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    • Acer negundo
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    • Anaphalis margaritacea
    • Andropogon gerardii
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    • Anemone quinquefolia
    • Anemone virginiana
    • Antennaria plantaginifolia
    • Aplectrum hyemale
    • Apocynum cannabinum
    • Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata
    • Aralia nudicaulis
    • Arisaema triphyllum
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    • Caulophyllum thalictroides
    • Ceanothus americanus
    • Cephalanthus occidentalis
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    • Cercis canadensis
    • Chaerophyllum tainturieri var. tainturieri
    • Chamaecrista fasciculata
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    • Commelina virginica
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    • Coreopsis verticillata
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    • Cypripedium acaule
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    • Desmodium paniculatum
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    • Dichanthelium clandestinum
    • Diodella teres
    • Diodia virginiana var. virginiana
    • Dioscorea villosa
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    • Eclipta prostrata
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    • Elymus hystrix
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    • Epigaea repens
    • Erechtites hieraciifolius var. hieraciifolius
    • Erigenia bulbosa
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    • Eupatorium torreyanum
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    • Gaultheria procumbens
    • Geranium carolinianum var. carolinianum
    • Geranium maculatum
    • Geranium robertianum ssp. robertianum
    • Geum canadense var. canadense
    • Geum vernum
    • Goodyera pubescens
    • Hamamelis virginiana
    • Helenium autumnale
    • Helenium flexuosum
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    • Hieracium venosum
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    • Hydrophyllum virginianum
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    • Hypericum hypericoides
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    • Jeffersonia diphylla
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    • Lindernia dubia
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    • Liriodendron tulipifera
    • Lobelia cardinalis
    • Lobelia inflata
    • Lobelia siphilitica var. siphilitica
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    • Ludwigia decurrens
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    • Lycopus virginicus
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    • Lysimachia quadrifolia
    • Lysimachia terrestris
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    • Maianthemum canadense
    • Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum
    • Medeola virginiana
    • Menispermum canadense
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    • Mertensia virginica
    • Micranthes virginiensis
    • Mikania scandens
    • Mimulus alatus
    • Mimulus ringens var. ringens
    • Mitchella repens
    • Mitella diphylla
    • Monarda clinopodia
    • Monarda fistulosa
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    • Myosotis verna
    • Nuphar advena
    • Obolaria virginica
    • Oenothera biennis
    • Oenothera perennis
    • Opuntia humifusa var. humifusa
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    • Osmorhiza longistylis
    • Ostrya virginiana
    • Oxalis dillenii
    • Oxalis grandis
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    • Oxalis violacea
    • Packera anonyma
    • Packera aurea
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    • Phacelia purshii
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    • Phlox subulata
    • Phryma leptostachya
    • Phyla lanceolata
    • Physostegia virginiana
    • Phytolacca americana
    • Podophyllum peltatum
    • Polygala polygama
    • Polygala sanguinea
    • Polygonatum biflorum var. biflorum
    • Polygonatum biflorum var. canaliculatum
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    • Pontederia cordata
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    • Potentilla simplex
    • Prunella vulgaris
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    • Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
    • Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
    • Ranunculus abortivus
    • Ranunculus hispidus
    • Ranunculus hispidus var. nitidus
    • Ranunculus recurvatus
    • Rhododendron periclymenoides
    • Rhus copallinum
    • Robinia pseudoacacia
    • Rosa carolina var. carolina
    • Rubus odoratus
    • Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima
    • Rudbeckia laciniata
    • Ruellia caroliniensis
    • Sabatia angularis
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    • Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis
    • Sanguinaria canadensis
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    • Scutellaria elliptica
    • Scutellaria nervosa
    • Sedum ternatum
    • Senna hebecarpa
    • Sicyos angulatus
    • Silene caroliniana ssp. pensylvanica
    • Silene stellata
    • Sisyrinchium angustifolium
    • Sisyrinchium mucronatum
    • Smallanthus uvedalia
    • Smilax rotundifolia
    • Solanum carolinense
    • Solidago bicolor
    • Solidago caesia
    • Solidago flexicaulis
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    • Spiraea alba
    • Staphylea trifolia
    • Stellaria pubera
    • Strophostyles umbellata
    • Stylophorum diphyllum
    • Stylosanthes biflora 
    • Symphyotrichum cordifolium
    • Symphyotrichum ericoides
    • Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
    • Symphyotrichum patens
    • Symphyotrichum shortii
    • Symplocarpus foetidus
    • Teucrium canadense
    • Thalictrum coriaceum
    • Thalictrum dioicum
    • Thalictrum pubescens
    • Thalictrum thalictroides
    • Thyrsanthella difformis
    • Tipularia discolor
    • Toxicodendron radicans
    • Tradescantia virginiana
    • Trichostema dichotomum
    • Trillium cernuum
    • Trillium sessile
    • Triodanis perfoliata
    • Typha latifolia
    • Uvularia perfoliata
    • Uvularia sessilifolia
    • Vaccinium stamineum
    • Valeriana pauciflora
    • Veratrum viride
    • Verbena hastata
    • Verbena urticifolia
    • Verbesina alternifolia
    • Verbesina occidentalis
    • Vernonia noveboracensis
    • Veronicastrum virginicum
    • Viburnum acerifolium
    • Viburnum prunifolium
    • Viola cucullata
    • Viola palmata
    • Viola primulifolia
    • Viola pubescens var. pubescens
    • Viola pubescens var. scabriuscula
    • Viola sagittata var. ovata
    • Viola sororia
    • Viola striata
    • Zizia aurea
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Dioscorea villosa

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Common Names
wild yam, wild yamroot

Family
Dioscoreaceae

Habitat
clearings in woodlands, and other open areas

Observed Blooming
mid May, 2017
mid to late May, 2016
mid May 2015
mid May, 2014

Conservation
no issues

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