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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.

Crane-Fly Orchid 1
Tipularia discolor
Rose Pogonia 2
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Dichromena colorata
White-topped Sedge 3
Rhynchospora colorata
Pearl millet
Cenchrus americanus
Common Cattail 4
Typha latifolia
American bur-reed 5
Sparganium americanum
Ball Moss 6
Tillandsia recurvata
Spanish Moss 7
Tillandsia usneoides
ten-angled pipewort
Eriocaulon decangulare
Xyris ambigua 8
grassleaf yellow-eyed grass
Xyris baldwiniana
Chapman's yellow-eyed grass
Xyris chapmanii
Carolina yellow-eyed grass 9
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 10
Cleistesiopsis divaricata
small Coastal Plain spreading pogonia
Cleistesiopsis oricamporum
Lady's-slipper 11
Cypripedium calceolus
white-fringed orchid 12
Platanthera blephariglottis
orange fringed orchid 13
Platanthera ciliaris
small green wood orchid 14
Platanthera clavellata
orange crested orchid 15
Platanthera cristata
southern rein orchid 16
Platanthera flava
Platanthera flava flava
yellow fringeless orchid 14
Platanthera integra
ragged fringed orchid 17
Platanthera lacera
snowy orchid 15
Platanthera nivea
Fall Coral-Root 14
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
Spring Coralroot 6
Corallorhiza wisteriana
green adder's-mouth 18
Malaxis unifolia
longhorn bog orchid 19
Habenaria quinqueseta
Habenaria repens
lace-lipped ladies'-tresses 6
Spiranthes laciniata
giant spiral orchid 14
Spiranthes longilabris
fragrant ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes odorata
oval ladies'-tresses 20
Spiranthes ovalis
Spiranthes ovalis ovalis
Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses 14
Spiranthes praecox
little ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes tuberosa
Rose Pogonia 2
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Epidendrum magnoliae 14
Southern twayblade 21
Neottia bifolia
three-birds orchid 14
Triphora trianthophora
bearded grasspink 9
Calopogon barbatus
many-flowered grasspink 22
Calopogon multiflorus
pale grasspink
Calopogon pallidus
tuberous grasspink
Calopogon tuberosus
Allium canadense canadense
Crowpoison 22
Nothoscordum bivalve
Nothoscordum bivalve bivalve
Nemastylis
Nemastylis geminiflora
Alophia drummondii 23
Iris brevicaulis
Iris flexicaulis
Copper Iris 24
Iris fulva
Bearded Iris 25
Iris germanica
giant blue iris 26
Iris giganticaerulea
Yellow Flag
Iris pseudacorus
Iris virginica 27
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass 28
Sisyrinchium atlanticum
Sisyrinchium capillare
Sisyrinchium sagittiferum
Aloe Yucca 19
Yucca aloifolia
Adam's needle 29
Yucca filamentosa
Yucca louisianensis
Atlantic camas 30
Camassia scilloides
Zephyranthes atamasco
Zephyranthes candida
Spring Spiderlily 6
Hymenocallis liriosme
azucena de agua
Hymenocallis littoralis
Hymenocallis occidentalis
Evening Rainlilly
Cooperia drummondii
Crinum americanum americanum
swamp star grass
Hypoxis curtissii
yellow star grass 31
Hypoxis hirsuta
savanna star grass
Hypoxis rigida
glossy-seeded star grass
Hypoxis sessilis
bristleseed star grass 15
Hypoxis wrightii
Carolina lily 18
Lilium michauxii
Lilium catesbaei catesbaei
Trillium foetidissimum 32
Trillium gracile
Trillium ludovicianum
toadshade 33
Trillium sessile
Ozark trillium 16
Trillium viridescens
Sandbog Death Camas 1
Zigadenus glaberrimus
Zigadenus leimanthoides
Stenanthium gramineum
Greenbriars 34
Smilax
Saw Greenbrier
Smilax bona-nox
laurel-leaf greenbrier 35
Smilax laurifolia
Coral Greenbrier 35
Smilax walteri

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