Common Peatland Plants

 

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

 

 

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