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What is a sedge?
What are Sedges? Sedges are a family of plants, the Cyperace. Most sedge species superficially resemble grasses, but upon close examination have several unique characteristics. Continue reading
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- Aquatic Plants: Submergent, Emergent, Floating-leaf and Free-floating
- Emergent Plants
- Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia)
- Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
- Creeping Spikerush Eleocharis palustris
- Hardstem Bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus
- Invasive Cattails (Typha angustifolia T. x glauca)
- Pickerel-weed, Pontederia cordata
- Softstem Bulrush Schoenoplectus validus
- Stiff Arrowhead Sagittaria rigida
- Threesquare Bulrush (Scirpus pungens)
- Water Smartweed (Polygonum amphibium)
- White Beak-Rush Rhynchospora alba
- Wild Rice Zizania spp.
- Floating-Leaf Plants
- Free-Floating Plants
- Submergent Plants
- Common Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris)
- Common Waterweed (Elodea canadensis)
- Coontail / Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
- Curlyleaf Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
- Eurasian Water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
- Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta)
- Horned Pondweed Zannichellia palustris
- Muskgrass (Chara spp.)
- Northern Water milfoil Myriophyllum sibiricum
- Sago Pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata)
- Water Stargrass, Herteranthera dubia (Jacq.) MacMill
- Wild Celery (Vallisneria americana): Food for Wildlife
- Emergent Plants
- Ferns, Mosses etc
- Wildflowers
- Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
- Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
- Common Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium
- European Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)
- Flat-topped Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
- Flowering Rush Butomus umbellatus
- Grass Pink Calopogon tuberosus
- Great water-dock (Rumex orbiculatus)
- Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
- Jewel-weed (Impatiens capensis): Cures that Itch
- Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris): The First to Welcome Spring
- Marsh Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata): A Blast of Color in Wetlands
- Marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum fraseri
- Nodding Beggarticks Bidens cernua
- Northern Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
- Pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum)
- Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
- Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia,
- Skunk Cabbage (Symplocasrpus foetidus) A Flower With A Furnace
- Smooth Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
- Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
- Stiff Cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior)
- Water Lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna)
- Grasses and Grass-like Plants
- Canada Bluejoint Grass (Calamagrostis canadensis)
- Common or Giant Bur-reed (Sparganium eurycarpum)
- Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea): An Aggressive Invader
- River Bulrush (Scirpus fluviatilis): Hiding Endangered Birds
- Tussock Sedge (Carex stricta): A Mound Building Plant
- Wool-grass (Scirpus cyprinus): Stands Above the Rest
- Trees, Shrubs and Vines
- American Basswood (Tilia americana): A Wood Carvers Dream
- American Hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana A Small Tree that’s as Tough as Nails
- Black Spruce (Picea mariana)
- Bog Rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla)
- Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides): The Tree That Makes Snow
- Green Ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica: Will it Soon be Endangered?
- Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
- Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis): The Tree of Life
- Red Osier-Dogwood, Cornus stolonifera
- Speckled Alder
- Swamp-White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
- Tamarack (Larix laricina)
- Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- White Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba): A Bit of White in The Green World
- Wetland Indicator Status: How Wet Does a Plant Get
- Aquatic Plants: Submergent, Emergent, Floating-leaf and Free-floating
- Wetland Plant Communities
- Fox Wolf Winnebago
- Upland Plants