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Anemone: Wood Anemone, Nightcaps, Twoleaf Anemone Anemone quinquefolia* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Anemone: Thimbleweed, Tall Anemone Anemone virginiana* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Anemone: Sharp-lobed Hepatica, Liverleaf, Liverwort Anemone acutiloba* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Anemone: Round-lobed Hepatica, Liverleaf Anemone americana* (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 | Baneberry: White Baneberry, Doll's Eyes Actaea pachypoda* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family |
Beardtongue: Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall White Beardtongue, Mississippi Penstemon, Smooth White Beardtongue, Talus slope Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis* (Native) Family: Plantaginaceae - Plantain family | Bee Plant: Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Stinking Clover, Skunk Weed, Navajo Spinach Peritoma serrulata* (Native) Family: Cleomaceae - Spiderflower Family | Bellflower: Bluebell Bellflower, Bluebell, Harebell, Bluebell-of-Scotland, Blue Rain Flower, Heathbells, Witches Thimbles Campanula rotundifolia* (Native) Family: Campanulaceae - Bellflower family | Bergamot, Beebalm: Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa* (Native) Family: Lamiaceae - Mint family |
Bittercress: Cutleaf Toothwort Cardamine concatenata* (Native) Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard family | Blackberry: Northern Dewberry, Common Dewberry Rubus flagellaris* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Blackberry: Thimbleberry, Western Thimbleberry, Salmonberry, Mountain Sorrel, White Flowering Raspberry, Western Thimble Raspberry Rubus parviflorus* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Bladdernut: American Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia* (Native) Family: Staphyleaceae - Bladdernut family |
Bleeding Heart: Squirrel Corn, Wild turkey-pea, Turkey Corn, Colicweed, Ghost Corn, Lyre Flower Dicentra canadensis* (Native) Family: Fumariaceae - Fumitory family | Bloodroot: Bloodroot, Red Indian Paint, Red Puccoon Sanguinaria canadensis* (Native) Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy 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 | Catchfly: Starry Campion, Widow's Frill Silene stellata* (Native) Family: Caryophyllaceae - Pink family | Catchfly: White Campion, White Cockle, Evening Lychnis Silene latifolia* (Introduced) 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 | Cottongrass: Virginia Cottongrass, Tawny Cottongrass, Rusty Cotton Grass Eriophorum virginicum* (Native) Family: Cyperaceae - Sedge family | Cow Parsnip: American Cow Parsnip, Masterwort, American Hogweed, Common Cowparsnip Heracleum maximum* (Native) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family | Cow-Wheat: Cow Wheat, Narrowleaf Cow-Wheat, Appalachian Cow-Wheat Melampyrum lineare* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape family |
Cowbane: Stiff Cowbane, Pig-potato, Common Water-Dropwort Oxypolis rigidior* (Native) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot family | Daisy: Oxeye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Dodder: Dodder Vine, Scaldweed Cuscuta gronovii (Native) Family: Cuscutaceae - Dodder family | Dogwood: Red-osier Dogwood, Western Dogwood, American Dogwood Cornus sericea* (Native) Family: Cornaceae - Dogwood family |
Dogwood: Bunchberry, Bunchberry Dogwood, Dwarf Dogwood, Canadian Bunchberry, Dwarf Cornel, Creeping Dogwood Cornus canadensis* (Native) Family: Cornaceae - Dogwood family | Dutchman's Breeches: Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria* (Native) Family: Fumariaceae - Fumitory family | Elderberry: Common Elderberry, American Elderberry, American Black Elderberry Sambucus nigra ssp canadensis* (Native) Family: Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family | Elderberry: Red Elderberry, Red Elder, Rocky Mountain Elder, Scarlet Elderberry Sambucus racemosa* (Native) Family: Adoxaceae - Muskroot Family |
Eryngo: Rattlesnake Master, Button Eryngo, Button Snakeroot, Yuccaleaf Eryngo Eryngium yuccifolium* (Native) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot 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 | Foamflower : Heartleaf Foamflower, False Miterwort, Coalwort, Coolwort, False Bitterroot Tiarella cordifolia * (Native) Family: Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage 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 | 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 |
Ginseng: Dwarf Ginseng, Ground Nut Panax trifolius* (Native) Family: Araliaceae - Ginseng family | Goldenseal: Goldenseal, Orangeroot Hydrastis canadensis* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Grass Pink: Common Grass Pink, Bearded Pink, Swamp Pink, Tuberous Grass Pink, Meadow Gift Calopogon tuberosus* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid 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 | Hound's tongue: Wild Comfrey, Wild Hound's-tongue, Blue Houndstongue Cynoglossum virginianum* (Native) Family: Boraginaceae - Borage family | Indian Pipe: Indian Pipe, Ghost Flower, Ghost Plant Monotropa uniflora* (Native) Family: Ericaceae - Heath family | Indian Plantain: Great Indian Plantain Arnoglossum reniforme* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Jimsonweed: Jimsonweed, Jamestown Weed, Mad Apple, Moon Flower, Stinkwort, Thorn Apple, Devil's Trumpet Datura stramonium* (Introduced) Family: Solanaceae - Potato family | Jimsonweed: Sacred Datura, Sacred Thorn-apple, Indian Apple, Angel Trumpet Datura wrightii* (Native) 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 |
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 | Larkspur: Dwarf Larkspur, Spring Larkspur Delphinium tricorne* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Larkspur: Carolina Larkspur, Blue Larkspur, Glade Larkspur, Prairie Larkspur, Pine Woods Larkspur Delphinium carolinianum* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Leafcup: Whiteflower Leafcup, White Bear's Foot, Smallflower Leafcup Polymnia canadensis* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster 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 | 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 |
Lobelia: Ontario Lobelia, Brook Lobelia, Bog Lobelia, Kalm's Lobelia Lobelia kalmii* (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 | 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) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Mayweed: Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile, Dog Fennel Anthemis cotula (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Meadow-rue: Rue Anemone, Anemone Meadow-rue Thalictrum thalictroides* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup 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 : Fourleaf Milkweed Asclepias quadrifolia* (Native) Family: Apocynaceae - Dogbane family | Milkweed: Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata* (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 | Miterwort: Miterwort, Bishop's Cap Mitella diphylla (Native) Family: Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage 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: Ivyleaf Morning Glory, Entireleaf Morningglory, Small Morning Glory Ipomoea hederacea* (Introduced) 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 |
Onion: Wild Garlic, Meadow Garlic Allium canadense (Native) Family: Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family | Onion: Nodding Wild Onion, Nodding Onion, Allegheny Onion Allium cernuum* (Native) Family: Amaryllidaceae - Amaryllis family | Partridgeberry: Partridgeberry, Partridge Berry, Sqaw Vine, Eyeberry Mitchella repens* (Native) Family: Rubiaceae - Madder family | Pearly Everlasting: Pearly Everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Periwinkle: Small Periwinkle, Common Periwinkle, Dwarf Periwinkle, Lesser Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle Vinca minor* (Introduced) Family: Apocynaceae - Dogbane family | Phlox: Downy Phlox Phlox pilosa (Native) Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox family | Phlox: Fall Phlox; Garden phlox Phlox paniculata (Native) Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox family | Phlox: Cleft Phlox, Glade Phlox, Ten-point Phlox, Sand Phlox, Starry Cleft Phlox Phlox bifida* (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: Chokecherry, Western Chokecherry, Black Chokecherry Prunus virginiana* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose 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 | Poison Oak: Western Poison Ivy, Northern Poison Ivy Toxicodendron rydbergii* (Native) Family: Anacardiaceae - Cashew or Sumac family | Pokeweed: American Pokeweed, Pokeberry, Inkberry, Poke Sallet Phytolacca americana* (Native) Family: Phytolaccaceae - Pokeweed 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 | Rattlesnake Plantain: Downy Rattlesnake Plantain, Downy Rattlesnake Orchid, Adder's Violet, Net-leaf Plantain Goodyera pubescens* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid family | Rockcress: Smooth Rockcress, Common Smooth Rock Cress Boechera laevigata* (Native) Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard family |
Rocket: Dame's Rocket, Damask Violet, Night-scented Gilliflower, Queen's Gilliflower, Mother-of-the-evening, Summer Lilac Hesperis matronalis* (Introduced) Family: Brassicaceae - Mustard family | Rose : Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora* (Introduced) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadbush: Allegheny Serviceberry, Smooth Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Shooting Star: Shooting Star, Prairie Pointers, Eastern Shooting Star, Pride of Ohio, Roosterheads Dodecatheon meadia* (Native) Family: Primulaceae - Primrose family |
Showy orchis, Galearis: Showy Orchis, Showy Orchid, Purple-hooded Orchid, Gay Orchid, Purple Orchis, Two-leaved orchis Galearis spectabilis* (Native) Family: Orchidaceae - Orchid 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 | Snowberry, Wintergreen: Eastern Teaberry, American Wintergreen, Checkerberry Gaultheria procumbens* (Native) Family: Ericaceae - Heath 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 | Spiraea: White Meadowsweet, Narrowleaf Meadowsweet, Eastern Meadowsweet, Broadleaf Meadowsweet Spiraea alba* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | Spring Beauty: Carolina Spring Beauty, Wide-leaved Spring Beauty Claytonia caroliniana* (Native) Family: Portulacaceae - Purslane 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 | Strawberry: Virginia Strawberry, Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose 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 | Sweetroot: Longstyle Sweetroot, Sweet Anise, Aniseroot Osmorhiza longistylis (Native) Family: Apiaceae - Carrot 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 |
Trailing Arbutus: Trailing Arbutus, Ground Laurel, Mayflower, Plymouth Mayflower Epigaea repens* (Native) Family: Ericaceae - Heath family | Tridax: Coatbuttons, Tridax Daisy, Tridax, Cadillo Chisaca Tridax procumbens* (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Trillium: White Trillium, Nodding Wakerobin, Bent White Trillium, Bent Trillium, Drooping Trillium, Declined Trillium Trillium flexipes* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Trillium: Large-Flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Trillium Trillium grandiflorum* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family |
Trumpet Flower: Narrowleaf Collomia, Tiny Trumpet, Narrow-leaf Mountain Trumpet Collomia linearis* (Native) Family: Polemoniaceae - Phlox family | Twinleaf: Twinleaf, Helmet Pod, Ground Squirrel Pea Jeffersonia diphylla* (Native) Family: Berberidaceae - Barberry family | Vervain: Narrowleaf Vervain, Simple Verbena Verbena simplex* (Native) Family: Verbenaceae - Verbena 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 | Violet : Common Blue Violet, Confederate Violet, Dooryard Violet, Meadow Violet Viola sororia* (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family | Violet : Canada Violet Viola canadensis* (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family | Violet: Sweet White Violet Viola blanda* (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family |
Violet: Lanceleaf Violet, Bog White Violet, Strapleaf Violet Viola lanceolata* (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family | Water Horehound, Bugleweed: Northern Bugleweed, Northern Water Horehound Lycopus uniflorus* (Native) Family: Lamiaceae - Mint family | Waterlily: American White Water Lily, Fragrant Water Lily, White Water Lily Nymphaea odorata (Native) Family: Nymphaeaceae - Water-lily family | Wintergreen, Shinleaf: American Wintergreen, Round-leaved Pyrola, Rounded Shinleaf Pyrola americana* (Native) Family: Ericaceae - Heath family |
Wood Sorrel: Mountain Wood Sorrel, Northern Wood Sorrel. Oxalis montana (Native) Family: Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel 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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