List of Flora
for Bogs

––––––Bog Flora––––––
Scientific Names Common Names
Amelanchier interior * Serviceberry sp.
Andromeda glaucophylla Bog Rosemary
Arethusa bulbosa Dragon's Mouth Orchid
Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry
Aronia prunifolia Purple Chokeberry
Bartonia virginica Yellow Bartonia
Betula allegheniensis * Yellow Birch
Betula pumila Dwarf Birch
Bidens cernua Nodding Bur-Marigold
Boehmeria cylindrica drummondiana * False Nettle
Brasenia schreberi Watershield
Calla palustris Wild Calla
Calopogon tuberosus Grass Pink Orchid
Cardamine pratensis Cuckoo Flower
Carex brunnescens Brown Sedge
Carex canescens Silvery Sedge
Carex chordorrhiza Cordroot Sedge
Carex disperma Soft-Leaved Sedge
Carex lasiocarpa Hairy-Fruited Sedge
Carex leptalea Slender Sedge
Carex limosa Sedge sp.
Carex oligosperma Few-Seeded Sedge
Carex trisperma Three-Fruited Sedge
Chamaedaphne calyculata angustifolia Leatherleaf
Circaea alpina * Small Enchanter's Nightshade
Cladium mariscoides Twig Rush
Clintonia borealis * Bluebead Lily
Comarum palustre Marsh Cinquefoil
Coptis trifolia * Goldthread
Corallorhiza trifida * Early Coral Root
Cornus canadensis * Bunchberry
Cypripedium acaule * Pink Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium candidum White Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium parviflorum Small Yellow Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium reginae Showy Lady's Slipper
Drosera intermedia Spoon-Leaved Sundew
Drosera rotundifolia Round-Leaved Sundew
Dryopteris cristata * Crested Wood Fern
Epilobium leptophyllum Bog Willow Herb
Epilobium strictum Downy Willow Herb
Eriophorum gracile Cotton Sedge sp.
Eriophorum tenellum Cotton Sedge sp.
Eriophorum virdi-carinatum Cotton Sedge sp.
Eriophorum virginicum Cotton Sedge sp.
Galium labradoricum Bog Bedstraw
Galium trifidum Small Bedstraw
Geum aleppicum Yellow Avens
Huperzia lucidula lucidula * Shining Clubmoss
Isotria verticillata * Large Whorled Pogonia
Juncus canadensis Canada Rush
Juncus vaseyi Vasey's Rush
Larix decidua * American Larch
Linnaea borealis * Twin-Flower
Lycopodiella inundata Bog Clubmoss
Lysimachia terrestris Swamp Candles
Lysimachia thrysifolia Tufted Loosestrife
Maianthemum canadense * Canada Mayflower
Malaxis brachypoda * Adder's Mouth Orchid
Menyanthes trifoliata minor Buckbean
Orthilia secunda *
(syn. Pyrola secunda)
One-Sided Shinleaf
Osmunda cinnamomea * Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda regalis spectabilis * Royal Fern
Platanthera dilatata * Tall White Bog Orchid
Platanthera psycodes * Purple-Fringed Orchid
Pilea fontana * Bog Clearweed
Poa paludigena Marsh Bluegrass
Pogonia ophioglossoides Rose Pogonia
Populus tremuloides * Quaking Aspen
Pyrola asarifolia * Pink Wintergreen
Pyrola chlorantha * Green-Flowered Shinleaf
Rhamnus alnifolia Alder Buckthorn
Rhynchospora alba White Beak-Rush
Rhynchospora capillacea Beak-Rush sp.
Ribes hirtellum Northern Gooseberry
Rubus hispidus Swamp Dewberry
Rubus pubescens * Dwarf Raspberry
Rubus strigosus * Wild Red Raspberry
Salix bebbiana Bebb's Willow
Salix candida Hoary Willow
Salix lucida Shining Willow
Salix pedicellaris hypoglauca Bog Willow
Salix serissima Autumn Willow
Sarracenia purpurea Northern Pitcher Plant
Sceleria verticillata Whorled Nut-Rush
Scheuchzeria palustris americana Arrow-Grass
Scirpus atrocinctus Black Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus Small-Fruited Bulrush
Solidago uliginosa Bog Goldenrod
Spiraea tomentosa Steeplebush
Thelypteris palustris pubescens Marsh Fern
Tofieldia glutinosa False Asphodel
Toxicodendron vernix Poison Sumac
Triadenum fraseri Fraser's Marsh St. John's Wort
Triadenum virginicum Marsh St. John's Wort
Trichophorum cespitosum callosum Tufted Bulrush
Trientalis borealis * Starflower
Triglochin maritima Arrow-Grass sp.
Vaccinium angustifolium Low-Bush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum * High-Bush Blueberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon Large Cranberry
Vaccinium myrtilloides * Canada Blueberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos Small Cranberry
Viola blanda * Sweet White Violet
Viola macloskeyi * Smooth White Violet
Viola nephrophylla Northern Blue Violet
Woodwardia virginica * Chain Fern

* shaded areas (usually tamarack bogs)

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