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