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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Sweet Pepperbush ¹
Clethra alnifolia

dangleberry
Gaylussacia frondosa

Indian Pipe ²
Monotropa uniflora

Fetterbush ³
Lyonia lucida

Oxydendrum arboreum ⁴

Mountain Laurel ⁵
Kalmia latifolia

Rhododendron canescens ⁶

Rhododendron austrinum

deerberry ⁷
Vaccinium stamineum

Yellow Bird's-Nest ⁸
Monotropa hypopitys

Sparkleberry ⁹
Vaccinium arboreum

Symplocos tinctoria

snowbell ¹⁰
Styrax americanus

Halesia diptera

Standing Cypress ¹¹
Ipomopsis rubra

Blue Phlox ¹²
Phlox divaricata

Prairie Phlox ¹³
Phlox pilosa

Spotted Touch-me-not ¹⁴
Impatiens capensis

Pale Pitcher Plant ¹⁵
Sarracenia alata

Parrot Pitcher Plant ¹⁶
Sarracenia psittacina

Purple Pitcher Plant ¹⁷
Sarracenia purpurea

Cyrilla racemiflora

Cliftonia monophylla

Symplocos tinctoria

Stewartia malacodendron ¹⁸

Loblolly bay ¹⁹
Gordonia lasianthus

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BREC's Wildflower Park Guide

Sweet Pepperbush 1 Clethra alnifolia

dangleberry Gaylussacia frondosa

Indian Pipe 2 Monotropa uniflora

Fetterbush 3 Lyonia lucida

Mountain Laurel 5 Kalmia latifolia

deerberry 7 Vaccinium stamineum

Yellow Bird's-Nest 8 Monotropa hypopitys

Sparkleberry 9 Vaccinium arboreum

snowbell 10 Styrax americanus

Standing Cypress 11 Ipomopsis rubra

Blue Phlox 12 Phlox divaricata

Prairie Phlox 13 Phlox pilosa

Spotted Touch-me-not 14 Impatiens capensis

Pale Pitcher Plant 15 Sarracenia alata

Parrot Pitcher Plant 16 Sarracenia psittacina

Purple Pitcher Plant 17 Sarracenia purpurea

Loblolly bay 19 Gordonia lasianthus