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Updated August 16, 2022
Calflora groups plants into seven categories, listed below.
For similar ways of grouping plants,
see
Jepson eFlora sections,
USDA PLANTS groups,
and
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angiosperm
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Flowering plants. (Wikipedia article on flowering plants.)
Example: Rosa californica, California wild rose, in the Rosaceae family. | |||||
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fern
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(Wikipedia article on ferns.)
Example: Adiantum aleuticum, five finger fern, in the Pteridaceae family. | |||||
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gymnosperm
Conifers and cycads. (Wikipedia article on gymnosperms.)
Example: Abies concolor, white fir, in the Pinaceae family. | Vascular | ||||
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lycophyte
Clubmosses, spikemosses and quillworts. (Wikipedia article on Lycopodiopsida.)
Example: Isoetes bolanderi, Bolander's quillwort, in the Isoetaceae family. | Vascular | ||||
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alga
(Wikipedia article on algae.)
Example: Undaria pinnatifida, wakame, in the Alariaceae family. | Non-Vascular | ||||
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bryophyte
Mosses, liverworts and hornworts.
(Wikipedia article on bryophytes.)
Example: Asterella californica, California perianth liverwort, in the Aytoniaceae family. | Non-Vascular 1 | ||||
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lichen
(Wikipedia article on lichen.)
Example: Usnea longissima, Methuselah's beard lichen, in the Parmeliaceae family. | Non-Vascular | ||||
| 1 Bryophytes are conventionally considered non-vascular. Some mosses have conductive tissue that transports water in a way similar to vascular plants. | |||||
