Winding Stairs List April 11, 2021

Agavaceae Camassia scilloides (wild hyacinth)

Alliaceae Allium burdickii (narrowleaf wild leek) Nothoscordum bivalve (false garlic, crow poison)

Apiaceae Erigenia bulbosa (harbinger of spring, pepper and salt)

Araceae Arisaema triphylla (Jack-in-the-pulpit)

Aristolochiaceae Asarum canadense (wild ginger)

Asteraceae Packera obovata (roundleaf ragwort) Polymnia canadensis (whiteflower leafcup) Polymnia laevigata (Tennessee leafcup)

Berberidaceae Jeffersonia diphylla (twinleaf) Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple)

Boraginaceae Cynoglossum virginianum (wild comfrey) Myosotis verna vs. macrosperma (forget-me-not)

Brassicaceae Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) Boechera canadensis (sickle pod) Dentaria multifida (forkleaf toothwort)

Buxaceae Pachysandra procumbens (Allegheny spurge)

Celastraceae Euonymus americana (heart’s a bustin)

Commelinaceae Tradescantia (spiderwort)

Crassulaceae Sedum ternatum (woodland stonecrop)

Dioscoriaceae Dioscorea villosa (wild yam)

Ebenaceae Diospyros virginiana (persimmon)

Hydrophyllaceae Phacelia bipinnatifida (purple phacelia)

Iridaceae Iris cristata (dwarf crested iris)

Liliaceae Erythronium americanum (yellow trout-lily)

Malvaceae Tilia americana (basswood)

Montiaceae Claytonia caroliniana (Carolina spring beauty)

Melanthiaceae Trillium grandiflorum (largeflower white trillium) Trillium cuneatum (little sweet Betsy) Trillium sessile (sessile trillium)

Papaveraceae Corydalis flavula (yellow fumewort) Dicentra canadensis (squirrel corn) Stylophorum diphyllum (celandine poppy)

Poaceae Arundinaria gigantea (giant or river cane)

Polemoniaceae Phlox divaricata (wild blue phlox)

Primulaceae Primula (Dodecatheon) meadia (shooting star)

Ranunculaceae Actaea pachypoda (doll’s eyes, white baneberry) Delphinium tricorne (dwarf larkspur) biternatum (false rue anemone) Hepatica acutiloba (liverleaf) (rue anemone)

Rosaceae Geum (avens) Prunus serotina (black cherry)

Ruscaceae Maianthemum racemosum (false solomon’s seal) Polygonatum biflorum (true solomon’s seal)

Simaroubaceae Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven)

Violaceae Viola sororia (common blue violet) Viola striata (creamy white violet)

Woodsiaceae Cystopteris protrusa (southern fragile fern) Diplazium pycnocarpon (narrowleaf glade fern)