PENNSYLVANIA Plants
PICTURE CAPTIONS
There are 3 names under each picture:
Common name
Scientific name
Family name
The scientific name is followed by the name(s) of the person or persons who first published that name for the plant. For example, in the scientific name Acer rubric L., the “L.” stands for Linnaeus.
Red Maple Flower/ Acer rubrum/ SAPINDACEAE/ Native to Eastern Noth America
Wild Daffodil/ Narcissus pseudonarcissus L./ AMARYLLIDACEA/ Introduce from Western Europe.
Magnolia/Magnolia liliiflora Desr./ MAGNOLIACEAE/ Introduce from Southwest China
Woodland Crocus/ Crocus tommasinianus Herb./ IRIDACEAE/ Introduced form Europe
Box Elder Flower/ Acer negundo L./ SAPINDACEAE/ Native to North America
Yellow Corydalis/ Corydalis flavula Raf./ FUMARIACEAE/ Native to the eastern United States.
Great White Trillium/ Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb./ MELANTHIACEAE/ Native to Eastern Noth America
Red Trillium/ Trillium erectum/ MELANTHIACEAE/ Native to Eastern Noth America
Virginia Spring Beauty/ Claytonia virginica/ MONTIACEAE/ Native to Eastern North America
Common Periwinkle/ Vinca minor L./ APOCYNACEAE/ Native to central and southern Europe and southwest Asia
Wild Blue Phlox/ Phlox divaricata L./ POLEMONIACEAE/ Native to Eastern North America
Downy Yellow Violet/ Viola pubescens Aiton/ VIOLACEAE/ Native to Eastern North America
Greater Celandine/ Chelidonium majus L./ PAPAVERACEAE/ Native to Europe and western Asia
Striped Cream Violet/ Viola striata Aiton/ VIOLACEAE/ Native to Eastern North America
Azure Bluet/ Houstonia caerulea L./ RUBIACEAE/ Native to Eastern North America
Arrow-leaved Violet/ Viola sagittata/ VIOLACEAE/ Native to Eastern North America
Rue Anemone/ Thalictrum thalictroides (L.) Eames & B. Boivin/ RANUNCULACEAE/ Native to Eastern North America
Morrow's honeysuckle/ Lonicera morrowii A.Gray/ CAPRIPHOLIACEAE/ Native to Japan, Korea, and Northeast China/ Highly invasive
Spanish bluebell/ Hyacinthoides hispanica (Mill.) Chouard ex Rothm./ ASPARAGACEAE/ Native to Iberian Peninsula
Fringed polygala/ Polygaloides paucifolia (Willd.) J.R.Abbott/ POLYGALACEAE/ Native to dry to moist conifer forests from the eastern half of Canada and the northeastern United States down to the mountains of Tennessee and Georgia
Mayapple/ Podophyllum peltatum L./ BERBERIDACEAE/ Native to Eastern North America
Wild Geranium/ Geranium maculatum L./ GERANIACEAE/ Native to woodland in eastern North America, from southern Manitoba and southwestern Quebec south to Alabama and Georgia and west to Oklahoma and South Dakota.
REFERENCES
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region by National Audubon Society.
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers--E: Eastern Region - Revised Edition by National Audubon Society.
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb.
Trees of Pennsylvania Field Guide by Stan Tekiela
Wildflowers of Pennsylvania by Mary Jo Waywood, Phyllis Testal Monk.