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Narrow-leaved cat-tail
The stem of this plant grows 1 to 3 m tall. It has straight, narrow leaves.
Plant formHerbaceous aquatic plantFamilyTyphaceae -
Night jessamine, queen of the night
This shrub grows up to 5 m tall. Its alternate, persistent leaves are 8 to 15 cm long. It has small tubular greenish or creamy white flowers. The fruit is a white berry.
Plant formBroad-leaved shrubFamilySolanaceae -
Northern beech fern
This small to medium-sized fern (0.2 to 0.4 m) forms dense colonies. Its clear green leaves, or fronds, are arched, entire, fragile, slender and soft.
Plant formFernFamilyThelypteridaceae -
Northern lady fern, common lady fern
This average-sized fern (0.5 m) forms crowns in sparse colonies. Its lace-like leaves, or fronds, are deeply cut.
Plant formFernFamilyDryopteridaceae -
Northern wild raisin, witherod, swamphaw
This 1 to 4 m tall shrub has upright branches. Its thick, opposite leaves are oval, acuminate and finely toothed. The small flowers are clustered in a flowerhead with a noticeable stalk.
Plant formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyAdoxaceae -
Ostrich-fern, bird's nest, fiddle-heads
This large fern (1.5 to 2 m) bears both sterile (green) and fertile (brown) leaves, or fronds. Its sterile fronds are unbranched, arched and elongated. Their truncated apex ends in a small point.
Plant formFernFamilyDryopteridaceae -
Pacaya palm, Tepejilote
This sturdy palm grows 2 to 7 m tall. It generally has a single trunk, 2 to 8 cm in diameter, but may sometimes develop several trunks. Buttress roots sometimes grow at the base of the stems.
Plant formPalmFamilyArecaceae -
Palmilla (Spanish)
This multi-stemmed palm grows up to 5 to 6 m tall. It has a dozen or so 2 m long palm leaves, divided into 16 to 20 lanceolate segments of different sizes.
Plant formPalmFamilyArecaceae -
Panama-hat plant
This stemless plant forms dense clumps of foliage. The approximately 1 metre wide fan-shaped leaves are supported by a 1 to 2 metre long stem.
Plant formPalmFamilyCyclanthaceae -
Paper birch, White birch
This 15 to 25 m tall tree has an often curved trunk and a narrowly oval, open crown.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyBetulaceae -
Peach palm tree, Pupunha
This large palm grows up to 4 to 18 m tall. Its trunk is long and slender, 10 to 25 cm in diameter. The trunk and different parts of the leaves are covered with brown or black spines.
Plant formPalmFamilyArecaceae -
Pearly everlasting
This 50 cm high plant has an upright stem that branches only near the flowers. It has alternate, elongated, narrow, toothless leaves. They are covered in long white hairs.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAsteraceae (Compositae)