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Plants listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Thumbnail Common name,
link to Portrait
Scientific name Native / Alien (1)
Bearded Grass Pink bloom Bearded Grass Pink Calopogon barbatus Native
Rare
Many Flower Grass Pink bloom Many Flower Grass Pink Calopogon multiflorus Native
Rare
Pale Grass Pink bloom Pale Grass Pink Calopogon pallidus Native
Rare
Grass Pink bloom Grass Pink Calopogon tuberosus Native
Rare
Sweet-shrub bloom Sweet-shrub Calycanthus floridus Native
southern harebell flower Southern Harebell Campanula divaricata Native
Trumpet creeper bloom Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans Native
plantain leaved sedge Plantain-leaved Sedge Carex plantaginea Native
Chaffhead flower Chaffhead Carphephorus bellidifolius Native
Paintbrush Paintbrush Castilleja coccinea Native
Catalpa flower Catalpa Tree Catalpa speciosa Native
Blue Cohosh Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides Native
Asian Bittersweet Asian Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus Alien
INVASIVE
Blazing Star Fairy Wand, Devil's Bit Chamaelirium luteum Native
Hairy Lipped Fern Hairy Lipped Fern Cheilanthes lanosa Native
Wooly Lipped Fern Wooly Lipped Fern Cheilanthes tomentosa Native
Red Turtlehead Pink Turtlehead Chelone lyonii Native
Spotted Wintergreen blossom Spotted Wintergreen, Striped Prince's Pine Chimaphila maculata Native
Fringe tree blossoms Fringe Tree Chionanthus virginicus Native
Feverfew blossoms Feverfew Chrysanthemum parthenium (=Tanacetum parthenium) Alien
Maryland Golden Aster Maryland Golden Aster Chrysopsis mariana Native
Chicory bloom Chicory Cichorium intybus Alien
INVASIVE
Spring Beauty flower Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica Native
Small Spreading Pogonia bloom Small Spreading Pogonia Cleistes bifaria Native
Rare
Spreading Pogonia bloom Spreading Pogonia Cleistes divaricata Native
Rare
Leather flower Leather Flower Clematis viorna Native
Autumn Clematis Autumn Clematis, Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana Native
Bluebead Lily Bluebead Lily Clintonia borealis Native
Long Bract Frog Orchid bloom Long Bract Frog Orchid Coeloglossum viride var. virescens Native
Rare
richweed Horsebalm, Richweed Collinsonia canadensis Native
Spotted Coral Root bloom Spotted Coral Root Corallorhiza maculata Native
Rare
Autumn Coral Root bloom Autumn Coral Root Corallorhiza odontorhiza Native
Spring Coral Root bloom Spring Coral Root Corallorhiza wisteriana Native
Rare
Dogwood Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida Native
Pink Ladyslipper bloom Pink Ladyslipper, Stemless Lady's Slipper Cypripedium acaule Native
Small Yellow Ladyslipper bloom Small Yellow Ladyslipper Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum Native
Rare
Large Yellow Ladyslipper bloom Large Yellow Ladyslipper Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens Native
Rare
Showy Ladyslipper bloom Showy Yellow Ladyslipper Cypripedium reginae Native
Rare
Showy Ladyslipper bloom Lowland bladder fern Cystopteris protrusa Native

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