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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong><br />

<strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

(Sorted by Common Name)<br />

Based on the<br />

<strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

(Newmaster et al. 1998)<br />

David J. Bradley<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> Science & Information Section<br />

<strong>Ontario</strong> Ministry of Natural Resources<br />

Peterborough, <strong>Ontario</strong><br />

Revised Edition, 2010


<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

This species checklist has been compiled in order to assist field biologists who are sampling<br />

vegetative plots in <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong>. It is not intended to be a complete species list for the<br />

region. The intended range for this vascular plant list is Ecoregions (Site Regions) 5E, 6E and 7E.<br />

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Nomenclature<br />

The nomenclature used for this listing of 2,326 plant species, subspecies and varieties, is in<br />

accordance with the <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong> (OPL), 1998. This publication has been used as the<br />

standard reference for plant names by the <strong>Ontario</strong> Ministry of Natural Resources for the past<br />

decade.<br />

There have been many nomenclatural innovations in the past several years since the publication<br />

of the <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong> that are not fully reflected in this listing. However, the OPL includes a<br />

listing of many of the synonyms that have been used in the botanical literature. For a more up to<br />

date listing of scientific plant names visit either of the following web sites:<br />

Flora of North America - http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1<br />

NatureServe - http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?init=<strong>Species</strong><br />

PLANTS Database - http://plants.usda.gov/index.html<br />

For those of you who have utilized the Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC) plant species<br />

list for <strong>Ontario</strong>, notice that there have been some major rearrangements in the taxonomy. For<br />

example, most of the Aster species have now been put into the genus Symphyotrichum, with a<br />

few going into the genus Eurybia. In addition, the Flat-topped White Aster is now classified as<br />

Doellingeria umbellata. The genus Scirpus has also been split into different genera, with just a<br />

few remaining species being retained in the original genus. Most of the species originally in<br />

Scirpus are now described under the genus names of Schoenoplectus, Trichophorum or<br />

Bolboschoenus.<br />

With the use of DNA and other chemical analysis, botanical researchers will probably rearrange<br />

many more species in the near future.<br />

Since additional plant species have been observed for the first time in the province (after 1998),<br />

41 new entries have been included in this listing. This has been done to keep the listing more<br />

compatible with other <strong>Ontario</strong> plant listings. These include the addition of new species to the<br />

provincial flora, Swamp Cottonwood (Populus heterophylla), and/or are the result of taxonomic<br />

splits to existing species.<br />

<strong>Species</strong> Code<br />

For data entry in the field it is more efficient to write down (or enter) an abbreviated code, rather<br />

than writing out the entire species name. Therefore an abbreviated code has been developed<br />

that is unique for each species, subspecies and variety listed in this publication.<br />

A seven digit code has been assembled by using the first four characters of the genus name<br />

followed by the first 3 characters of the species name. Therefore, White Trillium (Trillium<br />

grandiflorum) has the 7 digit code of TRILGRA. If there is a subspecies or variety ranking for a<br />

species, then the first two characters are used from the species name, and the third character is<br />

the first letter of the subspecies or varietal epithet. Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana<br />

ssp. canadensis) has the code CIRCLUC.<br />

In situations where the 7 digit codes for two separate species are the same, then another<br />

character is used for the seventh digit of the code. For example, Water Arum (Calla palustris) and<br />

Common Water Starwort (Callitriche palustris) would both produce the same seven character<br />

code. In this case the code CALLPLS is used for Water Arum, and CALLPLU is used for the<br />

Common Water Starwort. Here are some additional examples;<br />

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SRank<br />

Black Maple Acer saccharum ssp. nigrum ACERSAN<br />

Sugar Maple Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum ACERSAS<br />

Northern Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum ATHYFIA<br />

<strong>Plant</strong>ain-leaved Sedge Carex plantaginea CAREPLA<br />

Broad-leaved Wood Sedge Carex platyphylla CAREPLT<br />

Slender Wood Sedge Carex gracilescens CAREGRA<br />

Graceful Sedge Carex gracillima CAREGRM<br />

The Natural Heritage Information Centre uses a ranking system that considers the provincial rank<br />

of an element as a tool to prioritize protection efforts. The provincial (Sub-national) rank is<br />

known as the SRANK. These ranks have been assigned using the best available scientific<br />

information, and follow a systematic ranking procedure developed by The Nature Conservancy<br />

(U.S.). The ranks are based on three factors: estimated number of occurrences, estimated<br />

community extent, and estimated range of the community within the province. The provincial<br />

ranks are summarized below.<br />

S1 - Extremely rare in <strong>Ontario</strong>; usually 5 or fewer occurrences in the province, or very<br />

few remaining hectares<br />

S2 - Very rare in <strong>Ontario</strong>; usually between 6 and 20 occurrences in the province,<br />

or few remaining hectares<br />

S3 - Rare to uncommon in <strong>Ontario</strong>; usually between 21 and 80 occurrences in the<br />

province; may have fewer occurrences, but with some extensive examples<br />

remaining<br />

S4 - Considered to be common in <strong>Ontario</strong>. It denotes that a species is apparently secure,<br />

with over 80 occurrences in the province<br />

S5 - Indicates that a species is widespread in <strong>Ontario</strong>, it is demonstrably secure in the<br />

province<br />

These provincial ranks may further be modified.<br />

S2S3 - Indicates that an element is rare, but insufficient information exists to accurately<br />

assign a single rank<br />

SE - Indicates exotic introductions to the flora<br />

SH - Indicates that an element is known historically for the province, but it hasn't<br />

been verified in the past 20 years. It is not known conclusively to be extirpated<br />

in <strong>Ontario</strong><br />

SHB - Indicates that the species is of a hybrid origin<br />

SX - Indicates that an element is extirpated from the province<br />

SU - Indicates that the status is uncertain due to insufficient information<br />

SRF - Is a species that was recorded falsely for the province<br />

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With the publication of the new Rare <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong> for <strong>Ontario</strong> (Oldham, M. and S. Brinker,<br />

2009) many of the provincial S rankings have also been updated in this version of the list.<br />

<strong>Species</strong> such as Pin Oak is now known to be more common in <strong>Ontario</strong> and has a S4 ranking.<br />

Some species however are in decline due to fungal diseases. Included in this category are<br />

Butternut (Juglans cinerea), which was ranked as S4 and is now ranked S3, and American<br />

Chestnut (Castanea dentata) which has gone from an S3 to a S2 ranking.<br />

Form Code<br />

This column describes the general growth form of a plant species. Is it a forb, shrub or tree?<br />

Non vascular plants such as moss, liverwort, hornwort, algae and lichen have general placeholder<br />

codes which have been included in this listing. In the case of some rock barrens, moss and lichen<br />

species can be the dominate plant forms, so it is necessary to record a percent cover for these<br />

larger plant groups. If your organization has someone who has expertise with these non vascular<br />

plants or lichens, then by all means identify them down to the genus or species level when<br />

possible. Generally, only one estimated % cover value is recorded for all of the Lichen species<br />

combined together.<br />

The following is a listing of the abbreviations used in the table along with a brief explanation of<br />

what each represents.<br />

AL Algae colonial filamentous algal species found in aquatic habitats<br />

FE Fern non-flowering, vascular plant, reproducing by spores<br />

(includes the fern allies)<br />

FO Forb herbaceous broad-leaved plant<br />

GR Grass graminoid plants that have stems with nodes (Poaceae)<br />

HR Hornwort members of the Anthocerotophyta division of plants<br />

LC Lichen crustose, foliose and fruticose lichen species<br />

LV Liverwort members of the Hepaticophyta division of plants<br />

MO Moss members of the Bryophyta division of plants<br />

RU Rush graminoid plants with round stems (Juncaceae)<br />

SE Sedge graminoid plants with angular stems (Cyperaceae)<br />

SH Shrub plants with erect, reclining or prostrate woody stems (usually<br />

with more than one stem)<br />

TR Tree woody perennial plant having a single (1- 3), usually with an<br />

elongate main stem more than 10 m high<br />

VI Vine herbaceous plant that trail, cling, or twine, and require<br />

support to grow vertically<br />

VW Woody Vine a vine with a perennial woody stem<br />

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Further Reading and Resources<br />

Flora of North America north of Mexico: online website 2009<br />

Flora of North America Editorial Committee<br />

Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri<br />

http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=1<br />

Flora <strong>Ontario</strong>: online website 2009<br />

Flora <strong>Ontario</strong> – Integrated Botanical Information System (FOIBIS), Phase 1, 2005<br />

University of Guelph, Guelph, <strong>Ontario</strong><br />

http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis/<br />

Manual of Grasses for North America: online website 2009<br />

Utah State University<br />

Part of the Flora of North America project covering volumes 25, 2003, and vol. 24 which<br />

was published later in 2007<br />

http://herbarium.usu.edu/grassmanual/<br />

Natural Heritage Information Centre: online website 2009<br />

<strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

<strong>Ontario</strong> Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, <strong>Ontario</strong><br />

http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/nhic_.cfm<br />

Nature Conservancy Canada: online website 2009<br />

R.R. #5, 5420 Highway 6 North, Guelph, <strong>Ontario</strong><br />

http://www.natureconservancy.ca/site/PageServer?pagename=ncc_main<br />

NatureServe Explorer: online website 2009<br />

National Biological Information Infrastructure, U. S. Geological Survey<br />

Arlington, Virginia<br />

http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?init=<strong>Species</strong><br />

Newmaster, S. G., A. Lehela, Peter W. C. Uhlig, Sean McMurray and Michael J. Oldham. 1998<br />

<strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Forest Research Information Paper No. 123, <strong>Ontario</strong> Forest Research Institute<br />

<strong>Ontario</strong> Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste. Marie, <strong>Ontario</strong><br />

Oldham, Michael J. and Sam R. Brinker. 2009<br />

Rare <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong>s of <strong>Ontario</strong>. 4 th edition<br />

Natural Heritage Information Centre, Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough,<br />

<strong>Ontario</strong><br />

PLANTS Database 2009<br />

United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service<br />

http://plants.usda.gov/adv_search.html<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Adder's-mouth <strong>Species</strong> Malaxis sp MALA-SP FO<br />

Agrimony <strong>Species</strong> Agrimonia sp AGRI-SP FO<br />

Alaska Orchid Piperia unalascensis PIPEUNA S4 FO<br />

Alder <strong>Species</strong> Alnus sp ALNU-SP SH<br />

Alder-leaved Buckthorn Rhamnus alnifolia RHAMALN S5 SH<br />

Alfalfa Medicago sativa ssp. sativa MEDISAS SE5 FO<br />

Alga Pondweed Potamogeton confervoides POTACON S2 FO<br />

Algae <strong>Species</strong> Algae sp ALGA-SP AL<br />

Allegheny Vine Adlumia fungosa ADLUFUN S4 VI<br />

Alpine Blue Grass Poa alpina POA-ALP S4 GR<br />

Alpine Rush Juncus alpinoarticulatus JUNCALP S5 RU<br />

Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum ssp. elegans TRIFHYE SE5 FO<br />

Alternate-leaved Dogwood Cornus alternifolia CORNALT S5 SH<br />

American Beech Fagus grandifolia FAGUGRA S4 TR<br />

American Bur-reed Sparganium americanum SPARAME S4? FO<br />

American Chestnut Castanea dentata CASTDEN S2 TR<br />

American Columbo Frasera caroliniensis FRASCAR S2 FO<br />

American Elm Ulmus americana ULMUAME S5 TR<br />

American Glyceria Glyceria grandis GLYCGRA S4S5 GR<br />

American Gromwell Lithospermum latifolium LITHLAT S3 FO<br />

American Hazelnut Corylus americana CORYAME S5 SH<br />

American Lotus Nelumbo lutea NELULUT S2 FO<br />

American Mountain-ash Sorbus americana SORBAME S5 SH<br />

American Pennyroyal Hedeoma pulegioides HEDEPUL S4 FO<br />

AAmerican i Plum Pl PPrunus americana i PRUNAME S4 SH<br />

American Senna Cassia hebecarpa CASSHEB S1 FO<br />

American Shore-grass Littorella americana LITTAME S3 FO<br />

American Slough Grass Beckmannia syzigachne BECKSYZ S4 GR<br />

American Speedwell Veronica americana VEROAME S5 FO<br />

American Willow-herb Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum EPILCIC S5 FO<br />

Amethyst Aster Aster X amethystinus ASTEAMT SHB3? FO<br />

Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii LONIMAA SE2 SH<br />

Amur Maple Acer ginnala ACERGIN SE1 SH<br />

Andrews' Lady's Slipper Cypripedium X andrewsii CYPRAND SHB1 FO<br />

Anemone <strong>Species</strong> Anemone sp ANEM-SP FO<br />

Aniseroot Osmorhiza longistylis OSMOLON S5 FO<br />

Annual Baby's-breath Gypsophila elegans GYPSELE SE1 FO<br />

Annual Blue Grass Poa annua POA-ANN SE5 GR<br />

Annual Honesty Lunaria annua LUNAANN SE2 FO<br />

Appalachian Polypody Polypodium appalachianum POLYAPP S1 FE<br />

Appalachian Sedge Carex appalachica CAREAPP S2S3 SE<br />

Appendaged Water-leaf Hydrophyllum appendiculatum HYDRAPP S2 FO<br />

Apple-of-Peru Nicandra physalodes NICAPHY SE1 FO<br />

Arrow Grass <strong>Species</strong> Triglochin sp TRIG-SP FO<br />

Arrow-feather Three-awn Grass Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens ARISPUP S1 GR<br />

Arrowhead <strong>Species</strong> Sagittaria sp SAGI-SP FO<br />

Arrow-leaved Aster Aster urophyllus ASTEURO S4 FO<br />

Arrow-leaved Tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum<br />

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POLYSAG S4 FO


<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Arrow-leaved Violet Viola sagittata var. sagittata VIOLSAS S4 FO<br />

Ash <strong>Species</strong> Fraxinus sp FRAX-SP TR<br />

Ashy Cinquefoil Potentilla inclinata POTEINC SE4 FO<br />

Ashy Willow Salix cinerea SALICIC SE2 SH<br />

Asiatic Day-flower Commelina communis COMMCOM SE3 FO<br />

Asparagus Asparagus officinalis ASPAOFF SE5 FO<br />

Aster <strong>Species</strong> Aster sp ASTE-SP FO<br />

Atlantic Star Sedge Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea CAREATL S1 SE<br />

Auricled Twayblade <strong>List</strong>era auriculata LISTAUR S3 FO<br />

Austrian Pine Pinus nigra PINUNIG SE2 TR<br />

Autumn Bent Grass Agrostis perennans AGROPER S5 GR<br />

Autumn Coralroot Corallorhiza odontorhiza CORAODO S2 FO<br />

Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellata ELAEUMB SE3 SH<br />

Autumn Water Starwort Callitriche hermaphroditica CALLHER S5 FO<br />

Autumn Willow Salix serissima SALISER S4 SH<br />

Avens <strong>Species</strong> Geum sp GEUM-SP FO<br />

Awl-fruited Sedge Carex stipata CARESTI S5 SE<br />

Awned Graceful Sedge Carex davisii CAREDAV S2 SE<br />

Awnless Graceful Sedge Carex formosa CAREFOR S4 SE<br />

Awnless Wild Rye Elymus virginicus var. submuticus ELYMVIS S2S3 GR<br />

Azure Aster Aster oolentangiensis ASTEOOL S4 FO<br />

Bachbungen's Speedwell Veronica beccabunga VEROBEC SE2 FO<br />

Bachelor's Button Centaurea cyanus CENTCYA SE1 FO<br />

Back's Sedge Carex backii CAREBAC S4S5 SE<br />

BBalsam l Fir Fi Abies Abi balsamea b l ABIEBAL S5 TR<br />

Balsam Poplar Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera POPUBAB S5 TR<br />

Balsam Ragwort Senecio pauperculus SENEPAU S5 FO<br />

Balsam Willow Salix pyrifolia SALIPYR S5 SH<br />

Baneberry <strong>Species</strong> Actaea sp ACTA-SP FO<br />

Barberry <strong>Species</strong> Berberis sp BERB-SP SH<br />

Barley Hordeum vulgare HORDVUL SE2 GR<br />

Barnyard Grass Echinochloa crusgalli ECHICRU SE5 GR<br />

Barnyard Grass <strong>Species</strong> Echinochloa sp ECHI-SP GR<br />

Barren Brome Bromus sterilis BROMSTE SE1 GR<br />

Barren Strawberry Waldsteinia fragarioides WALDFRA S5 FO<br />

Basket Willow Salix viminalis SALIVIM SE2 SH<br />

Basswood Tilia americana TILIAME S5 TR<br />

Bastard Pennyroyal Trichostema dichotomum TRICDIC S1 FO<br />

Bastard Toadflax Comandra umbellata COMAUMB S5 FO<br />

Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica MYRIPEN S1 SH<br />

Bay-leaved Willow Salix pentandra SALIPEN SE2 SH<br />

Bayonet Rush Juncus militaris JUNCMIL S4 RU<br />

Beach Grass Ammophila breviligulata AMMOBRE S4 GR<br />

Beach Pea Lathyrus japonicus LATHJAP S4 VI<br />

Beach Wormwood Artemisia stelleriana ARTESTE SE1 FO<br />

Beak Grass Diarrhena obovata DIAROBO S1 GR<br />

Beak Rush <strong>Species</strong> Rhynchospora sp RHYN-SP SE<br />

Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta<br />

2<br />

CORYCOR S5 SH


<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Beaked Sedge Carex utriculata CAREUTR S5 SE<br />

Beaked Spike-rush Eleocharis rostellata ELEOROS S3 SE<br />

Bear Oak Quercus ilicifolia QUERILI S1 SH<br />

Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ARCTUVA S5 SH<br />

Bearded Beggar-ticks Bidens aristosa BIDEARI SE1 FO<br />

Bearded Flat Sedge Cyperus squarrosus CYPESQU S4 SE<br />

Bearded Meadow-parsnip Thaspium barbinode THASBAR S1 FO<br />

Bearded Pink Dianthus barbatus DIANBAR SE1 FO<br />

Beard-tongue <strong>Species</strong> Penstemon sp PENS-SP FO<br />

Beautiful Hawthorn Crataegus formosa CRATFOR S? SH<br />

Bebb's Oak Quercus X bebbiana QUERBEB SHB1 TR<br />

Bebb's Sedge Carex bebbii CAREBEB S5 SE<br />

Bebb's Willow Salix bebbiana SALIBEB S5 SH<br />

Beck's Water-marigold Megalodonta beckii MEGABEC S5 FO<br />

Bedstraw <strong>Species</strong> Galium sp GALI-SP FO<br />

Beechdrops Epifagus virginiana EPIFVIR S5 FO<br />

Beggar-ticks <strong>Species</strong> Bidens sp BIDE-SP FO<br />

Bellfower <strong>Species</strong> Campanula sp CAMP-SP FO<br />

Bellwort <strong>Species</strong> Uvularia sp UVUL-SP FO<br />

Bent Grass <strong>Species</strong> Agrostis sp AGRO-SP GR<br />

Bent Trillium Trillium flexipes TRILFLE S1 FO<br />

Bent-leaved Hybrid Pondweed Potamogeton X scoliophyllus POTASCO SHB1? FO<br />

Berchtold's Pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii POTABER S4S5 FO<br />

Bessey's Sand Cherry Prunus pumila var. besseyi PRUNPUB S1 SH<br />

Bi Bicknell's k ll' Frostweed F t d Helianthemum H li th bicknellii bi k llii HELIBIC S4 FO<br />

Bicknell's Geranium Geranium bicknellii GERABIC S4 FO<br />

Biennial Campion Silene cserei SILECSE SE4 FO<br />

Biennial Gaura Gaura biennis GAURBIE S3 FO<br />

Biennial Wormwood Artemisia biennis ARTEBIE SE5 FO<br />

Big Bluestem Andropogon gerardii ANDRGER S4 GR<br />

Big Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa CARYLAC S3 TR<br />

Bighead Knapweed Centaurea macrocephala CENTMCR SE1 FO<br />

Big-sheath Pondweed Potamogeton vaginatus POTAVAG S5 FO<br />

Bindweed <strong>Species</strong> Calystegia sp CALS-SP FO<br />

Birch <strong>Species</strong> Betula sp BETU-SP TR<br />

Bird's-eye Speedwell Veronica persica VEROPES SE4 FO<br />

Bird's-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus LOTUCOR SE5 FO<br />

Bird's-foot Violet Viola pedata VIOLPED S1 FO<br />

Birthwort Aristolochia clematitis ARISCLE SE1 VI<br />

Bishop's Cap Mitella diphylla MITEDIP S5 FO<br />

Bishop's Cap <strong>Species</strong> Mitella sp MITE-SP FO<br />

Bitter Cress Cardamine flexuosa CARDFLE SE1 FO<br />

Bitter Cress <strong>Species</strong> Cardamine sp CARD-SP FO<br />

Bitter Dock Rumex obtusifolius ssp. obtusifolius RUMEOBO SE5 FO<br />

Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis CARYCOR S5 TR<br />

Bittersweet Nightshade Solanum dulcamara SOLADUL SE5 VW<br />

Black Alder Alnus glutinosa ALNUGLU SE4 SH<br />

Black Ash Fraxinus nigra<br />

3<br />

FRAXNIG S5 TR


<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Black Bindweed Polygonum convolvulus POLYCON SE5 VI<br />

Black Bulrush Scirpus atrovirens SCIRATR S5 SE<br />

Black Cherry Prunus serotina PRUNSER S5 TR<br />

Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa ARONMEL S5 SH<br />

Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa CIMIRAC S2 FO<br />

Black Cosmos Cosmos bipinnatus COSMBIP SE1 FO<br />

Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica NYSSSYL S3 TR<br />

Black Hawthorn Crataegus douglasii CRATDOU S4 SH<br />

Black Huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata GAYLBAC S4 SH<br />

Black Knapweed Centaurea nigra CENTNIG SE? FO<br />

Black Locust Robinia pseudo-acacia ROBIPSE SE5 TR<br />

Black Maple Acer saccharum ssp. nigrum ACERSAN S4? TR<br />

Black Medick Medicago lupulina MEDILUP SE5 FO<br />

Black Mustard Brassica nigra BRASNIG SE5 FO<br />

Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum SOLANIG SE1 FO<br />

Black Oak Quercus velutina QUERVEL S4 TR<br />

Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis RUBUOCC S5 SH<br />

Black Snakeroot Sanicula marilandica SANIMAR S5 FO<br />

Black Spruce Picea mariana PICEMAR S5 TR<br />

Black Swallow-wort Cynanchum nigrum CYNANIG SE? VI<br />

Black Walnut Juglans nigra JUGLNIG S4 TR<br />

Black Willow Salix nigra SALINIG S4? TR<br />

Black-edged Sedge Carex nigromarginata CARENIG S1 SE<br />

Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta RUDBHIR S5 FO<br />

Bl Blackgrass k RRushh Juncus J gerardii dii JUNCGER SE3 RU<br />

Black-seeded Rice Grass Oryzopsis racemosa ORYZRAC S4 GR<br />

Bladder Campion Silene latifolia SILELAT SE5 FO<br />

Bladder Fern <strong>Species</strong> Cystopteris sp CYST-SP FE<br />

Bladder Sedge Carex intumescens CAREINU S5 SE<br />

Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia STAPTRI S4 SH<br />

Bladderwort <strong>Species</strong> Utricularia sp UTRI-SP FO<br />

Blanchard's Hawthorn Crataegus irrasa CRATIRR S4? SH<br />

Blanket-flower Gaillardia aristata GAILARI SE1 FO<br />

Blazing Star <strong>Species</strong> Liatris sp LIAT-SP FO<br />

Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis SANGCAN S5 FO<br />

Bloody Crane's-bill Geranium sanguineum GERASAN SE1 FO<br />

Blooming Spurge Euphorbia corollata EUPHCOR S4 FO<br />

Blotched Broomspurge Chamaesyce maculata CHAMMAC SE5 FO<br />

Blue Ash Fraxinus quadrangulata FRAXQUA S3 TR<br />

Blue Beech Carpinus caroliniana CARPCAR S5 SH<br />

Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides CAULTHA S5 FO<br />

Blue Giant Hyssop Agastache foeniculum AGASFOE S4 FO<br />

Blue Grass <strong>Species</strong> Poa sp POA--SP GR<br />

Blue Sedge Carex glaucodea CAREGLU S1 SE<br />

Blue Skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora SCUTLAT S5 FO<br />

Blue Toadflax Linaria canadensis LINACAN S1 FO<br />

Blue Vervain Verbena hastata VERBHAS S5 FO<br />

Bluebead Lily Clintonia borealis<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Blueberry <strong>Species</strong> Vaccinium sp VACC-SP SH<br />

Bluebuttons Knautia arvensis KNAUARV SE1 FO<br />

Blue-eyed Grass <strong>Species</strong> Sisyrinchium sp SIRI-SP FO<br />

Blue-hearts Buchnera americana BUCHAME S1 FO<br />

Blue-leaved Willow Salix myricoides SALIMYR S3 SH<br />

Blue-stem Goldenrod Solidago caesia SOLICAE S5 FO<br />

Bluets Hedyotis caerulea HEDYCAE SH FO<br />

Blunt Broom Sedge Carex tribuloides CARETRI S4S5 SE<br />

Blunt Spike-rush Eleocharis obtusa ELEOOBT S5 SE<br />

Blunt Spurge Euphorbia obtusata EUPHOBT S1 FO<br />

Blunt-leaf Pondweed Potamogeton obtusifolius POTAOBT S4S5 FO<br />

Blunt-leaf Rein Orchid Platanthera obtusata PLATOBT S5 FO<br />

Blunt-leaved Bedstraw Galium obtusum GALIOBT S4S5 FO<br />

Blunt-lobed Grape Fern Botrychium oneidense BOTRONE S3? FE<br />

Blunt-lobed Woodsia Woodsia obtusa ssp. obtusa WOODOBO S1 FE<br />

Blunt-scaled Bulrush Scirpus smithii SCIRSMI S3 SE<br />

Blunt-scaled Oak Sedge Carex albicans var. albicans CAREALB S3 SE<br />

Blunt-scaled Wood Sedge Carex albursina CAREALU S5 SE<br />

Bog Aster Aster nemoralis ASTENEM S5 FO<br />

Bog Laurel Kalmia polifolia KALMPOL S5 SH<br />

Bog Rosemary Andromeda polifolia ssp. glaucophylla ANDRPOG S5 SH<br />

Bog Willow Salix pedicellaris SALIPED S5 SH<br />

Borage Borago officinalis BORAOFF SE1 FO<br />

Boreal Wormwood Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis ARTECAB S4? FO<br />

BBosc's ' Goosefoot G f t Chenopodium Ch di standleyanum t dl CHENSTA S2 FO<br />

Bottlebrush Grass Elymus hystrix ELYMHYS S5 GR<br />

Bouncing Bet Saponaria officinalis SAPOOFF SE5 FO<br />

Boxwood Knotweed Polygonum buxiforme POLYBUX S4? FO<br />

Brainerd's Hawthorn Crataegus brainerdii CRATBRA S2 SH<br />

Branched Bartonia Bartonia paniculata BARTPAN S1 FO<br />

Branching Bur-reed Sparganium androcladum SPARAND S1 FO<br />

Branching Centaury Centaurium pulchellum CENTPUL SE3 FO<br />

Braun's Holly Fern Polystichum braunii POLYBRA S3 FE<br />

Braun's Wood Fern Dryopteris X uliginosa DRYOULI SHB2? FE<br />

Brazilian Water Meal Wolffia brasiliensis WOLFBRA S2? FO<br />

Bridal Wreath Spiraea X vanhouttei SPIRVAN SHBE1 SH<br />

Bride's Feather Aruncus dioicus ARUNDIO SE1 FO<br />

Bright-green Spike-rush Eleocharis olivacea ELEOOLI S4 SE<br />

Bristle-leaved Sedge Carex eburnea CAREEBU S5 SE<br />

Bristleless Dark Green Bulrush Scirpus georgianus SCIRGEO S1? SE<br />

Bristle-stalked Sedge Carex leptalea CARELEP S5 SE<br />

Bristly Buttercup Ranunculus pensylvanicus RANUPEN S5 FO<br />

Bristly Cattail Sedge Carex frankii CAREFRA S2 SE<br />

Bristly Clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum LYCOANN S5 FE<br />

Bristly Foxtail Setaria verticillata SETAVER SE4 GR<br />

Bristly Greenbrier Smilax hispida SMILHIS S4 VW<br />

Bristly Raspberry Rubus setosus RUBUSET S4? SH<br />

Bristly Sarsaparilla Aralia hispida ARALHIS S5 SH<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Bristly Sedge Carex comosa CARECOO S5 SE<br />

Brittle Fern Cystopteris fragilis CYSTFRA S5 FE<br />

Brittle Prickly Pear Cactus Opuntia fragilis OPUNFRA S3 FO<br />

Brittle-leaf Naiad Najas minor NAJAMIN SE2 FO<br />

Broad Beech Fern Phegopteris hexagonoptera PHEGHEX S3 FE<br />

Broad-leaf Hawthorn Crataegus dilatata CRATDIL S? SH<br />

Broad-leaved Cattail Typha latifolia TYPHLAT S5 FO<br />

Broad-leaved Panic Grass Panicum latifolium PANILAT S4 GR<br />

Broad-leaved Sand Cherry Prunus pumila var. susquehanae PRUNPUS S4? SH<br />

Broad-leaved Spurge Euphorbia platyphyllos EUPHPLA SE4 FO<br />

Broad-leaved Toothwort Cardamine diphylla CARDDIP S5 FO<br />

Broad-leaved Wild Rye Elymus wiegandii ELYMWIE S4 GR<br />

Broad-leaved Wood Sedge Carex platyphylla CAREPLT S5 SE<br />

Broad-leaved Woolly Sedge Carex pellita CAREPEL S5 SE<br />

Broad-lipped Twayblade <strong>List</strong>era convallarioides LISTCON S4 FO<br />

Broad-winged Sedge Carex alata CAREALA S1 SE<br />

Brome <strong>Species</strong> Bromus sp BROM-SP GR<br />

Bromelike Sedge Carex bromoides CAREBRO S5 SE<br />

Bronze Sedge Carex foenea CAREFOE S5 SE<br />

Brook Nut Sedge Cyperus bipartitus CYPEBIP S5 SE<br />

Broom-corn Millet Panicum miliaceum PANIMIL SE4 GR<br />

Broom-sedge Andropogon virginicus ANDRVIR S4 GR<br />

Brown Beak Rush Rhynchospora capitellata RHYNCPT S4 SE<br />

Brown Flat Sedge Cyperus fuscus CYPEFUS SE2 SE<br />

BBrown Knapweed K d Centaurea C t jjacea CENTJAC SE5 FO<br />

Brown-eyed Coneflower Rudbeckia triloba RUDBTRI SE4 FO<br />

Brown-fruited Rush Juncus pelocarpus JUNCPEL S5 RU<br />

Brown-headed Fox Sedge Carex alopecoidea CAREALO S5 SE<br />

Brownish Sedge Carex brunnescens CAREBRU S5 SE<br />

Buckeye <strong>Species</strong> Aesculus sp AESC-SP TR<br />

Buckthorn <strong>Species</strong> Rhamnus sp RHAM-SP SH<br />

Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum FAGOESC SE3 FO<br />

Buffalo Berry Shepherdia canadensis SHEPCAN S5 SH<br />

Bulb-bearing Water-hemlock Cicuta bulbifera CICUBUL S5 FO<br />

Bulblet Bladder Fern Cystopteris bulbifera CYSTBUL S5 FE<br />

Bulbous Blue Grass Poa bulbosa POA-BUL SE3 GR<br />

Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus RANUBUL SE3 FO<br />

Bulhead Pond-lily Nuphar variegata NUPHVAR S5 FO<br />

Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare CIRSVUL SE5 FO<br />

Bulrush <strong>Species</strong> Scirpus sp SCIR-SP SE<br />

Bunchberry Cornus canadensis CORNCAN S5 SH<br />

Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa QUERMAC S5 TR<br />

Burdock <strong>Species</strong> Arctium sp ARCT-SP FO<br />

Burgess Wood Fern Dryopteris X burgessii DRYOBUR SHB1 FE<br />

Burnet Saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga PIMPSAX SE1 FO<br />

Burning Bush Euonymus atropurpurea var. atropurpurea EUONATA S3 SH<br />

Bur-reed Sedge Carex sparganioides CARESPA S5 SE<br />

Bur-reed <strong>Species</strong> Sparganium sp<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera DIERLON S5 SH<br />

Bush-clover <strong>Species</strong> Lespedeza sp LESP-SP FO<br />

Bush's Goosefoot Chenopodium bushianum CHENBEB S1S2 FO<br />

Bush's Hawthorn Crataegus persimilis CRATPER S? SH<br />

Bushy Aster Aster dumosus var. strictior ASTEDUS S2 FO<br />

Bushy Cinquefoil Potentilla paradoxa POTEPAR S4 FO<br />

Bushy Knotweed Polygonum ramosissimum POLYRAM S4 FO<br />

Butter-and-eggs Linaria vulgaris LINAVUL SE5 FO<br />

Buttercup <strong>Species</strong> Ranunculus sp RANU-SP FO<br />

Butterfly Dock Petasites japonicus PETAJAP SE1 FO<br />

Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa ASCLTUB S4 FO<br />

Butternut Juglans cinerea JUGLCIN S3? TR<br />

Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis CEPHOCC S5 SH<br />

Button-bush Dodder Cuscuta cephalanthi CUSCCEP S2 FO<br />

Cabbage Rose Rosa centifolia ROSACEN SE1 SH<br />

Calamus Acorus calamus ACORCAL SE1 FO<br />

Calcic Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes ssp. quadrivalens ASPLTRQ S5 FE<br />

Calico Aster Aster lateriflorus var. hirsuticaulis ASTELAU S4? FO<br />

Calypso Calypso bulbosa CALYBUL S4S5 FO<br />

Canada Anemone Anemone canadensis ANEMCAN S5 FO<br />

Canada Blue Grass Poa compressa POA-COM SE5 GR<br />

Canada Blue-joint Calamagrostis canadensis CALACAN S5 GR<br />

Canada Brome Bromus pubescens BROMPUB S4 GR<br />

Canada Enchanter's Nightshade Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis CIRCLUC S5 FO<br />

CCanada d Goldenrod G ld d Solidago S lid canadensis d i SOLICAN S5 FO<br />

Canada Lily Lilium canadense LILICAN S1 FO<br />

Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense MAIACAN S5 FO<br />

Canada Milkvetch Astragalus canadensis ASTRCAN S4 FO<br />

Canada Plum Prunus nigra PRUNNIG S4 SH<br />

Canada Pussytoes Antennaria howellii ssp. canadensis ANTEHOC SU FO<br />

Canada Rush Juncus canadensis JUNCCAN S5 RU<br />

Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense CIRSARE SE5 FO<br />

Canada Violet Viola canadensis VIOLCAN S5 FO<br />

Canada Waterleaf Hydrophyllum canadense HYDRCND S4 FO<br />

Canada Waterweed Elodea canadensis ELODCAN S5 FO<br />

Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis ELYMCAN S4S5 GR<br />

Canada Yew Taxus canadensis TAXUCAN S4 SH<br />

Canadian St. John's-wort Hypericum canadense HYPECAN S4? FO<br />

Canary Grass Phalaris canariensis PHALCAN SE2 GR<br />

Canary Grass <strong>Species</strong> Phalaris sp PHAL-SP GR<br />

Canterbury-bells Campanula medium CAMPMED SE1 FO<br />

Caper Spurge Euphorbia lathyris EUPHLAT SE1 FO<br />

Cardamine Cardamine impatiens CARDIMP SE1 FO<br />

Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis LOBECAR S5 FO<br />

Carey's Knotweed Polygonum careyi POLYCAR S4 FO<br />

Carey's Wood Sedge Carex careyana CARECAR S2 SE<br />

Carolina Crane's-bill Geranium carolinianum var. confertiflorum GERACAC S4 FO<br />

Carolina Poplar Populus X canadensis<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Carolina Spring Beauty Claytonia caroliniana CLAYCAR S5 FO<br />

Carolina Vetch Vicia caroliniana VICICAR S2 VI<br />

Carolina Whitlow-grass Draba reptans DRABREP S3 FO<br />

Carpenter's Square Scrophularia marilandica SCROMAR S4 FO<br />

Case's Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes casei SPIRCAS S4 FO<br />

Catchfly Silene vulgaris SILEVUL SE5 FO<br />

Catchfly <strong>Species</strong> Silene sp SILE-SP FO<br />

Catnip Nepeta cataria NEPECAT SE5 FO<br />

Cattail Sedge Carex typhina CARETYP S2 SE<br />

Cattail <strong>Species</strong> Typha sp TYPH-SP FO<br />

Caughuawaga Hawthorn Crataegus suborbiculata CRATSUB S2 SH<br />

Celandine Chelidonium majus CHELMAJ SE5 FO<br />

Chapman's Meadow-parsnip Thaspium chapmanii THASCHA S2 FO<br />

Checkered Rattlesnake <strong>Plant</strong>ain Goodyera tesselata GOODTES S4S5 FO<br />

Cheeses Malva neglecta MALVNEG SE5 FO<br />

Cherry Birch Betula lenta BETULEN S1 TR<br />

Cherry <strong>Species</strong> Prunus sp PRUN-SP SH<br />

Chess Bromus secalinus ssp. secalinus BROMSES SE4 GR<br />

Chestnut-scaled Sedge Carex castanea CARECAS S5 SE<br />

Chickweed <strong>Species</strong> Cerastium sp CERA-SP FO<br />

Chickweed <strong>Species</strong> Stellaria sp STEL-SP FO<br />

Chicory Cichorium intybus CICHINT SE5 FO<br />

Chinese Bush-clover Lespedeza cuneata LESPCUN SE1 SH<br />

Chinese Lantern Physalis alkekengi PHYSALK SE2 FO<br />

Chi Chinese Pl Plume GGrass Miscanthus Mi th sinensis i i MISCSIN SE1 GR<br />

Chinquapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii QUERMUE S4 TR<br />

Choke Cherry Prunus virginiana ssp. virginiana PRUNVIV S5 SH<br />

Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides POLYACR S5 FE<br />

Churchmouse Three-awned Grass Aristida dichotoma ARISDIC S1 GR<br />

Cicer Milkvetch Astragalus cicer ASTRCIC SE1 FO<br />

Ciliolate Aster Aster ciliolatus ASTECIL S5 FO<br />

Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea OSMUCIN S5 FE<br />

Cinnamon Rose Rosa majalis ROSAMAJ SE1 SH<br />

Cinquefoil <strong>Species</strong> Potentilla sp POTE-SP FO<br />

Clammy Ground-cherry Physalis heterophylla PHYSHET S4 FO<br />

Clammy Hedge-hyssop Gratiola neglecta GRATNEG S4 FO<br />

Clasping Bellwort Triodanis perfoliata TRIOPRF S4 FO<br />

Clasping Mullein Verbascum phlomoides VERBPHL SE1 FO<br />

Clasping Pepper-grass Lepidium perfoliatum LEPIPER SE1 FO<br />

Clasping-leaved Pondweed Potamogeton perfoliatus POTAPER S4 FO<br />

Clear-eye Salvia sclarea SALVSCL SE1 FO<br />

Clearweed <strong>Species</strong> Pilea sp PILE-SP FO<br />

Cleavers Galium aparine GALIAPA S5 FO<br />

Cleland's Evening-primrose Oenothera clelandii OENOCLE S1 FO<br />

Clematis <strong>Species</strong> Clematis sp CLEM-SP VW<br />

Climbing Bittersweet Celastrus scandens CELASCA S5 VW<br />

Climbing False Buckwheat Polygonum scandens POLYSCN S4S5 VI<br />

Climbing Poison-ivy Rhus radicans ssp. negundo<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Clinton's Bulrush Scirpus clintonii SCIRCLI S2S3 SE<br />

Clinton's Wood Fern Dryopteris clintoniana DRYOCLI S4 FE<br />

Closed Gentian Gentiana andrewsii GENTAND S4 FO<br />

Clover <strong>Species</strong> Trifolium sp TRIF-SP FO<br />

Clubmoss <strong>Species</strong> Lycopodium sp LYCO-SP FE<br />

Club-spur Orchid Platanthera clavellata PLATCLA S4S5 FO<br />

Clustered Cancer-root Orobanche fasciculata OROBFAS SH FO<br />

Clustered Sedge Carex cumulata CARECUM S4 SE<br />

Clustered Snakeroot Sanicula odorata SANIODO S5 FO<br />

Coast Jointweed Polygonella articulata POLYART S4 FO<br />

Coast Sedge Carex exilis CAREEXI S5 SE<br />

Coastal Plain Goldentop Euthamia caroliniana EUTHCAR S1 FO<br />

Coast-blite Chenopodium rubrum CHENRUB SE2 FO<br />

Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium XANTSTR S5 FO<br />

Cockspur Hawthorn Crataegus crus-galli CRATCRU S5 SH<br />

Colicroot Aletris farinosa ALETFAR S2 FO<br />

Colonial Bent Grass Agrostis capillaris AGROCAP SE2 GR<br />

Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara TUSSFAR SE5 FO<br />

Columbia Water Meal Wolffia columbiana WOLFCOL S4S5 FO<br />

Common Apple Malus pumila MALUPUM SE5 SH<br />

Common Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia SAGILAT S5 FO<br />

Common Barberry Berberis vulgaris BERBVUL SE5 SH<br />

Common Blackberry Rubus allegheniensis RUBUALL S5 SH<br />

Common Bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris UTRIVUL S5 FO<br />

CCommon Bl Blue Vi Violet l t Vi Viola l sororia i VIOLSOR S5 FO<br />

Common Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium montanum SISYMON S5 FO<br />

Common Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata MENYTRI S5 FO<br />

Common Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum EUPAPER S5 FO<br />

Common Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica RHAMCAT SE5 SH<br />

Common Bugle Ajuga reptans AJUGREP SE2 FO<br />

Common Bur Sedge Carex grayi CAREGRY S4 SE<br />

Common Burdock Arctium minus ssp. minus ARCTMIM SE5 FO<br />

Common Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris PINGVUL S5 FO<br />

Common Caraway Carum carvi CARUCAR SE1? FO<br />

Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea CENTERY SE3 FO<br />

Common Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex POTESIM S5 FO<br />

Common Clearweed Pilea pumila PILEPUM S5 FO<br />

Common Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum LYCOCLA S5 FE<br />

Common Comfrey Symphytum officinale ssp. officinale SYMPOFO SE5 FO<br />

Common Coontail Ceratophyllum demersum CERADEM S5 FO<br />

Common Coriander Coriandrum sativum CORISAT SE1 FO<br />

Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale TARAOFF SE5 FO<br />

Common Dodder Cuscuta gronovii CUSCGRO S5 FO<br />

Common Elderberry Sambucus canadensis SAMBCAN S5 SH<br />

Common Evening-primrose Oenothera biennis OENOBIE S5 FO<br />

Common Flax Linum usitatissimum LINUUSI SE3 FO<br />

Common Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides MYOSSCO SE5 FO<br />

Common Gaura Gaura longiflora<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Common Globe-thistle Echinops sphaerocephalus ECHISPH SE4 FO<br />

Common Goldentop Euthamia graminifolia EUTHGRA S5 FO<br />

Common Greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia SMILROT S2 SH<br />

Common Gromwell Lithospermum officinale LITHOFF SE5 FO<br />

Common Hairgrass Deschampsia flexuosa DESCFLE S5 GR<br />

Common Hop Sedge Carex lupulina CARELUP S5 SE<br />

Common Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum officinale CYNOOFF SE5 FO<br />

Common Juniper Juniperus communis JUNICOM S5 SH<br />

Common Knotweed Polygonum aviculare POLYAVI SE5 FO<br />

Common Lilac Syringa vulgaris SYRIVUL SE5 SH<br />

Common Meadow-beauty Rhexia virginica RHEXVIR S4 FO<br />

Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca ASCLSYR S5 FO<br />

Common Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium fontanum CERAFON SE5 FO<br />

Common Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris ARTEVUL SE5 FO<br />

Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus VERBTHA SE5 FO<br />

Common Oak Fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris GYMNDRD S5 FE<br />

Common Peach Prunus persica PRUNPER SE1 SH<br />

Common Pear Pyrus communis PYRUCOM SE4 SH<br />

Common Pepper-grass Lepidium densiflorum LEPIDEN SE5 FO<br />

Common <strong>Plant</strong>ain <strong>Plant</strong>ago major PLANMAJ SE5 FO<br />

Common Plum Prunus domestica var. domestica PRUNDOD SE2 SH<br />

Common Poppy Papaver somniferum PAPASOM SE1 FO<br />

Common Potato Solanum tuberosum SOLATUB SE1 FO<br />

Common Privet Ligustrum vulgare LIGUVUL SE5 SH<br />

CCommon RRagweedd Ambrosia A b i artemisiifolia t i iif li AMBRART S5 FO<br />

Common Ragwort Senecio vulgaris SENEVUL SE5 FO<br />

Common Reed Phragmites australis PHRAAUS S5 GR<br />

Common Salsify Tragopogon porrifolius TRAGPOR SE4? FO<br />

Common Smartweed Polygonum hydropiper POLYHDP SE5 FO<br />

Common Sow-thistle Sonchus oleraceus SONCOLE SE5 FO<br />

Common Speedwell Veronica officinalis VEROOFF SE5 FO<br />

Common Spiderwort Tradescantia ohiensis TRADOHI S2 FO<br />

Common St. John's-wort Hypericum perforatum HYPEPER SE5 FO<br />

Common Stitchwort Stellaria media STELMED SE5 FO<br />

Common Strawberry Fragaria virginiana ssp. virginiana FRAGVIV S5 FO<br />

Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus ssp. annuus HELIANA SE FO<br />

Common Teasel Dipsacus fullonum ssp. sylvestris DIPSFUS SE5 FO<br />

Common Three-square Scirpus pungens SCIRPUN S5 SE<br />

Common Valerian Valeriana officinalis VALEOFF SE3 FO<br />

Common Vetch Vicia sativa ssp. nigra VICISAN SE5 VI<br />

Common Water Starwort Callitriche palustris CALLPLU S5 FO<br />

Common Water-plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica ALISPLA S4? FO<br />

Common Wheat Triticum aestivum TRITAES SE1 GR<br />

Common Wintercress Barbarea vulgaris BARBVUL SE5 FO<br />

Common Wood Sedge Carex blanda CAREBLA S5 SE<br />

Common Woodrush Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora LUZUMUM S5 RU<br />

Common Wormwood Artemisia absinthium ARTEABS SE3? FO<br />

Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium ssp. millefolium<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Common's Panic Grass Panicum columbianum var. commonsianum PANICOC S1 GR<br />

Compass <strong>Plant</strong> Silphium laciniatum var. laciniatum SILPLAL S1 FO<br />

Coniferous Wood Sedge Carex concinna CARECON S5 SE<br />

Convoluted Single-spike Sedge Carex scirpoidea ssp. convoluta CARESCC S3 SE<br />

Coontail <strong>Species</strong> Ceratophyllum sp CERT-SP FO<br />

Cooper's Milkvetch Astragalus neglectus ASTRNEG S3 FO<br />

Copper-shouldered Sedge Carex bicknellii CAREBIC S2 SE<br />

Coralberry Symphoricarpos orbiculatus SYMPORB SE1 SH<br />

Coralroot <strong>Species</strong> Corallorhiza sp CORA-SP FO<br />

Cord Grass <strong>Species</strong> Spartina sp SPTI-SP GR<br />

Coreopsis <strong>Species</strong> Coreopsis sp CORE-SP FO<br />

Corn Zea mays ZEA-MAY SE2 GR<br />

Corn Chamomile Anthemis arvensis ANTHARV SE5 FO<br />

Corn Gromwell Buglossoides arvensis BUGLARV SE5 FO<br />

Corn Poppy Papaver rhoeas PAPARHO SE1 FO<br />

Corn Speedwell Veronica arvensis VEROARV SE5 FO<br />

Cottage Pink Dianthus plumarius DIANPLU SE1 FO<br />

Cottongrass <strong>Species</strong> Eriophorum sp ERIO-SP SE<br />

Cow Vetch Vicia cracca VICICRA SE5 VI<br />

Cowbane Oxypolis rigidior OXYPRIG S2 FO<br />

Cow-parsnip Heracleum lanatum HERALAN S5 FO<br />

Cowslip Primula veris PRIMVER SE1 FO<br />

Cow-wheat Melampyrum lineare MELALIN S4S5 FO<br />

Crabapple <strong>Species</strong> Malus sp MALU-SP SH<br />

CCrabgrass b S<strong>Species</strong> i Di Digitaria it i sp DIGI DIGI-SP SP GR<br />

Crack Willow Salix fragilis SALIFRA SE5 TR<br />

Crane's-bill <strong>Species</strong> Geranium sp GERA-SP FO<br />

Crawford's Sedge Carex crawfordii CARECRW S5 SE<br />

Cream Violet Viola striata VIOLSTR S3 FO<br />

Creeping Bent Grass Agrostis stolonifera AGROSTO S5 GR<br />

Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens RANUREP SE5 FO<br />

Creeping Juniper Juniperus horizontalis JUNIHOR S5 SH<br />

Creeping Love Grass Eragrostis hypnoides ERAGHYP S4 GR<br />

Creeping Rush Juncus subtilis JUNCSUB S3 RU<br />

Creeping Sedge Carex chordorrhiza CARECHO S5 SE<br />

Creeping Snowberry Gaultheria hispidula GAULHIS S5 SH<br />

Creeping Spearwort Ranunculus flammula var. reptans RANUFLR SU FO<br />

Creeping Wood-sorrel Oxalis corniculata OXALCOR SE1 FO<br />

Creeping Yellow-cress Rorippa sylvestris RORISYL SE5 FO<br />

Crested Arrowhead Sagittaria graminea var. cristata SAGIGRC S3 FO<br />

Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus CYNOCRI SE1 GR<br />

Crested Sedge Carex cristatella CARECRS S5 SE<br />

Crested Wheat Grass Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum AGROCRP SE2 GR<br />

Crested Wood Fern Dryopteris cristata DRYOCRI S5 FE<br />

Crooked-stem Aster Aster prenanthoides ASTEPRE S2 FO<br />

Crowded Sedge Carex aggregata CAREAGG S1 SE<br />

Crown-vetch Coronilla varia COROVAR SE5 FO<br />

Cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis ssp. pratensis<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Cucumber Magnolia Magnolia acuminata MAGNACU S2 TR<br />

Cultivated Oats Avena sativa AVENSAT SE3 GR<br />

Culver's-root Veronicastrum virginicum VEROVRG S2 FO<br />

Cup-plant Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum SILPPEP S2 FO<br />

Curled Thistle Carduus crispus CARDCRI SE FO<br />

Curly Cup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa GRINSQU SE3 FO<br />

Curly Dock Rumex crispus RUMECRI SE5 FO<br />

Curly Pondweed Potamogeton crispus POTACRI SE5 FO<br />

Currant <strong>Species</strong> Ribes sp RIBE-SP SH<br />

Cursed Crowfoot Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus RANUSCS S5 FO<br />

Cut Grass <strong>Species</strong> Leersia sp LEER-SP GR<br />

Cut-leaved Anemone Anemone multifida ANEMMUL S5 FO<br />

Cut-leaved Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata RUDBLAC S5 FO<br />

Cut-leaved Evening-primrose Oenothera laciniata OENOLAC SE1 FO<br />

Cut-leaved False Foxglove Aureolaria pedicularia AUREPED S2? FO<br />

Cut-leaved Grape Fern Botrychium dissectum BOTRDIS S5 FE<br />

Cut-leaved Nightshade Solanum triflorum SOLATRI SE1 FO<br />

Cut-leaved Toothwort Cardamine concatenata CARDCON S5 FO<br />

Cut-leaved Water-horehound Lycopus americanus LYCOAME S5 FO<br />

Cylindric Blazing Star Liatris cylindracea LIATCYL S3 FO<br />

Cypress Spurge Euphorbia cyparissias EUPHCYP SE5 FO<br />

Cypress-like Sedge Carex pseudo-cyperus CAREPSE S5 SE<br />

Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus NARCPSE SE2 FO<br />

Daffodil <strong>Species</strong> Narcissus sp NARC-SP FO<br />

DDaisy i Fleabane Fl b Ei Erigeron annuus ERIGANN S5 FO<br />

Daisy-leaved Grape Fern Botrychium matricariifolium BOTRMAT S4S5 FE<br />

Dame's Rocket Hesperis matronalis HESPMAT SE5 FO<br />

Dandelion <strong>Species</strong> Taraxacum sp TARA-SP FO<br />

Daphne Daphne mezereum DAPHMEZ SE2 SH<br />

Dark-green Sedge Carex tonsa var. rugosperma CARETOR S5 SE<br />

Dark-leaved Mugwort Artemisia ludoviciana ARTELUD S4? FO<br />

Dark-scaled Sedge Carex buxbaumii CAREBUX S5 SE<br />

Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum VACCSTA S1 SH<br />

Deer-tongue Panic Grass Panicum clandestinum PANICLA S2 GR<br />

Dense Long-beaked Sedge Carex sychnocephala CARESYC S4 SE<br />

Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria DIANARM SE5 FO<br />

Devil's Beggar-ticks Bidens frondosa BIDEFRO S5 FO<br />

Dewdrop Dalibarda repens DALIREP S4S5 FO<br />

Dewey's Sedge Carex deweyana CAREDEW S5 SE<br />

Dicentra <strong>Species</strong> Dicentra sp DICE-SP FO<br />

Dill Anethum graveolens ANETGRA SE1? FO<br />

Dillen's Tick-trefoil Desmodium paniculatum var. dillenii DESMPAD S4 FO<br />

Dillen's Wood-sorrel Oxalis dillenii OXALDIL S5? FO<br />

Distant Sedge Carex lucorum CARELUC S4 SE<br />

Dock <strong>Species</strong> Rumex sp RUME-SP FO<br />

Dodder <strong>Species</strong> Cuscuta sp CUSC-SP FO<br />

Dodge's Hawthorn Crataegus dodgei CRATDOD S4 SH<br />

Dog Nettle Urtica urens<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Dog Rose Rosa canina ROSACAN SE2 SH<br />

Dog Violet Viola conspersa VIOLCON S5 FO<br />

Dogbane <strong>Species</strong> Apocynum sp APOC-SP FO<br />

Dogwood <strong>Species</strong> Cornus sp CORN-SP SH<br />

Doorweed Polygonum arenastrum POLYARE SE5 FO<br />

Dotted Hawthorn Crataegus punctata CRATPUN S5 SH<br />

Dotted Smartweed Polygonum punctatum POLYPUN S5 FO<br />

Dotted Water Meal Wolffia borealis WOLFBOR S4S5 FO<br />

Doubtful Goat's-beard Tragopogon dubius TRAGDUB SE5 FO<br />

Douglas' Knotweed Polygonum douglasii POLYDOU S4 FO<br />

Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle GERAMOL SE1 FO<br />

Dowell's Wood Fern Dryopteris X dowellii DRYODOW SHB1 FE<br />

Downy Arrow-wood Viburnum rafinesquianum VIBURAF S5 SH<br />

Downy Birch Betula pubescens ssp. pubescens BETUPUP SE1 TR<br />

Downy Chess Bromus tectorum BROMTEC SE5 GR<br />

Downy False Foxglove Aureolaria virginica AUREVIR S1 FO<br />

Downy Goldenrod Solidago puberula SOLIPUB S2 FO<br />

Downy Green Sedge Carex swanii CARESWA S4 SE<br />

Downy Hawthorn Crataegus mollis CRATMOL S5 SH<br />

Downy Rattlesnake <strong>Plant</strong>ain Goodyera pubescens GOODPUB S4 FO<br />

Downy Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea AMELARB S5 SH<br />

Downy Wild Rye Elymus villosus ELYMVIL S4 GR<br />

Downy Willow-herb Epilobium strictum EPILSTR S5 FO<br />

Downy Wood Mint Blephilia ciliata BLEPCIL S1 FO<br />

DDragon's ' MMouth th AArethusa th bbulbosa lb ARETBUL S4 FO<br />

Drooping Bulrush Scirpus pendulus SCIRPEN S5 SE<br />

Drooping Sedge Carex prasina CAREPRS S4 SE<br />

Drooping Wood Sedge Carex arctata CAREART S5 SE<br />

Drooping Woodreed Cinna latifolia CINNLAT S5 GR<br />

Dropseed <strong>Species</strong> Sporobolus sp SPOR-SP GR<br />

Drummond's Rock Cress Arabis drummondii ARABDRU S4 FO<br />

Dryland Blueberry Vaccinium pallidum VACCPAL S4 SH<br />

Duckweed <strong>Species</strong> Lemna sp LEMN-SP FO<br />

Dudley's Rush Juncus dudleyi JUNCDUD S5 RU<br />

Dune Bluestem Schizachyrium littorale SCHILIT S2? GR<br />

Dutchman's-breeches Dicentra cucullaria DICECUC S5 FO<br />

Dutchman's-pipe Aristolochia macrophylla ARISMAC SE1 VI<br />

Dwarf Birch Betula pumila BETUPUM S5 SH<br />

Dwarf Canadian Primrose Primula mistassinica PRIMMIS S4 FO<br />

Dwarf Chickweed Cerastium pumilum CERAPUM SE2 FO<br />

Dwarf Chinquapin Oak Quercus prinoides QUERPRI S2 SH<br />

Dwarf Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis POTECAN S2? FO<br />

Dwarf Dandelion Krigia virginica KRIGVIR S1 FO<br />

Dwarf Enchanter's Nightshade Circaea alpina CIRCALP S5 FO<br />

Dwarf Flax Linum catharticum LINUCAT SE2 FO<br />

Dwarf Ginseng Panax trifolius PANATRI S4 FO<br />

Dwarf Hackberry Celtis tenuifolia CELTTEN S2 SH<br />

Dwarf Lake Iris Iris lacustris IRISLAC S3 FO<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Dwarf Mistletoe Arceuthobium pusillum ARCEPUS S5 FO<br />

Dwarf <strong>Plant</strong>ain <strong>Plant</strong>ago virginica PLANVIR SE1 FO<br />

Dwarf Raspberry Rubus pubescens RUBUPUB S5 SH<br />

Dwarf Rattlesnake <strong>Plant</strong>ain Goodyera repens GOODREP S5 FO<br />

Dwarf Scouring Rush Equisetum scirpoides EQUISCI S5 FE<br />

Dwarf Spurge Euphorbia exigua EUPHEXI SE1 FO<br />

Dwarf St. John's-wort Hypericum mutilum ssp. mutilum HYPEMUM S5 FO<br />

Early Blue Violet Viola palmata var. palmata VIOLPAP S2S3 FO<br />

Early Buttercup Ranunculus fascicularis RANUFAS S4 FO<br />

Early Coralroot Corallorhiza trifida CORATRI S5 FO<br />

Early Eyebright Odontites verna ssp. serotina ODONVES SE1 FO<br />

Early Fen Sedge Carex crawei CARECRA S4 SE<br />

Early Goldenrod Solidago juncea SOLIJUN S5 FO<br />

Early Meadow-rue Thalictrum dioicum THALDIO S5 FO<br />

Early Oak Sedge Carex umbellata CAREUMB S5 SE<br />

Early Saxifrage Saxifraga virginiensis SAXIVIR S5 FO<br />

Early Wild Rye Elymus macgregorii ELYMMAC S1S3 GR<br />

Eastern Black Nightshade Solanum ptychanthum SOLAPTY S5 FO<br />

Eastern Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum PTERAQL S5 FE<br />

Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides ssp. deltoides POPUDED S5 TR<br />

Eastern Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida CORNFLO S2? SH<br />

Eastern Glyceria Glyceria septentrionalis GLYCSEP S4 GR<br />

Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis TSUGCAN S5 TR<br />

Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid Platanthera leucophaea PLATLEU S2 FO<br />

EEastern t PPrickly i kl PPear CCactus t OOpuntia ti hhumifusa if OPUNHUM S1 FO<br />

Eastern Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana JUNIVIR S5 TR<br />

Eastern White Cedar Thuja occidentalis THUJOCC S5 TR<br />

Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus PINUSTR S5 TR<br />

Eaton's Panic Grass Panicum spretum PANISPR S2 GR<br />

Ebony Spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron ASPLPLA S4 FE<br />

Eel-grass Vallisneria americana VALLAME S5 FO<br />

Eglantine Rosa rubiginosa ROSARUB SE4 SH<br />

Elderberry <strong>Species</strong> Sambucus sp SAMB-SP SH<br />

Elecampane Inula helenium INULHEL SE5 FO<br />

Elliptic Spike-rush Eleocharis elliptica ELEOELL S5 SE<br />

Elm <strong>Species</strong> Ulmus sp ULMU-SP TR<br />

Elm-leaved Goldenrod Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia SOLIULU S1 FO<br />

Elongated Wild Rye Elymus elongatus ssp. ponticus ELYMELP SE3 GR<br />

Emerson's Hawthorn Crataegus submollis CRATSBM S4S5 SH<br />

Enchanter's Nightshade <strong>Species</strong> Circaea sp CIRC-SP FO<br />

Engelmann's Quillwort Isoetes engelmannii ISOEENG S1 FE<br />

Engelmann's Spike-rush Eleocharis engelmannii ELEOENG S1 SE<br />

English Daisy Bellis perennis BELLPER SE5 FO<br />

English Sundew Drosera anglica DROSANG S5 FO<br />

English Violet Viola odorata VIOLODO SE2 FO<br />

Erect Bugle Ajuga genevensis AJUGGEN SE1 FO<br />

Erect Knotweed Polygonum erectum POLYERE SH FO<br />

Erysimum <strong>Species</strong> Erysimum sp<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Euonymus <strong>Species</strong> Euonymus sp EUON-SP SH<br />

European Ash Fraxinus excelsior FRAXEXC SE2 TR<br />

European Bellflower Campanula rapunculoides CAMPRAP SE5 FO<br />

European Chives Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasum ALLISCC SE2 FO<br />

European Common Hop Humulus lupulus var. lupulus HUMULUL S4 VI<br />

European Euonymus Euonymus europaea EUONEUR SE2 SH<br />

European Eyebright Euphrasia stricta EUPHSTR SE4? FO<br />

European Fly Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum LONIXYL SE2 SH<br />

European Frog-bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae HYDRMOR SE5 FO<br />

European Highbush Cranberry Viburnum opulus VIBUOPU SE4 SH<br />

European Honeysuckle Lonicera caprifolium LONICAP SE1 VW<br />

European Larch Larix decidua LARIDEC SE2 TR<br />

European Mallow Malva alcea MALVALC SE1 FO<br />

European Mountain-ash Sorbus aucuparia SORBAUC SE4 SH<br />

European Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica ssp. dioica URTIDID SE2 FO<br />

European Water-horehound Lycopus europaeus LYCOEUR SE5 FO<br />

European White Birch Betula pendula BETUPEN SE4 TR<br />

European White Poplar Populus alba POPUALB SE5 TR<br />

Evening-primrose <strong>Species</strong> Oenothera sp OENO-SP FO<br />

Evergreen Wood Fern Dryopteris intermedia DRYOINT S5 FE<br />

Everlasting Pea Lathyrus latifolius LATHLAT SE4 VI<br />

Expressway Sedge Carex praegracilis CAREPRA SE5 SE<br />

Fall Hawkbit Leontodon autumnalis ssp. autumnalis LEONAUA SE5 FO<br />

Fall Panic Grass Panicum dichotomiflorum PANIDIF SE5 GR<br />

FFall ll Phlox Phl Phl Phlox paniculata i l t PHLOPAN SE3 FO<br />

Fall Witch Grass Digitaria cognata var. cognata DIGICOC S1 GR<br />

False Daisy Eclipta prostrata ECLIPRO S2 FO<br />

False Golden Sedge Carex garberi CAREGAR S4 SE<br />

False Lettuce Lactuca floridana var. floridana LACTFLF S2 FO<br />

False Melic Schizachne purpurascens ssp. purpurascens SCHIPUP S5 GR<br />

False Mermaid Floerkea proserpinacoides FLOEPRO S4 FO<br />

False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica BOEHCYL S5 FO<br />

False Pennyroyal Trichostema brachiatum TRICBRA S4 FO<br />

False Pimpernel Lindernia dubia var. dubia LINDDUD S4 FO<br />

False Ragweed Iva xanthifolia IVA-XAN SE1 FO<br />

False Rue Anemone Enemion biternatum ENEMBIT S2 FO<br />

False Rusty Nut Sedge Cyperus odoratus CYPEODO S5 SE<br />

False Solomon's Seal Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum MAIARAR S5 FO<br />

False Solomon's Seal <strong>Species</strong> Maianthemum sp MAIA-SP FO<br />

False Spiraea Sorbaria sorbifolia SORBSOR SE4 SH<br />

False St. John's-wort Hypericum gentianoides HYPEGEN S1 FO<br />

False Timothy Crypsis schoenoides CRYPSCH SE1 GR<br />

False-indigo Amorpha fruticosa AMORFRU SE1 SH<br />

Fanleaf Hawthorn Crataegus flabellata CRATFLA S4 SH<br />

Farwell's Water-milfoil Myriophyllum farwellii MYRIFAR S4 FO<br />

Feathertop Calamagrostis epigejos CALAEPI SE2 GR<br />

Fen Star Sedge Carex sterilis CARESTE S4 SE<br />

Fennel Foeniculum vulgare<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Fern Pondweed Potamogeton robbinsii POTAROB S4S5 FO<br />

Fern <strong>Species</strong> Fern sp FERN-SP FE<br />

Fescue Oval Sedge Carex festucacea CAREFES S1 SE<br />

Fescue <strong>Species</strong> Festuca sp FEST-SP GR<br />

Fetid Marigold Dyssodia papposa DYSSPAP SE1 FO<br />

Few-flowered Collinsia Collinsia parviflora var. parviflora COLLPAP S4 FO<br />

Few-flowered Nut Rush Scleria pauciflora SCLEPAU S1 SE<br />

Few-flowered Panic Grass Panicum oligosanthes PANIOLI S4 GR<br />

Few-flowered Sedge Carex pauciflora CAREPAU S5 SE<br />

Few-flowered Spike-rush Eleocharis pauciflora ELEOPAU S5 SE<br />

Few-fruited Sedge Carex oligocarpa CAREOLG S3 SE<br />

Few-nerved Wood Sedge Carex leptonervia CARELET S4 SE<br />

Few-seeded Sedge Carex oligosperma CAREOLI S4 SE<br />

Fibrous Rooted Sedge Carex communis CARECOM S5 SE<br />

Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis CONVARV SE5 VI<br />

Field Chickweed Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum CERAARS S4 FO<br />

Field Cress Lepidium campestre LEPICAM SE5 FO<br />

Field Garlic Allium vineale ssp. vineale ALLIVIV SE2 FO<br />

Field Hawkweed Hieracium caespitosum ssp. caespitosum HIERCAC SE5 FO<br />

Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense EQUIARV S5 FE<br />

Field Milkwort Polygala sanguinea POLYSAN S3 FO<br />

Field Nut Sedge Cyperus esculentus CYPEESC S5 SE<br />

Field Pansy Viola bicolor VIOLBIC S1 FO<br />

Field Penny-cress Thlaspi arvense THLAARV SE5 FO<br />

Fi Field ld PPussytoes t AAntennaria t i neglecta l t ANTENEG S5 FO<br />

Field Scorpion-grass Myosotis arvensis MYOSARV SE4 FO<br />

Field Sedge Carex conoidea CARECOI S3 SE<br />

Field Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis ssp. arvensis SONCARA SE5 FO<br />

Field Thistle Cirsium discolor CIRSDIS S3 FO<br />

Figwort <strong>Species</strong> Scrophularia sp SCRO-SP FO<br />

Filago Logfia arvensis LOGFARV SE1 FO<br />

Filiform Rush Juncus filiformis JUNCFIL S4S5 RU<br />

Fireberry Hawthorn Crataegus chrysocarpa CRATCHR S5 SH<br />

Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium EPILANG S5 FO<br />

Flabby Sedge Carex flacca CAREFLA SE2 SE<br />

Flat Rattlesnake-master Eryngium planum ERYNPLA SE1 FO<br />

Flat Sedge <strong>Species</strong> Cyperus sp CYPE-SP SE<br />

Flat-hair Rock Cress Arabis hirsuta var. adpressipilis ARABHIA S1 FO<br />

Flat-leaved Bladderwort Utricularia intermedia UTRIINT S5 FO<br />

Flat-stem Oat Grass Danthonia compressa DANTCOM S4 GR<br />

Flat-stem Pondweed Potamogeton zosteriformis POTAZOS S5 FO<br />

Flat-stem Rush Juncus compressus JUNCCOM SE5 RU<br />

Flat-stem Spike-rush Eleocharis compressa ELEOCOM S4 SE<br />

Flat-topped White Aster Aster umbellatus var. umbellatus ASTEUMU S5 FO<br />

Fleabane <strong>Species</strong> Erigeron sp ERIG-SP FO<br />

Fleshy Hawthorn Crataegus succulenta CRATSUC S4S5 SH<br />

Flixweed Descurainia sophia DESCSOP SE5 FO<br />

Floating Bur-reed Sparganium angustifolium<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Floating-heart Nymphoides cordata NYMPCOR S4? FO<br />

Floating-leaf Pondweed Potamogeton natans POTANAT S5 FO<br />

Flowering-rush Butomus umbellatus BUTOUMB SE5 FO<br />

Flower-of-an-hour Hibiscus trionum HIBITRI SE4 FO<br />

Fly Honeysuckle Lonicera canadensis LONICAN S5 SH<br />

Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia TIARCOR S5 FO<br />

Fogfruit Phyla lanceolata PHYLLAN S2 FO<br />

Fogg's Goosefoot Chenopodium foggii CHENFOG S2 FO<br />

Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium AETHCYN SE1 FO<br />

Forb <strong>Species</strong> Forb sp FORB-SP FO<br />

Forget-me-not <strong>Species</strong> Myosotis sp MYOS-SP FO<br />

Forked Catchfly Silene dichotoma SILEDIC SE1 FO<br />

Forked Panic Grass Panicum dichotomum PANIDIC S2 GR<br />

Forked Three-awned Grass Aristida basiramea ARISBAS S2 GR<br />

Forsythia Forsythia viridissima FORSVIR SE2 SH<br />

Four-angled Spike-rush Eleocharis quadrangulata ELEOQUA S1 SE<br />

Four-leaved Milkweed Asclepias quadrifolia ASCLQUA S1 FO<br />

Fowl Blue Grass Poa palustris POA-PAL S5 GR<br />

Fowl Glyceria Glyceria striata GLYCSTR S4S5 GR<br />

Fox Grape Vitis labrusca VITILAB S1 VW<br />

Fox Sedge Carex vulpinoidea CAREVUL S5 SE<br />

Foxglove Beard-tongue Penstemon digitalis PENSDIG S4S5 FO<br />

Foxtail Millet Setaria italica SETAITA SE1 GR<br />

Foxtail <strong>Species</strong> Setaria sp SETA-SP GR<br />

FFragrant t BBedstraw d t GGalium li ttriflorum ifl GALITRI S5 FO<br />

Fragrant Cudweed Gnaphalium obtusifolium GNAPOBT S5 FO<br />

Fragrant Sumac Rhus aromatica RHUSARO S5 SH<br />

Fragrant White Water-lily Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa NYMPODT SU FO<br />

Fraser's St. John's-wort Triadenum fraseri TRIAFRA S5 FO<br />

Freeman's Maple Acer X freemanii ACERFRE SHB4 TR<br />

French Rocket Erucastrum gallicum ERUCGAL SE5 FO<br />

Freshwater Cord Grass Spartina pectinata SPARPEC S4 GR<br />

Fries' Pondweed Potamogeton friesii POTAFRI S4 FO<br />

Fringed Bindweed Polygonum cilinode POLYCIL S5 VI<br />

Fringed Brome Bromus ciliatus BROMCIL S5 GR<br />

Fringed Gentian Gentianopsis crinita GENTCRI S5 FO<br />

Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata LYSICIL S5 FO<br />

Fringed Polygala Polygala paucifolia POLYPAU S5 FO<br />

Fringed Puccoon Lithospermum incisum LITHINC S1 FO<br />

Fringed Sedge Carex crinita CARECRI S5 SE<br />

Frosted Hawthorn Crataegus pruinosa CRATPRU S4? SH<br />

Frost-wort Helianthemum canadense HELICAN S3 FO<br />

Fuller's Hawthorn Crataegus fulleriana CRATFUL S2? SH<br />

Fumitory Fumaria officinalis FUMAOFF SE3 FO<br />

Garden Black Currant Ribes nigrum RIBENIG SE2 SH<br />

Garden Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris AQUIVUL SE3 FO<br />

Garden Cress Lepidium sativum LEPISAT SE2 FO<br />

Garden Lettuce Lactuca sativa<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Garden Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris LYSIVUL SE3 FO<br />

Garden Orache Atriplex hortensis ATRIHOR SE1 FO<br />

Garden Parsley Petroselinum crispum PETRCRI SE1 FO<br />

Garden Pea Pisum sativum PISUSAT SE1 VI<br />

Garden Radish Raphanus sativus RAPHSAT SE1 FO<br />

Garden Red Currant Ribes rubrum RIBERUB SE5 SH<br />

Garden Sorrel Rumex acetosa RUMEACT SE FO<br />

Garlic Allium sativum ALLISAT SE2 FO<br />

Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata ALLIPET SE5 FO<br />

Gattinger's Panic Grass Panicum gattingeri PANIGAT S4 GR<br />

Gaultheria <strong>Species</strong> Gaultheria sp GAUL-SP SH<br />

Geniculate Spike-rush Eleocharis geniculata ELEOGEN S1 SE<br />

Gentian <strong>Species</strong> Gentiana sp GENT-SP FO<br />

German Chamomile Matricaria recutita MATRREC SE FO<br />

German Iris Iris germanica IRISGER SE1 FO<br />

Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys VEROCHA SE3 FO<br />

Ghostweed Euphorbia marginata EUPHMAR SE2 FO<br />

Giant Bur-reed Sparganium eurycarpum SPAREUR S5 FO<br />

Giant Foxtail Setaria faberi SETAFAB SE4 GR<br />

Giant Goldenrod Solidago gigantea SOLIGIG S5 FO<br />

Giant Ironweed Vernonia gigantea ssp. gigantea VERNGIG S3? FO<br />

Giant Knotweed Polygonum sachalinense POLYSAC SE1 FO<br />

Giant Pinedrops Pterospora andromedea PTERAND S2 FO<br />

Giant Ragweed Ambrosia trifida AMBRTRI S5 FO<br />

Gi Ginseng PPanax quinquefolius i f li PANAQUI S3 FO<br />

Ginseng <strong>Species</strong> Panax sp PANA-SP FO<br />

Glandular Swamp Fern Dryopteris X boottii DRYOBOO SHB2 FE<br />

Glaucous Blue Grass Poa glauca ssp. glaucantha POA-GLL S4 GR<br />

Glaucous Dabra Draba glabella DRABGLA S4S5 FO<br />

Glaucous Honeysuckle Lonicera dioica LONIDIO S5 VW<br />

Glaucous King Devil Hieracium piloselloides HIERPIL SE5 FO<br />

Glaucous White Lettuce Prenanthes racemosa ssp. racemosa PRENRAR SU FO<br />

Globe Candytuft Iberis umbellata IBERUMB SE1 FO<br />

Glossy Buckthorn Rhamnus frangula RHAMFRA SE5 SH<br />

Glyceria <strong>Species</strong> Glyceria sp GLYC-SP GR<br />

Goat's Rue Tephrosia virginiana TEPHVIR S1 FO<br />

Goat's-beard <strong>Species</strong> Tragopogon sp TRAG-SP FO<br />

Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea ZIZIAUR S5 FO<br />

Golden Coreopsis Coreopsis tinctoria CORETIN SE1 FO<br />

Golden Corydalis Corydalis aurea CORYAUR S5 FO<br />

Golden Creeper Thladiantha dubia THLADUB SE2 VI<br />

Golden Currant Ribes odoratum RIBEODO SE4 SH<br />

Golden Dock Rumex maritimus RUMEMAR S4 FO<br />

Golden Hedge-hyssop Gratiola aurea GRATAUR S4? FO<br />

Golden Lungwort Hieracium murorum HIERMUR SE1 FO<br />

Golden Ragwort Senecio aureus SENEAUR S5 FO<br />

Golden Saxifrage Chrysosplenium americanum CHRYAME S5 FO<br />

Golden Seal Hydrastis canadensis<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Golden-fruited Sedge Carex aurea CAREAUR S5 SE<br />

Goldenrod <strong>Species</strong> Solidago sp SOLI-SP FO<br />

Goldentuft Aurinia saxatilis AURISAX SE1 FO<br />

Goldie's Wood Fern Dryopteris goldiana DRYOGOL S4 FE<br />

Gold-of-pleasure Camelina sativa CAMESAT SE3 FO<br />

Goldthread Coptis trifolia ssp. groenlandica COPTTRG S5 FO<br />

Good King Henry Chenopodium bonus-henricus CHENBON SE1 FO<br />

Goose Grass Eleusine indica ELEUIND SE3 GR<br />

Goosefoot Corn-salad Valerianella chenopodiifolia VALECHE S1 FO<br />

Goosefoot <strong>Species</strong> Chenopodium sp CHEN-SP FO<br />

Gourd <strong>Species</strong> Cucurbita sp CUCU-SP VI<br />

Goutweed Aegopodium podagraria AEGOPOD SE5 FO<br />

Graceful Sedge Carex gracillima CAREGRM S5 SE<br />

Grape Fern <strong>Species</strong> Botrychium sp BOTR-SP FE<br />

Grape Hyacinth Muscari botryoides MUSCBOT SE3 FO<br />

Grape <strong>Species</strong> Vitis sp VITI-SP VW<br />

Grass Pink Calopogon tuberosus CALOTUB S4S5 FO<br />

Grass <strong>Species</strong> Grass sp GRAS-SP GR<br />

Grass-leaved Arrowhead Sagittaria graminea var. graminea SAGIGRG S4S5 FO<br />

Grass-leaved Pondweed Potamogeton gramineus POTAGRA S5 FO<br />

Grass-leaved Rush Juncus marginatus JUNCMAR S3 RU<br />

Grass-leaved Stitchwort Stellaria graminea STELGRA SE5 FO<br />

Grass-of-parnassus Parnassia glauca PARNGLA S5 FO<br />

Grass-of-parnassus <strong>Species</strong> Parnassia sp PARN-SP FO<br />

GGray Beak B k RRushh Rhynchospora Rh h ffusca RHYNFUS S4? SE<br />

Gray Birch Betula populifolia BETUPOP S5 TR<br />

Gray Dogwood Cornus foemina ssp. racemosa CORNFOR S5 SH<br />

Gray Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis ssp. nemoralis SOLINEN S5 FO<br />

Gray Sedge Carex amphibola var. amphibola CAREAMA S2 SE<br />

Gray-headed Coneflower Ratibida pinnata RATIPIN S3 FO<br />

Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica LOBESIP S5 FO<br />

Great Burdock Arctium lappa ARCTLAP SE5 FO<br />

Great Duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza SPIRPOL S5 FO<br />

Great Lakes Wheat Grass Elymus lanceolatus ssp. psammophilus ELYMLAP S3 GR<br />

Great Plains Flat Sedge Cyperus lupulinus ssp. macilentus CYPELUM S4 SE<br />

Great Plains Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes magnicamporum SPIRMAG S3? FO<br />

Great St. John's-wort Hypericum ascyron HYPEASC S3? FO<br />

Great Water Dock Rumex orbiculatus RUMEORB S4S5 FO<br />

Great-spurred Violet Viola selkirkii VIOLSEL S5 FO<br />

Green Adder's-mouth Malaxis unifolia MALAUNI S4S5 FO<br />

Green Alder Alnus viridis ssp. crispa ALNUVIC S5 SH<br />

Green Arrow-arum Peltandra virginica ssp. virginica PELTVIV S2 FO<br />

Green Dragon Arisaema dracontium ARISDRA S3 FO<br />

Green Foxtail Setaria viridis SETAVIR SE5 GR<br />

Green Milkweed Asclepias viridiflora ASCLVIR S2 FO<br />

Green Pigweed Amaranthus powellii AMARPOW SE5 FO<br />

Green Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum ASPLTRI S4 FE<br />

Green Violet Hybanthus concolor<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Greenbrier <strong>Species</strong> Smilax sp SMIL-SP VI<br />

Green-flowered Pyrola Pyrola chlorantha PYROCHL S4S5 FO<br />

Greenish Sedge Carex viridula CAREVIV S5 SE<br />

Green's Rush Juncus greenei JUNCGRE S3 RU<br />

Gromwell <strong>Species</strong> Lithospermum sp LITH-SP FO<br />

Grooved Yellow Flax Linum sulcatum LINUSUL S3 FO<br />

Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea GLECHED SE5 FO<br />

Ground-cedar Diphasiastrum tristachyum DIPHTRI S5 FE<br />

Ground-cherry <strong>Species</strong> Physalis sp PHYS-SP FO<br />

Groundnut Apios americana APIOAME S5 VI<br />

Ground-pine Lycopodium obscurum LYCOOBS S4 FE<br />

Grove Blue Grass Poa alsodes POA-ALS S4 GR<br />

Grove Sandwort Moehringia lateriflora MOEHLAT S5 FO<br />

Hackberry Celtis occidentalis CELTOCC S4 TR<br />

Hackberry <strong>Species</strong> Celtis sp CELT-SP TR<br />

Hagstroem's Hybrid Pondweed Potamogeton X hagstroemii POTAHAG SHB1? FO<br />

Hair Fescue Festuca filiformis FESTFIL SE2 GR<br />

Hairgrass <strong>Species</strong> Deschampsia sp DESC-SP GR<br />

Hair-like Bulbostylis Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris BULBCAC S4 SE<br />

Hair-like Sedge Carex capillaris ssp. capillaris CARECAP S5 SE<br />

Hair-like Speedwell Veronica filiformis VEROFIL SE2 FO<br />

Hairy Aster Aster pilosus var. pilosus ASTEPIP S5 FO<br />

Hairy Beard-tongue Penstemon hirsutus PENSHIR S4 FO<br />

Hairy Bedstraw Galium pilosum var. pilosum GALIPIP S3 FO<br />

HHairy i Bitt Bitter CCress Cardamine C d i hi hirsuta t CARDHIR SE3 FO<br />

Hairy Broomspurge Chamaesyce vermiculata CHAMVER S5 FO<br />

Hairy Bush-clover Lespedeza hirta LESPHIR S4 FO<br />

Hairy Buttercup Ranunculus hispidus var. hispidus RANUHIH S3 FO<br />

Hairy Chess Bromus commutatus BROMCOM SE4 GR<br />

Hairy Fimbristylis Fimbristylis puberula var. puberula FIMBPUP S1 SE<br />

Hairy Germander Teucrium canadense ssp. viscidum TEUCCAV SU FO<br />

Hairy Goldenrod Solidago hispida var. hispida SOLIHIS S5 FO<br />

Hairy Green Sedge Carex hirsutella CAREHIR S3 SE<br />

Hairy Hawkweed Hieracium gronovii HIERGRO S3? FO<br />

Hairy Honeysuckle Lonicera hirsuta LONIHIR S5 VW<br />

Hairy Mock-orange Philadelphus pubescens PHILPUB SE1 SH<br />

Hairy Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. pilosum PYCNVEP S1 FO<br />

Hairy Nighshade Solanum physalifolium SOLAPHY SE2 FO<br />

Hairy Panic Grass Panicum acuminatum PANIACU S5 GR<br />

Hairy Pinweed Lechea villosa LECHVIL S3 FO<br />

Hairy Pussytoes Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax ANTEPAF SU FO<br />

Hairy Rock Cress Arabis hirsuta var. pycnocarpa ARABHIP S5 FO<br />

Hairy Solomon's Seal Polygonatum pubescens POLYPUB S5 FO<br />

Hairy Sunflower Helianthus mollis HELIMOL SE1 FO<br />

Hairy Sweet-cicely Osmorhiza claytonii OSMOCLA S5 FO<br />

Hairy Umbrella-wort Mirabilis hirsuta MIRAHIR SE1 FO<br />

Hairy Vetch Vicia villosa VICIVIL SE5 VI<br />

Hairy Willow-herb Epilobium hirsutum<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Hairy Wood Lettuce Lactuca hirsuta LACTHIR S4? FO<br />

Hairy Wood Mint Blephilia hirsuta BLEPHIR S1 FO<br />

Hairy Wood Sedge Carex hirtifolia CAREHII S5 SE<br />

Hairy Woodrush Luzula acuminata LUZUACU S5 RU<br />

Hairy-fruited Sedge Carex trichocarpa CARETRC S3 SE<br />

Hairy-leaved Lake Sedge Carex atherodes CAREATH S4S5 SE<br />

Hairy-nerved Carrion Flower Smilax lasioneura SMILLAS S4 VI<br />

Halberd-leaved Tearthumb Polygonum arifolium POLYARI S3 FO<br />

Hammer Sedge Carex hirta CAREHRT SE2 SE<br />

Harbinger-of-spring Erigenia bulbosa ERIGBUL S3? FO<br />

Hard Fescue Festuca trachyphylla FESTTRA SE4 GR<br />

Hard Rush Juncus inflexus JUNCINF SE1 RU<br />

Hardhack Spiraea tomentosa SPIRTOM S4S5 SH<br />

Hardstem Bulrush Scirpus acutus SCIRACU S5 SE<br />

Hare Figwort Scrophularia lanceolata SCROLAN S4 FO<br />

Harebell Campanula rotundifolia CAMPROT S5 FO<br />

Hart's-tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum ASPLSCA S3 FE<br />

Hawkins' Oak Quercus X hawkinsiae QUERHAW SHB1 TR<br />

Hawk's Beard <strong>Species</strong> Crepis sp CREP-SP FO<br />

Hawkweed Oxtongue Picris hieracioides ssp. hieracioides PICRHIH SE5 FO<br />

Hawkweed <strong>Species</strong> Hieracium sp HIER-SP FO<br />

Hawkweed-leaved Mustard Erysimum hieraciifolium ERYSHIE SE5 FO<br />

Hawthorn <strong>Species</strong> Crataegus sp CRAT-SP SH<br />

Hay Sedge Carex siccata CARESIC S5 SE<br />

HHaynes' ' HHybrid b id PPondweed d d PPotamogeton t t X hhaynesii ii POTAHAY SHB1? FO<br />

Hay-scented Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula DENNPUN S5 FE<br />

Hazel Dodder Cuscuta coryli CUSCCOR S1 FO<br />

Hazelnut <strong>Species</strong> Corylus sp CORY-SP SH<br />

Heal-all Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata PRUNVUL S5 FO<br />

Heart-leaved Alexanders Zizia aptera ZIZIAPT S1 FO<br />

Heart-leaved Aster Aster cordifolius ASTECOR S5 FO<br />

Heart-leaved <strong>Plant</strong>ain <strong>Plant</strong>ago cordata PLANCOR S1 FO<br />

Heart-leaved Twayblade <strong>List</strong>era cordata LISTCOR S5? FO<br />

Heart-leaved Willow Salix cordata SALICOR S4S5 SH<br />

Heath Aster Aster ericoides var. ericoides ASTEERE S5 FO<br />

Heavy Sedge Carex gravida CAREGRV S1 SE<br />

Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium ssp. angulata CALYSEG S5 FO<br />

Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale SISYOFF SE5 FO<br />

Hedge Mustard <strong>Species</strong> Sisymbrium sp SISY-SP FO<br />

Hedgehog Woodrush Luzula echinata LUZUECH S1 RU<br />

Hedge-nettle <strong>Species</strong> Stachys sp STAC-SP FO<br />

Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum GERAPYR SE1 FO<br />

Helleborine Epipactis helleborine EPIPHEL SE5 FO<br />

Hemlock-parsley Conioselinum chinense CONICHI S2 FO<br />

Hempnettle <strong>Species</strong> Galeopsis sp GALE-SP FO<br />

Henbit Dead-nettle Lamium amplexicaule LAMIAMP SE3 FO<br />

Herb Robert Geranium robertianum GERAROB SE5 FO<br />

Herbaceous Carrion Flower Smilax herbacea<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Herbaceous Vine <strong>Species</strong> Vine sp VINE-SP VI<br />

Hexagon Stonecrop Sedum sexangulare SEDUSEX SE1 FO<br />

Hickey's Tree Clubmoss Lycopodium hickeyi LYCOHIC S4 FE<br />

Hickory <strong>Species</strong> Carya sp CARY-SP TR<br />

Hidden-fruited Bladderwort Utricularia geminiscapa UTRIGEM S3? FO<br />

High Mallow Malva sylvestris MALVSYL SE1 FO<br />

Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum VACCCOR S4 SH<br />

Highbush Cranberry Viburnum trilobum VIBUTRI S5 SH<br />

Hill's Pondweed Potamogeton hillii POTAHIL S2 FO<br />

Hitchcock's Sedge Carex hitchcockiana CAREHIT S5 SE<br />

Hoary Alyssum Berteroa incana BERTINC SE5 FO<br />

Hoary Draba Draba cana DRABCAN S3 FO<br />

Hoary Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum incanum var. incanum PYCNINI S1 FO<br />

Hoary <strong>Plant</strong>ain <strong>Plant</strong>ago media PLANMED SE3 FO<br />

Hoary Puccoon Lithospermum canescens LITHCAN S3 FO<br />

Hoary Tick-trefoil Desmodium canescens DESMCAN S2 FO<br />

Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta VERBSTR S4 FO<br />

Hobble Bush Viburnum lantanoides VIBULAO S5 SH<br />

Hog Peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata AMPHBRA S5 VI<br />

Hog's-bean Hyoscyamus niger HYOSNIG SE1 FO<br />

Holly Fern Polystichum lonchitis POLYLON S4 FE<br />

Holly Fern <strong>Species</strong> Polystichum sp POLS-SP FE<br />

Hollyhock Alcea rosea ALCEROS SE4 FO<br />

Holmes Hawthorn Crataegus holmesiana CRATHOL SRF SH<br />

HHonewortt Cryptotaenia C t t i canadensis d i CRYPCAN S5 FO<br />

Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos GLEDTRI S2 TR<br />

Honeysuckle <strong>Species</strong> Lonicera sp LONI-SP SH<br />

Hooded Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes romanzoffiana SPIRROM S5 FO<br />

Hooded Skullcap Scutellaria galericulata SCUTGAL S5 FO<br />

Hooked Buttercup Ranunculus recurvatus RANUREC S5 FO<br />

Hooked-spur Violet Viola adunca VIOLADU S4S5 FO<br />

Hooker's Bugseed Corispermum hookeri CORIHOO S1S3 FO<br />

Hooker's Orchid Platanthera hookeri PLATHOO S3 FO<br />

Hop-tree Ptelea trifoliata PTELTRI S3 SH<br />

Horned Bladderwort Utricularia cornuta UTRICOR S5 FO<br />

Horned Pondweed Zannichellia palustris ZANNPAL S4 FO<br />

Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum AESCHIP SE2 TR<br />

Horse Gentian <strong>Species</strong> Triosteum sp TRIO-SP FO<br />

Horse Mint Monarda punctata var. villicaulis MONAPUV S1 FO<br />

Horse Nettle Solanum carolinense SOLACAR SE3 FO<br />

Horsebalm Collinsonia canadensis COLLCAN S4 FO<br />

Horseradish Armoracia rusticana ARMORUS SE4 FO<br />

Horsetail <strong>Species</strong> Equisetum sp EQUI-SP FE<br />

Horsetail Spike-rush Eleocharis equisetoides ELEOEQU S1 SE<br />

Horseweed Conyza canadensis CONYCAN S5 FO<br />

Houghton's Goldenrod Solidago houghtonii SOLIHOU S2 FO<br />

Houghton's Sedge Carex houghtoniana CAREHOU S5 SE<br />

Hudson Bay Bulrush Scirpus hudsonianus<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Humped Bladderwort Utricularia gibba UTRIGIB S4 FO<br />

Hungarian Spurge Euphorbia esula EUPHESU SE5 FO<br />

Hyaline-scaled Sedge Carex hyalinolepis CAREHYA S4 SE<br />

Hybrid Baneberry Actaea X ludovici ACTALUD SHB1? FO<br />

Hybrid Cattail Typha X glauca TYPHGLA SHB5 FO<br />

Hybrid Mulberry Morus alba X rubra MORUALR SU TR<br />

Hybrid Petunia Petunia X hybrida PETUHYB SHBE1 FO<br />

Hybrid Soft Brome Bromus X pseudothominii BROMPSE SHBE2 GR<br />

Hybrid Sumac Rhus X pulvinata RHUSPUL SHB2? SH<br />

Hybrid Violet Viola X brauniae VIOLBRA SHB1 FO<br />

Hybrid Woolly Sedge Carex X subimpressa CARESUI SHB2 SE<br />

Hyssop Hyssopus officinalis HYSSOFF SE2 FO<br />

Hyssop-leaved Fleabane Erigeron hyssopifolius ERIGHYS S5 FO<br />

Illinois Carrion Flower Smilax illinoensis SMILILL S2? VI<br />

Illinois Pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis POTAILL S4 FO<br />

Indian Chickweed Mollugo verticillata MOLLVER SE5 FO<br />

Indian Cucumber-root Medeola virginiana MEDEVIR S5 FO<br />

Indian Grass Sorghastrum nutans SORGNUT S4 GR<br />

Indian Hemp Apocynum cannabinum APOCCAN S5 FO<br />

Indian Love Grass Eragrostis pilosa ERAGPIL SE1 GR<br />

Indian Mustard Brassica juncea BRASJUN SE5 FO<br />

Indian Paintbrush Castilleja coccinea CASTCOC S5 FO<br />

Indian Strawberry Duchesnea indica DUCHIND SE1 FO<br />

Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata LOBEINF S5 FO<br />

IIndian-pipe di i MMonotropa t uniflora ifl MONOUNI S5 FO<br />

Inflated Sedge Carex vesicaria CAREVES S5 SE<br />

Inland Sedge Carex interior CAREINT S5 SE<br />

Interrupted Fern Osmunda claytoniana OSMUCLA S5 FE<br />

Interrupted Windgrass Apera interrupta APERINT SE2 GR<br />

Inverted Bladderwort Utricularia resupinata UTRIRES S4 FO<br />

Iris <strong>Species</strong> Iris sp IRIS-SP FO<br />

Ironwood Ostrya virginiana OSTRVIR S5 TR<br />

Ironwort Galeopsis tetrahit GALETET SE5 FO<br />

Ivy-leaved Morning-glory Ipomoea hederacea IPOMHED SE1 VI<br />

Jack Pine Pinus banksiana PINUBAN S5 TR<br />

Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum ARISTRT S5 FO<br />

Jack's Poplar Populus X jackii POPUJAC SHB2 TR<br />

James' Sedge Carex jamesii CAREJAM S4 SE<br />

Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii BERBTHU SE5 SH<br />

Japanese Chess Bromus japonicus BROMJAP SE4 GR<br />

Japanese Hedge Parsley Torilis japonica TORIJAP SE4 FO<br />

Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica LONIJAP SE2 VW<br />

Japanese Hop Humulus japonicus HUMUJAP SE3 VI<br />

Japanese Knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum POLYCUS SE4 FO<br />

Japanese Meadowsweet Spiraea japonica SPIRJAP SE1 SH<br />

Japanese Plume Grass Miscanthus sacchariflorus MISCSAC SE3 GR<br />

Jerusalem Artichoke Helianthus tuberosus HELITUB S5 FO<br />

Jerusalem Oak Goosefoot Chenopodium botrys<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Jewel-weed <strong>Species</strong> Impatiens sp IMPA-SP FO<br />

Jimsonweed Datura stramonium DATUSTR SE5 FO<br />

Joe-pye-weed <strong>Species</strong> Eupatorium sp EUPA-SP FO<br />

Johnny-jump-up Viola tricolor VIOLTRI SE2 FO<br />

Johnson Grass Sorghum halepense SORGHAL SE2 GR<br />

Joilet Horsetail Equisetum X ferrissii EQUEFER SHB3 FE<br />

Jointed Rush Juncus articulatus JUNCART S5 RU<br />

Jumpseed Polygonum virginianum POLYVIR S4 FO<br />

Junegrass Koeleria macrantha KOELMAC S4 GR<br />

Juniper Sedge Carex juniperorum CAREJUN S1 SE<br />

Juniper <strong>Species</strong> Juniperus sp JUNI-SP SH<br />

Kalm's Hawkweed Hieracium kalmii HIERKAL SU FO<br />

Kalm's Lobelia Lobelia kalmii LOBEKAL S5 FO<br />

Kalm's St. John's-wort Hypericum kalmianum HYPEKAL S4 SH<br />

Katune Salsola collina SALSCOL SE4 FO<br />

Kenilworth Ivy Cymbalaria muralis CYMBMUR SE1 FO<br />

Kentucky Blue Grass Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis POA-PRP S5 GR<br />

Kentucky Coffee-tree Gymnocladus dioicus GYMNDIO S2 TR<br />

Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria ANTHVUL SE1 FO<br />

Kidney-leaf Buttercup Ranunculus abortivus RANUABO S5 FO<br />

Kidney-leaf Violet Viola renifolia VIOLREN S5 FO<br />

King Devil Hawkweed Hieracium X floribundum HIERFLO SHBE5 FO<br />

Knapweed <strong>Species</strong> Centaurea sp CENT-SP FO<br />

Knawel Scleranthus annuus SCLEANN SE5 FO<br />

KKnobbed bb d HHop SSedge d CCarex llupuliformis lif i CARELPL S1 SE<br />

Knotted Rush Juncus nodosus JUNCNOD S5 RU<br />

Labrador Marsh Bedstraw Galium labradoricum GALILAB S5 FO<br />

Labrador Tea Ledum groenlandicum LEDUGRO S5 SH<br />

Lace-grass Eragrostis capillaris ERAGCAP SH GR<br />

Laciniate Teasel Dipsacus laciniatus DIPSLAC SE1 FO<br />

Ladies' Tresses <strong>Species</strong> Spiranthes sp SPIT-SP FO<br />

Lady's Slipper <strong>Species</strong> Cypripedium sp CYPR-SP FO<br />

Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria POLYPER SE5 FO<br />

Lake Cress Armoracia lacustris ARMOLAC S3? FO<br />

Lake Quillwort Isoetes lacustris ISOELAC S4 FE<br />

Lakebank Sedge Carex lacustris CARELAC S5 SE<br />

Lakeside Daisy Hymenoxys herbacea HYMEHER S3 FO<br />

Lamb's Quarters Chenopodium album var. album CHENALA SE5 FO<br />

Lance-leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata CORELAN S4? FO<br />

Lance-leaved Grape Fern Botrychium lanceolatum ssp. angustisegmentum BOTRLAA S3? FE<br />

Lance-leaved Speedwell Veronica austriaca ssp. teucrium VEROAUT SE1 FO<br />

Lance-leaved Violet Viola lanceolata VIOLLAN S4 FO<br />

Land Caltrop Tribulus terrestris TRIBTER SE1 FO<br />

Larch <strong>Species</strong> Larix sp LARI-SP TR<br />

Large Crabgrass Digitaria sanguinalis DIGISAN SE5 GR<br />

Large Cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon VACCMAC S4S5 SH<br />

Large Hop Clover Trifolium campestre TRIFCAM SE5 FO<br />

Large Purple-fringed Orchid Platanthera grandiflora<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Large Round-leaf Orchid Platanthera macrophylla PLATMAC S2 FO<br />

Large Toothwort Cardamine X maxima CARDMAX SHB3 FO<br />

Large White Ground-cherry Leucophysalis grandiflora LEUCGRA S3 FO<br />

Large Whorled Pogonia Isotria verticillata ISOTVER S1 FO<br />

Large Yellow Lady's Slipper Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens CYPRCAB S5 FO<br />

Large Yellow Pond-lily Nuphar advena NUPHADV S3 FO<br />

Large-bracted <strong>Plant</strong>ain <strong>Plant</strong>ago aristata PLANARI SE1 FO<br />

Large-bracted Tick-trefoil Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum DESMCUC S3 FO<br />

Large-bracted Vervain Verbena bracteata VERBBRA S4? FO<br />

Large-flowered Barnyard Grass Echinochloa muricata ECHIMUR S4 GR<br />

Large-flowered Bellwort Uvularia grandiflora UVULGRA S5 FO<br />

Large-flowered Coreopsis Coreopsis grandiflora COREGRA SE3? FO<br />

Large-flowered Hempnettle Galeopsis speciosa GALESPE SE1 FO<br />

Large-fruited Oval Sedge Carex praticola CAREPRT S2 SE<br />

Large-fruited Snakeroot Sanicula trifoliata SANITRI S4 FO<br />

Large-fruited Star Sedge Carex echinata CAREECH S5 SE<br />

Large-leaved Aster Aster macrophyllus ASTEMAC S5 FO<br />

Large-leaved Pondweed Potamogeton amplifolius POTAAMP S5 FO<br />

Larger Canadian St. John's-wort Hypericum majus HYPEMAJ S5 FO<br />

Larger Straw Sedge Carex normalis CARENOR S4 SE<br />

Larger Water Starwort Callitriche heterophylla ssp. heterophylla CALLHEH S2? FO<br />

Large-seeded Forget-me-not Myosotis macrosperma MYOSMAC S1 FO<br />

Largetooth Aspen Populus grandidentata POPUGRA S5 TR<br />

Late-flowering Joe-pye-weed Eupatorium serotinum EUPASER SE1 FO<br />

LLaurel l S<strong>Species</strong> i KKalmia l i sp KALM KALM-SP SP SH<br />

Laurentian Bladder Fern Cystopteris laurentiana CYSTLAU S3 FE<br />

Le Conte's Violet Viola affinis VIOLAFF S4? FO<br />

Leafy Blue-flag Iris brevicaulis IRISBRE S1 FO<br />

Leafy Pondweed Potamogeton foliosus POTAFOL S5 FO<br />

Leafy Satin Grass Muhlenbergia mexicana var. mexicana MUHLMEM S5 GR<br />

Least Grape Fern Botrychium simplex BOTRSIM S4? FE<br />

Leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata CHAMCAL S5 SH<br />

Leatherwood Dirca palustris DIRCPAL S4? SH<br />

Leathery Grape Fern Botrychium multifidum BOTRMUL S5 FE<br />

Leavenworth's Sedge Carex leavenworthii CARELEA S1 SE<br />

Lemon-balm Melissa officinalis MELIOFO SE1 FO<br />

Lenticular Sedge Carex lenticularis CARELEN S5 SE<br />

Leonard's Skullcap Scutellaria parvula var. leonardii SCUTPAL S3 FO<br />

Lesser Bladderwort Utricularia minor UTRIMIN S5 FO<br />

Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria RANUFIC SE1 FO<br />

Lesser Daisy Fleabane Erigeron strigosus ERIGSTR S5 FO<br />

Lesser Duckweed Lemna minor LEMNMIN S5 FO<br />

Lesser Panicled Sedge Carex diandra CAREDIA S5 SE<br />

Lesser Stitchwort Stellaria pallida STELPAL SE1 FO<br />

Lesser Toadflax Chaenorrhinum minus CHAEMIN SE5 FO<br />

Lettuce <strong>Species</strong> Lactuca sp LACT-SP FO<br />

Lichen <strong>Species</strong> Lichen sp LICH-SP LC<br />

Lily <strong>Species</strong> Lilium sp<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Lily-leaved Twayblade Liparis liliifolia LIPALIL S2 FO<br />

Lily-of-the-valley Convallaria majalis CONVMAJ SE5 FO<br />

Limestone Hedge-hyssop Gratiola quartermaniae GRATQUA S2 FO<br />

Limestone Oak Fern Gymnocarpium robertianum GYMNROB S2 FE<br />

Lindheimer's Panic Grass Panicum acuminatum var. lindheimeri PANIACL S4 GR<br />

Linear-leaved Loosestrife Lysimachia quadriflora LYSIQUF S4 FO<br />

Linear-leaved Sundew Drosera linearis DROSLIN S3 FO<br />

Little Bluestem Schizachyrium scoparium SCHISCO S4 GR<br />

Little Ground Broomspurge Chamaesyce nutans CHAMNUT S4S5 FO<br />

Little Love Grass Eragrostis minor ERAGMIN SE5 GR<br />

Live Forever Sedum telephium SEDUTEL SE2 FO<br />

Livid Sedge Carex livida CARELIV S5 SE<br />

Lizard's Tail Saururus cernuus SAURCER S3 FO<br />

Lobelia <strong>Species</strong> Lobelia sp LOBE-SP FO<br />

Loesel's Twayblade Liparis loeselii LIPALOE S4S5 FO<br />

Lombardy Poplar Populus nigra POPUNIG SE4 TR<br />

London Plane Tree Platanus X acerifolia PLATACE SHBE1 TR<br />

Long Sedge Carex folliculata CAREFOL S3 SE<br />

Long-awned Wood Grass Brachyelytrum erectum var. erectum BRACERE S4? GR<br />

Long-beaked Sedge Carex sprengelii CARESPR S5 SE<br />

Long-bracted Green Orchid Coeloglossum viride var. virescens COELVIV S4 FO<br />

Long-bristled Smartweed Polygonum caespitosum POLYCAE SE1 FO<br />

Long-hairy Chickweed Cerastium velutinum CERAVEL S2 FO<br />

Long-headed Anemone Anemone cylindrica ANEMCYL S4 FO<br />

LLong-leaved l d Bl Bluets t HHedyotis d ti llongifolia if li HEDYLON S4? FO<br />

Long-leaved Pondweed Potamogeton nodosus POTANOD S5 FO<br />

Long-leaved Speedwell Veronica longifolia VEROLON SE3 FO<br />

Long-leaved Stitchwort Stellaria longifolia STELLON S5 FO<br />

Long-scaled Nut Sedge Cyperus strigosus CYPESTR S5 SE<br />

Long-scaled Tussock Sedge Carex haydenii CAREHAY S4 SE<br />

Long-spiked Three-awn Grass Aristida longespica var. geniculata ARISLOG S2 GR<br />

Long-spined Hawthorn Crataegus macracantha CRATMAC S5 SH<br />

Long-spurred Violet Viola rostrata VIOLROS S5 FO<br />

Long-stalked Crane's-bill Geranium columbinum GERACOL SE1 FO<br />

Long-stalked Panic Grass Panicum perlongum PANIPER S2 GR<br />

Long-stalked Sedge Carex pedunculata CAREPED S5 SE<br />

Long-stalked Stitchwort Stellaria longipes STELLGP S5 FO<br />

Long-stemmed Waterwort Elatine triandra ELATTRI S3 FO<br />

Long-styled Canada Snakeroot Sanicula canadensis var. grandis SANICAG S2 FO<br />

Long-styled Rush Juncus longistylis JUNCLON S3 RU<br />

Loose-flowered Sedge Carex laxiflora CARELAX S5 SE<br />

Loose-flowered Water-milfoil Myriophyllum alterniflorum MYRIALT S4 FO<br />

Loosestrife <strong>Species</strong> Lysimachia sp LYSI-SP FO<br />

Lopseed Phryma leptostachya PHRYLEP S4S5 FO<br />

Lovage Levisticum officinale LEVIOFF SE1 FO<br />

Love Grass <strong>Species</strong> Eragrostis sp ERAG-SP GR<br />

Love-in-a-mist Nigella damascena NIGEDAM SE1 FO<br />

Low Baby's-breath Gypsophila muralis<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Low Bindweed Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea CALYSPS S4S5 FO<br />

Low Fimbristylis Fimbristylis autumnalis FIMBAUT S4 SE<br />

Low Forked Chickweed Paronychia fastigiata var. fastigiata PAROFAF S1 FO<br />

Low Hairy Ground-cherry Physalis pubescens PHYSPUB SE1 FO<br />

Low Nut Rush Scleria verticillata SCLEVER S3 SE<br />

Low Serviceberry Amelanchier stolonifera AMELSTO S4? SH<br />

Low Water-milfoil Myriophyllum verticillatum MYRIVER S5 FO<br />

Lowland Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia hybrida LYSIHYB S1 FO<br />

Low-sweet Blueberry Vaccinium angustifolium VACCANG S5 SH<br />

Lyme Grass Leymus arenarius LEYMARE SE1 GR<br />

Lyre-leaved Rock Cress Arabis lyrata ARABLYR S4 FO<br />

Mackay's Brittle Fern Cystopteris tenuis CYSTTEN S5 FE<br />

Mack's Horsetail Equisetum X mackaii EQUIMAC SHB3 FE<br />

Mahaleb Cherry Prunus mahaleb PRUNMAH SE2 SH<br />

Maiden Pink Dianthus deltoides DIANDEL SE2 FO<br />

Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes ASPLTRT SU FE<br />

Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas DRYOFIL S4 FE<br />

Mallow <strong>Species</strong> Malva sp MALV-SP FO<br />

Manitoba Maple Acer negundo ACERNEG S5 TR<br />

Manna Grass <strong>Species</strong> Torreyochloa sp TORR-SP GR<br />

Many-fruited Ludwigia Ludwigia polycarpa LUDWPOL S2S3 FO<br />

Many-leaved Lupine Lupinus polyphyllus LUPIPOL SE4 FO<br />

Maple <strong>Species</strong> Acer sp ACER-SP TR<br />

Maple-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium simplex CHENSIM S5 FO<br />

MMaple-leaved l l d Vib Viburnum Vib Viburnum acerifolium if li VIBUACE S5 SH<br />

Mare's-tail Hippuris vulgaris HIPPVUL S5 FO<br />

Marginal Wood Fern Dryopteris marginalis DRYOMAR S5 FE<br />

Marijuana Cannabis sativa CANNSAT SE1 FO<br />

Marsh Arrow Grass Triglochin palustre TRIGPAL S5 FO<br />

Marsh Bedstraw Galium palustre GALIPAL S5 FO<br />

Marsh Bellflower Campanula aparinoides CAMPAPA S5 FO<br />

Marsh Blue Violet Viola cucullata VIOLCUC S5 FO<br />

Marsh Cinquefoil Potentilla palustris POTEPAL S5 FO<br />

Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum GNAPULI SE5 FO<br />

Marsh Dandelion Taraxacum palustre TARAPAL SE5 FO<br />

Marsh Fern Thelypteris palustris var. pubescens THELPAP S5 FE<br />

Marsh Goldenrod Solidago uliginosa SOLIULI S5 FO<br />

Marsh Hedge-nettle Stachys palustris STACPAL SE5 FO<br />

Marsh Horsetail Equisetum palustre EQUIPAL S5 FE<br />

Marsh Mallow Althaea officinalis ALTHOFF SE1 FO<br />

Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris CALTPAL S5 FO<br />

Marsh Mermaid-weed Proserpinaca palustris PROSPAL S4 FO<br />

Marsh Muhly Muhlenbergia glomerata MUHLGLO S5 GR<br />

Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle americana HYDRAME S5 FO<br />

Marsh Purslane Ludwigia palustris LUDWPAL S5 FO<br />

Marsh Sow-thistle Sonchus palustris SONCPAL SE1 FO<br />

Marsh Speedwell Veronica scutellata VEROSCU S5 FO<br />

Marsh Vetchling Lathyrus palustris<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Marsh Willow-herb Epilobium palustre EPILPAL S5 FO<br />

Marsh Yellow-cress Rorippa palustris ssp. fernaldiana RORIPAF S5 FO<br />

Massachusetts Fern Thelypteris simulata THELSIM S1 FE<br />

Matted Panic Grass Panicum meridionale PANIMER S1 GR<br />

Matted Spike-rush Eleocharis intermedia ELEOINT S4 SE<br />

Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum PODOPEL S5 FO<br />

Meadow Chickweed Cerastium arvense ssp. arvense CERAARA SE3 FO<br />

Meadow Fescue Festuca pratensis FESTPRA SE5 GR<br />

Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis ALOPPRA SE5 GR<br />

Meadow Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis ssp. pratensis TRAGPRP SE5 FO<br />

Meadow Horsetail Equisetum pratense EQUIPRA S5 FE<br />

Meadow Sage Salvia pratensis SALVPRA SE2 FO<br />

Meadow Sedge Carex granularis CAREGRN S5 SE<br />

Meadow Spikemoss Selaginella eclipes SELAECL S4 FE<br />

Meadow-rue <strong>Species</strong> Thalictrum sp THAL-SP FO<br />

Meadowsweet <strong>Species</strong> Spiraea sp SPIR-SP SH<br />

Mead's Sedge Carex meadii CAREMEA S2 SE<br />

Media Sand Spurrey Spergularia media SPERMED SE3 FO<br />

Medicago <strong>Species</strong> Medicago sp MEDI-SP FO<br />

Melica-leaf False Oats Trisetum melicoides TRISMEL S4 GR<br />

Menzies Rattlesnake <strong>Plant</strong>ain Goodyera oblongifolia GOODOBL S4 FO<br />

Merritt's Sedge Carex merritt-fernaldii CAREMER S5 SE<br />

Mexican Prickly Poppy Argemone mexicana ARGEMEX SE1 FO<br />

Mexican Tea Chenopodium ambrosioides CHENAMB SE1 FO<br />

Mi Miami-mist i i t Ph Phacelia li purshii hii PHACPUR S1 FO<br />

Michigan Lily Lilium michiganense LILIMIC S5 FO<br />

Midland Sedge Carex mesochorea CAREMES S1 SE<br />

Mild Water Pepper Polygonum hydropiperoides POLYHYD S5 FO<br />

Milkvetch <strong>Species</strong> Astragalus sp ASTR-SP FO<br />

Milkweed <strong>Species</strong> Asclepias sp ASCL-SP FO<br />

Milkwort <strong>Species</strong> Polygala sp POGA-SP FO<br />

Mingan Grape Fern Botrychium minganense BOTRMIN S4 FE<br />

Mint <strong>Species</strong> Mentha sp MENT-SP FO<br />

Missouri Ironweed Vernonia missurica VERNMIS S3? FO<br />

Missouri Willow Salix eriocephala SALIERI S5 SH<br />

Mistflower Eupatorium coelestinum EUPACOE SE1 FO<br />

Monarda <strong>Species</strong> Monarda sp MONA-SP FO<br />

Moneywort Lysimachia nummularia LYSINUM SE5 FO<br />

Monkey-flower <strong>Species</strong> Mimulus sp MIMU-SP FO<br />

Moonseed Menispermum canadense MENICAN S4 VW<br />

Morrow's Honeysuckle Lonicera morrowii LONIMOR SE3 SH<br />

Mosquito Bulrush Scirpus hattorianus SCIRHAT S4 SE<br />

Mosquito Fern Azolla caroliniana AZOLCAR S1? FE<br />

Mossy Stonecrop Sedum acre SEDUACR SE5 FO<br />

Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria VERBBLA SE5 FO<br />

Mother-of-thyme Acinos arvensis ACINARV SE5 FO<br />

Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca LEONCAC SE5 FO<br />

Mountain Fly Honeysuckle Lonicera villosa LONIVIL S5 SH<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Mountain Maple Acer spicatum ACERSPI S5 SH<br />

Mountain Mint <strong>Species</strong> Pycnanthemum sp PYCN-SP FO<br />

Mountain Woodsia Woodsia scopulina WOODSCO S3 FE<br />

Mountain-ash <strong>Species</strong> Sorbus sp SORB-SP SH<br />

Mountain-holly Nemopanthus mucronatus NEMOMUC S5 SH<br />

Mouse-ear Hawkweed Hieracium pilosella HIERPLO SE5 FO<br />

Mouse-tail Myosurus minimus MYOSMIN S2 FO<br />

Mouse-tail Fescue Vulpia myuros VULPMYU SE1 GR<br />

Much-cleft Conobea Leucospora multifida LEUCMUL S2 FO<br />

Mud Sedge Carex limosa CARELIM S5 SE<br />

Muhlenberg's Sedge Carex muhlenbergii var. muhlenbergii CAREMUH S4S5 SE<br />

Mulberry <strong>Species</strong> Morus sp MORU-SP TR<br />

Mullein Pink Lychnis coronaria LYCHCOR SE3 FO<br />

Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora ROSAMUL SE4 SH<br />

Musk Mallow Malva moschata MALVMOS SE5 FO<br />

Musky Monkey-flower Mimulus moschatus MIMUMOS S2? FO<br />

Mustard <strong>Species</strong> Brassica sp BRAS-SP FO<br />

Naiad <strong>Species</strong> Najas sp NAJA-SP FO<br />

Naked Mitrewort Mitella nuda MITENUD S5 FO<br />

Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil Desmodium nudiflorum DESMNUD S4 FO<br />

Nannyberry Viburnum lentago VIBULEN S5 SH<br />

Nap-at-noon Ornithogalum umbellatum ORNIUMB SE3 FO<br />

Narrow False Oats Trisetum spicatum TRISSPI S4 GR<br />

Narrow Reed Grass Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa CALASTI S5 GR<br />

NNarrow-leaved l d BBur-reed d SSparganium i emersum ssp. emersum SPAREME S5 FO<br />

Narrow-leaved Cattail Typha angustifolia TYPHANG S5 FO<br />

Narrow-leaved Cattail Sedge Carex squarrosa CARESQU S2 SE<br />

Narrow-leaved Gentian Gentiana linearis GENTLIN S4 FO<br />

Narrow-leaved Hawk's Beard Crepis tectorum CREPTEC SE5 FO<br />

Narrow-leaved Hawkweed Hieracium umbellatum HIERUMB SE FO<br />

Narrow-leaved Knotweed Polygonum neglectum POLYNEG S4? FO<br />

Narrow-leaved Meadowsweet Spiraea alba SPIRALB S5 SH<br />

Narrow-leaved New Jersey Tea Ceanothus herbaceus CEANHER S4 SH<br />

Narrow-leaved Panic Grass Panicum linearifolium PANILIN S4S5 GR<br />

Narrow-leaved Pepper-grass Lepidium ruderale LEPIRUD SE3 FO<br />

Narrow-leaved Spleenwort Diplazium pycnocarpon DIPLPYC S4 FE<br />

Narrow-leaved Vervain Verbena simplex VERBSIM S4 FO<br />

Narrow-leaved Water-plantain Alisma gramineum ALISGRA S4 FO<br />

Narrow-leaved Willow-herb Epilobium leptophyllum EPILLEP S5 FO<br />

Narrow-leaved Wood Sedge Carex digitalis CAREDIG S4S5 SE<br />

Narrow-leaved Woolly Sedge Carex lasiocarpa CARELAS S5 SE<br />

Navel-shaped Corn-salad Valerianella umbilicata VALEUMB S1 FO<br />

Necklace Sedge Carex projecta CAREPRO S5 SE<br />

Necklace-like Spiked Sedge Carex ormostachya CAREORM S4 SE<br />

Needle Beak Rush Rhynchospora capillacea RHYNCAP S4? SE<br />

Needle Spike-rush Eleocharis acicularis ELEOACI S5 SE<br />

Nelson's Horsetail Equisetum X nelsonii EQUINEL SHB2? FE<br />

Nerveless Muhlenber's Sedge Carex muhlenbergii var. enervis<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Nettle <strong>Species</strong> Urtica sp URTI-SP FO<br />

Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium CAMPTRA SE1 FO<br />

New England Aster Aster novae-angliae ASTENOV S5 FO<br />

New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus CEANAME S4 SH<br />

New Jersey Tea <strong>Species</strong> Ceanothus sp CEAN-SP SH<br />

New York Fern Thelypteris noveboracensis THELNOV S4S5 FE<br />

Niblewill Muhlenbergia schreberi MUHLSCH S4 GR<br />

Night-flowering Catchfly Silene noctiflora SILENOC SE5 FO<br />

Nightshade <strong>Species</strong> Solanum sp SOLA-SP FO<br />

Ninebark Physocarpus opulifolius PHYSOPU S5 SH<br />

Nipplewort Lapsana communis LAPSCOM SE5 FO<br />

Nodding Beggar-ticks Bidens cernua BIDECER S5 FO<br />

Nodding Chickweed Cerastium nutans CERANUT S4 FO<br />

Nodding Fescue Festuca subverticillata FESTSUB S4 GR<br />

Nodding Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes cernua SPIRCER S5 FO<br />

Nodding Pogonia Triphora trianthophora TRIPTRI S1 FO<br />

Nodding Sedge Carex gynandra CAREGYN S5 SE<br />

Nodding Star-of-Bethlehem Ornithogalum nutans ORNINUT SE1 FO<br />

Nodding Thistle Carduus nutans ssp. leiophyllus CARDNUL SE5 FO<br />

Nodding Trillium Trillium cernuum TRILCER S5 FO<br />

Nodding Wild Onion Allium cernuum ALLICER S2 FO<br />

Norrow-leaved Wild Leek Allium burdickii ALLIBUR S1? FO<br />

Northern Adder's-tongue Ophioglossum pusillum OPHIPUS S4S5 FE<br />

Northern Arrowhead Sagittaria cuneata SAGICUN S4? FO<br />

NNorthern th BBedstraw d t GGalium li bboreale l GALIBOR S5 FO<br />

Northern Beech Fern Phegopteris connectilis PHEGCON S5 FE<br />

Northern Blue Violet Viola septentrionalis VIOLSEP SU FO<br />

Northern Blue-flag Iris versicolor IRISVER S5 FO<br />

Northern Bog Clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata LYCOIND S5 FE<br />

Northern Bog Violet Viola nephrophylla VIOLNEP S4 FO<br />

Northern Catalpa Catalpa speciosa CATASPE SE1 TR<br />

Northern Commandra Geocaulon lividum GEOCLIV S5 FO<br />

Northern Cudweed Gnaphalium macounii GNAPMAC S5 FO<br />

Northern Dewberry Rubus flagellaris RUBUFLA S4 SH<br />

Northern Dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis SPORHET S3 GR<br />

Northern Glyceria Glyceria borealis GLYCBOR S5 GR<br />

Northern Hawkweed Hieracium scabriusculum HIERSCA SE FO<br />

Northern Hawthorn Crataegus dissona CRATDIN S3 SH<br />

Northern Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum ATHYFIA S5 FE<br />

Northern Long-awned Wood Grass Brachyelytrum erectum var. glabratum BRACERG S4S5 GR<br />

Northern Maidenhair Fern Adiantum pedatum ADIAPED S5 FE<br />

Northern Moss Phlox Phlox subulata ssp. subulata PHLOSUS S1? FO<br />

Northern Panic Grass Panicum boreale PANIBOR S4 GR<br />

Northern Pin Oak Quercus ellipsoidalis QUERELL S3 TR<br />

Northern Running-pine Diphasiastrum complanatum DIPHCOM S5 FE<br />

Northern Sedge Carex deflexa CAREDEF S5 SE<br />

Northern Single-spike Sedge Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea CARESCI S5 SE<br />

Northern Slender Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes lacera var. lacera<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Northern Spikemoss Selaginella selaginoides SELASEL S4 FE<br />

Northern St. John's-wort Hypericum mutilum ssp. boreale HYPEMUB S5 FO<br />

Northern Stitchwort Stellaria borealis ssp. borealis STELBOB S5 FO<br />

Northern Water-horehound Lycopus uniflorus LYCOUNI S5 FO<br />

Northern White-edged Sedge Carex debilis CAREDEB S5 SE<br />

Northern White-fringed Orchid Platanthera blephariglottis var. blephariglottis PLATBLB S4 FO<br />

Northern Wild Black Currant Ribes hudsonianum RIBEHUD S5 SH<br />

Northern Wild Rice Zizania palustris ZIZAPAL S4 GR<br />

Northern Willow-herb Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum EPILCIG SU FO<br />

Northern Wintercress Barbarea orthoceras BARBORT S4? FO<br />

Northern Yellow-eyed-grass Xyris montana XYRIMON S4 FO<br />

Norway Maple Acer platanoides ACERPLA SE5 TR<br />

Norway Sedge Carex novae-angliae CARENOE S4 SE<br />

Norway Spruce Picea abies PICEABI SE3 TR<br />

Not Applicable Not Applicable NA<br />

Nottoway Brome Bromus nottowayanus BROMNOT S1S2 GR<br />

Nut Rush <strong>Species</strong> Scleria sp SCLE-SP SE<br />

Nuttall's Goose Grass Puccinellia nuttalliana PUCCNUT SE1 GR<br />

Oak <strong>Species</strong> Quercus sp QUER-SP TR<br />

Oakes' Evening-primrose Oenothera oakesiana OENOOAK S4? FO<br />

Oakes' Pondweed Potamogeton oakesianus POTAOAK S4 FO<br />

Oak-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium glaucum ssp. glaucum CHENGLG SE5 FO<br />

Oat Grass <strong>Species</strong> Danthonia sp DANT-SP GR<br />

Ohio Buckeye Aesculus glabra AESCGLG S1 TR<br />

Ohi Ohio Goldenrod G ld d Solidago S lid ohioensis hi i SOLIOHI S4 FO<br />

One-cone Clubmoss Lycopodium lagopus LYCOLAG S4? FE<br />

One-flowered Cancer Root Orobanche uniflora OROBUNI S4 FO<br />

One-flowered Pyrola Moneses uniflora MONEUNF S5 FO<br />

One-flowered Satin Grass Muhlenbergia uniflora MUHLUNI S4 GR<br />

One-seeded Bur Cucumber Sicyos angulatus SICYANG S5 VI<br />

One-seeded Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna CRATMON SE5 SH<br />

One-sided Aster Aster lateriflorus var. lateriflorus ASTELAF S5 FO<br />

One-sided Blue Grass Poa secunda POA-SEC S1 GR<br />

One-sided Shinleaf Orthilia secunda ORTHSEC S5 FO<br />

Onion <strong>Species</strong> Allium sp ALLI-SP FO<br />

<strong>Ontario</strong> Aster Aster ontarionis var. ontarionis ASTEONO S4 FO<br />

<strong>Ontario</strong> Goldenrod Solidago simplex var. ontarioensis SOLISIO S3? FO<br />

Orach <strong>Species</strong> Atriplex sp ATRP-SP FO<br />

Orange Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida RUDBFUL S1 FO<br />

Orange Hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum HIERAUR SE5 FO<br />

Orchard Grass Dactylis glomerata DACTGLO SE5 GR<br />

Orchid <strong>Species</strong> Platanthera sp PLAT-SP FO<br />

Oregon Woodsia Woodsia oregana ssp. cathcartiana WOODORC S4 FE<br />

Oriental Poppy Papaver orientale PAPAORI SE1 FO<br />

Osage-orange Maclura pomifera MACLPOM SE2 SH<br />

Osmunda <strong>Species</strong> Osmunda sp OSMU-SP FE<br />

Ostrich Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica MATTSTP S5 FE<br />

Oswego Tea Monarda didyma<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Oval Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata SPIROVE S1 FO<br />

Oval-headed Sedge Carex cephalophora CARECEH S5 SE<br />

Oval-leaved Privet Ligustrum ovalifolium LIGUOVA SE1 SH<br />

Ovate Spike-rush Eleocharis ovata ELEOOVA S5 SE<br />

Ox-eye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum CHRYLEU SE5 FO<br />

Ozark Dropseed Sporobolus ozarkanus SPOROZA S2? GR<br />

Painted Trillium Trillium undulatum TRILUND S5? FO<br />

Pale Alyssum Alyssum alyssoides ALYSALY SE5 FO<br />

Pale Avens Geum virginianum GEUMVIR S1 FO<br />

Pale Corydalis Corydalis flavula CORYFLA S2 FO<br />

Pale Dock Rumex altissimus RUMEALT S2? FO<br />

Pale False Foxglove Agalinis skinneriana AGALSKI S1 FO<br />

Pale Jewel-weed Impatiens pallida IMPAPAL S5 FO<br />

Pale Manna Grass Torreyochloa fernaldii TORRFER S4 GR<br />

Pale <strong>Plant</strong>ain <strong>Plant</strong>ago rugelii PLANRUG S5 FO<br />

Pale Purple Coneflower Echinacea pallida ECHIPAL S1 FO<br />

Pale Sedge Carex pallescens CAREPAE S5 SE<br />

Pale Smartweed Polygonum lapathifolium POLYLAP S5 FO<br />

Pale St. John's-wort Hypericum ellipticum HYPEELL S5 FO<br />

Pale Vetchling Lathyrus ochroleucus LATHOCH S4 VI<br />

Pale Water-milfoil Myriophyllum sibiricum MYRISIB S5 FO<br />

Pale-leaved Wood Sunflower Helianthus strumosus HELISTR S5 FO<br />

Pale-spiked Lobelia Lobelia spicata LOBESPI S4 FO<br />

Pallas Bugseed Corispermum pallasii CORIPAL S1S3 FO<br />

PPanic i GGrass Panicum P i columbianum l bi var. siccanum i PANICOS S4 GR<br />

Panic Grass <strong>Species</strong> Panicum sp PANI-SP GR<br />

Panicled Aster Aster lanceolatus ssp. lanceolatus ASTELAN S5 FO<br />

Panicled Hawkweed Hieracium paniculatum HIERPAN S2? FO<br />

Panicled Tick-trefoil Desmodium paniculatum var. paniculatum DESMPAP S4 FO<br />

Parry's Sedge Carex parryana CAREPAR S1? SE<br />

Partridge Berry Mitchella repens MITCREP S5 SH<br />

Pasture Rose Rosa carolina ROSACAR S4 SH<br />

Path Rush Juncus tenuis JUNCTEN S5 RU<br />

Pawpaw Asimina triloba ASIMTRI S3 SH<br />

Peach-leaved Willow Salix amygdaloides SALIAMY S5 TR<br />

Pear Hawthorn Crataegus calpodendron CRATCAL S4S5 SH<br />

Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea ANAPMAR S5 FO<br />

Pear-shaped Hawthorn Crataegus apiomorpha CRATAPI S1S2 SH<br />

Peck's Sedge Carex peckii CAREPEC S5 SE<br />

Pedicelled Bulrush Scirpus pedicellatus SCIRPED S4? SE<br />

Pedicelled Hawthorn Crataegus pedicellata CRATPED SRF SH<br />

Pellitory Parietaria pensylvanica PARIPEN S4 FO<br />

Pennsylvania Bitter Cress Cardamine pensylvanica CARDPEN S5 FO<br />

Pennsylvania Hawthorn Crataegus pennsylvanica CRATPEN S1S2 SH<br />

Pennsylvania Sedge Carex pensylvanica CAREPEN S5 SE<br />

Pepper-grass <strong>Species</strong> Lepidium sp LEPI-SP FO<br />

Peppermint Mentha X piperita MENTPIP SHBE4 FO<br />

Perennial Blue Flax Linum perenne<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Perennial Ragweed Ambrosia psilostachya AMBRPSI S4 FO<br />

Perennial Rye Grass Lolium perenne LOLIPER SE4 GR<br />

Perennial Sow-thistle Sonchus arvensis ssp. uliginosus SONCARU SE5 FO<br />

Perfoliate Bellwort Uvularia perfoliata UVULPER S1 FO<br />

Perfoliate Horse Gentain Triosteum perfoliatum TRIOPER S1 FO<br />

Periwinkle Vinca minor VINCMIN SE5 VW<br />

Persian Walnut Juglans regia JUGLREG SE1 TR<br />

Petty Spurge Euphorbia peplus EUPHPEP SE4 FO<br />

Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus ssp. philadelphicus ERIGPHP S5 FO<br />

Philadelphia Panic Grass Panicum philadelphicum PANIPHI S4 GR<br />

Phlox <strong>Species</strong> Phlox sp PHLO-SP FO<br />

Pickerel-weed Pontederia cordata PONTCOR S5 FO<br />

Pignut Hickory Carya glabra CARYGLA S3 TR<br />

Pigweed <strong>Species</strong> Amaranthus sp AMAR-SP FO<br />

Pilewort Erechtites hieracifolia ERECHIE S5 FO<br />

Pin Cherry Prunus pensylvanica PRUNPEN S5 SH<br />

Pin Oak Quercus palustris QUERPAL S4 TR<br />

Pine <strong>Species</strong> Pinus sp PINU-SP TR<br />

Pineapple Weed Matricaria matricarioides MATMATR SE5 FO<br />

Pinesap Monotropa hypopithys MONOHIP S4 FO<br />

Pink Corydalis Corydalis sempervirens CORYSEM S5 FO<br />

Pink Jewel-weed Impatiens glandulifera IMPAGLA SE4 FO<br />

Pink Knotweed Polygonum pensylvanicum POLYPEN S5 FO<br />

Pink Milkwort Polygala incarnata POLYINC S1 FO<br />

Pi Pink k Moccasin M i Flower Fl Cypripedium C i di acaule l CYPRACA S5 FO<br />

Pink Pyrola Pyrola asarifolia PYROASA S5 FO<br />

Pink <strong>Species</strong> Dianthus sp DIAN-SP FO<br />

Pink Spring Cress Cardamine douglassii CARDDOU S4 FO<br />

Pinnate Tansy-mustard Descurainia pinnata ssp. brachycarpa DESCPIB S4 FO<br />

Pinweed <strong>Species</strong> Lechea sp LECH-SP FO<br />

Pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum ERIOAQU S5 FO<br />

Pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata ssp. cisatlantica CHIMUMC S5 SH<br />

Pitch Pine Pinus rigida PINURIG S2? TR<br />

Pitcher-plant Sarracenia purpurea SARRPUR S5 FO<br />

Pitcher's Thistle Cirsium pitcheri CIRSPIT S2 FO<br />

Plains Blue Grass Poa arida POA-ARI SE4 GR<br />

Plains Puccoon Lithospermum caroliniense var. croceum LITHCAC S3 FO<br />

Plains Sea-blite Suaeda calceoliformis SUAECAL S2 FO<br />

Plains Sunflower Helianthus petiolaris ssp. petiolaris HELIPEP SE1 FO<br />

<strong>Plant</strong>ain <strong>Species</strong> <strong>Plant</strong>ago sp PLAN-SP FO<br />

<strong>Plant</strong>ain-leaved Sedge Carex plantaginea CAREPLA S5 SE<br />

Plumeless Thistle <strong>Species</strong> Carduus sp CARU-SP FO<br />

Pod Grass Scheuchzeria palustris SCHEPAL S4S5 FO<br />

Pointed Broom Sedge Carex scoparia CARESCO S5 SE<br />

Pointed-leaved Tick-trefoil Desmodium glutinosum DESMGLU S4 FO<br />

Poison Hemlock Conium maculatum CONIMAC SE2? FO<br />

Poison Sumac Rhus vernix RHUSVER S4 SH<br />

Poke Milkweed Asclepias exaltata<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Pokeweed Phytolacca americana PHYTAME S4 FO<br />

Pond-lily <strong>Species</strong> Nuphar sp NUPH-SP FO<br />

Pondweed <strong>Species</strong> Potamogeton sp POTA-SP FO<br />

Poplar <strong>Species</strong> Populus sp POPU-SP TR<br />

Porcupine Grass Stipa spartea STIPSPA S4 GR<br />

Porcupine Sedge Carex hystericina CAREHYS S5 SE<br />

Potato-weed Galinsoga parviflora GALIPAR SE FO<br />

Pot-marigold Calendula officinalis CALEOFF SE1 FO<br />

Poverty Dropseed Sporobolus vaginiflorus SPORVAG S4 GR<br />

Poverty Oat Grass Danthonia spicata DANTSPI S5 GR<br />

Prairie Brome Bromus kalmii BROMKAL S4 GR<br />

Prairie Buttercup Ranunculus rhomboideus RANURHO S4 FO<br />

Prairie Coneflower Ratibida columnifera RATICOL SE1 FO<br />

Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum var. terebinthinaceum SILPTET S1 FO<br />

Prairie Dodder Cuscuta campestris CUSCCAM S2 FO<br />

Prairie Evening-primrose Oenothera pilosella ssp. pilosella OENOPIP S2 FO<br />

Prairie Hummock Sedge Carex richardsonii CARERIC S4? SE<br />

Prairie Milkweed Asclepias sullivantii ASCLSUL S3 FO<br />

Prairie Panic Grass Panicum leibergii PANILEI S2 GR<br />

Prairie Ragwort Senecio plattensis SENEPLA S2S3 FO<br />

Prairie Rose Rosa setigera ROSASET S3 SH<br />

Prairie Rosin-weed Silphium integrifolium SILPINT SE1 FO<br />

Prairie Sedge Carex prairea CAREPRI S5 SE<br />

Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum GEUMTRI S4 FO<br />

PPrairie i i St Straw Sedge S d CCarex suberecta b t CARESUB S2 SE<br />

Prairie Sunflower Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. subrhomboideus HELIPAS S2S3 FO<br />

Prairie Thistle Cirsium hillii CIRSHIL S3 FO<br />

Prairie Three-awn Grass Aristida oligantha ARISOLI SE2 GR<br />

Prairie Violet Viola pedatifida VIOLPDF S1 FO<br />

Prairie Wedge Grass Sphenopholis obtusata SPHEOBT S1 GR<br />

Prairie Wormwood Artemisia frigida ARTEFRI S3 FO<br />

Pretty Pinweed Lechea pulchella var. pulchella LECHPUP S1 FO<br />

Prickly Comfrey Symphytum asperum SYMPASP SE2 FO<br />

Prickly Gooseberry Ribes cynosbati RIBECYN S5 SH<br />

Prickly Hornwort Ceratophyllum echinatum CERAECH S3? FO<br />

Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola LACTSER SE5 FO<br />

Prickly Mallow Sida spinosa SIDASPI SE2 FO<br />

Prickly Nightshade Solanum rostratum SOLAROS SE1 FO<br />

Prickly Tree Clubmoss Lycopodium dendroideum LYCODEN S5 FE<br />

Prickly Wild Rose Rosa acicularis ssp. sayi ROSAACS S5 SH<br />

Prickly-ash Zanthoxylum americanum ZANTAME S5 SH<br />

Prince's Feather Polygonum orientale POLYORI SE3 FO<br />

Pringle's Aster Aster pilosus var. pringlei ASTEPIR S4 FO<br />

Pringle's Hawthorn Crataegus pringlei CRATPRI S5 SH<br />

Procumbent Pearlwort Sagina procumbens SAGIPRO SE4 FO<br />

Prostrate Broomspurge Chamaesyce humistrata CHAMHUM SE1 FO<br />

Prostrate Pigweed Amaranthus blitoides AMARBLI SE4? FO<br />

Pumpkin Ash Fraxinus profunda<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Purple Bergamot Monarda media MONAMED S1 FO<br />

Purple Clematis Clematis occidentalis CLEMOCC S4S5 VW<br />

Purple Cockle Agrostemma githago AGROGIT SE3 FO<br />

Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea ECHIPUR SE1 FO<br />

Purple Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum LAMIPUR SE3 FO<br />

Purple False Foxglove Agalinis purpurea AGALPUR S1 FO<br />

Purple Flowering Raspberry Rubus odoratus RUBUODO S5 SH<br />

Purple Giant-hyssop Agastache scropuhlariifolia AGASSCR S1 FO<br />

Purple Joe-pye-weed Eupatorium purpureum var. purpureum EUPAPUP S4 FO<br />

Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria LYTHSAL SE5 FO<br />

Purple Love Grass Eragrostis spectabilis ERAGSPE S4 GR<br />

Purple Meadow-rue Thalictrum dasycarpum THALDAS S4? FO<br />

Purple Milkweed Asclepias purpurascens ASCLPUR S2 FO<br />

Purple Osier Willow Salix purpurea SALIPUR SE4 SH<br />

Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea DALEPUR S1 FO<br />

Purple Rock Cress Arabis divaricarpa var. divaricarpa ARABDIL S5 FO<br />

Purple Vetch Vicia americana VICIAME S5 VI<br />

Purple-flowered Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum giganteum CAULGIG S4? FO<br />

Purple-headed Sneezeweed Helenium flexuosum HELEFLE SE2? FO<br />

Purple-leaved Willow-herb Epilobium coloratum EPILCOL S5 FO<br />

Purple-stem Angelica Angelica atropurpurea ANGEATR S5 FO<br />

Purple-stem Aster Aster puniceus var. puniceus ASTEPUP S5 FO<br />

Purple-stem Cliff-brake Pellaea atropurpurea PELLATR S3 FE<br />

Purple-stem Gentian Gentiana rubricaulis GENTRUB S4 FO<br />

PPurple-tinged l ti d SSedge d CCarex woodii dii CAREWOO S4 SE<br />

Purpletop Tridens flavus TRIDFLA SE1 GR<br />

Purple-vein Rocket Eruca vesicaria ERUCVES SE1 FO<br />

Pursh's Bulrush Scirpus purshianus SCIRPUR S1? SE<br />

Purslane Portulaca oleracea PORTOLE SE5 FO<br />

Purslane Speedwell Veronica peregrina ssp. peregrina VEROPEP S5 FO<br />

Pussy Willow Salix discolor SALIDIS S5 SH<br />

Pussytoes <strong>Species</strong> Antennaria sp ANTE-SP FO<br />

Putty-root Aplectrum hyemale APLEHYE S2 FO<br />

Pyrola <strong>Species</strong> Pyrola sp PYRO-SP FO<br />

Quack Grass Elymus repens ELYMREP SE5 GR<br />

Quick Weed Galinsoga quadriradiata GALIQUA SE5 FO<br />

Quill Spike-rush Eleocharis nitida ELEONIT S2S3 SE<br />

Quillwort <strong>Species</strong> Isoetes sp ISOE-SP FE<br />

Rabbit-foot Clover Trifolium arvense TRIFARV SE4 FO<br />

Racemed Milkwort Polygala polygama POLYPOL S4 FO<br />

Radiate Sedge Carex radiata CARERAD S4 SE<br />

Ragged-fringed Orchid Platanthera lacera PLATLAC S4S5 FO<br />

Ragweed <strong>Species</strong> Ambrosia sp AMBR-SP FO<br />

Ragwort <strong>Species</strong> Senecio sp SENE-SP FO<br />

Raindeer Moss <strong>Species</strong> Cladonia sp CLAD-SP LC<br />

Ram's-head Lady's Slipper Cypripedium arietinum CYPRARI S3 FO<br />

Rand's Goldenrod Solidago simplex var. gillmanii SOLISIG S1 FO<br />

Rape Brassica napus<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Rattlesnake Chess Bromus briziformis BROMBRI SE1 GR<br />

Rattlesnake Fern Botrychium virginianum BOTRVIR S5 FE<br />

Rattlesnake Glyceria Glyceria canadensis GLYCCAN S4S5 GR<br />

Rattlesnake <strong>Plant</strong>ain <strong>Species</strong> Goodyera sp GOOD-SP FO<br />

Rattlesnake Weed Hieracium venosum HIERVEN S2 FO<br />

Raven's-foot Sedge Carex crus-corvi CARECRU S1 SE<br />

Rayless Annual Aster Aster brachyactis ASTEBRA S4 FO<br />

Red Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica FRAXPEN S5 TR<br />

Red Baneberry Actaea rubra ACTARUB S5 FO<br />

Red Clover Trifolium pratense TRIFPRA SE5 FO<br />

Red Fescue Festuca rubra FESTRUB S5 GR<br />

Red Maple Acer rubrum ACERRUB S5 TR<br />

Red Mulberry Morus rubra MORURUB S2 TR<br />

Red Oak Quercus rubra QUERRUB S5 TR<br />

Red Orache Atriplex rosea ATRIROS SE1 FO<br />

Red Pine Pinus resinosa PINURES S5 TR<br />

Red Pondweed Potamogeton alpinus POTAALP S5 FO<br />

Red Raspberry Rubus idaeus ssp. idaeus RUBUIDI SE1 SH<br />

Red Sand Spurrey Spergularia rubra SPERRUB SE3? FO<br />

Red Spruce Picea rubens PICERUB S3 TR<br />

Red Trillium Trillium erectum TRILERE S5 FO<br />

Red-berried Elderberry Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens SAMBRAP S5 SH<br />

Redbud Cercis canadensis CERCCAN SX SH<br />

Red-disked Yellow Pond-lily Nuphar rubrodisca NUPHRUB S3? FO<br />

RRed-osier d i DDogwood d CCornus stolonifera t l if CORNSTO S5 SH<br />

Redroot Pigweed Amaranthus retroflexus AMARRET SE5 FO<br />

Red-rooted Nut Sedge Cyperus erythrorhizos CYPEERY S4 SE<br />

Red-seeded Dandelion Taraxacum erythrospermum TARAERY SE5 FO<br />

Redstem Filaree Erodium cicutarium ERODCIC SE3 FO<br />

Red-stemmed Spike-rush Eleocharis erythropoda ELEOERY S5 SE<br />

Redtop Grass Agrostis gigantea AGROGIG SE5 GR<br />

Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea PHALARU S5 GR<br />

Reed Grass <strong>Species</strong> Calamagrostis sp CALA-SP GR<br />

Reflexed Sedge Carex retroflexa CARERTF S2 SE<br />

Reflex-leaved Sage Salvia reflexa SALVREF SE1 FO<br />

Retrorse Sedge Carex retrorsa CARERET S5 SE<br />

Rhodora Rhododendron canadense RHODCAN S1 SH<br />

Rhubarb Rheum rhabarbarum RHEURHA SE2 FO<br />

Ribbed Sedge Carex virescens CAREVIR S3 SE<br />

Ribbon-leaf Pondweed Potamogeton epihydrus POTAEPI S4S5 FO<br />

Ribgrass <strong>Plant</strong>ago lanceolata PLANLAN SE5 FO<br />

Rice Cut Grass Leersia oryzoides LEERORY S5 GR<br />

Rice Grass <strong>Species</strong> Oryzopsis sp ORYZ-SP GR<br />

Richardson's Pondweed Potamogeton richardsonii POTARIC S5 FO<br />

Riddell's Goldenrod Solidago riddellii SOLIRID S3 FO<br />

Ridged Sedge Carex gynocrates CAREGYO S5 SE<br />

Ridged Yellow Flax Linum striatum LINUSTR S1 FO<br />

Ridge-seeded Broomspurge Chamaesyce glyptosperma<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Rigid Sedge Carex tetanica CARETET S3 SE<br />

River Bulrush Scirpus fluviatilis SCIRFLU S4S5 SE<br />

Riverbank Grape Vitis riparia VITIRIP S5 VW<br />

Riverbank Quillwort Isoetes riparia ISOERIP S3 FE<br />

Riverbank Sedge Carex emoryi CAREEMO S4 SE<br />

Riverbank Wild Rye Elymus riparius ELYMRIP S4? GR<br />

River-weed Podostemum ceratophyllum PODOCER S2 FO<br />

Robbins' Spike-rush Eleocharis robbinsii ELEOROB S4 SE<br />

Robin's <strong>Plant</strong>ain Erigeron pulchellus ERIGPUL S5 FO<br />

Rock Alyssum Alyssum murale ALYSMUR SE1 FO<br />

Rock Cress <strong>Species</strong> Arabis sp ARAB-SP FO<br />

Rock Elm Ulmus thomasii ULMUTHO S4? TR<br />

Rock Polypody Polypodium virginianum POLYVIG S5 FE<br />

Rock Sandwort Minuartia michauxii MINUMIC S5 FO<br />

Rock Satin Grass Muhlenbergia sobolifera MUHLSOB S1 GR<br />

Rock Spikemoss Selaginella rupestris SELARUP S5 FE<br />

Rock-cress Whitlow-grass Draba arabisans DRABARA S4 FO<br />

Rocket Larkspur Consolida ajacis CONSAJA SE1 FO<br />

Rock-geranium Heuchera americana var. americana HEUCAMA S2 FO<br />

Rocky Mountain Fescue Festuca saximontana FESTSAX S4 GR<br />

Roman Wormwood Artemisia pontica ARTEPON SE2? FO<br />

Rose Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossoides POGOOPH S4S5 FO<br />

Rose <strong>Species</strong> Rosa sp ROSA-SP SH<br />

Rose Twisted Stalk Streptopus roseus STREROS S5 FO<br />

RRough h AAvens GGeum llaciniatum i i t GEUMLAC S4 FO<br />

Rough Bedstraw Galium asprellum GALIASP S5 FO<br />

Rough Blazing Star Liatris aspera var. intermedia LIATASI S2 FO<br />

Rough Blue Grass Poa trivialis POA-TRI SE3 GR<br />

Rough Brome Bromus squarrosus BROMSQU SE2 GR<br />

Rough Cinquefoil Potentilla norvegica ssp. monspeliensis POTENOM S5 FO<br />

Rough Dropseed Sporobolus asper SPORASP S2 GR<br />

Rough Goldenrod Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa SOLIRUR S5 FO<br />

Rough Hair Grass Agrostis scabra AGROSCA S5 GR<br />

Rough Hawkbit Leontodon taraxacoides ssp. taraxacoides LEONTAT SE1 FO<br />

Rough Hawkweed Hieracium scabrum HIERSCB S4 FO<br />

Rough Hawthorn Crataegus scabrida CRATSCA S3? SH<br />

Rough Hedge-nettle Stachys hispida STACHIS S4S5 FO<br />

Rough Pennyroyal Hedeoma hispidum HEDEHIS S4 FO<br />

Rough Sand Sedge Cyperus schweinitzii CYPESCH S3 SE<br />

Rough Sedge Carex scabrata CARESCA S5 SE<br />

Rough Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus HELIDIV S5 FO<br />

Rough-clustered Sedge Carex cephaloidea CARECEP S5 SE<br />

Rough-fruited Cinquefoil Potentilla recta POTEREC SE5 FO<br />

Rough-leaved Dogwood Cornus drummondii CORNDRU S4 SH<br />

Rough-leaved Goldenrod Solidago patula SOLIPAT S5 FO<br />

Rough-leaved Rice Grass Oryzopsis asperifolia ORYZASP S5 GR<br />

Rough-pointed Sedge Carex muricata CAREMUR SE1 SE<br />

Rough-seed Clammyweed Polanisia dodecandra<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Round-fruited Panic Grass Panicum sphaerocarpon PANISPH S3 GR<br />

Round-fruited St. John's-wort Hypericum sphaerocarpum HYPESPH S1 FO<br />

Round-headed Bush-clover Lespedeza capitata LESPCAP S4 FO<br />

Round-leaved Dogwood Cornus rugosa CORNRUG S5 SH<br />

Round-leaved Hawthorn Crataegus lumaria CRATLUM S3? SH<br />

Round-leaved Mallow Malva rotundifolia MALVROT SE2 FO<br />

Round-leaved Mint Mentha suaveolens MENTSUA SE1 FO<br />

Round-leaved Orchis Amerorchis rotundifolia AMERROT S4S5 FO<br />

Round-leaved Pyrola Pyrola americana PYROAME S4? FO<br />

Round-leaved Ragwort Senecio obovatus SENEOBO S3 FO<br />

Round-leaved Serviceberry Amelanchier sanguinea AMELSAN S5? SH<br />

Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia DROSROT S5 FO<br />

Round-leaved Tick-trefoil Desmodium rotundifolium DESMROT S2 FO<br />

Round-leaved Violet Viola rotundifolia VIOLROT SH FO<br />

Round-lobed Hepatica Anemone americana ANEMAME S5 FO<br />

Round-stem False Foxglove Agalinis gattingeri AGALGAT S2 FO<br />

Royal Fern Osmunda regalis var. spectabilis OSMURES S5 FE<br />

Royal Hawthorn Crataegus schuettei CRATSCH S4 SH<br />

Rubus <strong>Species</strong> Rubus sp RUBU-SP SH<br />

Rue Anemone Thalictrum thalictroides THALTHA S3 FO<br />

Running Marsh Sedge Carex sartwellii CARESAR S4 SE<br />

Running Strawberry-bush Euonymus obovata EUONOBO S5 SH<br />

Running-pine <strong>Species</strong> Diphasiastrum sp DIPH-SP FE<br />

Rush Juncus pylaei JUNCPYL S5? RU<br />

RRush h Aster A t Aster A t borealis b li ASTEBOR S5 FO<br />

Rush <strong>Species</strong> Juncus sp JUNC-SP RU<br />

Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia ELAEANG SE3 SH<br />

Russian Thistle Salsola tragus SALSTRA SE5 FO<br />

Rusty Woodsia Woodsia ilvensis WOODILV S5 FE<br />

Rye Secale cereale SECACER SE3 GR<br />

Rye Grass <strong>Species</strong> Lolium sp LOLI-SP GR<br />

Sage-leaved Willow Salix candida SALICAN S5 SH<br />

Sagewort Wormwood Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata ARTECAC S4S5 FO<br />

Sago Pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus POTAPEC S5 FO<br />

Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor SANGMIN SE4 FO<br />

Sallow Sedge Carex lurida CARELUR S5 SE<br />

Salt-marsh Aster Aster subulatus var. subulatus ASTESUS SE2 FO<br />

Salt-marsh Bulrush Scirpus maritimus SCIRMAR S3? SE<br />

Salt-marsh Grass Spartina patens SPARPAT SE1 GR<br />

Saltmarsh Sand Spurrey Spergularia marina SPERMAR SH FO<br />

Sand Cherry Prunus pumila var. pumila PRUNPUP S3 SH<br />

Sand Dropseed Sporobolus cryptandrus SPORCRF S4 GR<br />

Sand Grass Triplasis purpurea TRIPPUR S4? GR<br />

Sand Heather Hudsonia tomentosa HUDSTOM S3 SH<br />

Sand Hedge-nettle Stachys pilosa var. arenicola STACPIA SU FO<br />

Sand <strong>Plant</strong>ain <strong>Plant</strong>ago arenaria PLANARE SE4 FO<br />

Sand Reed Calamovilfa longifolia var. magna CALALOM S3 GR<br />

Sand Rocket Diplotaxis muralis<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Sandbar Love Grass Eragrostis frankii ERAGFRA S4 GR<br />

Sandbar Willow Salix exigua SALIEXI S5 SH<br />

Sandbur Cenchrus longispinus CENCLON S4 GR<br />

Sarsaparilla <strong>Species</strong> Aralia sp ARAL-SP FO<br />

Saskatoon Berry Amelanchier alnifolia AMELALN S4? SH<br />

Sassafras Sassafras albidum SASSALB S4 TR<br />

Satin Grass <strong>Species</strong> Muhlenbergia sp MUHL-SP GR<br />

Savanna Pinweed Lechea intermedia LECHINT S4 FO<br />

Savin-leaf Club-moss Diphasiastrum X sabinifolium DIPHSAB S3 FE<br />

Savory Satureja hortensis SATUHOR SE2 FO<br />

Saw-toothed Sunflower Helianthus grosseserratus HELIGRO SE1? FO<br />

Saxifrage Pink Petrorhagia saxifraga PETRSAX SE2 FO<br />

Scarlet Ammannia Ammannia robusta AMMAROB S1 FO<br />

Scarlet Cockle Lychnis chalcedonica LYCHCHA SE1 FO<br />

Scarlet Gaura Gaura coccinea GAURCOC SE1 FO<br />

Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis ANAGARV SE4 FO<br />

Scented Myrrhis Myrrhis odorata MYRRODO SE1 FO<br />

Scentless Chamomile Matricaria perforata MATRPER SE FO<br />

Schreber's Aster Aster schreberi ASTESCH S2S3 FO<br />

Schweinitz's Sedge Carex schweinitzii CARESCH S3 SE<br />

Scotch Thistle Onopordum acanthium ONOPACA SE4 FO<br />

Scots Pine Pinus sylvestris PINUSYL SE5 TR<br />

Scouring Rush Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine EQUIHYA S5 FE<br />

Scratch Grass Muhlenbergia asperifolia MUHLASP SE3 GR<br />

SSea-rocket k t CCakile kil edentula d t l CAKIEDE S4 FO<br />

Seaside Arrow Grass Triglochin maritimum TRIGMAR S5 FO<br />

Seaside Broomspurge Chamaesyce polygonifolia CHAMPOL S4 FO<br />

Seaside Crowfoot Ranunculus cymbalaria RANUCYM S4 FO<br />

Seaside Goldenrod Solidago sempervirens SOLISEM SE2 FO<br />

Secund Rush Juncus secundus JUNCSEC S3 RU<br />

Sedge <strong>Species</strong> Carex sp CARE-SP SE<br />

Sedge <strong>Species</strong> Sedge sp SEDG-SP SE<br />

Seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia LUDWALT S1 FO<br />

Seedbox <strong>Species</strong> Ludwigia sp LUDW-SP FO<br />

Selfheal Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris PRUNVUV SE3 FO<br />

Seneca Snakeroot Polygala senega POLYSEN S4 FO<br />

Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis ONOCSEN S5 FE<br />

Serviceberry <strong>Species</strong> Amelanchier sp AMEL-SP SH<br />

Sessile-fruited Arrowhead Sagittaria rigida SAGIRIG S4? FO<br />

Sessile-leaved Bellwort Uvularia sessilifolia UVULSES S4 FO<br />

Sessile-leaved Pussytoes Antennaria howellii ssp. petaloidea ANTEHOP SU FO<br />

Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata CARYOVA S5 TR<br />

Shaggy False Gromwell Onosmodium molle ssp. hispidissimum ONOSMOH S2 FO<br />

Sharp-fruited Rush Juncus acuminatus JUNCACU S3 RU<br />

Sharp-leaved Goldenrod Solidago arguta var. arguta SOLIARA S4 FO<br />

Sharp-lobed Hepatica Anemone acutiloba ANEMACU S5 FO<br />

Sharp-scaled Oak Sedge Carex albicans var. emmonsii CAREALE S2 SE<br />

Sheathed Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum ssp. spissum<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Sheathed Sedge Carex vaginata CAREVAG S5 SE<br />

Sheep Laurel Kalmia angustifolia KALMANG S5 SH<br />

Sheep Sorrel Rumex acetosella ssp. acetosella RUMEACA SE FO<br />

Shepherd's Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris CAPSBUR SE5 FO<br />

Shining Bedstraw Galium concinnum GALICON S1 FO<br />

Shining Clubmoss Huperzia lucidula HUPELUC S5 FE<br />

Shining Hybrid Pondweed Potamogeton X subnitens POTASUB SHB1? FO<br />

Shining Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes lucida SPIRLUC S4 FO<br />

Shining Sumac Rhus copallina var. latifolia RHUSCOL S4 SH<br />

Shining Wedge Grass Sphenopholis nitida SPHENIT S1 GR<br />

Shining Willow Salix lucida SALILUC S5 SH<br />

Shinleaf Pyrola elliptica PYROELL S5 FO<br />

Shiny Spurge Euphorbia lucida EUPHLUC SE1 FO<br />

Shore Horsetail Equisetum X litorale EQUILIT SHB2? FE<br />

Short-awned Foxtail Alopecurus aequalis ALOPAEQ S4S5 GR<br />

Short-beaked Sedge Carex brevior CAREBRE S4S5 SE<br />

Short-fruited Rush Juncus brachycarpus JUNCBRA S1 RU<br />

Short-horned Rice Grass Oryzopsis pungens ORYZPUN S5 GR<br />

Short's Aster Aster shortii ASTESHO S4 FO<br />

Short's Sedge Carex shortiana CARESHO S1 SE<br />

Short-stalked Bedstraw Galium brevipes GALIBRE S2S3 FO<br />

Short-stalked Chickweed Cerastium brachypodum CERABRA S2 FO<br />

Short-styled Snakeroot Sanicula canadensis var. canadensis SANICAC S4 FO<br />

Short-tailed Rush Juncus brevicaudatus JUNCBRE S5 RU<br />

Sh Showy Fl Fly HHoneysuckle kl LLonicera i X bbella ll LONIBEL SHBE2 SH<br />

Showy Gaillardia Gaillardia pulchella GAILPUL SE1 FO<br />

Showy Goldenrod Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula SOLISPR S1 FO<br />

Showy Hawkweed Hieracium lachenalii HIERLAC SE2? FO<br />

Showy Lady's Slipper Cypripedium reginae CYPRREG S4 FO<br />

Showy Mountain-ash Sorbus decora SORBDEC S5 SH<br />

Showy Orchis Galearis spectabilis GALISPC S4 FO<br />

Showy Tick-trefoil Desmodium canadense DESMCND S4 FO<br />

Shrub <strong>Species</strong> Shrub sp SHUB-SP SH<br />

Shrubby Cinquefoil Potentilla fruticosa ssp. floribunda POTEFRF S5 SH<br />

Shrubby St. John's-wort Hypericum prolificum HYPEPRO S2 SH<br />

Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii QUERSHU S3 TR<br />

Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila ULMUPUM SE3 TR<br />

Siberian Pea Tree Caragana arborescens CARAARB SE1 SH<br />

Sicklepod Arabis canadensis ARABCAN S4 FO<br />

Side-oats Grama Bouteloua curtipendula BOUTCUR S2 GR<br />

Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum ssp. obliqua CORNAMO S5 SH<br />

Silphium <strong>Species</strong> Silphium sp SILP-SP FO<br />

Silver Maple Acer saccharinum ACERSCR S5 TR<br />

Silverweed Potentilla anserina ssp. anserina POTEANA S5 FO<br />

Silvery Cinquefoil Potentilla argentea POTEAGT SE5 FO<br />

Silvery Sedge Carex canescens CARECAN S5 SE<br />

Silvery Spleenwort Deparia acrostichoides DEPAACR S4 FE<br />

Silvery-flowered Sedge Carex argyrantha<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Sitka Valerian Valeriana sitchensis ssp. uliginosa VALESIU S2 FO<br />

Six-weeks Fescue Vulpia octoflora VULPOCT S2 GR<br />

Skeleton-weed Chondrilla juncea CHONJUN SE1 FO<br />

Skullcap <strong>Species</strong> Scutellaria sp SCUT-SP FO<br />

Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus SYMPFOE S5 FO<br />

Skunk Currant Ribes glandulosum RIBEGLA S5 SH<br />

Sleepy Catchfly Silene antirrhina SILEANT S5 FO<br />

Slender Beadgrass Paspalum setaceum PASPSET S2 GR<br />

Slender Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium mucronatum SISYMUC S4S5 FO<br />

Slender Bulrush Scirpus heterochaetus SCIRHET S3 SE<br />

Slender Bush-clover Lespedeza virginica LESPVIR S1 FO<br />

Slender Cliff-brake Cryptogramma stelleri CRYPSTE S4S5 FE<br />

Slender Cottongrass Eriophorum gracile ERIOGRA S5 SE<br />

Slender False Foxglove Agalinis tenuifolia var. parviflora AGALTEP S4S5 FO<br />

Slender False Pimpernel Lindernia dubia var. anagallidea LINDDUA S1 FO<br />

Slender Froelichia Froelichia gracilis FROEGRA SE1 FO<br />

Slender Knotweed Polygonum tenue var. tenue POLYTET S2 FO<br />

Slender Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium PYCNTEN S3 FO<br />

Slender Naiad Najas flexilis NAJAFLE S5 FO<br />

Slender Panic Grass Panicum xanthophysum PANIXAN S4 GR<br />

Slender Satin Grass Muhlenbergia tenuiflora var. tenuiflora MUHLTET S2 GR<br />

Slender Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis URTIDIG S5 FO<br />

Slender Straw Sedge Carex tenera CARETEN S5 SE<br />

Slender Water-milfoil Myriophyllum tenellum MYRITEN S4 FO<br />

Sl Slender d WWedge d GGrass SSphenopholis h h li iintermedia t di SPHEINT S4S5 GR<br />

Slender Wheat Grass Elymus trachycaulus ssp. trachycaulus ELYMTRT S5? GR<br />

Slender Willow Salix petiolaris SALIPET S5 SH<br />

Slender Wood Sedge Carex gracilescens CAREGRA S4 SE<br />

Slender Yellow Flax Linum virginianum LINUVIR S2 FO<br />

Slim-leaved Goosefoot Chenopodium leptophyllum CHENLEP S1 FO<br />

Slim-spiked Three-awn Grass Aristida longespica var. longespica ARISLON S2 GR<br />

Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra ULMURUB S5 TR<br />

Small Bedstraw Galium trifidum ssp. trifidum GALITRT S5 FO<br />

Small Beggar-ticks Bidens discoidea BIDEDIS S4 FO<br />

Small Bur-reed Sparganium natans SPARNAT S5 FO<br />

Small Crabgrass Digitaria ischaemum DIGIISC SE5 GR<br />

Small Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos VACCOXY S5 SH<br />

Small Forget-me-not Myosotis laxa MYOSLAX S5 FO<br />

Small Fringed Gentian Gentianopsis virgata GENTVIR S4 FO<br />

Small Love Grass Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea ERAGPEP S5 GR<br />

Small Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium semidecandrum CERASEM SE5 FO<br />

Small Pondweed Potamogeton pusillus POTAPUS S4S5 FO<br />

Small Purple-fringed Orchid Platanthera psycodes PLATPSY S5 FO<br />

Small Pussytoes Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica ANTEHON SU FO<br />

Small Quaking Grass Briza media BRIZMED SE1 GR<br />

Small Round-leaf Orchid Platanthera orbiculata PLATORB S4S5 FO<br />

Small Rush Grass Sporobolus neglectus SPORNEG S4 GR<br />

Small Skullcap Scutellaria parvula var. parvula<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Small Sundrops Oenothera perennis OENOPER S4S5 FO<br />

Small Waterwort Elatine minima ELATMIN S4 FO<br />

Small White Lady's Slipper Cypripedium candidum CYPRCAN S1 FO<br />

Small White Water-lily Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata NYMPODD S5? FO<br />

Small Whorled Pogonia Isotria medeoloides ISOTMED S1 FO<br />

Small Yellow Flax Linum medium var. texanum LINUMET S1 FO<br />

Small Yellow Fox Sedge Carex annectens var. xanthocarpa CAREANX S2 SE<br />

Small Yellow Lady's Slipper Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum CYPRCAP S4S5 FO<br />

Small Yellow Pond-lily Nuphar microphylla NUPHMIC S3 FO<br />

Small Yellow Sedge Carex cryptolepis CARECRY S4 SE<br />

Small-flowered Agrimony Agrimonia parviflora AGRIPAR S4 FO<br />

Small-flowered Barnyard Grass Echinochloa microstachya ECHIMIC S4S5 GR<br />

Small-flowered Bitter Cress Cardamine parviflora CARDPAR S5 FO<br />

Small-flowered Bulrush Scirpus verecundus SCIRVER S1 SE<br />

Small-flowered Crane's-bill Geranium pusillum GERAPUS SE4 FO<br />

Small-flowered Dragonhead Dracocephalum parviflorum DRACPAR S5 FO<br />

Small-flowered Evening-primrose Oenothera parviflora OENOPAR S4? FO<br />

Small-flowered False Foxglove Agalinis paupercula var. paupercula AGALPAP S4S5 FO<br />

Small-flowered Grass-of-parnassus Parnassia parviflora PARNPAR S4? FO<br />

Small-flowered Leaf-cup Polymnia canadensis POLYCAN S4 FO<br />

Small-flowered Lipocarpha Lipocarpha micrantha LIPOMIC S2 SE<br />

Small-flowered Prairie-rocket Erysimum inconspicuum ERYSINC S4 FO<br />

Small-flowered Rose Rosa micrantha ROSAMIC SE1 SH<br />

Small-flowered Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. parviflora DESCCEP SE2 GR<br />

SSmall-flowered ll fl d Willow-herb Will h b Epilobium E il bi parviflorum ifl EPILPAR SE4 FO<br />

Small-fruited Bulrush Scirpus microcarpus SCIRMIC S5 SE<br />

Small-fruited False Flax Camelina microcarpa CAMEMIC SE5 FO<br />

Small-headed Rush Juncus brachycephalus JUNCBCE S4S5 RU<br />

Small-leaved Water-cress Nasturtium microphyllum NASTMIC SE5 FO<br />

Small's Spike-rush Eleocharis smallii ELEOSMA S5 SE<br />

Small-wild Pansy Viola arvensis VIOLARV SE4 FO<br />

Smartweed Dodder Cuscuta polygonorum CUSCPOL S1 FO<br />

Smartweed <strong>Species</strong> Polygonum sp POLY-SP FO<br />

Smith's Melic Grass Melica smithii MELISMI S4? GR<br />

Smooth Aster Aster laevis var. laevis ASTELAL S5 FO<br />

Smooth Bedstraw Galium mollugo GALIMOL SE5 FO<br />

Smooth Blackberry Rubus canadensis RUBUCAN S4? SH<br />

Smooth Brome Bromus inermis ssp. inermis BROMINI SE5 GR<br />

Smooth Cliff-brake Pellaea glabella ssp. glabella PELLGLG S4 FE<br />

Smooth False Foxglove Aureolaria flava AUREFLA S2? FO<br />

Smooth Gooseberry Ribes hirtellum RIBEHIR S5 SH<br />

Smooth Ground-cherry Physalis virginiana PHYSVIR SU FO<br />

Smooth Hawk's Beard Crepis capillaris CREPCAP SE1 FO<br />

Smooth Meadow-parsnip Thaspium trifoliatum var. aureum THASTRA S2 FO<br />

Smooth Pigweed Amaranthus hybridus AMARHYB SE5? FO<br />

Smooth Pussytoes Antennaria parlinii ssp. parlinii ANTEPAP SU FO<br />

Smooth Rock Cress Arabis laevigata ARABLAE S5 FO<br />

Smooth Rupturewort Herniaria glabra<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Smooth Sand Sedge Cyperus houghtonii CYPEHOU S3 SE<br />

Smooth Scouring Rush Equisetum laevigatum EQUILAE S4 FE<br />

Smooth Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis AMELLAE S5 SH<br />

Smooth Solomon's Seal Polygonatum biflorum POLYBIF S4 FO<br />

Smooth Sumac Rhus glabra RHUSGLA S5 SH<br />

Smooth White Violet Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens VIOLMAP S5 FO<br />

Smooth Wild Rose Rosa blanda ROSABLA S5 SH<br />

Smooth-fruited Oak Sedge Carex tonsa var. tonsa CARETOT S4S5 SE<br />

Smooth-sheathed Sedge Carex laevivaginata CARELAE S4 SE<br />

Snailseed Pondweed Potamogeton bicupulatus POTABIC S3 FO<br />

Snakeroot <strong>Species</strong> Sanicula sp SANI-SP FO<br />

Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale HELEAUT S5 FO<br />

Sneezewort Achillea ptarmica ACHIPTA SE2? FO<br />

Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus SYMPALB S4S5 SH<br />

Snow-in-summer Cerastium tomentosum CERATOM SE2 FO<br />

Soft Agrimony Agrimonia pubescens AGRIPUB S4 FO<br />

Soft Cinquefoil Potentilla pulcherrima POTEPUL S2 FO<br />

Soft Rush Juncus effusus ssp. solutus JUNCEFS S5 RU<br />

Soft-leaf Muhly Muhlenbergia richardsonis MUHLRIC S2S3 GR<br />

Softstem Bulrush Scirpus validus SCIRVAL S5 SE<br />

Solomon's Seal Polygonatum multiflorum POLYMUL SE1 FO<br />

Solomon's Seal <strong>Species</strong> Polygonatum sp POGT-SP FO<br />

Sorghum Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor SORGBIB SE1 GR<br />

Sour Cherry Prunus cerasus PRUNCEU SE1 TR<br />

S<strong>Southern</strong> th AArrow-woodd Viburnum Vib recognitum it VIBUREC S4 SH<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> Bladder Fern Cystopteris protrusa CYSTPRO S2 FE<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> Blue-flag Iris virginica IRISVIR S5 FO<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> Naiad Najas guadalupensis NAJAGUA S3 FO<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> Running-pine Diphasiastrum digitatum DIPHDIG S5 FE<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> Slender Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis SPIRLAG S1 FO<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> Twayblade <strong>List</strong>era australis LISTAUS S2 FO<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> Wild Rice Zizania aquatica ZIZAAQU S3 GR<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> Wormwood Artemisia abrotanum ARTEABR SE1 FO<br />

Sow-bane Chenopodium murale CHENMUR SE1 FO<br />

Sow-thistle <strong>Species</strong> Sonchus sp SONC-SP FO<br />

Soybean Glycine max GLYCMAX SE2 FO<br />

Spanish Cowherb Vaccaria hispanica VACCHIS SE3 FO<br />

Spanish Stonecrop Sedum hispanicum SEDUHIS SE1 FO<br />

Sparrow Vetch Vicia tetrasperma VICITET SE5 VI<br />

Sparse-flowered Sedge Carex tenuiflora CARETEU S5 SE<br />

Sparse-flowered Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus RUBUPAR S4 SH<br />

Spatulate Hybrid Pondweed Potamogeton X spathuliformis POTASPA SHB1? FO<br />

Spatulate-leaved Sendew Drosera intermedia DROSINT S5 FO<br />

Spear Wild Licorice Galium lanceolatum GALILAN S5 FO<br />

Spearmint Mentha spicata MENTSPI SE4 FO<br />

Spearscale Atriplex patula ATRIPAT S5 FO<br />

Speckled Alder Alnus incana ssp. rugosa ALNUINR S5 SH<br />

Speedwell Veronica catenata<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Speedwell <strong>Species</strong> Veronica sp VERO-SP FO<br />

Spicebush Lindera benzoin LINDBEN S5 SH<br />

Spider <strong>Plant</strong> Cleome hassleriana CLEOHAS SE1 FO<br />

Spiked Blazing Star Liatris spicata LIATSPI S3 FO<br />

Spiked Sedge Carex spicata CARESPI SE5 SE<br />

Spiked Water-milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum MYRISPI SE5 FO<br />

Spikemoss <strong>Species</strong> Selaginella sp SELA-SP FE<br />

Spikenard Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa ARALRAR S5 FO<br />

Spike-rush <strong>Species</strong> Eleocharis sp ELEO-SP SE<br />

Spinulose Wood Fern Dryopteris carthusiana DRYOCAR S5 FE<br />

Spiny Cocklebur Xanthium spinosum XANTSPI SE2? FO<br />

Spiny Naiad Najas marina NAJAMAR S1 FO<br />

Spiny Plumeless Thistle Carduus acanthoides CARDACA SE5 FO<br />

Spiny-leaved Sow-thistle Sonchus asper ssp. asper SONCASA SE5 FO<br />

Spiny-spored Quillwort Isoetes echinospora ISOEECH S5 FE<br />

Spiral Pondweed Potamogeton spirillus POTASPI S4S5 FO<br />

Spleenwort <strong>Species</strong> Asplenium sp ASPL-SP FE<br />

Spotted Bladderwort Utricularia purpurea UTRIPUR S4 FO<br />

Spotted Coralroot Corallorhiza maculata CORAMAC S5 FO<br />

Spotted Crane's-bill Geranium maculatum GERAMAC S5 FO<br />

Spotted Jewel-weed Impatiens capensis IMPACAP S5 FO<br />

Spotted Joe-pye-weed Eupatorium maculatum ssp. maculatum EUPAMAM S5 FO<br />

Spotted Knapweed Centaurea maculosa CENTMAC SE5 FO<br />

Spotted St. John's-wort Hypericum punctatum HYPEPUN S5 FO<br />

SSpotted tt d WWater-hemlock t h l k Cicuta Ci t maculata l t CICUMAC S5 FO<br />

Spotted Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata var. maculata CHIMMAM S1 SH<br />

Sprangletop Leptochloa acuminata LEPTACU SE3 GR<br />

Spreading Chervil Chaerophyllum procumbens var. procumbens CHAEPRP S2 FO<br />

Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium ssp. androsaemifolium APOCANA S5 FO<br />

Spreading Goose Grass Puccinellia distans PUCCDIS SE5 GR<br />

Spreading Knapweed Centaurea diffusa CENTDIF SE1 FO<br />

Spreading Wallflower Erysimum repandum ERYSREP SE2 FO<br />

Spreading Wood Sedge Carex laxiculmis var. copulata CARELAU S3? SE<br />

Spring Avens Geum vernum GEUMVER S4 FO<br />

Spring Beauty <strong>Species</strong> Claytonia sp CLAY-SP FO<br />

Spring Clearweed Pilea fontana PILEFON S4 FO<br />

Spring Forget-me-not Myosotis verna MYOSVER S4? FO<br />

Spring Speedwell Veronica verna VEROVER SE3 FO<br />

Spring Whitlow-grass Erophila verna EROPVER SE4 FO<br />

Spruce <strong>Species</strong> Picea sp PICE-SP TR<br />

Spurge <strong>Species</strong> Chamaesyce sp CHAM-SP FO<br />

Spurge <strong>Species</strong> Euphorbia sp EUPH-SP FO<br />

Spurred Gentian Halenia deflexa ssp. deflexa HALEDED S5 FO<br />

Spurred Stickseed Hackelia deflexa HACKDEF S5 FO<br />

Spurrey Spergula arvensis SPERARV SE5 FO<br />

Square-stemmed Monkey-flower Mimulus ringens MIMURIN S5 FO<br />

Squawroot Conopholis americana CONOAME S4? FO<br />

Squill Scilla siberica<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Squirrel-corn Dicentra canadensis DICECAN S5 FO<br />

Squirrel-tail Grass Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum HORDJUJ SE5 GR<br />

St. John's-wort <strong>Species</strong> Hypericum sp HYPE-SP FO<br />

St. Lawrence Grape Fern Botrychium rugulosum BOTRRUG S2 FE<br />

Staghorn Sumac Rhus typhina RHUSTYP S5 SH<br />

Stalked Water-horehound Lycopus rubellus LYCORUB S3 FO<br />

Standing Cypress Ipomopsis rubra IPOMRUB SE1 FO<br />

Standing Dead Wood Snag SNAG<br />

Star Duckweed Lemna trisulca LEMNTRI S5 FO<br />

Starflower Trientalis borealis ssp. borealis TRIEBOB S5 FO<br />

Starry False Solomon's Seal Maianthemum stellatum MAIASTE S5 FO<br />

Starved Panic Grass Panicum depauperatum PANIDEP S4 GR<br />

Stellate Sedge Carex rosea CAREROE S5 SE<br />

Sticky Chickweed Cerastium glomeratum CERAGLO SE1 FO<br />

Sticky False Asphodel Tofieldia glutinosa ssp. brevistyla TOFIGLB S4? FO<br />

Sticky Ragwort Senecio viscosus SENEVIS SE3 FO<br />

Stiff Gentian Gentianella quinquefolia ssp. occidentalis GENTQUO S2 FO<br />

Stiff Marsh Bedstraw Galium tinctorium GALITIN S5 FO<br />

Stiff Panic Grass Panicum rigidulum PANIRIG S3 GR<br />

Stiff Sunflower Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus HELIPAP SE FO<br />

Stiff Yellow Flax Linum medium var. medium LINUMEM S3? FO<br />

Stiff-haired Sunflower Helianthus hirsutus HELIHIR SE FO<br />

Stiff-leaved Goldenrod Solidago rigida ssp. rigida SOLIRIR S3 FO<br />

Stink Grass Eragrostis cilianensis ERAGCIL SE5 GR<br />

Sti Stinking ki Ch Chamomile il AAnthemis th i cotula t l ANTHCOT SE5 FO<br />

Stinking Clover Cleome serrulata CLEOSER SE1 FO<br />

Stinking Goosefoot Chenopodium vulvaria CHENVUL SE1 FO<br />

Stipa <strong>Species</strong> Stipa sp STIP-SP GR<br />

Stonecrop <strong>Species</strong> Sedum sp SEDU-SP FO<br />

Stonewort <strong>Species</strong> Chara sp CHAR-SP AL<br />

Stout Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium SISYANG S4 FO<br />

Stout Goldenrod Solidago squarrosa SOLISQU S4 FO<br />

Stout Smartweed Polygonum robustius POLYROB S2 FO<br />

Stout Woodreed Cinna arundinacea CINNARU S4 GR<br />

Straight-leaved Pondweed Potamogeton strictifolius POTASTR S4 FO<br />

Strawberry Blite Chenopodium capitatum CHENCAP S5 FO<br />

Strawberry <strong>Species</strong> Fragaria sp FRAG-SP FO<br />

Striate Knotweed Polygonum achoreum POLYACH S5 FO<br />

Stringy Stonecrop Sedum sarmentosum SEDUSAR SE1 FO<br />

Striped Coralroot Corallorhiza striata CORASTR S4 FO<br />

Striped Maple Acer pensylvanicum ACERPEN S5 SH<br />

Stunted Sedge Carex magellanica ssp. irrigua CAREMAG S5 SE<br />

Suckling Clover Trifolium dubium TRIFDUB SE4 FO<br />

Sugar Maple Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum ACERSAS S5 TR<br />

Sumac <strong>Species</strong> Rhus sp RHUS-SP SH<br />

Summer Cypress Kochia scoparia KOCHSCO SE5 FO<br />

Summer Grape Vitis aestivalis VITIAES S4 VW<br />

Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopia<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Sundew <strong>Species</strong> Drosera sp DROS-SP FO<br />

Sunflower <strong>Species</strong> Helianthus sp HELI-SP FO<br />

Sun-loving Sedge Carex inops ssp. heliophila CAREINO S1 SE<br />

Swallow-wort <strong>Species</strong> Cynanchum sp CYNA-SP VI<br />

Swamp Aster Aster puniceus var. firmus ASTEPUF SU FO<br />

Swamp Black Currant Ribes lacustre RIBELAC S5 SH<br />

Swamp Buttercup Ranunculus hispidus var. caricetorum RANUHIC S5 FO<br />

Swamp Candles Lysimachia terrestris LYSITER S5 FO<br />

Swamp Cottonwood Populus heterophylla POPUHET S1 TR<br />

Swamp Dewberry Rubus hispidus RUBUHIS S4S5 SH<br />

Swamp Dock Rumex verticillatus RUMEVER S4 FO<br />

Swamp Fly Honeysuckle Lonicera oblongifolia LONIOBL S4S5 SH<br />

Swamp Loosestrife Decodon verticillatus DECOVER S5 FO<br />

Swamp Lousewort Pedicularis lanceolata PEDILAN S4 FO<br />

Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata ASCLINI S5 FO<br />

Swamp Red Currant Ribes triste RIBETRI S5 SH<br />

Swamp Rose Rosa palustris ROSAPAL S5 SH<br />

Swamp Rose-mallow Hibiscus moscheutos ssp. moscheutos HIBIMOM S3 FO<br />

Swamp Sedge Carex muskingumensis CAREMUS S3 SE<br />

Swamp Star Sedge Carex seorsa CARESEO S2 SE<br />

Swamp Thistle Cirsium muticum CIRSMUT S5 FO<br />

Swamp White Oak Quercus bicolor QUERBIC S4 TR<br />

Sweet Alyssum Lobularia maritima LOBUMAR SE2 FO<br />

Sweet Cherry Prunus avium PRUNAVI SE4 TR<br />

SSweet t CColtsfoot lt f t PPetasites t it ffrigidus i id PETAFRI S5 FO<br />

Sweet Fern Comptonia peregrina COMPPER S5 SH<br />

Sweet Gale Myrica gale MYRIGAL S5 SH<br />

Sweet Grass Hierochloe odorata HIERODO S4 GR<br />

Sweet Ox-eye Heliopsis helianthoides HELIHEL S5 FO<br />

Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus LATHODO SE1 VI<br />

Sweet Scented Grape Vitis vulpina VITIVUL S1 VW<br />

Sweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratum ssp. odoratum ANTHODO SE4 GR<br />

Sweet White Violet Viola blanda VIOLBLA S4S5 FO<br />

Sweet William Silene armeria SILEARM SE2 FO<br />

Sweet Wormwood Artemisia annua ARTEANN SE1 FO<br />

Sweet-cicely <strong>Species</strong> Osmorhiza sp OSMO-SP FO<br />

Sweet-clover <strong>Species</strong> Melilotus sp MELI-SP FO<br />

Sweetflag Acorus americanus ACORAME S4 FO<br />

Sweet-leaved Milkvetch Astragalus glycophyllos ASTRGLY SE1 FO<br />

Switch Grass Panicum virgatum PANIVIR S4 GR<br />

Sycamore Platanus occidentalis PLATOCC S4 TR<br />

Sycamore <strong>Species</strong> Platanus sp PLTA-SP TR<br />

Tall Agrimony Agrimonia gryposepala AGRIGRY S5 FO<br />

Tall Baby's-breath Gypsophila paniculata GYPSPAN SE3 FO<br />

Tall Beggar-ticks Bidens vulgata BIDEVUL S5 FO<br />

Tall Bellflower Campanula americana CAMPAME S4 FO<br />

Tall Blue Lettuce Lactuca biennis LACTBIE S5 FO<br />

Tall Boneset Eupatorium altissimum<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Tall Brome Bromus latiglumis BROMLAT S4 GR<br />

Tall Buttercup Ranunculus acris RANUACR SE5 FO<br />

Tall Cinquefoil Potentilla arguta POTEARG S4 FO<br />

Tall Coreopsis Coreopsis tripteris CORETRP S2 FO<br />

Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea FESTARU SE5 GR<br />

Tall Forked Chickweed Paronychia canadensis PAROCAN S1 FO<br />

Tall Glyceria Glyceria maxima GLYCMAI SE4 GR<br />

Tall Goldenrod Solidago altissima var. altissima SOLIALA S4? FO<br />

Tall Green Milkweed Asclepias hirtella ASCLHIR S1 FO<br />

Tall Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium loeselii SISYLOE SE2 FO<br />

Tall Lettuce Lactuca canadensis LACTCAN S5 FO<br />

Tall Meadow-rue Thalictrum pubescens THALPUB S5 FO<br />

Tall Morning-glory Ipomoea purpurea IPOMPUR SE2 VI<br />

Tall Northern Green Orchid Platanthera hyperborea PLATHYP S4 FO<br />

Tall Nut Rush Scleria triglomerata SCLETRI S1 SE<br />

Tall Oat Grass Arrhenatherum elatius ARRHELA SE4 GR<br />

Tall Swamp Beggar-ticks Bidens coronata BIDECOR S2 FO<br />

Tall Tumble-mustard Sisymbrium altissimum SISYALT SE5 FO<br />

Tall White Bog Orchid Platanthera dilatata PLATDIL S5 FO<br />

Tall White Lettuce Prenanthes altissima PRENALT S5 FO<br />

Tall Wild Sunflower Helianthus giganteus HELIGIG S5 FO<br />

Tamarack Larix laricina LARILAR S5 TR<br />

Tansy Tanacetum vulgare TANAVUL SE5 FO<br />

Tansy Ragwort Senecio jacobaea SENEJAC SE1 FO<br />

TTansy-leaved l d Milk Milkvetch t h Ph Phacelia li ttanacetifolia tif li PHACTAN SE1 FO<br />

Taprooted Valerian Valeriana edulis ssp. ciliata VALEEDC S1 FO<br />

Tartarian Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica LONITAT SE5 SH<br />

Tawny Day-lily Hemerocallis fulva HEMEFUL SE5 FO<br />

Thames Hawthorn Crataegus compacta CRATCOC S4 SH<br />

Thelypteris <strong>Species</strong> Thelypteris sp THEL-SP FE<br />

Thicket Creeper Parthenocissus inserta PARTINS S5 VW<br />

Thimbleweed Anemone virginiana var. virginiana ANEMVIV S5 FO<br />

Thin-leaved Cottongrass Eriophorum viridi-carinatum ERIOVRC S5 SE<br />

Thin-leaved Sunflower Helianthus decapetalus HELIDEC S5 FO<br />

Thistle <strong>Species</strong> Cirsium sp CIRS-SP FO<br />

Thread-leaf Pondweed Potamogeton filiformis POTAFIL S5 FO<br />

Three-awn Grass <strong>Species</strong> Aristida sp ARIS-SP GR<br />

Three-leaved Solomon's Seal Maianthemum trifolium MAIATRI S5 FO<br />

Three-lobed Beggar-ticks Bidens tripartita BIDETRI S5 FO<br />

Three-seeded Mercury Acalypha virginica var. rhomboidea ACALVIR S5 FO<br />

Three-seeded Sedge Carex trisperma CARETRT S5 SE<br />

Three-way Sedge Dulichium arundinaceum DULIARU S5 SE<br />

Thunberg's Bush-clover Lespedeza thunbergii LESPTHU SE1 SH<br />

Thyme Thymus pulegioides THYMPUL SE1 FO<br />

Thyme-leaved Broomspurge Chamaesyce serpyllifolia CHAMSRP SE2? FO<br />

Thyme-leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia ARENSER SE5 FO<br />

Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia VEROSES SE5 FO<br />

Tickle Grass Agrostis hyemalis<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Tick-trefoil <strong>Species</strong> Desmodium sp DESM-SP FO<br />

Tiger Lily Lilium lancifolium LILILAN SE1 FO<br />

Timothy Phleum pratense PHLEPRA SE5 GR<br />

Tiny Vetch Vicia hirsuta VICIHIR SE1 VI<br />

Toad Rush Juncus bufonius JUNCBUF S5 RU<br />

Toadflax Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica LINAGED SE3 FO<br />

Toadflax <strong>Species</strong> Linaria sp LINA-SP FO<br />

Toothcup Rotala ramosior ROTARAM S1 FO<br />

Toothed Flat Sedge Cyperus dentatus CYPEDEN S1 SE<br />

Toothed Rock Cress Arabis shortii ARABSHO S2 FO<br />

Toothed Spurge Euphorbia dentata EUPHDEN SE4 FO<br />

Torrey's Manna Grass Torreyochloa pallida TORRPAL S2 GR<br />

Torrey's Rush Juncus torreyi JUNCTOR S5 RU<br />

Torrey's Three-square Scirpus torreyi SCIRTOR S4 SE<br />

Tower Mustard Arabis glabra ARABGLA S5 FO<br />

Trailing Arbutus Epigaea repens EPIGREP S5 SH<br />

Trailing Bush-clover Lespedeza procumbens LESPPRO S1 FO<br />

Trailing Wild Bean Strophostyles helvula STROHEL S4 FO<br />

Trail-plant Adenocaulon bicolor ADENBIC S1 FO<br />

Treacle Mustard Conringia orientalis CONRORI SE2 FO<br />

Tread-like Naiad Najas gracillima NAJAGRA S2 FO<br />

Tree <strong>Species</strong> Tree sp TREE-SP TR<br />

Tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima AILAALT SE5 TR<br />

Trembling Aspen Populus tremuloides POPUTRE S5 TR<br />

TTrillium illi S<strong>Species</strong> i TTrillium illi sp TRIL-SP TRIL SP FO<br />

Triploid Wood Fern Dryopteris X triploidea DRYOTRI SHB4 FE<br />

Troublesome Sedge Carex molesta CAREMOL S4? SE<br />

Trout Lily <strong>Species</strong> Erythronium sp ERYT-SP FO<br />

True Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella ssp. montana OXALACM S5 FO<br />

Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans CAMPRAD S2? VW<br />

Tubercled Orchid Platanthera flava var. herbiola PLATFLH S3 FO<br />

Tuberous Indian-plantain Cacalia plantaginea CACAPLA S3 FO<br />

Tuberous Vetchling Lathyrus tuberosus LATHTUB SE3 VI<br />

Tubular-flowered Beard-tongue Penstemon tubaeflorus PENSTUB SE1 FO<br />

Tuckerman's Panic Grass Panicum tuckermanii PANITUC S4 GR<br />

Tuckerman's Quillwort Isoetes tuckermanii ISOETUC S1 FE<br />

Tuckerman's Sedge Carex tuckermanii CARETUC S4 SE<br />

Tufted Bulrush Scirpus cespitosus SCIRCES S5 SE<br />

Tufted Bunch Grass Stipa comata STIPCOM S1 GR<br />

Tufted Hairgrass Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. cespitosa DESCCEC S4S5 GR<br />

Tufted Loosestrife Lysimachia thyrsiflora LYSITHY S5 FO<br />

Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera LIRITUL S4 TR<br />

Tumble Pigweed Amaranthus albus AMARALB SE5 FO<br />

Turtlehead Chelone glabra CHELGLA S5 FO<br />

Tussock Sedge Carex stricta CARESTR S5 SE<br />

Twayblade <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong>era sp LIST-SP FO<br />

Twig-rush Cladium mariscoides CLADMAR S5 SE<br />

Twinflower Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Twinleaf Jeffersonia diphylla JEFFDIP S4 FO<br />

Two Row Stonecrop Sedum spurium SEDUSPU SE1 FO<br />

Two-coloured Forget-me-not Myosotis discolor MYOSDIS SE1 FO<br />

Two-flowered Cynthia Krigia biflora var. biflora KRIGBIB S2 FO<br />

Two-flowered Rush Juncus biflorus JUNCBIF S1 RU<br />

Two-formed Yellow-eyed-grass Xyris difformis XYRIDIF S4 FO<br />

Two-rayed Blue Grass Poa saltuensis POA-SAL S4 GR<br />

Two-row Stickweed Lappula squarrosa ssp. squarrosa LAPPSQS SE5 FO<br />

Two-seeded Sedge Carex disperma CAREDIS S5 SE<br />

Tyrol Knapweed Centaurea nigrescens CENTNIN SE5 FO<br />

Umbelled Jagged Chickweed Holosteum umbellatum HOLOUMB SE2 FO<br />

Umbrella Flat Sedge Cyperus diandrus CYPEDIA S4 SE<br />

Unknown <strong>Species</strong> Unknown sp UNKNOWN<br />

Upland White Goldenrod Solidago ptarmicoides SOLIPTA S5 FO<br />

Upland Willow Salix humilis SALIHUM S5 SH<br />

Upright Brome Bromus erectus BROMERE SE1 GR<br />

Upright Carrion Flower Smilax ecirrhata SMILECI S3? FO<br />

Upright Forget-me-not Myosotis stricta MYOSSTR SE4 FO<br />

Upright Goosefoot Chenopodium urbicum CHENURB SE1 FO<br />

Upright Yellow Wood-sorrel Oxalis stricta OXALSTR S5 FO<br />

Variable Hawthorn Crataegus macrosperma CRATMCS S5 SH<br />

Variegated Horsetail Equisetum variegatum ssp. variegatum EQUIVAV S5 FE<br />

Various-leaved Water-milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum MYRIHET S4? FO<br />

Vasey's Pondweed Potamogeton vaseyi POTAVAS S4 FO<br />

VVasey's ' Rush R h Juncus J vaseyii JUNCVAS S3 RU<br />

Veined Skullcap Scutellaria nervosa SCUTNER S1 FO<br />

Veiny Meadow-rue Thalictrum venulosum THALVEN S5? FO<br />

Veiny Pea Lathyrus venosus LATHVEN S4 VI<br />

Velvet Grass Holcus lanatus HOLCLAN SE2 GR<br />

Velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti ABUTTHE SE5 FO<br />

Velvetleaf Blueberry Vaccinium myrtilloides VACCMYR S5 SH<br />

Vervain <strong>Species</strong> Verbena sp VERB-SP FO<br />

Vetch <strong>Species</strong> Vicia sp VICI-SP VI<br />

Vetchling <strong>Species</strong> Lathyrus sp LATH-SP VI<br />

Viburnum <strong>Species</strong> Viburnum sp VIBU-SP SH<br />

Villose Bugseed Corispermum villosum CORIVIL S1S3 FO<br />

Villose Evening-primrose Oenothera villosa ssp. villosa OENOVIV S2? FO<br />

Violet Bush-clover Lespedeza violacea LESPVIO S1 FO<br />

Violet <strong>Species</strong> Viola sp VIOL-SP FO<br />

Viper's Bugloss Echium vulgare ECHIVUL SE5 FO<br />

Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica MERTVIR S3 FO<br />

Virginia Chain Fern Woodwardia virginica WOODVIR S4 FE<br />

Virginia Cottongrass Eriophorum virginicum ERIOVIR S5 SE<br />

Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia PARTQUI S4? VW<br />

Virginia Creeper <strong>Species</strong> Parthenocissus sp PART-SP VW<br />

Virginia False Dragonhead Physostegia virginiana PHYSVIV S4 FO<br />

Virginia Mallow Sida hermaphrodita SIDAHER S1 FO<br />

Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Virginia Pepper-grass Lepidium virginicum LEPIVIR S5 FO<br />

Virginia Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana TRADVIR SE1 FO<br />

Virginia Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica CLAYVIR S5 FO<br />

Virginia Stickseed Hackelia virginiana HACKVIR S5 FO<br />

Virginia Stonecrop Penthorum sedoides PENTSED S5 FO<br />

Virginia Water-horehound Lycopus virginicus LYCOVIR S3 FO<br />

Virginia Water-leaf Hydrophyllum virginianum HYDRVIR S5 FO<br />

Virginia Wild Rye Elymus virginicus var. virginicus ELYMVIV S5 GR<br />

Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana CLEMVIR S5 VW<br />

Viscid Grass-leaved Goldenrod Euthamia gymnospermoides EUTHGYM S1 FO<br />

Walking Fern Asplenium rhizophyllum ASPLRHI S4 FE<br />

Wall Cress Arabidopsis thaliana ARABTHA SE5 FO<br />

Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis MYCEMUR SE2 FO<br />

Wall Rocket Diplotaxis tenuifolia DIPLTEN SE5 FO<br />

Wall Rue Asplenium ruta-muraria ASPLRUT S2 FE<br />

Walnut <strong>Species</strong> Juglans sp JUGL-SP TR<br />

Walter's Barnyard Grass Echinochloa walteri ECHIWAL S3 GR<br />

Wand-like Bush-clover Lespedeza intermedia LESPINT S4 FO<br />

Water Arum Calla palustris CALLPLS S5 FO<br />

Water Avens Geum rivale GEUMRIV S5 FO<br />

Water Awlwort Subularia aquatica ssp. americana SUBUAQA S3 FO<br />

Water Bulrush Scirpus subterminalis SCIRSUB S4 SE<br />

Water Bur-reed Sparganium fluctuans SPARFLU S4? FO<br />

Water Chickweed Myosoton aquaticum MYOSAQU SE3 FO<br />

WWater t Foxtail F t il Al Alopecurus geniculatus i l t ALOPGEN SE3 GR<br />

Water Horsetail Equisetum fluviatile EQUIFLU S5 FE<br />

Water Lobelia Lobelia dortmanna LOBEDOR S4? FO<br />

Water Meal <strong>Species</strong> Wolffia sp WOLF-SP FO<br />

Water Pimpernel Samolus valerandi ssp. parviflorus SAMOVAP S4 FO<br />

Water Sedge Carex aquatilis CAREAQU S5 SE<br />

Water Smartweed Polygonum amphibium POLYAMP S5 FO<br />

Water Speedwell Veronica anagallis-aquatica VEROANA SE5 FO<br />

Water Star-grass Heteranthera dubia HETEDUB S5 FO<br />

Water Starwort <strong>Species</strong> Callitriche sp CALH-SP FO<br />

Water Willow Justicia americana JUSTAME S1 FO<br />

Water-clover Marsilea quadrifolia MARSQUA SE1 FE<br />

Water-cress Nasturtium officinale NASTOFF SE FO<br />

Water-cress <strong>Species</strong> Nasturtium sp NAST-SP FO<br />

Water-hemlock <strong>Species</strong> Cicuta sp CICU-SP FO<br />

Water-hemp Amaranthus tuberculatus AMARTUB S4 FO<br />

Water-horehound <strong>Species</strong> Lycopus sp LYCP-SP FO<br />

Water-leaf <strong>Species</strong> Hydrophyllum sp HYDR-SP FO<br />

Water-lily <strong>Species</strong> Nymphaea sp NYMP-SP FO<br />

Water-milfoil <strong>Species</strong> Myriophyllum sp MYRI-SP FO<br />

Water-parsnip Sium suave SIUMSUA S5 FO<br />

Waterpod Ellisia nyctelea ELLINYC SE1 FO<br />

Water-shield Brasenia schreberi BRASSCH S5 FO<br />

Waterweed <strong>Species</strong> Elodea sp<br />

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Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Waxy Meadow-rue Thalictrum revolutum THALREV S2 FO<br />

Wayfaring Tree Viburnum lantana VIBULAN SE2 SH<br />

Wayside Speedwell Veronica polita VEROPOL SE4 FO<br />

Weak Blue Grass Poa languida POA-LAN S3 GR<br />

Weak-stemmed Wood Sedge Carex laxiculmis var. laxiculmis CARELXC S4 SE<br />

Wedge Grass <strong>Species</strong> Sphenopholis sp SPHE-SP GR<br />

Weeping White Willow Salix X rubens SALIRUB SHBE4 TR<br />

Western Elodea Elodea nuttallii ELODNUT S3 FO<br />

Western Fescue Festuca occidentalis FESTOCC S4? GR<br />

Western Grape Fern Botrychium hesperium BOTRHES S1 FE<br />

Western Poison-ivy Rhus radicans ssp. rydbergii RHUSRYD S5 SH<br />

Western Purslane Speedwell Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis VEROPEX S4 FO<br />

Western Water-horehound Lycopus asper LYCOASP S4 FO<br />

Western Wheat Grass Elymus smithii ELYMSMI S2 GR<br />

White Adder's-mouth Malaxis monophyllos ssp. brachypoda MALAMOB S4 FO<br />

White Ash Fraxinus americana FRAXAME S5 TR<br />

White Avens Geum canadense GEUMCAN S5 FO<br />

White Baneberry Actaea pachypoda ACTAPAC S5 FO<br />

White Beak Rush Rhynchospora alba RHYNALB S5 SE<br />

White Birch Betula papyrifera BETUPAP S5 TR<br />

White Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium albidum SISYALB S1 FO<br />

White Camass Zigadenus elegans ssp. glaucus ZIGAELG S4 FO<br />

White Clover Trifolium repens TRIFREP SE5 FO<br />

White Dead-nettle Lamium album LAMIALB SE1 FO<br />

Whit White Evening-primrose E i i Oenothera O th nuttallii tt llii OENONUT SE1 FO<br />

White Goldenrod Solidago bicolor SOLIBIC S4? FO<br />

White Grass Leersia virginica LEERVIR S4 GR<br />

White Horehound Marrubium vulgare MARRVUL SE2 FO<br />

White Lettuce Prenanthes alba PRENALB S5 FO<br />

White Lettuce <strong>Species</strong> Prenanthes sp PREN-SP FO<br />

White Mulberry Morus alba MORUALB SE5 TR<br />

White Mustard Sinapis alba SINAALB SE2 FO<br />

White Oak Quercus alba QUERALB S5 TR<br />

White Snakeroot Eupatorium rugosum EUPARUG S5 FO<br />

White Spring Cress Cardamine bulbosa CARDBUL S4 FO<br />

White Spruce Picea glauca PICEGLA S5 TR<br />

White Stonecrop Sedum album SEDUALB SE1 FO<br />

White Swallow-wort Cynanchum rossicum CYNAROS SE5 VI<br />

White Sweet-clover Melilotus alba MELIALB SE5 FO<br />

White Thimbleweed Anemone virginiana var. alba ANEMVIA SU FO<br />

White Trillium Trillium grandiflorum TRILGRA S5 FO<br />

White Trout Lily Erythronium albidum ERYTALB S4 FO<br />

White Vervain Verbena urticifolia VERBURT S5 FO<br />

White Water Crowfoot Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus RANUAQD S4S5 FO<br />

White Wild Licorice Galium circaezans GALICIR S5 FO<br />

White Willow Salix alba SALIALB SE4 TR<br />

White Wood Aster Aster divaricatus ASTEDIV S2 FO<br />

White-haired Panic Grass Panicum villosissimum<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

White-stem Pondweed Potamogeton praelongus POTAPRA S4S5 FO<br />

Whitlow Pepperwort Cardaria draba ssp. draba CARDDRD SE2 FO<br />

Whitlow-grass <strong>Species</strong> Draba sp DRAB-SP FO<br />

Whorled Loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia LYSIQUA S4 FO<br />

Whorled Mallow Malva verticillata MALVVER SE1 FO<br />

Whorled Milkweed Asclepias verticillata ASCLVER S4 FO<br />

Whorled Milkwort Polygala verticillata POLYVER S4 FO<br />

Whorled Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. verticillatum PYCNVEV S1? FO<br />

Whorled Pogonia <strong>Species</strong> Isotria sp ISOT-SP FO<br />

Whorled Wood Aster Aster acuminatus ASTEACU S4 FO<br />

Wiegand's Sedge Carex wiegandii CAREWIE S1 SE<br />

Wild Basil Clinopodium vulgare CLINVUL S5 FO<br />

Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa MONAFIS S5 FO<br />

Wild Black Currant Ribes americanum RIBEAME S5 SH<br />

Wild Blue Phlox Phlox divaricata PHLODIV S4 FO<br />

Wild Carrot Daucus carota DAUCCAR SE5 FO<br />

Wild Chervil Anthriscus sylvestris ANTHSYL SE4? FO<br />

Wild Chives Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum ALLISCS S4 FO<br />

Wild Coffee Triosteum aurantiacum TRIOAUR S5 FO<br />

Wild Columbine Aquilegia canadensis AQUICAN S5 FO<br />

Wild Comfrey Cynoglossum boreale CYNOBOR S4 FO<br />

Wild Crabapple Malus coronaria MALUCOR S4 SH<br />

Wild Cucumber Echinocystis lobata ECHILOB S5 VI<br />

Wild Four-o'clock Mirabilis nyctaginea MIRANYC S4 FO<br />

Wild GGarlic li Alli Allium canadense d var. canadense d ALLICAC S5 FO<br />

Wild Ginger Asarum canadense ASARCAN S5 FO<br />

Wild Hyacinth Camassia scilloides CAMASCI S2 FO<br />

Wild Leek Allium tricoccum ALLITRI S5 FO<br />

Wild Licorice Glycyrrhiza lepidota GLYCLEP S3 FO<br />

Wild Lupine Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis LUPIPEP S3 FO<br />

Wild Marjaram Origanum vulgare ORIGVUL SE5 FO<br />

Wild Mint Mentha arvensis ssp. borealis MENTARB S5 FO<br />

Wild Mustard Sinapis arvensis SINAARV SE5 FO<br />

Wild Oats Avena fatua AVENFAT SE3 GR<br />

Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa PASTSAT SE5 FO<br />

Wild Potato-vine Ipomoea pandurata IPOMPAN S1 VI<br />

Wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum RAPHRAP SE3 FO<br />

Wild Raisin Viburnum cassinoides VIBUCAS S5 SH<br />

Wild Red Raspberry Rubus idaeus ssp. melanolasius RUBUIDM S5 SH<br />

Wild Rice <strong>Species</strong> Zizania sp ZIZA-SP GR<br />

Wild Rye <strong>Species</strong> Elymus sp ELYM-SP GR<br />

Wild Sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis ARALNUD S5 FO<br />

Wild Savoury Calamintha arkansana CALAARK S4S5 FO<br />

Wild Stonecrop Sedum ternatum SEDUTER SE1 FO<br />

Wild Sweet William Phlox maculata PHLOMAC SE1 FO<br />

Wild Tobacco Nicotiana rustica NICORUS SE1 FO<br />

Wild Turnip Brassica rapa BRASRAP SE5 FO<br />

Wild Yamroot Dioscorea quaternata<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Williams' Sedge Carex willdenowii CAREWIL S1 SE<br />

Willow Aster Aster praealtus var. praealtus ASTEPRP S2 FO<br />

Willow <strong>Species</strong> Salix sp SALI-SP SH<br />

Willow-herb <strong>Species</strong> Epilobium sp EPIL-SP FO<br />

Willow-leaved Dock Rumex triangulivalvis RUMETRI S4 FO<br />

Willow-leaved Lettuce Lactuca saligna LACTSAL SE1 FO<br />

Willow-leaved Meadowsweet Spiraea salicifolia SPIRSAL SE1 SH<br />

Windlestraw Apera spica-venti APERSPI SE3 GR<br />

Winged Euonymus Euonymus alata EUONALA SE2 SH<br />

Winged Lythrum Lythrum alatum LYTHALA S3 FO<br />

Winged Monkey-flower Mimulus alatus MIMUALA S2 FO<br />

Winged Pigweed Cycloloma atriplicifolium CYCLATR S4 FO<br />

Wing-stem Verbesina alternifolia VERBALT S3 FO<br />

Winter Creeper Euonymus fortunei EUONFOR SE1 SH<br />

Winterberry Ilex verticillata ILEXVER S5 SH<br />

Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens GAULPRO S5 SH<br />

Wire Rush Juncus balticus JUNCBAL S5 RU<br />

Wirestem Muhly Muhlenbergia frondosa MUHLFRO S4 GR<br />

Wiry Panic Grass Panicum flexile PANIFLE S4 GR<br />

Witch Panic Grass Panicum capillare PANICAP S5 GR<br />

Witch-hazel Hamamelis virginiana HAMAVIR S5 SH<br />

Wolfberry Symphoricarpos occidentalis SYMPOCC SE3 SH<br />

Wood Anemone Anemone quinquefolia ANEMQUI S5 FO<br />

Wood Avens Geum urbanum GEUMURB SE2 FO<br />

WWood d Bl Blue GGrass PPoa nemoralis li POA POA-NEM NEM SE3 GR<br />

Wood Fern <strong>Species</strong> Dryopteris sp DRYO-SP FE<br />

Wood Germander Teucrium canadense ssp. canadense TEUCCAC S5? FO<br />

Wood Gray Sedge Carex amphibola var. turgida CAREAMT S4 SE<br />

Wood Lily Lilium philadelphicum LILIPHI S5 FO<br />

Wood Millet Milium effusum MILIEFF S4S5 GR<br />

Wood Nettle Laportea canadensis LAPOCAN S5 FO<br />

Wood Pea Lathyrus sylvestris LATHSYL SE3 VI<br />

Wood Poppy Stylophorum diphyllum STYLDIP S1 FO<br />

Wood Spurge Euphorbia commutata EUPHCOM S1 FO<br />

Wood Whitlow-grass Draba nemorosa DRABNEM S4? FO<br />

Wood-betony Pedicularis canadensis PEDICAN S5 FO<br />

Wood-betony <strong>Species</strong> Pedicularis sp PEDI-SP FO<br />

Woodland Blue Grass Poa sylvestris POA-SYL S2 GR<br />

Woodland Bulrush Scirpus expansus SCIREXP S1 SE<br />

Woodland Burdock Arctium minus ssp. nemorosum ARCTMIN SE1? FO<br />

Woodland Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica MYOSSYL SE4 FO<br />

Woodland Hawthorn Crataegus sylvestris CRATSYL SU SH<br />

Woodland Horsetail Equisetum sylvaticum EQUISYL S5 FE<br />

Woodland Satin Grass Muhlenbergia sylvatica var. sylvatica MUHLSYS S2 GR<br />

Woodland Sedge Carex sylvatica CARESYL SE2 SE<br />

Woodland Strawberry Fragaria vesca ssp. americana FRAGVEA S5 FO<br />

Woodreed <strong>Species</strong> Cinna sp CINN-SP GR<br />

Woodrush <strong>Species</strong> Luzula sp<br />

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<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Ontario</strong> <strong>Vascular</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Species</strong> <strong>List</strong><br />

Common Name Scientific Name Code S Rank Form<br />

Woodsia <strong>Species</strong> Woodsia sp WOOD-SP FE<br />

Wood-sorrel <strong>Species</strong> Oxalis sp OXAL-SP FO<br />

Woody Vine <strong>Species</strong> Woody vine sp WOVI-SP VW<br />

Wool Grass Scirpus cyperinus SCIRCYP S5 SE<br />

Woolly Croton Croton capitatus CROTCAP SE1 FO<br />

Woolly Mint Mentha X villosa MENTVIL SHBE1 FO<br />

Woolly Yarrow Achillea millefolium ssp. lanulosa ACHIMIL S5 FO<br />

Wormseed Mustard Erysimum cheiranthoides ssp. cheiranthoides ERYSCHC SE5 FO<br />

Wormwood <strong>Species</strong> Artemisia sp ARTE-SP FO<br />

Wrinkled Rose Rosa rugosa ROSARUG SE1 SH<br />

Yarrow <strong>Species</strong> Achillea sp ACHI-SP FO<br />

Yellow Avens Geum aleppicum GEUMALE S5 FO<br />

Yellow Ball-mustard Neslia paniculata NESLPAN SE3 FO<br />

Yellow Bartonia Bartonia virginica BARTVIR S2 FO<br />

Yellow Bedstraw Galium verum GALIVER SE4 FO<br />

Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis BETUALL S5 TR<br />

Yellow Chamomile Anthemis tinctoria ANTHTIN SE1 FO<br />

Yellow Clover Trifolium aureum TRIFAUE SE5 FO<br />

Yellow Day-lily Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus HEMELIL SE4 FO<br />

Yellow Flat Sedge Cyperus flavescens CYPEFLA S2 SE<br />

Yellow Flax <strong>Species</strong> Linum sp LINU-SP FO<br />

Yellow Foxglove Digitalis grandiflora DIGIGRA SE1 FO<br />

Yellow Foxtail Setaria pumila SETAPUM SE5 GR<br />

Yellow Giant Hyssop Agastache nepetoides AGASNEP S4 FO<br />

YYellow ll Horse-gentian H ti Triosteum T i t angustifolium tif li TRIOANG S1 FO<br />

Yellow Indigo Baptisia tinctoria BAPTTIN S2 FO<br />

Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus IRISPSE SE3 FO<br />

Yellow Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes ochroleuca SPIROCH S2 FO<br />

Yellow Mandarin Disporum lanuginosum DISPLAN S4 FO<br />

Yellow Pimpernel Taenidia integerrima TAENINT S4 FO<br />

Yellow Sedge Carex flava CAREFLV S5 SE<br />

Yellow Star-grass Hypoxis hirsuta HYPOHIR S3 FO<br />

Yellow Sweet-clover Melilotus officinalis MELIOFF SE5 FO<br />

Yellow Trout Lily Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum ERYTAMA S5 FO<br />

Yellow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis LATHPRA SE2 VI<br />

Yellow Violet Viola pubescens VIOLPUB S5 FO<br />

Yellow Water Buttercup Ranunculus flabellaris RANUFLA S4? FO<br />

Yellow-fruited Fox Sedge Carex annectens CAREANA S2 SE<br />

Yellowish Gentian Gentiana flavida GENTFLA S1 FO<br />

Zig-zag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis SOLIFLE S5 FO<br />

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