Rare Plant Species and Ecological Communities Presently Recorded in the NJ Natural Heritage Database Federal State Regional Scientific Name Common Name Status Status Status G Rank S Rank
County: Hunterdon
Subterranean Community - Other Classification Cave aquatic community Cave Aquatic Community G4? S2 Cave terrestrial community Cave Terrestrial Community G4? S2
Terrestrial Community - Other Classification Shale cliff/rock outcrop community Shale Cliff/rock Outcrop G3 S2? Community
Vascular Plant Adlumia fungosa Climbing Fumitory HL G4 S2 Agastache nepetoides Yellow Giant-hyssop HL G5 S2 Agastache scrophulariifolia Purple Giant-hyssop HL G4 S2 Agrimonia microcarpa Small-fruit Grooveburr HL G5 S2 Aristolochia serpentaria Virginia Snakeroot HL G4 S3 Arnoglossum atriplicifolium Pale Indian Plantain E LP, HL G4G5 S1 Asclepias quadrifolia Four-leaf Milkweed HL G5 S3 Asimina triloba Pawpaw E LP, HL G5 S1 Asplenium pinnatifidum Lobed Spleenwort E LP, HL G4 S1 Aster praealtus var. praealtus Willow-leaf Aster E LP, HL G5T5? S1 Botrychium oneidense Blunt-lobe Grape Fern HL G4 S2 Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides False Boneset E LP, HL G5T5 S1 Callitriche palustris Marsh Water-starwort HL G5 S2
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County: Hunterdon Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea Erect Bindweed E LP, HL G4G5T4T5 S1 Cardamine angustata Slender Toothwort HL G5 S3 Carex aggregata Glomerate Sedge HL G5 S1S2 Carex albursina White Bear Lake Sedge HL G5 S2 Carex bushii Bush's Sedge E LP, HL G4 S1 Carex conjuncta Soft Fox Sedge HL G4G5 S3 Carex crawfordii Crawford's Sedge HL G5 S2 Carex deweyana var. deweyana Dewey's Sedge E LP, HL G5T5 S1 Carex diandra Lesser Panicled Sedge HL G5 S1 Carex hitchcockiana Hitchcock's Sedge HL G5 S2 Carex jamesii James' Sedge E LP, HL G5 S1 Carex leptonervia Fine-nerve Sedge E LP, HL G4 S1 Carex meadii Mead's Sedge E LP, HL G4G5 S1 Carex oligocarpa Few-fruit Sedge E LP, HL G4 S1 Carex pallescens Pale Sedge HL G5 S2 Carex planispicata Narrow-leaf Sedge E LP, HL G4Q S1 Carex prairea Prairie Sedge HL G5 S2 Carex willdenowii var. willdenowii Willdenow's Sedge HL G5T5 S2 Castilleja coccinea Scarlet Indian-paintbrush HL G5 S2 Cercis canadensis var. canadensis Redbud E LP, HL G5T5 S1 Chaerophyllum procumbens var. procumbens Spreading Chervil HL G5T5 S3 Cheilanthes lanosa Hairy Lipfern HL G5 S2
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County: Hunterdon Chenopodium simplex Maple-leaf Goosefoot HL G5 S2 Chenopodium standleyanum Stanley's Goosefoot HL G5 S2 Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis Purple Clematis HL G5T5 S2 Crataegus calpodendron Pear Hawthorn E LP, HL G5 S1 Crataegus chrysocarpa var. chrysocarpa Fireberry Hawthorn HL G5T5 S2 Crataegus dodgei Dodge's Hawthorn HL G4 S2 Crataegus holmesiana Holmes' Hawthorne E LP, HL G5 S1 Crataegus succulenta Fleshy Hawthorn E LP, HL G5 S1 Cuphea viscosissima Blue Waxweed HL G5? S3 Cuscuta cephalanthi Buttonbush Dodder E LP, HL G5 S1 Cynoglossum virginianum var. virginianum Wild Comfrey HL G5T5 S2 Cystopteris protrusa Lowland Fragile Fern HL G5 S2 Desmodium cuspidatum var. cuspidatum Toothed Tick-trefoil HL G5T5? S2 Desmodium humifusum Trailing Tick-trefoil E LP, HL G1G2Q S1 Dicentra canadensis Squirrel-corn E LP, HL G5 S1 Dirca palustris Leatherwood HL G4 S2 Doellingeria infirma Cornel-leaf Aster HL G5 S2 Draba reptans Carolina Whitlow-grass E LP, HL G5 SH Eleocharis intermedia Matted Spike-rush HL G5 S2 Ellisia nyctelea Aunt Lucy E LP, HL G5 S1 Epilobium angustifolium ssp. circumvagum Narrow-leaf Fireweed HL G5T5 S1S2 Epilobium strictum Downy Willowherb HL G5? S2
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County: Hunterdon Eragrostis frankii Frank's Love Grass HL G5 S2 Eupatorium altissimum Tall Boneset HL G5 S2 Euphorbia corollata Flowering Spurge HL G5 S1 Gentiana andrewsii var. andrewsii Fringed Bottle Gentian HL G5?T5? S2 Gymnocarpium dryopteris Oak Fern HL G5 S1S2 Hybanthus concolor Green Violet E LP, HL G5 S1 Hydrophyllum canadense Broad-leaf Waterleaf E LP, HL G5 S1 Hypericum pyramidatum Great St. John's-wort HL G4 S3 Isotria medeoloides Small Whorled Pogonia LT E LP, HL G2 S1 Jeffersonia diphylla Twinleaf E LP, HL G5 S1 Lathyrus venosus Veiny Vetchling HL G5 SX Lechea intermedia var. intermedia Large-pod Pinweed HL G5T4T5 S2 Lemna valdiviana Pale Duckweed E LP, HL G5 S1 Linum sulcatum var. sulcatum Grooved Yellow Flax E LP, HL G5T5 S1 Lysimachia hybrida Lowland Loosestrife HL G5 S3 Malaxis unifolia Green Adder's-mouth E LP, HL G5 SH Monarda clinopodia Basil Beebalm E LP, HL G5 SH Monarda didyma Oswego-tea HL G5 S2 Obolaria virginica Virginia Pennywort HL G5 S2 Onosmodium virginianum Virginia False-gromwell E LP, HL G4 S1 Ophioglossum pusillum Northern Adder's-tongue HL G5 S3 Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng HL G3G4 S2
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County: Hunterdon Panicum acuminatum var. acuminatum Walter Benner's Panic Grass HL G5T5 SX Panicum oligosanthes var. oligosanthes Few-flower Panic Grass HL G5T5? S1S2 Pellaea glabella var. glabella Smooth Cliffbrake HL G5T5 S2 Penstemon laevigatus Smooth Beardtongue E LP, HL G5 S1 Phaseolus polystachios var. polystachios Wild Kidney Bean HL G5T5? S2 Phlox divaricata var. divaricata Wild Blue Phlox E LP, HL G5T3T5 S1 Phlox maculata var. maculata Spotted Phlox HL G5T4T5 S2 Phlox pilosa var. pilosa Downy Phlox E LP, HL G5T5 SH Pinus pungens Table Mountain Pine E LP, HL G4 S1.1 Porteranthus trifoliatus Indian Physic HL G4G5 S2 Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis Allegheny Plum HL G4T4 SX Prunus pumila var. depressa Low Sand Cherry E LP, HL G5T5 S1 Ptelea trifoliata var. trifoliata Wafer-ash E LP, HL G5T5 S1 Pycnanthemum clinopodioides Basil Mountain-mint E LP, HL G1G2 S1 Pycnanthemum torrei Torrey's Mountain-mint E LP, HL G2 S1 Quercus muehlenbergii Yellow Oak HL G5 S3 Ranunculus ambigens Water-plantain Spearwort HL G4 S2 Ranunculus flabellaris Yellow Water Buttercup HL G5 S3 Ranunculus longirostris Long-beak Water Buttercup HL G5 S2 Ranunculus micranthus Rock Buttercup HL G5 S2 Ranunculus pusillus var. pusillus Low Spearwort HL G5T4? S2 Ranunculus trichophyllus var. trichophyllus Thread-leaf Water Buttercup HL G5T5 S2
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County: Hunterdon Rhynchospora recognita Coarse Grass-like Beaked-rush E LP, HL G5? S1 Ribes missouriense Missouri Gooseberry E LP, HL G5 S1 Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida Orange Coneflower E LP, HL G5T4? S1 Sagittaria subulata Awl-leaf Arrowhead HL G4 S2 Salix lucida ssp. lucida Shining Willow HL G5T5 S1? Scutellaria nervosa Veined Skullcap HL G5 S2 Sedum telephioides Allegheny Stonecrop HL G4 SU.1 Selaginella rupestris Rock Spike-moss HL G5 S2 Solidago rigida var. rigida Prairie Goldenrod E LP, HL G5T5 S1 Solidago speciosa var. speciosa Showy Goldenrod HL G5T5? S2 Sphenopholis pensylvanica Swamp Oats HL G4 S2 Spiranthes lucida Shining Ladies'-tresses HL G5 S2 Sporobolus compositus var. compositus Long-leaf Rush-grass HL G5T5 S2 Sporobolus neglectus Small Rush-grass E LP, HL G5 S1 Stachys hyssopifolia Hyssop Hedge-nettle HL G4G5 S2 Stachys tenuifolia Smooth Hedge-nettle HL G5 S3 Stellaria pubera Star Chickweed E LP, HL G5 SH Taxus canadensis American Yew HL G5 S2 Tradescantia ohiensis Ohio Spiderwort HL G5 S2 Triosteum angustifolium Narrow-leaf Horse-gentian E LP, HL G5 SH Valerianella radiata Beaked Cornsalad E LP, HL G5 S1 Verbena simplex Narrow-leaf Vervain E LP, HL G5 S1
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County: Hunterdon Vicia caroliniana Carolina Wood Vetch E LP, HL G5 S1 Viola canadensis var. canadensis Canadian Violet E LP, HL G5T5 S1 Viola rostrata Long-spur Violet HL G5 S3
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