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Wetlands
Elymus virginicus
Common Name: Virginia wild rye
Native to North America
Elymus virginicus is a clump forming cool season perennial grass. The tufted foliage is narrow and evergreen or semi-evergreen. Blades have a green or silver blue color and a waxy sheen. Bristly wheat-like spikey flower …
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Equisetum hyemale
Common Name: scouring rush, rough horsetail
Native to North America
Equisetum hyemale is a vigorous evergreen perennial with a striking vertical habit. Plants produce multiple bamboo-like dark green stems arranged in dense clumps. This handsome rush-like plant adapts to a wide variety of growing …
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Eupatorium dubium
Common Name: Three-nerved Joe pye
Native to North America
Think of it as the Joe that never really grew up! Shorter, much friendlier to smaller gardens and spaces.
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Eupatorium fistulosum
Common Name: Joe pye weed
Native to North America
Huge, founded flower heads. Butterflies love it.
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Eupatorium maculatum
Common Name: Spotted Joe pye weed
Native to North America
Light purple flower heads, many reaching up to 8 inches across. Lightly fragrant, especially attracts the swallowtail butterfly, along with many other pollinators.
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Eupatorium perfoliatum
Common Name: Boneset
Native to North America
Another one for wet spaces found along streams and at woods' edge.
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Eupatorium purpureum
Common Name: Sweet Joe pye weed
Native to North America
Found in thickets and open woods this Joe Pye tolerates some shade, sweet odor when crushed.
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