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Thumbnail | Common name, link to Portrait |
Scientific name | Native / Alien (1) |
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Lyre-leaf Sage | Salvia lyrata | Native | |
Elderberry | Sambucus canadensis | Native (2) | |
Bloodroot | Sanguinaria canadensis | Native | |
Purple Pitcher Plant, Common Pitcher Plant | Sarracenia purpurea | Native | |
Sweet Pitcher Plant | Sarracenia rubra | Native | |
Early Saxifrage | Saxifraga virginiensis | Native | |
Stonecrop | Sedum ternatum | Native | |
Golden Ragwort, Groundsel | Senecio aureus (=Packera aurea) | Native | |
Schweintz's Ragwort | Senecio schweinitzianus (=Packera schweinitziana) | Native Rare |
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Shortia, Oconee Bells | Shortia galacifolia | Native Rare |
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Fire Pink | Silene virginica | Native | |
Compass Plant | Silphium laciniatum | Native | |
Blue-eyed Grass | Sisyrinchium angustifolium | Native | |
False Solomon's Seal, False Spikenard | Smilacina racemosa (=Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum) | Native | |
Greenbriar | Smilax walteri | Native | |
Slender Fragrant Goldenrod | Solidago tenuifolia (=Euthamia caroliniana) | Native | |
Indian Pink | Spigelia marilandica | Native | |
Nodding Ladies' Tresses | Spiranthes cernua | Native Rare |
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Southern Slender Ladies' Tresses | Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis | Native | |
Giant Spiral Orchid | Spiranthes longilabris | Native Rare |
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Shining Ladies' Tresses | Spiranthes lucida | Native Rare |
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Sweet Scent Ladies' Tresses | Spiranthes odorata | Native Rare |
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Lesser Ladies' Tresses | Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata | Native Rare |
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Grassleaf Ladies' Tresses | Spiranthes praecox | Native Rare |
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Twisted Ladies' Tresses | Spiranthes vernalis | Native Rare |
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Great Chickweed, Star Chickweed | Stellaria pubera | Native | |
Rosy twisted-stalk, Rose Mandarin | Streptopus roseus (=S. lanceolatus var. roseus) | Native |
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