Sections from edition 2 of the Plant Crib, with some updated sections from the planned edition 3, are kindly made available below by Plant Crib co-editor Dr Tim Rich. Guidance on citing sections of the Plant Crib is available here.
- Acaena, Piri-piri- burrs
- Aconitum, Monk’s-hoods
- Agrimonia, agrimonies
- Aizoaceae, hottentot-figs
- Ajuga, bugles
- Alchemilla, lady’s-mantles
- Alisma, water-plantains
- Alnus, alders
- Alopecurus x plettkei, hybrid foxtail
- Amaranthus, pigweeds
- Ambrosia, ragweeds
- Amelanchier, juneberries
- Angelica, Angelica archangelica subspecies
- Anthyllis, kidney vetch
- Aphanes, parsley-pierts
- Apium, marshworts
- Arctium, burdocks
- Arenaria, sandworts
- Arrhenatherum, false oat-grass
- Artemisia, wormwoods
- Asplenium, spleenworts
- Aster, michaelmas-daisies
- Asteraceae - mayweeds
- Asteraceae - yellow
- Athyrium, lady-ferns
- Atriplex, orache
- Avena, oats
- Betula, birches
- Blackstonia - Centaurium
- Brassicaceae, cabbages
- Bromopsis, hairy bromes
- Bromus, bromes
- Calamagrostis, small-reeds
- Cardamine, bittercresses
- Carex, sedges
- Catabrosa, whorl-grasses
- Catapodium, fern-grasses
- Cerastium, mouse-ears
- Ceratophyllum, hornworts
- Chenopodium, goosefoots
- Chionodoxa, glory-of-the-snow
- Chrysosplenium, golden-saxifrages
- Circaea, enchanters-nightshades
- Conifers, conifers
- Cotoneaster, cotoneasters
- Crataegus, hawthorns
- Cucurbitaceae, gourds
- Cystopteris, bladder-ferns
- Datura, thorn-apples
- Daucus carota, carrots
- Deschampsia cespitosa, Tufted Hair-grass
- Diphasiastrum, alpine clubmosses
- Drosera, sundews
- Dryopteris, male ferns
- Eleocharis, spike-rushes
- Elodea, waterworts
- Elytrigia and Elymus, couches
- Empetrum, crowberries
- Epilobium, willowherbs
- Epipactis, helleborines
- Equisetum, horsetails
- Erica, heaths
- Eriophorum, cottongrasses
- Erodium, stork’s-bills
- Erophila, whitlowgrasses
- Euphorbia, spurges
- Euphrasia, eyebrights
- Fallopia, knotweeds
- Fragaria, strawberries
- Fumaria, fumitories
- Gagea/Hyacinthoides
- Galium, bedstraws
- Gentianella, gentians
- Geranium, cranes-bills
- Geum, avenses
- Gilia, thimble-flowers
- Glyceria, sweet-grasses
- Gymnadenia, fragrant orchids
- Hedera, Ivy
- Helictotrichon, oat-grasses
- Hieracium, hawkweeds
- Hirschfeldia/Brassica, mustards
- Holcus, soft-grasses
- Huperzia, Fir Clubmoss
- Hyacinthoides, bluebells
- Hymenophyllum, filmy-ferns
- Hypericum, St John’s-worts
- Impatiens, balsams
- Inula - Digitalis
- Isoetes, quillworts
- Jasione, Sheep’s-bit
- Juncus, rushes
- Laburnum, laburnums
- Lactuca, lettuces
- Leersia, cut-grasses
- Lemna, duckweeds
- Ligustrum, privets
- Limonium, sea-lavenders
- Limosella, mudworts
- Liparis, Fen Orchid
- Lolium, rye-grasses
- Ludwigia, Hampshire-purslanes
- Luronium, floating water-plantains
- Luzula, woodrushes
- Malcolmia, Virginia stocks
- Medicago, medicks
- Medicago lupulina, black medick
- Mimulus, monkeyflowers
- Molinia caerulea, moor-grasses
- Muscari, grape hyacinths
- Myosotis, forget-me-nots
- Myriophyllum, water milfoils
- Nigella, love-in-a-mist
- Nitella, stoneworts
- Nuphar, yellow water lilies
- Oenanthe, water dropworts
- Ononis, restharrows
- Ophioglossum, adder’s-tongues
- Orobanche, broomrapes
- Oxalis, sorrels
- Papaver, poppies
- Parietaria, pellitories-of-the-wall
- Pedicularis sylvatica, louseworts
- Persicaria, water peppers
- Phleum phleoides, cat’s-tail
- Phytolacca, pokeweeds
- Plantago major, plantain
- Poa, meadow grass
- Polemoniaceae, jacob’s-ladders
- Polygala, milkworts
- Polygonum, knotgrasses
- Polypodium, polypodies
- Polystichum, shield ferns
- Populus, poplars
- Potamogeton, pondweeds
- Potentilla, cinquefoils
- Potentilla sterilis, Barren Strawberry
- Prunus, cherries
- Pteridium, brackens
- Puccinellia distans, reflexed saltmarsh-grass
- Pyrus, pears
- Quercus, oaks
- Ranunculus (Batrachium), water-crowfoots
- Ranunculus (Ranunculus), buttercups
- Ribes, currants
- Rorippa, yellow-cresses
- Rubus, brambles
- Rumex, docks
- Rumex crispus, curled docks
- Sagina/Minuartia, pearlworts/sandworts
- Salicornia, glassworts
- Salix, willows
- Sanguisorba, burnets
- Saxifraga, saxifrages
- Saxifraga hirculus, marsh saxifrage
- Schoenoplectus, club-rushes
- Scrophularia, figworts
- Scutellaria, skullcaps
- Serapias, tongue orchids
- Sinapis, mustards
- Solanum nigrum, black nightshades
- Sonchus arvensis, sow thistles
- Sorbus, whitebeams
- Sparganium, bur-reeds
- Spartina, cord-grasses
- Spergula arvensis, corn spurrey
- Spergularia bocconei, Greek sea-spurrey
- Spergularia marina, Sea-spurrey
- Spiraea, brideworts
- Stellaria, chickweeds
- Symphytum, comfreys
- Taraxacum, dandelions
- Tilia, limes
- Tofieldia, asphodels
- Tragopogon pratensis, goat’s-beard
- Tragopogon - Scorzonera, viper’s-grass
- Trichomanes, Killarney fern
- Trifolium, clovers
- Triglochin, arrowgrasses
- Trisetum flavescens, yellow oat-grass
- Typha, bulrushes
- Ulex, gorse
- Urtica galeopsifolia, fen nettle
- Utricularia, bladderworts
- Vaccinium, cranberries
- Veronica, speedwells
- Vicia, vetches
- Viola, violets
- Zostera, eelgrasses
Other entries
- Charophytes
- Fine-leaved aquatics
- Lake-bottom isoetids (quillworts)
- Upland Caryophyllaceae (sandworts and pearlworts)
- Waterlilies
Corrigenda
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