KNP Rare Plants Database


 
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Abietinella abietina - Wire Fern Moss
Acer spicatum - Mountain Maple
Aconitum uncinatum - Blue Monkshood
Adiantum capillus-veneris - Southern Maidenhair-fern
Adlumia fungosa - Allegheny-vine
Aesculus pavia - Red Buckeye
Agalinis auriculata - Earleaf False Foxglove
Agalinis obtusifolia - Ten-lobe False Foxglove
Ageratina luciae-brauniae - Lucy Braun's White Snakeroot
Agrimonia gryposepala - Tall Hairy Groovebur
Amianthium muscitoxicum - Fly Poison
Amsonia tabernaemontana var. gattingeri - Eastern Blue-star
Angelica atropurpurea - Great Angelica
Angelica triquinata - Filmy Angelica
Anomodon rugelii
Apios priceana - Price's Potato-bean
Arabis hirsuta - Western Hairy Rockcress
Arabis perstellata - Braun's Rockcress
Aralia nudicaulis - Wild Sarsaparilla
Armoracia lacustris - Lakecress
Aureolaria patula - Spreading False Foxglove
Baptisia australis var. minor - Blue Wild Indigo
Baptisia bracteata var. glabrescens - Cream Wild Indigo
Baptisia tinctoria - Yellow Wild Indigo
Bartonia virginica - Yellow Screwstem
Berberis canadensis - American Barberry
Berchemia scandens - Supple-jack
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis - River Bulrush
Botrychium matricariifolium - Matricary Grape-fern
Bouteloua curtipendula - Side-oats Grama
Boykinia aconitifolia - Brook Saxifrage
Brachythecium populeum - Matted Feather Moss
Bryum cyclophyllum
Bryum miniatum
Cabomba caroliniana - Carolina Fanwort
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. insperata - Bent Reedgrass
Calamagrostis porteri ssp. porteri - Porter's Reedgrass
Calopogon tuberosus - Grass Pink
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus - Eastern Sweetshrub
Carex aestivalis - Summer Sedge
Carex alata - Broadwing Sedge
Carex appalachica - Appalachian Sedge
Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea - Prickly Bog Sedge
Carex austrocaroliniana - Tarheel Sedge
Carex crawei - Crawe's Sedge
Carex crebriflora - Coastal Plain Sedge
Carex decomposita - Epiphytic Sedge
Carex gigantea - Large Sedge
Carex joorii - Cypress-swamp Sedge
Carex juniperorum - Cedar Sedge
Carex leptonervia - Finely-nerved Sedge
Carex reniformis - Reniform Sedge
Carex roanensis - Roan Mountain Sedge
Carex rugosperma - Umbel-like Sedge
Carex seorsa - Weak Stellate Sedge
Carex straminea - Straw Sedge
Carex tetanica - Rigid Sedge
Carya aquatica - Water Hickory
Carya carolinae-septentrionalis - Southern Shagbark Hickory
Castanea dentata - American Chestnut
Castanea pumila - Allegheny Chinkapin
Castilleja coccinea - Scarlet Indian Paintbrush
Ceanothus herbaceus - Prairie Redroot
Cheilanthes feei - Fee's Lipfern
Chelone obliqua var. obliqua - Red Turtlehead
Chelone obliqua var. speciosa - Rose Turtlehead
Chrysogonum virginianum - Green-and-gold
Chrysosplenium americanum - American Golden-saxifrage
Cimicifuga rubifolia - Appalachian Bugbane
Circaea alpina - Small Enchanter's Nightshade
Cirriphyllum piliferum
Clematis crispa - Blue Jasmine Leather-flower
Collinsonia verticillata - Whorled Horse-balm
Comptonia peregrina - Sweet-fern
Conradina verticillata - Cumberland Rosemary
Convallaria montana - American Lily-of-the-valley
Corallorhiza maculata - Spotted Coralroot
Coreopsis pubescens - Star Tickseed
Corydalis sempervirens - Rock Harlequin
Cymophyllus fraserianus - Fraser's Sedge
Cypripedium candidum - Small White Lady's-slipper
Cypripedium kentuckiense - Kentucky Lady's-slipper
Cypripedium parviflorum - Small Yellow Lady's-slipper
Dalea purpurea - Purple Prairie-clover
Delphinium carolinianum - Carolina Larkspur
Deschampsia cespitosa - Tufted Hairgrass
Deschampsia flexuosa - Crinkled Hairgrass
Dichanthelium boreale - Northern Witchgrass
Dicranodontium asperulum
Didiplis diandra - Water-purslane
Dodecatheon frenchii - French's Shooting Star
Draba cuneifolia - Wedge-leaf Whitlow-grass
Drosera brevifolia - Dwarf Sundew
Drosera intermedia - Spoon-leaved Sundew
Dryopteris carthusiana - Spinulose Wood Fern
Echinodorus berteroi - Burhead
Echinodorus parvulus - Dwarf Burhead
Eleocharis flavescens - Bright Green Spikerush
Elodea nuttallii - Western Waterweed
Elymus svensonii - Svenson's Wildrye
Entodon brevisetus
Eriophorum virginicum - Tawny Cotton-grass
Eryngium integrifolium - Blue-flower Coyote-thistle
Erythronium rostratum - Yellow Troutlily
Eupatorium semiserratum - Small-flower Thoroughwort
Eupatorium steelei - Steele's Joe-pye-weed
Euphorbia mercurialina - Mercury Spurge
Eurybia hemispherica - Tennessee Aster
Eurybia radula - Rough-leaved Aster
Eurybia saxicastellii - Rockcastle Aster
Fimbristylis puberula - Hairy Fimbristylis
Forestiera ligustrina - Upland Privet
Gentiana decora - Showy Gentian
Gentiana flavida - Yellow Gentian
Gentiana puberulenta - Prairie Gentian
Gleditsia aquatica - Water Locust
Glyceria acutiflora - Sharp-scaled Manna-grass
Goodyera repens - Lesser rattlesnake-plantain
Gratiola pilosa - Shaggy Hedgehyssop
Gratiola viscidula - Short's Hedgehyssop
Gymnopogon ambiguus - Bearded Skeleton-grass
Gymnopogon brevifolius - Shortleaf Skeleton-grass
Halesia tetraptera - Common Silverbell
Hedeoma hispidum - Rough Pennyroyal
Helianthemum bicknellii - Plains Frostweed
Helianthemum canadense - Canada Frostweed
Helianthus eggertii - Eggert's Sunflower
Helianthus silphioides - Silphium Sunflower
Herzogiella turfacea
Heteranthera dubia - Grassleaf Mud-plantain
Heteranthera limosa - Blue Mud-plantain
Heterotheca subaxillaris var. latifolia - Broad-leaf Golden-aster
Hexastylis contracta - Southern Heartleaf
Hieracium longipilum - Hairy Hawkweed
Houstonia serpyllifolia - Michaux's Bluets
Hydrocotyle americana - American Water-pennywort
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides - Floating Pennywort
Hydrolea ovata - Ovate Fiddleleaf
Hydrophyllum virginianum - Eastern Waterleaf
Hypericum crux-andreae - St. Peter's-wort
Iris fulva - Copper Iris
Isoetes butleri - Butler's Quillwort
Isoetes melanopoda - Blackfoot Quillwort
Juglans cinerea - White Walnut
Juncus articulatus - Jointed Rush
Juncus filipendulus - Ringseed Rush
Juniperus communis var. depressa - Ground Juniper
Koeleria macrantha - Prairie Junegrass
Krigia occidentalis - Western Dwarf Dandelion
Lathyrus palustris - Vetchling Peavine
Lathyrus venosus - Smooth Veiny Peavine
Leavenworthia exigua var. laciniata - Kentucky Gladecress
Leavenworthia torulosa - Necklace Gladecress
Lespedeza capitata - Round-head Bush-clover
Lespedeza stuevei - Tall Bush-clover
Lesquerella globosa - Globe Bladderpod
Leucothoe recurva - Red-twig Doghobble
Liatris cylindracea - Slender Blazingstar
Lilium philadelphicum - Wood Lily
Lilium superbum - Turk's Cap Lily
Limnobium spongia - American Frog's-bit
Liparis loeselii - Loesel's Twayblade
Listera smallii - Kidney-leaf Twayblade
Lobelia gattingeri - Gattinger's Lobelia
Lobelia nuttallii - Nuttall's Lobelia
Lonicera prolifera - Grape Honeysuckle
Ludwigia hirtella - Hairy Ludwigia
Lycopodiella appressa - Southern Bog Clubmoss
Lycopodium clavatum - Running Pine
Lycopodium inundatum - Northern Bog Clubmoss
Lysimachia terrestris - Swamp Candles
Maianthemum canadense - Wild Lily-of-the-valley
Maianthemum stellatum - Starflower False Solomon's-seal
Malvastrum hispidum - Hispid Falsemallow
Marshallia grandiflora - Barbara's Buttons
Matelea carolinensis - Carolina Anglepod
Melampyrum lineare var. latifolium - American Cowwheat
Melampyrum lineare var. pectinatum - American Cow-wheat
Melanthera nivea - Snow Squarestem
Melanthium virginicum - Virginia Bunchflower
Minuartia cumberlandensis - Cumberland Sandwort
Minuartia glabra - Appalachian Sandwort
Monotropsis odorata - Sweet Pinesap
Muhlenbergia bushii - Bush's Muhly
Muhlenbergia cuspidata - Plains Muhly
Muhlenbergia glabrifloris - Hair Grass
Myriophyllum heterophyllum - Broadleaf Water-milfoil
Najas gracillima - Thread-like Naiad
Neckera pennata
Nemophila aphylla - Small-flower Baby-blue-eyes
Nestronia umbellula - Conjurer's-nut
Oclemena acuminata - Whorled Aster
Oenothera linifolia - Thread-leaf Sundrops
Oenothera perennis - Small Sundrops
Oenothera triloba - Stemless Evening-primrose
Oldenlandia uniflora - Clustered Bluets
Oncophorus raui
Onosmodium hispidissimum - Hairy False Gromwell
Onosmodium occidentale - Western False Gromwell
Orontium aquaticum - Golden Club
Orthotrichum diaphanum
Parnassia asarifolia - Kidneyleaf Grass-of-parnassus
Parnassia grandifolia - Large-leaved Grass-of-parnassus
Paronychia argyrocoma - Silverling
Paspalum boscianum - Bull Paspalum
Paxistima canbyi - Canby's Mountain-lover
Perideridia americana - Eastern Yampah
Phacelia ranunculacea - Blue Scorpion-weed
Phaeophyscia leana - Lea's Bog Lichen
Philadelphus inodorus - Mock Orange
Philadelphus pubescens - Hoary Mock Orange
Phlox bifida ssp. bifida - Cleft Phlox
Phlox bifida ssp. stellaria - Starry-cleft Phlox
Platanthera cristata - Yellow-crested Orchid
Platanthera integrilabia - White Fringeless Orchid
Platanthera psycodes - Small Purple-fringed Orchid
Poa saltuensis - Drooping Bluegrass
Podostemum ceratophyllum - Threadfoot
Pogonia ophioglossoides - Rose Pogonia
Polygala cruciata - Crossleaf Milkwort
Polygala paucifolia - Gaywings
Polygala polygama - Racemed Milkwort
Polymnia laevigata - Tennessee Leafcup
Polytrichum pallidisetum - A Hair Cap Moss
Polytrichum strictum
Pontederia cordata - Pickerel-weed
Potamogeton amplifolius - Large-leaf Pondweed
Potamogeton illinoensis - Illinois Pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher - Spotted Pondweed
Prenanthes alba - White Rattlesnake-root
Prenanthes aspera - Rough Rattlesnake-root
Prenanthes barbata - Barbed Rattlesnake-root
Prenanthes crepidinea - Nodding Rattlesnake-root
Prosartes maculata - Nodding Mandarin
Ptilimnium capillaceum - Mock Bishop's-weed
Ptilimnium nuttallii - Nuttall's Mock Bishop's-weed
Pycnanthemum albescens - Whiteleaf Mountainmint
Quercus nigra - Water Oak
Quercus texana - Nuttall's Oak
Ranunculus ambigens - Waterplantain Spearwort
Rhododendron canescens - Hoary Azalea
Rhynchosia tomentosa - Hairy Snoutbean
Rhynchospora macrostachya - Tall Beaked-rush
Rhynchospora recognita - Globe Beaked-rush
Ribes americanum - Eastern Black Currant
Rubus canadensis - Smooth Blackberry
Rudbeckia subtomentosa - Sweet Coneflower
Sabatia campanulata - Slender Marsh Pink
Sagina fontinalis - Water Stitchwort
Sagittaria graminea - Grassleaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla - Delta Arrowhead
Sagittaria rigida - Sessile-fruited Arrowhead
Salvia urticifolia - Nettle-leaf Sage
Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens - Red Elderberry
Sanguisorba canadensis - Canada Burnet
Saxifraga michauxii - Michaux's Saxifrage
Saxifraga micranthidifolia - Lettuce-leaf Saxifrage
Schisandra glabra - Bay Starvine
Schizachne purpurascens - Purple Oat
Schoenoplectus hallii - Hall's Bulrush
Schwalbea americana - Chaffseed
Scirpus expansus - Woodland Beakrush
Scleria ciliata - Fringed Nutrush
Scutellaria arguta - Hairy Skullcap
Scutellaria saxatilis - Rock Skullcap
Sedum telephioides - Allegheny Stonecrop
Sida hermaphrodita - Virginia Mallow
Silene ovata - Ovate Catchfly
Silene regia - Royal Catchfly
Silphium laciniatum - Compassplant
Silphium pinnatifidum - Tansy Rosinweed
Silphium wasiotense - Appalachian Rosinweed
Solidago albopilosa - White-haired Goldenrod
Solidago buckleyi - Buckley's Goldenrod
Solidago curtisii - Curtis' Goldenrod
Solidago gracillima - Southern Bog Goldenrod
Solidago puberula - Downy Goldenrod
Solidago roanensis - Roan Mountain Goldenrod
Solidago shortii - Short's Goldenrod
Solidago simplex ssp. randii var. racemosa - Rand's Goldenrod
Sparganium eurycarpum - Large Bur-reed
Sphagnum quinquefarium - A Sphagnum Moss
Sphenopholis pensylvanica - Swamp Wedgescale
Spiraea alba - Narrow-leaved Meadow-sweet
Spiraea virginiana - Virginia Spiraea
Spiranthes lucida - Shining Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes magnicamporum - Great Plains Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes ochroleuca - Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes odorata - Sweetscent Ladies'-tresses
Sporobolus clandestinus - Rough Dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis - Northern Dropseed
Stellaria longifolia - Longleaf Stitchwort
Stenanthium gramineum - Eastern Featherbells
Symphoricarpos albus - Snowberry
Symphyotrichum concolor - Eastern Silvery Aster
Symphyotrichum pratense - Barrens Silky Aster
Symphyotrichum priceae - White Heath Aster
Talinum calcaricum - Limestone Fameflower
Talinum teretifolium - Roundleaf Fameflower
Taxus canadensis - Canadian Yew
Tephrosia spicata - Spiked Hoary-pea
Thaspium pinnatifidum - Cutleaf Meadow-parsnip
Thermopsis mollis - Soft-haired Thermopsis
Thuja occidentalis - Northern White Cedar
Tortula norvegica - Tortula
Toxicodendron vernix - Poison Sumac
Tragia urticifolia - Nettle-leaf Noseburn
Trepocarpus aethusae - Trepocarpus
Trichophorum planifolium - Bashful Bulrush
Trichostema setaceum - Narrowleaved Bluecurls
Trientalis borealis - Northern Starflower
Trifolium reflexum - Buffalo Clover
Trifolium stoloniferum - Running Buffalo Clover
Trillium nivale - Snow Trillium
Trillium pusillum - Least Trillium
Trillium undulatum - Painted Trillium
Ulmus serotina - September Elm
Utricularia macrorhiza - Greater Bladderwort
Vaccinium erythrocarpum - Southern Mountain Cranberry
Vallisneria americana - Eelgrass
Veratrum parviflorum - Appalachian Bunchflower
Veratrum woodii - Wood's Bunchflower
Viburnum lantanoides - Alderleaved Viburnum
Viburnum molle - Softleaf Arrowwood
Viburnum nudum - Possumhaw
Viburnum rafinesquianum var. rafinesquianum - Downy Arrowwood
Viola septemloba var. egglestonii - Eggleston's Violet
Viola walteri - Walter's Violet
Vitis labrusca - Northern Fox Grape
Vitis rupestris - Sand Grape
Xyris difformis - Carolina Yellow-eyed-grass
Zizaniopsis miliacea - Southern Wild Rice
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Data Last Updated: November 2018
Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves
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Frankfort,KY 40601
Phone: (502) 573-2886
Email:
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