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Note: this list at the information board at HC has been altered to remove wetlands references at bottom of list
PLANTS OF THE HURRICANE CREEK
TRACT WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AREA (an on-going checklist) Trees and Shrubs: Flame azalea Rhododendron calendulaceum tulip tree (yellow poplar) Liriodendron tulipifera sassafras Sassafras albidum eastern chinquapin Castanea pumila red maple Acer rubrum river birch Betula nigra *American holly Ilex opaca American hazelnut Corylus americana #Chinese privet Ligustrum sinense *highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum *black willow Salix nigra *ironwood Carpinus caroliniana blackberry Rubus allegheniensis red cedar Juniperus virginiana *tag alder (smooth alder) Alnus serrulata mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia *great rhododendron Rhododendron maximum *strawberry bush Eugonymus americanus Staff-tree family *sparkleberry Vaccinium arboreum *American beech Fagus grandifolia *sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua common persimmon Diospyros virginiana white oak Quercus alba red oak Quercus rubra flowering dogwood Cornus florida sourwood Oxydendum arboreum silverbell tree Halesia carolina American elm Ulmus americana winged sumac Rhus copallina smooth sumac Rhus glabra *swamp dogwood Cornus ammonum *serviceberry (juneberry) Amelanchier arborea *white pine Pinus strobus loblolly pine Pinus taeda Virginia pine Pinus virginiana eastern hemlock Tsuga Canadensis black walnut Juglans nigra *sycamore Platanus occidentalis hickory Carya spp. pawpaw Asimina triloba #princess tree Paulownia tomentosa *sweetleaf (horse sugar) Symplocus tinctoria American chestnut Castanea dentata
Vines & creepers: *muscadine grape Vitis rotundifolia *greenbrier Smilax glauca #Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica coral honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens #poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia decumaria vine Decumaria barbara ground ivy Glechoma hederacea crossvine Bignonia capreolata
Other flowering plants: chicory Cichorium intybus Fam. Asteraceae *jewelweed Impatiens capensis Fam. Balsaminaceae dewberry Rubus flagellaris blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium augustifolium partridgeberry Mitchella repens five-finger (cinquefoil) Potentilla canadensis whorled loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia fire pink Silene virginica spotted wintergreen Chimaphila maculata Fam. Pyrolaceae hawkweed Hieracium hemosum *jack-in-the-pulpit Arboracea triphyllum large houstonia Hedyotis longifolia heal-all Prunella vulgaris Joe-Pye weed Eupatorium maculatum Fam. Asteraceae Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum Fam. Berberidaceae rosin weed Silphium compositum sensitive briar Schrankia nuttallii goldenrod Solidago nemoralis common mullein Verbascum thapsus Figwort family common ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia yucca Yucca filamentosa white horsemint Pycnanthemum incanum downy skullcap Scutellaria incana tick seed Coryopsis tripteris panic grass Panicum clandestinum lobelia Lobelia puberula Bluebell family cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis Bluebell family plume grass Erianthus alopecuroides Indian plantain Plantago lanceolata #Nepal grass Microstegium vimineum switch cane Arundinaria gigantea cranefly orchid Tupularia viscolor Fam. Orchidaceae **pink lady slipper Cypripedium acaule Fam. Orchidaceae yellow root Xanthorhiza simplicissima golden ragwort Senecio aureus galax Galax urceolata bur-reed Sparganium americanum sedge Carex abscondita tooth wort Dentaria diphylla tick-seed Bidens aristosa Aster family knotweed (pinkweed) Polygonium pensylvanium Polygonaceae fam meadow beauty Rhexia virginica Melastomataceae wood anemone Anemone quinquefolia
Non-flowering plants: clubmoss Lycopodium spp. Christmas fern Polystichum acrostichoides other ferns (several species) various mosses various lichens
*species that may occur in wetland areas **species protected in Georgia #Undesirable species |
Plants at Hurricane Creek |