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
Magnoliophyta
(ANGIOSPERMS)
(2) (220,000)		    
Class
Magnoliopsida
(DICOTS) (6)		    
Subclass I.
Magnoliidae
(8) (12,000)		    
Flowers typically apocarpous; sometimes laminar stamens usually numerous and centripetal; pollen-grains
mostly binucleate and often uniaperturate; ovules bitegmic and crassinucellar; seeds very often with tiny
embryo and copious endosperm; cotyledons occasionally more than 2; plants very often with benzyliso-
quinolineor aporphine alkaloids, but without betalains, iridoid compounds, or mustard-oils, and only seldom
strongly tanniferous.
Magnoliales (10) (3000)    
Plants woody, ordinarily with ethereal oil cells in the parenchymatous tissues; pollen typically uniaperturate;
stamens often laminar; flowers mostly solitary, large; seeds with small embryo and copious endosperm;
stipules present or absent.
WINTERACEAE
(WINTER'S BARK FAM.) (100)

 a; pf
2--6, 4--#; 15--#; 1--# apo or syn
cap syn fol ber

  
 

Drimys winteri Forster & Forster f. WINTER'S BARK
(Archaic extant
angiosperm;
Argentina & Chili)
(Not wild in NYS)
MAGNOLIACEAE
(MAGNOLIA FAM.) (220)

 a; pf
-6---#-; #; (#) or #
aggr: sam fol

  
  Liriodendron tulipifera L. TULIP-TREE
  Magnolia acuminata (L.) L. CUCUMBERTREE
(New York to Georgia)
  Magnolia macrophylla L. BIGLEAF MAGNOLIA
(Virginia to Alabama)
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Magnolia virginiana L. SWEETBAY (MA to TX)
  Magnolia X soulangiana SAUCER MAGNOLIA
(Lily x Yulan Magnolia--
both China)
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Magnolia stellata
(Sieb. & Zucc.) Maxim.		 STAR MAGNOLIA (Japan)
(Ornamental in NYS)
ANNONACEAE
(CUSTARD-APPLE FAM.)
(2300)

 a; pf
3 or (3; 6; #; #
aggr: syn ber

  
  Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal PAWPAW,
FALSE BANANA
Laurales (8) (2500)    
Plants woody; ethereal oils; flowers usually perigynous or epigynous; pollen mostly inaperturate or
biaperturate; flowers smaller and in more numerous inflorescences than Magnoliales; seeds as in
Magnoliales or often with a large embryo and little or no endosperm; stipules wanting.
LAURACEAE
(LAUREL FAM.) (2000)

 a; pf or di
-6- or -(6-; 12; 1
ber dr

  
  Cinnamomum camphora
(L.) J. Presl		 CAMPHORTREE
(Not wild in NYS)
  Cinnamomum cassia Blume CINNAMON
(Not wild in NYS)
  Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume SPICEBUSH
  Persea americana P. Mill. AVOCADO
(Not wild in NYS)
  Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees COMMON SASSAFRAS
CALYCANTHACEAE
(STRAWBERRY-SHRUB FAM.)

 a; pf
-15--30-; 15--55
5--45; peri
aggr ach (bac hypan)

  
  Calycanthus floridus L. SMOOTH STRAWBERRY-
SHRUB, BUBBY BUSH,
SWEET BUBBY (PA south)
(Not wild in NYS)
Piperales (3) (2000)    
Plants herbaceous; ethereal oils; flowers with no or much reduced
perianth; ovules mostly orthotropous; seeds often with perisperm.
PIPERACEAE
(PEPPER FAM.) (1900+)

 a or z; pf or mo or di
-0-; 2--6; (1, 3, or 4)
dru

  
  Piper nigrum L. BLACK PEPPER
(Not wild in NYS)
SAURURACEAE
(LIZARD'S TAIL FAM.)

 a; pf
-0-; 3 or 6 or 8; 3 or 4
aggr fol

  
  Saururus cernuus L.     LIZARD'S-TAIL
  Houttuynia cordata 'variagata'
Thumb.		 HOUTTUYNIA
(Ornamental in NYS)
Aristolochiales (1) (600)    
Plants herbaceous; ethereal oils; flowers with a well developed perianth; ovules mostly
anatropous; seeds with endosperm, but no perisperm; plants accumulating aristolochic acid.
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
(BIRTHWORT FAM.) (600)

 z or a; pf
(1--3), 0; 6--#
(4--6)
cap

  
  Aristolochia Macrophylla Lam. DUTCHMAN'S PIPE
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Asarum canadense L. WILD GINGER
Illiciales (2) (90)    
Plants woody; ethereal oils; stipules lacking; pollen triaperturate or sexaperturate; flowers hypogynous.
ILLICIACEAE
(STAR ANISE FAM.) (1) (40)

 a; pf
-#-; #; 5--#
aggr fol

  
  Illicium floridanum  Ellis FLORIDA ANISETREE
(Not wild in NYS)
Nymphaeales (5) (65)    
Plants herbaceous; no ethereal oils; pollen uniaperturate; plants aquatic, lacking vessels.
NELUMBONACEAE
(LOTUS FAM.)

 a; pf
2, #; #;#
aggr nut

  
  Nelumbo lutea (Willd.) Pers. YELLOW LOTUS
  Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. SACRED BEAN
(Ornamental in NYS)
NYMPHAEACEAE
(WATER-LILY FAM.) (50)

 a; pf
4 or 6, 8--#; #; (5--#) or
5--# hyp or peri or epi
bac cap szp

  
  Nuphar luteum (L.) Sibth. & Sm. YELLOW POND-LILY,
BULL-HEAD LILY
  Nymphaea odorata Dryand. ex Ait WHITE WATER-LILY
CABOMBACEAE
(WATER-SHIELD FAM.)

 a; pf
3, 3; 3--6 or 12 to 18; 3--18
aggr fol

  
  Brasenia schreberi Gmel. WATER SHIELD
CERATOPHYLLACEAE
(HORNWORT FAM.)

 a; mo
-9--10-; 5--27; 1
ach

  
  Ceratophyllum demersum L. HORNWORT, COONTAIL
Ranunculales (8) (3200)    
Plants herbaceous; no ethereal oils; pollen triaperturate; terrestrial; with vessels;
gynoecium apocarpous; sepals usually more than 2; plants without protopine.
RANUNCULACEAE
(CROWFOOT FAM.) (1600+)

 a or z; pf
5, 0 or 5; #; #
aggr: ach fol ber

  
  Actaea pachypoda Ell. WHITE BANEBERRY
(berries poisonous)
  Anemone quinquefolia L. WOOD ANENOME
  Aquilegia canadensis L. COLUMBINE
  Caltha palustris L. MARSH-MARIGOLD
  Clematis virginiana L. VIRGIN'S BOWER
  Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. GOLDTHREAD
  Hepatica nobilis Mill. HEPATICA
  Ranunculus abortivus L. KIDNEYLEAF BUTTERCUP
  * Ranunculus acris L. COMMON BUTTERCUP
(Naturalized in NYS)
  Thalictrum dioicum L. EARLY MEADOW-RUE
  Thalictrum pubescens Pursh TALL MEADOW-RUE
BERBERIDACEAE
(BARBERRY FAM.) (650)

 a; pf
6, 6; 4--9; 1
ber cap

  
  Berberis canadensis P. Mill. AMERICAN BARBERRY
(Western U.S.)
(Not wild in NYS)
  Berberis julianae Schneid. WINTERGREEN BARBERRY
(China)
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Berberis x mentorensis
L. M. Ames		 MENTOR BARBERRY
(B. julianae x B. thunbergii;
3 spines)
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Berberis thunbergii DC. JAPANESE BARBERRY
(Ornamental in NYS)
  * Berberis vulgaris L. EUROPEAN BARBERRY
(Naturalized in NYS)
  Caulophyllum thalictroides
(L.) Michx.		 BLUE COHOSH
  Epimedium  L. spp. EPIMEDIUM
(heart-shaped leaf)
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Mahonia aquifolium
(Pursh) Nutt.		 OREGON GRAPE HOLLY
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Podophyllum peltatum L. MAY-APPLE
(toxin from rhizome chemo.)
LARDIZABALACEAE
(LARDIZABALA FAM.)

 a; mo, di or po
3 or 6, 6 or 0; 6; 3
aggr fol

  
  * Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Dcne. CHOCOLATE VINE
(NY to GA)
(Naturalized in NYS)
MENISPERMACEAE
(MOONSEED FAM.) (400)

 a; di
6, 6; 6; 3 or 6
aggr: dru or nutlet

  
  Menispermum canadense L. CANADA MOONSEED
Papaverales (2) (600)    
Plants herbaceous; no ethereal oils; pollen triaperturate; terrestrial; with vessels;
gynoecium syncarpous; sepals mostly 2; plants commonly producing protopine.
PAPAVERACEAE
(POPPY FAM.) (200)

 a; pf
2--3, 4 or 6; 3+3 or #; (2--#)
milky cap

  
  * Chelidonium majus L. CELINDINE
(Naturalized in NYS)
  Papaver orientale L. ORIENTAL POPPY
(Ornamental in NYS)
  Papaver somniferum L. POPPY, MORPHINE
(Not wild in NYS)
  Sanguinaria canadensis L. BLOODROOT
FUMARIACEAE
(FUMITORY FAM.) (400)

 z; pf
2, 4 to (4; 6; (2)
cap nut silc silq

  
  Corydalis sempervirens (L.) Pers. PALE CORYDALIS
  Dicentra canadensis
(Goldie) Walp.		 SQUIRREL-CORN
  Dicentra cucullaria  (L.) Bernh. DUTCHMAN'S BRITCHES
  Dicentra spp. BLEEDING HEART
(Ornamental in NYS)
  * Fumaria officinalis L. EARTH-SMOKE
(Naturalized in NYS)
Subclass II.
Hamamelidae		    
     



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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