acacia uh-KAY-shuh agave uh-GAH-vay amaranth AM-uh-ranth amethyst deceiver AM-uh-thist dih-SEE-ver anemone uh-NEM-uh-nee annulus AN-yoo-lus aspen AS-pen avern AH-vern

banksia BANK-see-uh bark BARK bast BAST bear’s head BAIRZ HED besom BEE-zum birch BIRCH bird’s nest fungus BURDZ NEST FUNG-gus black trumpet BLAK TRUM-pit blackthorn BLAK-thorn bluing BLOO-ing blusher BLUSH-er bog cotton BOG KOT-un bolete boh-LEET bonsai BON-sye bracken BRAK-un brittlebush BRIT-ul-bush broomrape BROOM-rape butterwort BUT-er-wort

candlesnuff KAN-dul-snuf cerrado seh-HAH-doo chamise shuh-MEEZ chanterelle shan-tuh-REL chasmophyte KAZ-muh-fite chicken of the woods CHIK-un uv thuh WUUDZ chicory CHIK-uh-ree cholla CHOY-uh cliffrose KLIF-rohz cloudberry KLOWD-ber-ee columbine KOL-um-byne conk KONK coppice KOP-iss copse KOPS coralroot KOR-ul-root cordyceps KOR-dih-seps cottonwood KOT-un-wuud creosote KREE-uh-soht

dead man’s fingers DED MANZ FING-gerz dead man’s foot DED MANZ FUUT death cap DETH KAP deceiver dih-SEE-ver dendrochronology den-droh-kruh-NOL-uh-jee desert willow DEZ-urt WIL-oh destroying angel dih-STROY-ing AYN-jul devil’s fingers DEV-ulz FING-gerz dodder DOD-er drip tip DRIP TIP

edaphic ih-DAF-ik eelgrass EEL-gras elder EL-der elfinwood EL-fin-wood endemic en-DEM-ik epiphyte EP-ih-fite eyebright EYE-brite

fairy ring FAIR-ee RING famine food FAM-in FOOD flagging FLAG-ing flora FLOR-uh fog drip FAWG drip foray FOR-ay forb FORB foxfire FOKS-fire foxglove FOKS-gluv fraying FRAY-ing frost flower FRAWST FLOW-er fynbos FAYN-baws

gall GAWL gamboge gam-BOHZH geophyte JEE-oh-fyt ghost pipe GOHST PIPE gill GIL glacier mouse GLAY-shur MOWS glaucous GLAW-kus gorse GORS

hanafubuki hah-nah-foo-BOO-kee hanami hah-NAH-mee hazel HAY-zul heath HEETH heather HETH-er hoary HOR-ee holdfast HOHLD-fast

iron gall EYE-urn GAWL

jacob’s ladder JAY-kubz LAD-er juniper JOO-nih-per

kelp forest KELP FOR-ist kogarashi koh-gah-RAH-shee

lacewing LAYS-wing Lammas growth LAM-us leafcutter LEEF-kut-er lichen LY-ken lichenometry ly-kuh-NOM-uh-tree lithophyte LITH-uh-fite lop and top LAHP and TAHP lupine LOO-pin

maidenhair MAY-dun-hair mangrove MAN-grohv manzanita man-zuh-NEE-tuh marcescent mar-SES-ent mason bee MAY-sun BEE mildew MIL-doo milkweed MILK-weed mistletoe MIS-ul-toh mordant MOR-dunt morel muh-REL mullein MUL-in mycelium my-SEE-lee-um mycophile MY-kuh-file mycorrhiza my-koh-RY-zuh myrmecochory mur-muh-KOK-uh-ree

nettle NET-ul

oak opening OHK OH-puh-ning ocotillo oh-koh-TEE-yoh overstory OH-ver-stor-ee

palo verde PAH-loh VAIR-day paramo PAH-rah-moh pinyon PIN-yun pleacher PLEECH-er pollard POL-erd poppy POP-ee porcini por-CHEE-nee punk PUNK punky wood PUNG-kee WUUD pyrophyte PY-roh-fyt

quaking bog KWAY-king BOG quid KWID

relict REL-ikt

sagebrush SAYJ-brush saprotroph SAP-ruh-trohf saxifrage SAX-ih-frij scrub SKRUB sea bean SEE BEEN sedge SEJ sere SEER serotiny suh-ROT-ih-nee serpentine SUR-pen-teen sertao ser-TOWN shingle SHING-gul slack SLAK slippery jack SLIP-er-ee JAK smoke tree SMOHK TREE smut SMUT soredia suh-REE-dee-uh sorrel SOR-ul sotol SOH-tol spalting SPAWL-ting spawn SPAWN speedwell SPEED-wel sphagnum SFAG-num spittlebug SPIT-ul-bug stag-headed STAG-hed-id stipe STIPE sundew SUN-doo sycamore SIK-uh-mor symbiosis sim-by-OH-sis

tamarisk TAM-uh-risk thallus THAL-us thicket THIK-it thistle THIS-ul tinder TIN-der tinder fungus TIN-der FUNG-gus tippler’s bane TIP-lerz BAYN toadflax TOHD-flaks touchwood TUCH-wuud treehopper TREE-hop-er trophic TROH-fik truffle TRUF-ul truffle fly TRUF-ul FLY tuckamore TUK-ah-more

vector VEK-ter velvet shank VEL-vit SHANK vernal VUR-nul vetch VECH volva VOL-vuh

watermelon snow WAW-ter-mel-un SNOH weld WELD wilding WILE-ding witch hazel WICH HAY-zul witches’ broom WICH-iz BROOM witch’s butter WICH-iz BUT-er witch’s hat WICH-iz HAT withies WITH-eez woad WOHD wood ear WUUD EER wood-pasture WOOD-pas-cher

yarrow YAR-oh yellowfoot YEL-oh-fuut yew YOO yucca YUK-uh

zombie fungus ZOM-bee FUNG-gus