Wild Marjoram, Origanum vulgare , Lamiaceae Fuller’s Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum , Caprifoliaceae Hedge Bindweed, Calystegia sepium , Convolvulaceae Little Leaf Tick Trefoil, Desmodium ciliare , Fabaceae Pink Tickseed, Coreopsis rosea , Asteraceae Hyssop-Leaved Hedge-Nettle, Stachys hyssopifolia , Lamiaceae Brown-Fruited Rush, Juncus pelocarpus , Juncaceae Toothed Flatsedge, Cyperus dentatus , Cyperaceae American Holly, Ilex opaca , Aquifoliaceae Steeplebush, Spiraea tomentosa , Rosaceae Sweet Pepperbush, Clethra alnifolia, Clethraceae Plymouth Rose Gentian, Sabatia kennedyana, Gentianaceae Fragrant Water Lily, Nymphaea odorata , Nymphaeaceae Swamp Loosestrife, Decodon verticillatus , Lythraceae Lesser St. John’s Wort, Hypericum canadense , Hypericaceae Spotted Wintergreen, Chimaphila maculata , Ericaceae Thread-Leaved Sundew, Drosera filiformis , Droseraceae Large Cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon , Ericaceae Eastern Purple Bladderwort, Utricularia purpurea , Lentibulariaceae Golden Hedge Hyssop, Gratiola aurea , Plantaginaceae Virginia Marsh St. John’s Wort, Triadenum virginicum , Hypericaceae Plymouth Rose Gentian, Sabatia kennedyana , Gentianaceae Common Woolsedge, Scirpus cyperinus , Cyperaceae Porcelain Vine, Ampelopsis glandulosa , Vitaceae Butterfly Weed, Asclepias tuberosa , Apocynaceae Dock Leaved Smartweed, Persicaria lapathifolia , Polygonaceae American Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana , Phytolaccaceae
This walk will probably go down as my favorite walk of the year – it’s got a unique coastal plain pond, so I was just swimming in flowers I’d never seen before. We did joke at the end of the walk that it needs to be renamed to the Ashumet Green Briar Sanctuary – I managed a lovely cut on my leg while blundering into one. They were everywhere! But I have no regrets.
