Plants

Scientific Name

Common Name

Abutilon theophrasti^I

Velvet-leaf

Acalypha rhomboidea

Cmmon three-seeded Mercury

Achillea millefolium^I

Yarrow

Agalinis paupercula

Small-flowered false foxglove

Agalinis purpurea

False purple foxglove

Agrostis hyemalis

Ticklegrass

Aletris farinosa^T

Stargrass

Alisma subcordatum

Southern water-plantain

Alliaria petiolata^I

Garlic mustard

Allium vineale^I

Wild garlic

Amaranthus hybridu^I

Smooth pigweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Common ragweed

Anagallis arvensis

Scarlet pimpernel

Anaphalis margaritacea

Pearly everlasting

Andropogon gerardii

Big bluestem

Andropogon virginicus

Broom sedge

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Spreading dogbane

Apocynum cannabinum

Hemp dogbane

Arabidopsis thaliana^I

Wall-cress

Aralia nudicaulis

Wild sarsaparilla

Arctium minus^I

Common burdock

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Bearberry

Arenaria serpyllifolia^I

Thyme-leaved sandwort

Aristida tubercolosa

Seaside threeawn grass

Artemisia vulgaris^I

Mugwort

Ascelepias syriaca

Common milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Swamp milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Common milkweed

Asclepias tuberosa ssp. interior^V

Butterflyweed

Aster spp.

Aster

Avenella flexuosa

Common hair grass

Baptisia tinctoria

Wild indigo

Bartonia paniculata ssp. paniculata^E

Green screwstem

Bellis perennis

English daisy

Bidens bipinnata

Spanish-needles

Bidens frondosa

Devil's beggar-ticks

Boehmeria cylindrica

False nettle

Brasenia schreberi

Water shield

Brassica nigra^I

Black mustard

Bulbostylis capillaris

Tufted hair sedge

Cabomba spp.

Cabomba spp.

Calamagrostis canadensis

Blue-joint reedgrass

Callitriche palustris

Vernal water-starwort

Callitriche spp.

Water starwort spp.

Capsella bursa-pastoris^I

Common shepherd's purse

Cardamine hirsuta^I

Hairy bitter-cress

Carex festucacea

Fescue sedge

Carex granularis

Limestone meadow sedge

Carex intumescens

Bladder sedge

Carex lurida

Sallow sedge

Carex normalis

Greater straw sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Pennsylvania sedge

Carex scoparia

Broom sedge

Carex squarrosa

Spreading-beaked sedge

Carex stipata

Owl-fruit sedge

Carex stricta

Tussock sedge

Carex swanii

Swan sedge

Carex vulpinoidea

Fox sedge

Cenchrus longispinus

Long-spined sandbur

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos^I  

Spotted knapweed

Cerastium glomeratum^I

Sticky mouse-ear chickweed

Ceratophyllum demersum

Common coontail

Chamaecrista nictitans var. nictitans

Partridge pea

Chenopodium album^I

Lambs-quarters

Chimaphila maculata^V

Spotted wintergreen

Chrysanthemum spp.

Daisy spp.

Chrysopsis mariana

Maryland golden aster

Cichorium intybus^I

Chicory

Cirsium arvense^I

Canada thistle

Cirsium horridulum^I

Yellow thistle

Cirsium vulgare^I

Bull thistle

Cladonia cristatella

British soldiers

Comandra umbellata

Bastard toadflax

Conyza canadensis

Horseweed

Coreopsis rosea^R

Rose coreopsis

Crocanthemum bicknellii

Hoary frostweed

Crocanthemum canadense

Long-branched frostweed

Cuscuta gronovii

Dodder

Cynanchum louiseae^I

Black swallow-wort

Cynanchum rossicum^I

Pale swallow-wort

Cyperus dentatus

Toothed sedge

Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachys^I

Yellow nut-grass

Cyperus iria^I

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus lupulinus ssp. lupilinus^T

Great Plains flatsedge

Cyperus lupulinus ssp. macilentus

Great Plains flatsedge

Cyperus microiria^I

Asian flat sedge

Cyperus strigosus

False nutsedge

Cypripedium acaule^V

Pink ladyslipper

Dactylis glomerata^I

Orchard grass

Danthonia spicata

Poverty grass

Datura stramonium^I  

Jimsonweed

Daucus carota^I

Wild carrot

Decodon verticillatus

Swamp loosestrife

Dendrolycopodium obscurum^V

Ground pine

Dennstaedtia punctilobula

Eastern hay-scented fern

Desmodium ciliare^T

Hairy small-leaved tick trefoil

Dianthus armeria^I

Deptford pink

Dianthus deltoides ssp. deltoides^I

Maiden pink

Dichanthelium clandestinum

Deertongue

Dichanthelium commutatum ssp. ashei

Ashe’s rosette grass

Dichanthelium depauperatum

Starved panic grass

Dichanthelium latifolium

Broad-leaved panic grass

Dichanthelium meridionale

Midday rosette grass

Dichanthelium spp.

Rosette panic-grass

Digitaria cognata

Fall witch grass

Digitaria sanguinalis^I

Hairy crabgrass

Doellingeria umbellatus

Tall flat-topped white aster

Draba verna^I

Spring draba

Drosera rotundifolia var. rotundifolia^V

Round-leaved sundew

Dryopteris marginalis^V

Marginal wood fern

Dulichium arundinaceum var. arundinaceum

Three-way sedge

Dysphania ambrosioides^I

Mexican tea

Echinochloa crus-galli^I

Eurasian barnyard grass

Echium vulgare^I

Common vipersbugloss

Eclipta prostrata

Yerba-de-tago

Eleocharis acicularis

Needle spikerush

Eleocharis elliptica

Slender spikerush

Eleocharis engelmannii^E

Engelman spikerush

Eleocharis melanocarpa^R

Black-fruited spikerush

Eleocharis obtusa

Blunt spikerush

Elymus repens^I

Quack grass

Elymus virginicus

Virginia wild rye

Equisetum arvense

Common horsetail

Equisetum fluviatile

Water horsetail

Eragrostis frankii

Sandbar love grass

Eragrostis spectabilis

Purple love grass

Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius

American burnweed

Erigeron canadensis var. canadensis

Common horseweed

Erigeron philadelphicus^E

Philadelphia fleabane

Eriophorum virginicum

Tawny cotton-grass

Eupatorium hyssopifoliumvar. hyssopifolium

Hyssop-leaved thoroughwort

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Common boneset

Eupatorium subvenosum^T

Veined thoroughwort

Eupatorium torreyanum^T

Torrey's thoroughwort

Euphorbia ipecacuanhae^E

Ipecac spurge

Euphorbia maculata

Spotted spurge

Eurybia spectabilis^T

Eastern showy aster

Euthamia caroliniana

Slender flattop goldenrod

Euthamia graminifolia

Flat-topped fragrant goldenrod

Eutrochium dubium

Joe-pye thoroughwort

Fallopia japonica^I

Japanese knotweed

Fallopia scandens

Climbing false buckwheat

Fragaria vesca

Wild strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Virginia strawberry

Froelichia gracilis

Slender cottonweed

Galactia regularis

Milk pea

Galinsoga quadriradiata^I

Fringed quickweed

Galium mollugo^I

White bedstraw

Galium palustre

Marsh bedstraw

Glyceria obtusa

Blunt manna grass

Gratiola aurea

Golden hedge hyssop

Hexasepalum teres

Rough buttonweed

Hudsonia ericoides

Golden heather

Hylodesmum nudiflorum

Naked tick-trefoil

Hypericum canadense

Canadian St. John's-wort

Hypericum gentianoides

Pineweed

Hypericum mutilum

Dwarf St. John's-wort

Hypericum perforatum^I

Common St. John's-wort

Hypericum virginicum

Virginia marsh-St. John's-wort

Hypochaeris radicata^I

Spotted cat's-ear

Impatiens capensis

Spotted jewelweed

Iris prismatica

Slender blue flag

Iris versicolor

Blue flag iris

Itea virginica

Virginia sweetspire

Juncus canadensis

Canada rush

Juncus effusus

Common rush

Juncus gerardi

Black grass

Juncus subcaudatus

Spreading rush

Juncus tenuis

Poverty rush

Kellochloa verrucosa

Warty panic grass

Krigia virginica

Virginia dwarf-dandelion

Kummerowia striata^I

Japanese clover

Lactuca serriola^I

Prickly lettuce

Lamium amplexicaule^I

Henbit deadnettle

Lechea intermedia

Large-podded pinweed

Lechea minor^R

Thyme-leaved pinweed

Lechea mucronata

Hairy pinweed

Lechea pulchella^E

Leggett's pinweed

Leersia oryzoides

Rice cutgrass

Lemna minor

Lesser duckweed

Lepidium campestre

Field pepperweed

Lepidium virginicum

Poor-man's pepper

Lespedeza angustifolia^T

Narrow-leaved bush-clover

Lespedeza capitata

Round-head bush-clover

Lespedeza cuneata^I

Chinese lespedeza

Lespedeza hirta ssp. Hirta

Hairy bush-clover

Lespedeza procumbens

Trailing bush-clover

Lespedeza stuevei^T

Stuve's bush-clover

Lespedeza virginica

Slender bush-clover

Leucanthemum vulgare^I

Oxeye daisy

Linaria vulgaris^I

Butter and eggs

Linum virginianum

Virginia flax

Lolium perenne^I

Rye grass

Lotus corniculatus^I

Bird's foot trefoil

Ludwigia palustris

Water purslane

Lupinus perennis^R

Wild lupine

Lycopus americanus

American bugleweed

Lycopus amplectans^T

Clasping water horehound

Lycopus virginicus

Virginia bugleweed

Lysimachia quadrifolia^E

Whorled loosestrife

Maianthemum canadense

Canada May-flower

Maianthemum racemosum

False Solomon’s seal

Matricaria discoidea^I

Pineapple-weed chamomile

Medicago sativa^I

Alfalfa

Melampyrum lineare

Narrow-leaved cow-wheat

Melilotus alba^I

White sweet clover

Melilotus officinalis^I

Yellow sweet clover

Microstegium vimineum^I

Japanese stiltgrass

Miscanthus sinensis^I

Chinese silvergrass

Mollugo verticillata^I

Carpetweed

Monocarpa uniflora

Ghost pipe

Mononeuria caroliniana^T

Pine barren sandwort

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia torreyana

New Jersey muhly

Myriophyllum heterophyllum

Broad-leaved water milfoil

Nepeta cataria^I

Catnip

Nicotiana tabacum^I

Cultivated tobacco

Nuphar advena

Broad-leaved yellow pond lily

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Old field toadflax

Nymphaea odorata

White water-lily

Oenothera biennis

Evening primrose

Oenothera oakesiana^T

Oakes’s evening primrose

Oenothera parviflora

Small-flowered evening primrose

Oligoneuron rigidum^T

Stiff-leaved goldenrod

Onoclea sensibilis

Sensitive fern

Onopordum acanthium^I

Scotch thistle

Osmunda cinnamomea^V

Cinnamon fern

Osmunda claytoniana^V

Clayton's fern

Osmunda regalis^V

Royal fern

Oxalis stricta

Upright yellow wood-sorrel

Panicum capillare

Old witch panic-grass

Panicum dichotomiflorum

Fall panic-grass

Panicum virgatum

Switchgrass

Paspalum laeve^R

Field bead grass

Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii

Hurrah bead grass

Paspalum setaceum var. psammophilum

Sand bead grass

Peltandra virginica

Green arrow-arum

Penthorum sedoides

Ditch stonecrop

Persicaria hydropiperoides

Mild water pepper

Persicaria pensylvanicum

Pennsylvania smartweed

Phalaris arundinacea^I

Reed canarygrass

Phleum pratense^I

Timothy grass

Phragmites australis

Reed grass

Physalis heterophylla

Clammy ground cherry

Phytolacca americana var. americana

Common pokeweed

Pilea pumila

Clearweed

Pilosella aurantiaca^I

Orange hawkweed

Pityopsis falcata^R

Sickleleaf silk-grass

Plantago aristata^I

Largebracted plantain

Plantago lanceolata^I

Narrow-leaved plantain

Plantago major^I

Nipple-seeded plantain

Plantago rugelii^I

Black-seeded plantain

Plantathera cristata^E

Crested fringed orchid

Platanthera lacera^V

Green fringed orchis

Poa annua^I

Annual bluegrass

Polygala nutallii^T

Nuttall's milkwort

Polygonum articulatum

Northern jointweed

Polygonum aviculare^I?

Prostrate knotweed

Pontederia cordata

Pickerelweed

Portulaca oleracea^I

Common purslane

Potamogeton crispus^I

Curly pondweed

Potentilla argentea^I

Silvery cinquefoil

Potentilla canadensis

Canada cinquefoil

Potentilla recta^I

Sulphur cinquefoil

Potentilla simplex

Old-field cinquefoil

Prunella vulgaris

Heal-all

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium

Rabbit tobacco

Pteridium aquilinum ssp. latiusculum

Bracken fern

Ptilimnium capillaceum

Mock bishop's weed

Rhexia virginica

Meadow beauty

Rrhus copallinum var. copallinum

Common winged sumac

Rhynchospora capitellata

Brownish beak sedge

Rhynchospora fusca

Sooty beak sedge

Rhynchospora scirpoides^R

Long-beaked bald-rush

Rudbeckia hirta

Black-eyed Susan

Rumex acetosa

Garden sorrel

Rumex acetosella^I

Sheep sorrel

Rumex crispus^I

Curly dock

Rumex verticillatus

Swamp dock

Sagittaria engelmanniana

Engelmann's arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Broad-leaved arrowhead

Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium

Little bluestem grass

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Softstem bulrush

Scirpus cyperinus

Common wool-grass

Scirpus expansus

Woodland beak-rush

Scirpus hattorianus

Mosquito bulrush

Scleranthus annuus^I

Annual knawel

Securigera varia^I

Crown vetch

Senecio vulgaris^I

Common groundsel

Senna spp.

Sicklepod spp.

Setaria faberi^I

Giant foxtail

Setaria pumila^I

Yellow foxtail

Silene vulgaris^I

Bladder campion

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass

Solanum carolinense

Carolina horse-nettle

Solanum dulcamara^I

Climbing nightshade

Solanum nigrum^I

Black nightshade

Solidago altissima

Tall goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Canada goldenrod

Solidago juncea

Early goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis var. nemoralis

Field goldenrod

Solidago odora

Sweet goldenrod

Solidao puberula

Downy goldenrod

Sonchus asper^I

Spiny-leaved sowthistle

Sorghastrum nutans

Yellow Indiangrass

Sparganium americanum

American bur-reed

Sparganium eurycarpum

Large bur-reed

Spergularia rubra^I

Purple sand-spurry

Sphagnum spp.

Sphagnum moss

Spiranthes tuberosa

Little ladies' tresses

Stachys hyssopifolia

Hyssop-leaved hedgenettle

Stachys hyssopifolia var. hyssopifolia^T

Hyssop-leaved hedgenettle

Stellaria graminea^I

Grass-leaved starwort

Stellaria media

Common chickweed

Symphyotrichum dumosum

Bushy aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei

Hairy white old-field aster

Symphyotrichum puniceum

Purple-stemmed American aster

Symphyotrichum undulatum

Wavy-leaved aster

Symplocarpus foetidus

Skunk cabbage

Taraxacum officinale^I

Common dandelion

Tephrosia virginiana

Virginia tephrosia

Thelypteris noveboracensis^V

New York fern

Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens^V

Marsh fern

Tragopogon dubius^I

Yellow salsify

Triadenum virginicum

Marsh St. John's-wort

Trichostema dichotomum

Forked bluecurls

Tridens flavus var. flavus

Tall purple-topped fluffgrass

Trientalis borealis

Northern starflower

Trifolium arvense^I

Rabbit's foot clover

Trifolium campestre^I

Field clover

Trifolium hybridum^I

Alsike clover

Trifolium pratense^I

Red clover

Trifolium repens^I

White clover

Triodanis perfoliata

Clasping Venus' looking glass

Typha angustifolia

Narrowleaf cattail

Typha latifolia

Broadleaf cattail

Utricularia macrorhiza

Greater bladderwort

Vaccinium macrocarpon

Large cranberry

Verbascum blattaria^I

White moth mullein

Verbascum thapsus^I  

Great mullein

Verbena hastata

Blue vervain

Verbena stricta^I

Hoary vervain

Verbena urticifolia

White vervain

Veronica arvensis^I

Corn speedwell

Veronica officinalis^I

Common speedwell

Veronica persica^I

Birdeye speedwell

Veronica serpyllifolia^I

Thyme-leaved speedwell

Vicia cracca^I

Bird vetch

Vicia sativa^I

Narrow-leaved vetch

Viola blanda

Sweet white violet

Viola lanceolata

Lance-leaved violet

Viola sororia

Common violet

Wolffia spp.

Watermeal spp.

Woodwardia virginica^V

Virginia chain-fern

Xyris torta

Twisted yellow-eyed grass

Scientific Name

Common Name

Alnus incana

Speckled alder

Berberis thunbergii^I

Japanese barberry

Ceanothus americanus

New Jersey tea

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Common buttonbush

Celastrus orbiculatus^I  

Oriental bittersweet

Chamaedaphne calyculata

Leatherleaf

Clethra alnifolia

Pepperbush

Comptonia peregrina

Sweet fern

Convolvulus arvensis^I

Field bindweed

Crataegus uniflora^E

One-flowered hawthorn

Diphasiastrum digitatum

Ground cedar

Elaeagnus angustifolia^I

Russian olive

Elaeagnus umbellata^I

Autumn olive

Epigaea repens

Trailing arbutus

Fallopia scandens

Climbing false buckwheat

Forsythia suspensa^I

Weeping forsythia

Forsythia viridissima^I

Green-stemmed forsythia

Frangula alnus^I

Glossy buckthorn

Gaultheria procumbens

Wintergreen, teaberry

Galium aparine

Cleavers

Gaylussacia baccata

Black huckleberry

Gaylussacia bigeloviana^E

dwarf huckleberry

Gaylussacia frondosa

blue huckleberry

Hedera helix^I

English ivy

Hexasepalum teres

Rough buttonweed

Ilex verticillata^V

Common winterberry

Kalmia angustifolia var. angustifolia

Sheep laurel

Leucothoe racemosa

Fetter-bush

Lindera benzoin

Spicebush

Lonicera japonica^I

Japanese honeysuckle

Lonicera morrowii^I

Morrow's honeysuckle

Lyonia ligustrina

Maleberry

Lyonia mariana

Stagger-bush

Myrica gale

Sweetgale

Morella caroliniensis

Bayberry

Morella pensylvanica

Northern bayberry

Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Virginia creeper

Persicaria perfoliata

Mile-a-minute vine

Persicaria vulgaris

Lady's thumb

Pueraria montana var. lobata^I

Kudzu

Rhododendron viscosum^V

Swamp azalea

Rhus copallinum

Winged sumac

Rhus glabra

Smooth sumac

Rosa multiflora^I

Multiflora rose

Rosa palustris

Swamp rose

Rubus allegheniensis

Allegheny blackberry

Rubus flagellaris

Northern dewberry

Rubus hispidus

Bristly dewberry

Rubus phoenicolasius^I

Wineberry

Salix alba^I

White willow

Salix bebbiana

Bebb's willow

Salix discolor

Pussy willow

Sambucus nigra

Common elderberry

Smilax rotundifolia

Common catbrier

Spiraea tomentosa

Steeplebush

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus

Coralberry

Taxus spp.

Yew spp.

Toxicodendron radicians ssp. negundo

Poison ivy

Vaccinium angustifolium

Lowbush blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Highbush blueberry

Vaccinnium fuscatum

Black highbush blueberry

Vaccinium pallidum

Early lowbush blueberry

Viburnum acerifolium

Maple-leaf viburnum

Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum

Northern arrowwood

Viburnum dilatatum^I

Linden viburnum

Viburnum lantana^I

Wayfairing tree

Viburnum nudum

Northern wild raisin

Viburnum opulus var. americanum

American cranberrybush

Vitis aestivalis

Summer grape

Vitis labrusca

Northern fox grape

Vitis vinifera

Common grapevine

Scientific Name

Common Name

Abies balsamea

Balsam fir

Acer platanoides^I

Norway maple

Acer rubrum

Red maple

Acer saccharinum

Silver maple

Acer saccharum

Sugar maple

Ailanthus altissima^I

Tree-of-heaven

Amelanchier canadensis

Oblong-leaved serviceberry

Aronia arbutifolia

Red chokeberry

Betula papyrifera

Paper birch

Betula populifolia

Gray birch

Carya ovata

Shagbark hickory

Carya tomentosa

Mockernut hickory

Castanea dentata

American chestnut

Catalpa bignoniodies^I

Southern catalpa

Catalpa speciosa^I

Northern catalpa

Ceanothus spinosus

Redheart/California lilac

Celtis occidentalis

Northern hackberry

Chamaecyparis thyoides^T

Atlantic white cedar

Cornus florida^V

Flowering dogwood

Fraxinus americana

White ash

Gingko biloba^I

Gingko

Gleditsia triacanthos^I

Honey locust

Juglans nigra

Black walnut

Juniperus virginiana

Red cedar

Larix laricina

American larch

Larix deciduas

European larch

Ligustrum vulgare^I

European privet

Liriodendron tulipifera

Tulip tree

Nyssa sylvatica

Black gum

Malus spp.

Crab apple

Morus alba^I

White mulberry

Paulownia tomentosa^I

Princess tree

Picea abies^I

Norway spruce

Picea glauca

White spruce

Picea mariana

Black spruce

Picea pungens

Blue spruce

Pinus resinosa

Red pine

Pinus rigida

Pitch pine

Pinus strobus

Eastern white pine

Platanus x hybrida^I

London planetree

Platanus occidentalis

Sycamore

Populus grandidentata

Big-toothed aspen

Populus tremuloides

Quaking aspen

Prunus americana

American plum

Prunus serotina var. serotina

Black cherry

Quercus alba

White oak

Quercus bicolor

Swamp white oak

Quercus coccinea

Scarlet oak

Quercus illicifolia

Scrub oak

Quercus palustris

Pin oak

Quercus prinoides

Dwarf chestnut oak

Quercuus prinus

Chestnut oak

Quercus robur^I

English oak

Quercus stellata

Post oak

Quercus velutina

Black oak

Robinia pseudoacacia

Black locust

Sassafras albidum

Sassafras

Tsuga canadensis

Eastern hemlock

Ulmus americana

American elm

Ulmus pumilia^I

Siberian elm