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Sewell Spring Branch GEMS

This guide outlines the plant and wildlife gems identified along the Sewell Spring Branch and Severn Run. In the Gems of the Severn study released in 1988, over 500 “gems” which are various ecological, historical, scenic, and archeological features throughout the Severn River watershed, were ...more ↓

common cordgrass 1
Sporobolus anglicus
swamp rose 2
Rosa palustris
Saltmarsh Cord Grass 3
Sporobolus alterniflorus
Green Arrow Arum 4
Peltandra virginica
swamp rose mallow 5
Hibiscus moscheutos
bulrushes and cattails 6
Typha
Common Reeds 7
Phragmites
water-lily family 8
Nymphaeaceae
skunk cabbages 9
Symplocarpus
red maple 10
Acer rubrum
silky dogwood 11
Cornus amomum
cinnamon fern 12
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
elders 13
Sambucus
Black Tupelo 14
Nyssa sylvatica
pitch pine 15
Pinus rigida
American holly 16
Ilex opaca
sweetbay magnolia 17
Magnolia virginiana
swamp azalea 18
Rhododendron viscosum
Sphagnum mosses 19
Sphagnum
tulip tree 20
Liriodendron tulipifera
clubmosses 21
Lycopodiaceae
white oak 22
Quercus alba
New York fern 23
Parathelypteris noveboracensis
American sycamore 24
Platanus occidentalis
Touch-me-not Balsam 25
Impatiens noli-tangere
hay-scented fern 26
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
rattlesnake fern 22
Botrypus virginianus
spicebushes 23
Lindera
pink lady's slipper 27
Cypripedium acaule
American wintergreen 28
Pyrola americana
trailing arbutus 29
Epigaea repens
chestnut oak 30
Quercus montana
sheep laurel 31
Kalmia angustifolia
mountain laurel 32
Kalmia latifolia
scarlet oak 33
Quercus coccinea
southern red oak 34
Quercus falcata
Virginia pine 35
Pinus virginiana
post oak 36
Quercus stellata
blackjack oak 37
Quercus marilandica
Alleghany Chinkapin 38
Castanea pumila
Red Fox 39
Vulpes vulpes
Northern Harrier 40
Circus hudsonius
White-tailed Deer 41
Odocoileus virginianus
Great Blue Heron 42
Ardea herodias
Osprey 43
Pandion haliaetus
Muskrat 44
Ondatra zibethicus
shortleaf pine 45
Pinus echinata

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