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
Crane-Fly Orchid 1
Tipularia discolor
large spreading pogonia 3
Cleistesiopsis divaricata
small Coastal Plain spreading pogonia
Cleistesiopsis oricamporum
Lady's-slipper 4
Cypripedium calceolus
white-fringed orchid 5
Platanthera blephariglottis
orange fringed orchid 6
Platanthera ciliaris
small green wood orchid 7
Platanthera clavellata
orange crested orchid 8
Platanthera cristata
southern rein orchid 9
Platanthera flava
yellow fringeless orchid 7
Platanthera integra
ragged fringed orchid 10
Platanthera lacera
snowy orchid 8
Platanthera nivea
Fall Coral-Root 7
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
Spring Coralroot 11
Corallorhiza wisteriana
green adder's-mouth 12
Malaxis unifolia
longhorn bog orchid 13
Habenaria quinqueseta
lace-lipped ladies'-tresses 11
Spiranthes laciniata
giant spiral orchid 7
Spiranthes longilabris
fragrant ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes odorata
Rose Pogonia 2
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Southern twayblade 15
Neottia bifolia
three-birds orchid 7
Triphora trianthophora
bearded grasspink 16
Calopogon barbatus
many-flowered grasspink 17
Calopogon multiflorus
pale grasspink
Calopogon pallidus
tuberous grasspink
Calopogon tuberosus

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