EVR4051 wetlands practical

Saururus cernuus (Lizard’s Tail)

• Native, OBL

• heart shaped leaf

• white bottle-brush flower spike

Cephalanthus occidentalis (Common Buttonbush)

• native, OBL

• opposite leaf arrangement

• white ball like flower cluster

Acer rubrum (Red Maple)

• native

• FACW

Ulmus americana (American Elm)

• Native, FACW

• alternating leaf arrangement

• serrate leaf edge

• unequal leaf lobes

• buttressed trunks

Toxicodendron radicals (Poison Ivy)

• native, FAC

• ground cover/vine

• 3 leaf arrangement

Fraxinus caroliniana (Carolina Pop Ash)

• native, OBL

• leaf: opposite, pinnately compound, 5-7 leaflets, serrated margin, dark green above, paler green below

Taxodium distichum (Bald Cypress)

• Native, OBL

• cypress “knees”

Taxodium ascendens (Pond Cypress)

• Native, OBL

• cypress “knees”

Gleditsia aquatica (Water Locust)

• native, OBL

• pinnately compound leaves

• large thorns

Salix Caroliniana (Salix Willow)

• native, OBL

• often multi-stemmed

• long, linear lancolate leaves

• alternately arranged leaves

Salvinia minima (Water Spangles, Water Fern)

• non-native, OBL

• free floating fern

• paired, oval leaves with stiff hairs on leaf tops

• leaves look like underwater roots

Carex lupulina (False Hop Sedge)

• native, OBL

• distinctive inflorescence

• alternately arranged leaves

Smilax spp. (Catbriar)

• native, UPL - OBL

• vine

• thorns

Rhynchospora spp.

• native, OBL

• sedge

• triangular stem

• leaf edge slightly serrate to smooth

Quercus laurifolia (Laurel Oak)

• native, FACW

• leaves typically widest in center

• “diamond shaped”

• tufts of brown hairs in leaf axis

Quercus nigra (water oak)

• native, FACW

• leaves widest at tip (spatulate leaves)

Quercus virginica (southern live oak)

• native, FACU

• leaves often resolute (curling at edges)

Quercus germinata (sand live oak)

• native, UPL

• rough, dark brown, deeply furrowed bark

• thick, leathery, alternate leaves

• pressed veination, rolled edges on leaves

• often shaggy pubescence on underside of leaf

Serenoa repens (saw palmetto)

• native

• FAC

Hypoxis spp.

• native, FACW

• yellow star flower

Andropogon glomeratus (Bushy Bluestem)

• native, FACW

• tall grass

• blue-green leaves

Osmunda cinnamomea (Cinnamon Fern)

• native, FACW

• occurs in groups from shallow black root stock

• spores on individual central spikes

Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern)

• native, OBL

• bi-pinnately compound frond

• spores on individual central spikes

Woodwardia virginica (Virginia Chain Fern)

• native, FACW

• thick black stems arising single from creeping rhizome

• spores along chain-like cells along midrib

Thelypteris kunthii (Southern Shield Fern)

• native

• FACW

Centella asiatica (Spadeleaf)

• native, FACW

• ground cover

• spade shaped leaf

Vaccinium stamineum (Deerberry)

• native, FACU

• shrub

• bell shaped flowers

Hypericum hypericoides (St. Andrews Cross)

• native, FAC

• small herbaceous plant

• 4 petal yellow flowers

Pericardia hydropiperoides (Water Pepper)

• native, OBL

• small herbaceous

• stems have swollen nodes

Morella cerifera/Myrica cerifera (Wax Myrtle)

• native, FAC

• shrub/small tree

• light, olive green leaves with spicy fragrance

• evergreen

Eichhornia crassipes (Water Hyacinth)

Eleocharis baldwinii (Baldwin’s Spikerush)

Persicaria glabra (smartweed)

Pistia stratiotes (Water Lettuce)

Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken Fern)

Thylepteris hispidula (Hairy Maiden Fern)

Thylepteris interrupta (Hottentot Fern)

Vaccinium arboreum (Sparkleberry)

Vaccinium myrsinites (Shiny Blueberry)

Pontideria chordata (Pickerelweed)