Description: Woody shrubs can grow to trees reaching 20 feet tall. Distinctive yellow sapwood with pink/orange heartwood. Grey/brown bark with light lenticels giving bark a…
Tag: wetlands
habitat
Description: Flowering rush is a perennial aquatic plant with emergent upright foliage. Extensive submerged root systems forms unique bulblet rhizomes. Flowers have 3 white to…
Description: Aquatic wetland perennial which grows up to 10 feet tall. Leaves originate at the base of the stem and spread outward. Rhizomes forma a…
Description: Phragmites is a perennial reed grass growing 5-10 feet at maturity. Phragmites grows in dense stands with a network of below-ground rhizomes. Stiff hollow…
Description: Reed Canary Grass is a large coarse grass growing between 2 and 7 feet in height. It has hairless stems and rough tapered leaves.…
Description: Purple loosestrife is a herbaceous perennial with opposite or whorled, lance-shaped, stalkless, leaves. Flowers are magenta and form long spikes. Stems are distinctly square…