Jonathan Dickinson State Park

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1. Turkey Oak

Quercus  laevis

Our only Oak Tree. The leaves deeply lobed.

 

2. Shining Blueberrry

Vaccinium myrsinites

Small glossy leaves, little flowers resembling Staggerbush or Fetterbush

 

3.  Cinnamon Fern

Osmunda cinnamomea

Spores on a cinnamon wand.  Look for tiny hair tufts.

 

4. Gallberry

Ilex glabra

Small holly with subtle teeth on narrow leaves, the berries black, with 4 "seeds."

 

5. Virginia Chain Fern

Woodwardia virginica

The chain! The chain!

 

6. Yellow Milkwort

Polygala rugellii

Yellow!

 

7. Pineland Daisy

Chaptalia tomentosa

Composite with single white "daisy" flower on a vertical stalk

 

8. Sundew

Drosera capillaris

It'll eat you alive!

 

9. False Pennyroyal

Piloblephis rigida

Smally, sticky, with lavender two-lipped flowers

 

10. Tarflower

Bejaria racemosa

Hispid