PLANT LIST FOR THE PIEDMONT HABITAT
Acer leucoderme, chalk maple
Actaea racemosa, early black-cohosh
Aesculus sylvatica, painted buckeye
Aletris farinosa, northern white colic-root
Alisma subcordatum, American water-plantain
Amelanchier arborea, downy service-berry
Amorpha schwerinii, piedmont indigo-bush
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. tabernaemontana, eastern bluestar
Andropogon elliottii, Elliott’s bluestem
Andropogon gerardii, big bluestem
Andropogon ternarius, split-beard bluestem
Andropogon virginicus, broomstraw
Aristida purpurascens, arrow-feather three-awn
Arnica acaulis, common leopard’s-bane
Asclepias incarnata, swamp milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa, butterfly milkweed
Asclepias variegata, white milkweed
Asclepias verticillata, whorled milkweed
Asclepias viridiflora, green milkweed
Asimina triloba, common pawpaw
Baptisia albescens, spiked wild indigo
Berberis canadensis, American barberry
Bidens aristosa, bearded beggarticks
Carpinus caroliniana, ironwood
Castanea pumila, chinquapin
Castilleja coccinea, eastern indian paintbrush
Ceanothus americanus, New Jersey-tea
Centrosema virginianum, spurred butterfly-pea
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Cephalanthus occidentalis, common buttonbush
Cercis canadensis, redbud
Chamaelirium luteum, fairywand
Chasmanthium laxum, slender wood-oats
Chionanthus virginicus, white fringetree
Chrysogonum virginianum, green-and-gold
Chrysopsis mariana, Maryland golden-aster
Claytonia virginica, eastern spring-beauty
Clematis ochroleuca, curlyheads
Clematis viorna,northern leatherflower
Clitoria mariana var. mariana, butterfly-pea
Coreopsis auriculata, lobed tickseed
Coreopsis major, greater tickseed
Coreopsis verticillata, whorled tickseed
Corylus americana, American hazelnut
Crataegus marshallii, parsley hawthorn
Echinacea laevigata, smooth purple-coneflower
Endodeca serpentaria, Virginia-snakeroot
Epigaea repens, trailing-arbutus
Eryngium yuccifolium, northern rattlesnake-master
Erythronium umbilicatum, dimpled trout-lily
Eubotrys racemosa, swamp dog-hobble
Eutrochium fistulosum, hollow-stem joe-pye-weed
Gaultheria procumbens, eastern tea-berry
Gaylussacia baccata, black huckleberry
Gentiana villosa, striped gentian
Hamamelis virginiana, American witch-hazel
Helianthus atrorubens, purple-disk sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus, forest sunflower
Helianthus divaricatus, woodland sunflower
Helianthus laevigatus, smooth sunflower
Helianthus microcephalus, small-headed sunflower
Helianthus strumosus, rough-leaf sunflower
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Heuchera americana, American alumroot
Hexastylis arifolia, little-brown-jug
Hexastylis minor, little heartleaf
Hibiscus moscheutos, crimson-eyed rose-mallow
Houstonia caerulea, quaker-ladies
Houstonia purpurea, summer bluet
Hypericum crux- andreae, St. Peter’s-wort
Hypericum lloydii, sandhills St. John’s-wort
Ilex decidua, deciduous holly
Ilex opaca, American holly
Iris cristata, dwarf crested iris
Itea virginica, Virginia sweetspire
Juniperus virginiana, eastern red-cedar
Kalmia latifolia, mountain-laurel
Liatris squarrosa, scaly blazing-star
Liatris squarrulosa, southern blazing-star
Lilium michauxii, Carolina lily
Lithospermum canescens, hoary puccoon
Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal flower
Lobelia puberula, downy lobelia
Luzula acuminata, hairy wood-rush
Lyonia mariana, piedmont staggerbush
Magnolia tripetala, umbrella magnolia
Maianthemum racemosum, solomon’s-plume
Marshallia legrandii, oak barrens barbara’s buttons
Marshallia obovata var. obovata, piedmont barbara’s buttons
Mitchella repens, partridge-berry
Monarda fistulosa, Appalachian bergamot
Muhlenbergia capillaris, hairgrass
Oenothera fruticosa, southern sundrops
Ostrya virginiana, eastern hop-hornbeam
Packera anonyma, Small’s ragwort
Parthenium auriculatum, glade wild quinine
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Parthenium integrifolium, wild quinine
Penstemon laevigatus, eastern smooth beardtongue
Phlox nivalis , pineland phlox
Piptochaetium avenaceum, eastern needlegrass
Polystichum acrostichoides, christmas fern
Potentilla canadensis, running five-fingers
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium, narrow- leaf mountain-mint
Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. verticillatum, whorled mountain-mint
Rhododendron periclymenoides, pinxter-flower
Rhus copallinum, winged sumac
Rhus glabra, smooth sumac
Rosa carolina, Carolina rose
Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida, orange coneflower
Sabatia angularis, common marsh-pink
Sabatia quadrangula, four-angle rose-gentian
Saccharum alopecuroideum, silver plume grass
Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum, short-beard plume grass
Salvia lyrata, lyre-leaf sage
Salvia urticifolia, nettle-leaf sage
Sanguinaria canadensis, bloodroot
Schizachyrium scoparium, common little-bluestem
Scutellaria integrifolia, large-flower skullcap
Sedum ternatum, woodland stonecrop
Sericocarpus linifolius, narrow-leaf whitetop-aster
Silene virginica , fire-pink
Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, starry rosinweed
Silphium compositum var. compositum, kidney-leaf rosinweed
Silphium terebinthinaceum, prairie rosinweed
Solidago bicolor, silverrod
Solidago caesia, axillary goldenrod
Solidago erecta, slender goldenrod
Solidago ptarmicoides, white prairie-goldenrod
Solidago puberula var. puberula, downy goldenrod
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Solidago rigida, bold goldenrod
Sorghastrum elliotti, nodding indian grass
Sorghastrum nutans, yellow indian grass
Styrax grandifolius,big-leaf snowbell
Symphyotrichum concolor, eastern silvery American-aster
Symphyotrichum georgianum, Georgia American-aster
Symphyotrichum grandiflorum, large flower American-aster
Symphyotrichum leave var. concinnum, narrow-leaf smooth American-aster
Symphyotrichum patens, clasping American-aster
Symphyotrichum undulatum, wavy-leaf American-aster
Symphyotrichum urophyllum, white arrowleaf aster
Taenidia integerrima, yellow pimpernel
Tephrosia spicata, spiked hoarypea
Thalictrum thalictroides, windflower
Tiarella cordifolia var. collina, foamflower
Tipularia discolor, cranefly orchid
Trichostema dichotomum, forked bluecurls
Tridens flavus, tall redtop
Trillium catesbaei, Catesby’s trililum
Trillium cuneatum, little sweet betsy
Vaccinium arboretum, sparklebery
Vaccinium fuscatum, black highbush blueberry
Vaccinium stamineum, deerberry
Vernonia acaulis, stemless ironweed
Vernonia glauca, broad-leaf ironweed
Viburnium acerifolium, maple-leaf arrow-wood
Viburnum rafinesquianum, downy arrow-wood
Viburnum rufidulum, southern blackhaw
Viola pedata, bird-foot violet
Zephyranthes atamasca, atamasco lily
Zizia aurea, common golden alexanders
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