BREC's Wildflower Park Guide

Ever wonder what the name of that beautiful flower on the trail is? Use this guide to help you decipher the blues from the purples and yellows from the golds. Spring and early Fall are the best seasons to go wildflowers exploring in BREC's Conservation Areas.

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Sweetbay magnolia ¹
Magnolia virginiana

Yellow Waterlily
Nymphaea mexicana

American White Waterlily ²
Nymphaea odorata

Spatterdock ³
Nuphar advena

Watershield ⁴
Brasenia schreberi

Viola langloisii

bird's-foot violet ⁵
Viola pedata

Viola primulifolia

woolly blue violet ⁶
Viola sororia

Snow-on-the-Prairie ⁷
Euphorbia bicolor

golondrina
Euphorbia heterophylla

Cnidoscolus stimulosus

Texas Bull Nettle
Cnidoscolus texanus

Hypericum cistifolium

Hypericum densiflorum

little brown jug ⁸
Hexastylis arifolia

lizard's tail ⁹
Saururus cernuus

American lotus ⁹
Nelumbo lutea

meadow holly ¹⁰
Ilex decidua

American Holly
Ilex opaca

Yaupon holly ¹¹
Ilex vomitoria

anís estrella
Illicium floridanum

Streptanthus hyacinthoides

Watercress ⁹
Nasturtium officinale

Witchhazel ¹²
Hamamelis virginiana

Virginia Creeper ¹³
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Dichromena colorata

White-topped Sedge ¹⁴
Rhynchospora colorata

Pearl millet
Cenchrus americanus

Common Cattail ¹⁵
Typha latifolia

American bur-reed ²
Sparganium americanum

Ball Moss ⁹
Tillandsia recurvata

Spanish Moss ¹⁶
Tillandsia usneoides

ten-angled pipewort
Eriocaulon decangulare

Xyris ambigua ¹⁷

grassleaf yellow-eyed grass
Xyris baldwiniana

Chapman's yellow-eyed grass
Xyris chapmanii

Carolina yellow-eyed grass ¹⁸
Xyris difformis

Xyris louisianica

Xyris platylepis

roughleaf yellow-eyed grass
Xyris scabrifolia

Small's yellow-eyed grass
Xyris smalliana

Xyris stricta

twisted yellow-eyed grass
Xyris torta

Crane-Fly Orchid ¹
Tipularia discolor

Hexalectris spicata

large spreading pogonia ¹⁹
Cleistesiopsis divaricata

small Coastal Plain spreading pogonia
Cleistesiopsis oricamporum

Lady's-slipper ²⁰
Cypripedium calceolus

white-fringed orchid ²¹
Platanthera blephariglottis

orange fringed orchid ²²
Platanthera ciliaris

small green wood orchid ²³
Platanthera clavellata

orange crested orchid ²⁴
Platanthera cristata

southern rein orchid ⁴
Platanthera flava

Platanthera flava flava

yellow fringeless orchid ²³
Platanthera integra

ragged fringed orchid ²⁵
Platanthera lacera

snowy orchid ²⁴
Platanthera nivea

Fall Coral-Root ²³
Corallorhiza odontorhiza

Spring Coralroot ⁹
Corallorhiza wisteriana

green adder's-mouth ²⁶
Malaxis unifolia

longhorn bog orchid ²⁷
Habenaria quinqueseta

Habenaria repens

lace-lipped ladies'-tresses ⁹
Spiranthes laciniata

giant spiral orchid ²³
Spiranthes longilabris

fragrant ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes odorata

oval ladies'-tresses ²⁸
Spiranthes ovalis

Spiranthes ovalis ovalis

Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses ²³
Spiranthes praecox

little ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes tuberosa

Rose Pogonia ²⁹
Pogonia ophioglossoides

Epidendrum magnoliae ²³

Southern twayblade ³⁰
Neottia bifolia

three-birds orchid ²³
Triphora trianthophora

bearded grasspink ¹⁸
Calopogon barbatus

many-flowered grasspink ³¹
Calopogon multiflorus

pale grasspink
Calopogon pallidus

tuberous grasspink
Calopogon tuberosus

Allium canadense canadense

Crowpoison ³¹
Nothoscordum bivalve

Nothoscordum bivalve bivalve

Nemastylis

Nemastylis geminiflora

Alophia drummondii ³²

Iris brevicaulis

Iris flexicaulis

Copper Iris ³³
Iris fulva

Bearded Iris ³⁴
Iris germanica

giant blue iris ³⁵
Iris giganticaerulea

Yellow Flag
Iris pseudacorus

Iris virginica ³⁶

Eastern Blue-eyed Grass ³⁷
Sisyrinchium atlanticum

Sisyrinchium capillare

Sisyrinchium sagittiferum

Aloe Yucca ²⁷
Yucca aloifolia

Adam's needle ³⁸
Yucca filamentosa

Yucca louisianensis

Atlantic camas ³⁹
Camassia scilloides

Zephyranthes atamasco

Zephyranthes candida

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BREC's Wildflower Park Guide

Sweetbay magnolia 1 Magnolia virginiana

Yellow Waterlily Nymphaea mexicana

American White Waterlily 2 Nymphaea odorata

Spatterdock 3 Nuphar advena

Watershield 4 Brasenia schreberi

bird's-foot violet 5 Viola pedata

woolly blue violet 6 Viola sororia

Snow-on-the-Prairie 7 Euphorbia bicolor

golondrina Euphorbia heterophylla

Texas Bull Nettle Cnidoscolus texanus

little brown jug 8 Hexastylis arifolia

lizard's tail 9 Saururus cernuus

American lotus 9 Nelumbo lutea

meadow holly 10 Ilex decidua

American Holly Ilex opaca

Yaupon holly 11 Ilex vomitoria

anís estrella Illicium floridanum

Watercress 9 Nasturtium officinale

Witchhazel 12 Hamamelis virginiana

Virginia Creeper 13 Parthenocissus quinquefolia

White-topped Sedge 14 Rhynchospora colorata

Pearl millet Cenchrus americanus

Common Cattail 15 Typha latifolia

American bur-reed 2 Sparganium americanum

Ball Moss 9 Tillandsia recurvata

Spanish Moss 16 Tillandsia usneoides

ten-angled pipewort Eriocaulon decangulare

grassleaf yellow-eyed grass Xyris baldwiniana

Chapman's yellow-eyed grass Xyris chapmanii

Carolina yellow-eyed grass 18 Xyris difformis

roughleaf yellow-eyed grass Xyris scabrifolia

Small's yellow-eyed grass Xyris smalliana

twisted yellow-eyed grass Xyris torta

Crane-Fly Orchid 1 Tipularia discolor

large spreading pogonia 19 Cleistesiopsis divaricata

small Coastal Plain spreading pogonia Cleistesiopsis oricamporum

Lady's-slipper 20 Cypripedium calceolus

white-fringed orchid 21 Platanthera blephariglottis

orange fringed orchid 22 Platanthera ciliaris

small green wood orchid 23 Platanthera clavellata

orange crested orchid 24 Platanthera cristata

southern rein orchid 4 Platanthera flava

yellow fringeless orchid 23 Platanthera integra

ragged fringed orchid 25 Platanthera lacera

snowy orchid 24 Platanthera nivea

Fall Coral-Root 23 Corallorhiza odontorhiza

Spring Coralroot 9 Corallorhiza wisteriana

green adder's-mouth 26 Malaxis unifolia

longhorn bog orchid 27 Habenaria quinqueseta

lace-lipped ladies'-tresses 9 Spiranthes laciniata

giant spiral orchid 23 Spiranthes longilabris

fragrant ladies'-tresses Spiranthes odorata

oval ladies'-tresses 28 Spiranthes ovalis

Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses 23 Spiranthes praecox

little ladies'-tresses Spiranthes tuberosa

Rose Pogonia 29 Pogonia ophioglossoides

Southern twayblade 30 Neottia bifolia

three-birds orchid 23 Triphora trianthophora

bearded grasspink 18 Calopogon barbatus

many-flowered grasspink 31 Calopogon multiflorus

pale grasspink Calopogon pallidus

tuberous grasspink Calopogon tuberosus

Crowpoison 31 Nothoscordum bivalve

Copper Iris 33 Iris fulva

Bearded Iris 34 Iris germanica

giant blue iris 35 Iris giganticaerulea

Yellow Flag Iris pseudacorus

Eastern Blue-eyed Grass 37 Sisyrinchium atlanticum

Aloe Yucca 27 Yucca aloifolia

Adam's needle 38 Yucca filamentosa

Atlantic camas 39 Camassia scilloides