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Photo of blue phlox (wild sweet William) plant with flowers

Blue Phlox (Wild Sweet William)

Phlox divaricata

Photo of blue vervain flower clusters in a prairie

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

Photo of Chinese yam showing leaves and bulbils

Chinese Yam

Dioscorea oppositifolia (sometimes called D. batatas)

Invasive

Photo of common cinquefoil plants with flowers

Common Cinquefoil

Potentilla simplex

Photo of common milkweed flower cluster

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Photo of cup plant flowerhead.

Cup Plant (Cup Rosinweed; Carpenter's Weed)

Silphium perfoliatum

Photo of false dragonhead plant with flowers

False Dragonhead (Obedient Plant)

Physostegia virginiana

Photo of a giant ragweed plant.

Giant Ragweed

Ambrosia trifida

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

Grasses

All true grasses (species in the grass family).

Photo of Indian hemp plant

Indian Hemp (Dogbane)

Apocynum cannabinum

Poisonous

Photo of whorled milkweed flowers.

Milkweeds

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Photo of mist flower or wild ageratum plants with flowers

Mist Flower (Wild Ageratum; Blue Boneset)

Conoclinium coelestinum (formerly Eupatorium coelestinum)

Photo of northern fog fruit flowering head

Northern Fog Fruit

Lippia lanceolata (formerly Phyla lanceolata)

Photo of Ohio horsemint inflorescence

Ohio Horsemint

Blephilia ciliata

Edible

Photo of purple loosestrife flowering stalks showing purple flowers

Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Invasive

Photo of sand vine, leaves with flower cluster.

Sand Vine (Climbing Milkweed)

Cynanchum laeve

Photo of slender mountain mint flowers

Slender Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Edible

Photo of soapwort plants and flowers

Soapwort (Bouncing Bet)

Saponaria officinalis

Poisonous

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

Sunflowers

Helianthus spp.

Photo of swamp milkweed, three plants with flower clusters.

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Photo of a tall thoroughwort plant in bloom.

Tall Thoroughwort (Tall Boneset)

Eupatorium altissimum

Photo of many tickseed sunflower flowerheads.

Tickseed Sunflower (Bearded Beggarticks)

Bidens aristosa

Photo of white snakeroot leaves and flowers

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima (formerly Eupatorium rugosum)

Poisonous

Photo of wild petunia flowers

Wild Petunia (Smooth Ruellia)

Ruellia strepens