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3-merous 4-merous 5-merous 2-ranked 3-ranked 4-ranked achene acicular acidity acuminate acute aerial rootlet aggregates alluvial alternate amphibolite angiosperm angiosperm angled twig anther aquatics arcuate venation arils armed aromatic aspect astringent auricle auriculate axillary awn basic basic soil beard berm berry bipinnate blackwater rivers blade blade bloom Blue Ridge bog boreal bottomland swamp brackish marsh bract bractlet branch branch scar branchlet bristles bristly brownwater rivers bud bundle scar calyx cane canopy species capsule cataract bog cataract bogs catkin caudate ciliate circumboreal circumneutral circumnutation circumscissile clockwise collateral bud collar colonial compound leaf compound fruits compound pistil cone connate cordate corolla corrugated coriaceous corymb counterclockwise cove forests crenate culm culm cultivar Cumberland Plateau cuneate cuspidate cyathium cyme decurrent deciduous deltoid dentate depression meadow dextrorse dioecious distichous dull drupe dune ecovar elliptical emarginate emergent emersed entire exotic invasive exotic plant exposure evergreen
falcate false-terminal bud fastigiate felty fen fertile frond filiform flabellate flesh floating floating-leaved floret forb follicle freshwater marsh frond fruit fruit-dot glabrous glandular dots glandular-hispid glaucous glume graminoid granitic flatrocks granular groundcover gymnosperm gymnosperm hammock head helicoid herb herbaceous higher elevations hip hispid hummock hydric hydrophytes imbricate indicator species indusium inferior ovary inflorescence internode internode (twig) internode (grass) intolerant species introduced plant invasive plant involucral bracts involute juvenile wood keel keeled lanceolate lateral bud leaf scar leaflet legume lemma lenticel levee ligule linear lined twig lobed lower elevations lustrous main veins maritime forest marsh mature wood mealy merosity -merous mesic mesic middle elevations midrib monadnock monoecious montane bog montane bogs mucronate multiples naked bud native plant naturalized plant nerve node node node nonalluvial swamp nut obovate obtuse ombrotrophic once-pinnate frond opposite ornamental plant ovary ovate palea palmate palmate venation panicle panicle parallel venation pappus peat peatland pedicel peltate glands petiole phylogenetics Piedmont pine flatwoods pine savanna pinnae pinnae pinnate pinnate venation pinnatifid pinnules pistil pith plumose pocosin pocosins pod polygamous pome prickles pseudo-terminal bud pubescent punctate
raceme raceme rachilla rachis rachis rachis receptacle reclining remotely toothed reniform resin globules revolute rhizome rhizomatous rhizomatous rhizome Ridge and Valley rock outcrop rootstock rounded rugose salt flats salt marsh samara scabrous scaled bud scurfy seedhead seepage semi-evergreen sepals serrulate sessile sheath sheath shell forest shrub silky simple frond simple leaf simple fruits simple pistil sinistrorse sori source-identified seed spadix spathe spatulate spike spike spikelet spines spore sporangia spur shoot stamen staminode stand standard sterile frond stigma stipule stipules stolon stoloniferous strobile submerged bud submersed subulate suckering sunken bud superior ovary superposed bud swamp tardily deciduous tendril terminal bud thorns tidal freshwater swamp tomentose toothed trailing trifoliate tree twice-pinnate frond trichome truncate tube twig twining umbel understory species undulate unequal valvate variety venation vernal pool vine wetlands whorled winged woolly xeric zig-zag