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Plants listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Thumbnail Common name,
link to Portrait		 Scientific name Native / Alien (1)
image Redroot Lachnanthes caroliniana

Native

image Everlasting Pea Lathyrus latifolius

Alien

image Southern Blazing Star Liatris squarrulosa

Native

image Lovage Ligusticum canadense

Native

image Gray's Lily, Bell Lily Lilium grayi

Native

image Michaux's Lily, Carolina Lily Lilium michauxii

Native

image Wood Lily Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum

Native

S3: Vulnerable
image Turk's Cap Lily Lilium superbum

Native

image Lily Leafed Twayblade, Mauve Sleekwort, brown widelip orchid Liparis liliifolia

Native

image Fen Orchid Liparis loeselii

Native

Candidate
image Southern Twayblade Listera australis

Native

W: Watch List
image Heart Leaved Twayblade Listera cordata

Native

W: Watch List
image Kidney Leaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade Listera smallii

Native

S4: Apparently Secure
image southern lobelia Lobelia amoena

Native

image Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis

Native

image Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata

Native

image Downy Lobelia Lobelia puberula

Native

image Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica

Native

image Trumpet Honeysuckle, Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens

Native

image Tree Club Moss Lycopodium obscurum

Native

image Whorled Loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia

Native

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