The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area

Soldiers Delight

Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area is a nature reserve near Owings Mills in western Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. The site is designated both a Maryland Wildland and a Natural Environment Area and is part of the Maryland Wildlands Preservation System...

, consists of about 1900 acres (7.7 km²) of land in Owings Mills, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

, USA.
Much of the area of Soldiers Delight contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants.
The following list of herbaceous plants is based greatly on the work of Ed Uebel
and comes from the publications by Fleming et al. 1995,
Monteferrante 1973,
Reed 1984,
Wennerstrom 1995,
and the unpublished data by Worthley 1955-1985.

List of Wildflowers of the Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area.

Division Magnoliophyta - Angiosperms

Class Magnoliopsida

Magnoliopsida

Magnoliopsida is a valid botanical name for a class of flowering plants. By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its circumscription can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being discussed.-Cronquist and...

- Dicotyledons

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthaceae

The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....

- (Amaranth

Amaranth

Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold...

 Family)

• Amaranthus retroflexus
  Amaranthus retroflexus
  Amaranthus retroflexus is a species of flowering plant in the Amaranthaceae family with several common names, including Red-root Amaranth, Redroot Pigweed, Red Rooted Pigweed, Common Amaranth, and common tumble weed....
  
  L. - Pigweed

Apiaceae

Apiaceae

The Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...

- (Carrot

Carrot

The carrot is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist. It has a crisp texture when fresh...

 Family)

• Daucus carota L. - Queen Anne's Lace
  Queen Anne's lace
  Queen Anne's lace may refer to the following plants:* Ammi majus* Daucus carota* Anthriscus sylvestris...
  
  

Apocynaceae

Apocynaceae

The Apocynaceae or dogbane family is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, and lianas.Many species are tall trees found in tropical rainforests, and most are from the tropics and subtropics, but some grow in tropical dry, xeric environments. There are also perennial herbs...

- (Dogbane Family)

• Apocynoideae
  Apocynoideae
  Apocynoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Apocynaceae . It contains about 78 genera with roughly 860 species. The diverse species have pharmacological interests. Important genera include Nerium.-Genera:...
  
  - Subfamily
  • Apocynum androsaemifolium
    Apocynum androsaemifolium
    Apocynum androsaemifolium is a flowering plant. Milky sap appears on broken stems. Leaf margin is entire and leaf veination is alternate. Its leaves appear as pointed ovals, while...
    
    L. - Spreading Dogbane
  • Apocynum cannabinum
    Apocynum cannabinum
    Apocynum cannabinum is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows throughout much of North America - in the southern half of Canada and throughout the United States. It is a poisonous plant: Apocynum means "poisonous to dogs"...
    
    L. - Indian Hemp

• Asclepiadoideae - Subfamily
  • Asclepias amplexicaulis
    Asclepias amplexicaulis
    Asclepias amplexicaulis is a species of milkweed, in the subfamily Asclepiadaceae, which is cited as a wildflower native to the United States , mostly found in Central and Eastern areas and grown in the spring time. Its found grown in dry fields and open woods, usually in sandy soil and 1-3 feet...
    
    Sm. - Blunt-leaved Milkweed
  • Asclepias incarnata L. - Swamp Milkweed
    Swamp Milkweed
    Asclepias incarnata is a herbaceous, perennial plant species native to North America...
    
    
  • Asclepias syriaca L. - Common Milkweed
    Common Milkweed
    Asclepias syriaca, commonly called Common Milkweed, Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, Virginia Silkweed, is a herbaceous plant species. It is in the genus Asclepias, making it a type of milkweed. This species is native to most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding...
    
    
  • Asclepias verticillata
    Asclepias verticillata
    Asclepias verticillata is a species of milkweed which is used as a medicinal plant by Native American tribes and in Butterfly gardening.-Description:...
    
    L. - Whorled Milkweed
  • Asclepias
    Asclepias
    Asclepias L. , the milkweeds, is a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species...
    
     viridiflora Raf. - Green Milkweed

Asteraceae

Asteraceae

The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

- (Aster Family)

• Achillea millefolium L. - Yarrow
  Yarrow
  Achillea millefolium or yarrow is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere. In New Mexico and southern Colorado, it is called plumajillo, or "little feather", for the shape of the leaves. In antiquity, yarrow was known as herbal militaris, for its use in...
  
  
• Ambrosia artemisiifolia
  Ambrosia artemisiifolia
  Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Common Ragweed, is the most widespread plant of the genus Ambrosia in North America. It has also been called Annual Ragweed, Bitterweed, Blackweed, Carrot Weed, Hay Fever Weed, Roman Wormwood, Stammerwort, Stickweed, Tassel Weed, and American Wormwood...
  
  L. - Common Ragweed
• Ambrosia trifida
  Ambrosia trifida
  Common names: Buffalo Weed, Great Ragweed, Giant Ragweed, Bitterweed, Bloodweed, Horse Cane, Tall AmbrosiaAmbrosia trifida is an annual plant in the aster family, native throughout much of North America. Its flowers are green and are pollinated by wind rather than by insects, and the pollen is one...
  
  L. - Giant Ragweed [M, Wo]
• Anaphalis margaritacea
  Anaphalis margaritacea
  Anapahlis margaritacea, commonly known as the Western Pearly Everlasting, is a perennial herb in the composite family. Since it is the only North American species it is often simply called Pearly Everlasting in the United States and Canada. However, it is also native in Asia and has been widely...
  
  (L.) Benth. & Hook. - Pearly Everlasting
• Antennaria
  Antennaria
  Antennaria is a genus of about 45 species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Asteraceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with one species in temperate southern South America; the highest species diversity is in North America...
  
   plantaginifolia (L.) Richardson - Plantain-leaf Pussytoes
• Anthemis arvensis
  Anthemis arvensis
  Anthemis arvensis, which is also known as corn chamomile or mayweed, scentless chamomile, and # field chamomile, anthémis des champs, fausse camomille, Ackerkamille, camomila-do-campo , manzanilla silvestre is a species of the genus Anthemis and in the Asteraceae family...
  
  L. - Field Chamomile
• Anthemis cotula
  Anthemis cotula
  Anthemis cotula, also known as stinking chamomile, is a flowering annual plant with a noticeable and strong odor. The odor is often considered unpleasant, and it is from this that it gains the common epithet "stinking". It is initially native to Europe and North Africa...
  
  L. - Mayweed, Dogfennel
• Aster tataricus
  Aster tataricus
  Aster tataricus is a member of the Aster genus of flowering plants.-Traditional uses:It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs of Traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name zǐwǎn . It has an antibacterial action, inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, Bacillus dysenteriae, B...
  
  L.f. - Tatarian Aster
• Bidens
  Bidens
  Bidens is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains about 200 species. The common names beggarticks, black jack, bur-marigolds, stickseeds, tickseeds and tickseed sunflowers refer to the achene burrs on the seeds of this genus, most of which are barbed...
  
   bipinnata L. - Spanish Needles
• Bidens frondosa
  Bidens frondosa
  Devil's Beggarticks is an annual herb in the family Asteraceae, native to North America. It is known by a variety of different names, including Common Beggarticks, Common Tickseed, Large-leaved Beggarticks, Devil's Bootjack, Devil's Pitchfork, and Pitchfork Weed.It is up to 2 m tall, usually with...
  
  L. - Devil's beggartick
• Bidens
  Bidens
  Bidens is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains about 200 species. The common names beggarticks, black jack, bur-marigolds, stickseeds, tickseeds and tickseed sunflowers refer to the achene burrs on the seeds of this genus, most of which are barbed...
  
   polylepis Blake - Tickseed Sunflower
• Carduus nutans L. - Musk thistle
  Musk thistle
  The Musk thistle or Nodding thistle is a member of the sunflower family Asteraceae. It is a biennial herb with showy red-purple flowers and sharply spiny stems and leaves...
  
  
• Leucanthemum vulgare L. - Ox-eye Daisy
• Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Bernh. - Feverfew
  Feverfew
  Feverfew is a traditional medicinal herb which is found in many old gardens, and is also occasionally grown for ornament. The plant grows into a small bush up to around high, with citrus-scented leaves and is covered by flowers reminiscent of daisies...
  
  
• Chrysopsis mariana (L.) Ell. - Maryland Golden Aster
• Cichorium intybus L. – Chicory
  Chicory
  Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink. Various varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons , or for roots , which are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive. It is also...
  
  
• Cirsium arvense
  Cirsium arvense
  Cirsium arvense is a species of Cirsium, native throughout Europe and northern Asia, and widely introduced elsewhere. The standard English name in its native area is Creeping Thistle.-Alternate names:...
  
  (L.) Scop. - Canada Thistle
• Cirsium discolor
  Cirsium discolor
  Cirsium discolor is a species of thistle in the genus Cirsium. Field thistle has a pink or lavender flower that blooms in late summer/early fall. Field thistle is common and lives in most moist areas of eastern North America....
  
  (Muhl.) Sprengel - Field Thistle [Hand-out]
• Cirsium
  Cirsium
  Cirsium is a genus of perennial and biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known commonly as thistles. They are more accurately known as Plume thistles. These differ from other thistle genera in having feathered hairs to their achenes...
  
   horridulum Michx. - Yellow Thistle
• Cirsium
  Cirsium
  Cirsium is a genus of perennial and biennial flowering plants in the Asteraceae, one of several genera known commonly as thistles. They are more accurately known as Plume thistles. These differ from other thistle genera in having feathered hairs to their achenes...
  
   muticum Michx. - Swamp Thistle
• Conyza canadensis
  Conyza canadensis
  Conyza canadensis is an annual plant native throughout most of North America and Central America. Common names include Horseweed, Canadian Horseweed, Canadian Fleabane, Coltstail, Marestail and Butterweed.It is an annual plant growing to 1.5 m tall, with sparsely hairy stems...
  
  (L.) Cronq. - Horseweed
• Erechtites hieracifolia
  Erechtites hieracifolia
  Erechtites hieracifolia is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is native to the Americas, but can be found many places around the world having been introduced by human activity.-Description:...
  
  (L.) Raf. - Pilewort, Fireweed
  Fireweed
  Epilobium angustifolium, commonly known as Fireweed , Great Willow-herb , or Rosebay Willowherb , is a perennial herbaceous plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae...
  
  
• Erigeron annuus
  Erigeron annuus
  Erigeron annuus is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae.-Description:Erigeron annuus is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves, and green, sparsely haired stems. The flowers are white with yellow centers, borne in spring through fall....
  
  (L.) Pers. - Daisy or Annual Fleabane
• Erigeron
  Erigeron
  Erigeron is a genus of about 390 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest species diversity in North America, where 173 species occur....
  
   pulchellus Michx. - Robin's Plantain
• Erigeron strigosus
  Erigeron strigosus
  Erigeron strigosus is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name plains fleabane.It is native to eastern North America, and it is present in western North America as a somewhat weedy naturalized species. This is an annual or biennial daisy reaching heights of anywhere...
  
  Muhl. ex Wild - Daisy Fleabane
• Eupatorium
  Eupatorium
  Eupatorium is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 0.5–3 m tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
  
   altissimum L. - Tall Thoroughwort
• Eupatorium
  Eupatorium
  Eupatorium is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 0.5–3 m tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
  
   aromaticum L. - Aromatic Thoroughwort
• Eupatorium fistulosum Barratt - Joe-Pye Weed
  Joe-Pye weed
  Eutrochium fistulosum , also called Joe-Pye weed, Trumpetweed, or Purple thoroughwort, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern North America, in southeast Canada and throughout the eastern and central United States.It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5-3 m ...
  
  
• Eupatorium perfoliatum
  Eupatorium perfoliatum
  Eupatorium perfoliatum or Boneset is a common perennial plant native to the Eastern United States and Canada, with a range from Nova Scotia to Florida, as well as from Louisiana and Texas through North Dakota. It is also called "agueweed", "feverwort" or "sweating-plant"...
  
  L. - Boneset
• Eupatorium rugosum Houttuyn. - White Snakeroot
  White Snakeroot
  White Snakeroot , also known as White Sanicle or Tall Boneset, is a poisonous perennial herb in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern North America...
  
  
• Eupatorium
  Eupatorium
  Eupatorium is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 0.5–3 m tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
  
   sessilifolium L. - Upland Boneset
• Eurybia divaricata (L.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster divaricatus) - White Wood Aster
• Eurybia schreberi (Nees) Nees (Syn. Aster schreberi) - Schreber's Aster
• Euthamia graminifolia
  Euthamia graminifolia
  Euthamia graminifolia is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae.It is native to much of North America, and also has introduced populations in Europe and Asia.-Description:...
  
  (L.) Nutt. (Syn. Solidago graminifolia) - Lance-leaf Goldenrod
• Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pavon - Galinsoga
• Helenium autumnale
  Helenium autumnale
  Helenium autumnale is a flowering plant native to North America. Common names include common sneezeweed and large-flowered sneezeweed.-Natural habitat and distribution:...
  
  L. - Yellow Sneezeweed
• Helianthus annuus L. - Sunflower
  Sunflower
  Sunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence . The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads...
  
  
• Helianthus
  Helianthus
  Helianthus L. is a genus of plants comprising 52 species in the Asteraceae family, all of which are native to North America, with some species Helianthus L. is a genus of plants comprising 52 species in the Asteraceae family, all of which are native to North America, with some species Helianthus...
  
   decapetalus L. - Thin-leaf Sunflower
• Heliopsis
  Heliopsis
  Heliopsis from Greek helios for "sun" and opsis for "appearance" is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae native to North and South America.- Species :Heliopsis species include:*Heliopsis buphthalmoides...
  
   helianthoides (L.) Sweet - Ox-eye
• Hieracium caespitosum
  Hieracium caespitosum
  Hieracium caespitosum...
  
  Dumort - Yellow King Devil
• Hieracium
  Hieracium
  Hieracium known by its common name Hawkweed and long ago by its classical name hierakion which comes from the ancient Greek hierax, "a hawk"...
  
   gronovii L. - Hairy Hawkweed
• Hieracium
  Hieracium
  Hieracium known by its common name Hawkweed and long ago by its classical name hierakion which comes from the ancient Greek hierax, "a hawk"...
  
   paniculatum L. - Panicled Hawkweed
• Hieracium
  Hieracium
  Hieracium known by its common name Hawkweed and long ago by its classical name hierakion which comes from the ancient Greek hierax, "a hawk"...
  
   scabrum Michx. - Rough Hawkweed]
• Hieracium
  Hieracium
  Hieracium known by its common name Hawkweed and long ago by its classical name hierakion which comes from the ancient Greek hierax, "a hawk"...
  
   venosum L. - Rattlesnake Weed]
• Ionactis
  Ionactis
  Ionactis, or the Stiff-leaved Asters, is small genus of five species, belonging to the sunflower family The generic name, Ionactis, is derived from two Greek words meaning "violet rays."...
  
   linariifolius (L.) Greene (Syn. Aster linariifolius) - Flax-leaf White-top Aster
• Krigia virginica (L.) Willd. – Dwarf Dandelion
• Lactuca saligna
  Lactuca saligna
  Lactuca saligna is a species of wild lettuce known by the common name willowleaf lettuce, and Least lettuce. It is native to Eurasia but it grows in many other places as an introduced species, including much of North America....
  
  L. – Willow-leaf Lettuce
• Lactuca serriola
  Lactuca serriola
  Prickly Lettuce is an annual or biennial plant, slightly foetid, that is commonly considered a weed of orchards, roadsides and field crops. The closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce , it grows throughout the temperate regions of all major continents. The leaves grow along a spiny stem and...
  
  L. – Prickly Lettuce
• Liatris
  Liatris
  Liatris is a genus of ornamental plants in the Asteraceae family, native to North America, Mexico, and the Bahamas. These plants are used as a popular summer flowers for bouquets.They are perennials, surviving the winter in the form of corms....
  
   graminifolia Willd. – Grass-leaf Blazing-star
• Liatris spicata
  Liatris spicata
  Liatris spicata, the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather, is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America....
  
  (L.) Willd. - Spiked Blazing-star {G5, S1}
• Matricaria discoidea D.C. – Pineapple Weed
• Mikania
  Mikania
  Mikania is a genus of about 450 species in the family of Asteraceae.The name honors the Czech botanist Johann Christian Mikan. Members of the genus are stem twiners and lianas and are common in the neotropical flora. Mikania originates from South America...
  
   scandens (L.) Willd. – Climbing Hempweed
• Oclemena
  Oclemena
  Oclemena E.L.Greene, is a small genus of flowering plants from the sunflower family .It is native to northeastern North America, found in wet or dry woodlands, and sometimes in clearings in the woods, or in acid bogs and peat....
  
   acuminata (Michx.) Greene (Syn. Aster acuminatus) - Whorled Wood Aster
• Packera anonyma
  Packera anonyma
  Packera anonyma is a species of the genus Packera and family Asteraceae....
  
  (A. Wood) W.A. Weber & A. Löve (Syn. Senecio smallii, Senecio anonymus) - Southern Ragwort
• Packera paupercula
  Packera paupercula
  Packera paupercula is a flowering plant species of the genus Packera and family Asteraceae, native to many parts of northern North America and the southeastern United States....
  
  (Michx.) A. Löve & D. Löve (Syn. Senecio balsamitae, Senecio pauperculus) - Balsam Ragwort, Balsam Groundsel
• Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.) Hilliard & Burtt (Syn. Gnaphalium
  Gnaphalium
  Gnaphalium is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It contains about 120 species, which are commonly called cudweeds...
  
   obtusifolium) - Rabbit-tobacco, Sweet Everlasting, Fragrant Cudweed
• Rudbeckia hirta
  Rudbeckia hirta
  Rudbeckia hirta, the Black-eyed Susan, with the other common names of: Brown-eyed Susan, Brown Betty, Brown Daisy , Gloriosa Daisy, Golden Jerusalem, Poorland Daisy, Yellow Daisy, and Yellow Ox-eye Daisy. It is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae...
  
  L. – Black-eyed Susan
• Rudbeckia laciniata
  Rudbeckia laciniata
  The Cutleaf, Cutleaf Coneflower, Goldenglow, Green-headed Coneflower, Tall Coneflower or, Thimbleweed is a large perennial forb, native to Eastern North America, most often found in flood plains and moist soils. This plant grows up to 3 meters tall, with slightly glaucous leaves, and composite...
  
  L. – Cutleaf coneflower, Green-head Coneflower
• Rudbeckia triloba
  Rudbeckia triloba
  Rudbeckia triloba is a plant native to the United States. It is sometimes grown in gardens, but it is usually seen in old fields or along roadsides.Herbaceous biennial to weak perennial. Native to central-eastern United States...
  
  L. – Three-lobed Coneflower
• Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) B.S.P. (Syn. Aster paternus) - Toothed White-top Aster
• Solidago bicolor L. - Silver-rod
• Solidago caesia L. - Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
• Solidago canadensis
  Solidago canadensis
  Solidago canadensis is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae native to North America. It is often grown as a wildflower....
  
  L. - Canada Goldenrod
• Solidago canadensis
  Solidago canadensis
  Solidago canadensis is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae native to North America. It is often grown as a wildflower....
  
  L. var. scabra T. & G. - Tall Goldenrod
• Solidago gigantea Ait. - Late Goldenrod
• Solidago hispida Muhl. - Hispid Goldenrod{G5, SH, X}
• Solidago juncea Aiton - Early Goldenrod
• Solidago nemoralis Aiton - Gray Goldenrod
• Solidago patula Muhl. - Rough-leaved Goldenrod
• Solidago rigida L. - Stiff Goldenrod
• Solidago rugosa Mill. - Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod
• Solidago stricta Ait. - Willow-leaf Goldenrod
• Solidago ulmifolia Muhl. ex Willd. - Elm-leaf Goldenrod
• Taraxacum officinale
  Taraxacum officinale
  Taraxacum officinale, the common dandelion , is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae . It can be found growing in temperate regions of the world, in lawns, on roadsides, on disturbed banks and shores of water ways, and other areas with moist soils. T...
  
  Weber - Dandelion
• Symphyotrichum cordifolium
  Symphyotrichum cordifolium
  Symphyotrichum cordifolium, commonly known as the Heartleaf Aster or Common Blue Wood Aster, is an herbaceous perennial native to eastern North America, where it is present from Manitoba in Canada, east to Nova Scotia and south through the United States to Georgia...
  
  (L.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster cordifolius) - Common Blue Wood Aster
• Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum is a genus of about 90 species of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family that were formerly treated within the genus Aster. The majority are endemic in North America, but several species also occur in the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as in...
  
   depauperatum (Fern.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster depauperatus) - Eastern Serpentine Aster {G2, S1, E}
• Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum is a genus of about 90 species of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family that were formerly treated within the genus Aster. The majority are endemic in North America, but several species also occur in the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as in...
  
   dumosum (L.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster dumosum) - Rice Button Aster
• Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum is a genus of about 90 species of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family that were formerly treated within the genus Aster. The majority are endemic in North America, but several species also occur in the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as in...
  
   ericoides (L.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster ericoides) - White Heath Aster
• Symphyotrichum laeve
  Symphyotrichum laeve
  Symphyotrichum laeve is a flowering plant native to the United States and North America.-External links:*...
  
  (L.) A. Löve & D. Löve (Syn. Aster laevis) - Smooth Blue Aster
• Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum is a genus of about 90 species of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family that were formerly treated within the genus Aster. The majority are endemic in North America, but several species also occur in the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as in...
  
   lateriflorum (L.) A. Löve & D. Löve (Syn. Aster lateriflorus) - Calico Aster
• Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (L.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster novae-angliae) - New England Aster
• Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
  Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
  Symphyotrichum novi-belgii also known as New York Aster is the type species for Symphyotrichum, a genus of the family Asteraceae whose species were once considered to be Asters and an ornamental plant native to Canada and the United States....
  
  (L.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster novi-belgii) - New York Aster
• Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum is a genus of about 90 species of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family that were formerly treated within the genus Aster. The majority are endemic in North America, but several species also occur in the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as in...
  
   patens (Ait.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster patens) - Late Purple Aster
• Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum is a genus of about 90 species of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family that were formerly treated within the genus Aster. The majority are endemic in North America, but several species also occur in the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as in...
  
   pilosum (Willd.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster pilosus) - Hairy White Heath Aster
• Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum is a genus of about 90 species of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family that were formerly treated within the genus Aster. The majority are endemic in North America, but several species also occur in the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as in...
  
   racemosum (Ell.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster racemosus) - Smooth White Oldfield Aster
• Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum
  Symphyotrichum is a genus of about 90 species of herbaceous annual and perennial plants in the composite family that were formerly treated within the genus Aster. The majority are endemic in North America, but several species also occur in the West Indies, Central and South America, as well as in...
  
   undulatum (L.) G.L. Nesom (Syn. Aster undulatus) - Wavy-leaf Aster
• Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britton - Wingstem
• Vernonia noveboracensis
  Vernonia noveboracensis
  Vernonia noveboracensis is a plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is native to the eastern United States, from Florida to Massachusetts and west to Tennessee, Alabama, and West Virginia....
  
  (L.) Michx. - New York Ironweed

Balsaminaceae

Balsaminaceae

Balsaminaceae are a family of dicotyledonous plants, comprising two genera and 850+ species, all but one of which belong to the genus Impatiens...

- (Touch-me-not Family)

• Impatiens capensis
  Impatiens capensis
  Impatiens capensis, the Orange Jewelweed, Common Jewelweed, Spotted Jewelweed, Spotted Touch-me-not, or Orange Balsam, is an annual plant native to North America. It is common in bottomland soils, ditches, and along creeks, often growing side-by-side with its less common relative, Yellow Jewelweed...
  
  Meerb. – Common Jewelweed

Boraginaceae

Boraginaceae

Boraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, include a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....

- (Borage

Borage

Borage, , also known as a starflower, is an annual herb originating in Syria, but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America. It grows to a height of , and is bristly or hairy all over the stems and leaves; the leaves are...

 Family)

• Echium vulgare L. - Viper's Bugloss
  Viper's Bugloss
  Echium vulgare is a species of Echium native to most of Europe, and western and central Asia. It is also common in North America....
  
  

Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae

Brassicaceae, a medium sized and economically important family of flowering plants , are informally known as the mustards, mustard flowers, the crucifers or the cabbage family....

- (Mustard

Mustard plant

Mustards are several plant species in the genera Brassica and Sinapis whose small mustard seeds are used as a spice and, by grinding and mixing them with water, vinegar or other liquids, are turned into the condiment known as mustard or prepared mustard...

 Family)

• Arabidopsis thaliana
  Arabidopsis thaliana
  Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant native to Europe, Asia, and northwestern Africa. A spring annual with a relatively short life cycle, arabidopsis is popular as a model organism in plant biology and genetics...
  
  (L.) Heynh. - Mouse-ear Cress
• Arabis
  Arabis
  Arabis , or rockcress, is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Brassicaceae, subfamily Brassicoideae.Though traditionally recognized as a large genus with many Old World and New World members, more recent evaluations of the relationships among these species using genetic data suggest that...
  
   lyrata L. - Lyre-leaved Rock Cress
• Barbarea vulgaris
  Barbarea vulgaris
  Barbarea vulgaris, also called as Bittercress, Herb Barbara, Rocketcress, Yellow Rocketcress, Winter Rocket, and Wound Rocket, is a biennial herb of the genus Barbarea, belonging to the family Brassicaceae....
  
  R. Br. - Winter Cress
• Camelina
  Camelina
  Camelina is a genus within the flowering plant family Brassicaceae. One species, Camelina sativa, is a historic and potentially important oil plant. It is native to Mediterranean regions of the world like, Europe and Asia.Turkamanistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Spain...
  
   microcarpa Andrz. - Small-fruited False-flax
• Cardamine
  Cardamine
  Cardamine , is a large genus in the family Brassicaceae. It contains more than 150 species of annuals and perennials. The genus grows worldwide in diverse habitats, except in the Antarctic. Genus Dentaria is a synonym for Cardamine.The leaves can have different forms, going from minute to...
  
   angustata O.E. Schulz (Syn. Dentaria heterophylla) - Slender Toothwort
• Cardamine hirsuta
  Cardamine hirsuta
  Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta, is a winter annual plant native to Europe and Asia, but also present in North America as an invasive weed. The plant is a member of the mustard family , and is edible as a bitter herb. It flowers from quite early in the Spring until the Autumn...
  
  L. - Hairy Bitter-cress
• Draba verna
  Draba verna
  Spring draba may also go by the names shadflower, nailwort, vernal whitlow grass, early witlow grass or whitlow-grass. It is a tiny, tiny plant of sagebrush country, in the inland western U.S., most of Europe, including Britain, North Africa and temperate Asia...
  
  L. - Spring Draba, Whitlow-grass
• Lepidium campestre
  Lepidium campestre
  Lepidium campestre is an annual plant in the Brassicaceae or mustard family, native to Europe, but commonly found in North America as an invasive weed. The most notable characteristic of field pepperweed is the raceme of flowers which forks off of the stem...
  
  (L.) R.Br. - Field Peppergrass
• Lepidium virginicum
  Lepidium virginicum
  Lepidium virginicum, also known as Virginia pepperweed or peppergrass, is an annual or biennial plant in the Brassicaceae or mustard family. It is native to much of North America, including most of the United States and Mexico and southern regions of Canada, as well as most of Central America...
  
  L. - Wild Peppergrass

Campanulaceae

Campanulaceae

The family Campanulaceae , of the order Asterales, contains about 2000 species in 70 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky non-toxic sap...

- (Bellflower family)

• Lobelia cardinalis
  Lobelia cardinalis
  Lobelia cardinalis is a species of Lobelia native to the Americas, from southeastern Canada south through the eastern and southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America to northern Colombia...
  
  L. - Cardinal flower
• Lobelia inflata
  Lobelia inflata
  Lobelia inflata is a species of Lobelia native to eastern North America, from southeastern Canada south through the eastern United States to Alabama and west to Kansas.-Growth:...
  
  L. - Indian Tobacco
• Lobelia siphilitica
  Lobelia siphilitica
  The Great Blue Lobelia is a species within the Campanulaceae family. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late...
  
  L. - Great Lobelia [F, M, We]
• Lobelia
  Lobelia
  Lobelia is a genus of flowering plant comprising 360–400 species, with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions...
  
   spicata Lam. - Spiked Lobelia
• Triodanis
  Triodanis
  Triodanis is a genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae.Species include:*Triodanis biflora - Small Venus' Looking-glass*Triodanis coloradoensis - Colorado Venus' Looking-glass...
  
   perfoliata (L.) Nieuwl. (Syn. Specularia perfoliata) - Clasping Venus' Looking-glass

Caryophyllaceae

Caryophyllaceae

The Caryophyllaceae, commonly called the pink family or carnation family, is a family of flowering plants. It is included in the dicotyledon order Caryophyllales in the APG III system, alongside 33 other families, including Amaranthaceae, Cactaceae and Polygonaceae...

- (Pink Family)

• Cerastium arvense
  Cerastium arvense
  Cerastium arvense is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name field chickweed. It is a widespread species, occurring throughout Europe and North America, as well as parts of South America. It is a variable species. There are several subspecies, but the number and...
  
  L. var. villosissimum (Muhl. ex Darl.) Hollick & Britt. (Syn. Cerastium arvense L. var. villosissimum Pennell - Serpentine Chickweed
• Cerastium
  Cerastium
  Cerastium is a genus of annual, winter annual, or perennial plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae. The around 100 species are commonly called Mouse-ear chickweed; different species are found nearly worldwide but the greatest concentration is mainly from the northern temperate areas of the...
  
   vulgatum L. - Common Mouse-ear Chickweed
• Dianthus armeria L. - Deptford Pink
  Deptford pink
  Dianthus armeria is a species of Dianthus native to most of Europe, from Portugal north to southern Scotland and southern Finland, and east to Ukraine and the Caucasus....
  
  
• Silene
  Silene
  Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion and catchfly....
  
   antirrhina L. - Sleepy Catchfly
• Silene
  Silene
  Silene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. Common names include campion and catchfly....
  
   caroliniana Walter - Wild Pink
• Silene latifolia Poiret - White Campion
• Stellaria media (L.) Vill. - Common Chickweed
  Common chickweed
  Stellaria media, common chickweed, is a cool-season annual plant native to Europe, which is often eaten by chickens. It is commonly also called Chickenwort, Craches, Maruns, Winterweed. The plant germinates in fall or late winter, then forms large mats of foliage. Flowers are small and white,...
  
  

Chenopodiaceae

Chenopodiaceae

Chenopodiaceae were a family of flowering plants, also called the Goosefoot Family. They are now included within family Amaranthaceae. The vast majority of Chenopods are weeds, and many are salt and drought tolerant. A few food crops also belong to the family: spinach, beets, chard, quinoa, and...

- (Goosefoot Family)

• Chenopodium album
  Chenopodium album
  Chenopodium album is a fast-growing weedy annual plant in the genus Chenopodium.Though cultivated in some regions, the plant is elsewhere considered a weed...
  
  L. - Lamb's quarters

Cistaceae

Cistaceae

The Cistaceae is a small family of plants known for its beautiful shrubs, which are profusely covered by flowers at the time of blossom...

- (Rockrose Family)

• Helianthemum
  Helianthemum
  Helianthemum , known as rock rose, sunroses, or rushrose, is a genus of about 110 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs in the family Cistaceae...
  
   bicknellii Fern. - Hairy Frostweed {G5, S1, E}
• Lechea minor L. - Thyme-leaved Pinweed

Clusiaceae

Clusiaceae

The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. is a family of plants formerly including about 37 genera and 1610 species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. It is primarily tropical...

- (Mangosteen

Mangosteen

The purple mangosteen , colloquially known simply as mangosteen, is a tropical evergreen tree believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas of Indonesia. The tree grows from 7 to 25 m tall...

 Family)

• Hypericum
  Hypericum
  Hypericum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae ....
  
   canadense L. - Canadian St. John's Wort
• Hypericum
  Hypericum
  Hypericum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae ....
  
   denticulatum Walt. - Coppery St. John's Wort {G5, S2, T}
• Hypericum
  Hypericum
  Hypericum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae ....
  
   gentianoides (L.) BSP. - Pinweed [F, M]
• Hypericum
  Hypericum
  Hypericum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae ....
  
   mutilum L. - Dwarf St. John's Wort
• Hypericum perforatum L. - St. John's Wort
• Hypericum
  Hypericum
  Hypericum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae ....
  
   punctatum Lam. - Spotted St. John's Wort
• Hypericum
  Hypericum
  Hypericum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae ....
  
   virginicum L. - Marsh St. John's Wort

Convolvulaceae

Convolvulaceae

Convolvulaceae, known commonly as the bindweed or morning glory family, are a group of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species of mostly herbaceous vines, but also trees, shrubs and herbs.- Description :...

- (Morning glory

Morning glory

Morning glory is a common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose current taxonomy and systematics is in flux...

 Family)

• Calystegia
  Calystegia
  Calystegia is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate and subtropical regions, but with half of the species endemic to California...
  
   spithamea (L.) Pursh. - Low Bindweed {G4, S2}
• Convolvulus arvensis
  Convolvulus arvensis
  Convolvulus arvensis is a species of bindweed, native to Europe and Asia. It is a climbing or creeping herbaceous perennial plant growing to 0.5–2 m high. The leaves are spirally arranged, linear to arrowhead-shaped, 2–5 cm long and alternate, with a 1–3 cm petiole...
  
  L. - Field Bindweed
• Cuscuta
  Cuscuta
  Cuscuta is a genus of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red parasitic plants. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown that it is correctly placed in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae...
  
   gronovii Willd. - Common Dodder

Ericaceae

Ericaceae

The Ericaceae, commonly known as the heath or heather family, is a group of mostly calcifuge flowering plants. The family is large, with roughly 4000 species spread across 126 genera, making it the 14th most speciose family of flowering plants...

- (Heath Family)

• Epigaea repens
  Epigaea repens
  Epigaea repens — known as mayflower or trailing arbutus — is a low, spreading shrub in the Ericaceae family. It is found from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Kentucky and the Northwest Territories.-Biological description:...
  
  L. - Trailing Arbutus
• Monotropa uniflora
  Monotropa uniflora
  Monotropa uniflora, also known as the Ghost Plant, Indian Pipe, or Corpse Plant is a herbaceous perennial plant, formerly classified in the family Monotropaceae, but now included within the Ericaceae. It is native to temperate regions of Asia, North America and northern South America, but with...
  
  L. - Indian Pipe

Fabaceae

Fabaceae

The Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...

- (Bean

Bean

Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae used for human food or animal feed....

 Family)

• Baptisia tinctoria
  Baptisia tinctoria
  Baptisia tinctoria is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to eastern North America.-Distribution:...
  
  (L.) R. Brown - Wild Indigo
• Chamaecrista fasciculata
  Chamaecrista fasciculata
  Chamaecrista fasciculata is a species of legume native to most of the eastern United States. It is an annual which grows to approximately 0.5 meters tall...
  
  (Michx.) Greene (Syn. Cassia fasciculata) - Large-flowered Partridge Pea
• Chamaecrista nictitans
  Chamaecrista nictitans
  Chamaecrista nictitans is a herbaceous species of legume widely distributed through the temperate and tropical Americas...
  
  (L.) Moench. (Syn. Cassia nictitans) - Wild Sensitive Plant
• Crotalaria
  Crotalaria
  Crotalaria is a genus of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs in the Family Fabaceae commonly known as rattlepods. Some 600 or more species of Crotalaria are described worldwide, mostly from the tropics; at least 500 species are known from Africa. Some species of Crotalaria are grown as ornamentals...
  
   sagittalis L. - Rattlebox
• Desmodium
  Desmodium
  Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time....
  
   canadense (L.) DC. - Showy Tick-trefoil
• Desmodium
  Desmodium
  Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time....
  
   ciliare (Muhl.) DC. - Hairy Small-leaf Tick-trefoil
• Desmodium
  Desmodium
  Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time....
  
   cuspidatum (Muhl.) Loudon - Large-bracted Tick-trefoil
• Desmodium
  Desmodium
  Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time....
  
   lineatum (Michx.) DC. - Linear-leaved Tick-trefoil {G5,S1,E}
• Desmodium
  Desmodium
  Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time....
  
   marilandicum (L.) DC. - Smooth Small-leaved Tick-trefoil
• Desmodium
  Desmodium
  Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time....
  
   nudiflorum (L.) DC. - Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil
• Desmodium
  Desmodium
  Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time....
  
   paniculatum (L.) DC. - Panicled Tick-trefoil
• Desmodium
  Desmodium
  Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time....
  
   rigidum (Ell.) DC. - Rigid Tick-trefoil {G?, S1, E}
• Lathyrus latifolius L. - Everlasting pea
  Everlasting pea
  Lathyrus latifolius, the perennial peavine, perennial pea or everlasting pea, is a flowering plant of the genus Lathyrus in the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to Europe but is present on other continents, such as North America, where it is an introduced species.- Morphology :L...
  
  
• Lespedeza
  Lespedeza
  Lespedeza is a genus of some 40 species of flowering plants in the pea family , commonly known as bush clovers or Japanese clovers...
  
   cuneata (Dumont) G. Don - Chinese Lespedeza
• Lespedeza
  Lespedeza
  Lespedeza is a genus of some 40 species of flowering plants in the pea family , commonly known as bush clovers or Japanese clovers...
  
   stipulacea Maxim. - Korean Bushclover
• Lespedeza
  Lespedeza
  Lespedeza is a genus of some 40 species of flowering plants in the pea family , commonly known as bush clovers or Japanese clovers...
  
   virginica L. - Slender Bushclover
• Medicago
  Medicago
  Medicago is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as medick or burclover. The name is based on Latin medica 'alfalfa, lucerne,' from 'Median .'...
  
   lupulina L. - Black Medic
• Melilotus albus
  Melilotus albus
  Melilotus albus , is a legume sometimes grown for forage. White sweet clover is a major source of nectar for an apiary...
  
  Desr. - White Sweet Clover
• Melilotus officinalis
  Melilotus officinalis
  Melilotus officinalis, known as the yellow sweet clover, yellow melilot, ribbed melilot or common melilot is a species of legume native to Eurasia and introduced in North America, Africa and Australia.-Description:...
  
  Desr. - Yellow Sweet Clover
• Strophostyles umbellata (Muhl.) Britton - Pink Wild Bean
• Trifolium aureum Pollich - Large Hop Trefoil
  Large Hop Trefoil
  Trifolium aureum, the Large Hop Trefoil, also sometimes known as Golden clover or Hop clover, is a species of clover native to much of central and southern Europe....
  
  
• Trifolium dubium Sibth. - Little Hop Clover
• Trifolium pratense L. - Red Clover
  Red clover
  Trifolium pratense is a species of clover, native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalised in many other regions....
  
  
• Vicia
  Vicia
  Vicia is a genus of about 140 species of flowering plants commonly known as vetches. It is in the legume family . Member species are native to Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa. Some other genera of their subfamily Faboideae also have names containing "vetch", for example the...
  
   angustifolia Reichard - Narrow-leaved Vetch

Gentianaceae

Gentianaceae

Gentianaceae are a family of flowering plants of 87 genera and over 1500 species. Flowers are actinomorphic and bisexual with fused sepals and petals. The stamens are attached to the inside of the petals and alternate with the corolla lobes. There is a glandular disk at the base of the gynoecium,...

- (Gentian

Gentian

Gentiana is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Gentian family , tribe Gentianeae and monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With about 400 species, it is considered a large genus.-Habitat:...

 Family)

• Gentianopsis crinita (Froelich) Ma (Syn. Gentiana crinita
  Gentiana crinita
  Gentiana crinita is a biennial herbaceous species. Fringed gentian flowers open on sunny days, but generally remain closed on cloudy days. Individual plants live for only one or two years....
  
  ) - Fringed Gentian {G5, S1, E}
• Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh. - Rose Pink
• Sabatia calycina (Lam.) A.A. Heller -

Lamiaceae

Lamiaceae

The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...

- (Mint Family)

• Cunila origanoides (L.) Britton - Common Dittany
• Glechoma hederacea
  Glechoma hederacea
  Glechoma hederacea is an aromatic, perennial, evergreen creeper of the mint family Lamiaceae. It is commonly known as Ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground or Creeping Charlie. It has numerous medicinal uses, and is commonly used as a tasty salad green in many countries...
  
  L. - Ground-ivy
• Lamium amplexicaule
  Lamium amplexicaule
  Lamium amplexicaule is a species of Lamium native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa....
  
  L.- Henbit
• Lamium purpureum L. - Red Deadnettle
  Red deadnettle
  Red Deadnettle, Purple Deadnettle, or Purple Archangel is a herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe and Asia.It grows to 5–20 cm in height...
  
  
• Prunella vulgaris
  Prunella vulgaris
  Prunella vulgaris, known as common selfheal, heal-all, heart-of-the-earth, is a medicinal plant in the genus Prunella. It grows 5 to 30 cms high , with creeping, self-rooting, tough, square, reddish stems branching at leaf axis...
  
  L. - Heal-all, Self-heal
• Pycnanthemum
  Pycnanthemum
  Pycnanthemum is a genus of plants in the mint family . They are commonly known as mountain mints , though "the Mountain Mint" may also be any locally common species in particular. Some are known as koellias, after an obsolete genus name.All of the approximately 20 species in this genus are native...
  
   flexuosum (Walter) BSP - Mountain-mint
• Pycnanthemum
  Pycnanthemum
  Pycnanthemum is a genus of plants in the mint family . They are commonly known as mountain mints , though "the Mountain Mint" may also be any locally common species in particular. Some are known as koellias, after an obsolete genus name.All of the approximately 20 species in this genus are native...
  
   tenuifolium Schrader - Narrow-leaved Mountain-mint
• Scutellaria
  Scutellaria
  Scutellaria is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It contains about 300 species, which are commonly known as skullcaps...
  
   integrifolia L. - Hyssop Skullcap
• Trichostema
  Trichostema
  Trichostema is a genus of flowering plants in the Lamiaceae family, which has aromatic herbs or subshrubs. These plants are native to North America...
  
   brachiatum L. (Syn. Isanthus brachiatus) - False Pennyroyal, Fluxweed

Linaceae

Linaceae

The Linaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes approximately 250 species. There are 14 genera, classified into two subfamilies: Linoideae and Hugonioideae ....

- (Flax

Flax

Flax is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is native to the region extending from the eastern Mediterranean to India and was probably first domesticated in the Fertile Crescent...

 Family)

• Linum
  Linum
  Linum is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes the Common Flax Linum (flax) is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and...
  
   medium (Planch.) Britton - Common Yellow Flax
• Linum
  Linum
  Linum is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes the Common Flax Linum (flax) is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and...
  
   sulcatum Riddel - Grooved Yellow Flax {G5, S1, E}
• Linum
  Linum
  Linum is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world. It includes the Common Flax Linum (flax) is a genus of approximately 200 species in the flowering plant family Linaceae, native to temperate and...
  
   virginianum L. - Virginia Yellow Flax

Lythraceae

Lythraceae

Lythraceae are a family of flowering plants. It includes about 620 species of mostly herbs, with some shrubs and trees, in 31 genera. Major genera include Cuphea , Lagerstroemia , Nesaea , Rotala , and Lythrum...

- (Loosestrife

Lythrum

Lythrum is a genus commonly known as loosestrife. It is one of 32 genera of the family Lythraceae.-Selected species:-Formerly placed here:*Cuphea carthagenensis J.F.Macbr....

 Family)

• Cuphea viscosissima
  Cuphea viscosissima
  Cuphea viscosissima, also known as blue waxweed, clammy cuphea or as "tarweed", is a plant native to the United States. It is a potential source of edible oil for humans....
  
  Jacq. - Clammy Cuphea

Melastomataceae

Melastomataceae

right|thumb|200px|Characteristic venation of many melastomesThe family Melastomataceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics comprising some 200 genera and 4500 species...

- (Meadow-beauty Family)

• Rhexia
  Rhexia
  Rhexia is a genus of plants in the Melastomataceae family. Like many other flowers in that family, Rhexia virginica is buzz pollinated and has yellow stamens which change color following the first day of flowering...
  
   mariana L. - Maryland Meadow Beauty

Onagraceae

Onagraceae

Onagraceae, also known as the Willowherb family or Evening Primrose family, are a family of flowering plants. The family includes about 640-650 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in 20-24 genera...

- (Evening Primrose

Evening Primrose

Evening Primrose is a musical with a book by James Goldman and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It is based on a John Collier short story published in the 1951 collection Fancies and Goodnights....

 Family)

• Epilobium
  Epilobium
  Epilobium is a genus in the family Onagraceae, containing about 160-200 species of flowering plants with a worldwide distribution. They are generally abundant in the subarctic, temperate and subantarctic regions, whereas in the subtropics and tropics they are restricted to the cool montane biomes,...
  
   coloratum Biehler - Purple-leaved Willow-herb
• Oenothera biennis
  Oenothera biennis
  Oenothera biennis is a species of Oenothera native to eastern and central North America, from Newfoundland west to Alberta, southeast to Florida, and southwest to Texas, and widely naturalized elsewhere in temperate and subtropical regions.-Growth and flowering:Oenorthera biennis has a life span...
  
  L. - Common Evening Primrose
• Oenothera
  Oenothera
  Oenothera is a Genus of about 125 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants, native to North and South America. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae, the Evening Primrose Family. Common names include evening-primrose, suncups, and sundrops.The species vary in...
  
   fruticosa L. - Sundrops
• Oenothera
  Oenothera
  Oenothera is a Genus of about 125 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants, native to North and South America. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae, the Evening Primrose Family. Common names include evening-primrose, suncups, and sundrops.The species vary in...
  
   perennis L. - Small Sundrops
• Oenothera
  Oenothera
  Oenothera is a Genus of about 125 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous flowering plants, native to North and South America. It is the type genus of the family Onagraceae, the Evening Primrose Family. Common names include evening-primrose, suncups, and sundrops.The species vary in...
  
   tetragona Roth - Northern Sundrops

Oxalidaceae

Oxalidaceae

The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, are a small family of eight genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 900 species in the genus Oxalis...

- (Wood-sorrel Family)

• Oxalis
  Oxalis
  Oxalis is by far the largest genus in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae: of the approximately 900 known species in the Oxalidaceae, 800 belong here...
  
   dillenii Jacquin - Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel
• Oxalis stricta
  Oxalis stricta
  Oxalis stricta, called the common yellow woodsorrel , common yellow oxalis, upright yellow-sorrel, lemon clover, or more ambiguously and informally "sourgrass" or "pickle plant", is an herbaceous plant native to North America, parts of Eurasia, and has a rare introduction in Britain...
  
  L. - Common Yellow Wood-sorrel
• Oxalis
  Oxalis
  Oxalis is by far the largest genus in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae: of the approximately 900 known species in the Oxalidaceae, 800 belong here...
  
   violacea L. - Violet Wood-sorrel [EU]

Papaveraceae

Papaveraceae

Papaveraceae, informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family of 44 genera and approximately 770 species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales. The family is cosmopolitan, occurring in temperate and subtropical climates, but almost unknown in the tropics...

- (Poppy

Poppy

A poppy is one of a group of a flowering plants in the poppy family, many of which are grown in gardens for their colorful flowers. Poppies are sometimes used for symbolic reasons, such as in remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime....

 Family)

• Sanguinaria canadensis L. - Bloodroot
  Bloodroot
  Bloodroot is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia, Canada southward to Florida, United States...
  
  

Phytolaccaceae

Phytolaccaceae

Phytolaccaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been almost universally recognized by taxonomists, although its circumscription has varied. It is also known as the Pokeweed family....

- (Pokeweed

Pokeweed

The pokeweeds, also known as pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot, poke sallet, polk salad, polk salat, polk sallet, inkberry or ombú, comprise the genus Phytolacca, perennial plants native to North America, South America, East Asia and New Zealand...

 Family)

• Phytolacca americana
  Phytolacca americana
  American Pokeweed is a large semi-succulent herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 10 feet in height. It is native to eastern North America, the Midwest, and the Gulf Coast, with more scattered populations in the far West...
  
  L. - Pokeweed
  Pokeweed
  The pokeweeds, also known as pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot, poke sallet, polk salad, polk salat, polk sallet, inkberry or ombú, comprise the genus Phytolacca, perennial plants native to North America, South America, East Asia and New Zealand...
  
  

Plantaginaceae

Plantaginaceae

Plantaginaceae Juss. or plantain family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales. The type genus is Plantago L..In older classifications it used to be the only family of the order Plantaginales, but numerous phylogenetic studies, summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, have...

- (Plantain

Plantain

Plantain is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa. The fruit they produce is generally used for cooking, in contrast to the soft, sweet banana...

 Family)

• Plantago
  Plantago
  Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of small, inconspicuous plants commonly called plantains. They share this name with the very dissimilar plantain, a kind of banana. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 cm tall. The leaves are sessile, but have a narrow...
  
   aristata Michx. - Bracted Plantain
• Plantago lanceolata
  Plantago lanceolata
  Plantago lanceolata is a species of genus Plantago known by the common names ribwort plantain, English plantain, and narrowleaf plantain. It is a common weed of cultivated land....
  
  L. - Ribwort Plantain
• Plantago
  Plantago
  Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of small, inconspicuous plants commonly called plantains. They share this name with the very dissimilar plantain, a kind of banana. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 cm tall. The leaves are sessile, but have a narrow...
  
   rugelii Dcne. - Broad-leaved Plantain

Polemoniaceae

Polemoniaceae

Polemoniaceae are a family of about 25 genera with 270-400 species of annual and perennial plants, native to the Northern Hemisphere and South America, with the center of diversity in western North America, especially in California.Only one genus is found in Europe, and two in Asia, where they...

- (Phlox

Phlox

Phlox is a genus of 67 species of perennial and annual plants found mostly in North America in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and prairie. Some flower in spring, others in summer and autumn....

 Family)

• Phlox
  Phlox
  Phlox is a genus of 67 species of perennial and annual plants found mostly in North America in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and prairie. Some flower in spring, others in summer and autumn....
  
   subulata L. - Moss Phlox, Moss Pink

Polygalaceae

Polygalaceae

The Polygalaceae or Milkwort family is a family of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 17 genera and 900–1,000 species of herbs, shrubs and trees...

- (Milkwort Family)

• Polygala
  Polygala
  Polygala is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae, commonly known as milkwort or snakeroot...
  
   verticillata L. - Whorled Milkwort

Polygonaceae

Polygonaceae

Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants known informally as the "knotweed family" or "smartweed family"— "buckwheat family" in the United States. The name is based on the genus Polygonum and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 in his book, Genera Plantarum. The name refers...

- (Buckwheat

Buckwheat

Buckwheat refers to a variety of plants in the dicot family Polygonaceae: the Eurasian genus Fagopyrum, the North American genus Eriogonum, and the Northern Hemisphere genus Fallopia. Either of the latter two may be referred to as "wild buckwheat"...

 Family)

• Polygonum pensylvanicum
  Polygonum pensylvanicum
  Polygonum pensylvanicum is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae, that is native to eastern North America. Common names include Pinkweed, Pink Knotweed, Smartweed, and Pennsylvania Smartweed....
  
  L. - Pennsylvania Smartweed
• Polygonum
  Polygonum
  Polygonum is a genus in the Polygonaceae family. Common names include knotweed, knotgrass, bistort, tear-thumb, mile-a-minute, and several others. In the Middle English glossary of herbs "Alphita" , it was known as ars-smerte. There have been various opinions about how broadly the genus should be...
  
   tenue Michx. - Slender Knotweed
• Rumex crispus L. - Curley Dock

Portulacaceae

Portulacaceae

Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising about 20 genera with about 500 species, ranging from herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is also known as the purslane family; it has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the highest diversity...

- (Purslane

Portulacaceae

Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising about 20 genera with about 500 species, ranging from herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is also known as the purslane family; it has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the highest diversity...

 Family)

• Claytonia virginica
  Claytonia virginica
  Claytonia virginica, the Eastern spring beauty, Virginia spring beauty, or fairy-spuds, is a flowering plant in the family Portulacaceae, native to eastern North America. It is found in moist woods and clearings. It is a trailing plant growing to 5-40 cm long. The leaves are slender lanceolate,...
  
  L. - Eastern spring beauty
• Talinum
  Talinum
  Talinum is a genus of herbaceous succulent plants in the family Talinaceae whose common names include fameflower and flameflower. Several species bear edible leaves, and Talinum fruticosum is widely grown in tropical regions as a leaf vegetable...
  
   teretifolium Pursh - Flameflower {G4, S1}

Primulaceae

Primulaceae

Primulaceae is a family of flowering plants with about 24 genera, including some favorite garden plants and wildflowers. It is also known as the primrose family.- Genera :...

- (Primrose

Primulaceae

Primulaceae is a family of flowering plants with about 24 genera, including some favorite garden plants and wildflowers. It is also known as the primrose family.- Genera :...

 Family)

• Anagallis arvensis L. - Scarlet Pimpernel
  Scarlet pimpernel
  Scarlet pimpernel is a low-growing annual plant found in Europe, Asia and North America...
  
  

Pyrolaceae

Pyrolaceae

Pyrolaceae was a small family of flowering plants under the old Cronquist system of plant classification. It included the four genera Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia, and Pyrola, and sometimes also the eight genera formerly usually placed in the family Monotropaceae.Recent genetic research by the...

- (Shinleaf Family)

• Chimaphila maculata
  Chimaphila maculata
  Chimaphila maculata is a small , perennial evergreen herb native to eastern North America and Central America, from southern Quebec west to Illinois, and south to Florida and Panama.It has dark green, variegated leaves 2-7 cm in length, and 6-26 mm in...
  
  (L.) Pursh. - Spotted Wintergreen
• Chimaphila umbellata
  Chimaphila umbellata
  Chimaphila umbellata is a small perennial flowering plant found in dry woodlands, or sandy soils. It is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere....
  
  (L.) Barton - Pipsissewa

Ranunculaceae

Ranunculaceae

Ranunculaceae are a family of about 1700 species of flowering plants in about 60 genera, distributed worldwide....

- (Buttercup Family)

• Anemone quinquefolia
  Anemone quinquefolia
  Anemone quinquefolia is an early-spring flowering plant in the genus Anemone, native to North America. It is commonly called Wood Anemone, like Anemone nemorosa, a closely related European species...
  
  L. - Wood Anemone
• Cimicifuga racemosa
  Cimicifuga racemosa
  Actaea racemosa is a plant of the buttercup family . It is native to eastern North America from the extreme south of Ontario to central Georgia, and west to Missouri and Arkansas...
  
  (L.) Nutt. - Black cohosh
• Clematis virginiana
  Clematis virginiana
  Clematis virginiana Clematis virginiana Clematis virginiana (also known as Devil's Darning Needles, Devil's Hair, Love Vine, Traveller's Joy, Virgin's Bower, Virginia Virgin's Bower, Wild Hops , and Woodbine; syn. Clematis virginiana L. var...
  
  L. - Virgin's Bower [Hand-out]
• Hepatica
  Hepatica
  Hepatica is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, native to central and northern Europe, Asia and eastern North America...
  
   americana (DC.) KerGawler - Round-lobed Hepatica
• Thalictrum thalictroides
  Thalictrum thalictroides
  Thalictrum thalictroides is a spring ephemeral plant in the buttercup family, prized for its white to pink flowers, native to woodland in eastern North America.-Description:...
  
  (L.) Eames & Boivin - Rue anemone

Rosaceae

Rosaceae

Rosaceae are a medium-sized family of flowering plants, including about 2830 species in 95 genera. The name is derived from the type genus Rosa. Among the largest genera are Alchemilla , Sorbus , Crataegus , Cotoneaster , and Rubus...

- (Rose

Rose

A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers are large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows...

 Family)

• Potentilla
  Potentilla
  Potentilla is the genus of typical cinquefoils, containing about 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the rose family Rosaceae. They are generally Holarctic in distribution, though some may even be found in montane biomes of the New Guinea Highlands...
  
   canadensis L. - Dwarf Cinquefoil
• Potentilla
  Potentilla
  Potentilla is the genus of typical cinquefoils, containing about 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the rose family Rosaceae. They are generally Holarctic in distribution, though some may even be found in montane biomes of the New Guinea Highlands...
  
   norvegica L. - Rough Cinquefoil
• Potentilla
  Potentilla
  Potentilla is the genus of typical cinquefoils, containing about 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the rose family Rosaceae. They are generally Holarctic in distribution, though some may even be found in montane biomes of the New Guinea Highlands...
  
   recta L. - Rough-fruited Cinquefoil
• Potentilla
  Potentilla
  Potentilla is the genus of typical cinquefoils, containing about 500 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the rose family Rosaceae. They are generally Holarctic in distribution, though some may even be found in montane biomes of the New Guinea Highlands...
  
   simplex Michx. - Common Cinquefoil
• Sanguisorba
  Sanguisorba
  Sanguisorba is a genus of perennial herbs or small shrubs in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The common name is Burnet. The stems grow to 50-200 cm tall, with a cluster of basal leaves, and further leaves arranged alternately up the stem...
  
   canadensis L. - Canadian Burnet {G5, S2, T}

Rubiaceae

Rubiaceae

The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...

- (Madder

Madder

Rubia is a genus of the madder family Rubiaceae, which contains about 60 species of perennial scrambling or climbing herbs and sub-shrubs native to the Old World, Africa, temperate Asia and America...

 Family)

• Houstonia caerulea
  Houstonia caerulea
  Houstonia caerulea is a perennial ornamental plant in the Rubiaceae family.-Description:...
  
  L. (Syn. Hedyotis caerulea) - Bluets, Quaker Ladies
• Houstonia purpurea
  Houstonia purpurea
  Houstonia purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names Venus' pride, woodland bluet, and purple bluet. It is native to the eastern United States....
  
  L. (Syn. Hedyotis purpurea) - Large Houstonia [Hand-out]

Santalaceae

Santalaceae

Santalaceae is a widely distributed family of flowering plants which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants...

- (Sandalwood

Sandalwood

Sandalwood is the name of a class of fragrant woods from trees in the genus Santalum. The woods are heavy, yellow, and fine-grained, and unlike many other aromatic woods they retain their fragrance for decades. As well as using the harvested and cut wood in-situ, essential oils are also extracted...

 Family)

• Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. - Bastard Toadflax

Saxifragaceae

Saxifragaceae

Saxifragaceae is a plant family with about 460 known species in 36 genera. In Europe there are 12 genera.The flowers are hermaphroditic and actinomorphic...

- (Saxifrage

Saxifrage

Saxifraga is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 440 species of Holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages. The Latin word saxifraga means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin + ...

 Family)

• Saxifraga virginiensis
  Saxifraga virginiensis
  Saxifraga virginiensis is a wildflower native to eastern and central North America.It is a herbacious plant, which can reach 30cm tall ....
  
  Michx. - Early Saxifrage

Scrophulariaceae

Scrophulariaceae

Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family, are a family of flowering plants. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with flowers with bilateral or rarely radial symmetry. Members of the Scrophulariaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including...

- (Figwort Family)

• Agalinis acuta Pennell - Sandplain Gerardia
  Gerardia
  Gerardia L. is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It was once used as the generic name for the genus Agalinis, but based on the rules of the ICBN it is an illegitimate later homonym of Gerardia L...
  
   {G1, S1, E, LE}
• Agalinis fasciculata (Ell.) Raf. - Fascicled Agalinis {G5,S1,E}
• Agalinis obtusifolia Raf. - Blunt-leaf Agalinus {G4,S1, E}
• Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pinnell - Purple Gerardia
  Gerardia
  Gerardia L. is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It was once used as the generic name for the genus Agalinis, but based on the rules of the ICBN it is an illegitimate later homonym of Gerardia L...
  
  
• Agalinis tenuifolia (M. Vahl) Raf. - Slender Gerardia
  Gerardia
  Gerardia L. is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae. It was once used as the generic name for the genus Agalinis, but based on the rules of the ICBN it is an illegitimate later homonym of Gerardia L...
  
  
• Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. - Fern-leaved False-foxglove
• Chelone glabra L. - White Turtlehead
• Linaria vulgaris
  Linaria vulgaris
  Linaria vulgaris is a species of toadflax , native to most of Europe and northern Asia, from the United Kingdom south to Spain in the west, and east to eastern Siberia and western China...
  
  Hill. - Butter and eggs
• Mimulus
  Mimulus
  Mimulus is a diverse plant genus, the monkey-flowers and musk-flowers. The about 150 species are currently placed in the family Phrymaceae. The genus has traditionally been placed in Scrophulariaceae. The removal of Mimulus from that family has been supported by studies of chloroplast DNA first...
  
   ringens L. - Square-stemmed Monkey Flower
• Penstemon
  Penstemon
  Penstemon , Beard-tongue, is a large genus of North American and East Asian plants traditionally placed in the Scrophulariaceae family. Due to new genetic research, it has now been placed in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae...
  
   digitalis Nutt. - Foxglove, Tall White Beard-tongue
• Verbascum blattaria L. - Moth Mullein
• Verbascum thapsus L. - Common Mullein
  Common Mullein
  Verbascum thapsus is a species of mullein native to Europe, northern Africa and Asia, and introduced in the Americas and Australia....
  
  
• Veronica
  Veronica (plant)
  Veronica is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Plantaginaceae, with about 500 species; it was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae...
  
   arvensis L. - Corn Speedwell
• Veronica
  Veronica (plant)
  Veronica is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Plantaginaceae, with about 500 species; it was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae...
  
   hederifolia L. - Ivy-leaf Speedwell
• Veronica officinalis
  Veronica officinalis
  Veronica officinalis is a species of Veronica, native to Europe and western Asia....
  
  L. - Heath Speedwell
• Veronica
  Veronica (plant)
  Veronica is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Plantaginaceae, with about 500 species; it was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae...
  
   peregrina L. - Purslane Speedwell
• Veronica persica
  Veronica persica
  Veronica persica is a flowering plant native of Eurasia. First recorded in Britain in 1825 and now widespread in the United States, and east Asia .-General description:The seed leaves are broadly triangular cotyledons, with truncated base...
  
  Poiret - Persian Speedwell, Bird's-eye Speedwell
• Veronica
  Veronica (plant)
  Veronica is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Plantaginaceae, with about 500 species; it was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae...
  
   serpyllifolia L. - Thyme-leaf Speedwell

Solanaceae

Solanaceae

Solanaceae are a family of flowering plants that include a number of important agricultural crops as well as many toxic plants. The name of the family comes from the Latin Solanum "the nightshade plant", but the further etymology of that word is unclear...

- (Nightshade Family)

• Solanum carolinense L. - Carolina horsenettle
  Carolina horsenettle
  Carolina Horsenettle is not a true nettle, but a member of the Solanaceae, or nightshade family. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to southeastern United States that has spread widely throughout North America...
  
  
• Solanum dulcamara
  Solanum dulcamara
  Solanum dulcamara, also known as bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, climbing nightshade, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, trailing bittersweet, trailing nightshade, violet bloom, or woody...
  
  L. - Bittersweet

Urticaceae

Urticaceae

Urticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica . Urticaceae includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including the aforementioned nettles, Ramie , māmaki , and ajlai .The family includes approximately 2600 species, grouped...

- (Nettle

Nettle

Nettles constitute between 24 and 39 species of flowering plants of the genus Urtica in the family Urticaceae, with a cosmopolitan though mainly temperate distribution. They are mostly herbaceous perennial plants, but some are annual and a few are shrubby...

 Family)

• Laportea canadensis (L.) Gray - Wood-nettle

Violaceae

Violaceae

Violaceae are a family of flowering plants consisting of about 800 species in 21 genera. It takes its name from the genus Viola, the violets and pansies.Older classifications such as the Cronquist system placed Violaceae in an order named after it, the Violales...

- (Violet

Violet (plant)

Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with around 400–500 species distributed around the world. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, viola species are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in...

 Family)

• Viola
  Violet (plant)
  Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with around 400–500 species distributed around the world. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, viola species are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in...
  
   palmata L. - Palmate-leaved Violet
• Viola pedata
  Viola pedata
  Viola pedata is an ornamental plant in the Violaceae family. Monophyletic in stature, this violet, also known as the "mountain pansy" is endemic to eastern North America, where it favors well drained, acidic soils in full to partial sun environments...
  
  L. - Bird's-foot Violet (lilac & bicolor)
• Viola
  Violet (plant)
  Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with around 400–500 species distributed around the world. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, viola species are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in...
  
   rotundifolia Michx. - Yellow Violet
• Viola
  Violet (plant)
  Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae, with around 400–500 species distributed around the world. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, viola species are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in...
  
   sagittata Aiton (Syn. V. fimbriatula) - Arrow-leaf Violet
• Viola sororia
  Viola sororia
  Viola sororia, known commonly as the Common Blue Violet, is a stemless herbaceous perennial plant that is native to eastern North America...
  
  Willd. (Syn. V. papilionacea) - Common Blue Violet

Class Liliopsida

Liliopsida

Liliopsida is a botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae . It is considered synonymous with the name monocotyledon. Publication of the name is credited to Scopoli : see author citation...

- Monocotyledons

Amaryllidaceae

Amaryllidaceae

Amaryllidoideae is the subfamily of flowering plants that takes its name from the genus Amaryllis. It is part of the family Amaryllidaceae, in order Asparagales...

- (Amaryllis

Amaryllis

Amaryllis is a small genus of flowering bulbs, with two species. The better known of the two, Amaryllis belladonna, is a native of South Africa, particularly the rocky southwest region near the Cape...

 Family)

• Hypoxis hirsuta
  Hypoxis hirsuta
  Hypoxis hirsuta is an ornamental plant native to the United States and Canada in the Hypoxidaceae family. Sometimes this plant is placed in the Amaryllidaceae family or the Liliaceae family.-External links:****...
  
  (L.) Coville - Yellow Stargrass

Araceae

Araceae

Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like bract. Also known as the Arum family, members are often colloquially...

- (Arum

Arum

Arum is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region....

 Family)

• Acorus calamus L. - Sweet Flag
  Sweet Flag
  Acorus calamus, commonly known as Sweet Flag or Calamus and erroneously as "rush" or "sedges", is a plant from the Acoraceae family, in the genus Acorus. It is a tall perennial wetland monocot with scented leaves and more strongly scented rhizomes...
  
  , Calamus
• Arisaema triphyllum
  Arisaema triphyllum
  Arisaema triphyllum is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a corm. It is a highly variable species typically growing from 30 to 65 cm in height with three parted leaves and flowers contained in a spadix that is covered by a hood...
  
  (L.) Schott - Jack-in-the-Pulpit
• Orontium aquaticum L. - Golden Club
• Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt.- Eastern Skunk Cabbage
  Eastern Skunk Cabbage
  Eastern Skunk Cabbage, Clumpfoot Cabbage, Foetid Pothos, Meadow Cabbage, Polecat Weed, Skunk Cabbage, or Swamp Cabbage , commonly known as simply Skunk Cabbage, is a low growing, foul smelling plant that prefers wetlands...
  
  

Commelinaceae

Commelinaceae

Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with an estimated 650 species in 40 genera. Well known genera include...

- (Spiderwort Family)

• Commelina
  Commelina
  Commelina is a genus of approximately 170 species commonly called dayflowers due to the short lives of their flowers. They are less often known as widow's tears. It is by far the largest genus of its family, Commelinaceae...
  
   communis L.- Asiatic Dayflower
• Tradescantia
  Tradescantia
  Tradescantia , the Spiderworts, is a genus of an estimated 71 species of perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae, native to the New World from southern Canada south to northern Argentina. They are weakly upright to scrambling plants, growing to 30–60 cm tall, and are commonly found...
  
   virginiana L. - Spiderwort

Dioscoreaceae

Dioscoreaceae

Dioscoreaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 750 species in eight or nine genera. The best-known member of the family is the Yam ....

- (Yam

Yam (vegetable)

Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea . These are perennial herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania...

 Family)

• Dioscorea villosa L. - Wild yam
  Wild yam
  Dioscorea villosa is a species of a twining tuberous vine that is native to and found growing wild in North America. Its fame is based on its steroid-like saponins which can be chemically converted to progesterone ; and cortisone....
  
  

Iridaceae

Iridaceae

The Iris family or Iridaceae is a family of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants included in the monocot order Asparagales, taking its name from the genus Iris. Almost worldwide in distribution and one of the most important families in horticulture, it includes more than 2000 species...

- (Iris

Iris (plant)

Iris is a genus of 260-300species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species...

 Family)

• Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill.- Stout Blue-eyed Grass
• Sisyrinchium atlanticum Bick. -
• Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx. - Slender Blue-eyed Grass

Lemnaceae - (Duckweed Family)

• Lemna
  Lemna
  Lemna is a genus of free-floating aquatic plants from the duckweed family. These rapidly-growing plants have found uses as a model system for studies in community ecology, basic plant biology, in ecotoxicology, in production of biopharmaceuticals, and as a source of animal feeds for agriculture...
  
   minor L. - Smaller Duckweed
• Spirodela
  Spirodela
  Spirodela is a genus of aquatic plant. It is one of several genera containing plants commonly called duckweed. Spirodela species are members of the Araceae under the APG II system. They were formerly members of the Lemnaceae....
  
   polyrhiza (L.) Schleid. - Greater Duckweed

Liliaceae

Liliaceae

The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have rhizomes...

- (Lily Family)

• Allium canadense
  Allium canadense
  Wild onion , also known as Canada onion, wild garlic, meadow garlic, and Canadian garlic, is a perennial plant native to North America. It has an edible bulb covered with a dense skin of brown fibers and tastes like an onion. The plant also has strong, onion-like odor...
  
  L. - Meadow Garlic
• Allium vineale
  Allium vineale
  Allium vineale is a perennial bulbflower in the genus Allium, native to Europe, north Africa and western Asia. The species was introduced in Australia and North America, where it has become an invasive species....
  
  L. - Crow Garlic
• Asparagus officinalis L. - Garden Asparagus
  Asparagus
  Asparagus officinalis is a spring vegetable, a flowering perennialplant species in the genus Asparagus. It was once classified in the lily family, like its Allium cousins, onions and garlic, but the Liliaceae have been split and the onion-like plants are now in the family Amaryllidaceae and...
  
  
• Hemerocallis fulva
  Hemerocallis fulva
  Hemerocallis fulva is a species of Hemerocallis, native to Asia from the Caucasus east through the Himalaya to China, Japan, Korea, and southeastern Russia.-Growth:...
  
  L. - Orange Daylily
• Lilium
  Lilium
  Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though the range extends into the northern subtropics...
  
   superbum L. - Turk's-cap Lily
• Ornithogalum umbellatum L. - Star-of-Bethlehem
• Polygonatum
  Polygonatum
  Polygonatum , King Solomon's-seal or Solomon's Seal, is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae...
  
   biflorum (Walt.) Ell. - Smooth Solomon's-seal
• Maianthemum racemosum
  Maianthemum racemosum
  Maianthemum racemosum is a species of flowering plant, native to North America....
  
  (L.) Link   Syn. Smilicina racemosa - False Solomon's Seal
• Veratrum viride Ait. - Green false hellebore
  Green false hellebore
  Veratrum viride is a species of Veratrum native to eastern and western North America. It is extremely toxic, and is considered a pest plant by farmers with livestock...
  
  

Orchidaceae

Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...

- (Orchid Family)

• Cypripedium acaule
  Cypripedium acaule
  Cypripedium acaule is a member of the orchid genus Cypripedium. Members of this genus are commonly referred to as lady's slipper orchids. First described in 1700, C. acaule is commonly referred to as the Pink Lady's Slipper, Stemless Lady's-slipper, or Moccasin Flower...
  
  Aiton - Pink Lady's Slipper
• Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. - Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
• Liparis loeselii (L.) Richard - Loesel's Twayblade
• Orchis
  Orchis
  Orchis is a genus in the orchid family . This genus gets its name from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις orchis, meaning "testicle", from the appearance of the paired subterranean tuberoids....
  
   spectabilis L. - Showy Orchis
• Spiranthes
  Spiranthes
  Spiranthes, commonly called Ladies'-tresses, is a genus of orchids Spiranthes, commonly called Ladies'-tresses, is a genus of orchids Spiranthes, commonly called Ladies'-tresses, is a genus of orchids (family (Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae.It has a very wide, almost...
  
   cernua (L.) Richard - Nodding Ladies'-tresses
• Spiranthes
  Spiranthes
  Spiranthes, commonly called Ladies'-tresses, is a genus of orchids Spiranthes, commonly called Ladies'-tresses, is a genus of orchids Spiranthes, commonly called Ladies'-tresses, is a genus of orchids (family (Orchidaceae) belonging to the subfamily Orchidoideae.It has a very wide, almost...
  
   lacera (Raf.) Raf. (Syn. S. gracilis) - Slender Ladies'-tresses

Smilacaceae

Smilacaceae

Smilacaceae, the greenbrier family, is a family of flowering plants. Up to some decades ago the genera now included in family Smilacaceae were often assigned to a more broadly defined family Liliaceae, but for the past twenty to thirty years most botanists have accepted Smilacaceae as a distinct...

- (Greenbrier

Smilax

Smilax is a genus of about 300-350 species, found in temperate zones, tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China for example about 80 are found , while there are 20 in North America north of Mexico...

 Family)

• Smilax
  Smilax
  Smilax is a genus of about 300-350 species, found in temperate zones, tropics and subtropics worldwide. In China for example about 80 are found , while there are 20 in North America north of Mexico...
  
   herbacea L. - Carrion Flower

Other Lists of Plants from Soldiers Delight (and Maryland).

Woody Plants of Soldiers Delight

Woody Plants of Soldiers Delight

The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about of land in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA.   Much of the area of the Soldiers Delight NEA contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants....

Graminoids of Soldiers Delight

Graminoids of Soldiers Delight

The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about of land in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA.   Much of the area of the Soldiers Delight NEA contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants....

Ferns of Soldiers Delight

Ferns of Soldiers Delight

The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about of land in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA.   Much of the area of the Soldiers Delight NEA contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants. The following list of clubmosses,...

Lichens of Soldiers Delight

Lichens of Soldiers Delight

The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area- is located in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA...

Lichens of Maryland

Lichens of Maryland

The following list of Lichens of Maryland is derived from the following sources:* lichens listed in the 1977 publication by Skorepa The following list of Lichens of Maryland is derived from the following sources:*(1) lichens listed in the 1977 publication by Skorepa The following list of Lichens of...

External links

• Baltimore County Public Library