1753. Asclepias vincetoxicum L. 1790. Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik. 1794. Vincetoxicum officinale Moench 1805. Cynanchum vincetoxicum (L.) Pers. 1883. Vincetoxicum vincetoxicum H.Karst. 1961. Alexitoxicon vincetoxicum H.P.Fuchs |
White swallow-wort, Pale swallow-wort, White dog-strangling vine, Poison-rope swallowwort Dompte-venin officinal |
Introduced, Questionable[6] Perennial, Forb-herb, vine |
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