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Signature species: Muhlenbergia filipes

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Native Species Plant List
The native species garden on the College of Charleston's campus is home to over 35 different species of plants native to the South Carolina Lowcountry. Below is a list of the original plants used, with both common and scientific names where possible.
Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Weed
Aster concolor
Eastern Silver Aster
Aster carolinianus
Climbing Aster
Aster cordifolius
Common Blue Wood Aster
Chelone glabra
White Turtlehead
Coreopsis rosea
Rose Coreopsis
Chrysogonum virginicum
Green and Gold
Chasmanthium latifolium
Fish-on-a-Pole
Equisetum hymale
Scouring Rush
Eupatorium fistulosum
Joe-pye Weed
Eupatorium dubium
N/A
Helianthus angustifolius
Narrowleaf or Swamp Sunflower
Helenium flexuosum
Southern Sneezeweed
Itea virginica
Virginia Willow
Kosteletzkya virginica
Seashore Mallow
Lonicera sempervirens
Coral Honeysuckle
Monarda punctata
Spotted Horse Mint
Parthenium integrifolium
Wild Quinine
Pycnanthemum incanum
Mountain Mint
Tradescantia rosea
Rosey Spiderwort
Macbridea caroliniana
Carolina Birds-in-a-Nest
Liatris spicata
Mountain Blazing Star
Sabatia dodecandra
Larger Marsh Pink
Rudbeckia fulgida
N/A
Baptisia australis
False Blue Indigo
Cercis canadensis
Eastern Redbud
Juncus effusus
Common Rush
Coreopsis lanceolata
Lanceleaf Tickseed
Iris virginica
N/A
Baptisia australis
Yellow Wild Indigo
Gaillardia pulchella
Fire-wheel
Sarracenia minor
Hooded Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia rubra
Sweet Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia flava
Yellow Trumpet or Biscuit Flower
Sarracenia purpurea
Frog's Breeches or Hunter's Cap
Lobeilia cardinalis
Cardinal Flower
Muhlenbergia filipes*
Sweet Grass*
Preparation and Planting 
     Spring 04
Seasons 
     Spring 04
     Fall 04 
     Fall 05

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