Jungledex library · 115 plants
Tree of life
How every plant on the dex relates to the tree, and to each other. Burrow down to any one of the 115 by what you’d grow it for — or by where it sits on the tree of life.
- 6 categories
- 115 plants
catEdiblesfruit, veg, herbs and grains — the plants you grow to eat31
Orchard fruitfruit that grows on a tree and needs the years12
- AppleMalus domesticaRosaceae
- ApricotPrunus armeniacaRosaceae
- BananaMusa acuminataMusaceae
- Chinese HawthornCrataegus pinnatifidaRosaceae
- CitrusCitrus limonRutaceae
- FigFicus caricaMoraceae
- JujubeZiziphus jujubaRhamnaceae
- MangoMangifera indicaAnacardiaceae
- OliveOlea europaeaOleaceae
- PearPyrus pyrifoliaRosaceae
- PersimmonDiospyros kakiEbenaceae
- PomegranatePunica granatumLythraceae
Berries & vinesthe low, the trailing and the trained5
Vegetablesgrown for the leaf, stem, root or pod on the plate7
Herbs & spicegrown by the handful, used by the pinch4
Seeds, nuts & pulsesthe storable harvest3
catFloweringgrown for the bloom above all else29
Bulbs & rhizomesthe ones that wait underground for their week4
Shrubs & climberswoody, long-lived, and the backbone of a border13
- Angel's trumpetBrugmansia suaveolensSolanaceae
- BougainvilleaBougainvillea glabratendedNyctaginaceae
- CamelliaCamellia japonicaTheaceae
- FrangipaniPlumeria rubraApocynaceae
- GardeniaGardenia jasminoidesRubiaceae
- Hardy fuchsiaFuchsia magellanicaOnagraceae
- HeatherCalluna vulgarisEricaceae
- HibiscusHibiscus rosa-sinensisMalvaceae
- HydrangeaHydrangea macrophyllaHydrangeaceae
- JasmineJasminum sambacOleaceae
- LilacSyringa vulgarisOleaceae
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticumEricaceae
- RoseRosa rugosaRosaceae
Beds & bordersthe perennials and annuals that carry the summer9
- ConeflowerEchinacea purpureaAsteraceae
- DahliaDahlia pinnataAsteraceae
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpureaPlantaginaceae
- LavenderLavandula angustifoliaLamiaceae
- PeonyPaeonia lactifloraPaeoniaceae
- PoinsettiaEuphorbia pulcherrimaEuphorbiaceae
- Russian sageSalvia yangii (syn. Perovskia atriplicifolia)Lamiaceae
- Slipper flowerCalceolaria integrifoliaCalceolariaceae
- SunflowerHelianthus annuusAsteraceae
Indoor bloomsflowers that will do it on a windowsill3
catFoliageleaf, shape and shade — the green indoors11
Fernsfronds that unroll from a fiddlehead2
Statement leavesone plant, one very large idea6
Trailers & climbersfor a shelf edge or a length of string2
Tough & uprightthe ones that forgive a fortnight away1
catSucculents & cactiwater kept in the leaf, patience kept in the pot10
Cactispines instead of leaves, ribs instead of stems4
Rosettesleaves in a spiral, water in the leaves4
Carpets & matslow, spreading, and happy on a roof1
Caudex & bonsaia swollen trunk holding a season's water1
catTreesthe long-lived and the large15
Conifersneedles, cones and a long northern patience4
Shade & streetthe canopy you plant for the next tenant5
Flowering treesa fortnight a year that justifies the other fifty4
Giants & palmsthe ones that outgrow the argument2
catThe wildtundra, alpine and desert species, grasses, lichens and algae19
Tundra & alpineshort seasons, hard light, low growth9
- Arctic poppyPapaver radicatumPapaveraceae
- Arctic willowSalix arcticaSalicaceae
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillusEricaceae
- CrowberryEmpetrum nigrumEricaceae
- FireweedChamerion angustifoliumOnagraceae
- Moss campionSilene acaulisCaryophyllaceae
- Mountain avensDryas octopetalaRosaceae
- Purple saxifrageSaxifraga oppositifoliaSaxifragaceae
- Sea thriftArmeria maritimaPlumbaginaceae
Desert & scrubbuilt around the year the rain doesn't come3
Grasses & sedgesthe plants that make the ground itself2
Hedgerow & bramblethe thicket at the edge of everything1
Lichens & algaenot plants at all, and here on merit4
- 6 clades
- 36 orders
- 67 families
- 115 plants
cladeEudicotsEudicotyledoneaetwo seed leaves, netted veins — roses, daisies, nightshades and most of what you'd draw82
orderRosales4 families12
familyRosaceaethe rose family9
- CrataeguspinnatifidaChinese HawthornOrchard fruit
- DryasoctopetalaMountain avensTundra & alpine
- Fragaria× ananassaStrawberrytendedBerries & vines
- MalusdomesticaAppleOrchard fruit
- PrunusarmeniacaApricotOrchard fruit
- PyruspyrifoliaPearOrchard fruit
- RosarugosaRoseShrubs & climbers
- RubuschamaemorusCloudberryHedgerow & bramble
- SorbusaucupariaRowanShade & street
familyElaeagnaceaethe oleaster family1
familyMoraceaethe mulberry family1
familyRhamnaceaethe buckthorn family1
orderLamiales5 families10
familyLamiaceaethe mint family4
familyOleaceaethe olive family3
familyBignoniaceaethe trumpet-vine family1
familyCalceolariaceaethe slipper flower family1
familyPlantaginaceaethe plantain family1
orderCaryophyllales6 families9
familyCactaceaethe cactus family4
familyAmaranthaceaethe amaranth family1
familyCaryophyllaceaethe pink family1
familyNyctaginaceaethe four o'clock family1
familyPlumbaginaceaethe leadwort family1
familyPolygonaceaethe knotweed family1
orderEricales4 families7
familyEricaceaethe heath family4
familyEbenaceaethe ebony family1
familyFouquieriaceaethe ocotillo family1
familyTheaceaethe tea family1
orderAsteralesAsteraceaethe daisy family6
orderGentianales2 families5
familyApocynaceaethe dogbane family3
familyRubiaceaethe coffee family2
orderSapindales3 families5
familyAnacardiaceaethe cashew family2
familyRutaceaethe citrus family2
familySapindaceaethe soapberry family1
orderSaxifragales4 families5
familyCrassulaceaethe stonecrop family2
familyGrossulariaceaethe currant family1
familyPaeoniaceaethe peony family1
familySaxifragaceaethe saxifrage family1
orderMyrtales2 families4
familyLythraceaethe loosestrife family2
familyOnagraceaethe evening primrose family2
orderSolanales2 families4
familySolanaceaethe nightshade family3
familyConvolvulaceaethe morning glory family1
orderFabalesFabaceaethe pea family3
orderMalvalesMalvaceaethe mallow family3
orderMalpighiales2 families2
familyEuphorbiaceaethe spurge family1
familySalicaceaethe willow family1
orderBrassicalesTropaeolaceaethe nasturtium family1
orderCornalesHydrangeaceaethe hydrangea family1
orderDipsacalesCaprifoliaceaethe honeysuckle family1
orderFagalesBetulaceaethe birch family1
orderOxalidalesOxalidaceaethe wood sorrel family1
orderRanunculalesPapaveraceaethe poppy family1
orderVitalesVitaceaethe grape family1
cladeMonocotsMonocotyledoneaeone seed leaf, parallel veins — grasses, palms, orchids, onions and lilies21
orderAsparagales5 families10
familyAsparagaceaethe asparagus family4
familyAmaryllidaceaethe amaryllis family2
familyIridaceaethe iris family2
familyAsphodelaceaethe aloe family1
familyOrchidaceaethe orchid family1
orderAlismatalesAraceaethe arum family4
orderPoales3 families3
familyBromeliaceaethe bromeliad family1
familyCyperaceaethe sedge family1
familyPoaceaethe grass family1
orderZingiberales2 families2
familyMarantaceaethe prayer plant family1
familyMusaceaethe banana family1
orderArecalesArecaceaethe palm family1
orderLilialesLiliaceaethe lily family1
cladeMagnoliidsMagnoliidaeflowering plants that branched off before the eudicot/monocot split1
orderMagnolialesMagnoliaceaethe magnolia family1
cladeConifers & ginkgoGymnospermaenaked seeds and no flower at all — cones, needles, and one living fossil5
orderPinalesPinaceaethe pine family3
orderCupressalesCupressaceaethe cypress family1
orderGinkgoalesGinkgoaceaethe ginkgo family1
cladeFernsPolypodiopsidaspores instead of seeds, and a lineage far older than any flower2
orderCyathealesDicksoniaceaethe tree fern family1
orderPolypodialesNephrolepidaceaethe sword fern family1
cladeNot plants at allFungi & algaea lichen is a fungus farming an alga; snow algae are neither plant nor fungus4
orderChlamydomonadalesChlamydomonadaceaethe green algae family1
orderLecanoralesCladoniaceaethe cup lichen family1
orderRhizocarpalesRhizocarpaceaethe map lichen family1
orderTeloschistalesTeloschistaceaethe sunburst lichen family1
Both routes hold the same plants. Where they disagree — the kitchen files a pepper with the vegetables, phylogeny files it with the tomato and the deadly nightshade — the disagreement is the interesting part. 14 of the 115 have a written page so far; those are the ones marked tended.