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Wild Flowers: Cylburn Arboretum

 

Wildflowers at Cylburn delight the visitor–especially in spring time. This wildflower list also includes ferns and other plants that grow wild in the Maryland woods. The difference is that in the Cylburn woods, plants on this list have been specially planted, and, particularly in the spring, most of the plants also have signs to identify them so they can be observed as they grow and mature throughout the year.

 

COMMON NAME                        BOTANICAL NAME

Skunk cabbage                                Symplocarpus  foetidus

Coltsfoot                                         Tussilago farfara

Marsh marigold                               Caltha palustris

Yellow iris                                       Iris pseudacorus

Crested dwarf iris                            Iris cristata

Hepatica, round lobed                     Hepatica americana

Spring beauty                                  Claytonia virginica

Lesser celandine                              Ranunculus ficaria

Celandine poppy / Wood poppy      Stylophorum  diphyllum

Virginia bluebell                                Mertensia  virginica

Bloodroot                                        Sanguinaria canadensis

Trout lily / Dogtooth violet                Erythromium
                                                        americanum

Foam flower                                    Tiarella cordifolia

Dutchman's breeches                        Dicentra curcullaria

Squirrel corn                                    Dicentra  canadensis

Bishop's cap / Miterwort                  Mitella diphylla

Greek valerian                                  Polemonium reptans

Twinleaf                                           Jeffersonia diphylla

Mayapple                                         Podophyllum peltatum

Wild columbine                                Aquilegia canadensis

Wild geranium                                  Geranium maculatum

Cut-leaved toothwort                       Dentaria laciniata

Wild ginger                                      Asarum canadense

 

 

 

 

 

Wild Flowers: Cylburn Arboretum Association

 

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