The tables below, while hardly all-inclusive, should give a good idea of the great variety of plant life on Assateague. Over time, we plan to include as many common species as possible. For a much more complete listing, visit the Fauna and Flora on Assateague Island site maintained by the National Park Service and the University of California.
| Wildflowers | ||
|---|---|---|
| aster beggar-ticks bluecurls blue-eyed grass bur-marigold bur-reed butterfly pea butterfly weed chicory cinquefoil climbing hempweed common mullein cow vetch cranesbill creeping bush-clover crested yellow orchis daisy fleabane dwarf St. Johnswort evening primrose false heather frostweed |
germander golden aster goldenrod horsemint horse nettle hyssop-leaved thoroughwort Indian pipe Japanese honeysuckle lamb's quarters marsh St. Johnwort meadow beauty mock bishop's weed moth mullein New York Ironweed orange grass panicled tick-trefoil partridgeberry pasture thistle pink lady's slipper |
pink wild bean pokeweed poor man's pepper prickly pear rabbit's foot clover rose pink rough bedstraw round-leaved thoroughwort salt marsh fleabane scarlet pimpernel slender ladies' tresses smartweed stargrass storksbill tickseed sunflower Venus' looking glass Virginia dayflower water penny-wort water plantain yellow wood-sorrel |
| Ferns | ||
|---|---|---|
| chain fern cinnamon fern |
marsh fern royal fern |
sensitive fern wood fern |
| Trees | ||
|---|---|---|
| american holly american sycamore austrian pine black walnut black willow blue spruce eastern cottonwood flowering dogwood peach |
pin oak pitch pine post oak red maple short-leaf pine silver maple slippery elm southern magnolia |
southern red oak tree of heaven Virginia pine water oak weeping willow white mulberry white poplar willow oak |
| Grasses, etc. | ||
|---|---|---|
| bald brome big cord grass bread wheat canadian rush coastal salt grass cottongrass bulrush duckweeds dwarf saltwort European bermuda grass |
Japanese brome little barley low nut rush mexican tea nuttall's reed grass panic grasses poverty brome poverty rush rosette grasses saltmarsh rush |
sand-dune sandburr seaside bulrush seaside three-awn sedges slender wood oats slimspike three-awn spike rushes Virginia wild rye water smartweed |
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