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

Native

T: Threatened
image Big Leaf Magnolia Magnolia macrophylla

Native

image Sweet Bay, Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana

Native

Appalachian Adder's Mouth Malaxis bayardii

Undetermined

SR: Significantly Rare
Florida Adder's Mouth Malaxis spicata

Undetermined

SR: Significantly Rare
image Green Adder's Mouth Malaxis unifolia

Native

S4: Apparently Secure
image Musk Mallow Malva moschata

Alien

image Grassleaf Barbara's-button Marshallia graminifolia

Native

image Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris

Native

image Meehan's mint, Creeping Mint Meehania cordata

Native

S2: Imperiled
image Cow-wheat Melampyrum lineare

Native

image Minniebush Menziesia pilosa

Native

image Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica

Native

image Lettuceleaf saxifrage, Branch lettuce Micranthes micranthidifolia (formerly Saxifraga micranthidifolia)

Native

image Swamp Saxifrage Micranthes pensylvanica (Saxifraga pensylvanica)

Native

SR: Significantly Rare
image Early Saxifrage Micranthes virginiensis (Saxifraga virginiensis)

Native

image Partridgeberry Mitchella repens

Native

S4: Apparently Secure
image Miterwort Mitella diphylla

Native

image White Bergamot monarda clinopodia

Native

image pinesap Monotropa hypopithyis

Native

image Indian Pipes Monotropa uniflora

Native

image wax myrtle, southern bayberry Morella cerifera

Native

image Dwarf Wax-myrtle, Dwarf bayberry Morella pumila

Native

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