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American dune grass found on the beaches of Assateague Island, Maryland
Dune Grass
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.
Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) under…
Tea made with mullein was used as an herbal remedy for lung ailments.
Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Illustration of American Beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata)
Ammophila breviligulata (American Beachgrass)
Illustration of Beach Heath (Hudsonia tomentosa)
Hudsonia tomentosa (Beach Heath)
Illustration of Japanese stiltgrass
Microstegium vimineum 2 (Japanese Stiltgrass)
Illustration of Polygonum cespitosum.
Polygonum cespitosum (Oriental Lady's Thumb)
Illustration of Canadian burnet (Sanguisorba Canadensis)
Sanguisorba canadensis (Canadian Burnet)
Short, tufted grasses that are found in the woods, fields, bogs, and marshes of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia.
Agrostis spp. (Tickle Grass)
Ferns along a trail in Shenandoah National Park
Ferns at Shenandoah
Interesting ferns and tree root structures
Roots and Ferns
White flower amidst a meadow
White flower found on Maui
Meadows and forest
Meadows
Illustration of Triodia spp. (Spinifex)
Triodia spp. (Spinifex)
Dune grasses in bloom along beaches by Charleston, South Carolina
Dune grasses in bloom
Illustration of sword leaf phlox.
Phlox buckleyi wherry (Sword Leaf Phlox)
Illustration of Three-toothed Cinquefoil
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (Three-toothed…
Flowering grasses in Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Flowering grasses
False Staghorn Fern found in Hawaii
False Staghorn Fern
These flowers are growing alongside a trail near Harper's Ferry
Flowers found at Harper's Ferry
Illustration of Amaranthus pumilus (Seabeach Amaranth)
Amaranthus pumilus (Seabeach Amaranth)
Illustration of bamboo
Bamboo 1
Tuckahoe State Park, Maryland
Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Tuckahoe State Park, Maryland
Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
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