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Agrimony: Tall Hairy Agrimony, Common Agrimony, Hooked Agrimony, Tall Hairy Grooveburr Agrimonia gryposepala* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose family | 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 | Barren Strawberry: Southern Barren Strawberry, Appalachian Barren Strawberry, Small-petaled Barren Strawberry Geum donianum* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose 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: Large-flowered Bellwort Uvularia grandiflora* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Bellwort: Perfoliate Bellwort, Merry Bells Uvularia perfoliata* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family |
Bellwort: Sessileleaf Bellwort, Wild Oats Uvularia sessilifolia (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family | Bellwort: Mountain Bellwort, Carolina Bellwort, Appalachian Bellwort, Coastal Bellwort Uvularia puberula* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily 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 |
Buckeye: Yellow Buckeye, Sweet Buckeye, Yellow Horsechestnut, Common Buckeye Aesculus flava* (Native) Family: Hippocastanaceae - Horse-Chestnut Family | Bush Honeysuckle: Mountain Bush Honeysuckle, Hairy Bush honeysuckle, Riverbank Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla rivularis* (Native) Family: Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family | Buttercup: Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus (Introduced) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family | Buttercup: Littleleaf Buttercup, Littleleaf Crowfoot Ranunculus abortivus* (Native) Family: Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family |
California Poppy: California Poppy Eschscholzia californica* (Native) Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy family | Cat's Ear: Hairy Cat's Ear, False Dandelion Hypochaeris radicata* (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Chrysogonum: Green and Gold Chrysogonum virginianum* (Native) 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 | Cow-Wheat: Cow Wheat, Narrowleaf Cow-Wheat, Appalachian Cow-Wheat Melampyrum lineare* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape 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 | Cymophyllus: Fraser's Sedge, Fraser's Cymophyllus Cymophyllus fraserianus* (Native) Family: Cyperaceae - Sedge 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: Two-flower Cynthia, Twoflower Dwarfdandelion, Orange Dwarf-dandelion Krigia biflora* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster 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 | Fairybells: Yellow Fairybells, Yellow Mandarin Prosartes lanuginosa* (Native) Family: Colchicaceae - Meadow Saffron Family | Fawnlily: Trout Lily, Yellow Dogtooth Violet, Yellow Adder's Tongue, Yellow Trout-Lily Erythronium americanum* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily family |
Fawnlily: Dimpled Trout Lily, Dimpled Dogtooth Violet, Southern Appalachian Trout Lily Erythronium umbilicatum* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily 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 | Fumewort, Corydalis: Yellow Corydalis, Yellow Harlequin, Yellow Fumewort Corydalis flavula* (Native) Family: Fumariaceae - Fumitory 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 | Goldenbanner: Ashleaf Goldenbanner, Ash-leaved Bush Pea, Ashleaf Golden Banner Thermopsis fraxinifolia* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family |
Goldenbanner: Appalachian Goldenbanner, Downy Bush-pea, Allegheny Mountain Golden Banner, Piedmont Bush Pea, Soft-haired Thermopsis Thermopsis mollis* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Goldenrod: Zigzag Goldenrod, Broadleaf Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Goldenrod: Tall Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Canada Goldenrod Solidago altissima* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Goldenrod: Curtis' Goldenrod, Mountain Decumbent Goldenrod Solidago curtisii* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Groundcherry: Virginia Groundcherry, Ground Cherry, Lanceleaf Groundcherry, Hog Plum, Husk Tomato Physalis virginiana* (Native) Family: Solanaceae - Potato family | Hawkweed: Rattlesnake Weed, Rattlesnake Hawkweed, Veiny Hawkweed Hieracium venosum* (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 |
Honeysuckle: Sweet Breath of Spring, Fragrant Honeysuckle, Winter Honeysuckle, January Jasmine Lonicera fragrantissima* (Introduced) Family: Caprifoliaceae - Honeysuckle family | Honeysuckle: Yellow Honeysuckle, Pale Yellow Honeysuckle Lonicera flava (Native) 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 Paintbrush: Scarlet Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Paintbrush, Painted Cup, Prairie Fire Castilleja coccinea* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape 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 | Lily: Turk's Cap Lily, Turban Lily, Lily Royal, Swamp Lily, American Tiger Lily Lilium superbum* (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 |
Mayweed: Pineapple Weed, Wild Chamomile, Rayless Chamomile, Disc Mayweed Matricaria discoidea* (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster 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 | Milkwort, Polygala: Orange Milkwort, Red-hot-poker, Candy Weed, Yellow Milkwort Polygala lutea* (Native) Family: Polygalaceae - Milkwort 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 | 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 | Pearly Everlasting: Pearly Everlasting, Western Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Pencilflower: Pencil Flower, Endbeak Pencilflower, Sidebeak Pencilflower Stylosanthes biflora* (Native) Family: Fabaceae - Pea family | Pitcherplant: Green Pitcher Plant Sarracenia oreophila* (Native) Family: Sarraceniaceae - Pitcher-plant 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 | Ragwort: Small's Ragwort, Appalachian Ragwort, Southern Ragwort, Plain Ragwort Packera anonyma* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Rattlesnakeroot: Cankerweed, Lion's Foot, Snakeweed, Earthgall, Butterweed Prenanthes serpentaria* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family |
Rhododendron: Flame Azalea Rhododendron calendulaceum (Native) Family: Ericaceae - Heath family | Rosinweed: Whorled Rosinweed, Three-leaved Rosinweed Silphium trifoliatum* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Rugelia: Rugelia, Rugel's Indian Plantain, Rugel's Ragwort, Winter Well Rugelia nudicaulis* (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 | Shrubby Cinquefoil: Shrubby Cinquefoil, Shrubby Five-finger, Golden Hardhack Dasiphora fruticosa* (Native) Family: Rosaceae - Rose 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 |
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 | Squawroot: Squawroot, Bear's Purge, Bear Corn Conopholis americana* (Native) Family: Orobanchaceae - Broom-rape 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: Purpledisk sunflower, Appalachian sunflower Helianthus atrorubens* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Sunflower: Small Woodland Sunflower, Small-headed Sunflower Helianthus microcephalus* (Native) Family: Asteraceae - Aster family | Sunflower: Thinleaf Sunflower, Ten-petal Sunflower, Forest Sunflower, Pale Sunflower Helianthus decapetalus* (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 |
Tansy: Common Tansy, Golden Buttons, Bitter Buttons, Cow Bitter, Garden Tansy Tanacetum vulgare* (Introduced) Family: Asteraceae - Aster 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: Greater Tickseed, Whorled Leaf Coreopsis, Forest Tickseed Coreopsis major* (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 |
Touch-me-not: Pale Touch-me-not, Pale Snapweed Impatiens pallida* (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 | Trillium: Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wakerobin Trillium luteum* (Native) Family: Liliaceae - Lily 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 | Violet : Halberdleaf Yellow Violet, Halberd Leaf Yellow Violet Viola hastata* (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family | Violet: Downy Yellow Violet, Smooth Yellow Violet, Yellow Forest Violet Viola pubescens (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet family |
Violet: Three-parted Yellow Violet, Threepart Violet, Wedge-leaf Yellow Violet Viola tripartita (Native) Family: Violaceae - Violet 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 |
Wood Sorrel: Large Yellow Wood Sorrel, Great Yellow Wood-Sorrel Oxalis grandis* (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: Whorled Loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia* (Native) Family: Primulaceae - Primrose family | Yellow Loosestrife: Appalachian Loosestrife, Southern Yellow Loosestrife, Southern Loosestrife Lysimachia tonsa* (Native) Family: Primulaceae - Primrose family |
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