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Abies fraseri
Fraser Fir
Acer leucoderme
Chalk Maple
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Whitebarked Maple
Acer rubrum
Red Maple
Acer saccharum
Leucoderme
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Northern Sugar Maple
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Sugar Maple
Acer spicatum
Mountain Maple
Actaea racemosa
Black Cohosh
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Black Snakeroot
Adiantum pedatum
Common Maidenhair
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Northern Maidenhair Fern
Aesculus parviflora
Bottlebrush Buckeye
1 Cultivar
Aesculus pavia
Firecracker Plant
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Red Buckeye
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Scarlet Buckeye
3 Cultivars
Aesculus sylvatica
Dwarf Buckeye
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Painted Buckeye
Amelanchier arborea
Downy Serviceberry
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Serviceberry
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Shadblow
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Shadbush
Amelanchier arborea var. arborea
Downy Serviceberry
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Serviceberry
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Shadblow
Amelanchier arborea var. laevis
Allegheny Serviceberry
,
Serviceberry
Amelanchier canadensis
Serviceberry
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Shadbush
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Shadbush Serviceberry
1 Cultivar
Amelanchier laevis
Allegheny Serviceberry
1 Cultivar
Amorpha fruticosa
Bastard Indigo
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Indigo Bush
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Indigo Bush Amorpha
1 Cultivar
Ampelaster carolinianus
Climbing Aster
Ampelopsis arborea
Buckvine
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Cow Itch
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Pepper Vine
Andropogon glomeratus
Bush Beard Grass
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Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon ternarius
Broomstraw
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Bunchgrass
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Silver Bluestem
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Splitbeard Bluestem
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Split Bluestem
Andropogon virginicus
Beard Grass
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Broomsedge
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Broomstraw
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Ladies' Tabacco
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Plantain-Leaved Everlasting
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Plantain-Leaved Pussytoes
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Pussytoes
Aplectrum hyemale
Adam and Eve
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Puttyroot
Apocynum cannabinum
Dogbane
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Indian Hemp
Arisaema triphyllum
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Aristida stricta
Pineland Threeawn
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Wiregrass
Aristolochia macrophylla
Dutchman's Pipe
Aronia arbutifolia
Chokeberry
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Red Chokeberry
2 Cultivars
Arundinaria gigantee
Switchcane
Asarum canadense
Canadian Wild Ginger
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Wild Ginger
Asclepias incarnata
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Weed
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Chiggerflower
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Milkweed
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Pleurisy Root
Baptisia alba
False Indigo
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White Indigo
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Wild White Indigo
Baptisia australis
Blue False Indigo
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Blue Wild Indigo
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False Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria
Rattleweed
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Wild Indigo
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Yellow Wild Indigo
Betula lenta
Liliental
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Sweet Birch
Bidens laevis
Begger's Tick
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Bur Marigold
Carex glaucescens
Southern Waxy Sedge
Celastrus scandens
American Bittersweet
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Bittersweet
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Climbing Bittersweet
2 Cultivars
Cercis canadensis 'NCCC1' PPAF
Carolina Sweetheart™ Redbud
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Eastern Redbud
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Judas Tree
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Rubicon' = C. thyoides 'Red Star'
Rubicon White Cedar
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Rubicon White Cypress
Chelone lyonii
Lyon's Turtlehead
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Pink Turtlehead
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Shellflower
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Turtlehead
Chionanthus virginicus
Fringe Tree
,
Old Man's Beard
Chrysogonum virginianum var. brevistolon
Carolina Green and Gold
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Goldenstar
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Green and Gold
Cladrastis kentukea
Yellowwood
1 Cultivar
Cladrastis lutea
Yellowwood
1 Cultivar
Clematis viorna
Leather Flower
Clematis virginiana
Italian Clematis
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Virgin's Bower
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