Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Brassicaceae | Cardamine angustata | Eastern Slender Toothwort | Rich, mesic forests. | NJ and IN south to n. GA, c. TN, and ne. MS. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine bulbosa | Bulbous Bittercress | Swampy forests and bogs, primarily (but not strictly) in circumneutral soils over limestone or mafic rocks. | ME west to MB, south to FL, LA, and TX. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine clematitis | Mountain Bittercress | Shaded brookbanks, rock outcrops with seepage, at high elevations (1200m and above). | Endemic to the high elevation Southern Appalachians of w. NC, e. TN, sw. VA, and ne. GA (Brasstown Bald) | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine concatenata | Cutleaf Toothwort | Rich, mesic forests. | ME, QC and MN south to FL Panhandle, LA, OK, and TX. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine dentata | American Cuckoo-flower, Lady's-smock, White Cuckoo-flower | Seeps, bogs, and swamps. | NS and QC west to MB, south to NJ, VA, and OH. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine diphylla | Crinkleroot, Toothwort, Turkey Mustard | Rich, mesic forests. | NB west to MN, south to n. GA, SC, and AL. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine dissecta | Dissected Toothwort | Rich, mesic forests. | C. OH and s. IN south through c. KY and c. and e. TN to nw. GA, c. AL, and extreme nw. MS; disjunct east of the Blue Ridge in sc. VA and c. NC. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine douglassii | Purple Cress, Limestone Bittercress, Douglass's Bittercress, Pink Spring-cress | Nutrient-rich, mesic forests, especially alluvial bottomlands, and in nutrient-rich seepages. | NY, ON, and MN south to c. NC (in the drainages of the Neuse, Meherrin, and rarely Cape Fear rivers), sc. TN, AL, and MO. Material reported for SC is C. bulbosa. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine flagellifera var. flagellifera | Large-flowered Blue Ridge Bittercress | In seepages, on streambanks, and in moist cove or bottomland forests, mainly at moderate to low elevations. | C. flagellifera is endemic to the Southern Appalachians of w. NC, SC, e. TN, GA, VA, and WV, and is quite distinct from C. clematitis, as pointed out by Dudley (1974). | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine flagellifera var. hugeri | Small-flowered Blue Ridge Bittercress | In seepages, on streambanks, and in moist cove or bottomland forests, mainly at moderate to low elevations. | Endemic to the Southern Appalachians of NC and TN. | |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine furcata | Alabama Forked Toothwort | Moist forests. | Endemic to sc. AL (near Tuscaloosa). | |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine hirsuta | Hairy Bittercress | Disturbed areas, including fields and gardens. | Native of Europe. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine impatiens | Narrowleaf Bittercress, Bushy Bittercress | Alluvial floodplains (in NC, VA, and WV, notably in the New River drainage). | Native of Europe. See Poindexter (2006). Reported for MD (Knapp et al. 2011). | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine longii | Long's Bittercress | Tidal freshwater marshes and cypress-gum swamps. | Coastal in distribution, irregularly from ME south to NC (or FL). | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine maxima | Large Toothwort | Moist forests. | NB, ON, and MI south to NJ, PA, OH, WV (?), and KY (?). | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine micranthera | Streambank Bittercress, Small-anthered Bittercress | Sand and gravel bars in creeks, swampy floodplain woods, seepage over rocks. | A narrow endemic, known only from Stokes County, NC and Patrick County, VA, and apparently extirpated from Forsyth County, NC | |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine occulta | Hidden Bittercress | Disturbed areas. | Native of e. Asia. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine parviflora var. arenicola | Sand Bittercress | Various habitats, primarily seasonally wet areas with shallow soil or sand, also on mafic outcrop glades, as on greenstone, diabase, and nutrient-rich granites. | The typic variety is Eurasian; our variety is widespread in e. North America, also occurring in the Pacific Northwest. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine pensylvanica | Quaker Bittercress | Various wet habitats, especially swampy depressions, streambanks, small woodland seeps. | NL (Newfoundland), NL (Labrador), NT, and AK south to FL, TX, and CA. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine pratensis | Pink Cuckoo-flower | Wetlands. | Native of Eurasia. | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine rotundifolia | American Bittercress, Mountain Watercress | Seeps, streambanks, swampy depressions, sand and gravel bars in creeks. | A Central/Southern Appalachian endemic: n. DE, PA, and w. NY, west to OH and KY, south to w. NC (records from n. GA are misidentified). | ![]() |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine species 1 | Ouachita Toothwort | Mesic forests, especially stream terraces and slopes over novaculite but also shale in the Athens Plateau. | Endemic to Ouachita Mountains. | |
Brassicaceae | Cardamine species 2 | Arkansas Dissected Toothwort | Moist forests. | Endemic to AR. |