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Anemone: Thimbleweed, Tall Anemone Anemone virginiana* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Arrowhead: Common Arrowhead, Arrowleaf, Burhead, Wapato, Duck-potato, Broadleaf Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia* (Native) Family: Alismataceae - Water-plantain family | Aster: Hairy White Oldfield Aster, Frost Aster, White Heath Aster, Downy Aster Symphyotrichum pilosum* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Avens: White Avens, Canada Avens Geum canadense* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family |
Balloonvine: Balloon Vine, Love in a Puff, Heartseed Cardiospermum halicacabum* (Introduced) Family: Sapindaceae - Soapberry family | Baneberry: White Baneberry, Doll's Eyes Actaea pachypoda* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Beaksedge: Broadleaf White-topped Sedge, Sandswamp Whitetop Sedge Rhynchospora latifolia* (Native) Family: Cyperaceae - Sedge family | Beardtongue: Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue, Mississippi Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus slope Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis* (Native) Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family |
Beechdrops: Beechdrops, Cancer Drops, Clapwort, Virginia Broomrape Epifagus virginiana* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family | Beggarticks: Shepherd's Needles ,Spanish Needles, Romerillo, Common Beggar's-tick, Hairy Beggarticks, Cobbler's Pegs Bidens pilosa* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Bergamot, Beebalm: Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa* (Native) Family: Lamiaceae - Mint family | Bittercress: Cutleaf Toothwort Cardamine concatenata* (Native) Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard family |
Bittercress: Hairy Bittercress, Hoary Bittercress, Lamb's Cress, Spring Cress, Flickweed Cardamine hirsuta* (Introduced) Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard family | Blackberry: Sawtooth Blackberry, Southern Blackberry, Highbush Blackberry Rubus argutus (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Blackberry: Northern Dewberry, Common Dewberry Rubus flagellaris* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Bladdernut: American Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia* (Native) Family: Staphyleaceae - Bladdernut family |
Blazing Star: Dense Blazing Star, Marsh Gayfeather, Spike Gayfeather Liatris spicata* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Bloodroot: Bloodroot, Red Indian Paint, Red Puccoon Sanguinaria canadensis* (Native) Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy family | Blueberry: Elliott's Blueberry, Mayberry, High Bush Blueberry Vaccinium elliottii* (Native) Family: Ericaceae - Heath family | Bluets: Venus' Pride, Large Bluet, Large Houstonia, Summer Bluet, Purple Bluet Houstonia purpurea* (Native) Family: Rubiaceae - Madder family |
Broomrape: One-flowered Broomrape ; One-flowered Cancer Root, Ghostpipe, Naked Broomrape Orobanche uniflora* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family | Bundleflower: Prairie Mimosa, Illinois Bundleflower, Prickleweed, Illinois Desmanthus Desmanthus illinoensis* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Buttonbush: Buttonbush, Common Buttonbush, Button Ball, Riverbush, Honey-bells, Button Willow Cephalanthus occidentalis* (Native) Family: Rubiaceae - Madder family | Buttonweed: Virginia Buttonweed, Large Buttonweed, Poor Joe Diodia virginiana (Native) Family: Rubiaceae - Madder family |
Catchfly: Starry Campion, Widow's Frill Silene stellata* (Native) Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink family | Ceanothus: New Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball, Mountain Sweet, Redroot Ceanothus americanus* (Native) Family: Rhamnaceae - Buckthorn family | Clover: White Clover Trifolium repens (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Cowbane: Stiff Cowbane, Pig-potato, Common Water-Dropwort Oxypolis rigidior* (Native) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family |
Crownbeard: White Crownbeard, Frostweed, Iceplant, Virginia crownbeard Verbesina virginica* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Daisy: Oxeye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Death Camas: Pine Barren Death Camas Stenanthium leimanthoides* (Native) Family: Melanthiaceae - False-Hellebore Family | Desert-thorn: Christmasberry, Carolina Wolfberry, Carolina Desert-thorn, Creeping Wolfberry Lycium carolinianum* (Native) Family: Solanaceae - Potato family |
Dodder: Dodder Vine, Scaldweed Cuscuta gronovii (Native) Family: Cuscutaceae - Dodder family | Dogwood: Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida* (Native) Family: Cornaceae - Dogwood family | Dogwood: Stiff Dogwood, Southern Swamp Dogwood, Gray Dogwood Cornus foemina* (Native) Family: Cornaceae - Dogwood family | Elderberry: Common Elderberry, American Elderberry, American Black Elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp canadensis* (Native) Family: Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family |
Elephant's Foot: Carolina Elephant's foot, Leafy Elephantfoot Elephantopus carolinianus* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Eryngo: Rattlesnake Master, Button Eryngo, Button Snakeroot, Yuccaleaf Eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium* (Native) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family | Evening Primrose: Slenderstalk Beeblossom, Slender Gaura, Threadstalk Gaura Gaura filipes* (Native) Family: Onagraceae - Evening Primrose family | Fairywand: Fairy Wand, Devil's Bit, False Unicorn Root, Blazing Star, Grubroot, Squirrel Tail, Rattlesnake-root Chamaelirium luteum* (Native) Family: Melanthiaceae - False-Hellebore Family |
False garlic: False Garlic, Crowpoison Nothoscordum bivalve* (Native) Family: Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family | False-buckwheat: Japanese Knotweed, Crimson Beauty, Mexican bamboo, Japanese Fleece Flower, Reynoutria Fallopia japonica* (Introduced) Family: Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family | Feverfew: Wild Quinine, American Fever-few Parthenium integrifolium* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Fleabane: Eastern daisy fleabane Erigeron annuus* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Fleabane: Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Fleabane: Prairie Fleabane, Lesser Daisy Fleabane Erigeron strigosus* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Fleabane: Robin's Plantain Erigeron pulchellus* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Fly Poison: Fly Poison, Stagger Grass Amianthium muscitoxicum* (Native) Family: Melanthiaceae - False-Hellebore Family |
Fogfruit: Fogfruit, Lanceleaf Fogfruit, Northern Fogfruit Phyla lanceolata* (Native) Family: Verbenaceae - Verbena family | Fringed Orchid: Small Green Wood Orchid, Club-Spur Orchid, Green Rein Orchid, Wood Orchid, Small Woodland Orchid Platanthera clavellata* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Fringed Orchid: Snowy Orchid, Bog Torch, Frog Spear, White Frog Arrow, White Rein Orchid Platanthera nivea* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Fringetree: Fringe-tree, White Fringetree, Old Man's Beard, Grancy graybeard Chionanthus virginicus* (Native) Family: Oleaceae - Olive family |
Gentian: Pale Gentian, Striped Gentian, Sampsons Snakeroot Gentiana villosa* (Native) Family: Gentianaceae - Gentian family | Geranium: Carolina Geranium, Carolina Cranesbill Geranium carolinianum* (Native) Family: Geraniaceae - Geranium family | Germander: American Germander, Wood Sage, Canada Germander Teucrium canadense* (Native) Family: Lamiaceae - Mint family | Grass Pink: Common Grass Pink, Bearded Pink, Swamp Pink, Tuberous Grass Pink, Meadow Gift Calopogon tuberosus* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
Hedge Parsley: Spreading Hedge Parsley, Field Hedge Parsley, Common Hedge Parsley Torilis arvensis* (Introduced) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family | Hempvine: Climbing Hempweed, Climbing Boneset Mikania scandens* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Hoarypea: Goat's Rue, Virginia Tephrosia, Catgut, Hoary-pea, Rabbit-pea Tephrosia virginiana* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Hogpeanut: American Hogpeanut Amphicarpaea bracteata* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family |
Honeysuckle: Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica* (Introduced) Family: Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family | Honeysuckle: Sweet Breath of Spring, Fragrant Honeysuckle, Winter Honeysuckle, January Jasmine Lonicera fragrantissima* (Introduced) Family: Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family | Hound's tongue: Wild Comfrey, Wild Hound's-tongue, Blue Houndstongue Cynoglossum virginianum* (Native) Family: Boraginaceae - Borage family | Hydrangea: Wild Hydrangea, Sevenbark Hydrangea arborescens* (Native) Family: Hydrangeaceae - Hydrangea family |
Hydrangea: Oakleaf Hydrangea Hydrangea quercifolia* (Native) Family: Hydrangeaceae - Hydrangea family | Indian Pipe: Indian Pipe, Ghost Flower, Ghost Plant Monotropa uniflora* (Native) Family: Ericaceae - Heath family | Jimsonweed: Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed, Mad Apple, Moon Flower, Stinkwort, Thorn Apple, Devil's Trumpet Datura stramonium* (Introduced) Family: Solanaceae - Potato family | Knapweed: Bachelor's Button, Bluebottle, Cornflower, Garden Cornflower Centaurea cyanus* (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Ladies Tresses: Ladies' Tresses, Northern Slender Lady's Tresses, Southern Slender Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes lacera* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Larkspur: Carolina Larkspur, Blue Larkspur, Glade Larkspur, Prairie Larkspur, Pine Woods Larkspur Delphinium carolinianum* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Laurel: Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia (Native) Family: Ericaceae - Heath family | Leather Flower: Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virginsbower, Leatherleaf Clematis, Yam-leaved Clematis Clematis terniflora* (Introduced) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family |
Leather Flower: Virgin's Bower, Devil's Darning Needles, Old Man's Beard Clematis virginiana* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Lespedeza: Sericea Lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Lobelia: Inflated Lobelia, Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata* (Native) Family: Campanulaceae - Bellflower family | Lobelia: Palespike Lobelia, Pale Spiked Lobelia Lobelia spicata* (Native) Family: Campanulaceae - Bellflower family |
Lopseed: Lopseed, American Lopseed Phryma leptostachya* (Native) Family: Phrymaceae - Lopseed Family | Lotus: American Lotus, Water Lotus, Water Chinquapin, Yellow Lotus Nelumbo lutea* (Native) Family: Nelumbonaceae - Indian lotus | Mayapple: Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum* (Native) Family: Berberidaceae - Barberry family | Mayflower: False Solomon's Seal, Feathery False Lily of the Valley, Solomon's Plume Maianthemum racemosum* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family |
Mayweed: Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile, Dog Fennel Anthemis cotula (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Meadow Beauty: Maryland Meadow Beauty, Pale Meadow Beauty Rhexia mariana (Native) Family: Melastomataceae - Melastome family | Meadow-rue: Skunk Meadow Rue, Waxyleaf Meadowrue, Purple Meadow-rue Thalictrum revolutum* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Milkvetch: Canada Milkvetch, Little Rattlepod Astragalus canadensis* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family |
Milkweed: Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata* (Native) Family: Apocynaceae - Dogbane family | Milkweed: White Milkweed, Redring Milkweed, Variegated Milkweed Asclepias variegata* (Native) Family: Apocynaceae - Dogbane family | Milkweed: Swamp Milkweed, Western Swamp Milkweed, Pink Milkweed, Eastern Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata* (Native) Family: Apocynaceae - Dogbane family | Milkwort, Polygala: Drumheads, Crossleaf Milkwort, Candy Root Polygala cruciata* (Native) Family: Polygalaceae - Milkwort family |
Mimosa: Silk Tree, Mimosa Albizia julibrissin (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Mock Vervain: Rose Vervain, Rose Mock Vervain, Rose Verbena, Sweet William, Clump Verbena Glandularia canadensis* (Native) Family: Verbenaceae - Verbena family | Morning Glory: Hedge Bindweed, Hedge False Bindweed Calystegia sepium* (Native) Family: Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family | Morning Glory: Wild Potato Vine, Man of the Earth, Wild Sweet Potato, Bigroot Morning Glory Ipomoea pandurata* (Native) Family: Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family |
Morning Glory: Small White Morning Glory, Whitestar, Pitted Morningglory Ipomoea lacunosa* (Native) Family: Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family | Morning Glory: Ivyleaf Morning Glory, Entireleaf Morningglory, Small Morning Glory Ipomoea hederacea* (Introduced) Family: Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family | Morning Glory: Moonflower, Tropical White Morning Glory, Moon Vine, Evening Glory Ipomoea alba* (Native) Family: Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family | Mullein: Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria (Introduced) Family: Scrophulariaceae - Figwort family |
Nightshade: Carolina Horse Nettle, Bull Nettle, Devil's Tomato Solanum carolinense (Native) Family: Solanaceae - Potato family | Noddingcaps: Three Bird Orchid, Threebirds, Nodding Pogonia, Nodding Ettercap Triphora trianthophoros* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Onion: Wild Garlic, Meadow Garlic Allium canadense (Native) Family: Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family | Partridgeberry: Partridgeberry, Partridge Berry, Sqaw Vine, Eyeberry Mitchella repens* (Native) Family: Rubiaceae - Madder family |
Pennywort: Pennywort, Virginia Pennywort Obolaria virginica (Native) Family: Gentianaceae - Gentian family | Periwinkle: Small Periwinkle, Common Periwinkle, Dwarf Periwinkle, Lesser Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle Vinca minor* (Introduced) Family: Apocynaceae - Dogbane family | Phacelia: Glade Phacelia, Smallflower Phacelia, Appalachian Phacelia, Central Basin Phacelia, Small-flowered Scorpionweed Phacelia dubia* (Native) Family: Hydrophyllaceae - Waterleaf family | Phlox: Downy Phlox Phlox pilosa (Native) Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox family |
Phlox: Fall Phlox; Garden phlox Phlox paniculata (Native) Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox family | Plantain: Narrowleaf Plantain, English Plantain, Buckhorn, Lanceleaf Plantain, Ribwort, Buckhorn, Ribgrass Plantago lanceolata (Introduced) Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family | Plantain: Virginia Plantain, Dwarf Plantain, Southern Plantain, Hoary Plantain, Paleseed Indianwheat Plantago virginica* (Native) Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family | Plum: American Plum, Wild Plum Prunus americana* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family |
Pogonia: Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Rose Crested Orchid, Beard Flower, Sweet Crest Orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Poison Oak: Eastern Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans* (Native) Family: Anacardiaceae - Cashew or Sumac family | Pokeweed: American Pokeweed, Pokeberry, Inkberry, Poke Sallet Phytolacca americana* (Native) Family: Phytolaccaceae - Pokeweed family | Pussytoes: Solitary Pussytoes, Singlehead Pussytoes Antennaria solitaria* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Pussytoes: Plantain-leaf Pussytoes, Woman's Tobacco Antennaria plantaginifolia* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Queen Anne's Lace: Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot Daucus carota* (Introduced) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family | Rhododendron: Florida Pinxter, Mountain Azalea, Pink Azalea, Hoary Azalea Rhododendron canescens (Native) Family: Ericaceae - Heath family | Rose : Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora* (Introduced) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family |
Rose: Prairie Rose, Climbing Rose, Climbing Prairie Rose, Climbing Wild Rose, Illinois Rose, Michigan Rose Rosa setigera* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Rosemallow: Swamp Rose Mallow, Crimsoneyed Rosemallow, Marshmallow, Woolly Rose Mallow, Hairy-fruited Hibiscus Hibiscus moscheutos* (Native) Family: Malvaceae - Mallow family | Saxifrage (Alpine Saxifrage): Early Saxifrage, Virginia Saxifrage, Everlasting, Lungwort, Sweet Wilson Micranthes virginiensis* (Native) Family: Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage family | Shadow Witch: Shadow Witch Orchid, Hairy Shadow Witch, Racemose Ponthieva Ponthieva racemosa* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family |
Shooting Star: Shooting Star, Prairie Pointers, Eastern Shooting Star, Pride of Ohio, Roosterheads Dodecatheon meadia* (Native) Family: Primulaceae - Primrose family | Skullcap: Helmet Flower, Hissopleaf Skullcap, Helmet Skullcap, Hyssop Skullcap Scutellaria integrifolia* (Native) Family: Lamiaceae - Mint family | Smartweed: Virginia Knotweed, Jumpseed Persicaria virginiana* (Native) Family: Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family | Smartweed: Dotted Smartweed, Dotted Knotweed, Water Smartweed Persicaria punctata* (Native) Family: Polygonaceae - Buckwheat family |
Soapwort: Bouncing Bet, Common Soapwort, Crow Soap, Wild Sweet William, Soapweed Saponaria officinalis* (Introduced) Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink family | Solomon's Seal : Smooth Solomon's Seal Polygonatum biflorum* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Spreading Pogonia: Upland Spreading Pogonia, Appalachian Small Spreading Pogonia, Small Spreading Pogonia, Small Rosebud Orchid, Funnel Crest Cleistesiopsis bifaria* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Spring Beauty: Virginia Spring Beauty, Narrow-leaved Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica* (Native) Family: Portulacaceae - Purslane family |
Spurge: Flowering Spurge, Blooming Spurge, Emetic Root Euphorbia corollata* (Native) Family: Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family | Spurge: Snow-on-the-Mountain, Mountain Snow Spurge Euphorbia marginata* (Native) Family: Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family | Starwort : Star Chickweed Stellaria pubera* (Native) Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink family | Starwort: Common Chickweed Stellaria media* (Introduced) Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink family |
Stitchwort: Lime Barren Sandwort, Glade Sandwort, Pitcher's Stitchwort Mononeuria patula* (Native) Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink family | Stonecrop, Orpine: Allegheny Stonecrop, Allegheny Live-for-ever Hylotelephium telephioides* (Native) Family: Crassulaceae - Stonecrop family | Strawberry: Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Sumac: Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac, Flameleaf Sumac, Dwarf Sumac, Eastern Winged Sumac Rhus copallinum* (Native) Family: Anacardiaceae - Cashew or Sumac family |
Sweetclover: Yellow Sweetclover, Yellow Melilot, Common Melilot, Field Melilot, Cornilla Real, White Sweetclover Melilotus officinalis* (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Sweetclover: White Sweetclover, White Melilot, Honey-Clover, Bokhara Clover Melilotus albus* (Introduced) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Sweetspire: Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia Willow, Tassel-white Itea virginica* (Native) Family: Grossulariaceae - Currant family | Thoroughwort: Late-Flowering Thoroughwort, Late-Flowering Boneset Eupatorium serotinum* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Thoroughwort: Boneset, Common Boneset, Feverwort, Indian Sage, Wild Isaac Eupatorium perfoliatum* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Thoroughwort: Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium Eupatorium rotundifolium* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Vervain: White Vervain, Nettle-leaf Verbena Verbena urticifolia* (Native) Family: Verbenaceae - Verbena family | Vetch: Wood Vetch, Carolina Vetch, Pale Vetch Vicia caroliniana* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family |
Viburnum : Maple Leaved Viburnum, Mapleleaf Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium* (Native) Family: Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family | Viburnum: Southern Arrowwood, Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum dentatum (Native) Family: Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family | Violet : Common Blue Violet, Confederate Violet, Dooryard Violet, Meadow Violet Viola sororia* (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family | Violet: Field Pansy, Wild Pansy, Johnny Jump-up Viola bicolor* (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family |
Violet: Lanceleaf Violet, Bog White Violet, Strapleaf Violet Viola lanceolata* (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family | Waterlily: American White Water Lily, Fragrant Water Lily, White Water Lily Nymphaea odorata (Native) Family: Nymphaeaceae - Water-lily family | Yam: Wild Yam, Yam Root, Colic Root, Whorled Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa* (Native) Family: Dioscoreaceae - Yam family | Yarrow: Common Yarrow, Milfoil Achillea millefolium* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
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