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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
Crane-Fly Orchid 1
Tipularia discolor
Hexalectris spicata
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
Platanthera flava 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
Habenaria repens
lace-lipped ladies'-tresses 11
Spiranthes laciniata
giant spiral orchid 7
Spiranthes longilabris
fragrant ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes odorata
oval ladies'-tresses 14
Spiranthes ovalis
Spiranthes ovalis ovalis
Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses 7
Spiranthes praecox
little ladies'-tresses
Spiranthes tuberosa
Rose Pogonia 2
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Epidendrum magnoliae 7
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
Allium canadense canadense
Crowpoison 17
Nothoscordum bivalve
Nothoscordum bivalve bivalve
Nemastylis
Nemastylis geminiflora
Alophia drummondii 18
Iris brevicaulis
Iris flexicaulis
Copper Iris 19
Iris fulva
Bearded Iris 20
Iris germanica
giant blue iris 21
Iris giganticaerulea
Yellow Flag
Iris pseudacorus
Iris virginica 22
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass 23
Sisyrinchium atlanticum
Sisyrinchium capillare
Sisyrinchium sagittiferum
Aloe Yucca 13
Yucca aloifolia
Adam's needle 24
Yucca filamentosa
Yucca louisianensis
Atlantic camas 25
Camassia scilloides
Zephyranthes atamasco
Zephyranthes candida
Spring Spiderlily 11
Hymenocallis liriosme
azucena de agua
Hymenocallis littoralis
Hymenocallis occidentalis
Evening Rainlilly
Cooperia drummondii
Crinum americanum americanum
swamp star grass
Hypoxis curtissii
yellow star grass 26
Hypoxis hirsuta
savanna star grass
Hypoxis rigida
glossy-seeded star grass
Hypoxis sessilis
bristleseed star grass 8
Hypoxis wrightii

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