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Below the 8 images is a listing of plants found in the swamp. This list contains plants found in the "public" areas of the
Sanctuary: along the boardwalk and in the parking area.
 Strawberry Bush or Hearts Bursting with Love Fruits in Fall |
 Leather Flower Blooms in spring |
 Carolina Trillium Blooms in March |
 Yellow Jessamine South Carolina State Flower 1st flower to bloom - early spring |  Green-Fly Orchid Blooms early July |
 Atamasco Lily Blooms early spring |
 Cardinal Flower Blooms late summer |
 Swamp Azalea Blooms early spring |
OSMUNDACEAE:
Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamonea
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis
PTERIDACEAE:
Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum
ASPIDIACEAE:
Southern Lady Fern Athyrium aspleniodes
Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides
Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis
BLECHNACEAE:
Virginia Chain-fern Woodwardia virginica
Netted Chain-fern Woodwardia areolata
ASPLENIUM:
Ebony Spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
POLYPODUACEAE:
Resurrection Fern Polypodium polypodioides
TREES
PINACEAE:
Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
Spruce Pine Pinus glabra
TAXODIACEAE:
Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum
CUPRESSACEAE:
Red Cedar Juniperis virginiana
SALICACEAE:
Swamp Cottonwood Populus heterophylla
JUGLANDACEAE:
Water Hickory Carya aquatica
Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa
BETULACEAE:
Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana
FAGACEAE:
Beech Fagus grandifolia
White Oak Quercus alba
Overcup Oak Quercus lyrata
Swamp Chesnut Oak Quercus michauxii
Water Oak Quercus nigra
Laurel Oak Quercus laurifolia
ULMACEAE:
Hackberry Celtis laevigata
Winged Elm Ulmus alata
American Elm Ulmus americana
Water Elm Planera aquatica
MORACEAE:
Red Mulberry Morus rubra
MAGNOLIACEAE:
Tulip Tree Liriodendron tulipifera
Sweet Bay Magnolia virginiana
Bull Bay Magnolia grandiflora
LAURACEAE:
Red Bay Persea borbonia
HAMMELIDACEAE:
Sweetgum Liquadambar styraciflua
ROSACEAE:
Hawthorn Crataegus marshallii
Black Cherry Prunus serotina
FABACEAE:
Redbud Cercis canadensis
Water Locust Gleditsia aquatica
AQUIFILIACEAE:
American Holly Ilex opaca
ACERACEAE:
Red Maple Acer rubrum
HIPPOCASTANACEAE:
Red Buckeye Aesculus pavia
NYSSACEAE:
Swamp Blackgum Nyssa sylvatica
Tupelo Gum Nyssa aquatica
CORNACEAE:
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida
EBENACEAE:
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana
SYMPLOCACEAE:
Horse Sugar Symplocos tinctoria
CLEACEAE:
Water Ash Fraxinum caroliniana
Red Ash Fraxinus tomentosa
HERBACEOUS
ARACEAE:
Golden Club Orontium aquaticum
Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
BROMELIACEAE:
Spanish Moss Tillandsia usneoides
COMMELINACEAE:
Spiderwort Tradescantia rosea
LILIACEAE:
Little Sweet Betsy Trillium cuneatum
Dwarf Trillium Trillium pusillum
DIOSCOREACEA:
Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa
AMARYLLIDACEAE:
Yellow Star-grass Hypoxis micrantha
Atamasco Lily Zephyranthes atamasco
IRIDACEAE:
Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium mucronatum
Iris Iris sp.
ORCHIDACEAE:
Southern Twayblade Listera australis
Green Adder's Mouth Malaxis unifolia
Crane-fly Orchid Tipularia discolor
Green-fly Orchid Epidendrum conopseum
Shadow-witch Orchid Ponthieva racemosa
SAURURACEAE:
Lizard's Tail Saururus cernuus
URTICACEAE:
False Nettle Boehmeria cylinrica
LORANTHACEAE:
Mistletoe Phoradendron serotinum
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE:
Heartleaf Aristolochia serpentaria
False Ginger Hexastylis arifolia
POLYGONACEAE:
Polygonum Polygonum hyropiperoides
RANUNCULACEAE:
Leather-flower Clematis crispa
BERBERIDACEAE:
May-apple Podophyllum peltatum
PAPAVERACEAE:
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis
BRASSICACEAE:
Cardamine Cardamine pensylvanica
FABACEAE:
Coral Bean Erythrina
herbacea
ANACARDIACEAE:
Poison Ivy Rhus radicans
HYPERICACEAE:
Hypericum Hypericum punctatum
ONAGRACEAE:
Ludwigia Ludwigia repens
HALORAGACEAE:
Proseroinaca Proseroinaca palustris
APIACEAE:
Hydrocotyle Hydrocotyle verticillata
ERICACEAE:
Spotted Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata
PRIMULACEAE:
Water Pimpernel Samolus parviflorus
LOGANIACEAE:
Mitterwort Cynoctonum mitreola
Indian Pink Spigelia marilandica
GENTIANACEAE:
Lob-seed Phryma leptostachya
Pennywort Obolaria virginica
LAMIACEAE:
Skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora
Lycopus Lycopus virginicus
Obedient Plant Dracocephalum purpureum
SCROPHULARIACEAE:
Gratiola Gratiola virginiana
Micranthemum Micranthemum umbrosum
OROBANCHACEAE:
Cancer-root Conopholis americana
RUBIACEAE:
Diodia Diodia sp
Partridge Berry Mitchella repens
CAMPANULACEAE:
Lavendar Lobelia Lobelia elongata
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
ASTERACEAE:
Butterweed Senecio glabellus
SHRUBS
POACEAE:
Cane Arundinaria gigantea
ARACEAE:
Dwarf Palmetto Sabal minor
MYRICACEAE:
Wax Myrtle Myrica cerifera
LAURACEAE:
Spice Bush Lindera benzoin
SAXIFRAGACEAE:
Virginia Willow Itea virginica
Climbing Hydrangea Decumaria barbara
HAMMELIDACEAE:
Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana
ROSACEAE:
Blackberry Rubus betulifolius
AQUIFILIACEAE:
Possum Haw Ilex decidua
CELASTRACEAE:
Strawberry Bush Euonymus americanus
ARALIACEAE:
Hercules Club Aralia spinosa
CORNACEAE:
Swamp Dogwood Cornus stricta
Hairy-Leaved Dogwood Cornus asperifolia
CLETHRACEAE:
Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia
ERICACEAE:
Fetter-bush Lyonia lucida
Leucothoe Leucothoe racemosa
Sparkleberry Vaccinium arboreum
Vaccinium Vaccinium elliottii
Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
Swamp Azalea Rhododendron canescens
STYRACACEAE:
American Snowbell Styrax americana
STYRACACEAE:
American Snowbell Styrax americana
RUBIACEAE:
Button Bush Cephalanthus occidentalis
CAPRIFOLIACEAE:
Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
Coral Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
Black Haw Viburnum obovatum
Elderberry Viburnum dentatum
ASTERACEAE:
Sea-myrtle Baccharis halimifolia
VINES
LILIACEAE:
Greenbriar Smilax sp.
FABACEAE:
Wisteria Wisteria frutescens
RHAMNACEAE:
Supplejack Berchemia scandens
VITACEAE:
Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Muscadine Vitis rotundifolia
Pepper-vine Ampelopsis arborea
LOGANIACEAE:
Yellow Jessamine Gelsemium sempervirens
BIGNONIACEAE:
Cross Vine Anisostichus capreolata
Trumpet Vine Campsis radicans
The plants listed above are viewable from the boardwalk. For a more complete plant listing of the swamp, please refer to Richard Porcher's study.