List compiled by Jeff Patton
Tri-State Chapter of the WVNPS
Fort Gay, WV 5-6-2006
Mills Creek Area Hike
ANACARDIACEAE
Poison Ivy - Toxicodendron radicans
ANNONACEAE
Paw Paw - Asimina triloba
APIACEAE
Sweet Cicely - Osmorrhiza longistylis
ARACEAE
Jack-in-the-pulpit - Arisaema triphyllum
Green Dragon- Arisaema dracontium
ASPLENIACEAE
Walking Fern- Camptosorus rhizophyllus
ASTERACEAE
Daisy Fleabane - Erigeron strigosus
Cynthia-Krigia biflora
Golden Ragwort -Senecio aureus
Pussy Toes - Antenmaria plantaginifolia
BALSAMINACEA
Jewelweed - Impatiens sp .
BERBERIDACEAE
Jeffersonia diphylla
Mayapple - Podophyllum peltatum
BORAGACEA
Wild Comfrey - Cynoglossum virginianum
BRASSICACEAE
Cut-leaf Tootwort - Dentaria laciniata
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Star Chickweed- Stellaria corei
Giant Chickweed- Stellaria pubera
CORNACEAE
Dogwood - Cornus florida
CRASSULACEAE
Stonecrop - Sedum ternatum
CUCURBITACEAE
Wild Cucumber- Echinocystis lobata
CYPERACEA
Silver-leaved sedge- Carex platyphylla,
DIOSCOREACEAE
4 Leaf Wild Yam - Dioscorea quaternata
Wild Yam- D. vilossa
DRYOPTERIDACEAE
Christmas Fern - Polysticum acrostichoides
GERANIACEAE
Wild Geranium-Geranium maculatum
HYDROPHYLLACEAE
Waterleaf- Hydrophyllum macrophyllum
HYMENOPHYLLACAE
Filmy Fern- Trichomanes boschianum
IRIDACEA
Blue-eyed Grass- Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Crested Iris- Iris cristata
LAMIACEAE
Veiny Skullcap- Scutellaria nervosa
Creeping Charlie- Gleochoma hederacea
Lyre Leaf Sage- Salvia lyrata
LILIACEAE
False Solomon’s Seal - Maiantheum racemosa
Solomon Seal - Polygonatum biflorum
Perfoliate Bellwort - Uvularia perfoliata
Star of Bethlehem- Ornithogalum umbellatum
LIMNANTHACEA
False mermaidweed- Floerkea proserpinacoides
ORBANCHACEA
Beechdrops- Epifagus virginiana
Cancer Root-Conopholis americana
ORCHIDACEAE
Cranefly Orchid - Tipularia discolor
Rattlesnake Orchid- Goodyera pubescens
Yellow Lady's Slipper-Cypripedium pubescens
OXALIDACEAE
Violet Wood Sorrel - Oxalis violacea
PAPAVERACEAE
Bloodroot- Sanguinaria Canadensis
Celandine Poppy- Stylophorum diphyllum
POACEAE
Early Blugrass- Poa cuspidata
Orchard Grass-Dactylis glomerata
Stilt Grass-Microstegium vimineum
Deer tongue grass-Dichanthelium clandestinum
Woodland Fescue-Festuca subverticillata
Woodland Bluegrass- Poa sylvestris
POLEMONIACEAE
Greek Valerian - Polemonium reptans
Woodland Phlox- Phlox divaricata
POLYGONACEAE
Japanese Knotweed- Polygonum cuspidatum
PTERIDACEAE
Maidenhair Fern-Adiantum pedatum
PYLROACEA
Spotted wintergreen - Chimaphila maculate
RANUNCULACEAE
Hooked Crowfoot- Ranunculus recurvatus.
Rue anemone - Thalictrum thalictoides
Black Cohosh- Cimicifuga racemosa
Goldenseal- Hydrastis canadensis
Dwarf Larkspur- Delphinium tricorne
ROSACEAE
Multiflora Rose - Rosa multiflora
Dwarf Cinquefoil - Potentilla canadensis
RUBIACEAE
Patridgeberry - Mitchella repens
Bluets - Houstonia caerulea
SALICACEAE
Sandbar Willow- Salix interior
SAXIFRAGACEAE
Long Flowered Huechera- Heuchera longiflora
SCROPULARIACEAE
Eastern Grey Beardtongue-Penstemon canescens
VALERIANACEAE
Corn Salad- Valerianella radiata
VIOLACEAE
Pale Violet - Viola striata
This is only a partial list . Many other species were seen but not recorded .