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Plant
habit
trees
shrubs
vines / lianas
herbaceous
grass-like
longevity
annual or biennial
perennial
armature
unarmed
armed
sap
latex absent (sap clear)
latex present
leaves/twigs aromatic when crushed
without marked odor
clearly odiferous
Leaves
arrangement/phyllotaxy
basal
alternate
opposite
whorled
blade division
all simple
deeply lobed or divided
some or all fully compound
leaf attachment
sessile or nearly so
leaf stalk (petiole) clearly present
winged petiolate
sheathing
Flower
principal flower color
white or cream
purple
blue
green
yellow
orange
red
pink
brown
inconspicuous
flower type
daisy- or dandelion-like
bilateral/irregular symmetry
radial symmetry 4 petals
radial symmetry 5 petals
radial sym. 6 or more petals
petals indistinguishable
ovaries/pistils per flower
1
2-5
more than 5
Fruit or Cone
fruit consistency at maturity
dry/leathery
fleshy
mature fruit dehiscence
opening along 1-2 seams
opening along 3 to many seams
does not split open to release seed
Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory NEON (NOGP) plants - Northern Plains (D09)
Species Count: 55
Amaryllidaceae
Allium textile
Apocynaceae
Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias viridiflora
Asparagaceae
Yucca glauca
Asteraceae
Achillea millefolium
Artemisia campestris
Artemisia frigida
Artemisia ludoviciana
Cirsium flodmanii
Echinacea angustifolia
Grindelia squarrosa
Heterotheca villosa
Lactuca pulchella
Liatris punctata
Lygodesmia juncea
Ratibida columnifera
Solidago canadensis
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Tragopogon dubius
Boraginaceae
Lithospermum incisum
Lithospermum occidentale
Caprifoliaceae
Symphoricarpos occidentalis
Cyperaceae
Carex duriuscula
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia esula
Fabaceae
Acmispon americanus
Amorpha canescens
Astragalus cicer
Dalea purpurea
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Medicago sativa
Melilotus officinalis
Psoralea argophylla
Vicia americana
Onagraceae
Oenothera suffrutescens
Poaceae
Agropyron cristatum
Andropogon gerardii
Aristida purpurea
Bouteloua curtipendula
Bouteloua gracilis
Bromus inermis
Elymus smithii
Elymus violaceus
Koeleria macrantha
Nassella viridula
Poa pratensis
Psathyrostachys juncea
Schizachyrium scoparium
Stipa comata
Stipa spartea
Polygalaceae
Polygala alba
Rosaceae
Potentilla pensylvanica
Prunus virginiana
Rosa arkansana
Solanaceae
Physalis virginiana
Violaceae
Viola pedatifida