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Adam and Eve: Puttyroot Orchid, Adam and Eve
Aplectrum hyemale*
(Native) | Alfalfa: Black Medic, Black Hay, Hop Clover, Hop Medic, Yellow Trefoil
Medicago lupulina
(Introduced) | Anemone: Wood Anemone, Nightcaps, Twoleaf Anemone
Anemone quinquefolia*
(Native) | Arrowhead: Common Arrowhead, Arrowleaf, Burhead, Wapato, Duck-potato, Broadleaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia*
(Native) |
Aster: Hairy White Oldfield Aster, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster
Symphyotrichum pilosum*
(Native) | Aster: Late Purple Aster, Spreading Aster
Symphyotrichum patens*
(Native) | Balloonvine: Balloon Vine, Love in a Puff, Heartseed
Cardiospermum halicacabum*
(Introduced) | Baneberry: White Baneberry, Doll's Eyes
Actaea pachypoda*
(Native) |
Beardtongue: Eastern Gray Beardtongue
Penstemon canescens
(Native) | Beeblossom: Slenderstalk Beeblossom, Slender Gaura
Gaura filipes*
(Native) | Beggarticks: Bearded Beggarticks, Tickseed Sunflower, Bur Marigold
Bidens aristosa*
(Native) | Bellflower: Tall Bellflower, American Bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum*
(Native) |
Bellwort: Large-flowered Bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora*
(Native) | Bellwort: Sessileleaf Bellwort, Wild Oats
Uvularia sessilifolia
(Native) | Bergamot, Beebalm: Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa*
(Native) | Bergamot, Beebalm: White Bergamot, Basil Bee Balm
Monarda clinopodia*
(Native) |
Bergamot, Beebalm: Crimson Bee Balm, Scarlet Bergamot, Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea
Monarda didyma*
(Native) | Bittercress: Cutleaf Toothwort
Cardamine concatenata*
(Native) | Bittercress: Hairy Bittercress, Hoary Bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta*
(Introduced) | Blackberry: Sawtooth Blackberry, Southern Blackberry, Highbush Blackberry
Rubus argutus
(Native) |
Blackberry: Northern Dewberry, Common Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris*
(Native) | Blackberry: Purple-flowering Raspberry, Thimbleberry
Rubus odoratus*
(Native) | Blackberry: Thimbleberry, Western Thimbleberry, Salmonberry, Mountain Sorrel, White Flowering Raspberry, Western Thimble Raspberry
Rubus parviflorus*
(Native) | Bladdernut: American Bladdernut
Staphylea trifolia*
(Native) |
Blanketflower: Indian Blanket, Indian Blanketflower, Firewheel
Gaillardia pulchella*
(Native) | Bloodroot: Bloodroot, Red Indian Paint, Red Puccoon
Sanguinaria canadensis*
(Native) | Blue Eyed Mary: Blue Eyed Mary, Spring Blue-eyed Mary, Eastern Blue Eyed Mary, Innocence, Lady-by-the-Lake
Collinsia verna*
(Native) | Blue-eyed Grass: Blue-eyed Grass, Stout Blue-eyed Grass, Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
(Native) |
Blue-eyed Grass: Needletip Blue-eyed Grass, Michaux's Blue-eyed-Grass, Slender Blue-eyed Grass, Narrow-Leaved Blue-eyed-Grass
Sisyrinchium mucronatum*
(Native) | Bluebead: Blue-bead Lily, Yellow Corn Lily, Yellow Clintonia
Clintonia borealis
(Native) | Bluebells: Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica*
(Native) | Bluets: Quaker Ladies, Azure Bluet, Bluets
Houstonia caerulea
(Native) |
Bluets: Tiny Bluet, Small Bluet, Least Bluet
Houstonia pusilla
(Native) | Broomrape: One-flowered Broomrape ; One-flowered Cancer Root, Ghostpipe, Naked Broomrape
Orobanche uniflora*
(Native) | Bugbane: Black Cohosh, Black Bugbane, Black Baneberry, Black Snakeroot, Fairy Candle
Cimicifuga racemosa*
(Native) | Bur Cucumber: Bur Cucumber, Oneseed Bur Cucumber; Star Cucumber
Sicyos angulatus*
(Native) |
Burnet: Small Burnet, Salad burnet, Garden burnet
Sanguisorba minor*
(Introduced) | Buttercup: Bulbous Buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus
(Introduced) | Buttercup: Littleleaf Buttercup, Littleleaf Crowfoot
Ranunculus abortivus*
(Native) | Buttonbush: Buttonbush, Common Buttonbush, Button Ball, Riverbush, Honey-bells, Button Willow
Cephalanthus occidentalis*
(Native) |
Buttonweed: Virginia Buttonweed, Large Buttonweed, Poor Joe
Diodia virginiana
(Native) | Buttonweed: Rough Buttonweed, Poor Joe
Diodia teres
(Native) | California Poppy: California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica*
(Native) | Camas: Wild Hyacinth; Atlantic Camas
Camassia scilloides*
(Native) |
Cat's Ear: Hairy Cat's Ear, False Dandelion
Hypochaeris radicata*
(Introduced) | Catchfly: Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly
Silene virginica*
(Native) | Catchfly: Starry Campion, Widow's Frill
Silene stellata*
(Native) | Chicory: Chicory
Cichorium intybus
(Introduced) |
Cinquefoil: Sulfur Cinquefoil, Roughfruit Cinquefoil
Potentilla recta*
(Introduced) | Clover: White Clover
Trifolium repens
(Introduced) | Clover: Red Clover, Cowgrass
Trifolium pratense
(Introduced) | Clover: Crimson Clover, Italian Clover
Trifolium incarnatum
(Introduced) |
Clover: Low-Hop Clover, Field Clover, Large Hop Clover, Hop Trefoil
Trifolium campestre*
(Introduced) | Clubmoss
: Southern Ground Cedar, Fan Clubmoss, Running Pine, Running Ground Cedar
Diphasiastrum digitatum*
(Native) | Cohosh: Blue Cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides*
(Native) | Columbine: Eastern Red Columbine, Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis*
(Native) |
Coneflower: Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta*
(Native) | Coneflower: Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida*
(Native) | Coneflower: Green-headed Coneflower, Cutleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata*
(Native) | Coneflower: Browneyed Susan, Thin-leaf Coneflower, Three-lobed Coneflower
Rudbeckia triloba*
(Native) |
Crownbeard: Yellow Crownbeard
Verbesina occidentalis*
(Native) | Crownbeard: Wingstem, Yellow Ironweed
Verbesina alternifolia*
(Native) | Crownbeard: White Crownbeard, Frostweed, Iceplant, Virginia crownbeard
Verbesina virginica*
(Native) | Daisy: Oxeye Daisy
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
(Introduced) |
Dandelion: Dandelion
Taraxacum officinal
(Introduced) | Dayflower: Asiatic Dayflower, Mouse Ears, Dew Herb
Commelina communis
(Introduced) | Dayflower: Virginia Dayflower
Commelina virginica*
(Native) | Daylily: Common Daylily, Tawny Daylily, Orange Daylily
Hemerocallis fulva*
(Introduced) |
Deadnettle: Henbit, Henbit Deadnettle
Lamium amplexicaule
(Introduced) | Deadnettle: Purple Deadnettle, Red Deadnettle, Purple Archangel
Lamium purpureum*
(Introduced) | Dodder: Dodder Vine, Scaldweed
Cuscuta gronovii
(Native) | Dogwood: Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida*
(Native) |
Dogwood: Stiff Dogwood, Southern Swamp Dogwood, Gray Dogwood
Cornus foemina*
(Native) | Dogwood: Red-osier Dogwood, Western Dogwood, American Dogwood
Cornus sericea*
(Native) | Dogwood: Bunchberry, Bunchberry Dogwood, Dwarf Dogwood, Canadian Bunchberry, Dwarf Cornel, Creeping Dogwood
Cornus canadensis*
(Native) | Dutchman's Breeches: Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria*
(Native) |
Dwarf Dandelion: Two-flower Cynthia, Twoflower Dwarfdandelion
Krigia biflora
(Native) | Elderberry: Common Elderberry, American Elderberry, American Black Elderberry
Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis*
(Native) | Elephant's Foot: Carolina Elephant's foot, Leafy Elephantfoot
Elephantopus carolinianus*
(Native) | Evening Primrose: Pink Ladies, Showy Evening Primrose, Pink Primrose
Oenothera speciosa
(Native) |
Evening Primrose: Common Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis*
(Native) | False Foxglove: Slender Gerardia, Slenderleaf False Foxglove
Agalinis tenuifolia*
(Native) | False garlic: False Garlic, Crowpoison
Nothoscordum bivalve*
(Native) | Fawnlily: Trout Lily; Dogtooth Violet
Erythronium americanum*
(Native) |
Fern : Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea
(Native) | Fiddleneck: Common Fiddleneck, Menzie's Fiddleneck, Rancher's Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii*
(Native) | Fireweed: Fireweed, Narrow-leaf fireweed, Willow Herb, Rosebay Willow Herb, Blooming Sally
Chamerion angustifolium*
(Native) | Fleabane: Eastern daisy fleabane
Erigeron annuus*
(Native) |
Fleabane: Philadelphia Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus*
(Native) | Fleabane: Prairie Fleabane, Lesser Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron strigosus*
(Native) | Fleabane: Robin's Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus*
(Native) | Fluxweed: False Pennyroyal, Fluxweed
Isanthus brachiatus*
(Native) |
Fogfruit: Fogfruit, Lanceleaf Fogfruit, Northern Fogfruit
Phyla lanceolata*
(Native) | Fringed Orchid: Yellow Fringed Orchid, Orange Fringed Orchid
Platanthera ciliaris*
(Native) | Gentian: Soapwort Gentian, Harvestbells
Gentiana saponaria
(Native) | Geranium: Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum*
(Native) |
Geranium: Cutleaf Geranium, Cut-leaved Cranesbill
Geranium dissectum*
(Introduced) | Geranium: Carolina Geranium, Carolina Cranesbill
Geranium carolinianum*
(Native) | Glechoma: Ground Ivy, Gill-over-the-ground, Haymaids, Creeping Charlie
Glechoma hederacea
(Introduced) | Goatsbeard: Yellow Salsify, Yellow Goatsbeard, Western Salsify, Wild Oysterplant
Tragopogon dubius*
(Introduced) |
Goldenaster - False: Camphorweed, Camphor Weed, False Goldenaster
Heterotheca subaxillaris*
(Native) | Goldenrod: Zigzag Goldenrod, Broadleaf Goldenrod
Solidago flexicaulis*
(Native) | Goldenrod: Tall Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Canada Goldenrod
Solidago altissima*
(Native) | Goldenseal: Goldenseal, orangeroot
Hydrastis canadensis*
(Native) |
Green Violet: Green Violet, Eastern Greenviolet
Hybanthus concolor*
(Native) | Groundcherry: Virginia Groundcherry, Ground Cherry, Lanceleaf Groundcherry, Hog Plum, Husk Tomato
Physalis virginiana*
(Native) | Hawkweed: Orange Hawkweed, Devil’s Paintbrush
Hieracium aurantiacum*
(Introduced) | Hedge Parsley: Spreading Hedge Parsley, Field Hedge Parsley, Common Hedge Parsley
Torilis arvensis*
(Introduced) |
Hempvine: Climbing Hempweed, Climbing Boneset
Mikania scandens*
(Native) | Hepatica: Sharp-lobed Hepatica
Hepatica nobilis*
(Native) | Hogpeanut: American Hogpeanut
Amphicarpaea bracteata*
(Native) | Honeysuckle: Trumpet Honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens*
(Native) |
Honeysuckle: Japanese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica*
(Introduced) | Honeysuckle: Yellow Honeysuckle, Pale Yellow Honeysuckle
Lonicera flava
(Native) | Horse Gentian: Yellow Horse Gentian, Yellowfruit Horsegentian, Narrow-leaved Horse-gentian, Lesser Horse-gentian, Yellow Tinkers Weed
Triosteum angustifolium*
(Native) | Horsetail: Smooth Horsetail, Smooth Scouring Rush
Equisetum laevigatum
(Native) |
Hound's tongue: Wild Comfrey
Cynoglossum virginianum
(Native) | Hound's tongue: Houndstongue, Hound's Tongue, Gypsyflower
Cynoglossum officinale*
(Introduced) | Hydrangea: Wild Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens*
(Native) | Indian Cucumber Root: Indian Cucumber Root
Medeola virginiana*
(Native) |
Indian Pipe: Indian Pipe, Ghost Flower, Ghost Plant
Monotropa uniflora*
(Native) | Indian Plantain: Great Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum reniforme*
(Native) | Indian Strawberry: Indian Strawberry, India Mockstrawberry
Duchesnea indica*
(Introduced) | Iris : Crested Dwarf Iris
Iris cristata*
(Native) |
Iris: Blackberry Lily, Leopard Flower, Leopard Lily
Iris domestica*
(Introduced) | Iris: Yellow Flag Iris, Paleyellow Iris, Yellow Iris, Water Flag
Iris pseudacorus*
(Introduced) | Ironweed: Tall Ironweed, Giant Ironweed, Ironweed
Vernonia gigantea*
(Native) | Jack-in-the-Pulpit: Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Indian Turnip, Jack in the Pulpit,
Arisaema triphyllum*
(Native) |
Jimsonweed: Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed, Mad Apple, Moon Flower, Stinkwort, Thorn Apple, Devil's Trumpet
Datura stramonium*
(Introduced) | Joe Pye Weed: Hollow Joe Pye Weed, Trumpetweed, Tubular Thoroughwort, Hollow-stemmed Joe-pye-weed
Eutrochium fistulosum*
(Native) | Joe Pye Weed: Spotted Joe Pye Weed, Purple Boneset, Spotted Trumpetweed
Eutrochium maculatum*
(Native) | Knapweed: Bachelor’s Button, Bluebottle, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower
Centaurea cyanus*
(Introduced) |
Kudzu: Kudzu
Pueraria montana*
(Introduced) | Ladyslipper: Pink Ladyslipper, Moccasin Flower
Cypripedium acaule*
(Native) | Larkspur: Dwarf Larkspur, Spring Larkspur
Delphinium tricorne*
(Native) | Leafcup: Whiteflower Leafcup
Polymnia canadensis
(Native) |
Leafcup: Hairy Leafcup, Bear's Foot, Yellow Leafcup, Uvedalia
Smallanthus uvedalius*
(Native) | Leather Flower: Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virginsbower, Leatherleaf Clematis, Yam-leaved Clematis
Clematis terniflora*
(Introduced) | Leather Flower: Leather Vasevine, Leather Flower, Vasevine
Clematis viorna*
(Native) | Leather Flower: Western Virgin’s Bower, Western Blue Virginsbower, Mountain Clematis, Purple Clematis, Purple Virgin's-bower
Clematis occidentalis*
(Native) |
Lespedeza: Sericea Lespedeza
Lespedeza cuneata
(Introduced) | Lettuce: Wild Lettuce, Canada Lettuce
Lactuca canadensis*
(Native) | Lettuce: Woodland Lettuce, Florida Blue Lettuce, False Lettuce
Lactuca floridana
(Native) | Lettuce: Prickly Lettuce, China Lettuce
Lactuca serriola*
(Introduced) |
Lionsheart: Obedient Plant, False Dragonhead, Obedience
Physostegia virginiana*
(Native) | Lobelia: Downy Lobelia
Lobelia puberula*
(Native) | Lobelia: Cardinal Flower, Scarlet Lobelia
Lobelia cardinalis*
(Native) | Lobelia: Inflated Lobelia, Indian Tobacco
Lobelia inflata*
(Native) |
Lobelia: Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica*
(Native) | Lobelia: Palespike Lobelia
Lobelia spicata*
(Native) | Lousewort: Wood Betony; Canadian Lousewort
Pedicularis canadensis
(Native) | Maidenhair Fern: Northern Maidenhair, Five-Fingered Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
(Native) |
Maple: Red Maple, Swamp Maple, Soft Maple
Acer rubrum
(Native) | Mayapple: Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum*
(Native) | Mayflower: False Solomon's Seal, Feathery False Lily of the Valley, Solomon's Plume
Maianthemum racemosum*
(Native) | Mayflower: Starry False Solomon’s Seal, Starry False Lily of the Valley, Starflower False Solomon's Seal Star-flowered Solomon’s Plume
Maianthemum stellatum*
(Native) |
Mayweed: Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile, Dog Fennel
Anthemis cotula
(Introduced) | Mayweed: Pineapple Weed, Wild Chamomile, Rayless Chamomile, Disc Mayweed
Matricaria discoidea*
(Introduced) | Meadow Beauty: Maryland Meadow Beauty, Pale Meadow Beauty
Rhexia mariana
(Native) | Meadow Parsnip: Hairyjoint Meadow Parsnip
Thaspium barbinode*
(Native) |
Meadow-rue: Rue Anemone
Thalictrum thalictroides*
(Native) | Melothria: Creeping Cucumber, Guadeloupe Cucumber, Squirting Cucumber
Melothria pendula*
(Native) | Milkweed : Fourleaf Milkweed
Asclepias quadrifolia*
(Native) | Milkweed: Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata*
(Native) |
Milkweed: Butterfly Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Pleurisy Root, Orange Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa*
(Native) | Milkweed: White Milkweed, Redring Milkweed, Variegated Milkweed
Asclepias variegata*
(Native) | Milkweed: Common Milkweed, Silkweed
Asclepias syriaca*
(Native) | Mimosa: Silk Tree, Mimosa
Albizia julibrissin
(Introduced) |
Mimosa: Sensitive Briar, Littleleaf Sensitive-briar
Mimosa microphylla *
(Native) | Mistflower: Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Mistflower
Conoclinium coelestinum*
(Native) | Miterwort: Miterwort, Bishop's Cap
Mitella diphylla
(Native) | Morning Glory: Hedge Bindweed, Hedge False Bindweed
Calystegia sepium*
(Native) |
Morning Glory: Wild Potato Vine, Man of the Earth, Wild Sweet Potato, Bigroot Morning Glory
Ipomoea pandurata*
(Native) | Morning Glory: Small Red Morning Glory, Redstar, Starflower, Scarlet Morningglory
Ipomoea coccinea
(Introduced) | Mountain Mint: Hoary Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum incanum*
(Native) | Mullein: Common Mullein, Great Mullein
Verbascum thapsus*
(Introduced) |
Mullein: Moth Mullein
Verbascum blattaria
(Introduced) | Mullein Foxglove: Mullein Foxglove, Mullein Seymeria
Dasistoma macrophylla*
(Native) | Nightshade: Carolina Horse Nettle, Bull Nettle, Devil's Tomato
Solanum carolinense
(Native) | Nightshade: Climbing Nightshade, BIttersweet Nightshade, Woody Nightshade, European Bittersweet, Fellenwort, Blue Nightshade
Solanum dulcamara*
(Introduced) |
Onion: Wild Garlic, Meadow Garlic
Allium canadense
(Native) | Onion: Glade Onion, Prairie Onion, Cliff Onion, Autumn Onion, Lady's Leek, Wild Onion
Allium stellatum*
(Native) | Parsley: Harbinger-of-Spring, Pepper and Salt
Erigenia bulbosa
(Native) | Partridge Pea: Partridge Pea, Sleepingplant
Chamaecrista fasciculata*
(Native) |
Partridge Pea: Sensitive Partridge Pea, Wild Sensitive Plant, Sensitive Pea
Chamaecrista nictitans*
(Native) | Partridgeberry: Partridgeberry, Partridge Berry, Sqaw Vine, Eyeberry
Mitchella repens*
(Native) | Passion Flower: Purple Passionflower, Maypop
Passiflora incarnata*
(Native) | Pea: Perennial Pea, Sweet Pea, Everlasting Pea
Lathyrus latifolius
(Introduced) |
Pearly Everlasting: Pearly Everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting
Anaphalis margaritacea*
(Native) | Pennywort: Pennywort, Virginia Pennywort
Obolaria virginica
(Native) | Perilla, Beefsteak Plant: Beefsteak Plant, Beefsteak Mint, Perilla Mint
Perilla frutescens*
(Introduced) | Periwinkle: Bigleaf Periwinkle, Large Periwinkle, Greater Periwinkle
Vinca major
(Introduced) |
Periwinkle: Small Periwinkle, Common Periwinkle, Dwarf Periwinkle, Lesser Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle
Vinca minor*
(Introduced) | Petunia: Carolina Wild Petunia
Ruellia caroliniensis*
(Native) | Phacelia: Purple Phacelia, Fernleaf Phacelia
Phacelia bipinnatifida*
(Native) | Phlox: Downy Phlox
Phlox pilosa
(Native) |
Phlox: Fall Phlox; Garden phlox
Phlox paniculata
(Native) | Phlox: Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata
(Native) | Phlox: Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima*
(Native) | Pigeonwings: Butterfly Pea, Atlantic pigeonwings
Clitoria mariana
(Native) |
Pink: Deptford Pink, Mountain Pink
Dianthus armeria*
(Introduced) | Pinkroot: Indian Pink, Woodland Pinkroot, Worm grass
Spigelia marilandica*
(Native) | Plantain: Narrowleaf Plantain, English Plantain, Buckhorn, Lanceleaf Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
(Introduced) | Plantain: Virginia Plantain, Dwarf Plantain, Southern Plantain, Hoary Plantain, Paleseed Indianwheat
Plantago virginica*
(Native) |
Plum: Chokecherry, Western Chokecherry, Black Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana*
(Native) | Plum: American Plum, Wild Plum
Prunus americana*
(Native) | Plumeless Thistle: Bristle Thistle, Musk Thistle, Nodding Thistle, Nodding Plumeless Thistle
Carduus nutans*
(Introduced) | Poison Oak: Eastern Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron radicans*
(Native) |
Poison Oak: Western Poison Ivy, Northern Poison Ivy
Toxicodendron rydbergii*
(Native) | Pokeweed: American Pokeweed, Pokeberry, Inkberry, Poke Sallet
Phytolacca americana*
(Native) | Pond-lily: Yellow Pond Lily, Cowlily, Spatterdock
Nuphar lutea*
(Native) | Porteranthus: Bowman's Root, False Ipecac
Porteranthus trifoliatus
(Native) |
Prairie Coneflower: Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, Yellow Coneflower, Grayhead Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata*
(Native) | Prairie Coneflower: Mexican Hat, Long-Headed Coneflower, Red Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Thimbleflower
Ratibida columnifera*
(Native) | Primrose-willow: Seedbox, Smooth Seedbox, Bushy Seedbox, Rattle-box, Square-pod Water-primrose
Ludwigia alternifolia*
(Native) | Purple Coneflower: Eastern Purple Coneflower, Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea*
(Native) |
Pussytoes: Plantain-leaf Pussytoes, Woman's Tobacco
Antennaria plantaginifolia*
(Native) | Queen Anne's Lace: Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot
Daucus carota*
(Introduced) | Ragweed: Great Ragweed, Buffalo Weed, Horseweed, Giant Ragweed, Tall Ambrosia
Ambrosia trifida*
(Native) | Ragweed: Common Ragweed, Annual Ragweed, Small Ragweed, Roman Wormwood
Ambrosia artemisiifolia*
(Native) |
Ragwort: Butterweed, Yellowtop, Cressleaf Groundsel, Floodplain Ragwort
Packera glabella*
(Native) | Rattlesnake Plantain: Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Downy Rattlesnake Orchid, Adder’s Violet, Net-leaf Plantain
Goodyera pubescens*
(Native) | Redbud: Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis*
(Native) | Rhododendron: Pink Azalea; Pinxter Flower
Rhododendron periclymenoides*
(Native) |
Rose : Multiflora Rose
Rosa multiflora*
(Introduced) | Rose Gentian: Rose Pink
Sabatia angularis*
(Native) | Rosinweed: Cutleaf Rosinweed, Cutleaf Prairie Dock, Tansy Rosinweed
Silphium pinnatifidum*
(Native) | Rosinweed: Whorled Rosinweed, Three-leaved Rosinweed
Silphium trifoliatum*
(Native) |
Sage: Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata*
(Native) | Selfheal: Heal-All, Common Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris*
(Native) | Senna: Southern Wild Senna
Senna marilandica*
(Native) | Senna: Sicklepod, Sicklepod Senna, Java Bean, Blunt-leaf Senna, Chinese Senna, Arsenic Weed
Senna obtusifolia*
(Native) |
Serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadbush: Allegheny Serviceberry, Smooth Serviceberry
Amelanchier laevis*
(Native) | Sherardia: Field Madder, blue fieldmadder, Spurwort
Sherardia arvensis
(Introduced) | Silverbell: Mountain Silverbell, Carolina Silverbell, 4-wing Silverbell
Halesia tetraptera*
(Native) | Skullcap: Heartleaf skullcap
Scutellaria ovata*
(Native) |
Smartweed: Water Knotweed, Swamp Smartweed, Water Smartweed
Persicaria amphibia*
(Native) | Smartweed: Virginia Knotweed, Jumpseed
Persicaria virginiana*
(Native) | Smartweed: Dotted Smartweed, Dotted Knotweed, Water Smartweed
Persicaria punctata*
(Native) | Sneezeweed: Bitterweed, Bitter Sneezeweed, Yellowdicks
Helenium amarum*
(Native) |
Sneezeweed: Purple-headed Sneezeweed, Purplehead Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum*
(Native) | Snowberry: Common Snowberry, Upright Snowberry
Symphoricarpos albus*
(Native) | Soapwort: Cowcockle, Cow Soapwort, Cowherb
Vaccaria hispanica*
(Introduced) | Solomon's Seal : Smooth Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum*
(Native) |
Speedwell: Bird's Eye Speedwell, Persian Speedwell, Birdeye Speedwell, Winter Speedwell
Veronica persica*
(Introduced) | Speedwell: Water Speedwell, Sessile Water-speedwell, Brook-pimpernell, Blue Water Speedwell
Veronica anagallis-aquatica*
(Introduced) | Spicebush: Northern Spicebush, Wild Allspice, Common Spicebush
Lindera benzoin*
(Native) | Spiderwort: Zigzag Spiderwort, Wideleaf Spiderwort
Tradescantia subaspera*
(Native) |
Spiderwort: Virginia Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
(Native) | Spindletree: Bursting Heart, Hearts-a-bustin', Strawberry Bush.
Euonymus americanus*
(Native) | Spindletree: Burningbush, Eastern Wahoo, Spindle Tree, Indian Arrow-Wood
Euonymus atropurpureus*
(Native) | Spleenwort: Walking Fern, American Walking Fern
Asplenium rhizophyllum*
(Native) |
Spring Beauty: Virginia Spring Beauty, Narrow-leaved Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica*
(Native) | Spurge: Flowering Spurge, Blooming Spurge, Emetic Root
Euphorbia corollata*
(Native) | Spurge: Wild Poinsettia, Mexican Fireplant, Fire on the Mountain, Painted Euphorbia, Desert Poinsettia
Euphorbia cyathophora
(Native) | Squawroot: Squawroot
Conopholis americana*
(Native) |
Star Grass: Yellow Star Grass, Common Goldstar
Hypoxis hirsuta*
(Native) | Starwort : Star Chickweed
Stellaria pubera*
(Native) | Starwort: Common Chickweed
Stellaria media*
(Introduced) | Stonecrop: Woodland Stonecrop, Wild Stonecrop, Woods Stonecrop
Sedum ternatum
(Native) |
Stonecrop: Widow's Cross, Glade Stonecrop, Widowscross, Lime Stonecrop, Pink Stonecrop
Sedum pulchellum*
(Native) | Storksbill: Crane’s Bill Geranium, Redstem Stork's Bill, Storksbill, Redstem Filaree, Heron's Bill
Erodium cicutarium*
(Introduced) | Strawberry: Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
(Native) | Sunflower: Swamp Sunflower, Narrow-leaf Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius*
(Native) |
Sunflower: Purpledisk sunflower, Appalachian sunflower
Helianthus atrorubens*
(Native) | Sunflower: Small Woodland Sunflower, Small-headed Sunflower
Helianthus microcephalus*
(Native) | Sunflower: Thinleaf Sunflower, Ten-petal Sunflower, Forest Sunflower, Pale Sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus*
(Native) | Sunflower: Jerusalem Artichoke, Jerusalem Sunflower, Sunchoke, Girasole
Helianthus tuberosus*
(Native) |
Sweetclover: Yellow Sweetclover, Yellow Melilot, Common Melilot, Field Melilot, Cornilla Real, White Sweetclover
Melilotus officinalis*
(Introduced) | Sweetroot: Longstyle Sweetroot, Sweet Anise, Aniseroot
Osmorhiza longistylis
(Native) | Sweetshrub: Eastern Sweetshrub, Sweet Shrub, Carolina Allspice, Strawberry Shrub
Calycanthus floridus
(Native) | Sweetspire: Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia Willow, Tassel-white
Itea virginica*
(Native) |
Thistle: Bull Thistle, Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
(Introduced) | Tickseed: Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata*
(Native) | Tickseed: Tall Coreopsis, Tall Tickseed
Coreopsis tripteris*
(Native) | Ticktrefoil: Nakedflower Ticktrefoil, Naked-Flowered Tick Trefoil, Naked-stemmed Tick Clover
Desmodium nudiflorum*
(Native) |
Toadflax: Dalmation Toadflax, Broadleaf Toadflax
Linaria dalmatica*
(Introduced) | Touch-me-not : Jewelweed, Touch-me-not, Spotted jewelweed
Impatiens capensis*
(Native) | Touch-me-not: Pale Touch-me-not, Pale Snapweed
Impatiens pallida*
(Native) | Trailing Arbutus: Trailing Arbutus, Ground Laurel, Mayflower, Plymouth Mayflower
Epigaea repens*
(Native) |
Trillium: Toadshade Trillium
Trillium sessile
(Native) | Trillium: White Trillium, Nodding Wakerobin, Nodding Trillium
Trillium flexipes*
(Native) | Trillium: Little Sweet Betsy, Toadshade Trillium
Trillium cuneatum*
(Native) | Trillium: Large-Flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Trillium
Trillium grandiflorum*
(Native) |
Trumpet Creeper: Trumpet Creeper
Campsis radicans
(Native) | Trumpet Flower: Narrowleaf Collomia, Tiny Trumpet, Narrow-leaf Mountain Trumpet
Collomia linearis*
(Native) | Tuliptree: Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplar, Tuliptree, Tulip Magnolia
Liriodendron tulipifera*
(Native) | Twinleaf: Twinleaf, Helmet Pod, Ground Squirrel Pea
Jeffersonia diphylla*
(Native) |
Venus' Looking-glass: Venus' Looking Glass, Clasping Bellwort, Clasping Venus' Looking Glass, Roundleaved Triodanis
Triodanis perfoliata*
(Native) | Vervain: Narrowleaf Vervain, Simple Verbena
Verbena simplex*
(Native) | Vetch: Crown Vetch, Purple Crown Vetch, Axseed, Hive Vine
Coronilla varia*
(Introduced) | Vetch: Wood Vetch, Carolina Vetch, Pale Vetch
Vicia caroliniana*
(Native) |
Viburnum : Maple Leaved Viburnum, Mapleleaf Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium*
(Native) | Viburnum: Southern Arrowwood, Arrowwood Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
(Native) | Violet : Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia*
(Native) | Violet : Canada Violet
Viola canadensis*
(Native) |
Violet: Sweet White Violet
Viola blanda*
(Native) | Violet: Bird's-foot violet
Viola pedata*
(Native) | Violet: Wood Violet, Early Blue Violet, Trilobed Violet
Viola palmata*
(Native) | Violet: Field Pansy, Wild Pansy, Johnny Jump-up
Viola bicolor*
(Native) |
Waterleaf: Broad-leaf Waterleaf ; Bluntleaf Waterleaf, Maple-leaf Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum canadense*
(Native) | Waterlily: American White Water Lily, Fragrant Water Lily, White Water Lily
Nymphaea odorata
(Native) | Waxweed: Blue Waxweed, Clammy Cuphea, Tarweed
Cuphea viscosissima*
(Native) | Witchhazel: American Witchhazel
Hamamelis virginiana
(Native) |
Wood Poppy: Wood Poppy, Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum*
(Native) | Wood Sorrel: Violet Wood Sorrel
Oxalis violacea*
(Native) | Yarrow: Common Yarrow, Milfoil
Achillea millefolium*
(Native) | Yellow Loosestrife: Whorled Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadrifolia*
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