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Going to try to compile a master list. I know I am forgetting some. I am only including things I planted and not natives that volunteer themselves.
Grasses
Elymus canadensis - Nodding Wild Rye
Elymus virginicus - Virginia Wild Rye
Bouteloua curtipendula - Side-oats Grama
Chasmanthium latifolium - River Oats
Panicum (Dichanthelium) clandestinum - Deer-tongue Grass
Wildflowers
Arisaema triphyllum -Jack in the Pulpit
Hydrophyllum virginianum - Virginia Waterleaf
Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
Podophyllum peltatum - May Apple
Erythronium albidum - White Trout Lily
Heliopsis helianthoides - Ox Eye Sunflower
Asarum canadense - Wild Ginger
Rudbeckia triloba - Brown-eyed Susan
Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium
Liatris spicata - Dense Blazingstar
Trillium grandiflorum - White Trillium
Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed
Monarda fistulosa - Wild Bergamot
Bidens aristosa - Tickseed Sunflower
Packera aurea - Golden Ragwort
Vernonia altissima - Tall Ironweed
Thalictrum dasycarpum - Purple Meadow Rue
Aquilegia canadensis - Wild Red Columbine
Solidago caesia - Blue Stemmed Goldenrod
Verbena hastata - Blue Vervain
Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed
Eupatorium maculatum - Spotted Joe Pye
Campanula americana - American Bellflower
Penstemon digitalis - Foxglove Beardtongue
Polygonatum biflorum canaliculatum - Smooth Solomon's Seal
Lobelia siphilitica - Great Lobelia
Agastache foeniculum - Anise Hyssop
Aster divaricatus - White Wood Aster
Aster novae-angliae - New England Aster
Aster cordifolius - Symphyotrichum cordifolius - Heart Leaved Aster
Mentensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells
Trees/Shrubs
Asimina triloba - Pawpaw
Hypericum prolificum - Shrubby St Johns Wort
Amelanchier laevis - Allegheny Serviceberry
Viburnum lentago - Nannyberry Viburnum
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
Sambucus racemosa - Red Elderberry
Sambucus nigra - Black Elderberry
Euonymus atropurpureus - Eastern Wahoo
Rosa palustris - Swamp Rose
Cornus sericea - Red Osier Dogwood
Platanus occidentalis - American Sycamore
Quercus rubra - Red Oak
Acer rubrum - Red Maple
Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush