The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area, consists of about of land in Owings Mills, Maryland, USA. Much of the area of Soldiers Delight contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants. The following list of herbaceous plants is based greatly on the work of Ed Uebel and comes from the publications by Fleming et al. 1995, Monteferrante 1973, Reed 1984, Wennerstrom 1995, and the unpublished data by Worthley 1955-1985. List of Wildflowers of the Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area Division Magnoliophyta - Angiosperms Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons Amaranthaceae - (Amaranth Family) Amaranthus retroflexus - Pigweed Apiaceae - (Carrot Family) Daucus carota - Queen Anne's lace Apocynaceae - (Dogbane Family) Apocynoideae - Subfamily Apocynum androsaemifolium - Spreading dogbane Apocynum cannabinum - Indian hemp Asclepiadoideae - Subfamily Asclepias amplexicaulis - Blunt-leaved milkweed Asclepias incarnata - Swamp milkweed Asclepias syriaca - Common milkweed Asclepias verticillata - Whorled milkweed Asclepias viridiflora - Green milkweed Asteraceae - (Aster Family) Achillea millefolium - Yarrow Ambrosia artemisiifolia - Common ragweed Ambrosia trifida - Giant ragweed [M, Wo] Ageratina altissima - White snakeroot Ageratina aromatica - Aromatic thoroughwort Anaphalis margaritacea - Pearly everlasting Antennaria plantaginifolia - Plantain-leaf pussytoes Anthemis arvensis - Field chamomile Anthemis cotula - Mayweed, dogfennel Aster tataricus - Tatarian aster Bidens bipinnata - Spanish needles Bidens frondosa - Devil's beggartick Bidens polylepis - Tickseed sunflower Carduus nutans - Musk thistle Leucanthemum vulgare - Ox-eye daisy Chrysopsis mariana - Maryland golden aster Cichorium intybus – Chicory Cirsium arvense - Canada thistle Cirsium discolor - Field thistle [Hand-out] Cirsium horridulum Michx. - Yellow thistle Cirsium muticum Michx. - Swamp thistle Erechtites hieraciifolius (L.) Raf. - Pilewort, fireweed Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. - Daisy or Annual Fleabane Erigeron canadensis - Horseweed Erigeron pulchellus Michx. - Robin's Plantain Erigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd. - Daisy Fleabane Eupatorium altissimum L. - Tall Thoroughwort Eupatorium perfoliatum L. - Boneset Eutrochium fistulosum Barratt - Joe-pye weed Eupatorium sessilifolium L. - Upland boneset Eurybia divaricata (L.) G.L.Nesom (Syn. Aster divaricatus) - White wood aster Eurybia schreberi (Nees) Nees (Syn. Aster schreberi) - Schreber's aster Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. (Syn. Solidago graminifolia) - Lance-leaf goldenrod Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav. - Galinsoga Helenium autumnale L. - Yellow sneezeweed Helianthus annuus L. - Sunflower Helianthus decapetalus L. - Thin-leaf sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet - Ox-eye Hieracium caespitosum Dumort - Yellow king devil Hieracium gronovii L. - Hairy