Species of Plants Seen at Unexpected Wildlife Refuge
All the plants listed have been identified at the Refuge. The list is current as of 2020-09-15.
Adam's needle and thread
(
Yucca filamentosa
)
Amber jelly roll fungus
(
Exidia recisa
)
Amberique-bean
(
Strophostyles helvola
)
American black elderberry
(
Sambucus canadensis
)
American bur-reed
(
Sparganium americanum
)
American holly
(
Ilex opaca
)
American persimmon
(
Diospyros virginiana
)
American plantain
(
Plantago rugelii
)
American pokeweed
(
Phytolacca americana
)
American white waterlily
(
Nymphaea odorata
)
American wintergreen
(
Gaultheria procumbens
)
Apple tree
(
Malus pumila
)
Asiatic dayflower
(
Commelina communis
)
Asparagus
(
Asparagus officinalis
)
Atlantic white cedar
(
Chamaecyparis thyoides
)
Bastard toadflax
(
Comandra umbellata
)
Bearded iris
(
Iris x germanica
)
Bentgrass
(
Agrostis
)
Big-tooth aspen
(
Populus grandidentata
)
Black birch
(
Betula nigra
)
Black chokeberry
(
Aronia melanocarpa
)
Black huckleberry
(
Gaylussacia baccata
)
Blackjack oak
(
Quercus marilandica
)
Bleeding heart
(
Lamprocapnos spectabilis
)
Blue toadflax
(
Nuttallanthus canadensis
)
Blue-eyed grass
(
Sisyrinchium
)
Blunt mannagrass
(
Glyceria obtusa
)
Blusher mushroom
(
Amanita rubescens
)
Bog yelloweyed grass
(
Xyris difformis
)
Bog-fern
(
Thelypteris simulata
)
Border privet
(
Ligustrum obtusifolium
)
Boxelder maple
(
Acer negundo
)
Bracken
(
Pteridium aquilinum
)
Bracted plantain
(
Plantago aristata
)
British soldiers lichen
(
Cladonia cristatella
)
Broad-leaved dock
(
Rumex obtusifolius
)
Broadleaf cattail
(
Typha latifolia
)
Broomsedge bluestem
(
Andropogon virginicus
)
Brown-eyed rim lichen
(
Lecanora allophana
)
Brown-fruited rush
(
Juncus pelocarpus
)
Brownish beaksedge
(
Rhynchospora capitellata
)
Bull thistle
(
Cirsium vulgare
)
Bushy beardgrass
(
Andropogon glomeratus
)
Butterfly weed
(
Asclepias tuberosa
)
Buttonbush
(
Cephalanthus occidentalis
)
Canada bluegrass
(
Poa compressa
)
Canadian black snakeroot
(
Sanicula canadensis
)
Canadian columbine
(
Aquilegia canadensis
)
Canadian St. Johns-wort
(
Hypericum canadense
)
Capitate spikerush
(
Eleocharis olivacea
)
Cardinal flower
(
Lobelia cardinalis
)
Carolina horsenettle
(
Solanum carolinense
)
Cat greenbriar
(
Smilax glauca
)
Catalpa
(
Catalpa
)
Catchweed
(
Galium aparine
)
Catsear
(
Hypochaeris radicata
)
Cattail
(
Typha
)
Cedar-apple rust fungus
(
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
)
Chickweed
(
Stellaria media
)
Chinese bushclover
(
Lespedeza cuneata
)
Chinese privet
(
Ligustrum sinense
)
Cinnabar red chanterelle mushroom
(
Cantharellus cinnabarinus
)
Cinnamon fern
(
Osmunda cinnamomea
)
Clasping Venus' looking-glass
(
Triodanis perfoliata
)
Clasping water-horehound
(
Lycopus amplectens
)
Clearweed
(
Pilea pumila
)
Climbing false buckwheat
(
Fallopia scandens
)
Climbing hempvine
(
Mikania scandens
)
Coastal sweetpepperbush
(
Clethra alnifolia
)
Collins' sedge
(
Carex collinsii
)
Common blue violet
(
Viola sororia
)
Common bluebell
(
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
)
Common club moss
(
Lycopodium clavatum
)
Common dodder
(
Cuscuta gronovii
)
Common hackberry
(
Celtis occidentalis
)
Common milkweed
(
Asclepias syriaca
)
Common mugwort
(
Artemisia vulgaris
)
Common puffball
(
Lycoperdon perlatum
)
Common purslane
(
Portulaca oleracea
)
Common pyxie-moss
(
Pyxidanthera barbulata
)
Common ragweed
(
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
)
Common reed
(
Phragmites australis
)
Common self-heal
(
Prunella vulgaris
)
Common vetch
(
Vicia sativa
)
Common yellow woodsorrel
(
Oxalis stricta
)
Conocybe mushroom
(
Conocybe
)
Cranesbill
(
Geranium
)
Crown-tipped coral fungus
(
Artomyces pyxidatus
)
Crowned beggarticks
(
Bidens coronata
)
Curly dock
(
Rumex crispus
)
Cutleaf evergreen blackberry
(
Rubus laciniatus
)
Dallisgrass
(
Paspalum dilatatum
)
Dangleberry
(
Gaylussacia frondosa
)
Deertongue
(
Dichanthelium clandestinum
)
Devil's beggarticks
(
Bidens frondosa
)
Dodder
(
Cuscuta
)
Dotted knotweed
(
Persicaria punctata
)
Downy rattlesnake plantain
(
Goodyera pubescens
)
Drooping brome
(
Bromus tectorum
)
Duckweed
(
Lemnoideae
)
Dwarf cinquefoil
(
Potentilla canadensis
)
Dwarf dandelion
(
Krigia virginica
)
Dwarf hawthorn
(
Crataegus uniflora
)
Dwarf St. John's wort
(
Hypericum mutilum
)
Eastern black nightshade
(
Solanum ptychanthum
)
Eastern black oak
(
Quercus velutina
)
Eastern hayscented fern
(
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
)
Eastern white pine
(
Pinus strobus
)
Ebony spleenwort
(
Asplenium platyneuron
)
Emetic russula mushroom
(
Russula emetica
)
Engelmann's arrowhead
(
Sagittaria engelmanniana
)
English ivy
(
Hedera helix
)
Evergreen azalea
(
Rhododendron indicum
)
False nettle
(
Boehmeria cylindrica
)
False turkey-tail
(
Stereum ostrea
)
Fetterbush
(
Eubotrys racemosa
)
Field pepperwort
(
Lepidium campestre
)
Field pussytoes
(
Antennaria neglecta
)
Fireweed
(
Erechtites hieraciifolius
)
Floating pondweed
(
Potamogeton natans
)
Flowering dogwood
(
Cornus florida
)
Foliose lichen
Forked bluecurls
(
Trichostema dichotomum
)
Frostweed
(
Helianthemum canadense
)
Goat's rue
(
Tephrosia virginiana
)
Golden chanterelle fungus
(
Craterellus lutescens
)
Goldenrod
(
Solidago
)
Grape fern
(
Sceptridium dissectum
)
Grass-leaved goldenrod
(
Euthamia graminifolia
)
Gray birch
(
Betula populifolia
)
Great lobelia
(
Lobelia siphilitica
)
Great mullein
(
Verbascum thapsus
)
Green arrow arum
(
Peltandra virginica
)
Green wood orchid
(
Platanthera clavellata
)
Ground-ivy
(
Glechoma hederacea
)
Hairy bedstraw
(
Galium pilosum
)
Hairy bittercress
(
Cardamine hirsuta
)
Hairy tare
(
Vicia hirsuta
)
Halberd-leaved tearthumb
(
Tracaulon arifolium
)
Hen of the woods
(
Grifola frondosa
)
Hickory
(
Carya
)
Hillside blueberry
(
Vaccinium pallidum
)
Honey fungus (mushroom)
(
Armillaria mellea
)
Horn of plenty mushroom
(
Craterellus cornucopioides
)
Horseweed
(
Erigeron canadensis
)
Indian goosegrass
(
Eleusine indica
)
Indian pipe
(
Monotropa uniflora
)
Indian tobacco
(
Lobelia inflata
)
Inkberry
(
Ilex glabra
)
Ivy-leaved morning glory
(
Ipomoea hederacea
)
Jack-in-the-pulpit
(
Arisaema triphyllum
)
Japanese barberry
(
Berberis thunbergii
)
Japanese clover
(
Kummerowia striata
)
Japanese honeysuckle
(
Lonicera japonica
)
Japanese pachysandra
(
Pachysandra terminalis
)
Japanese silverberry
(
Elaeagnus umbellata
)
Japanese stiltgrass
(
Microstegium vimineum
)
Juniper
(
Juniperus
)
Kentucky bluegrass
(
Poa pratensis
)
Kerria
(
Kerria japonica
)
Lake loosestrife
(
Lysimachia terrestris
)
Lance-leaved violet
(
Viola lanceolata
)
Late boneset
(
Eupatorium serotinum
)
Late purple aster
(
Symphyotrichum patens
)
Least pepperwort
(
Lepidium virginicum
)
Leatherleaf
(
Chamaedaphne calyculata
)
Lesser periwinkle
(
Vinca minor
)
Lesser trefoil
(
Trifolium dubium
)
Lily of the valley
(
Convallaria majalis
)
Lingzhi mushroom
(
Ganoderma lucidum
)
Lion's mane mushroom
(
Hericium erinaceus
)
Little bluestem
(
Schizachyrium scoparium
)
Lowbush blueberry
(
Vaccinium angustifolium
)
Maleberry
(
Lyonia ligustrina
)
Marsh fern
(
Thelypteris palustris
)
Marsh lady's tresses
(
Spiranthes odorata
)
Maryland golden-aster
(
Chrysopsis mariana
)
Mexican-tea
(
Dysphania ambrosioides
)
Moccasin flower
(
Cypripedium acaule
)
Mockernut hickory
(
Carya tomentosa
)
Morrow's honeysuckle
(
Lonicera morrowii
)
Mountain laurel
(
Kalmia latifolia
)
Mouse-ear hawkweed
(
Pilosella officinarum
)
Mullein
(
Verbascum
)
Multiflora rose
(
Rosa multiflora
)
Musk thistle
(
Carduus nutans
)
Narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass
(
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
)
Narrow-leaved sundrops
(
Oenothera fruticosa
)
Narrowleaf cow wheat
(
Melampyrum lineare
)
Netted chain fern
(
Woodwardia areolata
)
New Jersey blueberry
(
Vaccinium caesariense
)
New York aster
(
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
)
Nimblewill
(
Muhlenbergia schreberi
)
Northern bayberry
(
Myrica pensylvanica
)
Northern bog violet
(
Viola nephrophylla
)
Northern bugleweed
(
Lycopus uniflorus
)
Northern highbush blueberry
(
Vaccinium corymbosum
)
Northern long sedge
(
Carex folliculata
)
Northern white-cedar
(
Thuja occidentalis
)
Norway maple
(
Acer platanoides
)
Norway spruce
(
Picea abies
)
Oak-loving Gymnopus
(
Gymnopus dryophilus
)
Old man of the woods fungus
(
Strobilomyces strobilaceus
)
Orange jewelweed
(
Impatiens capensis
)
Orange milkwort
(
Polygala lutea
)
Orchard grass
(
Dactylis glomerata
)
Oriental bittersweet
(
Celastrus orbiculatus
)
Oriental lady's thumb
(
Persicaria longiseta
)
Orpine
(
Sedum telephium
)
Ostrich fern
(
Matteuccia struthiopteris
)
Ox-eye daisy
(
Leucanthemum vulgare
)
Oyster mushroom
(
Pleurotus ostreatus
)
Panicledleaf ticktrefoil
(
Desmodium paniculatum
)
Partridge berry
(
Mitchella repens
)
Pennsylvania sedge
(
Carex pensylvanica
)
Perforate St John's-wort
(
Hypericum perforatum
)
Phellinus fungus
(
Phellinus
)
Pickerelweed
(
Pontederia cordata
)
Pignut hickory
(
Carya glabra
)
Pincushion moss
(
Leucobryum glaucum
)
Pine
(
Pinus
)
Pinesap
(
Monotropa hypopitys
)
Pipsissewa
(
Chimaphila umbellata
)
Pitch pine
(
Pinus rigida
)
Plantain leaf pussytoes
(
Antennaria plantaginifolia
)
Poison ivy
(
Toxicodendron radicans
)
Pond water-starwort
(
Callitriche stagnalis
)
Poplar
(
Populus
)
Post oak
(
Quercus stellata
)
Poverty oatgrass
(
Danthonia spicata
)
Puffball fungus
Purple lovegrass
(
Eragrostis spectabilis
)
Purplestem beggarticks
(
Bidens connata
)
Purpletop tridens
(
Tridens flavus
)
Rare clubmoss
(
Lycopodium obscurum
)
Red cedar
(
Juniperus virginiana
)
Red chokeberry
(
Aronia arbutifolia
)
Red maple
(
Acer rubrum
)
Red raspberry slime
(
Tubifera ferruginosa
)
Red sorrel
(
Rumex acetosella
)
Reed canary grass
(
Phalaris arundinacea
)
Reindeer lichen
(
Cladonia rangiferina
)
Rice cutgrass
(
Leersia oryzoides
)
Riverbank grape
(
Vitis riparia
)
Rose campion
(
Silene coronaria
)
Rough boneset
(
Eupatorium pilosum
)
Rough buttonweed
(
Diodella teres
)
Rough cocklebur
(
Xanthium strumarium
)
Rough sunflower
(
Helianthus divaricatus
)
Rough-stemmed goldenrod
(
Solidago rugosa
)
Rounded earthstar mushroom
(
Geastrum saccatum
)
Roundleaf greenbrier
(
Smilax rotundifolia
)
Royal fern
(
Osmunda regalis
)
Ruffle lichen
(
Parmotrema
)
Sand hickory
(
Carya pallida
)
Sassafras
(
Sassafras albidum
)
Scarlet honeysuckle
(
Lonicera sempervirens
)
Scrambled egg slime
(
Fuligo septica
)
Scrub oak
(
Quercus ilicifolia
)
Sensitive fern
(
Onoclea sensibilis
)
Sessile bellwort
(
Uvularia sessilifolia
)
Sheep laurel
(
Kalmia angustifolia
)
Shortbristle horned beaksedge
(
Rhynchospora corniculata
)
Shortleaf pine
(
Pinus echinata
)
Silver berry
(
Elaeagnus angustifolia
)
Skunk cabbage
(
Lysichiton americanus
)
Slender aster
(
Eurybia compacta
)
Slender bush clover
(
slender lespedeza
)
Slender rush
(
Juncus tenuis
)
Slender spikegrass
(
Chasmanthium laxum
)
Slender-leaved goldenrod
(
Euthamia tenuifolia
)
Small crabgrass
(
Digitaria ischaemum
)
Smooth alder
(
Alnus serrulata
)
Smooth sawgrass
(
Cladium mariscoides
)
Smooth winterberry
(
Ilex laevigata
)
Soft rush
(
Juncus effusus
)
Sour gum
(
Nyssa sylvatica
)
Southern red oak
(
Quercus falcata
)
Southern twayblade orchid
(
Neottia bifolia
)
Southern wood-sorrel
(
Oxalis dillenii
)
Spatulate leaved sundew
(
Drosera intermedia
)
Spiky bog-moss
(
Sphagnum squarrosum
)
Spindle-shaped yellow coral fungus
(
Clavulinopsis fusiformis
)
Spinulose woodfern
(
Dryopteris carthusiana
)
Spotted beebalm
(
Monarda punctata
)
Spotted knapweed
(
Centaurea stoebe
)
Spotted wintergreen
(
Chimaphila maculata
)
Spruce
(
Picea
)
St. Andrew's cross
(
Hypericum hypericoides
)
Staggerbush
(
Lyonia mariana
)
Steeplebush
(
Spiraea tomentosa
)
Sticky mouse-ear chickweed
(
Cerastium glomeratum
)
Striped bladderwort
(
Utricularia striata
)
Sulphur shelf fungus
(
Laetiporus sulphureus
)
Summer grape
(
Vitis aestivalis
)
Swamp azalea
(
Rhododendron viscosum
)
Swamp dewberry
(
Rubus hispidus
)
Swamp honeysuckle
(
Lonicera oblongifolia
)
Swamp loosestrife
(
Decodon verticillatus
)
Swamp rose
(
Rosa palustris
)
Swamp smartweed
(
Persicaria hydropiperoides
)
Sweet autumn clematis
(
Clematis terniflora
)
Sweet everlasting
(
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
)
Sweet goldenrod
(
Solidago odora
)
Sweet gum
(
Liquidambar styraciflua
)
Sweet vernal grass
(
Anthoxanthum odoratum
)
Sweet violet
(
Viola odorata
)
Sweet white violet
(
Viola blanda
)
Sweetbay magnolia
(
Magnolia virginiana
)
Sweetfern
(
Comptonia peregrina
)
Switchgrass
(
Panicum virgatum
)
Tall beaksedge
(
Rhynchospora macrostachya
)
Three-seeded mercury
(
Acalypha rhomboidea
)
Threeway sedge
(
Dulichium arundinaceum
)
Tiger lily
(
Lilium lancifolium
)
Timothy-grass
(
Phleum pratense
)
Toothed white-topped-aster
(
Sericocarpus asteroides
)
Trailing arbutus
(
Epigaea repens
)
Tree of heaven
(
Ailanthus altissima
)
Trumpet vine
(
Campsis radicans
)
Tufted knotweed
(
Polygonum cespitosum
)
Tulip tree
(
Liriodendron tulipifera
)
Turk's cap lily
(
Lilium superbum
)
Turkey tail fungus
(
Trametes versicolor
)
Tussock sedge
(
Carex stricta
)
Twisted moss
(
Tortula ruralis
)
Unicorn root
(
Aletris farinosa
)
Velvet panicum
(
Dichanthelium scoparium
)
Vermilion waxcap
(
Hygrocybe miniata
)
Violet coral mushroom
(
Clavaria zollingeri
)
Virginia chain fern
(
Woodwardia virginica
)
Virginia creeper
(
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
)
Virginia marsh-St. John's-wort
(
Triadenum virginicum
)
Virginia meadow-beauty
(
Rhexia virginica
)
Virginia threeseed mercury
(
Acalypha virginica
)
Virginia water horehound
(
Lycopus virginicus
)
Virginia willow
(
Itea virginica
)
Viscid violet cort
(
Cortinarius iodes
)
Walter's sedge
(
Carex striata
)
Warty panicgrass
(
Panicum verrucosum
)
Water purslane
(
Ludwigia palustris
)
Water-shield
(
Brasenia schreberi
)
White beak-sedge
(
Rhynchospora alba
)
White campion
(
Silene latifolia
)
White clover
(
Trifolium repens
)
White coral slime mold
(
Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
)
White fringed orchid
(
Platanthera blephariglottis
)
White mulberry
(
Morus alba
)
White oak tree
(
Quercus alba
)
White thoroughwort
(
Eupatorium album
)
White-pored chicken of the woods
(
Laetiporus cincinnatus
)
Wild black cherry
(
Prunus serotina
)
Wild daffodil
(
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
)
Wild grape
(
Vitis
)
Wild iris
(
Iris
)
Wild lettuce
(
Lactuca virosa
)
Wild lupine
(
Lupinus perennis
)
Wild sarsaparilla
(
Aralia nudicaulis
)
Wild sensitive plant
(
Chamaecrista nictitans
)
Wild teasel
(
Dipsacus fullonum
)
Wild yam
(
Dioscorea villosa
)
Willow
(
Salix
)
Willow oak
(
Quercus phellos
)
Winged spindle
(
Euonymus alatus
)
Winged sumac
(
Rhus copallinum
)
Winterberry
(
Ilex verticillata
)
Wintergreen
(
Pyrola
)
Wisteria
(
Wisteria
)
Wood ear fungus
(
Auricularia auricula-judae
)
Woolgrass
(
Scirpus cyperinus
)
Yarrow
(
Achillea millefolium
)
Yellow fringed orchid
(
Platanthera ciliaris
)
Yellow water-lily
(
Nuphar lutea
)
Yellowseed false pimpernel
(
Lindernia dubia
)
Yucca