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Common Names:

adder's-mouth, green
adder's-mouth, white
agrimony, small-flowered
agrimony, woodland
agueweed
ajuga
alexanders, golden
alexanders, heart-leaved
alfilaria
Allegheny-vine
alumroot
anemone, Canada
anemone, tall
anemone, wood
angelica, purple-stemmed
angelica, seaside
aniseroot
arbutus, trailing
arethusa
arrow-grass, common
arrowhead, acid-water
arrowhead, broadleaf
arrowhead, Engelmann's
arrowwood, southern
artichoke, Jerusalem
arum, arrow
arum, water
aster, awl
aster, blue wood
aster, bog
aster, bristly
aster, bushy
aster, calico
aster, cornel-leaved
aster, eastern lined
aster, flat-topped white
aster, frost
aster, heart-leaved
aster, heath
aster, large-leaved
aster, late purple
aster, Lowrie's
aster, narrow-leaved white-topped
aster, New England
aster, New York
aster, panicled
aster, perennial salt-marsh
aster, purple-stemmed
aster, rough-leaved
aster, Schreber's
aster, sharp-leaved
aster, showy
aster, smooth
aster, spreading
aster, stiff
aster, toothed whitetop
aster, upland white
aster, wavy-leaved
aster, white wood
aster, whorled wood
autumn olive
avens, purple
avens, water
avens, white
avens, yellow
azalea, clammy
azalea, early
azalea, hoary
azalea, mountain
azalea, pink
azalea, rosebud
azalea, swamp

  Scientific Names:

Acalypha rhomboidea
Achillea millefolium
Acorus calamus
Actaea pachypoda
Actaea rubra
Adlumia fungosa
Agalinis acuta
Agalinis maritima
Agalinis paupercula
Agalinis purpurea
Agalinis purpurea var. paupercula
Agalinis tenuifolia
Agastache nepetoides
Agastache scrophulariifolia
Ageratina altissima
Agrimonia parviflora
Agrimonia striata
Ajuga reptans
Aletris farinosa
Alisma
Alliaria petiolata
Allium canadense
Allium tricoccum
Althaea officinalis
Ambrosia trifida
Amorpha fruticosa
Amphicarpaea bracteata
Anagallis arvensis
Anaphalis margaritacea
Andromeda glaucophylla
Andromeda polifolia
Anemone americana
Anemone canadensis
Anemone quinquefolia
Anemone virginiana
Anemonella thalictroides
Angelica atropurpurea
Angelica lucida
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Anthemis cotula
Apios americana
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Apocynum cannabinum
Aquilegia canadensis
Arabis glabra
Arabis laevigata
Arabis lyrata
Aralia nudicaulis
Aralia racemosa
Arctium lappa
Arctium minus
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Arenaria lateriflora
Arenaria peploides
Arenaria stricta
Arethusa bulbosa
Argentina anserina
Arisaema atrorubens
Arisaema dracontium
Arisaema stewardsonii
Arisaema triphyllum
Aristolochia serpentaria
Armoracia rusticana
Aronia arbutifolia
Aronia melanocarpa
Artemisia campestris
Asarum canadense
Asclepias amplexicaulis
Asclepias exaltata
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias purpurascens
Asclepias quadrifolia
Asclepias syriaca
Asclepias tuberosa
Asclepias verticillata
Asclepias viridiflora
Aster acuminatus
Aster cordifolius
Aster divaricatus
Aster dumosus
Aster ericoides
Aster infirmus
Aster laevis
Aster lanceolatus
Aster lateriflorus
Aster linariifolius
Aster lowrieanus
Aster macrophyllus
Aster nemoralis
Aster novae-angliae
Aster novi-belgii
Aster patens
Aster paternus
Aster pilosus
Aster ptarmicoides
Aster puniceus
Aster radula
Aster schreberi
Aster simplex
Aster solidagineus
Aster spectabilis
Aster tenuifolius
Aster umbellatus
Aster undulatus
Aureolaria flava
Aureolaria pedicularia

   
B

Common Names:

balsam-apple
baneberry, red
baneberry, white
barberry, common
barberry, Japanese
bartonia, yellow
basil, wild
bean, small wild
bean, trailing wild
bean, wild
bearberry
beardtongue, foxglove
beardtongue, hairy
bedstraw, Clayton's
bedstraw, marsh
bedstraw, southern three-lobed
bedstraw, white
bedstraw, yellow
bee-balm, scarlet
bee-balm, spotted
beechdrops
beggartick, nodding
bellflower, marsh
bellflower, round-leaved
bellwort, large-flowered
bellwort, perfoliate
bellwort, sessile
bergamot, wild
betony, wood
bindweed, fringed
bindweed, hedge
birdfoot trefoil
birthroot
bitter-cress, Pennsylvania
bitterbloom
black-eyed susan
bladderwort, common
bladderwort, fibrous
bladderwort, floating
bladderwort, greater
bladderwort, horned
bladderwort, humped
bladderwort, purple
bladderwort, resupinate
bladderwort, striped
blazing-star, New England
bloodroot
blue buttons
blue-bead
blue-eyed grass, eastern
blue-eyed grass, mountain
blue-eyed grass, narrowleaf
blue-eyed grass, stout
blue-eyed grass, strict
blueberry, highbush
bluecurls
bluecurls, narrow-leaved
blueflag, harlequin
blueflag, larger
blueflag, slender
bluets
blueweed
bog rosemary
boneset
boneset, climbing
boneset, hairy
boneset, round-leaved
boneset, tall
bouncing bet
brooklime, American
brookweed
broomrape, one-flowered
buckbean
buckhorn
buckwheat
buffalo bur
bugbane
bugle
bugleweed, northern
bullhead-lily
bunchberry
bur-head
bur-marigold, larger
bur-marigold, nodding
bur-reed
burdock, common
burdock, great
burnet, Canadian
bush-clover, hairy
bush-clover, round-headed
bush-clover, slender
bush-clover, violet
bush-clover, wandlike
bush-honeysuckle, northern
butter and eggs
buttercup, bulbous
buttercup, celery-leaved
buttercup, common
buttercup, creeping
buttercup, hispid
buttercup, hooked
buttercup, kidneyleaf
buttercup, swamp
buttercup, tall
buttercup, yellow water
butterfly weed
buttonbush
buttonweed
buttonweed, Virginia

  Scientific Names:

Baptisia australis
Baptisia tinctoria
Barbarea vulgaris
Bartonia virginica
Berberis thunbergii
Berberis vulgaris
Bidens aristosa
Bidens cernua
Bidens coronata
Bidens laevis
Blephilia hirsuta
Brasenia schreberi

 
C

Common Names:

calamus
calla, wild
calopogon
camphorweed
campion, bladder
campion, starry
campion, white
cancer root, one-flowered
cardinal flower
carpenter's square
carpetweed
carrion flower, smooth
carrot, wild
catchfly, Pennsylvania
catfoot
cattail, narrow-leaved
celandine
centaury, branching
chaffseed
chamomile, stinking
checkerberry
cheeses
chickweed, common
chickweed, field
chickweed, forked
chickweed, giant
chickweed, mouse-ear
chickweed, star
chicory
chokeberry, black
chokeberry, red
cinquefoil, common
cinquefoil, dwarf
cinquefoil, early
cinquefoil, intermediate
cinquefoil, marsh
cinquefoil, purple
cinquefoil, rough
cinquefoil, rough-fruited
cinquefoil, shrubby
cinquefoil, silvery
cinquefoil, sulfur
cinquefoil, three-toothed
cleavers
clematis, purple
clintonia, yellow
clover, hop
clover, rabbit-foot
cohosh, black
cohosh, blue
colicroot
coltsfoot
columbine, wild red
coneflower, green-headed
coneflower, purple
copperleaf, rhombic
coralroot, early
coralroot, large
coralroot, late
coralroot, spotted
corn-lily, yellow
cornel, dwarf
corydalis, pink
corydalis, yellow
cow parsnip
cow-wheat
cowbane, spotted
cranberry, highbush
cranberry, large
cranberry, mountain
cranberry, small
cress, common winter
cress, Pennsylvania bitter
cress, spring
crinkleroot
crowfoot, cursed
crowfoot, hooked
crowfoot, seaside
crowfoot, small-flowered
cuckoo flower
cucumber root, Indian
cucumber, bur
cucumber, bur
cucumber, wild
culver's root
cup plant
cynthia, two-flowered

  Scientific Names:

Cakile edentula
Calla palustris
Calopogon pulchellus
Calopogon tuberosus
Caltha palustris
Calystegia sepium
Campanula aparinoides
Campanula rotundifolia
Campanula uliginosa
Campsis radicans
Capnoides flavulum
Capnoides sempervirens
Cardamine bulbosa
Cardamine concatenata
Cardamine diphylla
Cardamine maxima
Cardamine pensylvanica
Cardamine pratensis
Cardamine rhomboidea
Cassia fasciculata
Cassia hebecarpa
Cassia nictitans
Castilleja coccinea
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Ceanothus americanus
Centaurea biebersteinii
Centaurea jacea
Centaurea maculosa
Centaurea nigra
Centaurium pulchellum
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Cerastium arvense
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium vulgatum
Chaenorhinum minus
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Chamaecrista nictitans
Chamaedaphne calyculata
Chamerion angustifolium
Chelidonium majus
Chelone glabra
Chimaphila maculata
Chimaphila umbellata
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Chrysopsis falcata
Chrysosplenium americanum
Cichorium intybus
Cicuta bulbifera
Cicuta maculata
Cimicifuga racemosa
Circaea alpina
Circaea lutetiana
Circaea quadrisulcata
Cirsium arvense
Cirsium discolor
Cirsium horridulum
Cirsium muticum
Cirsium pumilum
Cirsium vulgare
Claytonia caroliniana
Claytonia virginica
Clematis occidentalis
Clematis verticillaris
Clematis virginiana
Clethra alnifolia
Clinopodium vulgare
Clintonia borealis
Coelopleurum actaeifolium
Coelopleurum lucidum
Collinsonia canadensis
Comandra umbellata
Comarum palustre
Commelina communis
Conopholis americana
Convolvulus sepium
Conyza canadensis
Coptis trifolia
Corallorhiza maculata
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
Corallorhiza trifida
Cornus canadensis
Corydalis flavula
Corydalis sempervirens
Crotalaria sagittalis
Cryptotaenia canadensis
Cuscuta gronovii
Cynanchum louiseae
Cynanchum nigrum
Cynanchum rossicum
Cynoglossum officinale
Cypripedium acaule
Cypripedium arietinum
Cypripedium calceolus
Cypripedium parviflorum
Cypripedium reginae

 
D E F

Common Names:

daisy, ox-eye
dame's violet
dandelion, common
dandelion, dwarf
dayflower, Asiatic
daylily
dead-nettle, purple
dead-nettle, red
deerberry, tall
devil's paintbrush
dew-drop
dockmackie
dodder, common
dogbane, spreading
dogfennel
dogtooth violet
doll's eyes
dragon's mouth
drumheads
Dutchman's breeches
dwarf dandelion, orange
dyer's greenweed
elecampane
enchanter's nightshade, smaller
evening primrose, common
evening primrose, cut-leaved
everlasting, pearly
everlasting, sweet
false foxglove, fernleaf
false foxglove, northern
false foxglove, saltmarsh
false foxglove, smooth yellow
false heather
false indigo
false indigo, blue
false lily-of-the-valley
false mermaid
false pennyroyal
false pimpernel
false Solomon's-seal
false Solomon's-seal, starry
false Solomon's-seal, three-leaved
false spiraea, Ural
false violet
fameflower
featherfoil
fetterbush
feverwort
figwort, eastern
figwort, hare
figwort, Maryland
fireweed
fireweed
flax, grooved yellow
flax, Virginia yellow
fleabane, common
fleabane, daisy
fleabane, Philadelphia
fleabane, salt-marsh
floating hearts, little
fluxweed
foamflower
forget-me-not, spring
forget-me-not, stiff
forget-me-not, true
four-o'clock, wild
frostweed
fumitory, climbing

  Scientific Names:

Dalibarda repens
Dasiphora floribunda
Datura stramonium
Daucus carota
Decodon verticillatus
Dentaria diphylla
Dentaria laciniata
Dentaria maxima
Desmodium canadense
Desmodium glutinosum
Desmodium nudiflorum
Desmodium sessilifolium
Dianthus armeria
Dianthus deltoides
Dicentra canadensis
Dicentra cucullaria
Diervilla lonicera
Diodia teres
Diodia virginiana
Dioscorea villosa
Doellingeria infirma
Doellingeria umbellata
Draba verna
Drosera filiformis
Drosera intermedia
Duchesnea indica
Echinacea purpurea
Echinocystis lobata
Echinodorus tenellus
Echium vulgare
Elaeagnus umbellata
Epifagus virginiana
Epigaea repens
Epilobium angustifolium
Epilobium coloratum
Epilobium hirsutum
Epipactis helleborine
Erechtites hieraciifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron canadensis
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron pulchellus
Eriocaulon aquaticum
Erodium cicutarium
Erythronium americanum
Eupatoriadelphus dubius
Eupatoriadelphus fistulosus
Eupatoriadelphus maculatus
Eupatorium altissimum
Eupatorium dubium
Eupatorium fistulosum
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Eupatorium maculatum
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Eupatorium pubescens
Eupatorium rotundifolium
Eupatorium rugosum
Euphorbia esula
Eurybia divaricata
Eurybia macrophylla
Eurybia radula
Eurybia schreberi
Eurybia spectabilis
Euthamia graminifolia
Euthamia tenuifolia
Fagopyrum esculentum
Fallopia japonica
Floerkea proserpinacoides
Fragaria virginiana

 
G

Common Names:

gall-of-the-earth
garlic mustard
garlic, wild
gaywings
gentian, blind
gentian, bottle
gentian, bottle
gentian, fringe-tipped closed
gentian, greater fringed
gentian, stiff
geranium, robert
geranium, spotted
geranium, wild
gerardia, purple
gerardia, sand-plain
gerardia, seaside
gerardia, slender
gerardia, small-flowered
germander
giant hyssop, yellow
gill-over-the-ground
ginger, wild
ginseng, dwarf
globeflower, American
goat's-beard, showy
goat's-beard, yellow
goat's-rue
golden club
golden saxifrage
golden-aster, sickle-leaf
golden-heather
goldenrod, bluestem
goldenrod, bog
goldenrod, Canada
goldenrod, downy
goldenrod, early
goldenrod, flat-topped
goldenrod, giant
goldenrod, gray
goldenrod, hard-leaved
goldenrod, lance-leaved
goldenrod, late
goldenrod, rough-leaved
goldenrod, rough-stemmed
goldenrod, seaside
goldenrod, showy
goldenrod, slender fragrant
goldenrod, stiff
goldenrod, swamp
goldenrod, tall
goldenrod, upland white
goldenrod, wreath
goldenrod, zigzag
goldenrod. broad-leaved
goldenseal
goldstar, common
goldthread
grass pink
grass, orange
grass-of-Parnassus
grasswort, starry
green dragon
green violet
ground cherry, clammy
ground nut
ground-ivy
groundsel, balsam

  Scientific Names:

Galearis spectabilis
Galeopsis bifida
Galeopsis tetrahit
Galeopsis tetrahit var. bifida
Galium aparine
Galium lanceolatum
Galium mollugo
Galium palustre
Galium tinctorium
Galium verum
Gaultheria procumbens
Gaylussacia dumosa
Genista tinctoria
Gentiana andrewsii
Gentiana clausa
Gentiana crinita
Gentiana quinquefolia
Gentianella quinquefolia
Gentianopsis crinita
Geranium maculatum
Geranium robertianum
Gerardia acuta
Gerardia flava
Gerardia maritima
Gerardia paupercula
Gerardia pedicularia
Gerardia purpurea
Gerardia tenuifolia
Geum aleppicum
Geum canadense
Geum rivale
Glechoma hederacea
Gnaphalium obtusifolium
Goodyera pubescens
Goodyera tesselata
Gratiola aurea
Gratiola neglecta

 
H I J K

Common Names:

handsome harry
hardhack
hardheads
harebell
hawkweed, Canada
hawkweed, field
hawkweed, mouse-ear
hawkweed, orange
hawkweed, pale
hawkweed, panicled
hawkweed, smoothish
heal-all
hedge-hyssop, clammy
hedge-hyssop, golden
hedge-nettle, hyssop
hedgemaids
hellebore, false
helleborine
hemp, Indian
hemp-nettle
hemp-nettle, bifid
hempweed, climbing
hepatica, round-lobed
herb robert
hobblebush
hog-peanut
honewort
honeysuckle, fly
honeysuckle, glaucous
honeysuckle, Japanese
honeysuckle, limber
honeysuckle, Morrow's
honeysuckle, northern bush
honeysuckle, trumpet
horehound, water
horse balm
horse-nettle
horsemint
horseradish
horseweed
hound's tongue
houstonia, long-leaved
huckleberry, dwarf
hudsonia, woolly
hyssop, purple giant
hyssop, yellow giant
Indian cucumber root
Indian hemp
Indian paintbrush
Indian pipe
Indian poke
Indian-tobacco
indigo, blue false
indigo, wild
indigobush
iris, blueflag
iris, cube
iris, yellow
ironweed, New York
jack-in-the-pulpit
Jerusalem artichoke
jewelweed
jewelweed, pale
jimsonweed
Joe-Pye-weed, eastern
Joe-Pye-weed, hollow
Joe-Pye-weed, spotted
jointweed, sand
jumpseed
kinnikinnick
knapweed, black
knapweed, brown
knapweed, spotted
knotweed, Japanese
knotweed, Virginia

  Scientific Names:

Habenaria blephariglottis
Habenaria ciliaris
Habenaria clavellata
Habenaria dilatata
Habenaria flava
Habenaria hookeri
Habenaria hyperborea
Habenaria lacera
Habenaria orbiculata
Habenaria psycodes
Hedeoma pulegioides
Hedyotis caerulea
Hedyotis longifolia
Helenium autumnale
Helenium flexuosum
Helenium nudiflorum
Helianthemum canadense
Helianthus decapetalus
Helianthus divaricatus
Helianthus giganteus
Helianthus tuberosus
Heliopsis helianthoides
Hemerocallis fulva
Hepatica americana
Hepatica nobilis
Heracleum lanatum
Heracleum maximum
Hesperis matronalis
Heterotheca subaxillaris
Heuchera americana
Hibiscus moscheutos
Hibiscus palustris
Hieracium aurantiacum
Hieracium caespitosum
Hieracium canadense
Hieracium x floribundum
Hieracium paniculatum
Hieracium pilosella
Hieracium pratense
Hieracium venosum
Honckenya peploides
Hottonia inflata
Houstonia caerulea
Houstonia longifolia
Hudsonia ericoides
Hudsonia tomentosa
Hybanthus concolor
Hydrastis canadensis
Hydrocotyle americana
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Hydrophyllum virginianum
Hypericum adpressum
Hypericum ascyron
Hypericum canadense
Hypericum ellipticum
Hypericum gentianoides
Hypericum mutilum
Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum punctatum
Hypericum pyramidatum
Hypericum virginicum
Hypoxis hirsuta
Impatiens capensis
Impatiens pallida
Inula helenium
Ionactis linariifolius
Ipomoea pandurata
Ipomoea purpurea
Iris prismatica
Iris pseudacorus
Iris versicolor
Isanthus brachiatus
Isotria verticillata
Kalmia angustifolia
Kalmia latifolia
Kalmia polifolia
Knautia arvensis
Krigia biflora
Krigia virginica

 
L

Common Names:

Labrador tea
ladies'-tresses, grass-leaved
ladies'-tresses, hooded
ladies'-tresses, little
ladies'-tresses, nodding
ladies'-tresses, shining
ladies'-tresses, slender
ladies'-tresses, spring
ladies'-tresses, wide-leaved
ladies'-tresses, yellow nodding
lady's-slipper, pink
lady's-slipper, ram's-head
lady's-slipper, showy
lady's-slipper, yellow
lady's-smock
lady's-thumb, oriental
lambkill
laurel, bog
laurel, great
laurel, mountain
laurel, pale
laurel, sheep
laurel, swamp
leafcup, small-flowered
leafcup, whiteflower
leatherleaf
leek, wild
lettuce, tall white
lettuce, white
lettuce, wild
licorice, lance-leaved wild
lily, Canada
lily, day
lily, trout
lily, Turk's-cap
lily, wild yellow
lily, wood
lingonberry
lizard's-tail
lobelia, brook
lobelia, great
lobelia, Kalm's
lobelia, palespike
lobelia, spiked
lobelia, water
loosestrife, fringed
loosestrife, garden
loosestrife, hybrid
loosestrife, lowland yellow
loosestrife, narrow-leaved
loosestrife, purple
loosestrife, swamp
loosestrife, tufted
loosestrife, whorled
loosestrife, winged
loosestrife, yellow
loosestrife, yellow
lopseed
lousewort, Canada
lousewort, swamp
lovage, Scotch
lovage, sea
lupine, blue-pod
lupine, common
lupine, sundial
lupine, wild blue
lychnis, evening

  Scientific Names:

Lachnanthes caroliana
Lachnanthes caroliniana
Lachnanthes tinctoria
Lactuca canadensis
Lamium purpureum
Laportea canadensis
Lathyrus japonicus
Lathyrus palustris
Ledum groenlandicum
Leonurus cardiaca
Lespedeza capitata
Lespedeza hirta
Lespedeza intermedia
Lespedeza violacea
Lespedeza virginica
Leucanthemum vulgare
Leucothoe racemosa
Liatris borealis
Liatris scariosa
Ligusticum scoticum
Lilium canadense
Lilium philadelphicum
Lilium superbum
Limonium carolinianum
Limonium nashei
Limosella australis
Limosella subulata
Linaria canadensis
Linaria vulgaris
Lindernia dubia
Linnaea borealis
Linum sulcatum
Linum virginianum
Liparis liliifolia
Liparis loeselii
Listera cordata
Lobelia cardinalis
Lobelia dortmanna
Lobelia inflata
Lobelia kalmii
Lobelia siphilitica
Lobelia spicata
Lonicera canadensis
Lonicera dioica
Lonicera japonica
Lonicera morrowii
Lonicera sempervirens
Lotus corniculatus
Ludwigia alternifolia
Ludwigia sphaerocarpa
Lupinus perennis
Lupinus polyphyllus
Lychnis alba
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Lycopus americanus
Lycopus uniflorus
Lyonia ligustrina
Lyonia mariana
Lysimachia ciliata
Lysimachia hybrida
Lysimachia nummularia
Lysimachia punctata
Lysimachia quadrifolia
Lysimachia terrestris
Lysimachia thyrsiflora
Lysimachia vulgaris
Lythrum alatum
Lythrum lineare
Lythrum salicaria

 
M N O

Common Names:

madder, wild
maleberry
mallow, common
mallow, marsh
mallow, musk
marigold, larger bur
marigold, nodding bur
marjoram, wild
marsh marigold
marsh rosemary
mayapple
mayflower
mayflower, Canada
mayweed
meadow beauty
meadow rue, early
meadow rue, tall
meadowsweet
medick, black
mercury, three-seeded
milkweed, blunt-leaved
milkweed, clasping
milkweed, common
milkweed, four-leaved
milkweed, green
milkweed, poke
milkweed, purple
milkweed, swamp
milkweed, whorled
milkwort, cross-leaved
milkwort, field
milkwort, marsh
milkwort, Nuttall's
milkwort, purple
milkwort, racemed
milkwort, whorled
mint, wild
miterwort
miterwort, naked
miterwort, two-leaved
moccasin-flower, pink
mock bishop's-weed
moneywort
monkey flower
monkey flower, Allegheny
monkey flower, winged
morning glory, common
motherwort
mountain-mint, basil
mountain-mint, narrow-leaved
mountain-mint, Virginia
mudwort
mullein, common
mullein, moth
muskflower
mustard, garlic
mustard, tower
myrtle, creeping
nannyberry
nettle, wood
New Jersey tea
nightcaps
nightshade
nightshade, dwarf enchanter's
nightshade, enchanter's
nightshade, smaller enchanter's
olive, autumn
orchid, cranefly
orchid, fen
orchid, green wood
orchid, Hooker's
orchid, leafy white
orchid, lesser purple fringed
orchid, northern green
orchid, pale green
orchid, ragged fringed
orchid, round-leaved
orchid, small woodland
orchid, snakemouth
orchid, southern rein
orchid, three-birds
orchid, tubercled
orchid, white bog
orchid, white fringed
orchid, yellow fringed
orchis, showy
Oswego-tea
ox-eye

  Scientific Names:

Maianthemum canadense
Maianthemum racemosum
Maianthemum stellatum
Maianthemum trifolium
Malaxis brachypoda
Malaxis monophyllos
Malaxis unifolia
Malva moschata
Malva neglecta
Medeola virginiana
Medicago lupulina
Melampyrum lineare
Melilotus alba
Melilotus officinalis
Mentha arvensis
Menyanthes trifoliata
Mikania scandens
Mimulus alatus
Mimulus moschatus
Mimulus ringens
Minuartia michauxii
Mirabilis nyctaginea
Mitchella repens
Mitella diphylla
Mitella nuda
Moehringia lateriflora
Mollugo verticillata
Monarda didyma
Monarda fistulosa
Monarda punctata
Moneses uniflora
Monotropa hypopithys
Monotropa uniflora
Myosotis micrantha
Myosotis palustris
Myosotis scorpioides
Myosotis stricta
Myosotis verna
Myosoton aquaticum
Nabalus trifoliolatus
Nasturtium officinale
Nuphar lutea
Nuphar variegatum
Nuttallanthus canadensis
Nymphaea odorata
Nymphoides cordata
Oclemena acuminata
Oclemena nemoralis
Oenothera biennis
Oenothera fruticosa
Oenothera laciniata
Oenothera perennis
Oligoneuron album
Oligoneuron rigidum
Opuntia humifusa
Orchis spectabilis
Origanum vulgare
Orobanche uniflora
Orontium aquaticum
Orthilia secunda
Osmorhiza longistylis
Oxalis acetosella
Oxalis montana
Oxalis violacea

 
P Q

Common Names:

painted cup
pansy, European field
parsnip, cow
parsnip, water
partridge-pea
partridgeberry
pea, beach
pea, marsh
pennyroyal, American
penstemon, foxglove
penstemon, hairy
periwinkle
phlox, wild blue
pickerelweed
pilewort
pimpernel, scarlet
pimpernel, water
pimpernel, yellow
pinesap
pineweed
pink, Deptford
pink, maiden
pink, salt-marsh
pink, wild
pinxter flower
pipewort, common
pipsissewa
pipsissewa, spotted
pitcher-plant, northern
pitcher-plant, purple
plantain, bracted
plantain, common
pleurisy root
pogonia, nodding
pogonia, rose
pogonia, whorled
poke
pokeweed
polygala, fringed
pond lily, yellow
poorjoe
possum-haw
potato vine, wild
potentilla, marsh
prickly-pear
primrose-willow, globe-fruited
prince's pine
purslane
pussytoes, plantain-leaved
pyrola, green
pyrola, one-flowered
pyrola, one-sided
pyrola, round-leaved
Quaker ladies
Queen Anne's lace

  Scientific Names:

Packera aurea
Packera obovata
Packera paupercula
Panax trifolius
Parnassia glauca
Paronychia canadensis
Pedicularis canadensis
Pedicularis lanceolata
Peltandra virginica
Penstemon digitalis
Penstemon hirsutus
Penthorum sedoides
Persicaria virginiana
Phlox divaricata
Photinia melanocarpa
Photinia pyrifolia
Phryma leptostachya
Physalis heterophylla
Phytolacca americana
Pilosella aurantiaca
Pilosella caespitosa
Pilosella officinarum
Pilosella x floribunda
Pityopsis falcata
Plantago aristata
Plantago major
Platanthera aquilonis
Platanthera blephariglottis
Platanthera ciliaris
Platanthera clavellata
Platanthera dilatata
Platanthera flava
Platanthera hookeri
Platanthera hyperborea
Platanthera lacera
Platanthera orbiculata
Platanthera psycodes
Pluchea odorata
Pluchea purpurescens
Podophyllum peltatum
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Polygala cruciata
Polygala nuttallii
Polygala paucifolia
Polygala polygama
Polygala sanguinea
Polygala senega
Polygala verticillata
Polygonatum biflorum
Polygonatum pubescens
Polygonella articulata
Polygonum amphibium
Polygonum arifolium
Polygonum caespitosum
Polygonum cilinode
Polygonum cuspidatum
Polygonum hydropiperoides
Polygonum lapathifolium
Polygonum sagittatum
Polygonum virginianum
Polymnia canadensis
Pontederia cordata
Portulaca oleracea
Potentilla anserina
Potentilla argentea
Potentilla canadensis
Potentilla fruticosa
Potentilla intermedia
Potentilla norvegica
Potentilla palustris
Potentilla recta
Potentilla simplex
Potentilla tridentata
Prenanthes alba
Prenanthes altissima
Prenanthes trifoliolata
Prunella vulgaris
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
Ptilimnium capillaceum
Pycnanthemum clinopodioides
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Pycnanthemum virginianum
Pyrola americana
Pyrola chlorantha
Pyrola elliptica
Pyrola rotundifolia
Pyrola secunda
Pyrola virens
Pyrus arbutifolis
Pyrus melanocarpa

 
R

Common Names:

ragged robin
ragweed, giant
ragwort, balsam
ragwort, golden
ragwort, roundleaf
raisin, wild
ramps
raspberry, purple-flowering
rattlebox
rattlesnake orchid, downy
rattlesnake plantain, checkered
rattlesnake plantain, downy
rattlesnake weed
rattlesnake-root
rattlesnake-root, tall
redroot
rhododendron, great
rhodora
richweed
robin-plantain
robin-run-away
rock bells
rock cress, lyre-leaved
rock cress, smooth
rock harlequin
rocket, dame's
rocket, sea
rocket, yellow
rose, Carolina
rose, multiflora
rose, New England
rose, pasture
rose, rugosa
rose, shining
rose, swamp
rose, tomato
rose, Virginia
rose, wrinkled
rose-mallow, swamp
rose-pink
rosemary, bog
rotala, lowland
rue-anemone

  Scientific Names:

Ranunculus abortivus
Ranunculus acris
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus cymbalaria
Ranunculus flabellaris
Ranunculus flammula
Ranunculus hispidus
Ranunculus recurvatus
Ranunculus repens
Ranunculus reptans
Ranunculus sceleratus
Ranunculus septentrionalis
Rhexia virginica
Rhinanthus crista-galli
Rhinanthus minor
Rhododendron canadense
Rhododendron groenlandicum
Rhododendron maximum
Rhododendron nudiflorum
Rhododendron periclymenoides
Rhododendron prinophyllum
Rhododendron roseum
Rhododendron viscosum
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Rosa carolina
Rosa multiflora
Rosa nitida
Rosa palustris
Rosa rugosa
Rosa virginiana
Rotala ramosior
Rubus odoratus
Rudbeckia hirta
Rudbeckia laciniata

 
S

Common Names:

sage, lyre-leaved
salsify, meadow
salt-marsh pink
sand spurrey
sand spurrey, salt-marsh
sandwort, blunt-leaved
sandwort, grove
sandwort, rock
sandwort, seabeach
sanicle
sarsaparilla, wild
saxifrage, early
saxifrage, golden
saxifrage, swamp
scabious, field
scorpion-grass, blue
sea lavender
sea-pink
sea-rocket
seedbox
seedbox, globe-fruited
selfheal
senna, American
senna, wild
sensitive plant, wild
shield, water
shinleaf
silverrod
silverweed
skullcap, blue
skullcap, common
skullcap, hyssop
skullcap, mad-dog
skullcap, marsh
skullcap, smaller
skunk cabbage
smartweed, dock-leaved
smartweed, long-bristled
smartweed, nodding
smartweed, pale
smartweed, water
snakeroot, black
snakeroot, black
snakeroot, Seneca
snakeroot, Virginia
snakeroot, white
snapdragon, dwarf
sneezeweed
sneezeweed, purple-headed
soapwort
Solomon's-plume
Solomon's-plume, starry
Solomon's-plume, three-leaved
Solomon's-seal, great
Solomon's-seal, hairy
Solomon's-seal, smooth
spearwort, creeping
speedwell, bird's-eye
speedwell, common
speedwell, corn
speedwell, germander
speedwell, marsh
speedwell, skullcap
speedwell, water
spiderwort, Virginia
spikenard
spring beauty
spring beauty, Carolina
spring-cress
spurge, leafy
squawroot
squirrel corn
St. Johnswort, Canada
St. Johnswort, common
St. Johnswort, creeping
St. Johnswort, dwarf
St. Johnswort, great
St. Johnswort, marsh
St. Johnswort, pale
St. Johnswort, spotted
staggerbush
starflower
stargrass
stargrass, yellow
steeplebush
stitchwort, lesser
stonecrop, ditch
stork's-bill
strawberry, barren
strawberry, common
strawberry, Indian
strawberry, wild
summersweet
sundew, spatulate-leaved
sundew, spoon-leaved
sundew, thread-leaved
sundrops, small
sundrops, southern
sunflower, false
sunflower, giant
sunflower, tall
sunflower, thin-leaved
sunflower, tickseed
sunflower, woodland
swallowwort, black
swallowwort, pale
swamp candles
swamp pink
swamp-honeysuckle
sweet flag
sweet pepperbush
sweet-clover
sweetbells, swamp

  Scientific Names:

Sabatia angularis
Sabatia stellaris
Sagittaria engelmanniana
Sagittaria latifolia
Salvia lyrata
Samolus floribundus
Samolus parviflorus
Samolus valerandi
Sanguinaria canadensis
Sanguisorba canadensis
Sanicula marilandica
Saponaria officinalis
Sarracenia purpurea
Satureja vulgaris
Saururus cernuus
Saxifraga pensylvanica
Saxifraga virginiensis
Schwalbea americana
Scrophularia lanceolata
Scrophularia marilandica
Scutellaria epilobiifolia
Scutellaria galericulata
Scutellaria integrifolia
Scutellaria lateriflora
Scutellaria leonardii
Scutellaria parvula
Senecio aureus
Senecio balsamitae
Senecio obovatus
Senecio pauperculus
Senna hebecarpa
Sericocarpus asteroides
Sericocarpus linifolius
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata
Sicyos angulatus
Silene alba
Silene caroliniana
Silene cucubalus
Silene latifolia
Silene stellata
Silene vulgaris
Silphium perfoliatum
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Sisyrinchium atlanticum
Sisyrinchium montanum
Sium suave
Smilacina racemosa
Smilacina stellata
Smilacina trifolia
Smilax herbacea
Solanum carolinense
Solanum dulcamara
Solanum rostratum
Solidago altissima
Solidago bicolor
Solidago caesia
Solidago canadensis
Solidago flexicaulis
Solidago gigantea
Solidago graminifolia
Solidago juncea
Solidago nemoralis
Solidago patula
Solidago ptarmicoides
Solidago puberula
Solidago rigida
Solidago rugosa
Solidago sempervirens
Solidago speciosa
Solidago tenuifolia
Solidago uliginosa
Sorbaria sorbifolia
Sparganium
Specularia perfoliata
Spergularia marina
Spergularia rubra
Spergularia salina
Spiraea alba
Spiraea latifolia
Spiraea tomentosa
Spiranthes cernua
Spiranthes gracilis
Spiranthes lacera
Spiranthes lucida
Spiranthes ochroleuca
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Spiranthes tuberosa
Spiranthes vernalis
Stachys hyssopifolia
Stellaria aquatica
Stellaria corei
Stellaria graminea
Stellaria media
Stellaria pubera
Streptopus lanceolatus
Streptopus roseus
Strophostyles helvula
Strophostyles leiosperma
Strophostyles pauciflora
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Symphyotrichum dumosum
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Symphyotrichum laeve
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum
Symphyotrichum lowrieanum
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Symphyotrichum patens
Symphyotrichum pilosum
Symphyotrichum puniceum
Symphyotrichum tenuifolium
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Symplocarpus foetidus

 
T U

Common Names:

tansy
tea, New Jersey
teaberry
tearthumb, arrow
tearthumb, halberd-leaved
thimbleweed
thistle, bull
thistle, Canada
thistle, field
thistle, pasture
thistle, swamp
thistle, yellow
thorn-apple
thoroughwort, hyssop-leaved
three-birds
three-seeded mercury
tick-trefoil, naked-flowered
tick-trefoil, pointed-leaved
tick-trefoil, sessile-leaved
tick-trefoil, showy
tickseed-sunflower
tickseed-sunflower, Midwestern
tinker's-weed
toadflax
toadflax, bastard
toadflax, blue
toadflax, old-field
tooth-cup
toothwort
toothwort, cut-leaved
toothwort, large
touch-me-not, pale
touch-me-not, spotted
trailing arbutus
trefoil, birdfoot
trillium, large-flowered
trillium, nodding
trillium, painted
trillium, purple
trout lily
trumpet creeper
trumpetweed
tuckahoe
turtlehead
twayblade, bog
twayblade, heart-leaved
twayblade, large
twayblade, lily-leaved
twinflower
twisted-stalk, rose
umbrellawort, heart-leaved

  Scientific Names:

Taenidia integerrima
Talinum teretifolium
Tanacetum vulgare
Taraxacum officinale
Tephrosia virginiana
Teucrium canadense
Thalictrum dioicum
Thalictrum polygamum
Thalictrum pubescens
Thalictrum thalictroides
Tiarella cordifolia
Tipularia discolor
Tovara virginiana
Tradescantia virginiana
Tragopogon dubius
Tragopogon pratensis
Triadenum virginicum
Trichostema brachiatum
Trichostema dichotomum
Trichostema setaceum
Trientalis borealis
Trifolium agrarium
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium aureum
Triglochin maritimum
Trillium cernuum
Trillium erectum
Trillium grandiflorum
Trillium undulatum
Triodanis perfoliata
Triosteum perfoliatum
Triphora trianthophora
Trollius laxus
Tussilago farfara
Typha angustifolia
Utricularia biflora
Utricularia cornuta
Utricularia fibrosa
Utricularia gibba
Utricularia inflata var. minor
Utricularia macrorhiza
Utricularia purpurea
Utricularia radiata
Utricularia resupinata
Utricularia striata
Utricularia vulgaris
Uvularia grandiflora
Uvularia perfoliata
Uvularia sessilifolia

 
V W X Y Z

Common Names:

Venus's looking-glass
verbena, swamp
vervain, blue
vervain, narrow-leaved
vervain, white
vetch, cow
vetch, slender
vetch, tufted
vetchling, marsh
viburnum, cranberry
viburnum, maple-leaf
viburnum, sweet
violet, arrow-leaved
violet, birdfoot
violet, Canada
violet, coast
violet, common blue
violet, dog
violet, downy yellow
violet, early blue
violet, great-spurred
violet, green
violet, lance-leaved
violet, long-spurred
violet, marsh blue
violet, northern white
violet, pale
violet, primrose-leaved
violet, round-leaved yellow
violet, Selkirk's
violet, small white
violet, striped cream
violet, sweet white
violet, wood
viper's bugloss
virgin's bower
wake-robin
water-carpet
water-dragon
water-hemlock
water-hemlock, bulb-bearing
water-lily, fragrant
water-lily, sweet
water-parsnip
water-pennywort
water-pennywort, umbellate
water-pepper, mild
water-plantain
water-primrose, round-pod
water-shield
water-willow
watercress
waterleaf, Virginia
white-topped aster, narrow-leaved
whitetop aster, toothed
whitlow grass
wild bean, small
wild bean, trailing
wild coffee
wild licorice, lance-leaved
wild oats
wild potato vine
willow-herb, hairy
willow-herb, purpleleaf
winter cress, common
wintergreen
wintergreen, one-flowered
wintergreen, spotted
wintergreen, striped
witherod
witherod, naked
woman's tobacco
wood nettle
wood-mint, hairy
wood-sage
wood-sorrel, common
wood-sorrel, violet
wormwood, tall
yamroot, wild
yarrow, common
yellow flag
yellow rattle
yellow-eyed grass, bog
yellow-eyed grass, Small's
zizia, meadow

  Scientific Names:

Vaccinium corymbosum
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Vaccinium oxycoccos
Vaccinium stamineum
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Veratrum viride
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena hastata
Verbena simplex
Verbena urticifolia
Vernonia noveboracensis
Veronica americana
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica officinalis
Veronica scutellata
Veronicastrum virginicum
Viburnum acerifolium
Viburnum alnifolium
Viburnum cassinoides
Viburnum dentatum
Viburnum lantanoides
Viburnum lentago
Viburnum nudum
Viburnum opulus
Viburnum trilobum
Vicia cracca
Vicia tetrasperma
Vinca minor
Vincetoxicum nigrum
Vincetoxicum rossicum
Viola arvensis
Viola blanda
Viola brittoniana
Viola canadensis
Viola conspersa
Viola cucullata
Viola fimbriatula
Viola lanceolata
Viola macloskeyi
Viola pallens
Viola palmata
Viola pedata
Viola x primulifolia
Viola pubescens
Viola rostrata
Viola rotundifolia
Viola sagittata
Viola selkirkii
Viola sororia
Viola striata
Viola triloba
Waldsteinia fragarioides
Xyris difformis
Xyris smalliana
Zizia aptera
Zizia aurea

Sources of information on the plant pages.


Last updated December 13, 2007.