CHUCK'S
PLANT FAMILIES
OF
NEW YORK STATE

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KINGDOM
PLANTAE

 KEY
   

 
Subkingdom
Spermato-
phyta
(SEED PLANTS)		    
Superdivision
Tracheobionta
(VASCULAR PLANTS)		    
Division
Pinophyta
(GYMNOSPERMS)		    
Class Cycadopsida    
Cycadales (200)    
CYCADACEAE
(CYCAD FAM.) (1)(40)		    
  Cycas revoluta Thunb. CYCAD (GA & FL)
(Not wild in NYS)
STANGERIACEAE (2)(3)    
(1) Bowenia serrulata (W. Bull)
Chamberlain		 BYFIELD FERN (Australia)
(Not wild in NYS)
(1) Bowenia spectabilis
Hook. ex J.D. Hook.		 BOWENIA (Australia)
(Not wild in NYS)
(1) Stangeria eriopus
(Kunze) Baillon		 NATAL GRASS CYCAD
(So. Africa)
(Not wild in NYS)
ZAMIACEAE
(SAGO-PALM FAM.)
(8) (156)		    
  Zamia L. spp. ZAMIA (Tropical)
(Not wild in NYS)
Class Ginkgoopsida    
Ginkgoales (1)    
GINKGOACEAE
(GINKGO FAM.) (1)		    
(1) Ginkgo biloba L. GINKGO
(Ornamental in NYS)
Class Pinopsida    
Cephalotaxales (10)    
CEPHALOTXACEAE
(PLUM-YEW FAM.) (1)		    
(10) Cephalotaxus Sieb. et Zucc.
spp.		 PLUM YEW (Asian)
(Not wild in NYS)
Sciadopityales (1)    
SCIADOPITYACEAE
(UMBRELLA PINE FAM.) (1)		    
  Sciadopitys verticillata
(Thunberg) Sieb. & Zucc.		 UMBRELLA PINE
(Ornamental in NYS)
Coniferales (700)    
TAXACEAE (YEW FAM.)
(5)(18)		    
(2) Amentotaxus argotaenia
(Hance) Pilger		 CHINESE FLOWERING YEW
(Not wild in NYS)
(1) Austrotaxus spicatus Li AUSTROTAXUS
(monotypic, tropical)
(Not wild in NYS)
(1) Pseudotaxus chienii PSEUDOTAXUS
(monotypic, Chinese)
(Not wild in NYS)
(8) Taxus canadensis Marsh. GROUND HEMLOCK
  Taxus cuspidata
Sieb. & Zucc.		 JAPANESE YEW
(Ornamental in NYS)
(6) Torreya californica Torr. CALIFORNIA TORREYA
(Not wild in NYS)
PINACEAE (PINE FAM.)
(11) (210)		    

Subfamily Pinoideae
(110; 38 in N. America)

    
* Pinus Banksiana Lamb. JACK PINE
(Naturalized in NYS)
  Pinus nigra Arn. AUSTRIAN PINE
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Pinus resinosa Soland. ex Ait. RED PINE
  Pinus rigida Mill. PITCH PINE
  Pinus strobus L. WHITE PINE
  * Pinus sylvestris L. SCOTCH PINE
(Naturalized in NYS)

Subfamily Piceoideae

    
(35) Picea abies (L.) Karst. NORWAY SPRUCE
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Picea glauca (Moench) Voss WHITE SPRUCE
  Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP. BLACK SPRUCE
  Picea pungens Engelm. BLUE SPRUCE
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Picea rubens Sarg. RED SPRUCE

Subfamily Laricoideae

    
(1) Cathaya argyrophylla
Chun et Kuang		 CATHAYA (China)
(Not wild in NYS)
(9) Larix laricina
(DuRoi) K. Koch		 TAMARACK,
EASTERN LARCH
  Larix occidentalis Nuttall WESTERN LARCH
(Not wild in NYS)
  Larix decidua Miller EUROPEAN LARCH
(Ornamental in NYS)
(5) Pseudotsuga menziesii
(Mirbel) Franco		 DOUGLAS-FIR
(Western U.S.;
ornamental NYS)
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Pseudotsuga macrocarpa
(Vasey) Mayr		 BIGCONE DOUGLAS-FIR
(Western U.S.)
(Not wild in NYS)

Subfamily Abietoideae

    
(50) Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. BALSAM FIR
  Abies concolor (Gord. &
Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr.		 WHITE FIR
(Ornamental in NYS)
(4) Cedrus Trew spp. CEDAR
(S and SE Mediterranean)
(Not wild in NYS)
(3) Keteleeria Carrière spp. KETELEERIA (SE Asia)
(Not wild in NYS)
(1) Nothotsuga longibracteata
(Cheng) Hu ex C.N. Page		 Common name? (China)
(Not wild in NYS)
(2) Pseudolarix amabilis
(Nelson) Rehder		 GOLDEN LARCH (China)
(Not wild in NYS)
(9) Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière EASTERN HEMLOCK,
CANADIAN HEMLOCK
  Tsuga heterophylla
(Rafinesque) Sargent		 WESTERN HEMLOCK
(Not wild in NYS)
CUPRESSACEAE
(CYPRESS FAM.) (29) (141)		    
(7) Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.)
Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg		 ATLANTIC WHITE-CEDAR
  Chamaecyparis pisifera
(Siebold & Zuccarini) Endlicher		 SAWARA FALSECYPRESS
(Ornamental shrub in NYS)
(Ornamental in NYS)
(2) Cryptomeria japonica
(Thunberg ex Linnaeus f.) D. Don		 JAPANESE CRYPTOMERIA
(Ornamental tree in NYS)
(Ornamental in NYS)
(15) Cupressus nootkatensis D. Don ALASKA CEDAR
(Not wild in NYS)
(50) Juniperus communis L. COMMON JUNIPER
  Juniperus virginiana L. EASTERN REDCEDAR
(1) Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Hu & Cheng		 DAWN REDWOOD
(Ornamental tree in NYS)
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Platycladus orientalis
(L.) Franco		 ORIENTAL ARBORVITAE
(Ornamental in NYS)
(Ornamental in NYS)
(1) Sequoia sempervirens
(D. Don) Endlicher		 REDWOOD
(Not wild in NYS)
(1) Sequoiadendron gigantea
(Lindley) Buchholz		 GIANT SEQUOIA
(Not wild in NYS)
(2) Taxodium distichum
(L.) Richard		 BALDCYPRESS
(Ornamental tree in NYS)
(Ornamental in NYS)
(5) Thuja occidentalis L. ARBORVITAE
  Thuja plicata Donn ex D.
Don in Lambert		 WESTERN REDCEDAR
(Not wild in NYS)
ARAUCARIACEAE
(ARAUCAIA FAM.) (3)(41)		    
(1) Wollemia nobilis
Jones, Hill & Allen		 WOLLEMI PINE
(Discovered in
Australia, 1994)
(Not wild in NYS)
(21) Agathis Salisb. spp. KAURI (Southeast Asia)
(Not wild in NYS)
(19) Araucaria araucana
(Molina) K. Koch		 MONKEYPUZZLE TREE
(S. America; cultivated in U.S.)
(Not wild in NYS)
PODOCARPACEAE
(PODOCARP FAM.)
(15) (147)		    
  Podocarpus Endlicher spp. PODOCARP
(Australia, SE Asia)
(Not wild in NYS)
Class Gnetopsida    
Gnetales (90)    
GNETACEAE
(GNETUM FAM.) (1)		    
(30) Gnetum L. spp. GNETUM (Mostly tropical)
(Not wild in NYS)
WELWITSCHIACEAE
(WELWITSCHIA FAM.) (1)		    
(1) Welwitschia mirabilis
Hook.		 WELWITSCHIA (SW Africa)
(Not wild in NYS)
EPHEDRACEAE
(MORMON-TEA FAM.) (1)		    
(60) Ephredra L. spp. EPHREDRA (Mostly in
semi-arid habitats)
(Not wild in NYS)
     
Division
Magnoliophyta
ANGIOSPERMS		    
     



KEY TO SPECIES SYMBOLS

Blue Background

Grows wild in New York State, but
not in the Adirondack upland region.
An asterisk (*) indicates the plant
is naturalized (not native to NYS).

Green Background

Grows wild in the
Adirondack upland region.
An asterisk (*) indicates the plant
is naturalized (not native to NYS).

White Background

Grows wild in the
Adirondack alpine region
and found above 4000
feet in elevation).

Pink Background

Cultivated as an ornamental plant
in NYS; usually non-native.

Brown Background

The plant does not grow in NYS.
Selected familiar plants are included in the
database either to show representatives of
taxa not represented by NYS plants, or to
show their relatedness to their NYS relatives.



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