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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
elders 12
Sambucus
Black Tupelo 13
Nyssa sylvatica
American holly 14
Ilex opaca
sweetbay magnolia 15
Magnolia virginiana
swamp azalea 16
Rhododendron viscosum
tulip tree 17
Liriodendron tulipifera
white oak 18
Quercus alba
American sycamore 19
Platanus occidentalis
Touch-me-not Balsam 20
Impatiens noli-tangere
spicebushes 21
Lindera
pink lady's slipper 22
Cypripedium acaule
American wintergreen 23
Pyrola americana
trailing arbutus 24
Epigaea repens
chestnut oak 25
Quercus montana
sheep laurel 26
Kalmia angustifolia
mountain laurel 27
Kalmia latifolia
scarlet oak 28
Quercus coccinea
southern red oak 29
Quercus falcata
post oak 30
Quercus stellata
blackjack oak 31
Quercus marilandica
Alleghany Chinkapin 32
Castanea pumila

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