Home Plant Index Trail Map		A Guide to the Wildflowers of Twin Swamps Nature Preserve Late Spring May-June		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.
Green dragon Arisaema dracontium	Houstonia Hedyotis purpurea var. calycosum	Spotted jewelweed Impatiens capensis	False dandelion Krigia biflora	Yellow wood sorrel Oxalis sp.
Smooth phlox Phlox glaberrima	Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex	Slender mountain mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	Lowland beardstongue Penstemon alluviorum	Poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
LOW, DRY: The following plants tend to be found in low but better-drained areas of the preserve.
Purple milkweed Asclepias purpurascens	Spangle grass Chasmanthium latifolium	Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis	Bedstraw Galium sp.	White avens Geum canadense
Yellow wood sorrel Oxalis sp.	Lopseed Phryma leptostachya	American ipecac Porteranthus stipulatus	Slender mountain mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium	Smooth ruellia Ruellia strepens
Butterweed Senecio glabellus	Yellow crownbeard Verbesina helianthoides	Spotted jewelweed Impatiens capensis	Common snakeroot Sanicula gregaria	Poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans
Green dragon Arisaema dracontium
HIGH, DRY: The following plants tend to be found in the highest, well-drained areas of the preserve.
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum	Pointed-leaf tick trefoil Desmodium glutinosum	False Solomon's seal Smilacina racemosa	Pokeweed Phytolacca americana	American gromwell Lithospermum latifolium
Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis	Yellow wood sorrel Oxalis sp.	Lopseed Phryma leptostachya	Smooth hedge nettle Stachys tenuifolia	Hairy wood mint Blephilia hirsuta
	Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum	Green dragon Arisaema dracontium
CYPRESS SWAMP: These plants tend to be found in the cypress swamp and can be seen from the boardwalk.
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis	Duckweed Lemna sp.	Swamp rose Rosa palustris	Lizard's tail Saururus cernuus	Featherfoil Hottonia inflata
FIELD: These plants tend to be found in the sunny field between the parking lot and the woods.
Wild cranesbill Geranium carolinianum	Indian hemp Apocynum cannabinum	Trumpet creeper Campsis radicans	Deptford pink Dianthus armeria	Fleabane Erigeron sp.
Scorpion grass Myosotis verna	Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica	Prairie rose Rosa setigera	Blackberry Rubus sp.	Venus's looking-glass Triodanis perfoliata

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