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Glossary
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Acorus calamus 'Variegatus'
Variegated Sweet Flag
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bearberry
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Kinninnick
Asclepias incarnata
Swamp Milkweed
Carex glaucescens
Southern Waxy Sedge
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Buttonbush
Cornus amomum
Silky Dogwood
Cornus sericea (C. stolonifera)
Red Osier Dogwood
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Redtwig Dogwood
2 Cultivars
Cystopteris fragilis
Brittle Bladder Fern
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Fragile Fern
Dichromena latifolia
White Bracted Sedge
Dryopteris cristata
Crested Wood Fern
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Narrow Swamp Fern
Eleocharis quadrangulata
Square Rush
Eutrochium dubium
Coastal Plain Joepyeweed
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Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed
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Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed
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Joe Pye Thoroughwort
Fothergilla major
Large Fothergilla
Gaylussacia frondosa
Blue Huckleberry
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Dangleberry
Hibiscus moscheutos
Crimsoneyed Rosemallow
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Rose Mallow
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Swamp Mallow
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Swamp Rose
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Swamp Rose-mallow
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Wild Cotton
2 Cultivars
Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia
Myrtle Leaf Holly
Ilex verticillata x I. serata hybrids
Winterberry
Iris virginica
Southern Blue Flag Iris
Itea virginica
Itea
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Virginia Sweetspire
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Virginia Sweet Spire
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Virginia Willow
4 Cultivars
Juncus effusus
Green Bull Rush
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Japanese Mat Rush
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Soft Rush
1 Cultivar
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Doghobble
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Dog Hobble
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Drooping Leucothoe
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Fetterbush
3 Cultivars
Lobelia cardinalis
Cardinal Flower
Nyssa ogeche
Ogeechee Lime
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Ogeechee Tupelo
Physocarpus opulifolius
Eastern Ninebark
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Ninebark
3 Cultivars
Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust
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Common Locust
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Yellow Locust
2 Cultivars
Rubus hispidus
Bristly Dewberry
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Swamp Dewberry
Sabatia angularis
Rose-pink
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Sabatia
Salix
Willow
Salix nigra
Black Willow
Sambucus canadensis
American Elder
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American Elderberry
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Elderberry
2 Cultivars
Thelypteris noveboracensis
New York Fern
Woodwardia areolata
Netted Chain Fern
Woodwardia virginica
Virginia Chain Fern
Xyris torta
Yellow-eyed Grass
