| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranunculaceae | Actaea pachypoda | White Baneberry, Dolls'-eyes, White Cohosh | Rich cove forests and slopes. | QC and MN south to c. GA, FL Panhandle, s. AL, s. MS, e. LA, and OK. |  (c) Stuart, Will |
| Ranunculaceae | Actaea podocarpa | Mountain Black-cohosh, Late Black-cohosh | Rich cove forests and slopes, at moderate to high elevations. | Endemic to the Southern and Central Appalachians: s. PA to w. NC, ne. GA, and e. TN; disjunct in nw. Illinois (Driftless Area) (P. Marcum, pers.comm., 2023). |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Ranunculaceae | Actaea racemosa | Common Black-cohosh, Early Black-cohosh | Rich cove forests, other mesic and moderately to very fertile forests. | Primarily Appalachian: w. MA south to SC and c. GA, but extending e. into the Coastal Plain and west to OH, IN, MO, and AR. |  (c) Stuart, Will |
| Ranunculaceae | Actaea rubifolia | Appalachian Black-cohosh | Rich cove forests over calcareous rocks (limestone or dolostone), westwards in shaded sandstone ravines. | Sw. VA south to e. TN; disjunct in s. IL, w. KY, nw. TN, and nc. AL. |  (c) Kinser, Abel - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Ranunculaceae | Actaea rubra | Red Baneberry | Moist forests. | NL to AK, south to ec. NJ (Monmouth Co.), sc. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993; Rhoads & Block 2007), OH, IN, IL, IA, ne. KS, NM, AZ, and CA. |  (c) Danielson, Erik |