The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about 1,900 acres (7.7 km2) of land in Owings Mills, Maryland, USA.
[1][2][3] Much of the area of Soldiers Delight contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants.
[4] [5] The following list of herbaceous plants is based greatly on the work of Ed Uebel[6] and comes from the publications by Fleming et al. 1995,[7] Monteferrante 1973,[8] Reed 1984,[9] Wennerstrom 1995,[10] and the unpublished data by Worthley 1955-1985.
[11] Division Magnoliophyta - Angiosperms Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons Amaranthaceae - (Amaranth Family) Apiaceae - (Carrot Family) Apocynaceae - (Dogbane Family) Asteraceae - (Aster Family) Balsaminaceae - (Touch-me-not Family) Boraginaceae - (Borage Family) Brassicaceae - (Mustard Family) Campanulaceae - (Bellflower family) Caryophyllaceae - (Pink Family) Chenopodiaceae - (Goosefoot Family) Cistaceae - (Rockrose Family) Clusiaceae - (Mangosteen Family) Convolvulaceae - (Morning glory Family) Ericaceae - (Heath Family) Fabaceae - (Bean Family) Gentianaceae - (Gentian Family) Lamiaceae - (Mint Family) Linaceae - (Flax Family) Lythraceae - (Loosestrife Family) Melastomataceae - (Meadow-beauty Family) Onagraceae - (Evening Primrose Family) Orobanchaceae - (Broomrape Family) Oxalidaceae - (Wood-sorrel Family) Papaveraceae - (Poppy Family) Phrymaceae - (Lopseed Family) Phytolaccaceae - (Pokeweed Family) Plantaginaceae - (Plantain Family) Polemoniaceae - (Phlox Family) Polygalaceae - (Milkwort Family) Polygonaceae - (Buckwheat Family) Portulacaceae - (Purslane Family) Primulaceae - (Primrose Family) Ranunculaceae - (Buttercup Family) Rosaceae - (Rose Family) Rubiaceae - (Madder Family) Santalaceae - (Sandalwood Family) Saxifragaceae - (Saxifrage Family) Scrophulariaceae - (Figwort Family) Solanaceae - (Nightshade Family) Urticaceae - (Nettle Family) Violaceae - (Violet Family) Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons Amaryllidaceae - (Amaryllis Family) Araceae - (Arum Family) Commelinaceae - (Spiderwort Family) Dioscoreaceae - (Yam Family) Iridaceae - (Iris Family) Lemnaceae - (Duckweed Family) Liliaceae - (Lily Family) Orchidaceae - (Orchid Family) Smilacaceae - (Greenbrier Family)