| Family |
Taxon |
Common Name |
| Anacardiaceae |
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze subsp. negundo (Greene) Gillis |
common eastern poison-ivy, poison-ivy |
| Apiaceae |
Angelica atropurpurea L. |
common great angelica, great angelica, purple-stem angelica |
| Apiaceae |
Cicuta maculata L. |
common water-hemlock, spotted water-hemlock |
| Apiaceae |
Daucus carota L. |
Queen Anne's-lace, wild carrot |
| Apiaceae |
Heracleum lanatum Michx. |
American cow-parsnip |
| Apiaceae |
Pastinaca sativa L. |
wild parsnip |
| Apiaceae |
Sanicula gregaria E.P.Bicknell |
clustered black snakeroot |
| Apiaceae |
Taenidia integerrima (L.) Drude |
yellow-pimpernel |
| Apiaceae |
Torilis japonica (Houtt.) DC. |
erect hedge-parsley, Japanese hedge-parsley |
| Apocynaceae |
Apocynum sibiricum Jacq. |
clasping dogbane, Indian hemp |
| Araceae |
Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex W.P.C.Barton |
skunk-cabbage |
| Araliaceae |
Aralia racemosa L. |
American spikenard, life-of-man |
| Aspleniaceae |
Asplenium rhizophyllum L. |
walking fern |
| Asteraceae |
Achillea millefolium L. |
common yarrow, milfoil |
| Asteraceae |
Ambrosia trifida L. var. trifida |
giant ragweed, great ragweed, horse-cane |
| Asteraceae |
Antennaria neglecta Greene |
cat's-foot, field pussy-toes |
| Asteraceae |
Arctium minus Bernh. |
common burdock, lesser burdock |
| Asteraceae |
Aster laevis L. var. laevis |
smooth aster, smooth blue aster |
| Asteraceae |
Aster modestus Lindl. |
great northern bog aster, great western bog aster,northwestern sticky aster |
| Asteraceae |
Aster puniceus L. |
bristly aster, purple-stem aster, swamp aster |
| Asteraceae |
Aster sericeus Vent. |
silky aster, western silvery aster |
| Asteraceae |
Carduus nutans L. |
musk thistle, nodding plumeless thistle, nodding thistle |
| Asteraceae |
Centaurea biebersteinii DC. |
spotted knapweed |
| Asteraceae |
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. |
Canada thistle, creeping thistle, field thistle |
| Asteraceae |
Cirsium discolor (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng. |
field thistle, pasture thistle, prairie thistle |
| Asteraceae |
Cirsium muticum Michx. |
swamp thistle |
| Asteraceae |
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. |
bull thistle |
| Asteraceae |
Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist var. canadensis |
Canadian horseweed, fleabane, hogweed |
| Asteraceae |
Eupatorium perfoliatum L. var. perfoliatum |
boneset, common boneset, thoroughwort |
| Asteraceae |
Eupatorium purpureum L. |
green-stemmed Joe-Pye-weed, purple Joe-Pye-weed |
| Asteraceae |
Eupatorium sessilifolium L. var. brittonianum Porter |
upland boneset, woodland boneset |
| Asteraceae |
Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. var. graminifolia |
common flat-topped goldenrod, grass-leaved goldenrod |
| Asteraceae |
Helenium autumnale L. var. autumnale |
common sneezeweed |
| Asteraceae |
Helianthus giganteus L. |
giant sunflower, swamp sunflower, tall sunflower |
| Asteraceae |
Hieracium aurantiacum L. |
devil's-paintbrush, grim-the-collier, orange hawkweed, red daisy |
| Asteraceae |
Hieracium longipilum Torr. ex Hook. |
hairy hawkweed, long-beard hawkweed, long-haired hawkweed, prairie hawkweed |
| Asteraceae |
Krigia biflora (Walter) S.F.Blake |
false-dandelion, orange dwarf-dandelion |
| Asteraceae |
Kuhnia eupatorioides L. var. corymbulosa Torr. & A.Gray |
false boneset |
| Asteraceae |
Lactuca hirsuta Muhl. ex Nutt. (Bigelow) Fernald var. sanguinea |
[Excluded] hairy lettuce |
| Asteraceae |
Liatris aspera Michx. |
lacerate blazing-star, rough blazing-star, tall gay-feather |
| Asteraceae |
Liatris cylindracea Michx. |
cylindrical blazing-star, few-headed blazing-star |
| Asteraceae |
Packera aurea (L.) A.Löve & D.Löve |
golden ragwort, heart-leaved groundsel |
| Asteraceae |
Parthenium integrifolium L. |
American feverfew, eastern feverfew, eastern parthenium, wild quinine |
| Asteraceae |
Prenanthes alba L. |
lion's-foot, rattlesnake-root, white-lettuce |
| Asteraceae |
Prenanthes racemosa Michx. |
glaucous white-lettuce, purple rattlesnake-root |
| Asteraceae |
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart |
globular coneflower, yellow coneflower |
| Asteraceae |
Rudbeckia triloba L. var. triloba |
brown-eyed Susan, three-lobed coneflower |
| Asteraceae |
Silphium integrifolium Michx. |
prairie rosinweed, whole-leaf rosinweed |
| Asteraceae |
Silphium laciniatum L. var. laciniatum |
compass-plant |
| Asteraceae |
Silphium perfoliatum L. var. perfoliatum |
cup-plant |
| Asteraceae |
Silphium terebinthinaceum Jacq. var. terebinthinaceum |
basal-leaved rosinweed, prairie-dock, prairie rosinweed |
| Asteraceae |
Solidago canadensis L. |
Canadian goldenrod, common goldenrod |
| Asteraceae |
Solidago nemoralis Aiton |
dyer's-weed goldenrod, gray goldenrod, old-field goldenrod |
| Asteraceae |
Solidago ohioensis Riddell |
Ohio goldenrod |
| Asteraceae |
Solidago riddellii Frank ex Riddell |
Riddell's goldenrod |
| Asteraceae |
Solidago rigida L. |
rigid goldenrod, stiff goldenrod |
| Asteraceae |
Solidago sempervirens L. |
seaside goldenrod |
| Asteraceae |
Tragopogon dubius Scop. |
fistulous goat's-beard, greater sand goat's-beard, yellow salsify |
| Asteraceae |
Tragopogon pratensis L. |
lesser goat's-beard, meadow salsify, showy goat's-beard, yellow goat's-beard |
| Asteraceae |
Vernonia fasciculata Michx. subsp. fasciculata |
common ironweed, prairie ironweed, smooth ironweed |
| Asteraceae |
Xanthium strumarium L. |
common cocklebur, rough cocklebur |
| Balsaminaceae |
Impatiens capensis Meerb. |
orange jewelweed, orange touch-me-not, spotted touch-me-not |
| Berberidaceae |
Jeffersonia diphylla (L.) Pers. |
rheumatism root, twinleaf |
| Betulaceae |
Alnus incana (L.) Moench subsp. rugosa (Du Roi) R.T.Clausen |
mountain alder, speckled alder, swamp alder |
| Betulaceae |
Betula nigra L. |
black birch, red birch, river birch |
| Betulaceae |
Betula papyrifera Marshall |
canoe birch, paper birch, white birch |
| Betulaceae |
Corylus americana Walter |
American hazelnut |
| Boraginaceae |
Hackelia virginiana (L.) I.M.Johnst. |
beggar's-lice, stickseed, wild comfrey |
| Boraginaceae |
Lithospermum caroliniense (Walter ex J.F.Gmel.) MacMill. subsp. croceum (Fernald) Cusick |
Carolina puccoon, hairy puccoon, plains puccoon |
| Boraginaceae |
Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link |
eastern bluebells, Virginia bluebells, Virginia cowslip |
| Brassicaceae |
Erucastrum gallicum (Willd.) O.E.Schulz |
common dog-mustard, dog-mustard |
| Brassicaceae |
Erysimum inconspicuum (S.Watson) MacMill. |
small worm-seed mustard, shy wallflower |
| Cannabaceae |
Cannabis sativa L. |
hemp, Indian hemp, marijuana |
| Caprifoliaceae |
Lonicera dioica L. |
limber honeysuckle, mountain honeysuckle, red honeysuckle |
| Caprifoliaceae |
Triosteum aurantiacum E.P.Bicknell |
early horse-gentian, orange-fruit horse-gentian |
| Caryophyllaceae |
Arenaria stricta Michx. |
rock sandwort, stiff sandwort |
| Caryophyllaceae |
Arenaria stricta Michx. subsp. dawsonensis (Britton) Maguire |
northern rock sandwort, rock stitchwort |
| Caryophyllaceae |
Stellaria graminea L. |
common stitchwort, grass-like starwort, starwort |
| Caryophyllaceae |
Stellaria media (L.) Vill. |
common chickweed |
| Celastraceae |
Celastrus scandens L. |
American bittersweet, climbing bittersweet |
| Cistaceae |
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa |
false heather, woolly beach-heather |
| Commelinaceae |
Tradescantia ohiensis Raf. |
blue-jacket, common spiderwort, smooth spiderwort |
| Cornaceae |
Cornus racemosa Lam. |
gray dogwood, northern swamp dogwood, panicled dogwood |
| Cupressaceae |
Thuja occidentalis L. |
eastern arborvitae, northern white-cedar |
| Cuscutaceae |
Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. var. gronovii |
common dodder, love dodder, scald-weed, swamp dodder |
| Cyperaceae |
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják |
river bulrush |
| Cyperaceae |
Carex pensylvanica Lam. |
common oak sedge, Pennsylvania sedge |
| Cyperaceae |
Carex stricta Lam. |
common tussock sedge, hummock sedge, tussock sedge, uptight sedge |
| Cyperaceae |
Scirpus atrovirens Willd. |
black bulrush, dark-green bulrush |
| Dioscoreaceae |
Dioscorea villosa L. |
colic-root, wild yam, yam root |
| Dryopteridaceae |
Onoclea sensibilis L. |
sensitive fern |
| Ericaceae |
Epigaea repens L. |
trailing-arbutus |
| Euphorbiaceae |
Euphorbia esula L. var. esula |
leafy spurge, wolf's-milk |
| Fabaceae |
Astragalus canadensis L. var. canadensis |
Canadian milk-vetch |
| Fabaceae |
Baptisia bracteata Muhl. ex Elliott var. glabrescens (Larisey) Isely |
cream wild indigo, long-bracted wild indigo, plains wild indigo |
| Fabaceae |
Coronilla varia L. |
crown-vetch, purple crown-vetch |
| Fabaceae |
Dalea purpurea Vent. var. purpurea |
purple prairie-clover, violet prairie-clover |
| Fabaceae |
Desmodium canadense (L.) DC. |
Canadian tick-trefoil, showy tick-trefoil |
| Fabaceae |
Lespedeza capitata Michx. |
round-headed bush-clover, round-headed lespedeza |
| Fabaceae |
Lupinus perennis L. |
sundial lupine, wild lupine |
| Fabaceae |
Medicago lupulina L. |
black medick |
| Fabaceae |
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. |
yellow sweet-clover |
| Fabaceae |
Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb. |
breadroot scurf-pea, pomme-de-prairie, shaggy prairie-turnip, prairie-turnip |
| Fabaceae |
Trifolium pratense L. |
red clover |
| Fagaceae |
Quercus alba L. |
white oak |
| Fagaceae |
Quercus macrocarpa Michx. |
bur oak |
| Gentianaceae |
Gentiana alba Muhl. ex Nutt. |
cream gentian, pale gentian, yellow gentian |
| Gentianaceae |
Gentianella quinquefolia (L.) Small subsp. occidentalis (A.Gray) J.M.Gillett |
ague-weed, stiff gentian |
| Geraniaceae |
Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Hér. ex Aiton |
red-stem filaree, red-stem stork's-bill, stork's-bill |
| Iridaceae |
Sisyrinchium campestre E.P.Bicknell |
prairie blue-eyed-grass |
| Lamiaceae |
Agastache nepetoides (L.) Kuntze |
catnip giant hyssop, yellow giant hyssop |
| Lamiaceae |
Ajuga genevensis L. |
blue bugle, Geneva bugle, standing bugle |
| Lamiaceae |
Blephilia ciliata (L.) Benth. |
downy pagoda-plant, downy wood mint, Ohio horsemint |
| Lamiaceae |
Glechoma hederacea L. |
creeping-Charlie, gill-over-the-ground, ground-ivy |
| Lamiaceae |
Monarda punctata L. var. villicaulis (Pennell) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. |
dotted horsemint, horsemint |
| Lamiaceae |
Scutellaria parvula Michx. |
small skullcap |
| Liliaceae |
Allium cernuum Roth |
nodding wild onion |
| Liliaceae |
Asparagus officinalis L. |
asparagus, common asparagus, garden asparagus |
| Liliaceae |
Convallaria majalis L. var. majalis |
European lily-of-the-valley, lily-of-the-valley |
| Liliaceae |
Lilium michiganense Farw. |
Michigan lily, Turk's-cap lily |
| Liliaceae |
Lilium philadelphicum L. |
orange-cup lily, wood lily |
| Liliaceae |
Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link |
little false Solomon's-seal, starflower Solomon's-seal, starry false Solomon's-seal |
| Liliaceae |
Polygonatum biflorum (Walter) Elliott |
giant Solomon's-seal, king Solomon's-seal, smooth Solomon's-seal, Solomon's-seal |
| Liliaceae |
Trillium cernuum L. |
nodding trillium, whip-poor-will flower |
| Liliaceae |
Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb. |
big white trillium, great white trillium, large-flowered trillium, snow trillium, white trillium, white wake-robin |
| Liliaceae |
Uvularia grandiflora Sm. |
large-flowered bellwort |
| Liliaceae |
Zigadenus elegans Pursh subsp. glaucus (Nutt.) Hultén |
death camas, mountain death camas, white camas |
| Lobeliaceae |
Lobelia cardinalis L. var. cardinalis |
cardinal-flower |
| Lobeliaceae |
Lobelia inflata L. |
Indian-tobacco |
| Lobeliaceae |
Lobelia siphilitica L. |
great blue lobelia |
| Lobeliaceae |
Lobelia spicata Lam. |
pale-spike lobelia, spiked lobelia |
| Lythraceae |
Lythrum alatum Pursh var. alatum |
winged loosestrife, winged lythrum |
| Malvaceae |
Hibiscus trionum L. |
flower-of-an-hour |
| Malvaceae |
Napaea dioica L. |
glade mallow |
| Menyanthaceae |
Nymphoides peltata (Gmel.) Kuntze |
yellow floating heart |
| Oleaceae |
Fraxinus nigra Marshall |
black ash |
| Onagraceae |
Epilobium coloratum Biehler |
cinnamon willow-herb, eastern willow-herb |
| Onagraceae |
Gaura biennis L. |
biennial bee-blossom, biennial gaura |
| Onagraceae |
Oenothera biennis L. |
bastard evening-primrose, common evening-primrose |
| Ophioglossaceae |
Botrychium simplex E.Hitchc. |
least moonwort, little grape fern, small grape fern |
| Orchidaceae |
Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr. |
Adam-and-Eve, putty-root |
| Orchidaceae |
Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R.Br. |
downy rattlesnake-plantain |
| Orchidaceae |
Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl. |
eastern prairie fringed orchid, prairie white fringed orchid |
| Oxalidaceae |
Oxalis violacea L. |
violet wood-sorrel |
| Papaveraceae |
Chelidonium majus L. |
greater celandine |
| Papaveraceae |
Sanguinaria canadensis L. |
bloodroot |
| Phytolaccaceae |
Phytolacca acinosa Roxb. |
edible pokeweed, Indian pokeweed |
| Pinaceae |
Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. |
balsam fir, Canada balsam |
| Pinaceae |
Larix laricina (Du Roi) K.Koch |
larch, tamarack |
| Pinaceae |
Picea mariana (Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. |
black spruce |
| Pinaceae |
Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carričre |
eastern hemlock, hemlock, northern hemlock |
| Poaceae |
Andropogon gerardii Vitman |
big blue-stem, turkey-foot |
| Poaceae |
Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. var. curtipendula |
side-oats grama |
| Poaceae |
Bromus ciliatus L. |
fringed brome |
| Poaceae |
Bromus inermis Leyss. |
Hungarian brome, smooth brome |
| Poaceae |
Bromus kalmii A.Gray |
Arctic brome, ear-leaved brome, Kalm's brome, prairie brome |
| Poaceae |
Bromus tectorum L. |
cheat grass, downy brome, downy chess, June grass |
| Poaceae |
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P.Beauv. |
blue-joint grass |
| Poaceae |
Dactylis glomerata L. |
orchard grass |
| Poaceae |
Elymus canadensis L. |
Canada wild-rye |
| Poaceae |
Elymus hystrix L. |
bottlebrush grass, eastern bottlebrush grass, glumeless wild-rye |
| Poaceae |
Elymus riparius Wiegand |
riverbank wild-rye, streambank wild-rye |
| Poaceae |
Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex B.D.Jacks. |
couchgrass, creeping quackgrass, quackgrass |
| Poaceae |
Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth |
Chinese cup grass, hairy cup grass, woolly cup grass |
| Poaceae |
Hordeum jubatum L. |
foxtail barley, squirrel-tail grass |
| Poaceae |
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult. |
June grass, prairie June grass |
| Poaceae |
Panicum virgatum L. |
switch grass |
| Poaceae |
Phalaris arundinacea L. |
reed canary grass |
| Poaceae |
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash |
broom beard grass, little blue-stem, prairie beard grass |
| Poaceae |
Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash |
yellow Indian grass |
| Poaceae |
Spartina pectinata Link |
prairie cord grass, slough grass |
| Poaceae |
Sporobolus heterolepis (A.Gray) A.Gray |
northern drop-seed, prairie drop-seed |
| Poaceae |
Stipa spartea Trin. |
needle grass, porcupine grass |
| Polemoniaceae |
Phlox pilosa L. |
downy phlox, prairie phlox |
| Polemoniaceae |
Polemonium reptans L. var. reptans |
Greek-valerian, spreading Jacob's-ladder |
| Polygalaceae |
Polygala senega L. |
Seneca snakeroot, senega root |
| Polygonaceae |
Rumex crispus L. |
curly dock, sour dock |
| Polypodiaceae |
Polypodium virginianum L. |
common polypody, rock-cap fern, rock polypody |
| Portulacaceae |
Claytonia caroliniana Michx. |
Carolina spring-beauty, spring-beauty |
| Primulaceae |
Lysimachia quadriflora Sims |
narrow-leaved loosestrife, smooth loosestrife |
| Pteridaceae |
Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn subsp. glabella |
dwarf cliff brake, smooth cliff brake |
| Ranunculaceae |
Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd. |
red baneberry |
| Ranunculaceae |
Anemone americana (DC.) H.Hara |
round-lobed hepatica |
| Ranunculaceae |
Anemone canadensis L. |
Canada anemone, Canadian anemone, meadow anemone |
| Ranunculaceae |
Anemone patens L. var. multifida Pritz. |
American pasqueflower, prairie-smoke |
| Ranunculaceae |
Anemone quinquefolia L. var. quinquefolia |
nightcaps, wood anemone |
| Ranunculaceae |
Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. |
three-leaved gold-thread |
| Ranunculaceae |
Ranunculus recurvatus Poir. var. recurvatus |
blisterwort, hooked buttercup |
| Ranunculaceae |
Ranunculus rhomboideus Goldie |
prairie buttercup, prairie crowfoot |
| Ranunculaceae |
Ranunculus sceleratus L. |
celery-leaf buttercup, cursed crowfoot |
| Ranunculaceae |
Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Avé-Lall. |
purple meadow-rue, tall meadow-rue |
| Ranunculaceae |
Thalictrum dioicum L. |
early meadow-rue, quicksilver-weed |
| Ranunculaceae |
Thalictrum thalictroides (L.) A.J.Eames & B.Boivin |
rue-anemone, wind-flower |
| Rhamnaceae |
Ceanothus americanus L. |
New Jersey tea, red-root |
| Rhamnaceae |
Rhamnus cathartica L. |
common buckthorn, European buckthorn |
| Rhamnaceae |
Rhamnus frangula L. |
European alder buckthorn, glossy buckthorn |
| Rosaceae |
Fragaria virginiana Duchesne |
thick-leaved wild strawberry, Virginia strawberry, wild strawberry |
| Rosaceae |
Potentilla simplex Michx. |
common cinquefoil, old-field five-fingers, old-field cinquefoil |
| Rosaceae |
Rubus occidentalis L. |
black-cap, black raspberry |
| Rubiaceae |
Cephalanthus occidentalis L. |
buttonbush |
| Rutaceae |
Zanthoxylum americanum Mill. |
common prickly-ash, northern prickly-ash |
| Salicaceae |
Populus deltoides Bartram ex Marshall subsp. monilifera (Aiton) Eckenw. |
plains cottonwood |
| Salicaceae |
Populus tremuloides Michx. |
aspen, quaking aspen |
| Salicaceae |
Salix humilis Marshall |
prairie willow, upland willow |
| Santalaceae |
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. subsp. umbellata |
bastard-toadflax, false toadflax |
| Saxifragaceae |
Heuchera richardsonii R.Br. |
prairie alumroot, Richardson's alumroot |
| Saxifragaceae |
Mitella diphylla L. |
bishop's-cap, two-leaf miterwort |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Aureolaria grandiflora (Benth.) Pennell var. pulchra Pennell |
large-flowered yellow false foxglove |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Chelone glabra L. |
turtlehead, white turtlehead |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Pedicularis canadensis L. subsp. canadensis |
Canadian lousewort, forest lousewort, wood-betony |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Scrophularia marilandica L. |
carpenter's-square, eastern figwort, late figwort |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Verbascum thapsus L. |
common mullein, flannel plant, giant mullein |
| Scrophulariaceae |
Veronica officinalis L. |
common gypsy-weed, common speedwell, speedwell |
| Smilacaceae |
Smilax lasioneura Hook. |
common carrion flower, hairy carrion-flower |
| Solanaceae |
Datura inoxia Mill. |
angel's-trumpet |
| Solanaceae |
Physalis virginiana Mill. var. virginiana |
lance-leaved ground-cherry, obedient plant, Virginia ground-cherry |
| Solanaceae |
Solanum dulcamara L. |
bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade |
| Urticaceae |
Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd. |
Canadian wood-nettle |
| Verbenaceae |
Phryma leptostachya L. |
American lop-seed |
| Verbenaceae |
Verbena hastata L. |
blue vervain, simpler's-joy, swamp verbena |
| Verbenaceae |
Verbena stricta Vent. |
hoary verbena, hoary vervain |
| Viscaceae |
Arceuthobium pusillum Peck |
eastern dwarf mistletoe |
| Vitaceae |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. |
Virginia creeper, woodbine |
| Vitaceae |
Vitis aestivalis Michx. |
pigeon grape, summer grape |
