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Type
Common Name
Scientific Name
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Alpine Cliff Fern
Woodsia alpina
P
Alpine Goldenrod
Solidago leiocarpa
P
Alpine Sweetgrass
Anthoxanthum monticola
ssp.
monticola
P
Alpine Willowherb
Epilobium hornemannii
ssp.
hornemannii
P
Alternate-flowered Water Milfoil
Myriophyllum alterniflorum
P
Ambiguous Sedge
Carex amphibola
P
Ambiguous Spike Rush
Eleocharis ambigens
P
American Featherfoil
Hottonia inflata
P
American Golden Dock
Rumex fueginus
P
American Knotweed
Polygonum buxiforme
P
American Saltmarsh Bulrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
ssp.
paludosus
P
American Strawberry Bush
Euonymus americanus
P
American Waterwort
Elatine americana
P
Annual Saltmarsh Aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum
var.
subulatum
P
Appalachian Sandwort
Mononeuria glabra
P
Appalachian Shoestring Fern
Vittaria appalachiana
P
Atlantic White Cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides
P
Auricled Twayblade
Neottia auriculata
P
Back's Sedge
Carex backii
P
Balsam Willow
Salix pyrifolia
P
Barratt's Sedge
Carex barrattii
P
Basilbalm
Monarda clinopodia
P
Basil Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides
P
Bayard's Adder's Mouth Orchid
Malaxis bayardii
P
Bearberry Willow
Salix uva-ursi
P
Bent Sedge
Carex styloflexa
P
Bigelow's Glasswort
Salicornia bigelovii
P
Bigelow's Sedge
Carex bigelowii
P
Big Shellbark Hickory
Carya laciniosa
P
Bird's Eye Primrose
Primula mistassinica
P
Black Crowberry
Empetrum nigrum
P
Black-edged Sedge
Carex nigromarginata
P
Black Sedge
Carex nigra
P
Blue Wild Rye
Elymus glaucus
ssp.
glaucus
P
Blunt-lobed Grape Fern
Botrychium oneidense
P
Blunt Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum muticum
P
Bog Huckleberry
Gaylussacia bigeloviana
P
Boott's Rattlesnake Root
Nabalus boottii
P
Bradley's Spleenwort
Asplenium bradleyi
P
Bristly Smartweed
Persicaria setacea
P
Britton's Coast Violet
Viola brittoniana
P
Broad-lipped Twayblade
Neottia convallarioides
P
Broom Crowberry
Corema conradii
P
Brown Bog Sedge
Carex buxbaumii
P
Bushy Cinquefoil
Potentilla supina
ssp.
paradoxa
P
Bushy Rock Rose
Crocanthemum dumosum
P
Bushy St. John's Wort
Hypericum densiflorum
P
Butterwort
Pinguicula vulgaris
P
Buttonbush Dodder
Cuscuta cephalanthi
P
Button Sedge
Carex bullata
P
Calypso
Calypso bulbosa
var.
americana
P
Canadian Single-spike Sedge
Carex scirpoidea
ssp.
scirpoidea
P
Carey's Sedge
Carex careyana
P
Carey's Smartweed
Persicaria careyi
P
Carolina Clubmoss
Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana
P
Carolina Redroot
Lachnanthes caroliniana
P
Carolina Sedge
Carex caroliniana
P
Carolina Whitlow Grass
Tomostima reptans
P
Cat-tail Sedge
Carex typhina
P
Champlain Beachgrass
Ammophila breviligulata
ssp.
champlainensis
P
Clausen's Reed Grass
Calamagrostis perplexa
P
Climbing Fern
Lygodium palmatum
P
Clinton's Club Sedge
Trichophorum clintonii
P
Cloud Sedge
Carex haydenii
P
Clustered Bluets
Edrastima uniflora
P
Clustered Sedge
Carex cumulata
P
Coastal Carrion Flower
Smilax pseudochina
P
Coastal Fireweed
Erechtites hieraciifolius
var.
megalocarpus
P
Coastal Goldenrod
Solidago latissimifolia
P
Coastal Silverweed
Potentilla anserina
ssp.
pacifica
P
Coast creeping moss
Conardia compacta
P
Coast Flatsedge
Cyperus polystachyos
var.
texensis
P
Collins' Sedge
Carex collinsii
P
Comb-leaved Mermaid Weed
Proserpinaca pectinata
P
Common Moonwort
Botrychium neolunaria
P
Common Rattlebox
Crotalaria sagittalis
P
Common Roseroot
Rhodiola rosea
P
Cooper's Milkvetch
Astragalus neglectus
P
Coppery St. John's Wort
Hypericum denticulatum
P
Cranefly Orchid
Tipularia discolor
P
Crawe's Sedge
Carex crawei
P
Cream-colored Avens
Geum virginianum
P
Creeping Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis
P
Creeping Sedge
Carex chordorrhiza
P
Creeping St. John's Wort
Hypericum adpressum
P
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
P
Curlygrass Fern
Schizaea pusilla
P
Cut-leaved Evening Primrose
Oenothera laciniata
P
Cut-leaved Water Milfoil
Myriophyllum pinnatum
P
Dark-green Sedge
Carex venusta
P
Davis' Sedge
Carex davisii
P
Deer's Hair Club Sedge
Trichophorum cespitosum
ssp.
cespitosum
P
Diapensia
Diapensia lapponica
P
Douglas' Knotweed
Polygonum douglasii
P
Downy Wood Mint
Blephilia ciliata
P
Dragon's Mouth Orchid
Arethusa bulbosa
P
Drummond's Rock Cress
Boechera stricta
P
Dune Sandspur
Cenchrus tribuloides
P
Dwarf Bilberry
Vaccinium cespitosum
P
Dwarf Cherry
Prunus pumila
var.
depressa
P
Dwarf Hawthorn
Crataegus uniflora
P
Dwarf White Birch
Betula minor
P
Eastern Grasswort
Lilaeopsis chinensis
P
Eastern Silvery Aster
Symphyotrichum concolor
var.
concolor
P
Elk Sedge
Carex garberi
P
Emory's Sedge
Carex emoryi
P
Engelmann's Spike Rush
Eleocharis engelmannii
P
Estuary Beggar-ticks
Bidens hyperborea
var.
hyperborea
P
Estuary Beggar Ticks
Bidens bidentoides
P
Fairywand
Chamaelirium luteum
P
False Hop Sedge
Carex lupuliformis
P
False Toad Flax
Geocaulon lividum
P
Farwell's Water Milfoil
Myriophyllum farwellii
P
Fernald's Blue Grass
Poa flexuosa
ssp.
fernaldiana
P
Fernald's Sedge
Carex merritt-fernaldii
P
Few-flowered Nutrush
Scleria pauciflora
var.
caroliniana
P
Few-headed Blazing Star
Liatris cylindracea
P
Field Bead Grass
Paspalum laeve
P
Five-angled Dodder
Cuscuta pentagona
P
Forest Blue Grass
Poa sylvestris
P
Fragrant Cliff Fern
Dryopteris fragrans
P
Frank's Sedge
Carex frankii
P
Fringed Fabronia
Fabronia ciliaris
P
Georgia Bulrush
Scirpus georgianus
P
Glandular Dodder
Cuscuta obtusiflora
var.
glandulosa
P
Glaucous Sedge
Carex glaucodea
P
Globe Flat Sedge
Cyperus echinatus
P
Globe-fruited Seed-Box
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
P
Glomerate Sedge
Carex aggregata
P
Golden Club
Orontium aquaticum
P
Golden Corydalis
Corydalis aurea
P
Goldenseal
Hydrastis canadensis
P
Graham's Rock Cress
Boechera grahamii
P
Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes vernalis
P
Great Lakes Sand Cherry
Prunus pumila
var.
pumila
P
Great Plains Flat Sedge
Cyperus lupulinus
ssp.
lupulinus
P
Great Plains Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes magnicamporum
P
Green Gentian
Frasera caroliniensis
P
Green Milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora
P
Green Rock Cress
Borodinia missouriensis
P
Green Screwstem
Bartonia paniculata
ssp.
paniculata
P
Grooved Yellow Flax
Linum sulcatum
P
Hair-like Sedge
Carex capillaris
P
Hairy Small-leaved Tick Trefoil
Desmodium ciliare
P
Hairy Thoroughwort
Eupatorium pubescens
P
Handsome Sedge
Carex formosa
P
Harbinger-of-spring
Erigenia bulbosa
P
Hart's-tongue Fern
Asplenium scolopendrium
var.
americanum
P
Heart-leaved Plantain
Plantago cordata
P
Heart Sorrel
Rumex hastatulus
P
Highland Rush
Oreojuncus trifidus
P
Hill's Pondweed
Potamogeton hillii
P
Hoary Puccoon
Lithospermum canescens
P
Hooker's Orchid
Platanthera hookeri
P
Horned Beak Sedge
Rhynchospora inundata
P
Horsetail Spike Rush
Eleocharis equisetoides
P
Houghton's Sedge
Carex houghtoniana
P
Hudson River Water Nymph
Najas muenscheri
P
Hyssop Hedge Nettle
Stachys hyssopifolia
var.
hyssopifolia
P
Hyssop Skullcap
Scutellaria integrifolia
P
Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja coccinea
P
Intertidal Spike Rush
Eleocharis aestuum
P
Ipecac Spurge
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
P
Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium vanbruntiae
P
James' Sedge
Carex jamesii
P
Lake Water Cress
Rorippa aquatica
P
Lapland Rosebay
Rhododendron lapponicum
var.
lapponicum
P
Large-calyxed Goosefoot
Chenopodium berlandieri
var.
macrocalycium
P
Large Grass-leaved Rush
Juncus biflorus
P
Large-leaved Avens
Geum macrophyllum
var.
macrophyllum
P
Large-panicled Sedge
Carex decomposita
P
Leedy's Roseroot
Rhodiola integrifolia
ssp
. leedyi
P
Leiberg's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium leibergii
P
Lesser Fringed Gentian
Gentianopsis virgata
P
Lily-leaved Twayblade
Liparis liliifolia
P
Linear-leaved Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadriflora
P
Lined Sedge
Carex striatula
P
Livid Sedge
Carex livida
P
Long-beaked Beak Sedge
Rhynchospora scirpoides
P
Long's Bittercress
Cardamine longii
P
Long-tubercled Spike Rush
Eleocharis tuberculosa
P
Lowland Fragile Fern
Cystopteris protrusa
P
Lowland Loosestrife
Lysimachia hybrida
P
Low Rock Rose
Crocanthemum propinquum
P
Low St. John's Wort
Hypericum stragulum
P
Many-headed Sedge
Carex sychnocephala
P
Mare's Tail
Hippuris vulgaris
P
Marsh Fimbry
Fimbristylis castanea
P
Marsh Horsetail
Equisetum palustre
P
Marsh Lousewort
Pedicularis lanceolata
P
Marsh Straw Sedge
Carex hormathodes
P
Marsh Valerian
Valeriana uliginosa
P
Meadow Horsetail
Equisetum pratense
P
Mead's Sedge
Carex meadii
P
Midland Sedge
Carex mesochorea
P
Midwestern Purple Bluets
Houstonia purpurea
var.
calycosa
P
Mingan Moonwort
Botrychium minganense
P
Minute Duckweed
Lemna perpusilla
P
Mitchell's Sedge
Carex mitchelliana
P
Mountain Fescue
Festuca saximontana
var.
saximontana
P
Mountain Firmoss
Huperzia appressa
P
Mountain Spleenwort
Asplenium montanum
P
Musk Root
Adoxa moschatellina
P
Nantucket Juneberry
Amelanchier nantucketensis
P
Narrow-leaved Pinweed
Lechea tenuifolia
P
Narrow-leaved White-topped Aster
Sericocarpus linifolius
P
New England Bulrush
Bolboschoenus novae-angliae
P
New England Violet
Viola novae-angliae
P
Nodding Pogonia
Triphora trianthophora
P
Nodding Wild Onion
Allium cernuum
var.
cernuum
P
Northern Bent
Agrostis mertensii
P
Northern Blazing Star
Liatris scariosa
var.
novae-angliae
P
Northern Bog Aster
Symphyotrichum boreale
P
Northern Bog Sedge
Carex gynocrates
P
Northern Bog Violet
Viola nephrophylla
P
Northern Clustered Sedge
Carex arcta
P
Northern Firmoss
Huperzia selago
P
Northern Gama Grass
Tripsacum dactyloides
P
Northern Ground Cedar
Diphasiastrum complanatum
P
Northern Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium boreale
P
Northern Monkshood
Aconitum noveboracense
P
Northern Reed Grass
Calamagrostis stricta
P
Northern Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata
ssp.
brachycarpa
P
Northern Wild Comfrey
Andersonglossum boreale
P
Oakes' Evening Primrose
Oenothera oakesiana
P
Ogden's Pondweed
Potamogeton
x
ogdenii
P
Ohio Goldenrod
Solidago ohioensis
P
Orange Crested Orchid
Platanthera cristata
P
Orange Fringed Orchid
Platanthera ciliaris
P
Orange Milkwort
Polygala lutea
P
Ovate Spike Rush
Eleocharis ovata
P
Pale Duckweed
Lemna valdiviana
P
Peanut Grass
Amphicarpum amphicarpon
P
Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
P
Pine Barren Bellwort
Uvularia puberula
P
Pine Drops
Pterospora andromedea
P
Pink Shinleaf
Pyrola asarifolia
ssp.
asarifolia
P
Pod Grass
Scheuchzeria palustris
P
Porter's Reed Grass
Calamagrostis porteri
ssp.
porteri
P
Powdery Carrion Flower
Smilax pulverulenta
P
Prairie Dunewort
Botrychium campestre
P
Primrose-leaf Violet
Viola primulifolia
P
Purple Crowberry
Empetrum atropurpureum
P
Purple Milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
P
Purple Spring Cress
Cardamine douglassii
P
Puttyroot
Aplectrum hyemale
P
Pyxies
Pyxidanthera barbulata
P
Quill-leaved Arrowhead
Sagittaria teres
P
Ram's Head Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium arietinum
P
Rand's Goldenrod
Solidago randii
P
Red Pigweed
Oxybasis rubra
var.
rubra
P
Red Pondweed
Potamogeton alpinus
P
Reflexed Sedge
Carex retroflexa
P
Retrorse Flatsedge
Cyperus retrorsus
var.
retrorsus
P
Reznicek's Sedge
Carex reznicekii
P
Rhodora
Rhododendron canadense
P
Richardson's Sedge
Carex richardsonii
P
Rigid Tick Trefoil
Desmodium obtusum
P
Riverbank Goldenrod
Solidago racemosa
P
Riverbank Quillwort
Isoetes riparia
P
Riverweed
Podostemum ceratophyllum
P
Rock Elm
Ulmus thomasii
P
Rock Whitlow Grass
Draba arabisans
P
Roland's Seablite
Suaeda rolandii
P
Rose Coreopsis
Coreopsis rosea
P
Rose Pink
Sabatia angularis
P
Rough-leaved Dogwood
Cornus drummondii
P
Rough Pennyroyal
Hedeoma hispida
P
Round-leaved Water Cress
Cardamine rotundifolia
P
Rugulose Grape Fern
Botrychium rugulosum
P
Rush Bladderwort
Utricularia juncea
P
Rusty Beard-moss
Didymodon ferrugineus
P
Saltmarsh Loosestrife
Lythrum lineare
P
Salt-meadow Grass
Diplachne fusca
ssp.
fascicularis
P
Sand Dune Willow
Salix cordata
P
Sandplain Agalinis
Agalinis decemloba
P
Sandplain Wild Flax
Linum intercursum
P
Sartwell's Sedge
Carex sartwellii
P
Satin Brome
Bromus nottowayanus
P
Schweinitz's Flat Sedge
Cyperus schweinitzii
P
Schweinitz's Sedge
Carex schweinitzii
P
Scotch Lovage
Ligusticum scoticum
ssp.
scoticum
P
Seabeach Amaranth
Amaranthus pumilus
P
Seabeach Knotweed
Polygonum glaucum
P
Sea Pink
Sabatia stellaris
P
Sea Purslane
Sesuvium maritimum
P
Seaside Agalinis
Agalinis maritima
var.
maritima
P
Seaside Orach
Atriplex glabriuscula
P
Seaside Plantain
Plantago maritima
var.
juncoides
P
Seaside Toad Rush
Juncus ranarius
P
Sedge Rush
Juncus scirpoides
P
Sharp-angled Spike Rush
Eleocharis tenuis
var.
pseudoptera
P
Sharp-tipped Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
P
Sheathed Sedge
Carex vaginata
P
Shining Bedstraw
Galium concinnum
P
Short-beaked Beak Sedge
Rhynchospora nitens
P
Short-fruited Rush
Juncus brachycarpus
P
Short-leaved Pine
Pinus echinata
P
Short's Sedge
Carex shortiana
P
Showy Aster
Eurybia spectabilis
P
Shrubby St. John's Wort
Hypericum prolificum
P
Shumard Oak
Quercus shumardii
var.
shumardii
P
Side Oats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
var.
curtipendula
P
Sieve-toothed dry rock moss
Coscinodon cribrosus
P
Single-glumed Spike Rush
Eleocharis uniglumis
P
Sky-blue Aster
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense
P
Slender Blue Flag
Iris prismatica
P
Slender Bulrush
Schoenoplectus heterochaetus
P
Slender Crab Grass
Digitaria filiformis
P
Slender Marsh Blue Grass
Poa paludigena
P
Slender Marsh Pink
Sabatia campanulata
P
Slender Nut Sedge
Scleria minor
P
Slender Pondweed
Stuckenia filiformis
ssp.
alpina
P
Slender Spike Grass
Chasmanthium laxum
P
Small Bur-reed
Sparganium natans
P
Small-flowered Buttercup
Ranunculus micranthus
P
Small-flowered Dwarf Bulrush
Cyperus subsquarrosus
P
Small Swollen Bladderwort
Utricularia radiata
P
Small White Snakeroot
Ageratina aromatica
var.
aromatica
P
Smartweed Dodder
Cuscuta polygonorum
P
Smooth Beggar Ticks
Bidens laevis
P
Smooth Cliffbrake
Pellaea glabella
ssp.
glabella
P
Smooth Cliff Fern
Woodsia glabella
P
Smooth Whitlow Grass
Draba glabella
P
Snowbed Willow
Salix herbacea
P
Soapwort Gentian
Gentiana saponaria
P
Soft Fox Sedge
Carex conjuncta
P
Southern Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
var.
venosum
P
Southern Blue Flag
Iris virginica
P
Southern Sea Blite
Suaeda linearis
P
Southern Seaside Goldenrod
Solidago mexicana
P
Southern Snailseed Pondweed
Potamogeton diversifolius
P
Southern Swamp Buttercup
Ranunculus septentrionalis
P
Southern Twayblade
Neottia bifolia
P
Southern Wild Comfrey
Andersonglossum virginianum
P
Southern Wild Raisin
Viburnum nudum
var.
nudum
P
Sparse-flowered Sedge
Carex tenuiflora
P
Spongy-leaved Arrowhead
Sagittaria montevidensis
ssp.
spongiosa
P
Spotted Pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher
P
Spreading Chervil
Chaerophyllum procumbens
P
Spreading Globeflower
Trollius laxus
P
Spreading Rush
Juncus subcaudatus
P
Spurred Gentian
Halenia deflexa
P
Square-stemmed Spike Rush
Eleocharis quadrangulata
P
Squashberry
Viburnum edule
P
Stalked Bugleweed
Lycopus rubellus
P
Stiff Flat-topped Goldenrod
Solidago rigida
var.
rigida
P
Straight-leaved Pondweed
Potamogeton strictifolius
P
Straw Sedge
Carex straminea
P
Striped Bladderwort
Utricularia striata
P
Striped Coralroot
Corallorhiza striata
var.
striata
P
Stuve's Bush Clover
Lespedeza stuevei
P
Swamp Birch
Betula pumila
P
Swamp Cottonwood
Populus heterophylla
P
Swamp Oats
Sphenopholis pensylvanica
P
Swamp Sunflower
Helianthus angustifolius
P
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
P
Sweet Coltsfoot
Petasites frigidus
var.
palmatus
P
Sweet-scented Indian Plantain
Senecio suaveolens
P
Tall Hairy Lettuce
Lactuca hirsuta
P
Terrestrial Water Starwort
Callitriche terrestris
P
Texas Wild Flax
Linum medium
var.
texanum
P
Thicket Sedge
Carex abscondita
P
Thick-leaved Orach
Atriplex dioica
P
Three-ribbed Spike Rush
Eleocharis tricostata
P
Tinged Sedge
Carex tincta
P
Toothcup
Rotala ramosior
P
Torrey's Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum torreyi
P
Torrey's Thoroughwort
Eupatorium torreyanum
P
Trailing Pearlwort
Sagina decumbens
ssp.
decumbens
P
Troublesome Sedge
Carex molesta
P
Tundra Dwarf Birch
Betula glandulosa
P
Twinleaf
Jeffersonia diphylla
P
Two-ranked moss
Pseudotaxiphyllum distichaceum
P
Variable Sedge
Carex polymorpha
P
Veined Thoroughwort
Eupatorium subvenosum
P
Veiny Meadow-rue
Thalictrum venulosum
var.
confine
P
Velvet Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium scoparium
P
Violet Wood Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
P
Virginia False Gromwell
Lithospermum virginianum
P
Virginia Pine
Pinus virginiana
P
Virginia Snakeroot
Endodeca serpentaria
P
Wafer-ash
Ptelea trifoliata
ssp.
trifoliata
P
Water Pigmyweed
Crassula aquatica
P
Weak Rush
Juncus debilis
P
Weft Fern
Crepidomanes intricatum
P
Western Beakgrain
Diarrhena obovata
P
Wheat Sedge
Carex atherodes
P
Whip Nut Sedge
Scleria triglomerata
P
White-bracted Boneset
Eupatorium leucolepis
var.
leucolepis
P
White Colicroot
Aletris farinosa
P
White Death Camas
Anticlea elegans
var.
glauca
P
White Milkweed
Asclepias variegata
P
White Mountain Saxifrage
Saxifraga paniculata
ssp.
paniculata
P
Whorled Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum verticillatum
var.
verticillatum
P
Whorled-pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata
P
Wiegand's Sedge
Carex wiegandii
P
Wild Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
P
Wild Pink
Silene caroliniana
ssp.
pensylvanica
P
Wild Potato Vine
Ipomoea pandurata
P
Wild Sweet William
Phlox maculata
ssp.
maculata
P
Willow Oak
Quercus phellos
P
Winter Grape
Vitis vulpina
P
Wiry Witch Grass
Panicum flexile
P
Woodland Agrimony
Agrimonia rostellata
P
Woodland Arctic Cudweed
Omalotheca sylvatica
P
Woodland Lettuce
Lactuca floridana
P
Woolly Lip Fern
Myriopteris lanosa
P
Wright's Rosette Grass
Dichanthelium wrightianum
P
Yellow Flat Sedge
Cyperus flavescens
P
Yellow Giant Hyssop
Agastache nepetoides
P
Yellow Mountain Saxifrage
Saxifraga aizoides