Seeps included eight plants of conservation concern: nerved sedge (Carex cf leptonervia; NC watch list); Ruth's sedge (Carex ruthii; NC watch list, TN threatened); golden-saxifrage (Chrysosplenium americanum; NC watch list); Virginia waterleaf (
Hydrophyllum virginianum; TN threatened), purple fringed orchid (Platanlhera psycodes; TN special concern), Rugel's ragwort (Rugelia nudicaulis; NC significantly rare, TN endangered), Clingman's hedge-nettle (Slachys clingmanii; NC watch list, TN threatened); and ramps (Allium tricoccum; TN special concern; Crabtree, 2014; Robinson and Finnegan, 2014).
Flowering herbs common to abundant in the spring and early summer included Allium vineale, Cryptotaenia canadensis, Dicentra cucullaria, Enemion biternatum, Galium aparine, Geum vernum, Glechoma hederacea, Heracleum maximum, Hesperis matronalis,
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum, Monarda fistulosa, Osmorhiza longistylis, Phacelia purshii, Ranunculus abortivus, R.
vernum,
Hydrophyllum virginianum (occurring in an area greater then 4 acres), Impatiens capensis, Laportea canadensis, Lysimachia nummularia, Mertensia virginica, Phlox paniculata (especially along the river), Pilea pumila, Polygonum punctatum, Ranunculus hispidus caricetorum, Rudbeckia laciniata, Ruellia strepens, Rumex verticillatus, Sanicula odorata, Saururus cernuus, Solidago gigantea, Symphyotrichum cordifolium, S.
saccharinum +, +, + +, 0, 4 Albizzia julibrissin(*) 0, 0, 0 0, +, 0 Alliaria officinalis(*) 5, 5, 3 1, 2, 0 Allium vineale(*) 0, +, 0 0, 0, 0 Arisaema triphyllum 0, 0, 0 0, +, 0 Asimina triloba 1, 2, + 3, 2, + Boehemeria cylindrica 0, +, 0 +, 1, 1 Calystegia sepium 0, 0, 0 0, 0, + Celtis occidentalis +, +, 0 +, +, 0 Dioscorea villosa 0, 0, 0 0, +, 0 Duchesnea indica(*) 0, 0, + 0, 0, 0 Ellisea nyctelea 1, +, 0 0, 0, 0 Fraxinus pennsylvanica 0, 0, 0 0, 0, + Galium aparine 1, 1, + 0, 0, 0 Geum canadense 0, 0, 0 0, +, 0 Glecoma hederacea(*) 5, 4, 5 0, +, 0 Hedera helix(*) 0, 0, 0 1, 1, 0
Hydrophyllum canadense 1, 3, 3 +, 0, 0 H.