penny road elementary school north carolina native plant garden next designed by austen adler march...
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Penny Road ElementarySchool
North Carolina
Native PlantGarden
NextDesigned by Austen AdlerMarch 2008
This slideshow was prepared to help you identify most of thenative plants in our trail side garden.
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To see the Scientific (or Latin) name, click the yellow cube
By Austen Adler!2008
MayappleNext
Stems 12 to 18 inchestall
1 or 2 umbrella shaped leaves
A single white flowerabout 1 inch wideblooms in May
Mayapple
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Podophyllumpeltatum
Wild Ginger Next
Two heart shaped leaves
Smells like ginger
Single flower blooms in spring
WildGinger
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Asarumcanadense
Cinnamon FernNext
Wide green frondsgrow in a circle 2-5 feet tall and wide
Woolly fronds grow straight up in the center looking like cinnamon sticks
Cinnamon Fern
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Osmunda cinnamomea
Christmas FernNext
1 to 3 feet tall and wide
Narrow evergreen frondsgrow in clumps
New fronds on many typesof ferns are called“fiddleheads”
Christmas Fern
Fiddlehead
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Polystichum acrostichoides
Royal Fern Next
Fronds are 2-3 feet longand 1 foot wide
Grows in clumps
Deciduous
Royal Fern
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Osmunda regalis
Coral Honeysuckle Next
Twining woody vine
Leaves are smooth, 1-3 inches long
Flowers are 2 inches long, Coral red outside, yellow inside
Coral Honeysuckle
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Lonicerasempervirens
Crossvine Next
Crossvine
Evergreen ground cover vine
Orange to red flowers trimmedwith yellow
Blooms in spring and summer
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Bignonia capreolata
NextBlue Wood Aster
Wood AsterSymphyotrichum
cordifolium
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Pale lavender-blue 3/4 inchflowers
Blooms in fall
2 to 3 feet tall
Heart shaped leaves with sharp teeth
Blue
Blue Wood Sedge
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Carex flaccosperma
Blue Wood Sedge
Bluish-green leaves
Evergreen
1 foot tall and 1 foot wide
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Fringe tree Next
Fringe Tree
12 to 15 feet high
Blooms in mid spring
Long fragrant white blooms look like an
old man’s beard
Deciduous
Chionanthus virginicus
Old Man’s Beard
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Atamasco Lily
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Atamasco Lily
Zephyranthes atamasco Blooms in March to April
A 3 inch flower changes from white to pink
Several half inch wide leaves
About 15 inches high
(Rain Lily)
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Zephyranthes atamasco
Sundrops Next
Up to 2 feet tall
5 yellow petals2 inches across
Blooms in late springand early summer
Dark green ridged leaves
SundropsOenothera fruticosa
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