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Angelica
Angelica atropurpurea

Aromatic Aster
Aster oblongiflorus

Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
 

Bee Balm
Monarda didyma

Bellwort, Merrybells
Uvularia grandiflora

Bird's Foot Violet
Viola pedata
 

Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta

Black Snakeroot
Cimicifuga racemosa (Actaea racemosa)

Blazing Star
Liatris spicata
 

Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis

Blue Cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides

Blue False Indigo
Baptisia australis
 

Blue Flag
Iris virginica

Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica

Blue Vervain
Verbena hastata
 

Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum

Bristly Buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus

Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
 

Canada Anemone
Anemone canadensis

Canada Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis

Canada Violet
Viola canadensis
 

Cardinal Flower
Lobelia cardinalis

Celandine Poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum

Closed Gentian
Gentiana andrewsii
 

Common Blue Violet
Viola sororia

Common Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Common Cattail
Typha latifolia
 

Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca

Common sundrops
Oenothera fruticosa

Compass Plant
Silphium laciniatum
 

Cream Violet
Viola striata

Cream Wild Indigo
Baptisia leucophaea (Baptisia bracteata var. leucophaea)

Crested Iris
Iris cristata
 

Culver's root
Veronicastrum virginicum

Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum

Cutleaf Coneflower
Rudbeckia laciniata
 

Dogtooth Violet, White Trout Lily
Erythronium albidum

Doll's Eyes, White Baneberry
Actaea pachypoda

Downy Yellow Violet
Viola pubescens
 

Drooping Trillium
Trillium flexipes

Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria

Early Goldenrod
Solidago juncea
 

Early Meadow Rue
Thalictrum dioicum

Elm-leaved Goldenrod
Solidago ulmifolia

Enchanter's Nightshade
Circaea lutetiana
 

False Rue Anemone
Isopyrum biternatum (Enemion biternatum)

False Solomon's Seal
Smilacina racemosa (Maianthemum racemosum ssp racemosum)

Field Thistle
Cirsium discolor
 

Fire Pink
Silene virginica

Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia

Foxglove Beardtongue
Penstemon digitalis
 

Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia ciliata

Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata

Goatsbeard
Aruncus dioicus
 

Golden Alexanders
Zizia aurea

Gray-headed Coneflower
Ratibida pinnata

Green Dragon
Arisaema dracontium
 

Ground Cherry
Physalis heterophylla

Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia

Heath Aster
Aster ericoides
 

Hoary Vervain
Verbena stricta

Indian Hemp
Apocynum cannabinum

Jack in the Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum
 

Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans

Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium maculatum (Eupatorium purpureum subsp maculatum) (Eupatoriadelphus maculatus)

Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium purpureum (Eupatoriadelphus purpureus)
 

Lance Leaved Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata

Lance-leaved Goldenrod
Solidago graminifolia (Euthamia graminifolia)

Large White Trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
 

Larger Blue Flag
Iris versicolor

Leadplant
Amorpha canescens

Long Leaf Ground Cherry
Physalic subglabrata (Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata)
 

Marsh Blue Violet
Viola cucullata

Marsh Marigold
Caltha palustris

Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum
 

Missouri Evening Primrose
Oenothera macrocarpa (Oenothera missouriensis)

Monkey Flower
Mimulus ringens

Narrowleaf Mountain Mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
 

Narrow-leaved Cattail
Typha angustifolia

New England Aster
Aster novae-angliae (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

Nodding Wild Onion
Allium cernuum
 

Northern Bedstraw
Galium boreale

Northern Blue Violet
Viola septentrionalis

Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
 

Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida

Oxeye Sunflower
Heliopsis helianthoides

Pale Indian Plantain
Cacalia atriplicifolia (Amoglossum atriplicifolium)
 

Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida

Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana

Prairie Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
 

Prairie Blazing Star
Liatris pycnostachya

Prairie Dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum

Prairie Phlox
Phlox pilosa
 

Prairie Smoke
Geum trifloum

Prairie Trillium
Trillium recurvatum

Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
 

Purple Poppy-Mallow, Wine Cups
Callirhoe involucrata

Purple Prairie Clover
Petalostemum purpureum (Dalea purpurea)

Purple Trillium
Trillium erectum
 

Purple-headed Sneezeweed
Helenium nudiflorum

Pussytoes
Antennaria plantaginifolia

Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra
 

Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium

Red Baneberry
Actaea rubra

Rose Turtlehead
Chelone obliqua
 

Rosinweed
Silphium integrifolium

Rough Blazing Star
Liatris aspera

Round Lobed Hepatica
Hepatica americana (Hepatica nobilis var. obtusa)
 

Royal Catchfly
Silene regia

Rue Anemone
Anemonella thalictroides (Thalictrum thalictroides)

Sharp Lobed Hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba (Hepatica nobilis var. acuta)
 

Shooting Star
Dodecatheon meadia

Showy Evening Primrose
Oenothera speciosa

Showy Goldenrod
Solidago speciosa
 

Showy Tick-Trefoil
Desmodium canadense

Skyblue Aster
Aster oolentangiensis, Aster azureus (Symphyotrichum oolentangiense)

Small White Aster
Aster vimineus (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)
 

Smooth Aster
Aster laevis (Symphyotrichum laeve)

Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale

Snowy campion
Silene nivea
 

Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum biflorum

Spiderwort
Tradescantia ohiensis

Spiderwort
Tradescantia virginiana
 

Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica

Spring Larkspur
Delphinium tricorne

Squirrel Corn
Dicentra canadensis
 

Starflower
Trientalis borealis

Starry Catchfly, Starry Campion
Silene stellata

Starry False Solomon's Seal
Smilacina stellata (Maianthemum stellatum)
 

Stiff Goldenrod
Solidago rigida (Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum)

Stiff Tickseed
Coreopsis palmata

Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
 

Sweet Cicely
Osmorhiza claytonii

Sweet Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa

Tall Bellflower
Campanula americana (Campanulastrum americanum)
 

Tall Coreopsis
Coreopsis tripteris

Tall goldenrod
Solidago altissima

Tall Meadow Rue
Thalictrum dasycarpum
 

Tall Sunflower
Helianthus giganteus

Toadshade
Trillium sessile

Toothwort
Dentaria laciniata (Cardamine concatenata)
 

Trout Lily, Fawn Lily, Dogtooth Violet
Erythronium americanum

Twinleaf
Jeffersonia diphylla

Violet Wood Sorrel
Oxalis violacea
 

Virginia Bluebells
Mertensia virginica

Virginia Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum

Water Parsnip
Sium suave
 

Western Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata

White Doll's Aster, False Aster
Boltonia asteroides

White Prairie Clover
Petalostemum candidum (Dalea candida)
 

White Snakeroot
Eupatorium rugosum (Ageratina altissima)

White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra

White Vervain
Verbena urticifolia
 

White Wild Indigo
Baptisia leucantha (Baptisia alba var. macrophylla)

Whorled Milkweed
Asclepias verticillata

Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
 

Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricata

Wild Calla
Calla palustris

Wild Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
 

Wild Geranium
Geranium maculatum

Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense

Wild Hyacinth
Camassia scilloides
 

Wild Leek, Ramps
Allium tricoccum

Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis

Wild Quinine
Parthenium integrifolium
 

Wild Senna
Cassia hebecarpa (Senna hebecarpa)

Wild Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana

Willow Bluestar
Amsonia tabernaemontana
 

Wood Anemone
Anemone quinquefolia