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Sanctuary for Education (WISE)

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Cattails  PLANT LIST Cattails

Listed below are different plant species found within the wetlands. 
They are listed by their common name, followed by their scientific name in parenthesis. 
Clicking on the links below will allow you to view a picture of each individual plant species.

 

Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)

Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)

Japanese Stilt Grass (Microstegium vimineum)

Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginiaca)

Jewelweed or Spotted Touch-Me-Not (Impatiens capensis)

Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium dubium)

Button Bush (Cephanlanthus occidentalis)

Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus)

Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)

Netted Chainfern (Woodwardia areolata)
Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)

Overcup Oak (Quercus lyrata)

Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)

Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)

Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)

Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)

Daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)

Rice Cutgrass (Leersia oryzoides)

Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

Sawtooth Oak (Quercus acutissima)

English Ivy (Hedera helix)

Soft Rush (Juncus effusus)

Green Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica)

Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)

Sweet Bay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)

Goldenrod (Solidago L.)

Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)

Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus)