Elms, Mulberries, and Legumes

 

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I. Order Rosales [cont.]

Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family)

Rhamnus cathartica (buckthorn)
Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea)

Ulmaceae (elm family)

Ulmus americana (american elm)
U. rubra (slippery or red elm)
U. pumila (Siberian elm)

Celtidaceae (hackberry family)

Celtis occidentalis (hackberry)

Cannabaceae (hemp or marijuana family)

Humulus lupulus (hops)
Cannabis sativa (hemp, marijuana)


Urticaceae (nettle family)

Boehmeria (false nettle)
Laportea (wood nettle)
Parietaria (pellitory)
Pilea (clearweed)
Urtica (stinging nettle)

Moraceae (mulberry or fig family)

Morus alba (white mulberry)
Morus rubra (red mulberry)

 

II. Order Fabales

Fabaceae - legume family [or called Leguminosae]

Caesalpinoideae (caesalpina subfamily)

Chamaecrista fasciculata (golden cassia, locust-weed) = Cassia
Cercis canadensis (redbud)
Gleditsia tricanthos (honey locust)
Gymnocladus dioica (Kentucky coffee tree)

Faboideae (bean subfamily)

Amorpha (leadplant)
Apios (groundnut)
Baptisia (false indigo)
Desmodium (beggars-tick, tick-trefoil)
Lathyrus (wild peas)
Lupinus (lupine)
Medicago (alfalfa)
Melilotus (clovers)
Robinia (locust)
Tephrosia (goats-rue)
Trifolium (wild clovers)
Vicia (vetch)

Polygalaceae (milkwort family)

Polygala (milkwort, gaywings)

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