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Agrimony: Southern Agrimony, Harvest Lice, Swamp Agrimony, Small-flowered Agrimony Agrimonia parviflora* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Alfalfa: Black Medic, Black Hay, Hop Clover, Hop Medic, Yellow Trefoil Medicago lupulina (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Barberry: Creeping Oregon Grape, Creeping Barberry Mahonia repens* (Native) Family: Berberidaceae - Barberry family | Beggarticks: Bearded Beggarticks, Tickseed Sunflower, Bur Marigold Bidens aristosa* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Beggarticks: Spanish Needles, Spanish Needles Beggars Ticks Bidens bipinnata* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Bellwort: Perfoliate Bellwort, Merry Bells Uvularia perfoliata* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Birds Beak: Wright's Bird's Beak, Club Flower Cordylanthus wrightii* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family | Bladderwort: Zigzag Bladderwort, Slender Bladderwort Utricularia subulata* (Native) Family: Lentibulariaceae - Bladderwort family |
Blanketflower: Indian Blanket, Indian Blanketflower, Firewheel Gaillardia pulchella* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Blanketflower: Red Dome Blanketflower, Hopi Blanketflower, Yellow Gaillardia, Slender Gaillardia, Cutleaf Blanketflower Gaillardia pinnatifida* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Buttercup: Littleleaf Buttercup, Littleleaf Crowfoot Ranunculus abortivus* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | California Poppy: California Poppy Eschscholzia californica* (Native) Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy family |
Caltrop: Jamaican Feverplant, Nohu, False Puncture Vine, Spiny-fruited Caltrop Tribulus cistoides* (Introduced) Family: Zygophyllaceae - Creosote-bush family | Cat's Ear: Hairy Cat's Ear, False Dandelion Hypochaeris radicata* (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Cinquefoil : Dwarf Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Cinquefoil: Sulfur Cinquefoil, Roughfruit Cinquefoil Potentilla recta* (Introduced) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family |
Cinquefoil: Common Cinquefoil, Decumbent Five-finger, Old Field Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Clover: Low-Hop Clover, Field Clover, Large Hop Clover, Hop Trefoil Trifolium campestre* (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Coneflower: Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Coneflower: Orange Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Coneflower: Green-headed Coneflower, Cutleaf Coneflower, Golden Glow Rudbeckia laciniata* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Coneflower: Browneyed Susan, Thin-leaf Coneflower, Three-lobed Coneflower Rudbeckia triloba* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Crossvine: Cross Vine, Trumpet Flower, Crossvine, Quarter Vine Bignonia capreolata* (Native) Family: Bignoniaceae - Bignonia family | Crownbeard: Yellow Crownbeard Verbesina occidentalis* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Crownbeard: Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed Verbesina alternifolia* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Dandelion: Dandelion Taraxacum officinale (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Daylily: Common Daylily, Tawny Daylily, Orange Daylily Hemerocallis fulva* (Introduced) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Dogwood: Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida* (Native) Family: Cornaceae - Dogwood family |
Dwarf Dandelion: Potato Dandelion, Potato Dwarfdandelion, Colonial Dwarf-dandelion Krigia dandelion* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Evening Primrose: Common Evening Primrose, Evening Star, Sun Drop Oenothera biennis* (Native) Family: Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family | Evening Primrose: Missouri Evening Primrose, Ozark Sundrop, Bigfruit Evening Primrose, Wingfruit Evening-Primrose Oenothera macrocarpa ssp macrocarpa* (Native) Family: Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family | Fiddleneck: Common Fiddleneck, Menzie's Fiddleneck, Rancher's Fiddleneck Amsinckia menziesii* (Native) Family: Boraginaceae - Borage family |
Fringed Orchid: Yellow Fringed Orchid, Orange Fringed Orchid Platanthera ciliaris* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Goatsbeard: Yellow Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard, Western Salsify, Wild Oysterplant Tragopogon dubius* (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Goldenaster: Maryland Golden Aster Chrysopsis mariana* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Goldenaster - False: Camphorweed, Camphor Weed, False Goldenaster Heterotheca subaxillaris* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Goldenrod: Tall Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Canada Goldenrod Solidago altissima* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Groundcherry: Virginia Groundcherry, Ground Cherry, Lanceleaf Groundcherry, Hog Plum, Husk Tomato Physalis virginiana* (Native) Family: Solanaceae - Potato family | Gumweed: Curlycup Gumweed, Curlytop Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Honeysuckle: Trumpet Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens* (Native) Family: Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family |
Honeysuckle: Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica* (Introduced) Family: Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family | Horse Gentian: Yellow Horse Gentian, Yellowfruit Horsegentian, Narrow-leaved Horse-gentian, Lesser Horse-gentian, Yellow Tinkers Weed Triosteum angustifolium* (Native) Family: Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family | Indian Strawberry: Indian Strawberry, India Mockstrawberry Duchesnea indica* (Introduced) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Iris: Yellow Flag Iris, Paleyellow Iris, Yellow Iris, Water Flag Iris pseudacorus* (Introduced) Family: Iridaceae - Iris family |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Indian Turnip: Green Dragon, Dragonroot Arisaema dracontium* (Native) Family: Araceae - Arum family | Ladyslipper: Yellow Ladyslipper, Lesser Yellow Lady's Slipper, Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper, Small Flowered Yellow Lady's Slipper Cypripedium parviflorum* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Leafcup: Hairy Leafcup, Bear's Foot, Yellow Leafcup, Uvedalia Smallanthus uvedalius* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Leather Flower: Virgin's Bower, Devil's Darning Needles, Old Man's Beard Clematis virginiana* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family |
Lettuce: Wild Lettuce, Canada Lettuce Lactuca canadensis* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Lettuce: Prickly Lettuce, China Lettuce Lactuca serriola* (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Lily: Wood Lily, Mountain Lily Lilium philadelphicum* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Lotus: American Lotus, Water Lotus, Water Chinquapin, Yellow Lotus Nelumbo lutea* (Native) Family: Nelumbonaceae - Indian lotus |
Lousewort: Wood Betony; Canadian Lousewort Pedicularis canadensis (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family | Meadow Parsnip: Hairyjoint Meadow Parsnip Thaspium barbinode* (Native) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family | Meadow Parsnip: Smooth Meadow Parsnip, Woodland Meadow Parsnip, Yellow Meadow Parsnip, Purple Meadow Parsnip Thaspium trifoliatum* (Native) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family | Melothria: Creeping Cucumber, Guadeloupe Cucumber, Squirting Cucumber Melothria pendula* (Native) Family: Cucurbitaceae - Cucumber family |
Milkvetch: Canada Milkvetch, Little Rattlepod Astragalus canadensis* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Milkweed: Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root, Orange Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa* (Native) Family: Apocynaceae - Dogbane family | Mimosa: Silk Tree, Mimosa Albizia julibrissin (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Monkeyflower: Sharpwing Monkey Flower, Winged Monkeyflower Mimulus alatus* (Native) Family: Phrymaceae - Lopseed Family |
Mullein: Common Mullein, Great Mullein, Cowboy Toilet Paper, Flannel-plant Verbascum thapsus* (Introduced) Family: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family | Mullein: Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria (Introduced) Family: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family | Mullein Foxglove: Mullein Foxglove, Mullein Seymeria Dasistoma macrophylla* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family | Partridge Pea: Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant Chamaecrista fasciculata* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family |
Partridge Pea: Sensitive Partridge Pea, Wild Sensitive Plant, Sensitive Pea Chamaecrista nictitans* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Pencilflower: Pencil Flower, Endbeak Pencilflower, Sidebeak Pencilflower Stylosanthes biflora* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Pond-lily: Yellow Pond Lily, Cowlily, Spatterdock Nuphar lutea* (Native) Family: Nymphaeaceae - Water-lily family | Prairie Coneflower: Mexican Hat, Long-Headed Coneflower, Red Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Thimbleflower Ratibida columnifera* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Prickly Pear: Eastern Prickly Pear, Low Prickly Pear Cactus, Devil's Tongue, Indian Fig, Common Eastern Prickly Pear Opuntia humifusa* (Native) Family: Cactaceae - Cactus family | Primrose-willow: Seedbox, Smooth Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox, Rattle-box, Square-pod Water-primrose Ludwigia alternifolia* (Native) Family: Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family | Primrose-willow: Wingleaf Primrose-willow, Wingstem Water Primrose, Willow Primrose, Upright Primrose-willow Ludwigia decurrens* (Native) Family: Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family | Primrose-willow: Creeping Water Primrose, Floating Primrose-Willow, Water-primrose Ludwigia peploides* (Native) Family: Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family |
Prince's Plume: Desert Prince's Plume, Golden Prince's Plume, Golden Desert Plume, Sentinel Of The Plains Stanleya pinnata* (Native) Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard family | Ragwort: Butterweed, Yellowtop, Cressleaf Groundsel, Floodplain Ragwort Packera glabella* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Senna: Southern Wild Senna Senna marilandica* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Senna: Sicklepod, Sicklepod Senna, Java Bean, Blunt-leaf Senna, Chinese Senna, Arsenic Weed Senna obtusifolia* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family |
Sneezeweed: Bitterweed, Bitter Sneezeweed, Yellowdicks Helenium amarum* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Sneezeweed: Purple-headed Sneezeweed, Purplehead Sneezeweed Helenium flexuosum* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Sneezeweed: Autumn Sneezeweed, Common Sneezeweed, False Sunflower, Staggerwort, Yellow Star Helenium autumnale* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Spicebush: Northern Spicebush, Wild Allspice, Common Spicebush Lindera benzoin* (Native) Family: Lauraceae - Laurel family |
Spurge: Wild Poinsettia, Mexican Fireplant, Fire on the Mountain, Painted Euphorbia, Desert Poinsettia Euphorbia cyathophora (Native) Family: Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family | St. John's Wort: Spotted St. Johnswort, Black Dotted St. Johnswort Hypericum punctatum* (Native) Family: Hypericaceae - St. John's Wort Family | St. John's Wort: Pineweed, Orangegrass Hypericum gentianoides* (Native) Family: Hypericaceae - St. John's Wort Family | St. John's Wort: Cedarglade St. Johnswort, Golden St. Johnswort, Shrubby St. Johnswort Hypericum frondosum* (Native) Family: Hypericaceae - St. John's Wort Family |
St. Johns Wort: Reclining St. Andrew's Cross, Multi-stem St. Andrew's-cross, Low St. John's-wort, Straggling St. John's-wort, Decumbent St. Andrew's Cross Hypericum hypericoides ssp multicaule* (Native) Family: Hypericaceae - St. John's Wort Family | Star Grass: Yellow Star Grass, Common Goldstar Hypoxis hirsuta* (Native) Family: Hypoxidaceae - African Potato family | Stoneseed: Southern Stoneseed, Tuberous Stoneseed, Tuberous Gromwell Lithospermum tuberosum* (Native) Family: Boraginaceae - Borage family | Stoneseed: Hoary Puccoon, Orange Puccoon, Indian Paint Lithospermum canescens* (Native) Family: Boraginaceae - Borage family |
Sumac: Fragrant Sumac, Aromatic Sumac, Squawbush, Skunkbush, Lemon Sumac, Polecat Bush Rhus aromatica* (Native) Family: Anacardiaceae - Cashew or Sumac family | Sumac: Smooth Sumac, Scarlet Sumac Rhus glabra* (Native) Family: Anacardiaceae - Cashew or Sumac family | Sunflower: Swamp Sunflower, Narrow-leaf Sunflower Helianthus angustifolius* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Sunflower: Jerusalem Artichoke, Jerusalem Sunflower, Sunchoke, Girasole Helianthus tuberosus* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Sunflower: Dune Sunflower, Beach Sunflower, Cucumberleaf Sunflower, East Coast Dune Sunflower, Branching Sunflower Helianthus debilis* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Sunflower: Common Sunflower, Kansas Sunflower, Mirasol Helianthus annuus* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Sweetclover: Yellow Sweetclover, Yellow Melilot, Common Melilot, Field Melilot, Cornilla Real, White Sweetclover Melilotus officinalis* (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Thistle: Yellow Thistle, Common Yellow Thistle, Spiny Thistle, Bigspine Thistle, Southern Yellow Thistle, Horrible Thistle Cirsium horridulum* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Tickseed: Lanceleaf Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Tickseed: Tall Coreopsis, Tall Tickseed Coreopsis tripteris* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Tickseed: Hairy Coreopsis, Hairy Tickseed, Star Tickseed Coreopsis pubescens* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Toadflax: Butter-and-eggs, Common Toadflax, Yellow Toadflax, Wild Snapdragon Linaria vulgaris* (Introduced) Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family |
Touch-me-not : Jewelweed, Touch-me-not, Spotted jewelweed Impatiens capensis* (Native) Family: Balsaminaceae - Touch-me-not family | Trefoil: Bird's Foot Trefoil, Birdfoot Deervetch, Bloomfell, Cat's Clover, Crowtoes, Ground Honeysuckle Lotus corniculatus* (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Trumpet Creeper: Trumpet Creeper, Cow Itch, Hell Vine, Devil's Shoestring Campsis radicans* (Native) Family: Bignoniaceae - Bignonia family | Tuliptree: Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Tuliptree, Tulip Magnolia Liriodendron tulipifera* (Native) Family: Magnoliaceae - Magnolia family |
Twayblade: Southern Twayblade Listera australis* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Witchhazel: American Witchhazel Hamamelis virginiana* (Native) Family: Hamamelidaceae - Witch-hazel family | Wood Sorrel: Price's Wood Sorrel, Tufted Yellow Woodsorrel Oxalis macrantha* (Native) Family: Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family | Wood Sorrel: Slender Yellow Woodsorrel, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Dillen's Oxalis Oxalis dillenii* (Native) Family: Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family |
Yellow False Foxglove, Oak-Leech: Southern Fernleaf False Foxglove, Southern Oak-leech, Cut-leaved Gerardia, Combleaf Yellow False Foxglove Aureolaria pectinata* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family | Yellow Loosestrife: Appalachian Loosestrife, Southern Yellow Loosestrife, Southern Loosestrife Lysimachia tonsa* (Native) Family: Primulaceae - Primrose family | |
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