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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.

Acer rubrum drummondii
Adam's needle 1
Yucca filamentosa
Aletris aurea
Aletris lutea
Allium canadense canadense
Aloe Yucca 2
Yucca aloifolia
Alophia drummondii 3
American Beautyberry 4
Callicarpa americana
American Beech 5
Fagus grandifolia
American Elder 6
Sambucus nigra canadensis
American Holly
Ilex opaca
American White Waterlily 7
Nymphaea odorata
American bur-reed 7
Sparganium americanum
American hophornbeam 8
Ostrya virginiana
American lotus 9
Nelumbo lutea
American wisteria 10
Wisteria frutescens
Anemone caroliniana
Aquequexquic
Xanthosoma robustum
Argemone albiflora
Asclepias lanceolata
Asclepias viridiflora 11
Atlantic camas 12
Camassia scilloides
Atlantic poison oak 13
Toxicodendron pubescens
Ball Moss 9
Tillandsia recurvata
Baptisia nuttalliana
Baptisia sphaerocarpa
Beach Morning Glory 14
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Beach evening primrose
Oenothera drummondii
Bearded Iris 15
Iris germanica
Black Locust 16
Robinia pseudoacacia
Blue Phlox 17
Phlox divaricata
Bull Tongue Arrowhead 18
Sagittaria lancifolia media
Bursting-Heart 19
Euonymus americanus
Butterfly Pea 20
Centrosema virginianum
Butterfly Milkweed 21
Asclepias tuberosa
Callirhoe papaver
Candyroot
Polygala nana
Carolina Cranesbill 22
Geranium carolinianum
Carolina buckthorn 23
Frangula caroliniana
Carolina laurelcherry 24
Prunus caroliniana
Carolina lily 25
Lilium michauxii
Carolina redroot
Lachnanthes caroliana
Carolina snailseed 26
Cocculus carolinus
Carolina yellow-eyed grass 27
Xyris difformis
Catchfly Prairie Gentian
Eustoma exaltatum
Chapman's yellow-eyed grass
Xyris chapmanii
Cherokee bean 28
Erythrina herbacea
Cherokee rose 29
Rosa laevigata
Clematis crispa
Cliftonia monophylla
Cnidoscolus stimulosus
Common Cattail 30
Typha latifolia
Common Evening-Primrose 31
Oenothera biennis
Common Pawpaw 32
Asimina triloba
Common Water Hyacinth 33
Eichhornia crassipes
Copper Iris 34
Iris fulva
Coral Greenbrier 35
Smilax walteri
Crane-Fly Orchid 36
Tipularia discolor
Crane-Fly Orchid 36
Tipularia discolor
Crataegus opaca
Crinum americanum americanum
Crowpoison 37
Nothoscordum bivalve
Cucumber-tree 38
Magnolia acuminata
Cypress Vine 39
Ipomoea quamoclit
Cyrilla racemiflora
Decumaria barbara
Desert False Indigo 6
Amorpha fruticosa
Dichromena colorata
Dodder 40
Cuscuta gronovii
Dragon Arum 41
Arisaema dracontium
Duck-potato 40
Sagittaria latifolia
Dwarf Palmetto
Sabal minor
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass 42
Sisyrinchium atlanticum
Eastern Bluestar 12
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Eastern Poison-ivy 43
Toxicodendron radicans radicans
Eastern Redbud 44
Cercis canadensis
Elderberry 45
Sambucus nigra
Elephant Ears 46
Colocasia
Epidendrum magnoliae 47
Eryngium integrifolium
Evening Rainlilly
Cooperia drummondii
Fall Coral-Root 47
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
False Asphodel 48
Tofieldia calyculata
Fetterbush 27
Lyonia lucida
Flowering Dogwood 49
Cornus florida
Forestiera acuminata 50
French tamarisk 51
Tamarix gallica
Gaura lindheimeri
Golden Canna 37
Canna flaccida
Golden Club 52
Orontium aquaticum
Grass-leaved Arrowhead 53
Sagittaria graminea
Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses 47
Spiranthes praecox
Green Arrow Arum 7
Peltandra virginica
Green Milkweed 9
Asclepias viridis
Greenbriars 54
Smilax
Groundnut 55
Apios americana
Habenaria repens
Hairypod Cowpea 37
Vigna luteola
Halberd-leaf Rosemallow
Hibiscus laevis
Halesia diptera

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