For a more detailed listing of Wissahickon Creek area plants, please visit
the Pennsylvania Flora Database, part of the Pennsylvania Flora Project,
which is administered by the Botany Department at the Morris Arboretum.

 

note: species are arranged within categories alphabetically by Latin name

Perennials
milkweed species (Asclepias spp.)
seedbox (Ludwigia sphaerocarpa)
mint species (Mentha spp.)
arrowhead (Sagittaria rigida)
lizard's-tail (Saururus cernuus)
golden ragwort (Senecio aureus)

Shrubs
serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.)
red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)
buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis)
pussy willow (Salix discolor)
arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum)
nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

Trees
red maple (Acer rubrum)
black maple (Acer nigrum)
sweet birch (Betula lenta)
river birch (Betula nigra)
blackgum, a.k.a. tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica)
American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor)
pin oak (Quercus palustris)

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