Inventory of Biodiversity and Significant Habitats in the Paint Branch Watershed

By John M. Parrish, Field Botanist/Ecologist 2001

1.5.3 Powder Mill Bog Site Area

LILY FAMILY - Liliaceae

• Common Greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia

BIRCH FAMILY - Betulaceae

• Ironwood Carpinus caroliniana

MAGNOLIA FAMILY - Magnoliaceae

• Sweet Bay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana
  
• Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera

ROSE FAMILY - Rosaceae

• Red Chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia
  
• Swamp Dewberry Rubus hispidus

CASHEW FAMILY - Anacardiaceae

• Poison Sumac Rhus vernix

HOLLY FAMILY - Aquifoliaceae

• Winterberry Holly Ilex verticillata

MAPLE FAMILY - Aceraceae

• Red Maple Acer rubrum

VINE FAMILY - Vitaceae

• Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
  
• Fox Grape Vitis labrusca

DOGWOOD FAMILY - Cornaceae

• Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica

WHITE ALDER FAMILY - Clethraceae

• Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia

HEATH FAMILY - Ericaceae

• Swamp Honeysuckle Azalea R. viscosum
  
• Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia
  
• Swamp Sweetbells Leucothoe racemosa
  
• Dangleberry Gaylussacia frondosa
  
• Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum

OLIVE FAMILY - Oleaceae

• Fringe-tree Chionanthus virginicus

MADDER FAMILY - Rubiaceae

• Partridgeberry Mitchella repens

HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY - Caprifoliaceae

• Swamp-haw Viburnum Viburnum nudum
  
• Arrowwood Viburnum V. dentatum

ROYAL FERN FAMILY - Osmundaceae

• Royal Fern Osmunda regalis
  
• Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea

MARSH FERN FAMILY - Thelypteraceae

• New York Fern Thelypteris noveboracensis

GRASS FAMILY - Poaceae

• Spangle Grass Chasmanthium laxa

SEDGE FAMILY - Cyperaceae

• Weak Stellate Carex seorsa
  
• Bristle-stalked Sedge Carex leptalea
  
• White-edged Sedge Carex debilis
  
• Yellow-green Carex Carex lurida
  
• Long Sedge Carex folliculata
  
• Yellow Galingale Cyperus flavescens
  
• Straw-colored Cyperus Cyperus strigosus
  
• Green Spikerush Eleocharis olivacea
  
• Many-leaved Bulrush Scirpus polyphyllus
  
• Umbrella-grass Fuirena squarrosa
  
• Small-headed Beakrush Rhynchospora capitellata

ARUM FAMILY - Araceae

• Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
  
• Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

YELLOW-EYED GRASS FAMILY - Xyridaceae

• Variable Yellow-eyed Grass Xyris difformis

PIPEWORT FAMILY - Eriocaulaceae

• Ten-angled Pipewort Eriocaulon decangulare

RUSH FAMILY - Juncaceae

• Long's Rush Juncus longii
  
• Weak Rush Juncus debilis

YAM FAMILY - Dioscoreaceae

• Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa

ORCHID FAMILY- Orchidaceae

• Rose Pogonia Pogonia ophioglossoides
  
• Little Club-spur Orchid Platanthera clavellata

FLAX FAMILY - Linaceae

• Ridged Yellow Flax Linum striatum

ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY - Hypericaceae

• Marsh St. John's Wort Triadenum virginicum

CARROT FAMILY - Apiaceae

• Water-dropwort Oxypolis rigidior

GENTIAN FAMILY - Gentianaceae

• Rose-pink Sabatia angularis

COMPOSITE FAMILY- Asteraceae

• Bog Goldenrod Solidago uliginosa
  
• Panicled Hawkweed Hieracium paniculatum