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VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF CAMPUS BIODIVERSITY

 

Approximately 220 species of "dicots", representing 56 families are known to occur on campus:

 

 
FAMILY ADOXACEAE (Elderberries)
 
FAMILY ALTINGIACEAE (Sweetgum)
 
FAMILY AMARANTHACEAE (Pigweed, Goosefoot, Orache)
 

FAMILY ANACARDIACEAE (Sumac, Poison Ivy)

 

FAMILY APIACEAE (Desert parsley)

 

FAMILY APOCYNACEAE (Dogbane)

 

FAMILY ARALIACEAE (Ivy, Ginseng, Spikenard)

 

FAMILY ASTERACEAE (Aster, Sunflowers, Dandelions, Thistles, Daisies)

 

FAMILY BERBERIDACEAE (Barberry, Oregon Grape)

 

FAMILY BETULACEAE (Birch, Alder, Hornbeam, Hazel)

 

FAMILY BORAGINACEAE (Borage, Forget-me-nots)

 

FAMILY BRASSICACEAE (Mustards, Cress)

 

FAMILY CAMPANULACEAE (Bellflowers)

 

FAMILY CAPRIFOLIACEAE (Honeysuckles, Snowberries)

 

FAMILY CARYOPHYLLACEAE (Pinks, Chickweeds, Cockles)

 

FAMILY CERATOPHYLLACEAE (Hornworts)

 

FAMILY CERCIDIPHYLLACEAE (Katsuratrees)

 

FAMILY CLUSIACEAE (St. John's Wort)

 

FAMILY CONVOLVULACEAE (Bindweed)

 

FAMILY CORNACEAE (Dogwoods)

 

FAMILY ELAEAGNACEAE (Russian olive, Soopallalie)

 

FAMILY ERICACEAE (Heath shrubs)

 

FAMILY EUPHORBIACEAE (Spurge)

 

FAMILY FABACEAE (Peas, Beans, Clover, Vetch, Other legumes)

 

FAMILY FAGACEAE (Oak, Beech)

 

FAMILY GERANIACEAE (Geraniums, Stork's-bill)

 

FAMILY GROSSULARIACEAE (Currants, Gooseberries)

 

FAMILY HYDRANGEACEAE (Mock orange)

 

FAMILY HYDROPHYLLACEAE (Phacelia)

 

FAMILY LAMIACEAE (Mints)

 

FAMILY LINACEAE (Flax)

 

FAMILY MAGNOLIACEAE (Magnolias)

 

FAMILY MALVACEAE (Mallow, Basswood, Linden)

 

FAMILY MONTIACEAE (Bitter-root, Miner's-lettuce)

 

FAMILY OLEACEAE (Olives, Ashes, Lilacs)

 

FAMILY ONAGRACEAE (Fireweed, Willow-herbs)

 

FAMILY OROBANCHACEAE (Paintbrush, Broomrape)

 

FAMILY OXALIDACEAE (Wood sorrel)

 

FAMILY PAPAVERACEAE (Poppies)

 

FAMILY PLANTAGINACEAE (Plantain, Penstemon, Toadflax, Speedwell)

 

FAMILY PLATANACEAE (Sycamore)

 

FAMILY POLEMONIACEAE (Jacob's Ladder)

 

FAMILY POLYGONACEAE (Knotweed, Dock, Sorrel)

 

FAMILY PRIMULACEAE (Shooting stars, Primulas)

 

FAMILY RANUNCULACEAE (Buttercups, Larkspur)

 

FAMILY RHAMNACEAE (Buckbrush, Buckthorn)

 

FAMILY ROSACEAE (Roses, Apples, Cherries, Hawthorn, Cinquefoils)

 
FAMILY RUBIACEAE (Bedstraws)
 

FAMILY SALICACEAE (Poplar, Cottonwood, Apen, Willow)

 

FAMILY SANTALACEAE (Mistletoe, Comandra)

 

FAMILY SAPINDACEAE (Maples, Horse chestnuts)

 

FAMILY SAXIFRAGACEAE (Saxifrage, Woodland stars)

 

FAMILY SCROPHULARIACEAE (Mullein, Figworts)

 

FAMILY SIMAROUBACEAE (Tree-of-heaven)

 

FAMILY SOLANACEAE (Bittersweet, Nightshade)

 

FAMILY ULMACEAE (Elm)

 

FAMILY VITACEAE (Grapes, Ivy)