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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

SR: Significantly Rare
image Ginseng, "Sang" Panax quinquefolius

Native

image Dwarf Ginseng Panax trifolius

Native

image Kidney-leaved Grass-of-Parnassus, Appalachian Grass-of-Parnassus, Brook Parnassia Parnassia asarifolia

Native

image Grass of Parnassus Parnassia caroliniana

Native

E: Endangered
image Silverling, Silvery Nailwort Paronychia argyrocoma

Native

image Yellow Passionflower Passiflora lutea

Native

image Lousewort Pedicularis canadensis

Native

image Beardtongue Penstemon canescens

Native

image Buttercup phacelia or Eastern buttercup phacelia Phacelia covillei

Native

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

Native

image lopseed Phryma leptostachya

Native

image butterwort Pinguicula caerulea

Native

yellow butterwort Pinguicula lutea

Native

SR: Significantly Rare
small butterwort Pinguicula pumila

Native

SR: Significantly Rare
image Large White Fringed Orchid Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua = (Habenaria blephariglottis)

Native

S3: Vulnerable
image Yellow Fringed Orchid Platanthera ciliaris

Native

S4: Apparently Secure
image Small Green Woodland Orchid Platanthera clavellata

Native

S4: Apparently Secure
image Yellow Crested Orchis Platanthera cristata

Native

S4: Apparently Secure
image Southern Rein Orchid Platanthera flava var. flava

Native

S3: Vulnerable
image Northern Green Orchid Platanthera flava var. herbiola

Native

SR: Significantly Rare
image Large Purple Fringed Orchid Platanthera grandiflora

Native

SR: Significantly Rare
image Yellow Fringeless Orchid Platanthera integra

Native

T: Threatened
image White Fringeless Orchid Platanthera integrilabia

Native

E: Endangered
image Green Fringed Orchid Platanthera lacera

Native

image Snowy Orchid Platanthera nivea

Native

T: Threatened
image Large Round Leaved Orchid Platanthera orbiculata

Native

image Purple Fringeless Orchid Platanthera peramoena

Native

Candidate
image Small Purple Fringe Orchid Platanthera psycodes

Native

image Shriver's frilly orchid Platanthera shriveri

Native

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

Native

image No Common Name Platanthera x channellii (P. ciliaris × P. cristata)

Native

image rush featherling Pleea tenuifolia

Native

image Marsh Fleabane, Stinking Camphorweed Pluchea foetida

Native

image Salt-marsh Fleabane Pluchea odorata

Native

image Mayapple, Mandrake Podophyllum peltatum

Native

image Rose Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossoides

Native

S3: Vulnerable
image Orange Milkwort, Red Hot Poker Polygala lutea

Native

image gay wings Polygala paucifolia

Native

image Solomon's Seal Polygonatum biflorum

Native

image October flower, jointweed Polygonella polygama

Native

image Shadow Witch Ponthieva racemosa

Native

SR: 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 Black Cherry, Wild Cherry, Cabinet Cherry, Rum Cherry Prunus serotina

Native

image Chokecherry Prunus virginiana

Native

image Bracken, Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum

Native

image Spiked Medusa Pteroglossaspis ecristata (+Eulophia e.)

Native

E: Endangered
image hoary mountainmint Pycnanthemum incanum

Native

image Pixie Moss Pyxidanthera brevifolia

Native

E: Endangered

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