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Plants listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Thumbnail Common name,
link to Portrait		 Scientific name Native / Alien (1)
Pachysandra Allegheny Spurge Pachysandra procumbens Native
Lousewort Lousewort Pedicularis canadensis Native
Beardtongue flower Beardtongue Penstemon canescens Native
Buttercup phacelia or Eastern buttercup phacelia Buttercup phacelia or Eastern buttercup phacelia Phacelia covillei Native
Significantly Rare
Large White Fringed Orchid Large White Fringed Orchid Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua Native
Rare
Yellow Fringe Orchid Yellow Fringe Orchid Platanthera ciliaris Native
Small Green Woodland Orchid Small Green Woodland Orchid Platanthera clavellata Native
Yellow Crested Orchis Yellow Crested Orchis Platanthera cristats Native
Southern Rein Orchid Southern Rein Orchid Platanthera flava var. flava Native
Rare
Northern Green Orchid Northern Green Orchid Platanthera flava var. herbiola Native
Rare
Large Purple Fringed Orchid Large Purple Fringed Orchid Platanthera grandiflora Native
Rare
Yellow Fringeless Orchid Yellow Fringeless Orchid Platanthera integra Native
Rare
White Fringeless Orchid White Fringeless Orchid Platanthera integrilabia Native
Rare
Green Fringe Orchid Green Fringe Orchid Platanthera lacera Native
Rare
Snowy Orchid Snowy Orchid Platanthera nivea Native
Rare
Large Round Leaved Orchid Large Round Leaved Orchid Platanthera orbiculata Native
Rare
Purple Fringeless Orchid Purple Fringeless Orchid Platanthera peramoena Native
Rare
Small Purple Fringe Orchid Small Purple Fringe Orchid Platanthera psycodes Native
Rare
platanthera x bicolor (P. blephariglottis x P. ciliaris) Platanthera x bicolor Native
Rare
Rose Pogonia Rose Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossoides Native
Rare
Solomon Seal Solomon's Seal Polygonatum biflorum Native
Shadow Witch Shadow Witch Ponthieva racemosa Native
Rare
Dwarf Cinquefoil Dwarf Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis Native
Prenanthes sp. bloom a Rattlesnake Root Prenanthes sp. Native
Heal-all bloom Heal-all Prunella vulgaris Alien
Chokecherry bloom Chokecherry Prunus virginiana Native
Bracken fern Bracken, Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum Native
Spiked Medusa Spiked Medusa Pteroglossaspis ecristata (+Eulophia e.) Native
Rare

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