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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.

Okra 1
Abelmoschus esculentus
Sweet Acacia
Acacia farnesiana
Acer rubrum drummondii
Red Buckeye 2
Aesculus pavia
Aletris aurea
Aletris lutea
Allium canadense canadense
Alophia drummondii 3
slender amaranth 4
Amaranthus viridis
shadblow 5
Amelanchier arborea
Desert False Indigo 6
Amorpha fruticosa
Eastern Bluestar 7
Amsonia tabernaemontana
Anemone caroliniana
Groundnut 1
Apios americana
devil's walkingstick 8
Aralia spinosa
devil's walkingstick 8
Aralia spinosa
Argemone albiflora
Dragon Arum 9
Arisaema dracontium
Jack-in-the-pulpit 10
Arisaema triphyllum
red chokeberry 11
Aronia arbutifolia
Swamp Milkweed 12
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias lanceolata
Red milkweed 5
Asclepias rubra
Butterfly Milkweed 13
Asclepias tuberosa
white milkweed 14
Asclepias variegata
Asclepias viridiflora 15
Green Milkweed 16
Asclepias viridis
Common Pawpaw 17
Asimina triloba
Soxman's milkvetch
Astragalus soxmaniorum
Baptisia nuttalliana
Baptisia sphaerocarpa
Watershield 18
Brasenia schreberi
American Beautyberry 19
Callicarpa americana
Callirhoe papaver
bearded grasspink 20
Calopogon barbatus
many-flowered grasspink 21
Calopogon multiflorus
pale grasspink
Calopogon pallidus
tuberous grasspink
Calopogon tuberosus
Straggler daisy 22
Calyptocarpus vialis
Hedge Bindweed 23
Calystegia sepium
Atlantic camas 7
Camassia scilloides
Golden Canna 21
Canna flaccida
New Jersey Tea 24
Ceanothus americanus
Pearl millet
Cenchrus americanus
Butterfly Pea 25
Centrosema virginianum
Eastern Redbud 26
Cercis canadensis
Partridge pea 27
Chamaecrista fasciculata
white fringetree 24
Chionanthus virginicus
large spreading pogonia 28
Cleistesiopsis divaricata
small Coastal Plain spreading pogonia
Cleistesiopsis oricamporum
Clematis crispa
virgin's bower 29
Clematis virginiana
Sweet Pepperbush 30
Clethra alnifolia
Cliftonia monophylla
Cnidoscolus stimulosus
Texas Bull Nettle
Cnidoscolus texanus
Carolina snailseed 31
Cocculus carolinus
Elephant Ears 32
Colocasia
Widow's Tears 33
Commelina erecta
Poison Hemlock 34
Conium maculatum
Evening Rainlilly
Cooperia drummondii
Fall Coral-Root 35
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
Spring Coralroot 16
Corallorhiza wisteriana
Flowering Dogwood 36
Cornus florida
golden corydalis 37
Corydalis micrantha
Crataegus opaca
Crinum americanum americanum
Dodder 38
Cuscuta gronovii
Lady's-slipper 39
Cypripedium calceolus
Cyrilla racemiflora
Decumaria barbara
Wild Blue Larkspur
Delphinium carolinianum
Illinois bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis
Dichromena colorata
Small Sundew 40
Drosera brevifolia
Thread-leaved Sundew 41
Drosera filiformis
Spoonleaf Sundew 42
Drosera intermedia
Common Water Hyacinth 43
Eichhornia crassipes
Epidendrum magnoliae 35
ten-angled pipewort
Eriocaulon decangulare
Eryngium integrifolium
rattlesnake master 12
Eryngium yuccifolium
Cherokee bean 44
Erythrina herbacea
Bursting-Heart 45
Euonymus americanus
Snow-on-the-Prairie 46
Euphorbia bicolor
golondrina
Euphorbia heterophylla
Catchfly Prairie Gentian
Eustoma exaltatum
American Beech 47
Fagus grandifolia
Forestiera acuminata 48
mountain strawberry 49
Fragaria virginiana
Carolina buckthorn 50
Frangula caroliniana
Gaura lindheimeri
dangleberry
Gaylussacia frondosa
Yellow Jessamine 51
Gelsemium sempervirens
soapwort gentian 52
Gentiana saponaria
striped gentian 38
Gentiana villosa
Carolina Cranesbill 53
Geranium carolinianum
Loblolly bay 28
Gordonia lasianthus
longhorn bog orchid 54
Habenaria quinqueseta
Habenaria repens

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