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Vascular plants – Nonvascular plants

Vascular:

  1. Betula

    1. BetulaBetula
      Original image
      Saxifraga
      Image author: Michael Koltzenburg ©
      Example species: <em>Betula tortuosa</em>
      Fjällbjörk, Swedish Lappland.

  1. Betula glandulosa Michx.

    1. Betula glandulosaBetula glandulosa
      Original image
      Oregon State Landscape Plants
      Image author: Pat Breen ©
      Leaves and cones, summer.
      Oregon State University, 1999-2006; OR, USA
    2. Betula glandulosaBetula glandulosa
      Original image
      Oregon State Landscape Plants
      Image author: Pat Breen ©
      Leaves and developing cones, spring.
      Oregon State University, OR, USA

  1. Betula nana s. lat.

    1. Betula nanaBetula nana
      Original image
      Alaska Geobotany Center
      Image author: D.A. Walker ©

    2. Betula nanaBetula nana
      Original image
      Flora of Iceland
      Image author: Hörður Kristinsson ©

      1999

  1. Betula platyphylla

    1. Betula platyphyllaBetula platyphylla
      Original image
      Oregon State Landscape Plants, Vol. 1
      Image author: Pat Breen ©

      Portland, Oregon: Hoyt Arboretum
    2. Betula platyphyllaBetula platyphylla
      Original image
      Oregon State Landscape Plants, Vol. 2
      Image author: Pat Breen ©

      Portland, Oregon: Hoyt Arboretum
    3. Betula platyphyllaBetula platyphylla
      Original image
      Flora of China
      Image author: Wang Jinfeng, redrawn by Sun Yingbao
      Illustration
    4. Betula platyphyllaBetula platyphylla
      Original image
      iVillage Garden Web
      Image author: Nick Kurzenko
      Broadleaf white birch

  1. Betula pubescens subsp. tortuosa

    1. Betula pubescensBetula pubescens
      Original image
      Saxifraga
      Image author: Michael Koltzenburg ©
      Example species: <em>Betula tortuosa</em>

  1. Bistorta plumosa

    1. Bistorta plumosaBistorta plumosa
      Original image
      Alaska Geobotany Center
      Image author: E. Barbour

      Toolik Field Station, Alaska, USA; June 29, 2007
    2. Bistorta plumosaBistorta plumosa
      Original image
      Alaska Geobotany Center
      Image author: M.K. Raynolds ©

      Toolik Field Station, Alaska, USA; June 29, 2007
    3. Bistorta plumosaBistorta plumosa
      Original image
      Geobotanica Pacifica
      Image author: Pavel Krestov ©
      Flowering plant
    4. Bistorta plumosaBistorta plumosa
      Original image
      University of Alaska Museum of the North, Herbarium
      Image author: David F. Murray ©

      Galbraith, Alaska, USA
    5. Bistorta plumosaBistorta plumosa
      Original image
      University of Alaska Museum of the North, Herbarium
      Image author: David F. Murray ©

  1. Bistorta vivipara

    1. Bistorta viviparaBistorta vivipara
      Original image
      Finnish Tree of Life
      Image author: Markku Savela ©
      Close-up of inflorescence
      Kuusamo, Liikasenvaara, Finland, 7/10/97
    2. Bistorta viviparaBistorta vivipara
      Original image
      Flora of Iceland
      Image author: Hörður Kristinsson ©

    3. Bistorta viviparaBistorta vivipara
      Original image
      Japanese botanic garden
      Image author: Shu Suehiro
      Several flowering plants

  1. Boschniakia rossica

    1. Boschniakia rossicaBoschniakia rossica
      Original image
      Parasitic and Mycotrophic Flowering Plants
      Image author: Stephan Imhof ©
      <em>Boschniakia rossica</em> is an achlorophyllous parasitic plant, entirely dependent on its host. It occurs in western North America, often parasitizing Alnus species.
    2. Boschniakia rossicaBoschniakia rossica
      Original image
      Flora and Fauna Northwest
      Image author: Paul Slichter ©

      Denali National Park, AK, USA, 2002
    3. Boschniakia rossicaBoschniakia rossica
      Original image
      Parasitic Plant Connection
      Image author: Mark Egger ©

      north of Paxson, AK, USA

  1. Boykinia richardsonii

    1. Boykinia richardsoniiBoykinia richardsonii
      Original image
      Botanical Society of America
      Image author: Alan Battan ©

    2. Boykinia richardsoniiBoykinia richardsonii
      Original image
      Botanical Society of America
      Image author: Alan Battan ©

    3. Boykinia richardsoniiBoykinia richardsonii
      Original image
      Wildflowers: A Closer Look
      Image author: Reny Parker ©

      Denali National Park, AK, USA; 6/25/02
    4. Boykinia richardsoniiBoykinia richardsonii
      Original image
      Wildflowers: A Closer Look
      Image author: Reny Parker ©

      Denali National Park, AK, USA; 6/25/02
    5. Boykinia richardsoniiBoykinia richardsonii
      Original image
      Niebrugge Images
      Image author: Ron Niebrugge ©

    6. Boykinia richardsoniiBoykinia richardsonii
      Original image
      Magnar's Arctic Alpines &amp; Perennials
      Image author: Magnar Aspaker ©

      in Mr. Aspaker's garden, Harstad, Norway 6/19/04

  1. Bromus pumpellianus s.l.

    1. Bromus pumpellianusBromus pumpellianus
      Original image
      Robert W. Freckman Herbarium, University of Wisconsin
      Image author: Robert R. Kowal ©
      Invasive, 3-4' tall grass. Under synonym inermis
    2. Bromus pumpellianusBromus pumpellianus
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database
      Image author: Patrick J. Alexander ©
      under synonym Bromus inermis

  1. Bupleurum triradiatum

    1. Bupleurum triradiatumBupleurum triradiatum
      Original image
      Southwest School of Botanical Medicine
      Image author: Robyn Klein

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Nonvascular:

  1. Barbilophozia barbata

    1. Barbilophozia barbataBarbilophozia barbata
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database, Courtesy of Michael Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©

      2004

  1. Biatora

    1. BiatoraBiatora
      Original image
      Lichens of Tibet
      Image author: Walter Obermayer ©
      Example species: <em>Biatora vernalis</em>; close-up
      Tibet
    2. BiatoraBiatora
      Original image
      Plant Gallery
      Image author: Leif & Anita Stridvall ©
      Example species, <em>Biatora vernalis</em>, crust with apothecia
      Sweden
    3. BiatoraBiatora
      Original image
      Plant Gallery
      Image author: Leif & Anita Stridvall ©
      Example species: <em>Biatora vernalis</em>
      Moist crust with apothecia

  1. Brachythecium

    1. BrachytheciumBrachythecium
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database, Courtesy of Michael Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©
      Example species: glaciale
      2004
    2. BrachytheciumBrachythecium
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database, Courtesy of Michael Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©
      Example species: nelsonii
      2004
    3. BrachytheciumBrachythecium
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database, Courtesy of Michael Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©
      Example species: plumosum
      2004
    4. BrachytheciumBrachythecium
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database, Courtesy of Michael Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©
      Example species: populeum
      2004

  1. Brachythecium turgidum

    1. Brachythecium turgidumBrachythecium turgidum
      Original image
      Norway 2004 - Pictures of Bryophytes - M. Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©

      2004 Norway

  1. Bryocaulon divergens

    1. Bryocaulon divergensBryocaulon divergens
      Original image
      Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
      Image author: Einar Timdal ©
      Close-up of thallus
      Norway, Finnmark, Kautokeino - 8/14/2003
    2. Bryocaulon divergensBryocaulon divergens
      Original image
      Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
      Image author: Einar Timdal ©
      Moist thallus on rock
      Norway, Finnmark, Kautokeino - 8/14/2003
    3. Bryocaulon divergensBryocaulon divergens
      Original image
      Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
      Image author: Einar Timdal ©

      8/12/03 Norway
    4. Bryocaulon divergensBryocaulon divergens
      Original image
      Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
      Image author: Einar Timdal ©

      8/14/03 Norway
    5. Bryocaulon divergensBryocaulon divergens
      Original image
      Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
      Image author: Einar Timdal ©

      Norway, Finnmark, Kautokeino - 8/14/2003

  1. Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum

    1. Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrumBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database, Courtesy of Michael Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©

      2004
    2. Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrumBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
      Original image
      BryoLim
      Image author: Koen Vandekerckhove

      2005
    3. Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrumBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
      Original image
      Handbook of Antarctic Mosses
      Image author: H. Kanda
      Plants small to medium-sized, 1-3 cm in length, forming dense tufts, often in buried in sandy-soil. Sporophyte is not found in Antarctic plant.

  1. Bryum

    1. BryumBryum
      Original image
      Australian Government Antarctic Division
      Image author: Rod Seppelt ©
      Example species, <em>Bryum pseudotriquetrum</em>. On soil.
      Windmill Islands, Antarctica
    2. BryumBryum
      Original image
      Handbook of Antarctic Mosses
      Image author: Hiroshi Kanda and Satoshi Imura ©
      Example species: <em>Bryum pseudotriquetrum</em>, mat
      Syowa Station, East Antarctica
    3. BryumBryum
      Original image
      Handbook of Antarctic Mosses
      Image author: Hiroshi Kanda and Satoshi Imura ©
      Example species: <em>Bryum pseudotriquetrum</em>. Melting out of snow. The dry surface has epiphyte like imperfect lichen (whitish part). Nutrition necessary for vegetation is derived from sea through seabirds. Bones of snow petrel are scattered. Langhovde.
      Syowa Station, East Antarctica.

  1. Bryum angustirete

    1. Bryum angustireteBryum angustirete
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database, Courtesy of Michael Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©

      2004
    2. Bryum angustireteBryum angustirete
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database, Courtesy of Michael Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©

      2004

  1. Bryum argenteum

    1. Bryum argenteumBryum argenteum
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database, Courtesy of Michael Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©

      2004
    2. Bryum argenteumBryum argenteum
      Original image
      USDA PLANTS Database, Courtesy of Michael Lüth
      Image author: Michael Lüth ©

      2004
    3. Bryum argenteumBryum argenteum
      Original image
      Australian National Botanic Gardens: The Plant Underworld
      Image author: Murray Fagg
      The silvery-green moss Bryum argenteum is a widespread species which occurs from forest to town.
      2004
    4. Bryum argenteumBryum argenteum
      Original image
      Finnish Tree of Life
      Image author: Harri Arkkio ©

      March 2005, Finland, Ylöjärvi, Pihkanperä

  1. Bryum pseudotriquetrum

    1. Bryum pseudotriquetrumBryum pseudotriquetrum
      Original image
      Australian Government Antarctic Division
      Image author: Rod Seppelt ©
      On soil.
      Windmill Islands, Antarctica
    2. Bryum pseudotriquetrumBryum pseudotriquetrum
      Original image
      Handbook of Antarctic Mosses
      Image author: Hiroshi Kanda and Satoshi Imura ©
      Mat
      Syowa Station, East Antarctica
    3. Bryum pseudotriquetrumBryum pseudotriquetrum
      Original image
      Handbook of Antarctic Mosses
      Image author: Hiroshi Kanda and Satoshi Imura ©
      Melting out of snow. The dry surface has epiphyte like imperfect lichen (whitish part). Nutrition necessary for vegetation is derived from sea through seabirds. Bones of snow petrel are scattered. Langhovde.
      Syowa Station, East Antarctica.

  1. Buellia

    1. BuelliaBuellia
      Original image
      Lichen images
      Image author: Ulrich Kirschbaum ©
      <em>Buellia disciformis</em>, example species. On freestanding deciduous trees. Crust with apothecia; thallus whitish, areolate; apothecia black, disc flat (or +- convex), margin thick. Thallus K+ yellow, C-, P+ yellow.
      Switzerland (Alps).
    2. BuelliaBuellia
      Original image
      Plant Gallery
      Image author: Leif & Anita Stridvall ©
      Example species, <em>Buellia disciformis</em>. Close-up.
      On <em>Alnus incana</em>, 5/20/05, Sweden

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