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Charlie Cron's Coastal Plain Species

A trip to see Coastal Plain species, led by Charles (Charlie) Cron, is becoming an annual August event. The Coastal Plain flora contains nine of the sixteen Legally Listed Species under the NS Endangered Species Act. Seven of those are included in Charlie's collection.

Photographer: Charlie Cron

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Bartonia

Bartonia virginica (L.) B.S.P. CP (bartonia)

Button Bush

Cephalanthus occidentalis L. (button bush)

Sweet Pepperbush

Clethra alnifolia
L. (sweet pepperbush)
VULNERABLE

 Pink Coreopsis

Coreopsis rosea Nutt.
(pink coreopsis or pink tickseed) ENDANGERED
Thread-leaved Sundew

Drosera fiformis Raf. (thread-leaved Sundew) ENDANGERED

 Thread-leaved Sundew
 
 
Joe-pye Toroughwort

Eupatorium dubium Willd.
(joe-pye toroughwort)

Narrow Leaf Fragrant Goldenrod

Euthamia galetorum Greene
(narrow leaf fragrant goldenrod)
Golden-pert

Gratiola aurea Pursh
(golden-pert)

 Water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata L.
(water pennywort) ENDANGERED
Inkberry

Ilex Glabra (L.) Gray
(inkberry)

 Redroot

Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam) Dandy (redroot) THREATENED
Golden-crest

Lophiola aurea Ker-Gawler
(golden-crest) THREATENED

 White Fringed orchid

Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. (white fringed orchid)

Tubercled Orchid

Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl.
(tubercled orchid)

Meadow Beauty

Rhexia virginica L.
(meadow beauty)

Plymouth Gentian

Sabatia kennedyana Fern
(Plymouth rose gentian) ENDANGERED

Plymouth Gentian
 
 
Plymouth Gentian
Poison Ivy

Toxicodendron radicans (L) Kuntz
(poison Ivy)

 Curly-grass Fern

Schizaea pusilla Pursh.
(curly-grass Fern)
Purple Bladderwort

Purple Bladderwort

Utricularia purpurea Walt.
(purple Bladderwort)
Dwarf Chain Fern Woodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.
(Virginia chain fern)
Bog yellow-eyed-grass

Xyris difformis Chapman
(bog yellow-eyed-grass)

 Northern Yellow-eyed-grass

Xryis montana Ries
(northern yellow-eyed-grass)
Yellow-eyed-grass