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2011: February Wild Bleeding Heart, March Skunk Cabbage, April Swamp Pink, May Common Blue Violet, June Twin-Flowered Cynthia, July American Beech, August Indian hemp, September Marsh Marigold; October Black Huckleberry, November-The Winterberries, December-American Mistletoe
2012: January: Little Ladies tresses; February: Spring Beauty; March: May apple; April-Garlic Mustard; May-Pagoda dogwood; June-Silvery Sedge; July-Rosebay; August-Sweet Pepperbush; September-Waterwillow; October-Sugar Maple; November-Mountain Mint; December-N. Red Oak
2013: January: Atlantic White Cedar; February: Tall Cordgrass; March: Fetterbush; April-Bitter Cress; May-Gill over the ground; June-Blue Iris; July – Clammy ground cherry, August – Sweet Autumn Virgin’s Bower, September-Blue Vervain; October-Closed Gentian; November-Blue Woodland Aster; December-American holly
2014: January-Dichanthelium Rosettes, February-Persicaria perfoliatum; March–Ornithogalum umbellatum; April–Bulbous bittercress, May-Ceris canadensis; June-Aralia nudicaulis; July-Sericocarpus linifolius; August-Goodyera pubescens; September-Eutrochium dubium, October-Zizania aquatica; November-Maclura pomifera; December-Pinus strobis
2015: January-Potentilla canadensis; February-Epifagus virginiana; March–Melampyrum lineare; April–Veronica chamaedrys; May–Amelanchier canadensis; June–Chelidonium majus; July–Asclepias purpurescens; August–Scutellaria integrifolia; September-Vernonia novaborecensis; October-Pluchea odorata; November-Chrysopsis mariana; December– Cornus florida
2016: January-Sphagnum mosses, February-Symphyotrichum pilosum; March–Anemone quinquefolia, April-Viola pedata, May-Lithospermum arvense; June – Penstemon hirsutus; July-Lysimachia quadrifolia; August – Rosa palustris; September-Pityopsis falcata, October-Solidago erecta; November-Mikania scandens; December–Portulaca oleracea
2017: January-Celastrus scandens; February–Senecio vulgaris; March–Corema conradii; April–Chimaphila maculata; May–Carex pensylvanica; June-Trientalis borealis; July-Polygala polygama; August-Opuntia humifusa ; September–Rhexia mariana, October–Monarda punctata ; November (not posted); December–Betula alleghaniensis
2018: January-Calamagrostis epigeios; February–Gaultheria procumbens;March–Chamaedaphne calyculata; April–Vaccinium angustifolium; May–Lonicera maakii; June–Sisyrynchum atlanticum; July–Hibiscus moscheutos; August – Lindernia dubia v. dubia; September – Helianthus decapetalus; October – Rhynchospora macrostachya ; November – Nymphaea odorata; December – Xyris torta
2019: January-Eleocharis robbinsii; February-Morella pensylvanica; March–Smilax glauca; April-Athynium filix femma; May-Viola lanceolata; June-Asplenium trichomanes; July–Verbascum lynchnitis; August- Campanula rotundifoia; September–Sagittaria latifolia; October–Liatris pilosa; November-Solidago rugosa; December–Eurybia spectabilis
2020: January-Baccharis halimifolia; February-Carex lurida; March–Cinna arundinacea; April-Juniperus virginiana; May–Fragaria virginiana; June–Salvia lyrata; July-Hottonia inflata; August–Plantathera peramoena; September – Clematis viriniana; October – Agalinis purpurea; November – Persicaria maculosa; December-Trifolium pratense
2021: January-Nuphar lutea ssp variegata; February–Lathyrus latifolius; March–Diodia virginiana; April-Botrychium dissectum; May-Viola affinis; June-Plantago virginica; July-Lysimachia terrestris