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Dove's Landing - Plants

Preliminary Plant List
Note: This plant list includes the plants we identified on public tours at Dove's Landing, not a complete plant list for the site.

Key:   * Nonnative invasive plant    ** Always or usually occurs in wetlands

WOODY PLANTS

BEDSTRAW FAMILY RUBIACEAE
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis

BIRCH FAMILY BETULACEAE
River Birch Betula nigra
Ironwood, Musclewood Carpinus caroliniana

CYPRESS FAMILY CUPRESSACEAE
Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana

BEECH FAMILY FAGACEAE
American Beech Fagus grandifolia
White Oak Quercus alba
Red Oak Quercus sp.

DOGWOOD FAMILY CORNACEAE
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida

HOLLY FAMILY AQUIFOLIACEAE
American Holly Ilex opaca

HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY CAPRIFOLIACEAE
Common Elderberry Sambucus canadensis

LAUREL FAMILY LAURACEAE
Spicebush Lindera benzoin
Sassafras Tree Sassafras albidum

MAGNOLIA FAMILY MAGNOLIACEAE
Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera

MAPLE FAMILY ACERACEAE
Red Maple Acer rubrum

OLEASTER FAMILY
Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellata*

OLIVE FAMILY OLEACEAE
White Ash Fraxinus americana

PAWPAW FAMILY ANNONACEAE
Paw Paw Asimina triloba

PINE FAMILY PINACEAE
Virginia Scrub Pine Pinus virginiana

TREE OF HEAVEN FAMILY SIMAROUBACEAE
Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima*

WALNUT FAMILY JUGLANDACEAE
Pignut Hickory Carya glabra
American Walnut Juglans nigra

WILLOW FAMILY SALICACEAE
Black Willow Salix nigra

 

HERBACEOUS PLANTS

ADDER'S TONGUE FAMILY OPHIOGLOSSACEAE
Cut-leaf Grape Fern Botrychium dissectum**

ARUM FAMILY ARACEAE
Jack in the Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum**
Arrow Aurm Peltandra virginica**

ASTER FAMILY ASTERACEAE
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Joe Pye Weed Eupatoriadelphus purpureus
Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Wingstem Verbesina alternifolia
Daisy Fleabane Erigeron annuus
Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale

BEDSTRAW FAMILY RUBIACEAE
Bedstraw Galium aparine
Partridge Berry Mitchella repens

BELLFLOWER FAMILY CAMPANULACEAE
Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis

BIGNONIA FAMILY BIGNONIACEAE
Trumpet Vine Campsis radicans

BIRTHWORT FAMILY ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
Wild Ginger Asarum canadense

CASHEW FAMILY ANACARDIACEAE
Poison Ivy Rhus radicans

CLUBMOSS FAMILY LYCOPODIACEAE
Ground Pine Lycopodium obscurum

DOGBANE FAMILY APOCYNACEAE
Indian Hemp, Dogbane Apocynum cannabinum

DUCKWEED FAMILY LEMNACEAE
Duckweed Lemna minor**

EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY ONAGRACEAE
Seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia

FERN FAMILY POLYPODIACEAE
Hay Scented Fern Dennstaedtia puctilobula
Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis**
Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides
New York Fern Thelypteris noveboracensis
Ebony Spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron

FIGWORT SCROPHULARIACEAE
Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens

GRASS FAMILY POACEAE
Deertongue Grass Dichanthelium clandestinum

LILY FAMILY LILIACEAE
Glaucous Leaf Greenbriar Smilax glauca
Catbriar, Common Greenbriar Smilax rotundifolia

LIZARD'S TAIL FAMILY SAURURACEAE
Lizard's Tail Saururus cernuus**

MINT FAMILY LAMIACEAE
Slender Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

MUSTARD FAMILY BRASSICACEAE
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata*

ORCHID FAMILY ORCHIDACEAE
Green Fringed Orchid Platanthera lacera**

ROSE FAMILY ROSACEAE
Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis
Chokecherry Prunus virginiana

SMARTWEED FAMILY POLYGONACEAE
Pennslyvania Smartweed Polygonaceae pensylvanicum**

SPIDERWORT FAMILY Commelinaceae
Dayflower, Commelina virginica

WATER PLANTAIN FAMILY
Duck Potato,Broadleaf Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia**

PICKEREL WEED FAMILY PONTEDERIACEAE
Pickerel Weed Pontederia cordata**

PINK FAMILY CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria

TOUCH ME NOT FAMILY BALSAMINACEAE
Spotted Jewelweed Impatiens capensis**

VINE FAMILY VITACEAE
Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Riverbank Grape Vitis riparia**

VIOLET FAMILY VIOLACEAE
Violet Viola sp.

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