York County
Wetlands Interpretive
Sanctuary for Education (WISE)
at Charles E. Brown Park

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WISE Booklet

 PLANT LIST

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)

Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)

Japanese Stilt Grass (Microstegium vimineum)

Blue Flag Iris (Iris virginiaca)

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

Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium dubium)

Button Bush (Cephanlanthus occidentalis)

Lizard's Tail (Saururus cernuus)

Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)

Overcup Oak (Quercus lyrata)

Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)

Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)

Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor)

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)