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Cluster of grass with seeds at the top.
Danthonia spicata (Poverty Oatgrass)
Illustration of a clump of sideoats grama as it would grow in a field or meadow setting
Bouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats grama)
Leafy plant on top of a rounded rock
Polypodium virginianum (Rock Cap Fern) 1
Leafy plant growing from crack in rock face
Polypodium virginianum (Rock Cap Fern) 2
Leafy plant without rock
Polypodium virginianum (Rock Cap Fern) 3
Front view of a patch of rock muhly grass.
Muhlenbergia sobolifera (Rock Muhly)
Oregon fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum)
Oregon fawn lily (Erythronium oregonum)
Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) leaves and spori
Western sword fern (Polystichum munitum) leaves…
Wilted plant
Wilted plant
Oryza meridionalis is a wild rice indigenous to Australia. It is found at edges of freshwater lagoons, temporary pools, and swamps.
Oryza meridionalis (Wild rice)
Perennial native plants like the bee balm (Monarda didyma) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The red color attracts hummingbirds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Bee balm (Monarda didyma)
Perennial native plants like coneflowers (Echinecea) are recommended for rain gardens, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. They attract birds and pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies.
Coneflowers (Echinecea) and bee
Hylotelephium telephioides, or commonly known as Alleghenny Stonecrop, an endemic rock outcrop species at Little Stoney Man. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Hylotelephium telephioides (Alleghenny Stonecrop)
Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) is an invasive species at Shenandoah National Park. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese Stiltgrass)
Solidago randii, commonly known as Rand's Goldenrod, an endemic rock outcrop species at Little Stoney Man. Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Solidago randii (Rand's Goldenrod)
Some plants use the wind as the primary means of seed dispersal. This is the case with Taraxacum spp. (Dandelion) as well as others such as Acer spp (Maple).
Seed parachute
Common grass found on the Mid-Atlantic barrier island, Assateague Island, Maryland.
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium)
Found in and around aquatic or wetland habitats, this grass is avoided by grazing feral horses on Assateague Island, Maryland, in favor of Spartina alterniflora.
Distichlis spicata (Coastal Salt Grass)
Illustration of a generic fern
Generic fern
Illustration of bamboo
Bamboo 2
Typha x glauca is a sterile F1 hybrid between Typha angustifolia and Typha latifolia. Found in freshwater habitats such as interior wetlands of Assateague Island, Maryland.
Typha x glauca (White Cattail)
The seabeach amaranth is an endangered species, this one was found on Assateague Island, Maryland
Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth)
The seabeach amaranth is an endangered species, this one was found on Assateague Island, Maryland
Amaranthus pumilus (seabeach amaranth)
A sensitive species, seabeach amaranth is aided at Assateague Island National Seashore by a management program that protects a portion of the annual population from being eaten and trampled by horses and deer so they can mature and produce seeds. Conservation efforts have helped the plant population increase to nearly 2,200 individuals in 2007.
Cages protect seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus…
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