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Note: Plant material displayed in this exhibit may vary according season - all plants may not be available for viewing at all times.
All material listed by scientific name - common name
Acer negundo - Box Elder
Acer rubrum - Red Maple
Aesculus pavia - Dwarf Red Buckeye
Alnus rugosa - Hazel Alder
Amelanchier canadensis - Serviceberry
Betula nigra - River Birch
Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam
Cercis canadensis - Redbud
Chamaecyparis thyoides - Atlantic White Cedar
Chionanthus virginicus - Fringe Tree
Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood
Gordonia lasianthus - Loblolly Bay
Ilex opaca - American Holly
Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar
Liquidambar styraciflua - Sweetgum
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Poplar
Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ - Little Gem Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana - Sweet Bay
Myrica cerifera - Wax Myrtle
Oxydendrum arboreum - Sourwood
Pinus palustris - Longleaf Pine
Pinus strobus - Eastern White Pine
Pinus taeda - Loblolly Pine
Quercus palustris - Pin Oak
Quercus species - Oak
Sassafras albidium - Sassafras
Tsuga canadensis - Canada Hemlock
Ulmus canadensis - Elm
Amelanchier canadensis - Serviceberry
Aronia arbutifolia - Chokeberry
Callicarpa americana - Beautyberry
Calycanthus floridus - Sweet Shrub
Ceanothus americanus - New Jersey Tea
Clethra alnifolia - Sweet Pepperbush
Cornus amomum - Silky Dogwood
Euonymus americana - Strawberry Bush
Fothergilla gardenii - Witch Alder
Hamamelis virginiana - Witch Hazel
Hydrangea quercifolia - Oak-leaf Hydrandea
Hypericum frondosum - St. John’s-Wort
Hypericum prolificum - Shrubby St. John’s Wort
Ilex glabra - Inkberry
Ilex verticillata - Winterberry Holly
Itea virginica - Virginia Sweetspire
Kalmia latifolia - Mountain Laurel
Leucothoe axillaris - Leucothoe
Leucothoe fontanesiana - Drooping Leucothoe
Leucothoe populifolia - Florida Leucothoe (syn. Agarista populifolia)
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
Myrica cerifera - Wax Myrtle
Pieris japoncia - Pieris
Rhododendron atlanticum - Coast Azalea
Rhododendron canescans - Pinxter
Rhododendron maximum - Great Laurel
Rhododendron cv. ‘Roseum Elegans’ - Roseum Elegans Rhododendron
Rhus aromatica - Fragrant Sumac
Rosa carolina - Pasture Rose
Sambucus canadensis - Elderberry
Smilax sp. - Greenbrier
Tsuga canadensis cv. - Dwarf Hemlock
Vaccunium corymbosum - Highbush Blueberry
Xanthorhiza simplicissima - Yellowroot
Adiantum pedatum - Maidenhair Fern
Amsonia tabernaemontana - Blue Star
Aquilegia canadensis - Columbine
Arisaema triphyllum - Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Aristolochia durior - Dutchman’s Pipe
Asplenium species - Spleenwort
Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides - Southern Lady Fern
Bacopa sp. - Water Hyssop
Bignonia capreolata - Crossvine
Campsis radicans - Trumpet Creeper
Carex annectans - Sedge
Carex comosa - Sedge
Carex crinata - Sedge
Carex muskingumensis - Palm Sedge
Carex plantaginea - Seer-sucker Sedge
Carex shortiana - Sedge
Chasmanthuim latifolium - Northern Sea Oats
Chrysonum virginianum - Green and Gold
Clematis paniculata - Sweet Autumn Clematis
Coreopsis verticillata - Tick-seed
Crinum americanum - Southern Swamp Crinum
Cystopteris sp. - Berry Bladder Fern
Deschampsia caespitosa - Hair Grass
Dicentra eximaia - Bleeding Heart
Dichromena colorata - White-topped Sedge
Dryopteris sp. - Woods Fern
Dulichium arundicaceum - Dwarf Bamboo Sedge
Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower
Eichornia crassipes - Water Hyacinth
Eleocharis obtusa - Spike Rush
Eleocharis sp. - Spike Rush
Elodea canadensis - Waterweed
Equisetum hyemale - Horsetail
Eupatorium coelestinum - Hardy Ageratum
Fragaria virginiana - Virginia Strawberry
Galax urceolata - Galax
Gaultheria procumbens - Wintergreen
Gelsemium sempervirens - Carolina Jessamine
Gratiola sp. - Hedge Hyssop
Hepatica acutiloba - Liverleaf
Heuchera americana - Alumroot
Hexastylis species - Ginger
Hypericum frondosum - St. John’s Wort
Juncus sp. - Rush
Justicia americana - Water Willow
Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower
Lobelia siphilitica - Great Blue Lobelia
Lonicera sempervirens - Trumpet Honeysuckle
Ludwigia decurrens - False Loosestrife
Ludwigia repens - False Loosestrife
Lyonia lucida - Tetterbush
Matteuccia pensylvanica - Ostrich Fern
Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells
Mitchella repens - Partridge Berry
Myriophyllum aquaticum - Parrot’s Feather
Nuphar luteum - Spadderdock
Nymphaea odorata - White Waterlily
Orontium aquaticum - Golden Club
Osmunda regalis - Royal Fern
Osmunda cinnamonea - Cinnamon Fern
Pachysandra procumbens - Alleghany Spurge
Pathenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper
Peltandra virginica - Arrow Arum
Penstemon sp. - Beard-tongue
Phalaris arundinacea - Reed Canary Grass
Physostegia virginaina - Obedient Plant
Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple
Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas Fern
Pontederia cordata - Pickeral Weed
Potamogenton sp. - Pondweed
Rumohra adiantiformis - Leather Fern
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
Rubus sp. - Blackberry
Sagittaria lancifolia - Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia - Duck Potato
Savinia sp. - Water Fern
Saururus cernuus - Lizard’s Tail
Scirpus americanus - Bulrush
Sedum ternatum - Sedum
Selaginella pallescens - Arborivitae Fern
Solidago ‘Crown of Rays’ - Goldenrod
Thalia dealbata - Water Canna
Thelypteris sp. - Maiden Fern
Thelypteris noveboracensis - New York Fern
Tiarella cordifolia - Foamflower
Tradescantia virginaina - Spiderwort
Typha angustifolia - Narrowleaf Cattail
Typha latifolia - Cattail
Vernonia noveboracensis - Ironweed
Viola sp. - Violet
Vitis rotundifolia - Muscadine Grape
Walstenia ternata - Barren Strawberry
Woodsia ilvensis - Rusty Woodsia
Woodwardia virginiana - Virginia Chain Fern
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