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Photo of common cinquefoil plants with flowers

Common Cinquefoil

Potentilla simplex

Photo of several big bluestem seed heads against a blue sky.

Grasses

All true grasses (species in the grass family).

Photo of whorled milkweed flowers.

Milkweeds

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Photo of eastern woodland sedge plant growing among leaf litter.

Sedges

Carex, Schoenoplectus, Scirpus, and other genera

Photo of showy partridge pea showing flowers, buds, and leaves.

Showy Partridge Pea

Chamaecrista fasciculata (formerly Cassia fasciculata)

Photo of many blooming ashy sunflower plants, showing gray-green leaves.

Sunflowers

Helianthus spp.

Photo of white sweet clover flower cluster showing stalk and flowers.

White and Yellow Sweet Clovers

Melilotus albus and M. officinale

Invasive

Photo of yellow wood sorrel plant showing flowers and leaves.

Yellow Wood Sorrel

Oxalis stricta

Edible