Home Plant Index Trail Map		A Guide to the Wildflowers of Twin Swamps Nature Preserve Summer Late June-July		Flower photos By season By habitat By color
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LOW, WET: The following plants tend to be found in the lowest, muddiest areas of the preserve.
Poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans	Water hemlock Cicuta maculata	Spotted jewelweed Impatiens capensis	Seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia	Yellow wood sorrel Oxalis sp.
Slender mountain mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	Stickseed Hackelia virginiana	Smooth phlox Phlox glaberrima	Wood nettle Laportea canadensis	False nettle Boehmeria cylindrica
LOW, DRY: The following plants tend to be found in low but better-drained areas of the preserve.
Woodland agrimony Agrimonia rostellata	Wood nettle Laportea canadensis	False nettle Boehmeria cylindrica	Spangle grass Chasmanthium latifolium	White avens Geum canadense
Spotted jewelweed Impatiens capensis	Indian tobacco Lobelia inflata	Virginia knotweed Polygonum virginianum	Starry campion Silene stellata	White vervain Verbena urticifolia
Evening primrose Oenothera biennis	Yellow wood sorrel Oxalis sp.	Lopseed Phryma leptostachya	American ipecac Porteranthus stipulatus	Slender mountain mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Woodland sunflower Helianthus divaricatus	Poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans	Stickseed Hackelia virginiana
HIGH, DRY: The following plants tend to be found in the highest, well-drained areas of the preserve.
American spikenard Aralia racemosa	Hairy wood mint Blephilia hirsuta	Tall bellflower Campanula americana	Purple Joe-pye weed Eupatorium purpureum	Virginia knotweed Polygonum virginianum
White vervain Verbena urticifolia	Pointed-leaf tick trefoil Desmodium glutinosum	Yellow wood sorrel Oxalis sp.	Lopseed Phryma leptostachya	Pokeweed Phytolacca americana
Woodland agrimony Agrimonia rostellata	Smooth hedge nettle Stachys tenuifolia	Stickseed Hackelia virginiana
CYPRESS SWAMP: These plants tend to be found in the cypress swamp and can be seen from the boardwalk.
Duckweed Lemna sp.	Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis	Swamp rose Rosa palustris	Lizard's tail Saururus cernuus
FIELD: These plants tend to be found in the sunny field between the parking lot and the woods.
Trumpet creeper Campsis radicans	Self-heal Prunella vulgaris	Horse nettle Solanum carolinense	Yellow passionflower Passiflora lutea	Partridge pea Cassia fasciculata
Unidentified sunflower Helianthus sp.	Spotted St. John's-wort Hypericum punctatum	Wild potato vine Ipomoea pandurata	Fleabane Erigeron sp.	Yellow wood sorrel Oxalis sp.
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale

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