A walk in the park:

Joe Pye weed

Ironweed

Swamp milkweed

Closeup of swamp milkweed shows each flower has five petals bending down and an unusual corona with five “hoods and beaks”

Blue vervain

Summersweet

Swamp rose mallow about to bloom

Obedient plant

Short-toothed mountain mint

White wood aster

Canada goldenrod

Scientific names and families:

Joe Pye weed/Eupatorium maculata – Aster Family: Asteraceae

Ironweed/Veronia noveborancensis – Aster Family: Asteraceae

Swamp milkweed/Ascelpia incarnata – Dogbane Family: Apocynaceae

Blue vervain/Verbena hastata – Verbena Family: Verbenaceae

Summersweet/Clethra alnifolia L. – Family: Clethraceae

Swamp rose mallow/Hibiscus moscheutos – Mallow Family: Malvaceae

Obedient plant/Physostegia verginiana – Mint Family: Lamiaceae

Short-toothed mountain mint/Pycanthemum muticum – Mint Family: Lamiaceae

White wood aster/Eurybia divarcata – Aster Family: Asteraceae

Canada goldenrod/Solidago canadensis – Aster Family: Asteraceae