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Primitive Plants
Cinnamon fern
Osmunda cinnomomea
Royal fern
Osmunda regalis
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum
New York fern
Thelypteris noveboracensis
Woody Plants
Tree of heaven
Ailanthus altissima
Smooth alder
Alnus serrulata
Swamp serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Japanese barberry
Berberis thunbergii
Trumpet-creeper
Campsis radicans
Hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
Shagbark hickory
Carya ovata
Chinquapin
Castaea pumila
Button bush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Spotted wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
Fringe-tree
Chionanthus virginicus
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Trailing-arbutus
Epigaea repens
Strawberry bush
Euonymus americana
White ash
Fraxinus americana
Winterberry
Ilex verticillata
Deciduous swamp fetterbush
Leucothoe racemosa
Border privet
Ligustrum obtusifolium
Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Trumpet honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
Tartarian honeysuckle
Lonicera tatarica
Male-berry
Lyonia ligustrina
Sweet bay
Magnolia virginiana
Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
Blackgum
Nyssa sylvatica
Mistletoe
Phoradendron leucarpum
Kudzu
Pueraria montana
Pear
Pyrus communis
Chestnut oak
Quercus prinus
Multiflora rose
Rosa multiflora
Pink azalea
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Shining sumac
Rhus copallinum
Double-flowered bramble
Rubus rustikanus
Elderberry
Sambucus nigra
Highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
Maple-leaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Chinese wisteria
Wisteria sinensis
Sedges and Rushes
Fringed sedge
Carex crinita
Shallow sedge
Carex lurida
Tussock sedge
Carex stricta
Fox sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Marsh cyperus
Cyperus pseudovegetus
Globose flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
Threeway sedge
Dulichium arundinaceum
Blunt spike-rush
Eleocharis obtusa
Square-stem spike-rush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
Olney threesquare
Schoenoplectus americanus
Wool-grass
Scirpus cyperinus
Grasses
Broomsedge
Andropogon virginicus
Vernal grass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Tall oatgrass
Arrhenatherum elatius
Hairy chess
Bromus commutatus
Smooth bromegrass
Bromus inermis
Reed-grass
Calamagrostis coarctata
Slender woodoats
Chasmanthium laxum
Orchard grass
Dactylis glomerata
Poverty oat-grass
Danthonia spicata
Deer-tongue grass
Dichanthelium clandestinum
Digitaria cognata
Wild-millet
Echinochloa crus-galli
Bottle-brush grass
Elymus hystrix
Virginia wild-rye
Elymus virginicus
Quack grass
Elytrigia repens
Atlantic manna-grass
Glyceria obtusa
Eastern manna-grass
Glyceria septentrionalis
Fowl manna-grass
Glyceria striata
Velvet grass
Holcus lanatus
Rice cut-grass
Leersia oryzoides
Meadow fescue
Lolium pratense
Fall panicum
Panicum dichotomiflorum
Reed canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea
Timothy
Phleum pratense
Nodding foxtail
Setaria faberi
Johnson grass
Sorghum halepense
Indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans
Purpletop
Triodia flava
Squirrel-tail grass
Vulpia sciurea
Asiatic wild-rice
Zizania latifolia
Herbaceous Plants
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Purple agalinis
Agalinis purpurea
Water-plantain
Alisma subcordatum
Wild onion
Allium vineale
Pimpernel
Anagallis arvensis
Mayweed
Anthemis cotula
Potato-bean
Apios americana
Wild-sarsaparilla
Aralia nudicaulis
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
Clasping milkweed
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Swamp milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Butterflyweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Ozark tickseed-sunflower
Bidens polylepis
Water-shield
Brasenia schreberi
Hedge bindweed
Calystegia sepium
Cutleaf toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
Early bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta
Musk thistle
Carduus nutans
Golden-aster
Chrysopsis mariana
Chicory
Cichorium intybus
Canada thistle
Cirsium arvense
Bull thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Virgins-bower
Clematis virginiana
Squawroot
Conopholis americana
Crown vetch
Coronilla varia
Yellow corydalis
Corydalis flavula
Round-leaved tick-trefoil
Desmodium rotundifolium
Deptford pink
Dianthus armeria
Dutchmans-breeches
Dicentra cucullaria
Spoonleaf sundew
Drosera intermedia
Mock-strawberry
Duchesnea indica
Fireweed
Erechtites hieraciifolia
Annual fleabane
Erigeron annuus
White-bracted eupatorium
Eupatorium album
Mist-flower
Eupatorium coelestinum
Bluntleaved bedstraw
Galium obtusum
Closed Gentian
Gentiana clausa
Wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
Sticky hedge-hyssop
Gratiola viscidula
Common sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Tall sunflower
Helianthus giganteus
Daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
Rose mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos
Panicled hawkweed
Hieracium paniculatum
Bluets
Houstonia caerulea
Touch-me-not
Impatiens capensis
Yellow iris
Iris pseudacorus
Blue iris
Iris versicolor
Shrub lespedeza
Lespedeza bicolor
Summer snowflake
Leucojum aestivum
Turks-cap lily
Lilium superbum
Cardinal-flower
Lobelia cardinalis
Downy lobelia
Lobelia puberula
Birds-foot trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Bluebells
Mertensia virginica
Climbing hempweed
Mikania scandens
Allegheny monkey-flower
Mimulus ringens
Horse mint
Monarda punctata
Climbing hempweed
Mikania scandens
Allegheny monkey-flower
Mimulus ringens
Daffodil
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
White waterlily
Nymphaea odorata
Common evening-primrose
Oenothera biennis
Sundrops
Oenothera fruticosa
Pricklypear
Opuntia humifusa
Dwarf ginseng
Panax trifolius
Perilla
Perilla frutescens
Bottle-brush plantain
Plantago aristata
May-apple
Podophyllum peltatum
Appalachian milkwort
Polygala curtissii
Halberd-leaf tear-thumb
Polygonum arifolium
Tufted smartweed
Polygonum cespitosum
Nodding smartweed
Polygonum lapathifolium
Chinese tearthumb
Polygonum perfoliatum
Pickerel-weed
Pontederia cordata
Variable pondweed
Potamogeton diversifolius
Rough Cinquefoil
Potentilla norvegica
Common cinquefoil
Potentilla simplex
Heal-all
Prunella vulgaris
Mountain mint
Pycnanthemum incanum
Mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Hooked buttercup
Ranunculus recurvatus
Maryland meadow-beauty
Rhexia mariana
Yellow dock
Rumex crispus
Rose pink
Sabatia angularis
Broadleaf arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Hyssop skullcap
Scutellaria integrifolia
Wild senna
Senna hebecarpa
Cup-plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Horse-nettle
Solanum carolinense
Early Goldenrod
Solidago juncea
Rough goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Bur-reed
Sparganium americanum
Nodding ladies-tresses
Spiranthes cernua
Longleaf stitchwort
Stellaria longifolia
Star chickweed
Stellaria pubera
Skunk cabbage
Symplocarpus foetidus
Goats-rue
Tephrosia virginiana
Coltsfoot
Tussilago farfara
Narrowleaved cattail
Typha angustifolia
Common cattail
Typha latifolia
Creeping bladderwort
Utricularia gibba
Common mullein
Verbascum thapsus
Common vervain
Verbena hastata
Narrowleaved vervain
Verbena simplex
White vervain
Verbena urticifolia
Wingstem
Verbesina alternifolia
New York ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Common blue violet
Viola sororia
Carolina yellow-eyed grass
Xyris caroliniana
Yucca
Yucca filamentosa
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