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Biology 561
Barrier Island Ecology

Barrier Island Plants

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Barrier Island Plants
of the Mid- and South Atlantic US Dunes

 Herbaceous dunes  Shrub and forest Fresh ponds and salt marsh

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                   Herbaceous dunes
ammophila.jpg (91306 bytes) spartinapatenss2.jpg (65731 bytes) Pamarum.jpg (112938 bytes) ssempervirens.JPG (70460 bytes)
American Beachgrass, Ammophila breviligulata Saltmeadow Cordgrass, Spartina patens Panic grass, Panicum amarum Seaside Goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens
seaoats.jpg (93955 bytes) heather.jpg (106234 bytes) poisonivy.jpg (43833 bytes) gpulchella.JPG (83889 bytes)
Sea oats, Uniola paniculata Beach heather, Hudsonia tomentosa Poison Ivy, Rhus toxicodendron Firewheels, Gaillardia pulchella
iva imbricata1.JPG (105784 bytes) chenopambr.jpg (73360 bytes) panicumvirg.jpg (93236 bytes) phragmites.jpg (107124 bytes)
Sea elder, Iva imbricata Chenopodium ambrosioides Switchgrass, Panicum virgatum Phragmites, Phragmites australis
andropogon.jpg (47712 bytes) beachplum.jpg (87387 bytes) cenchrus.jpg (113853 bytes)
Little bluestem, Andropogon sp.

Beach plum, Prunus maritima

 Sandspur, Cenchrus tribuloides
Eupatcapill.jpg (435295 bytes) verbascum.jpg (60311 bytes)
Dog fennel, Eupatorium capillifolium Wooly Mullein, Verbascum thapsus
opuntiacomp.jpg (83017 bytes) carexkobomugi2.jpg (97986 bytes) Eragrostis.jpg (394757 bytes) xanthium.jpg (80726 bytes)
Prickly pear cactus, Opuntia compressa Japanese sedge, Carex kobomugi Love grass, Eragrostis pilosa Cocklebur, Xanthium strumarium

Shrub and Forest
rose.jpg (44905 bytes) bayberry.jpg (77903 bytes) waxmyrtle.jpg (67430 bytes) ilexglabra.jpg (76104 bytes)
Rose, Rosa sp. Bayberry, Myrica penslyvanica Wax myrtle, Myrica cerifera Sparkleberry, Ilex glabra
redmaple.jpg (54009 bytes) rhuscopallina.jpg (88954 bytes) amelanchier.jpg (57981 bytes) quercussp.jpg (54729 bytes)
Red maple, Acer rubrum Smooth sumac, Rhus copallina Shadbush, Amelanchier sp. Oak, Quercus sp.
pitchpine.jpg (72097 bytes) phytolac.jpg (88121 bytes) querfalc.jpg (95705 bytes) ilexopaca6.jpg (70998 bytes)
Pitch pine, Pinus rigida Phytolacca americana Southern red oak, Quercus falcata American holly, Ilex opaca
juniperusvirg.jpg (113205 bytes) sassafras.jpg (92460 bytes) parthquin.jpg (90325 bytes)
Red Cedar, Juniperus virginiana Sassafras, Sassafras albidum Woodbine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Fresh ponds and salt marshes
baccharismale.jpg (61363 bytes) baccharisfemale.jpg (69625 bytes) lemna&azolla.jpg (88572 bytes) salixsp.jpg (51039 bytes)
Silverling, Baccharis halimifolia (male flowers) Silverling, Baccharis halimifolia (female flowers) Duckweed, Lemna minor, and Water fern, Azolla sp. Black willow, Salix nigra
mikania.jpg (80863 bytes) Spalt.jpg (426441 bytes) Suaedal.jpg (389569 bytes)  
Climbing hempweed, Mikania scandens Smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora Suaeda, Suadea linearis  
plucheasp.jpg (44900 bytes) Ivafrut.jpg (230066 bytes) spartinacynos.jpg (47810 bytes)  
Pluchea, Pluchea purpurascens Marsh elder, Iva frutescens Cordgrass, Spartina cynosuroides