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Evergreen Tree	Grass/Grasslike	Small Tree	Vine
Fern	Shrub	Tree	Wildflower

Plant	Scientific_Name	Common_Name
Evergreen Tree (top)	Juniperus virginiana	Eastern Redcedar
	Larix laricina	Tamarack
	Picea mariana	Black Spruce
	Pinus strobus	White Pine
	Thuja occidentalis	Arborvitae
	Tsuga canadensis	Hemlock
Fern (top)	Adiantum pedatum	Maidenhair Fern

	Athyrium filix-femina	Lady Fern
	Dryopteris carthusiana	Toothed Wood Fern
	Matteuccia struthiopteris	Ostrich Fern
	Onoclea sensibilis	Sensitive Fern
	Osmunda cinnamomea	Cinnamon Fern
	Osmunda claytoniana	Interrupted Fern
	Osmunda regalis	Royal Fern
	Polystichum acrostichoides	Christmas Fern
	Pteridium aquilinum	Bracken Fern
Grass/Grasslike (top)	Andropogon gerardii	Big Bluestem
	Brachyelytrum erectum	Long-Awned Wood Grass
	Carex crinita	Fringed Sedge
	Carex hystericina	Porcupine Sedge
	Carex lacustris	Lake Sedge
	Carex pensylvanica	Pennsylvania Sedge
	Carex prairea	Prairie Sedge
	Carex stipata	Awl-fruited Sedge
	Carex stricta	Tussock Sedge
	Elymus hystrix	Bottlebrush Grass
	Elymus virginicus	Virginia Wild Rye
	Glyceria striata	Fowl Manna Grass
	Juncus effusus	Soft-stemmed Rush
	Koeleria macrantha	June Grass
	Panicum virgatum	Switch Grass
	Schizachyrium scoparium	Little Bluestem
	Scirpus americanus	Common Three-square
	Scirpus atrovirens	Black Bulrush
	Scirpus cyperinus	Wool-grass
	Scirpus validus	Soft-stem Bulrush
	Sisyrinchium angustifolium	Blue-eyed Grass
	Sorghastrum nutans	Indian Grass
	Spartina pectinata	Prairie Cordgrass
Shrub (top)	Aronia melanocarpa	Black Chokeberry
	Ceanothus americanus	New Jersey Tea
	Cephalanthus occidentalis	Buttonbush
	Chamaedaphne calyculata	Leatherleaf
	Cornus amomum	Silky Dogwood
	Cornus racemosa	Gray Dogwood
	Cornus rugosa	Round-leaved Dogwood
	Cornus stolonifera	Red-Osier Dogwood
	Corylus americana	Hazelnut
	Decodon verticillatus	Whorled Loosestrife
	Diervilla lonicera	Bush Honeysuckle
	Dirca palustris	Leatherwood
	Gaylussacia baccata	Huckleberry
	Hamamelis virginiana	Witch Hazel
	Hypericum prolificum	Shrubby St. Johnswort
	Ilex verticillata	Winterberry
	Juniperus communis	Common Juniper
	Physocarpus opulifolius	Ninebark
	Potentilla fruticosa	Shrubby Cinquefoil
	Rhus aromatica	Fragrant Sumac
	Rhus copallina	Shining Sumac
	Rhus glabra	Smooth Sumac
	Rhus typhina	Staghorn Sumac
	Ribes americanum	Wild Black Currant
	Ribes cynosbati	Prickly Gooseberry
	Rosa carolina	Pasture Rose
	Rosa palustris	Swamp Rose
	Rosa setigera	Prairie Rose
	Rubus allegheniensis	Common Blackberry
	Rubus flagellaris	Northern Dewberry
	Rubus occidentalis	Black Raspberry
	Rubus strigosus	Wild Red Raspberry
	Salix exigua	Sandbar Willow
	Sambucus canadensis	Elderberry
	Spiraea alba	Meadowsweet
	Staphylea trifolia	Bladdernut
	Vaccinium angustifolium	Lowbush Blueberry
	Vaccinium corymbosum	Highbush Blueberry
	Vaccinium macrocarpon	Large Cranberry
	Viburnum acerifolium	Mapleleaf Viburnum
	Viburnum cassinoides	Wild Raisin
	Viburnum dentatum	Smooth Arrowwood
	Viburnum trilobum	Highbush Cranberry
Small Tree (top)	Amelanchier arborea	Downy Serviceberry
	Carpinus caroliniana	American Hornbeam
	Cercis canadensis	Redbud
	Cornus alternifolia	Pagoda Dogwood
	Cornus florida	Flowering Dogwood
	Lindera benzoin	Spicebush
	Malus coronaria	Wild Crab Apple
	Ostrya virginiana	Hop-hornbeam
	Prunus americana	American Plum
	Prunus virginiana	Chokecherry
	Ptelea trifoliata	Hop-tree
	Salix discolor	Pussy Willow
	Salix lucida	Shining Willow
	Salix nigra	Black Willow
	Viburnum lentago	Nannyberry
	Zanthoxylum americanum	Prickly Ash
Tree (top)	Acer rubrum	Red Maple
	Acer saccharinum	Silver Maple
	Acer saccharum	Sugar Maple
	Betula alleghaniensis	Yellow Birch
	Betula papyrifera	Paper Birch
	Carya cordiformis	Bitternut Hickory
	Carya glabra	Pignut Hickory
	Carya ovata	Shagbark Hickory
	Fagus grandifolia	American Beech
	Fraxinus americana	White Ash
	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	Red Ash
	Juglans nigra	Black Walnut
	Liriodendron tulipifera	Tulip Tree
	Nyssa sylvatica	Blackgum
	Platanus occidentalis	Sycamore
	Populus deltoides	Cottonwood
	Populus tremuloides	Quaking Aspen
	Prunus serotina	Black Cherry
	Quercus alba	White Oak
	Quercus bicolor	Swamp White Oak
	Quercus macrocarpa	Bur Oak
	Quercus muehlenbergii	Chinquapin Oak
	Quercus palustris	Pin Oak
	Quercus rubra	Red Oak
	Quercus velutina	Black Oak
	Sassafras albidum	Sassafras
	Tilia americana	American Linden
Vine (top)	Celastrus scandens	American Bittersweet
	Clematis virginiana	Virgin's Bower
	Lonicera dioica	Red Honeysuckle
	Menispermum canadense	Moonseed
	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	Virginia Creeper
Wildflower (top)	Actaea pachypoda	White Baneberry
	Actaea rubra	Red Baneberry
	Agrimonia gryposepala	Tall Agrimony
	Allium cernuum	Nodding Wild Onion
	Allium tricoccum	Wild Leek
	Anemone canadensis	Canada Anemone
	Anemone virginiana	Thimbleweed
	Anemonella thalictroides	Rue Anemone
	Aquilegia canadensis	Wild Columbine
	Arisaema triphyllum	Jack-in-the-Pulpit
	Asarum canadense	Wild Ginger
	Asclepias incarnata	Swamp Milkweed
	Asclepias syriaca	Common Milkweed
	Asclepias tuberosa	Butterfly Weed
	Aster cordifolius	Heart-leaved Aster
	Aster laevis	Smooth Aster
	Aster lateriflorus	Calico Aster
	Aster macrophyllus	Big-leaved Aster
	Aster novae-angliae	New England Aster
	Aster sagittifolius	Arrow-leaved Aster
	Aster umbellatus	Tall Flat-topped White Aster
	Baptisia leucantha	White False Indigo
	Calla palustris	Wild Calla
	Caltha palustris	Marsh Marigold
	Caulophyllum thalictroides	Blue Cohosh
	Chelone glabra	White Turtlehead
	Cirsium muticum	Swamp Thistle
	Claytonia virginica	Spring Beauty
	Collinsonia canadensis	Richweed
	Coreopsis tripteris	Tall Coreopsis
	Desmodium canadense	Showy Tick-Trefoil
	Erythronium americanum	Yellow Trout Lily
	Euonymus obovata	Running Strawberry Bush
	Eupatorium maculatum	Joe Pye Weed
	Eupatorium perfoliatum	Common Boneset
	Eupatorium purpureum	Sweet Joe-pye Weed
	Euphorbia corollata	Flowering Spurge
	Fragaria virginiana	Wild Strawberry
	Galium triflorum	Fragrant Bedstraw
	Gaultheria procumbens	Wintergreen
	Geranium maculatum	Wild Geranium
	Helenium autumnale	Sneezeweed
	Helianthus divaricatus	Woodland Sunflower
	Helianthus giganteus	Tall Sunflower
	Heliopsis helianthoides	False Sunflower
	Hepatica acutiloba	Sharp-lobed Hepatica
	Hepatica americana	Round-lobed Hepatica
	Heracleum maximum	Cow Parsnip
	Impatiens capensis	Spotted Touch-Me-Not
	Iris virginica	Southern Blue Flag Iris
	Lespedeza capitata	Round-headed Bush Clover
	Liatris aspera	Rough Blazing Star
	Liatris spicata	Blazing Star
	Lilium michiganense	Michigan Lily
	Lobelia cardinalis	Cardinal Flower
	Lobelia siphilitica	Great Blue Lobelia
	Lupinus perennis	Wild Lupine
	Maianthemum canadense	Canada Mayflower
	Mentha arvensis	Wild Mint
	Mitchella repens	Partridgeberry
	Monarda fistulosa	Wild Bergamot
	Nymphaea odorata	Fragrant Waterlily
	Penstemon digitalis	Foxglove Beard-Tongue
	Penstemon hirsutus	Hairy Beard-tongue
Phlox divaricata	Blue Phlox
Phlox pilosa	Prairie Phlox
Phytolacca americana	Pokeweed
Podophyllum peltatum	May-apple
Polygonatum Biflorum	Solomon-seal
Polygonatum pubescens	Downy Solomon's Seal
Potentilla simplex	Common Cinquefoil
Pycnanthemum virginianum	Common Mountain Mint
Ratibida pinnata	Prairie Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida	Eastern Coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta	Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia laciniata	Cut-leaved Coneflower
Sagittaria latifolia	Arrowhead
Sanguinaria canadensis	Bloodroot
Sarracenia purpurea	Pitcher Plant
Senecio aureus	Golden Ragwort
Silphium terebinthinaceum	Prairie Dock
Smilacina racemosa	False Spikenard
Smilacina stellata	Starry False Solomon's Seal
Solidago caesia	Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis	Canada Goldenrod
Solidago juncea	Early Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis	Old-Field Goldenrod
Solidago ohioensis	Ohio Goldenrod
Solidago patula	Swamp Goldenrod
Solidago riddellii	Riddell's Goldenrod
Solidago rigida	Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa	Showy Goldenrod
Symplocarpus foetidus	Skunk Cabbage
Thalictrum dasycarpum	Purple Meadow Rue
Thalictrum dioicum	Early Meadow Rue
Tiarella cordifolia	Foamflower
Tradescantia ohiensis	Spiderwort
Trillium cernuum	Nodding Trillium
Trillium grandiflorum	White Trillium
Uvularia grandiflora	Merrybells
Verbena hastata	Blue Vervain
Vernonia missurica	Ironweed
Veronicastrum virginicum	Culver's Root
Viola sororia	Woolly Blue Violet
Waldsteinia fragaroides	Barren Strawberry
Zizia aurea	Golden Alexanders




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