Below a table in alphabetical order of all the Native Plant Families I hope to write about in the coming future. Links are provided on all those families and species which have been done already.
Some introductory posts to read can be found here:
- My dream for an Ethnobotanical Garden in the British Isles
- Introduction to my ‘Wonderful Weed Weekly’ blog
- Native Plants and their Medicinal Uses
ADOXACEAE Sambucus nigra & Part 2 | Moschatel family |
AIZOACEAE | Dewplant family |
ALISMATACEAE | Water-plantain family |
AMARANTHACEAE | Goosefoot family |
AMARYLLIDACEAE | Daffodil family |
APIACEAE 2: Ground-elder | Carrot family |
APIACEAE 1: | Carrot family |
APOCYNACEAE | Periwinkle family |
AQUIFOLIACEAE | Holly family |
ARACEAE subsumes LEMNACEAE. | Arum family |
ARALIACEAE Hedera helix | Ivy family |
ASPARAGACEAE & Melanthiaceae | Asparagus family |
ASTERACEAE Part 1 & Jacobaea vulgaris | Daisy family |
ASTERACEAE part 2 & part 3 | Daisy family |
ASTERACEAE part 4 & dandelion | Daisy family |
BALSAMINACEAE | Balsam family |
BERBERIDACEAE | Barberry |
BETULACEAE Part 1; Part 2 | Birch/Alder famly |
BORAGINACEAE Comfrey or Symphytum | Borage family |
BRASSICACEAE part 1; part 2: part 3 | Cabbage family |
BUXACEAE | Box family |
CALLITRICHACEAE | Water starwort family |
CAMPANULACEAE | Bellflower family |
CANNABACEAE | Hop family |
CAPRIFOLIACEAE | Honeysuckle family |
CARYOPHYLLACEAE – 1 | Pink family |
CARYOPHYLLACEAE – 2 | Pink family |
CELASTRACEAE | Spindle family |
CERATOPHYLLACEAE | Hornwort family |
CISTACEAE | Rock rose family |
CONVOLVULACEAE | Bindweed family |
CORNACEAE | Dogwood family |
CRASSULACEAE | Stonecrop family |
CUCURBITACEAE | White Bryony family |
CYPERACEAE | Sedge family |
DIAPENSIACEAE | Diapensia family |
DIPSACACEAE | Teasel family |
DROSERACEAE | Sundew family |
ELAEAGNACEAE | Sea buckthorn family |
EQUISETACEAE | Horsetails |
ERICACEAE | Heather family |
ESCALLONIACEAE | Escallonia family |
EUPHORBIACEAE | Spurge family |
FABACEAE | Pea family |
FAGACEAE | Beech family |
FRANKENIACEAE | Sea-heath family |
GENTIANACEAE | gentian family |
GERANIACEAE | Cranesbill family |
GROSSULARIACEAE | Gooseberry |
GYMNOSPERMS | Conifers |
HALORAGACEAE | Milfoil |
HIPPURIDACEAE | Marestail family |
HYDROCOTYLACEAE | Pennywort family |
HYPERICACEAE | St. John’s Wort family |
IRIDACEAE | Iris family |
JUNCACEAE | Rush family |
LAMIACEAE part 1; part 2; part3 | Deadnettle family |
LENTIBULARIACEAE | Bladderwort family |
LILIACEAE | lily family |
LINACEAE | Flax family |
LYTHRACEAE | Purple-loosestrife family |
MALVACEAE Part 1; Part 2 | Mallow family |
MENYANTHACEAE | Bogbean family |
MONTIACEAE | Blinks family |
MYRICACEAE | Bog Myrtle family |
NYMPHAEACEAE | Waterlily |
OLEACEAE | Ash family |
ONAGRACEAE | Willowherb family |
ORCHIDACEAE | orchid family |
OROBANCHACEAE | broomrape family |
OXALIDACEAE | Wood Sorrel family |
PAPAVERACEAE part 1 & part 2 | Poppy family |
PARNASSIACEAE | Grass-of-Parnassus family |
PLANTAGINACEAE | Plantain family |
PLUMBAGINACEAE | Thrift family |
POACEAE | Grass family |
POLYGALACEAE | Milkwort family |
POLYGONACEAE Part 1; Part 2 | Knotweed family |
POTAMOGETONACEAE | Pondweed family |
PRIMULACEAE | Primrose family |
PTERIDOPHYTES Part 1 & Part 2 | Ferns and Fern allies |
RANUNCULACEAE | Buttercup |
RESEDACEAE | Mignonette family |
RHAMNACEAE | Buckthorn family |
ROSACEAE-1: SPIRAEOIDEAE Part 2 | Rose family-herbaceous |
ROSACEAE-2: ROSOIDEAE Part 1 Blackberry | Rose family-woody |
RUBIACEAE | Bedstraw family |
RUPPIACEAE | Tasselweed family |
SALICACEAE part 1 ; part 2 | Willow and Poplar family |
SANTALACEAE | Mistletoe & Bastard toadflax family |
SAPINDACEAE | Maple family |
SAXIFRAGACEAE | Saxifrage |
SCROPHULARIACEAE | Figwort family |
SOLANACEAE | Nightshade family |
THYMELACEAE | Mezereon family |
TYPHACEAE | Bulrush family |
ULMACEAE | Elm family |
URTICACEAE | Nettle family |
VALERIANACEAE | Valerian family |
VERBENACEAE | Vervain family |
VERONICACEAE Linaria vulgaris | Speedwell family |
VIOLACEAE | Violet family |