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Article: MANY NATIVE PLANTS ARE PROTECTED BY THE STATE.(Living Today)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 25, 1988
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Following is the state's list of protected native plants. The scientific name is given first in italics. Names in parentheses are less familiar names for the principal common names of the species. Common names are not included if they repeat the generic name with a modifier, thus trillium includes painted trillium, white trillium, nodding trillium and all others.
Arisaema dracontium - Green dragon (dragonroot)
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly weed (chigger flower, orange milkweed, pleurisy root)
Campanula rotundifolia - Bluebell of Scotland (harebell)
Celastrus scandens - American bittersweet (waxwork)
Chimaphila spp. - ...