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Type Vegetable Herb Flower Fruit Vine Shrub Tree Succulent Grass

Sun ☀️Full Sun ⛅Part Sun/Shade ☁️Shade

Speed Quick (< 45d) Medium (45–70d) Long (70d+)

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Early Fern

Early Fern

Polystichum acrostichoides

Early Maize Broomcorn

Early Maize Broomcorn

Zea mays subsp. mays

Early Sedge

Carex praecox

Eastern gamagrass

Eastern gamagrass

Tripsacum dactyloides

Eastern Sedge

Eastern Sedge

Carex blanda

East Friesland Sage

Salvia officinalis 'East Friesland'

Ebony Sedge

Ebony Sedge

Carex eburnea

Egoma

Egoma

Perilla frutescens var. frutescens

Egyptian Flat

Egyptian Flat

Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum

Einkorn

Einkorn

Triticum monococcum

Einkorn Dicoccoides

Einkorn Dicoccoides

Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccoides

Einkorn Gold

Einkorn Gold

Triticum monococcum

Einkorn Wheat

Einkorn Wheat

Triticum monococcum

Einkorn Wheat (Black Einkorn)

Einkorn Wheat (Black Einkorn)

Triticum monococcum subsp. monococcum

Einkorn Wheat Blanca

Einkorn Wheat Blanca

Triticum monococcum subsp. monococcum

Einkorn Wheat

Einkorn Wheat

Triticum monococcum

Einkorn Wheat (Polish Einkorn)

Einkorn Wheat (Polish Einkorn)

Triticum monococcum subsp. monococcum

Einkorn Wheat (Polish Einkorn) Turkey Red

Einkorn Wheat (Polish Einkorn) Turkey Red

Triticum monococcum subsp. monococcum

Einkorn Wheat

Einkorn Wheat

Triticum monococcum

Einkorn Wheat Rousse de Bordeaux

Einkorn Wheat Rousse de Bordeaux

Triticum monococcum subsp. monococcum

Elbon Rye

Elbon Rye

Secale cereale 'Elbon'

Spike Rush

Spike Rush

Eleocharis species

Spike Rush

Eleocharis palustris

Elfin Thyme

Elfin Thyme

Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin'

Elijah Blue Fescue

Elijah Blue Fescue

Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'

Elk Clover

Elk Clover

Trifolium elkanum

Elk Sedge

Elk Sedge

Carex gunnisoni

Lyme Grass

Elymus arenarius

Emerald Parsley

Petroselinum crispum 'Emerald'

Emmer

Triticum dicoccum

Emmer Farro

Emmer Farro

Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum

Emmer Kamut

Emmer Kamut

Triticum turgidum subsp. turanicum

Emmer Turkey Red

Emmer Turkey Red

Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum

Emmer Wheat

Emmer Wheat

Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum

Black Emmer Wheat

Black Emmer Wheat

Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum

Emmer Wheat Hadden Gold

Emmer Wheat Hadden Gold

Triticum dicoccum

Emmer Wheat Red Fife

Emmer Wheat Red Fife

Triticum dicoccum (Emmer) / Triticum aestivum (Red Fife)

Emmer Wheat (Red Fife variety)

Emmer Wheat (Red Fife variety)

Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum

Emmer Wheat (White Sonora)

Emmer Wheat (White Sonora)

Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum

Emmons' Sedge

Carex emoryi

Ena-jiso

Ena-jiso

Perilla frutescens var. crispa

Endurance Winter Wheat

Endurance Winter Wheat

Triticum aestivum

English Sage

English Sage

Salvia officinalis

English Thyme

English Thyme

Thymus vulgaris

Epiphytic Mosses

Epiphytic Mosses

Various species (e.g., Hypnum cupressiforme, Orthotrichum species)

Love Grass

Eragrostis

Erect Moss

Dicranum scoparium

Cottonsedge

Cottonsedge

Eriophorum species

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