Spanish Moss-It has long, thin threadlike, silvery gray leaves.

Spanish Moss-It is supported by trees, especiall oaks and cypress trees in areas with moist, warm air.

Spanish Moss- This plant is not a parasite bu an epiphyte capable of photosyntheisis. It uses dust particles from the ari and water for nourishment.

Long Leaf Milkweed

This is a upright, hariry plant that is 6-28 inches tall. It is perennial whic means it comes back every year. The leaves are 3 1/2-5 1/5 inches long, 1/8-1/4 inches wide. It has flowers from ay to June that are white tipped with rose. It greows in savannas and pine woods.

Black Gum. Large deciduous tree. Can grow to be 120 feet tall.

Largeleaf Marsh Pennywort;seaside Pennywort; Coastal-Plain Pennywort

Creeping, herbaceous perennial(comes back every year)spreads horizontally (sideways) byrhizomes, up to several feet long.

Largeleaf Marsh Pennywort;seaside Pennywort; Coastal-Plain Pennywort

The leeaves are simple, large coin-shaped, flesh that are 1 1/4 to 4 inches wide.

Largeleaf Marsh Pennywort;seaside Pennywort; Coastal-Plain Pennywort

It has flowers from April to September. It grows on roadsides, beach dunes, moist, open sand areas and disturbed areas.

Crossvine found on Deer Island. It is semi-evergreen and the flowers bloom from April-May.

The Cross Vine is named for the cross-shaped pattern seen when a cut is made through the stem.

Poke Weed

Poke Weed is a native plant throughout eastern North America. It is a large-rooted perennial with a strong-growing top, reaching up to 10 or more feet in height. The roots and seeds are poisonous. The branches bear clusters of flowers and dark red fruits. The fruits resemble the berries of nightshade and thus pokeweed is sometimes called American nightshade. Other common names are inkberry, pigeon berry, coakun, pocan bush, scoke, garget, and poke salad.

Sargassum Seaweed

Sargassum, also known as "gulfweed", is a brown algae with an air bladder that allows it to float like a thick blanket on the surface of the water. This seaweed community supports a diverse ecosystem.

Sargassum Seaweed

Floating lines of sargassum provide critical habitat for a wide variety of sea life, including dolphin fish (also called mahi mahi), juvenile sea turtles, and seabirds. Some fish, crabs, shrimp-like creatures and sea slugs float with it and live off it. Pools of fish gather beneath it to catch some of the shade it provides. Sargassum is present in the Gulf of Mexico all year, but is more plentiful in warm weather. Winds and currents typically cause Sargassum to wash up on the beach beginning in May. When it begins to decompose in the sun it can look and smell unpleasant. Sargassum, however, is also an important part of the beach ecosystem. During high tides, it is pushed back to the dunes where it dries and decomposes, providing a base for other plant life and helping trap blowing sand to build dunes.

Spanish Moss is supported by trees, especially oaks and cypress. It is a long, thin threadlike plant that can have flowers.

Muscadine Vine

This is a deciduous (dies off in the winter), climbing or trailing vine, can grow up to 100 ft long. The fruit looks like dark purple or black clusters of grapes, it ripens from August to November. Muscadine grows in forests, thickets and sand dunes.

Spanish Moss is long, thin and silvery gray. It is supported by trees, especially oaks and cypress trees in areas with mosit, warm air.

The Swamp Lily grows on the edges of fresh water and low saline wetlands and along roadside ditches. They usually have 2-6 fragrant white flowers.

Marsh Pink. Found on beaches, in brackish marshes, ditches and meadows.

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