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 ↓

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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

tulip tree ¹⁹
Liriodendron tulipifera

clubmosses ²⁰
Lycopodiaceae

white oak ²¹
Quercus alba

New York fern ²²
Parathelypteris noveboracensis

American sycamore ²³
Platanus occidentalis

Touch-me-not Balsam ²⁴
Impatiens noli-tangere

hay-scented fern ²⁵
Dennstaedtia punctilobula

rattlesnake fern ²¹
Botrypus virginianus

spicebushes ²²
Lindera

pink lady's slipper ²⁶
Cypripedium acaule

American wintergreen ²⁷
Pyrola americana

trailing arbutus ²⁸
Epigaea repens

chestnut oak ²⁹
Quercus montana

sheep laurel ³⁰
Kalmia angustifolia

mountain laurel ³¹
Kalmia latifolia

scarlet oak ³²
Quercus coccinea

southern red oak ³³
Quercus falcata

Virginia pine ³⁴
Pinus virginiana

post oak ³⁵
Quercus stellata

blackjack oak ³⁶
Quercus marilandica

Alleghany Chinkapin ³⁷
Castanea pumila

shortleaf pine ³⁸
Pinus echinata

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Sewell Spring Branch GEMS

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

tulip tree 19 Liriodendron tulipifera

clubmosses 20 Lycopodiaceae

white oak 21 Quercus alba

New York fern 22 Parathelypteris noveboracensis

American sycamore 23 Platanus occidentalis

Touch-me-not Balsam 24 Impatiens noli-tangere

hay-scented fern 25 Dennstaedtia punctilobula

rattlesnake fern 21 Botrypus virginianus

spicebushes 22 Lindera

pink lady's slipper 26 Cypripedium acaule

American wintergreen 27 Pyrola americana

trailing arbutus 28 Epigaea repens

chestnut oak 29 Quercus montana

sheep laurel 30 Kalmia angustifolia

mountain laurel 31 Kalmia latifolia

scarlet oak 32 Quercus coccinea

southern red oak 33 Quercus falcata

Virginia pine 34 Pinus virginiana

post oak 35 Quercus stellata

blackjack oak 36 Quercus marilandica

Alleghany Chinkapin 37 Castanea pumila

shortleaf pine 38 Pinus echinata