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Tracheophyta
Tracheophyta
Tracheophyta (vascular plants) are defined by three core traits, with specialized vascular tissue for resource and nutrient distribution.
Brazilian elodea
Elodea densa (Planch.) Casp.
Elodea densa is a dioecious aquatic plant, commonly kept as a beginner-friendly cool aquarium plant that has invasive potential in many regions.
Crested Elsholtzia
Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl.
Elsholtzia ciliata is an Asian erect herb used in medicine, cultivated ornamentally, and classified as a noxious weed in Connecticut.
sea couch
Elymus athericus (Link) Kerguélen
Elymus athericus (sea couch) is a 65 cm tall perennial Poaceae grass invasive in Mont-Saint-Michel Bay.
Canada wild rye
Elymus canadensis L.
Elymus canadensis L. (Canada wild rye) is a perennial bunchgrass used for erosion control and reclamation, with a cultivar for forage and seeding mixes.
bearded wild rye
Elymus caninus (L.) L.
Elymus caninus, bearded couch, is an allotetraploid self-pollinating Poaceae wheatgrass native to Europe and West Asia.
Squirreltail
Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey
Elymus elymoides is a North American native perennial wild rye bunch grass, used for forage and ecological restoration.
blue wild rye
Elymus glaucus Buckley
Elymus glaucus Buckley is a perennial bunch grass native to North America that acts as a larval host for woodland skippers.
bottlebrush grass
Elymus hystrix L.
Elymus hystrix is a perennial North American grass with potential as a food crop for humans and livestock.
Quack Grass
Elymus repens (L.) Gould
Elymus repens is a rhizomatous grass that provides forage and food for many grazing and insect species.
Siberian Wild Rye
Elymus sibiricus L.
Bowden designated the type for Elymus sibiricus, Jarvis proposed it as the conserved type of the genus in 1992, but the General Committee ruled the proposal unnecessary, with history reviewed by Barrie in 2006.
silky wild rye
Elymus villosus Muhl. ex Willd.
Elymus villosus is a wild rye species native to eastern North America, with several common hair-related names.
high wildrye
Elymus violaceus (Hornem.) J.Feilberg
Elymus violaceus is a perennial wild rye species native across much of northern Asia and North America, introduced to Europe and temperate Asia.
Virginia wildrye
Elymus virginicus L.
Elymus virginicus L., or Virginia wildrye, is a variable perennial bunchgrass native to eastern North America with many practical land management uses.
Chilean fire bush
Embothrium coccineum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Embothrium coccineum, the Chilean firetree, is an ornamental flowering tree grown globally with soft, durable craft wood.
Red Tasselflower
Emilia fosbergii Nicolson
Emilia fosbergii is an annual herb with colored disc florets, widely distributed across the world’s tropical and semitropical regions.
lilac tasselflower
Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. ex Wight
Emilia sonchifolia is a widespread tropical herb, often a weed, that is edible and used in traditional medicine, and contains toxic alkaloids.
whispering bells
Emmenanthe penduliflora Benth.
Emmenanthe penduliflora, commonly called whispering bells, is a chaparral plant common in recently burned areas of western North America.
black crowberry
Empetrum nigrum L.
Empetrum nigrum L., or black crowberry, is a low creeping evergreen shrub with edible berries native to near circumboreal Northern Hemisphere regions.
Diddle-dee
Empetrum rubrum Vahl ex Willd.
Empetrum rubrum is an edible-fruited Ericaceae plant native to southern South America, the Falklands, and Tristan da Cunha.
Wire Rush
Empodisma minus (Hook.f.) L.A.S.Johnson & D.F.Cutler
Empodisma minus is a Restionaceae species native to Australia and New Zealand, dominant in peat-forming mires.
Acton's Brittlebush
Encelia actoni Elmer
Encelia actoni is a native North American perennial shrub cultivated for drought-tolerant, fire-resistant native gardening.
California brittlebush
Encelia californica Nutt.
Encelia californica is a bushy flowering shrub native to southwestern North America, grown as an ornamental for native and wildlife gardens.
Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa A.Gray ex Torr.
Encelia farinosa, brittlebush, is a southwestern North American desert shrub with a long history of indigenous and pioneer traditional uses.
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