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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swamp rose ¹
Rosa palustris

swamp rose mallow ²
Hibiscus moscheutos

water-lily family ³
Nymphaeaceae

red maple ⁴
Acer rubrum

silky dogwood ⁵
Cornus amomum

elders ⁶
Sambucus

Black Tupelo ⁷
Nyssa sylvatica

American holly ⁸
Ilex opaca

sweetbay magnolia ⁹
Magnolia virginiana

swamp azalea ¹⁰
Rhododendron viscosum

tulip tree ¹¹
Liriodendron tulipifera

white oak ¹²
Quercus alba

American sycamore ¹³
Platanus occidentalis

Touch-me-not Balsam ¹⁴
Impatiens noli-tangere

spicebushes ¹⁵
Lindera

American wintergreen ¹⁶
Pyrola americana

trailing arbutus ¹⁷
Epigaea repens

chestnut oak ¹⁸
Quercus montana

sheep laurel ¹⁹
Kalmia angustifolia

mountain laurel ²⁰
Kalmia latifolia

scarlet oak ²¹
Quercus coccinea

southern red oak ²²
Quercus falcata

post oak ²³
Quercus stellata

blackjack oak ²⁴
Quercus marilandica

Alleghany Chinkapin ²⁵
Castanea pumila

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Sewell Spring Branch GEMS

swamp rose 1 Rosa palustris

swamp rose mallow 2 Hibiscus moscheutos

water-lily family 3 Nymphaeaceae

red maple 4 Acer rubrum

silky dogwood 5 Cornus amomum

elders 6 Sambucus

Black Tupelo 7 Nyssa sylvatica

American holly 8 Ilex opaca

sweetbay magnolia 9 Magnolia virginiana

swamp azalea 10 Rhododendron viscosum

tulip tree 11 Liriodendron tulipifera

white oak 12 Quercus alba

American sycamore 13 Platanus occidentalis

Touch-me-not Balsam 14 Impatiens noli-tangere

spicebushes 15 Lindera

American wintergreen 16 Pyrola americana

trailing arbutus 17 Epigaea repens

chestnut oak 18 Quercus montana

sheep laurel 19 Kalmia angustifolia

mountain laurel 20 Kalmia latifolia

scarlet oak 21 Quercus coccinea

southern red oak 22 Quercus falcata

post oak 23 Quercus stellata

blackjack oak 24 Quercus marilandica

Alleghany Chinkapin 25 Castanea pumila