Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)

Appalachian Bunchflower (Veratrum parviflorum)

Buckberry (Gaylussacia ursina)

Buffalo Nut (Pyrularia pubera)

Burning Bush (Euonymus atropurpureus*)

Canada Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

Clinton’s Lily, White Clintonia (Clintonia umbellulata) Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)

Cranefly Orchid (Tipularia discolor)

Dog Hobble (Leucothoe fontanesiana)

Doll’s Eyes; White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)

Downy Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)

Elderberry (Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis)

Fairy Wand; Devil’s Bit (Chamaelirium luteum)

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Fly Poison (Amianthium muscitoxicum)

Foamflower; False Miterwort (Tiarella cordifolia)

Fraser Magnolia (Magnolia fraseri)

Galax; Beetleweed (Galax urceolata)

Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)

Halberd-leaved Violet (Viola hastata)

Heartleaf (Hexastylis)

Hearts-a-bustin’; Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americanus)

Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana) 

Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) Mountain Laurel; Ivy (Kalmia latifolia)

Mountain Meadow Rue; Lady Rue (Thalictrum clavatum)

Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora*)

Oconee Bells; Shortia (Shortia galacifolia)

Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens)

Piedmont Rhododendron (Rhododendron minus)

Rosebay; Great Laurel (Rhododendron maximum)

Round-leaved Yellow Violet (Viola rotundifolia)

Serviceberry (Amelanchier)

Silverbell (Halesia)

Snowy Hydrangea; Silverleaf (Hydrangea radiata)

Solomon’s Plume (Maianthemum racemosum)

Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum biflorum)

Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)

Spotted Jewel Weed (Impatiens capensis)

Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)

Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia)

Sweet Shrub (Calycanthus floridus)

Sweet White Violet (Viola blanda)

Thyme-leaved Bluets (Houstonia serpyllifolia)

Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)

Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)

Turtlehead (Chelone)

Vasey’s Trillium (Trillium vaseyi)
Wake Robin Trillium (Trillium erectum) 

Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa)

Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)

Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)

Yellow Mandarin; Fairy Bells (Prosartes lanuginosa)

Yellowroot (Xanthorhiza simplicissima)

Ferns and Fern Allies:

Appalachian Rock Cap Fern (Polypodium appalachianum)

Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)

Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)

Fan Club Moss (Lycopodium digitatum)

Intermediate Wood Fern (Dryopteris intermedia)

Marginal Wood Fern (Dryopteris marginalis)

Rattlesnake Fern (Botrychium virginianum)

Mosses, Lichens, Others:

a Windswept Moss (Dicranum)

Apple Moss (Bartramia pomiformis)

Cat’s Tongue Liverwort (Conocephalum conicum)

Lung Lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria)

Millipeed Weed Liverwort (Bazzania trilobata)

Old Man’s Beard (Usnea)

Reindeer Lichen (Cladonia rangiferina)

Rose Moss (Rhodobryum roseum)

Sphagnum or Peat Moss (Sphagnum)

Square Goose Neck Moss (Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus)

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David Heavner, Jim Poling, Penny Longhurst, & Joe Standaert.
Plants that are non-native to North America are indicted by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.

Sources:

Horn, Dennis; Cathcart, Tavia; Hemmerly, Thomas E.; & Duhl, David: Wildflowers of Tennessee the Ohio Valley and the Southern Appalachians: The Official Field Guide of the Tennessee Native Plant Society. Lone Pine Publishing, 2005

Namethatplant.net

Newcomb, Lawrence: Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Little Brown, 1989

Peterson,  Roger Tory &  McKenny, Margaret: A Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-central North America. Peterson Field Guides, 1968

Richard M. Smith: Wildflowers of the Southern Mountain. University of Tennessee Press, 1998.

White, Peter: Wildflowers of the Smokies. Great Smoky Mountain Association. 1996.