mesophyte: land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte
vascular plant: green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
algonquian: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast