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Larger blue-flag
This large rhizomatous plant grows 60 to 90 cm tall. It has very long, narrow, stiff leaves. The flowers, which vary in number, are very large, up to 8 to 10 cm in diameter.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyIridaceae -
Leatherleaf, dwarf cassandra,
This shrub grows up to 1 m tall and forms rounded bushes. It has an erect, multi-branched stem. Its shiny, leathery, alternate leaves have very short, barely visible teeth on their upper parts.
Plant formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyEricaceae -
Maxima fig tree
This large tree grows 7 to 25 m tall. Its branches in the crown are highly ramified and extended.
Its simple, alternate leaves are 9 to 25 cm long.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMoraceae -
Mexican pepperleaf
This small tree grows 2.5 to 8 m tall. It may produce adventitious roots at its base. Its large oval to heart-shaped leaves are 20 to 40 cm long and give off an anise-like aroma when crushed.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyPiperaceae -
Mexican sterculia
This tree, with its well-developed buttress roots, can grow to nearly 40 m tall and over 1 m across.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMalvaceae -
Mooseberry, hobblebush, moose-wood
This 1 to 4 m tall shrub has smooth, red bark. Its 7 to 20 cm-wide opposite leaves are heart-shaped.
Plant formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyAdoxaceae -
Mountain maple, white maple
This small understory tree grows 3 to 8 m tall. Its short trunk is crooked and twisted. Its bark is thin, dull, reddish to greyish-brown, smooth or slightly grooved.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilySapindaceae -
Mountain-ash
Considered a shrub or small tree, mountain ash can grow up to 10 m tall. Its smooth trunk is covered in reddish-brown or greyish-green bark, with marked lenticels.
Plant formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyRosaceae -
Nakedstem aechmea
This plant appears in either epiphytic or terrestrial form. It has only a few, glaucous 49 cm long leaves, forming a dense tubular rosette. The leaves are leathery and have spiny margins.
Plant formHerbaceous epiphytic plantFamilyBromeliaceae -
Nance
This medium-sized tree grows to 3 to 10 m. Its trunk is straight, and its brownish-green leaves, from 5 to 20 cm long, are oval and opposite. Its yellow-orange flowers grow in clusters.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyMalpighiaceae -
Narrow-leaved cat-tail
The stem of this plant grows 1 to 3 m tall. It has straight, narrow leaves.
Plant formHerbaceous aquatic plantFamilyTyphaceae -
Nerved manna-grass
This plant has a thin 30 to 100 cm tall stem. Its leaves are 4 to 10 mm wide. Its flowers form an open pannicle 7 to 20 cm long.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyPoaceae (Gramineae)