Table of Contents Shrubs GOLDEN CREST WOODY

Brookside Alder (Alnus serrulata)...... 43 Nantucket Shadbush (Amelanchier nantucketensis)...... 44 Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora ...... i Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)...... 45 Stewardship Actions ...... ii Groundseltree (Baccharis halimifolia)...... 46 Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora Habitat ...... iii Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)...... 47 Research, Stewardship and Monitoring ...... vii Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)...... 48 Terms and Diagrams ...... ix Broom Crowberry (Corema conradii)...... 49 How to Use this Guide: Layout Description ...... xi Water-willow (Decodon verticillatus)...... 50 Dwarf Huckleberry (Gaylussacia bigeloviana)...... 51 Golden-Heather (Hudsonia ericoides)...... 52 Inkberry (Ilex glabra)...... 53 Marsh Elder (Iva frutescens ssp. oraria)...... 54 Herbs Northern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica)...... 55 NON-WOODY PLANTS Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)...... 56 Silky Willow (Salix sericea)...... 57 Saltmarsh False-Foxglove (Agalinis maritima)...... 1 Round-leaved Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)...... 58 Nova Scotia False-Foxglove (Agalinis neoscotica) ...... 2 Eastern Poison-Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans)...... 59 Screwstems (Bartonia spp.) ...... 3 Poison Sumac (Toxicodendron vernix)...... 60 Pink Coreopsis (Coreopsis rosea)...... 4 Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)...... 61 Thread-leaved Sundew (Drosera filiformis)...... 5 Coastal Plain Joe-Pye-Weed (Eupatorium dubium) ...... 6 Grass-like Carolina Fragrant Goldenrod (Euthamia caroliniana)...... 7 GRAMINOIDS Large Marsh Bedstraw (Galium obtusum)...... 8 Golden-Pert (Gratiola aurea)...... 9 Water-pennywort (Hydrocotyle umbellata)...... 10 Atlantic Sedge & Howe's Sedge (Carex atlantica)...... 62 Slender Blue Flag (Iris prismatica)...... 11 Button Sedge (Carex bullata)...... 63 Redroot (Lachnanthes caroliniana)...... 12 Long's Sedge (Carex longii)...... 64 Eastern Lilaeopsis (Lilaeopsis chinensis)...... 13 Toothed Flat-Sedge (Cyperus dentatus)...... 65 Southern Twayblade (Listera australis)...... 14 Deer-tongue Panic Grass (Dichanthelium clandestinum)...... 66 Golden Crest (Lophiola aurea)...... 15 Eaton's Panic Grass (Dichanthelium spretum)...... 67 Southern Bog Clubmoss (Lycopodiella appressa)...... 16 Capitate Spikerush (Eleocharis flavescens var. olivacea)...... 68 Low Water-Milfoil (Myriophyllum humile)...... 17 Beaked Spikerush (Eleocharis rostellata)...... 69 Thread-like Naiad (Najas gracillima)...... 18 Tubercled Spikerush (Eleocharis tuberculosa)...... 70 White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis)...... 19 Saltmarsh Wild Rye (Elymus virginicus var. halophilus)...... 71 Tubercled Orchid ( var. flava)...... 20 Blunt Manna Grass (Glyceria obtusa)...... 72 Mild Water-Pepper (Polygonum hydropiperoides)...... 21 New Jersey Rush (Juncus caesariensis)...... 73 Stout Smartweed (Polygonum robustius)...... 22 Grassleaf Rush (Juncus marginatus)...... 74 Algae-like Pondweed (Potamogeton confervoides)...... 23 Bayonet Rush (Juncus militaris)...... 75 Spotted Pondweed (Potamogeton pulcher)...... 24 Woodland Rush (Juncus subcaudatus var. planisepalus)...... 76 Mermaid-Weeds (Proserpinaca spp.)...... 25 Spreading Panic Grass (Panicum dichotomiflorum var. puritanorum)...... 77 Virginia Meadow-Beauty (Rhexia virginica)...... 26 Redtop Panic Grass (Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens)...... 78 Plymouth Gentian ( kennedyana)...... 27 Old Switch Panic Grass (Panicum virgatum var. spissum)...... 79 Curly-grass Fern (Schizaea pusilla)...... 28 Blackish Beakrush (Rhynchospora capitellata)...... 80 Blue-Eyed-Grasses (Sisyrinchium spp.)...... 29 Tall Beakrush (Rhynchospora macrostachya)...... 81 Elliott's Goldenrod (Solidago latissimifolia)...... 30 Olney's Bulrush (Schoenoplectus americanus)...... 82 Nova Scotia Ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes casei var. novaescotiae)...... 31 Long's Bulrush (Scirpus longii)...... 83 Rich's Sea-Blite (Suaeda maritima ssp. richii)...... 32 Lakeshore Yellow-eyed Grass (Xyris difformis)...... 84 Tradescant's Aster (Symphyotrichum tradescantii)...... 33 Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)...... 34 Fern (Thelypteris simulate)...... 35 Eastern Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritis)...... 85 Virginia Marsh St. John's-Wort (Triadenum virginicum)...... 36 Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)...... 86 Purple Bladderwort (Utricularia purpurea)...... 37 Small Swollen Bladderwort (Utricularia radiata)...... 38 Historic ACPF species...... 87 Northeastern Bladderwort (Utricularia resupinata)...... 39 Resources Used...... 88 Zigzag Bladderwort (Utricularia subulata)...... 40 Organizations Involved with ACPF in NS...... 89 Lance-leaved Violet (Viola lanceolata)...... 41 Companion Resources...... 90 Dwarf Chain Fern (Woodwardia areolata)...... 42 Thank you and Acknowledgements...... 91 Table of Contents Shrubs GOLDEN CREST WOODY PLANTS

Brookside Alder (Alnus serrulata)...... 43 Nantucket Shadbush (Amelanchier nantucketensis)...... 44 Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora ...... i Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)...... 45 Stewardship Actions ...... ii Groundseltree (Baccharis halimifolia)...... 46 Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora Habitat ...... iii Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)...... 47 Research, Stewardship and Monitoring ...... vii Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)...... 48 Plant Terms and Diagrams ...... ix Broom Crowberry (Corema conradii)...... 49 How to Use this Guide: Layout Description ...... xi Water-willow (Decodon verticillatus)...... 50 Dwarf Huckleberry (Gaylussacia bigeloviana)...... 51 Golden-Heather (Hudsonia ericoides)...... 52 Inkberry (Ilex glabra)...... 53 Marsh Elder (Iva frutescens ssp. oraria)...... 54 Herbs Northern Bayberry (Myrica pensylvanica)...... 55 NON-WOODY PLANTS Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)...... 56 Silky Willow (Salix sericea)...... 57 Saltmarsh False-Foxglove (Agalinis maritima)...... 1 Round-leaved Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)...... 58 Nova Scotia False-Foxglove (Agalinis neoscotica) ...... 2 Eastern Poison-Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans)...... 59 Screwstems (Bartonia spp.) ...... 3 Poison Sumac (Toxicodendron vernix)...... 60 Pink Coreopsis (Coreopsis rosea)...... 4 Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)...... 61 Thread-leaved Sundew (Drosera filiformis)...... 5 Coastal Plain Joe-Pye-Weed (Eupatorium dubium) ...... 6 Grass-like Carolina Fragrant Goldenrod (Euthamia caroliniana)...... 7 GRAMINOIDS Large Marsh Bedstraw (Galium obtusum)...... 8 Golden-Pert (Gratiola aurea)...... 9 Water-pennywort (Hydrocotyle umbellata)...... 10 Atlantic Sedge & Howe's Sedge (Carex atlantica)...... 62 Slender Blue Flag (Iris prismatica)...... 11 Button Sedge (Carex bullata)...... 63 Redroot (Lachnanthes caroliniana)...... 12 Long's Sedge (Carex longii)...... 64 Eastern Lilaeopsis (Lilaeopsis chinensis)...... 13 Toothed Flat-Sedge (Cyperus dentatus)...... 65 Southern Twayblade (Listera australis)...... 14 Deer-tongue Panic Grass (Dichanthelium clandestinum)...... 66 Golden Crest (Lophiola aurea)...... 15 Eaton's Panic Grass (Dichanthelium spretum)...... 67 Southern Bog Clubmoss (Lycopodiella appressa)...... 16 Capitate Spikerush (Eleocharis flavescens var. olivacea)...... 68 Low Water-Milfoil (Myriophyllum humile)...... 17 Beaked Spikerush (Eleocharis rostellata)...... 69 Thread-like Naiad (Najas gracillima)...... 18 Tubercled Spikerush (Eleocharis tuberculosa)...... 70 White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis)...... 19 Saltmarsh Virginia Wild Rye (Elymus virginicus var. halophilus)...... 71 Tubercled Orchid (Platanthera flava var. flava)...... 20 Blunt Manna Grass (Glyceria obtusa)...... 72 Mild Water-Pepper (Polygonum hydropiperoides)...... 21 New Jersey Rush (Juncus caesariensis)...... 73 Stout Smartweed (Polygonum robustius)...... 22 Grassleaf Rush (Juncus marginatus)...... 74 Algae-like Pondweed (Potamogeton confervoides)...... 23 Bayonet Rush (Juncus militaris)...... 75 Spotted Pondweed (Potamogeton pulcher)...... 24 Woodland Rush (Juncus subcaudatus var. planisepalus)...... 76 Mermaid-Weeds (Proserpinaca spp.)...... 25 Spreading Panic Grass (Panicum dichotomiflorum var. puritanorum)...... 77 Virginia Meadow-Beauty (Rhexia virginica)...... 26 Redtop Panic Grass (Panicum rigidulum var. pubescens)...... 78 Plymouth Gentian (Sabatia kennedyana)...... 27 Old Switch Panic Grass (Panicum virgatum var. spissum)...... 79 Curly-grass Fern (Schizaea pusilla)...... 28 Blackish Beakrush (Rhynchospora capitellata)...... 80 Blue-Eyed-Grasses (Sisyrinchium spp.)...... 29 Tall Beakrush (Rhynchospora macrostachya)...... 81 Elliott's Goldenrod (Solidago latissimifolia)...... 30 Olney's Bulrush (Schoenoplectus americanus)...... 82 Nova Scotia Ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes casei var. novaescotiae)...... 31 Long's Bulrush (Scirpus longii)...... 83 Rich's Sea-Blite (Suaeda maritima ssp. richii)...... 32 Lakeshore Yellow-eyed Grass (Xyris difformis)...... 84 Tradescant's Aster (Symphyotrichum tradescantii)...... 33 Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)...... 34 Massachusetts Fern (Thelypteris simulate)...... 35 Eastern Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritis)...... 85 Virginia Marsh St. John's-Wort (Triadenum virginicum)...... 36 Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)...... 86 Purple Bladderwort (Utricularia purpurea)...... 37 Small Swollen Bladderwort (Utricularia radiata)...... 38 Historic ACPF species...... 87 Northeastern Bladderwort (Utricularia resupinata)...... 39 Resources Used...... 88 Zigzag Bladderwort (Utricularia subulata)...... 40 Organizations Involved with ACPF in NS...... 89 Lance-leaved Violet (Viola lanceolata)...... 41 Companion Resources...... 90 Dwarf Chain Fern (Woodwardia areolata)...... 42 Thank you and Acknowledgements...... 91