Happy Families


Photographs we have collected of plants in our database sorted by family. Photography by Jock Aplin, Ken Borgfeldt, Charlie Brice, Cindy Carpenter, Daudie & John Colson, Alice Greko, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, Janice Irwin, Betty Jones, Sarah King, Mary Knierim, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, Randy Richardson, Rebecca Sewell, Joe Standaert, & Harriet Walls (and maybe others we missed).

Botanical plant names seem to change almost every day, but for now we use those approved by ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show.

Happy Families – Adoxaceae to Anomodontaceae
Happy Families – Apiaceae
Happy Families – Apocynaceae to Aristolochiaceae
Happy Families – Asclepiadaceae to Asteraceae
Happy Families – Asteraceae: Achillea to Erigeron
Happy Families – Asteraceae: Eupatorium to Heliopsis
Happy Families – Asteraceae: Ionactis to Smallanthus
Happy Families – Asteraceae: Solidago to Xanthium
Happy Families – Astraeaceae to Boraginaceae
Happy Families – Brassicaceae to Campanulaceae
Happy Families – Caprifoliaceae to Clethraceae
Happy Families – Climaciaceae to Cupressaceae
Happy Families – Cyperaceae to Equisetaceae
Happy Families – Ericaceae
Happy Families – Euphorbiaceae to Fabaceae
Happy Families – Fagaceae to Gentianaceae
Happy Families – Geraniaceae to Hypoxidaceae
Happy Families – Iridaceae to Lamiaceae
Happy Families – Lauraceae to Liliaceae
Happy Families – Linaceae to Melanthiaceae
Happy Families – Melastomataceae to Ophioglossaceae 
Happy Families – Orchidaceae
Happy Families – Orobanchaceae to Polemoniaceae 
Happy Families – Polygalaceae to Pucciniaceae
Happy Families – Ranunculaceae to Rosaceae
Happy Families – Rosaceae to Rutaceae
Happy Families – Salicaceae to Saxifragaceae
Happy Families – Scapaniaceae to Symplocaceae
Happy Families – Taxodiaceae to Xyridaceae