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Table of Contents Herbs Sh Gr 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. 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