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Typhaceae - Cat-tail Family

Common Name Scientific Name Sections Found
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Habitat Remarks
Cat-tail Typha latifolia 9,7,6, shallow ponds stormwater basins

Alismataceae - Water-plantain Family

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Habitat Remarks
Water Plantain Alisma subcordatum 9, wetlands  
Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 9,8, wetlands  

Poaceae - Grass Family

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Habitat Remarks
Little Bluestem Andropogon scoparius 9,1P, dry field  
Broom-sedge Andropogon virginicus 9,8, dry field  
Smooth Paspalum Paspalum laeve 9,1P, moist open areas  
Slender Paspalum Paspalum setaceum 9, dry field  
Velvety Panic Grass Dichanthelium scoparium 9,8,1P, dry field  
Variable Panic Grass Dichanthelium commutatum 3,1P, forest edge  
Deer-tongue Dichanthelium clandestinum 9,8,6,5,1P, floodplain  
Bosc's Panic Grass Dichanthelium boscii 2,1P, dry open woods  
Flat-stemmed Panic Grass Panicum anceps 9,1P, moist open areas  
Rice Cut-grass Leersia oryzoides 9,8, wetlands razor sharp blades
White Grass Leersia virginica 8, moist open areas  
Prairie Three-awn Aristida oligantha 1P, dry field  
Nimblewill Muhlenbergia schreberi 8, lawns/trail edges  
Woodreed Cinna arundinacea 9,8,5,2, floodplain  
Autumn Bentgrass Agrostis perennans 9,8,2, upland woods  
Poverty Grass Danthonia spicata 8,7,2,1P, dry fields & woods  
Nerved Manna Grass Glyceria striata 9,6, wetlands  
Purple Lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis 9,8, dry fields  
Lacegrass Eragrostis capillaris 9, dry field  
Purple-top Triodia flava 9,8,6,3,1P, lawns and fields  
Wild Rye Elymus virginicus 8,6,2, floodplain  
Bottle-brush Grass Hystrix patula 9,8,6,5,3,2, floodplain  

Cyperaceae -Sedge Family

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Habitat Remarks
Yellow Galingale Cyperus flavescens 9, wetlands  
Straw-colored Cyperus Cyperus strigosus 9, wetlands  
Globose Cyperus Cyperus ovularis 9,1P, wetlands  
Blunt Spikerush Eleocharis obtusa 8, wetland/mud flats  
Great Bulrush Scirpus validus 6, shallow ponds stormwater basins
Georgia Bulrush Scirpus atrovirens 9,8,7,6, wetlands  
Woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus 9, wetlands  
Stellate Sedge Carex radiata 9,7,6, moist woods  
Glomerate Sedge Carex aggregata 1P, dry woods  
Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea 9,6,8, wetlands  
Yellow-fruited Carex Carex annectans 9,8, floodplain  
Blunt Broomsedge Carex tribuloides 9,8, wetlands  
Willdenow's Sedge Carex willdenowii 2 dry forest Discovered by Ken Wright in May 2006
White-tinged Carex Carex albicans (C. artitecta) 3,2,1P, dry forest  
Black-edged Sedge Carex nigro-marginata 3,2,1P, wooded slopes  
Umbellate Sedge Carex umbellata 3,1P, dry forest  
Fringed Sedge Carex crinita 9,8, wetlands  
Hirsute Sedge Carex hirsutella 9, dry fields  
Swan's Sedge Carex swanii 9,7, upland forest  
Ambiguous Carex Carex amphibola, v. turgida 9,7, moist woods  
Loose-culmed Sedge Carex laxiculmis 7,5,3, rich moist woods  
Frank's Sedge Carex frankii 9,8,7,6,5,3, wetlands  
Yellow-green Sedge Carex lurida 9,8, wetlands  

Araceae - Arum Family

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Habitat Remarks
Jack in the Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum all moist woods  
Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus 9,8,7,6,5,2, wetlands  

Commelinaceae - Spiderwort Family

Common Name Scientific Name Sections Found
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Habitat Remarks
Spiderwort Tradescantia sp. 5,4, streambanks  

Pontederiaceae - Pickerelweed Family

Common Name Scientific Name Sections Found
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Habitat Remarks
Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 6, shallow pond stormwater basins

Juncaceae - Rush Family

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Habitat Remarks
Soft Rush Juncus effusus 9,8, wetlands  
Path Rush Juncus tenuis 9,8,5,3,1P, compacted soils trample proof
Sharp-fruited rush Juncus acuminatus 9, wetlands  
Common Woodrush Luzula echinata 9,8,6,5,3,2,1P, wooded slopes  
Bulbous Woodrush Luzula bulbosa 1P, dry open field  

Liliaceae - Lily Family

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Habitat Remarks
Perfoliate Bellwort Uvularia perfoliata 6,3, moist forest  
Sessile Bellwort Uvularia sessilifolia 6,3,2, moist forest  
Ramps Allium tricoccum 8,4, moist forest delectable disjunct
Canada Onion Allium canadense 8, moist forest  
Turk's-Cap Lily Lilium superbum 9,7,6,5, floodplain  
Trout Lily Erythronium americanum all moist forest  
Solomon's-Plume Smilacina racemosa all moist forest  
Indian Cucumber Medeola virginiana 9,6,2,1P, moist forest  
Solomon's-Seal Polygonatum biflorum all dry forest  
Trillium Trillium sp. 3, moist forest maybe introduced
Carrion Flower Smilax herbacea 3,2, moist forest herbaceous vine

Dioscoreaceae - Yam Family

Common Name Scientific Name Sections Found
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Habitat Remarks
Wild Yam Dioscorea quaternata all moist forest herbaceous vine
Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa 9,7,6,3, moist forest herbaceous vine

Iridaceae - Iris Family

Common Name Scientific Name Sections Found
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Habitat Remarks
Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium atlanticum 8, open fields  
Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium graminoides 9,7,6, open fields  

Orchidaceae - Orchid Family

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Habitat Remarks
Pink Lady's-Slipper Cypripedium acaule 9, Under Pines very rare
Large Whorled Pogonia Isotria verticillata 9, moist acid woods very rare
Showy Orchis Galearis spectabilis 8, moist rich forest very rare
Cranefly Orchid Tipularia discolor 7,2,1P,8 upland forest