Wildflowers

Blue Vervain (Verbana hastate)

Wetland Wildflowers: Not a true botanical category, these are the showier of the wetland plants.

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Marsh Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus)

Northern Blue Flag Iris, (Iris versicolor)

Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed, Eupatorium maculatum

Skunk Cabbage (Symplocasrpus foetidus)

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)

Jewel-weed (Impatiens capensis)

Stiff Cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior)

Pickerel-weed Pontederia cordata

Nodding Beggarticks (Bidens cernua)

Grass Pink (Calopogon tuberosus)

European Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)

Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

Pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum)

Flat-topped Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)

Water Lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna)

Great water-dock (Rumex orbiculatus)

Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)

Marsh St. John’s-wort (Triadenum fraseri)

Blue Vervain (Verbana hastate)

Smooth Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)

Common Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)

Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) Flowers
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) is a pretty emergent plant of lakes and wetlands with purple flowers and heart-shaped leaves.