American Hornbeam’s characteristic smooth gray bark and dense, serrated foliage. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Carpinus caroliniana, commonly known as American Hornbeam, Blue Beech,
Woolgrass in late summer, displaying its characteristic shaggy, woolly brown seed heads that give this native wetland sedge its evocative name. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC
Soft Rush growing in a natural wetland, its smooth, bright green cylindrical stems forming dense, graceful clumps. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Juncus effusus, known
Nehe displaying its characteristic small yellow daisy-like flowers in its native Hawaiian coastal habitat. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Lipochaeta integrifolia (also known as
Virginia Wild Rye (Elymus virginicus) — a native grass distinguished by its relatively stiff, erect seed spikes. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Elymus virginicus,
Ma’o Hau Hele — the Hawaiian state flower — bearing its striking golden-yellow blossoms. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Hibiscus brackenridgei, known in Hawaiian
Pohinahina / Beach Vitex (Vitex rotundifolia) — a low-spreading shrub with distinctive velvety, silvery-green rounded leaves. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Vitex rotundifolia, known
Canada Rush growing in its natural wetland habitat, forming dense green clumps that support wildlife and filter water. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Juncus canadensis,
Naio / Bastard Sandalwood (Myoporum sandwicense) — a native Hawaiian shrub-to-tree with sandalwood-scented wood and conspicuous white flowers. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Myoporum
‘Ulei, one of Hawaii’s most distinctive native shrubs, with its characteristic white blossoms and thorny stems. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, known
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