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Corydalis flavula

PALE CORYDALIS Collinsia verna

BLUE-EYED MARY Cynoglossum virginianum

WILD COMFREY Delphinium tricorne

DWARF LARKSPUR

Camassia scilloides

WILD HYACINTH Asclepias quadrifolia

WHORLED MILKWEED

Cardamine bulbosa

SPRING BITTERCRESS Caulophyllum thalictroides

BLUE COHOSH

Claytonia virginica

SPRING BEAUTY

Arabis laevigata

SMOOTH ROCK CRESS Aquilegia canadensis

WILD COLUMBINE

Arisaema dracontium

GREEN DRAGON Arisaema triphyllum

JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT

Amsonia tabernaemontana

BLUE STAR Actaea pachypoda

DOLL’S EYES Anemonella thalictroides

RUE ANEMONE Antennaria parlinii

PUSSYTOES

Aplectrum hyemale PUTTYROOT ORCHID

Asarum canadense

WILD GINGER

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Cypripedium pubescens

YELLOW LADY’S SLIPPER

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Hydrophyllum appendiculatum

GREAT WATERLEAF Hydrastis canadnesis

GOLDENSEAL

Hypoxis hirsuta

YELLOW STAR-GRASS

Hepatica acutiloba

LIVERLEAF

Glandularia canadensis

ROSE VERBENA Houstonia pusilla

SMALL BLUET

Hybanthus concolor

GREEN VIOLET Houstonia purpurea

BROAD-LEAVED BLUET

Erythronium albidum

WHITE TROUT LILY Erigenia bulbosa

HARBINGER-OF-SPRING

Erythronium americanum

YELLOW TROUT LILY Frasera caroliniensis

AMERICAN COLUMBO

Dicentra canadensis

SQUIRREL CORN Dentaria laciniata

TOOTHWORT

Enemion biternatum FALSE RUE ANEMONE

Dodecatheon frenchii

FRENCH’S SHOOTING STAR Dicentra cucullaria

DUTCHMANS BREECHES

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Galearis spectabilis

SHOWY ORCHID Geranium maculatum WILD GERANIUM

Dodecatheon meadia

SHOOTING STAR

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Polygonatum biflorum

SOLOMON’S-SEAL

Ranunculus abortivus

SMALL-FLOWERED CROWFOOT Ranunculus hispidus

SWAMP BUTTERCUP

Phacelia ranunculoides

DWARF PHACELIA

Phlox bifida

CLEFT PHLOX

Podophyllum peltatum

MAYAPPLE

Phlox divaricata

WOODLAND PHLOX

Osmorhiza claytonii

SWEET CICELY Oenothera linifolia

EVENING PRIMROSE

Oxalis violacea

VIOLET WOOD SORREL

Phacelia bipinnatifida

FERN-LEAVED PHACELIA

Mertensia virginica

VIRGINIA BLUEBELLS Lithospermum canescens

HOARY PUCCOON

Obolaria virginica VIRGINIA PENNYWORT

Nothoscordum bivalve

FALSE GARLIC

Phacelia purshii

MIAMI MIST

Mitella diphylla

BISHOP’S CAP

Polemonium reptans

JACOB’S LADDER

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Liparis liliifolia TWAYBLADE ORCHID

Krigia biflora

FALSE DANDELION

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Valerianella radiata

CORNSALAD Valeriana pauciflora

PINK VALERIAN Viola pubescens

DOWNY YELLOW VIOLET Viola striata

CREAM VIOLET

Trillium flexipes

WHITE TRILLIUM

Tradescantia virginiana

VIRGINIA SPIDERWORT Trillium recurvatum

PURPLE TRILLIUM Uvularia grandiflora

BELLWORT

Sisyrinchium albidum

BLUE-EYED GRASS Silene virginica

FIRE PINK

Smilacina racemosa

FALSE SOLOMON’S SEAL Stylophorum diphyllum

WOOD POPPY

Sanguinaria canadensis

BLOODROOT Salvia lyrata

LYRE-LEAVED SAGE

Senecio glabellus BUTTERWEED

Sedum pulchellum WIDOW’S CROSS

Synandra hispidula

GYANDOTTE BEAUTY

Viola sororia COMMON BLUE VIOLET

Saxifraga forbesii

FORBE’S SAXIFRAGE

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Rhododendron prinophyllum

WILD AZALEA

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