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Plants listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Thumbnail Common name,
link to Portrait		 Scientific name Native / Alien (1)
image Allegheny Spurge Pachysandra procumbens

Native

image Ginseng, "Sang" Panax quinquefolius

Native

image Grass of Parnassus Parnassia caroliniana

Native

Endangered
image Lousewort Pedicularis canadensis

Native

image Beardtongue Penstemon canescens

Native

image Buttercup phacelia or Eastern buttercup phacelia Phacelia covillei

Native

Significantly Rare
image Red Chokeberry Photinia pyrifolia (=Aronia arbutifolia)

Native

image Large White Fringed Orchid Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua

Native

Rare
image Yellow Fringed Orchid Platanthera ciliaris

Native

image Small Green Woodland Orchid Platanthera clavellata

Native

image Yellow Crested Orchis Platanthera cristata

Native

image Southern Rein Orchid Platanthera flava var. flava

Native

Rare
image Northern Green Orchid Platanthera flava var. herbiola

Native

Significantly Rare
image Large Purple Fringed Orchid Platanthera grandiflora

Native

Significantly Rare
image Yellow Fringeless Orchid Platanthera integra

Native

Threatened
image White Fringeless Orchid Platanthera integrilabia

Native

Endangered
image Green Fringe Orchid Platanthera lacera

Native

Rare
image Snowy Orchid Platanthera nivea

Native

Threatened
image Large Round Leaved Orchid Platanthera orbiculata

Native

Rare
image Purple Fringeless Orchid Platanthera peramoena

Native

Candidate
image Small Purple Fringe Orchid Platanthera psycodes

Native

Rare
image Bicolor Bog Orchid Platanthera x bicolor (P. blephariglottis x P.ciliaris)

Native

image Mayapple, Mandrake Podophyllum peltatum

Native

image Rose Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossoides

Native

Rare
image Solomon's Seal Polygonatum biflorum

Native

image Shadow Witch Ponthieva racemosa

Native

Significantly Rare
image American ipecac Porteranthus stipulatus = (Gillenia stipulata)

Native

image Bowman's Root Porteranthus trifoliatus = (Gillenia trifoliata)

Native

image Dwarf Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis

Native

Prenanthes sp Rattlesnake Root Prenanthes sp.

Native

image Heal-all, Selfheal Prunella vulgaris

Alien

image Chokecherry Prunus virginiana

Native

image Bracken, Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum

Native

image Spiked Medusa Pteroglossaspis ecristata (+Eulophia e.)

Native

Critically Rare
image hoary mountainmint Pycnanthemum incanum

Native

image Pixie Moss Pyxidanthera brevifolia

Native

Endangered

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