NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Listings: c
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Scientific name | Native / Alien (1) |
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Bearded Grass Pink | Calopogon barbatus | NC Native |
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Many-flowered Grass-pink | Calopogon multiflorus [= Limodorum multiflorum] | NC Native |
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Pale Grass Pink | Calopogon pallidus [= Limodorum pallidum] | NC Native |
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Grass Pink | Calopogon tuberosus | NC Native |
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Sweet shrub; Sweet Betsy, Carolina allspice | Calycanthus floridus | NC Native |
Wild Hyacinth, Quamash Lily, Eastern Camas Lily | Camassia scilloides | NC Native | |
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Southern Harebell | Campanula divaricata | NC Native |
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Trumpet Creeper; Trumpet Vine, Cow Itch | Campsis radicans [= Bignonia radicans] | NC Native |
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Cutleaf Toothwort | Cardamine concatenata [= Dentaria laciniata] | NC Native |
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Crinkleroot, Toothwort | Cardamine diphylla [= Dentaria diphylla] | NC Native |
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Thread-Leafed Toothwort, Dissected Toothwort | Cardamine dissecta [= Dentaria dissecta] | NC Native |
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Fraser's Sedge | Carex fraseriana [= Cymophyllus fraseri] | NC Native |
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Plantain-leaved Sedge, Seersucker Sedge | Carex plantaginea | NC Native |
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Chaffhead | Carphephorus bellidifolius | NC Native |
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Wild Olive, Devilwood | Cartrema americana [= Osmanthus americanus] | NC Native |
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Water Hickory, Bitter Pecan | Carya aquatica | NC Native |
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Pecan | Carya illinoinensis | US Native |
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Indian Paintbrush, Scarlet Painted Cup | Castilleja coccinea | NC Native |
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Catawba Tree, Monkey Cigar Tree | Catalpa speciosa | US Native |
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Blue Cohosh, Papooseroot | Caulophyllum thalictroides | NC Native |
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New Jersey Tea | Ceanothus americanus | NC Native |
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Oriental Bittersweet | Celastrus orbiculatus | Not Native to US
Rank 1 - Severe Threat |
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Spurred Butterfly Pea | Centrosema virginianum | NC Native |
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Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | NC Native |
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Sensitive Partridge-pea, Common Sensitive-plant | Chamaecrista nictitans [= Chamaecrista aspera] | NC Native |
Atlantic White Cedar, Juniper | Chamaecyparis thyoides | NC Native | |
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Fairy Wand, Fairy-wand, Devil's Bit, Devil's-bit | Chamaelirium luteum [= Chamaelirium obovale] | NC Native |
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Woolly Sunbonnets, Pineland Daisy, Night-nodding Bog-dandelion | Chaptalia tomentosa | NC Native |
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White Turtlehead | Chelone glabra | NC Native |
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Turtlehead | Chelone lyonii | NC Native |
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Spotted Wintergreen, Striped Pipsissawa | Chimaphila maculata | NC Native |
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Fringe tree, Old man's beard | Chionanthus virginicus | NC Native |
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Green And Gold | Chrysogonum virginianum | NC Native |
Cottony Goldenaster | Chrysopsis gossypina | NC Native | |
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Maryland Goldenaster | Chrysopsis mariana [= Heterotheca mariana] | NC Native |
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Chicory | Cichorium intybus | Not Native to US
Rank 3 - Lesser Threat |
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Virginia Thistle | Cirsium virginianum [= Cirsium revolutum] | NC Native |
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Virginia Spring Beauty | Claytonia virginica | NC Native |
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Small Spreading Pogonia | Cleistesiopsis bifaria [= Cleistes bifaria] | NC Native |
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Spreading Pogonia | Cleistesiopsis divaricata [= Cleistes divaricata, Pogonia divaricata] | NC Native |
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Swamp Leatherflower, Southern Leatherflower | Clematis crispa [= Viorna crispa] | NC Native |
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Curlyheads, Curly Heads | Clematis ochroleuca [= Viorna ochroleuca] | NC Native |
Sweet Autumn Virginsbower, Leatherleaf Clematis | Clematis terniflora | Not Native to US
Rank 2 - Significant Threat |
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Leather Flower | Clematis viorna | NC Native |
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Virgin's Bower, Devil's darning needles | Clematis virginiana | NC Native |
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Clinton's Lily, Yellow Clintonia, Bluebead Lily | Clintonia borealis | NC Native |
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Speckled Wood Lily | Clintonia umbellulata | NC Native |
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Butteryfly Pea | Clitoria mariana | NC Native |
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Tread Softly, Spurge Nettle | Cnidoscolus stimulosus | NC Native |
Canada Horsebalm, Richweed, Hardhack, Heal-All, Horseweed, Ox-Balm and Stone root. | Collinsonia canadensis | NC Native | |
Bearcorn, Cancer Root | Conopholis americana | NC Native | |
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Appalachian Lily-of-the-Valley | Convallaria pseudomajalis [= Convallaria majalis var. montana] | NC Native |
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Spotted Coral Root | Corallorhiza maculata | NC Native |
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Autumn Coral Root | Corallorhiza odontorhiza | NC Native |
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Spring Coral Root | Corallorhiza wisteriana | NC Native |
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Southern Swamp Dogwood, Stiff Dogwood | Cornus foemina [= Cornus stricta] | NC Native |
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Southern Corydalis | Corydalis halei [= Corydalis micrantha ssp. australis] | NC Native |
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American Hazelnut | Corylus americana | NC Native |
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Fanleaf Hawthorn, Bigfruit Hawthorn | Crataegus macrosperma | NC Native |
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Dotted Hawthorn | Crataegus punctata [= Crataegus collina] | NC Native |
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Hoary Frostweed, Plains Frostweed, Plains Sunrose, Bicknell's Hoary Rockrose | Crocanthemum bicknellii | NC Native |
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Grassleaf Roseling | Cuthbertia graminea [= Callisia graminea, Tradescantia rosea var. graminea] | NC Native |
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Pink Lady's-slipper, Stemless Lady's-slipper | Cypripedium acaule | NC Native |
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Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum [= Cypripedium calceolus var. parviflorum] | NC Native |
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Large Yellow Lady's-slipper, Whippoorwill Shoes | Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens [= Cypripedium calceolus var. pubescens] | NC Native |
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Showy Lady'-slipper, Queen Lady's-slipper | Cypripedium reginae | US Native |
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Swamp Titi, Swamp Cyrilla | Cyrilla racemiflora | NC Native |
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Long-bracted Frog Orchid, Frog Orchid | Dactylorhiza viridis [= Coeloglossum viride var. virescens, Habenaria viridis var. bracteata] | NC Native |
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Hairy Lipfern | Myriopteris lanosa [= Cheilanthes lanosa] | NC Native |
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Woolly Lippfern | Myriopteris tomentosa [= Cheilanthes tomentosa] | NC Native |
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Feverfew | Tanacetum parthenium [= Chrysanthemum parthenium, Matricaria parthenium] | Not Native to US |
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