Healthy Lakes and Wetlands For Tomorrow - Species at Risk

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M. Crowley
NS DNR
M. Crowley M. Crowley
Sweet Pepperbush
Eastern Lileopsis New Jersey Rush Long’s Bulrush
Start of Flower
Eastern Lilaeopsis Lilaeopsis chinensis
• Found in estuaries, semi-aquatic.
Narrow, rounded dark green leaves, originate from a horizontal stem.
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• Each leaf is 3-5 cm long.
• 5-8 small, white, five petal flowers grow at the top of flower stalks.
• Flowers from August to September.
Fruit Capsules
Flower Close-Up
New Jersey Rush Juncus caesariensis
• Found in bogs and fens.
• 40-70 cm tall.
• Elongated, cylindrical leaves.
• Has clusters of green flowers that turn into brown fruit capsules.
• Stem and leaves rough to the touch.
• Flowers from July to August.
Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia
• Found on lake and river shorelines.
Woody shrub found in dense thickets.
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Each large white flower is composed of small flowers with five petals
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(8 mm in length) that grow off a central stem.
• Shiny, alternate, serrated leaves 7-15 cm long.
• Flowers in mid-August to mid-October.
Leaf Close-Up
Long’s Bulrush Scirpus longii
• Found on lake shorelines and in wetlands.
Forms circular colonial clusters that are empty in the middle.
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Tough, serrated leaves 60-80 cm long and 5-10 mm wide.
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Typically does not flower in Nova Scotia unless disturbed (by all-
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terrain vehicles, fire, etc). Flowering may make this plant vulnerable
to hybridization with the common Woolly Bulrush species.
Interested in learning more
The Nova Scotia Nature Trust has produced a Guide to the Atlantic Coastal
Plain Flora of Nova Scotia. It can be downloaded from www.nsnt.ca/pdf/
ACPF_Field_Guide.pdf
Visit www.speciesatrisk.ca/coastalplainflora for information and pictures.
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