| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone berlandieri | Eastern Prairie Anemone, Ten-petal Anemone | Thin, circumneutral soils around rock outcrops, calcareous glades, calcareous hammocks (in FL), calcareous bluffs, chalk outcrops & thin-soiled black-belt prairies, lawns and mowed roadsides (over calcareous soils). | A. berlandieri is primarily a species of midwestern prairies, occurring from n. AR and s. KS south through OK to c. LA and s. TX; disjunct eastward in AL, c. GA, n. FL, c. NC, c. SC, and sc. VA. It reaches its northeastern limit (and only VA occurrence) at calcareous mudstone cliffs on the Banister River (Pittsylvania County); it is scattered in the Piedmont of NC on a variety of rock types, including mafic meta-argillite and plagioclase-rich granite. |  |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone blanda | Greek Anemone, Grecian Windflower | Garden escape. | Reported by Harvill et al. (1992) from Madison County, VA and for Fauquier County, VA as "an escape" by Shetler & Orli (2000). It is not known whether this species is truly naturalized in our area. |  |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone caroliniana | Prairie Anemone, Carolina Anemone | Clayey soils of post oak and blackjack oak woodlands (Iredell soils), calcareous glades and barrens, wet meadows. | Wc. IN, n. IL, WI, MN, and SD south to s. LA and e. and c. TX; disjunct east of the Mississippi River in c. NC south to s. GA, and c. TN south to s. AL. |  |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone cylindrica | Thimbleweed, Candle Anemone | Prairies and woodlands. | ME, QC, and BC, south to n. NJ, c. PA, c. OH, c. IN, s. IL, w. MO, ne. KS, CO, NM, and AZ. |  |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone lancifolia | Lanceleaf Anemone | Rich, moist soils on slopes or in bottomlands. | Appalachian: w. MD and n. WV south to n. GA, in and near the Appalachians. |  |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone minima | Tiny Anemone | Acidic forests, acid moist areas, such as under Alnus serrulata along small streams. | A Southern Appalachian endemic: VA and WV south to NC and TN. |  |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone quinquefolia | Wood Anemone | Rich, moist forests, grassy balds, often abundant at high elevations. | NL, QC, ON, MB, SK, and AB south to SC, GA, AL, MS, AR, and ne. SD. |  |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone ranunculoides | Yellow Woodland Anemone | Rich moist forests. | Native of Europe. Reported as naturalized in Bourbon County, KY (Brock 2020). | |
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone virginiana var. alba | Calcareous rocks and woodlands | This variety ranges south to se. NY and n. NJ. Reports form PA are based on misidentifications (S. Grund, pers.comm., 2023). | ||
| Ranunculaceae | Anemone virginiana var. virginiana | Tall Anemone, Thimbleweed | Rich forests and woodlands, prairies, especially prevalent on circumneutral soils. | NL (Newfoundland), ME, s. ON, and SK, south to GA, AL, MS, LA, OK, and WY. |  |
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