Wetland Plants of the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary

Plants are organized by family. Information is organized in the following order: Common Name, Scientific Name, Wetland Status, Perennial or Annual, Found in Tidal or Nontidal Wetlands

Status codes:

OBL = nearly always occurs in wetlands
FACW = occurs more in wetlands than in uplands
FAC = occurs equally in wetlands and uplands
FACU = occurs more in uplands than in wetlands(OBL stands for obligate and FAC stands for facultative)
P = Perennial
A = Annual
T = Found in Tidal Wetlands
N = Found in Nontidal wetlands

Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis FACW P H T N

Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea FACW P H T N
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis OBL P H T N

Red Maple Acer rubrum FAC P W T N

Sweet Flag Acorus calamus OBL P H T N

Mud Plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica OBL P H T N

Water Hemp Acnida cannabina OBL A H T

Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans FAC P W N

Pawpaw Asimina triloba FACU P W N

Water Hemlock Cicuta maculata OBL P H T
Water Parsnip Sium suave OBL P H T N

American Holly Ilex opaca FACU P W N
Common Winterberry Ilex verticillata FACW P W T N

Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum FACW P H N
Golden Club Orontium aquaticum OBL P H T N
Arrow Arum Peltandra virginica OBL P H T N
Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus OBL P H T

Devil's Walking Stick Aralia spinosa FAC P H N

Spotted Jewelweed Impatiens capensis FACW A H T N

May Apple Podophyllum peltatum FACU P H N

Trumpet Creeper Campsis radicans FAC P H N

Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica FAC P W N
Elderberry Sambucus canadensis FACW P W T N
Southern Arrow-wood Viburnum dentatum FAC P W T N
Black Haw Viburnum prunifolium FACU P W N

Coontail Ceratophyllum demersum OBL A H T

Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia FAC P W T N

Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum FACW P W T N
Sour Gum Nyssa sylvatica FAC P W N

Dodder Cuscuta gronovii FAC A H T N

Beaded Sedge Carex comosa OBL P H T N
Fringed Sedge Carex crinita OBL P H T N
Bladder Sedge Carex intumescens FACW P H T N
Smooth-sheath Sedge Carex laevivaginata OBL P H T N
Sallow Sedge Carex lurida OBL P H T N
Muhlenberg's Sedge Carex muhlenbergii FAC P H T N
Drooping Sedge Carex prasina OBL P H T N
Crowded Sedge Carex stipata OBL P H T N
Swan's Sedge Carex swanii FACU P H T N
Blunt Broom Sedge Carex tribuloides FACW P H T N
Thin-culm Umbrella Sedge Cyperus filiculmis FACW P H T N
Common Three-square Scirpus americanus OBL P H T N
River Bulrush Scirpus fluviatilis OBL P H T N
Leafy Bulrush Scirpus polyphyllus OBL P H T N
Great Bulrush Scirpus validus OBL P H T N

Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa FAC P H T N

Persimmon Diospyros virginiana FAC P W N

Fetterbush Leucothoe racemosa FACW P W N
Swamp Azalea Rhododendron viscosum OBL P W N
Early Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum FACW P W N

Ground Nut Apios americana FACW P H T N

American Beech Fagus grandifolia FACU P W N
Willow Oak Quercus phellos FAC P W N
Swamp Chestnut Oak Quercus michauxii FACW P W N

Virginia Willow Itea virginica OBL P W T N

Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana FAC P W N
Sweet Gum Liquidambar styraciflua FAC P W N

Water Weed Elodea canadensis OBL A H T

Blue Flag Iris versicolor OBL P H T N

Black Walnut Juglans nigra FACU P W N

Wood Rush Luzula multiflora FACU P H T N
Soft Rush Juncus effusus FACW P H T N
Path Rush Juncus tenuis FAC P H T N

Bugleweed Lycopus virginicus OBL P H T N
Mad-dog Skullcap Scutellaria laterifolia FACW P H T N

Spicebush Lindera benzoin FACW P W N

Duckweed Lemna sp. OBL A H T N

Turk's-cap Lily Lilium superbum FACW P H N

Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis FACW P H T N

Swamp Loosestrife Decodon verticillatus OBL P H T N
Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria FACW P H T

Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera FACU P W N
Swamp Magnolia Magnolia virginiana FACW P W T N

Marsh Hibiscus Hibiscus moscheutos OBL P H T N

Southern Naiad Najas guadalupensis OBL A H T
European Naiad Najas minor OBL A H T

Northern Naiad Najas flexilis OBL A H T

Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica FACW P W T N

Willowherb Epilobium coloratum OBL P H N
Seedbox Ludwigia alterniflora FACW P H N
Swamp Purslane Ludwigia palustris OBL P H N

Sycamore Platanus occidentalis FACW P W N

Halberd-leaved Tearthumb Polygonum arifolium OBL P H T N
Dotted Smartweed Polygonum punctatum OBL A/P H T N
Arrow-leaved Tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum OBL P H T N

Kidney-leaf Mud-Plantain Heteranthera reniformis OBL P H T
Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata OBL P H T N

Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica FACU P H N

Curly Pondweed Potamogeton crispus OBL P H T

Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata FACW P H N

Virgin's Bower Clematis virginiana FAC P H N
Kidney-leaved Buttercup Ranunculus abortivus FACW P H T N
Hooked Buttercup Ranunculus recurvatus FAC P H T NS
wamp Buttercup Ranunculus septentrionalis OBL P H T N
Tall Meadow Rue Thalictrum pubescens OBL P H T N

Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis FACU P W T N
Red Chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia FACW P W N
White Avens Geum canadense FACU P H N
Wild Black Cherry Prunus serotina FACU P W N
Swamp Rose Rosa palustris OBL P W T N

Button Bush Cephalanthus occidentalis OBL P W T N
Partridgeberry Mitchella repens FACU P W N

Black Willow Salix nigra OBL P W T N

Lizard's Tail Saururus cernuus OBL P H T N

Pink Turtlehead Chelone obliqua OBL P H T N
Sharp-wing Monkey Flower Mimulus alatus OBL P H T N

Common Greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia FAC P W N

Bur Reed Sparganium sp. OBL P H T N

Narrow Leaved Cattail Typha angustifolia OBL P H T N

Hackberry Celtis occidentalis FACU P W N
American Elm Ulmus americana FACW P W N

False Nettle Boehmeria cylindrica FACW P H T N
Canada Wood-nettle Laportea canadensis FACW P H N
Clearweed Pilea pumila FACW A H N
Pilea fontana FACW A H N

Blue Marsh Violet Viola cucullata FACW P H N

Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia FACU P H N

Plants on this list have been identified within the sanctuary. Additional information on wetland status and other characteristics is from Tiner and Burke (1995), and Brown and Brown (1972). The type of wetland where each species is found (tidal or non-tidal) is also indicated. List prepared by sanctuary staff and interns.

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