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Plants listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Thumbnail Common name,
link to Portrait		 Scientific name Native / Alien (1)
image Galax, Beetleweed Galax urceolata

Native

image Showy Orchis Galearis spectabilis (=Orchis spectabilis)

Native

S4: Apparently Secure
image Carolina Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens

Native

image Pinebarren Gentian Gentiana autumnalis

Native

image Striped Gentian Gentiana villosa

Native

image Stiff Gentian, Ague weed Gentianella quinquefolia

Native

image Fringed Gentian Gentianopsis crinita

Native

E: Endangered
image Wild geranium Geranium maculatum

Native

image Gerardia, Smooth False Foxglove Gerardia laevigata (=Aureolaria laevigata)

Native

image American ipecac, Midwestern Indian-physic Gillenia stipulata (formerly Porteranthus stipulatus)

Native

SR: Significantly Rare
image Bowman's Root Gillenia trifoliata (formerly Porteranthus trifoliatus)

Native

image Downy Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyera pubescens

Native

S5: Secure
image lesser rattlesnake plaintain Goodyera repens

Native

image Loblolly Bay, Gordonia Gordonia lasianthus

Native

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