As those are all natives, or prevalent invasives, I'd suggest following this link to the NCSU Plant Fact sheet and look through the native trees/ shrubs. I'll be fun and you have a while to look. At least they aren't wildflowers, wow, that would be a challenge. Good luck. ---Keith Here is a link that might be useful: Great site!

The flowers don't look like Spiranthes. They are bell shaped and no leaves--I dug around through the other weeds and grasses growing with it and it is just a stalk of flowers. Any other thoughts? I have tried looking this up in The Audubon Field Guide to North American Wildflowers and it looks like Colicroot but much shorter and no basil leaves so I don't think that is it.

It’s amazing how sharing thoughts with people who care about the subject matter can make a difference. All of a sudden I knew what I wanted to do. I got my sharp shovel and dug up a chunk of the crown, a cube about 6 inches on each side. I hosed the dirt off and pulled a bazillion little roots from the ivy out of the crown. Then I took it inside and worked on it with a tweezer to get every little piece of alien root off of it. After about an hour I was left with this. I soaked it in a mild bleach solution while I took an extensive shower because I’m sure some of those roots were poison ivy to which I’m very sensitive. I rinsed the crowns well and put them in some potting soil. Good luck Winter Snow, you have a nice barrel home awaiting if you survive. And by the way at one point when I was hosing off dirt I think I saw two little sclerotia (the fruiting bodies of Southern Blight) in between two roots close to the crown. So I don’t think a Hosta can be “infected” with Southern Blight. It might just be living in a contaminated bed.

I am not sure but it looks like Prairie Parsly AKA Polytaenia nuttallii. The leaves don't really look right unless it is a leaf for another plant growing there. Also the mountains of North Carolina are a bit out of its range.