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Plants listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Thumbnail Common name,
link to Portrait		 Scientific name Native / Alien (1)
image Flame Azalea Rhododendron calendulaceum

Native

image Great Rhododendron, Rosebay Rhododendron Rhododendron maximum

Native

image Pinxter Flower, Wild Honeysuckle, Swamp Honeysuckle Rhododendron nudiflorum

Native

image Winged Sumac, Shining Sumac Rhus copallina

Native

image Michaux's Sumac Rhus michauxii

Native

image Poison Oak Rhus toxicodendron

Native

image Poison Sumac Rhus vernix

Native

image Short-beaked Baldrush Rhynchospora nitens

Native

Watch List
image Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora

Alien

INVASIVE
image Carolina wild petunia , Hairy wild petunia Ruellia caroliniensis

Native

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