Wetlands

"I enter a swamp as a sacred place"
- Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862

[TREES] [SHRUBS] [WILDFLOWERS/FERNS/MOSSES] [ANIMALS] IN WETLANDS

TREES

Leaf Alternate and Simple

Gray Birch, Betula populifolia

Gray Birch
Betula populifolia

White Birch, Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera

Sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua

Black Tupelo
Nyssa sylvatica

Weeping Willow
Salix babylonica

Leaf Needlelike or Scalelike

Atlantic White Cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides

White Spruce
Picea glauca

SHRUBS

Leaf Alternate and Compound

Poison Ivy
Rhus radicans

Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Wild Rose
Rosa spp.

Greenbrier, Smilax rotundifolia

Leaf Alternate and Simple

Speckled Alder
Alnus rugosa

Azalea
Rhododendron spp.

Japanese Barberry
Berberis thunbergii

Common Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum

European Buckthorn
Rhamnus frangula

Grape
Vitis spp.

Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia

American Holly
Ilex opaca

Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia

Sheep Laurel
Kalmia angustifolia

Coast Pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia

Great Rhododendron
Rhododendron maximum

Leaf Opposite and Compound

Common Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis

Leaf Opposite and Simple

Roundleaf Dogwood
Cornus rugosa

Swamp Dogwood
Cornus amomum

Red Maple
Acer rubrum

Common Mock-Orange
Philadelphus inodorus

WILDFLOWERS, FERNS, MOSSES

Flower Green, Brown or None

Common Cattail
Typha latifolia

Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea

Interrupted Fern
Osmunda claytoniana

Cross-Leaved Milkwort
Polygala cruciata

Fragrant Water-Lily, Nymphaea odorata

Sphagnum Moss
Sphagnum spp.

Flower Pink to Red

Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria

Cross-Leaved Milkwort
Polygala cruciata

Fragrant Water-Lily
Nymphaea odorata

Flower Violet to Blue

True Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis scorpioides

Larger Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor

Nightshade, Solanum dulcamara

Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria

Nightshade
Solanum dulcamara

Flower White

Indian-Pipe
Monotropa uniflora

Northern White Violet
Viola pallens

Fragrant Water-Lily
Nymphaea odorata

Flower Yellow to Orange

Goldenrod
Solidago spp.

Yellow Iris
Iris pseudacorus

Yellow Loosetrife, Swamp Candles
Lysimachia terrestris

Whorled Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadrifolia

Spotted Touch-Me-Not
Impatiens capensis

ANIMALS

Birds

American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Canada Goose
Branta canadensis

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias

Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos

Tree Swallow
Iridoprocne bicolor

Reptiles and Amphibians

Garter Snake
Thamnophis spp.

Northern Wood Frog
Rana sylvatica

American Toad
Bufo americanus

Mammals

Beaver
Castor canadensis

White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus

Muskrat
Ondatra zibethica

Virginia Opossum
Didelphis virginiana

Raccoon
Procyon lotor

Short Tailed Shrew
Blarina brevicauda

Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Insects and Spiders

Bowl-and-Doily Spider
Frontinella communis

Crane Flies

Crickets

Damselflies

Dragonflies

Short-horned Grasshoppers

Mosquitoes