| Family | Common Name | Example |
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| Alismaceae | Arrowhead | arrowhead, water-plantain |
| Amaranthacaea | Amaranth | pigweed |
| Anacardiaceae | Sumac/Cashew | poison-ivy, sumac |
| Apocynaceae | Dogbane | dogbane | |
| Araceae | Arum | skunk cabbage |
| Araliaceae | Ginseng | sarsaparilla, devil's club |
| Aristolochiaceae | Birthwort | wild ginger |
| Asclepiadaceae | Milkweed | milkweed |
| Berberidaceae | Barberry | vanilla leaf, mahonia, oregon grape |
| Boraginaceae | Borage | puccoon, mertensia, forget-me-not, lungwort |
| Cactaceae | Cactus | prickly pear, pincushion |
| Campanulaceae | Bluebell | harebell, bluebell |
| Capparidaceae | Caper | beeplant |
| Caprifoliaceae | Honeysuckle | twinflower, orange honeysuckle, elderberry, bracted honeysuckle, highbrush cranberry, (viburnum) |
| Caryophyllaceae | Pink | sandwort, chickweed, bladder campion, moss campion |
| Celastraceae | Staff Tree | false box |
| Chenopodiaceae | Goosefoot | strawberry blite, lamb's quarters, kochia, russian thistle |
| Compositae | Composite | see below |
| Convolvulaceae | Morning Glory | morning glory |
| Cornaceae | Dogwood | bunchberry, dogwoods |
| Crassulaceae | Stonecrop | stonecrop, sedum |
| Cruciferae | Mustard | rockcress, wallflower, draba, whitlow grass, bird rape, shepherd's purse, flixweed, stinkweed |
| Cucurbitaceae | Cucumber/Gourd | bigroot |
| Cuscutaceae | Dodders | dodders |
| Cyperaceaae | Sedge | cotton grass, carex |
| Dipsacaceae | Teasel | teasel |
| Droseraceae | Sundew | sundew |
| Elaeagnaceae | Oleaster | soapollalie, buffalo berry, shepherdia |
| Empetraceae | Crowberry | crowberry |
| Ericaceae | Heath | kinnikinnick, bog laurel, salal, labrador tea, false azalea, bearberry, blueberry, huckleberry, grouseberry, heather, cranberry, white rhododendron, manzanita |
| Euphorbiaceae | Spurge | leafy spurge, (rubber tree, poinsettia, tapioca, caster oil bean) |
| Fumariaceae | Fumitory/Bleedingheart | bleedingheart, corydalis |
| Gentianaceae | Gentian | gentian, felwort |
| Geraniaceae | Geranium | sticky geranium |
| Gramineae | Grass | rye, barley, (foxtail barley), brome, oat, bluegrass, fescue, timothy, quack grass |
| Grossulariaceae | Gooseberry | currants, gooseberries |
| Hydrangeaceae | Hydrangea | mock orange, syringa |
| Hydrophyllaceae | Waterleaf | waterleaf, phacelia |
| Hypericaceae | St. Johnswort | St. Johnswort |
| Iridaceae | Iris | iris, blue-eyed grass, flag |
| Juncaceae | Rush | wiregrass, (grasslike) |
| Juncaginaceae | Arrowgrass | grass:saltmarsh, rush |
| Labiatae | Mint | self heal, mint, horsemint, skullcap, hemp nettle, bergamot |
| Leguminosae | Pea | vetch, milk vetch, locoweed, licorice, lupine, clovers, hedysarum, black medick, broom |
| Lemnaceae | Duckweed | duckweed |
| Lentibulariaceae | Bladderwort | butterwort |
| Liliaceae | Lily | nodding onion, wild hyacinth, camas, clintonia, glacier lily, false solomon seal, twisted stalk, trillium, bear grass, white camas, asphodel, asparagus, (tulips, leeks, onion) |
| Linaceae | Flax | blue flax |
| Loasaceae | Loasa | blazing stars |
| Lobeliaceae | Lobelia | lobelia |
| Loranthaceae | Mistletoe | pine mistletoe |
| Lythraceae | Loosestrife? | purple loosestrife |
| Malvaceae | Mallow | mallow, hollyhock, velvetleaf |
| Menyanthaceae | Buck bean | buck bean |
| Monotropaceae | Indian pipe | pinesap, indian pipe, pinedrops |
| Myricaceae | Bayberry | Wax myrtle |
| Najadaceae | Pondweed | most abundant water plant, (divided, stringlike) |
| Nyctaginaceae | Four-o'clock | verbena |
| Nymphaeaceae | Waterlily | yellow water lily |
| Onagraceae | Evening Primrose | fireweed, evening primrose, willow herb |
| Ophioglossaceae | Adder's Tongue | botrychium, grape fern, moonwort |
| Orchidaceae | Orchid | calypso orchid, coralroot, lady's slipper, lady's tresses, bog orchid, twayblade |
| Orobancgaceae | Broomrape | broomrape |
| Oxalidaceae | Wood sorel | wood sorrel |
| Paeoniaceae | Peony | peony | |
| Papaveraceae | Poppy | arctic poppy |
| Plantaginaceae | Plantain | plantain |
| Plumbaginaceae | Leadwort | sea pink |
| Polemoniaceae | Phlox | jacob's ladder, phlox, scarlet gilia |
| Polygonaceae | Buckweed | sorrel, bistort, smartweed, dock, umbrella plant, eriogonium, knotweed |
| Portulacaceae | Purslane | bitterroot, claytonia, purslane, spring beauty, montia |
| Potmogetonaceae | Pondweed | | - |
| Primulaceae | Primrose | shooting star, primrose, androsace |
| Pyrolaceae | Wintergreen | pinedrops, wintergreen, pipsissewa, pyrola |
| Ranunculaceae | Buttercup | crowfoot, monkshood, baneberry, anemone, columbine, marsh marigold, clematis, larkspur, delphinium, , buttercup, globeflower, pasque/crocus, meadow rue |
| Rhamnaceae | Buckthorn | snowbrush, cascara |
| Rosaceae | Rose | potentilla, saskatoon, hawthorn, avens, oceanspray, cinquefoil, meadow spirea, chokecherry, antelope brush, rose, mountain ash, spirea, strawberry, raspberry, salmon berry, cloudberry, dewberry, thimbleberry |
| Rubiaceae | Madder | bedstraw |
| Santalaceae | Sandalwood | bastard toadflax |
| Sarraceniaceae | Pitcher plant | pitcher pant |
| Saxifragaceae | Saxifrage | saxifrage, grass of parnassus, alum root, mitrewort, currant |
| Scrophulariaceae | Figwort | paintbrush, monkeyflower, mimulus, owlclower, lousewort, elephant's head, penstemon, mullein, veronica, toadflax, toad flax, blueeyed mary |
| Solanaceae | Potato | black henbane, wild tomato, nightshade |
| Sparganiaceae | Burreed | a water plant like grass |
| Umbelliferrae | Carrot/Parsley | water parsley/parsnip, water hemlock, cow parsnip, biscuit-root, (dill, anise, carrot, parsnip, parsley, caraway, celery) |
| Urticaceae | Nettle | stinging nettle |
| Valerianaceae | Valerian | valerian, heliotrope |
| Violaceae | Violet | violets |