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Campsis grandiflora
Chinese Trumpet Creeper
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Trumpet Vine
2 Cultivars
Campsis radicans
Cow-itch
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Trumpet Creeper
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Trumpet Vine
6 Cultivars
Campsis x tagliabuana 'Madame Galen'
Madame Galen
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Trumpet Creeper
2 Cultivars
Canna
Arrowroot
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Canna
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Indian Shot
Canna americanallis
Canna
1 Cultivar
Cannabis sativa
Hashish
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Hemp
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Marihuana
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Marijuana
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Pot
Canna glauca
Canna
4 Cultivars
Canna hybrids
Arrowroot
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Canna Lily
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Indian Shot
Capsicum annuum
Ornamental Pepper
2 Cultivars
Capsicum annuum (Longum group)
Chili Pepper
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Hot Pepper
Caragana sinica
Chinese Peashrub
Cardamine
Bittercress
Cardamine corymbosa Hook. f.
Bittercress
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New Zealand Bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta
Flick Weed
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Hairy Bittercress
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Hoary Bittercress
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Lamb's Cress
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Land Cress
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Pepperweed
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Shot Weed
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Snapweed
Cardiocrinum
Easter Lily
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Giant Lily
1 Cultivar
Cardiospermum halicacabum
Balloon Vine
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Love-in-a-puff
Carduus muticus
Swamp Thistle
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Thistle
Carex albula
Blonde Sedge
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Frosted Curls Sedge
2 Cultivars
Carex albula 'Frosty Curls'
Frosty Curls Sedge
Carex conica
Birdfoot Sedge
1 Cultivar
Carex dolichostachya 'Kaga Nishiki'
Gold Fountains
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Kaga Brocade Sedge
Carex elata
Tufted Grass
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Tufted Sedge
3 Cultivars
Carex firma
Carnation Grass
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Glaucous Sedge
1 Cultivar
Carex flagellifera 'Toffee Twist'
'Toffee Twist' Sedge
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Weeping Brown Sedge
Carex glaucescens
Southern Waxy Sedge
Carex grayi
Gray’s Sedge
Carex laxiculmus 'Bunny Blue'
Creeping Sedge
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Sedge
Carex morrowii
Japanese Sedge
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Marrow's Sedge
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Morrow's Sedge
5 Cultivars
Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
Ice Dance Carex
Carex morrowii var. temnolepis 'Silk Tassel'
Japanese Grass Sedge
1 Cultivar
Carex muskingumensis
Palm Sedge
1 Cultivar
Carex oshimensis
Evergold Striped Weeping Sedge
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Oshima Kan Suge
3 Cultivars
Carex pensylvanica
Oak Sedge
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Pennsylvania Sedge
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Rush
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Sedge
Carex phyllocephala
Palm Sedge
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Tenjiku Sedge
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Tenjiku Suge
1 Cultivar
Carex plantaginea
Plaintain-leaved Sedge
Carex siderosticha
Creeping Broad Leafed Sedge
1 Cultivar
Carpinus betulus
European Hornbeam
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Ironwood
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Musclewood
2 Cultivars
Carpinus caroliniana
American Hornbeam
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Blue Beech
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Ironwood
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Musclewood
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Water Beech
Carpinus cordata
Bigleaf Hornbeam
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Heartleaf Hornbeam
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Horbeam
Carpinus japonica
Japanese Hornbeam
Carpinus orientalis
Oriental Hornbeam
Carum carvi
Caraway
Carya cordiformis
Bitternut Hickory
Carya glabra
Broom Hickory
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Pignut Hickory
Carya illinoensis
Hardy Pecan
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Pecan
Carya illinoinensis 'Cape Fear'
Cape Fear Pecan
Carya illinoinensis 'Forkert'
Forkert Pecan
Carya illinoinensis 'Gloria Grande'
Gloria Grande Pecan
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