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Common Peatland Plants |
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| TREES Black spruce Picea mariana Larch (tamarack) Larix laricina White pine Pinus strobus Red maple Acer rubrum Yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis Northern white cedar Thuja occidentalis
SHRUBS AND GROUNDCOVER *Rubus chaem? Baked apple berry Vaccinium oxycoccus Small-leaved cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon Large-leaved cranberry Vaccinium angustifolium Low-bush blueberry Chamaedaphne calyculata Leatherleaf Rhododendron groenlandicum Labrador tea Rhododendron canadense Rhodora Kalmia polifolia Bog laurel Kalmia angustifolia Sheep laurel Andromeda polifolia Bog rosemary *Gaylussacia dumosa Gaylussacia baccata Photina melanocarpa Black chokeberry *Empetrum nigrum Black crowberry * found in coastal bogs Sphagnum mosses and lichens Sphagnum magellanicum Sphagnum cuspidatum Sphagnum fuscum Sphagnum rubellum Cladina rangiferina Reindeer lichen Cladina mitis Lichen Cladina christitella British soldier's lichen Cladina squamosa Squamose lichen
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HERBACEOUS PLANTS Sedges Tawny cottongrass Eriophorum virginicum Eriphorum vaginatum Tussock cottongrass Eriophorum tenellum Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium Cottongrass Rhyncospora alba White-beaked sedge Orchids Arethusa bulbosa Dragon's mouth orchid Pogonia ophioglossoides Rose pogonia Calapogon pulchellus Grass pink Herbs Smilacenia trifolia Three-leaved Solomon's seal Solidago uliginosa Bog goldenrod Aster nemoralis Bog aster Utricularia cornuta Horned bladderwort Drosera rotundifolia Round-leaved sundew Sarracenia purpurea Pitcher plant Xyris spp. Yellow-eyed grass
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