Delaware State Species List
Authors: W.A. McAvoy
Citation: Flora of Delaware database. Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, Species Conservation and Research Program, Dover, Delaware (william.mcavoy@state.de.us).

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Families: 177
Genera: 821
Species: 2250
Total Taxa: 2318

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Well-drained acidic woodlands; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Rich woods and seeps; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Rare escape to road banks, edges and moist woods under a thin canopy
Rich woods and slopes; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Dry to moist upland woods
Moist deciduous woodlands
Dry to moist open woods and edges of swamps
Rich upland woods
Rich woods, seepage slopes, wet woods
Swampy loblolly pine woods
Interdunal swales, power-line bogs
Wet meadows, swamps, swales and bogs
Swamps and seeps
Canopy gaps in moist sandy woods, swales and moist sandy edges
Atlantic white cedar swamps
Wet meadows, open floodplain seepage wetlands
Rich seepage swamps
Moist to poorly drained open woods, floodplains and thickets
Fen-like habitats with acidic peaty soils
Primarily of the Piedmont, forested floodplain wetlands, swamps, wet meadows
Wet meadows and low woods
Moist sandy/peaty swales
Atlantic white cedar swamps and bogs, interdunal swales, acidic fens; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Interdunal swales, peat wetlands, wet meadows, abandoned sandpits; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Meadows and grasslands
Moist banks and shores of rivers and streams
Open poorly drained soils
Well-drained open woodlands and fields
Interdunal swales and wet meadows along the coast
Moist to poorly drained woods and slopes
Moist sandy/peaty swales
High edges of salt marsh and shrub zone
Sandy moist pine lands and wet open swales
Old fields, power-lines, swales
Dry sandy woods, clearings and edges
Dry open soils and roadsides
Dry open oak woods and slope; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Open oak woodlands and dry edges
Dry open woods and edges
Sterile, dry open soils
Moist meadows and along streams
Oak woodlands and slopes
Parasitic on American beech, where it is found growing around the base
Upland woods on well-drained soils
Rich woods and slopes
Open woods and clearings
Swamps, wet meadows, swales
Open, moist sandy soils
Moist rich woods and slopes, edges of swamps; primarily of the Piedmont, uncommon on the Coastal Plain
Swamps, floodplains, wet woods
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Woods, edges, and roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, moist open woods
Rich woods; primarily of the Piedmont, uncommon on the Coastal Plain
Rich rocky woods and slopes
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to disturbed areas
Road banks, edges, moist woods
Rich open woods and edges
Disturbed open areas
Rich woods and floodplains, uncommon on the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Rare garden escape to disturbed ground
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to disturbed areas
Cultivated and a rare escape to disturbed areas
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to disturbed areas
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to disturbed areas
Cultivated and a rare escape to disturbed areas
Rich woods; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to disturbed areas and forests
Cultivated and infrequently escaping to roadsides, clearings and thickets
Canopy gaps and edges in moist, rich woods
Open woods and edges
Open swamps, swales and ditches
Rare in storm water retention basins
Disturbed areas, edges, ditches
Seeps, stream banks, wet meadows, swamps, floodplains
Meadows, marshes, stream banks
Rich woods; primarily of the Piedmont, uncommon on the Coastal Plain
Edges on moist sandy soil
Rare in disturbed areas and roadsides
Open woods and old fields
Cultivated and often planted in natural areas and persisting, also found around old home sites
Dry sandy soils and ancient sand ridges; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Well-drained soils; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Poorly drained to moist soils
Cultivated and occasionally escapes to woodlands
On a variety of soil types, but often in poorly drained sites
Dunes of the Atlantic coast
Open woods, edges, old fields, thickets
Steep north and east facing wooded slopes in cool ravines; also known to naturalize and appear native in the Piedmont
Slow shallow water of streams and rivers
Shallow water of streams and ditches
Bare mud in shady floodplains and swales
Edges of streams, muddy shores, floodplain swales and ditches
Rare on disturbed round
Swamps and seeps
Disturbed areas, edges, open woodlands, floodplains
Swales, ditches, sandpits
Sandy/peaty swales and ditches
River and stream banks, wet meadows, ditches
Swamps, fresh tidal shorelines, seeps and stream banks
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Ditches and poorly drained swales
Open well-drained, sterile soils
Meadows, old fields and roadsides
Dry woods under a thin canopy, rock outcrops, roadsides
Moist meadows, early successional habitats, woodland canopy gaps
Disturbed sand soils and dunes
Rare introduction on disturbed ground
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Rare introduction on disturbed ground
Fields and roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, old fields, roadsides
Old fields, roadsides, edges
Open, moist sandy soils
Disturbed ground, lawns
Seeps and wet meadows
Banks of slow moving streams and gravel bars
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Moist soil, disturbed areas
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides, lawns
Lawns, fields, roadsides, disturbed soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Dry woodlands, moist meadows, thickets, edges; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Floodplains and swampy woods
Rare introduction on disturbed soils
Rare in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, roadsides, ditches
Wet meadows and freshwater to bracksih marshes and swales
Moist open woods and low ground
Disturbed areas, brackish marshes and damp saline sands
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Wet swales, edges, disturbed soils, cultivated ground
Wet swales, edges, disturbed soils, cultivated ground
Rare introduction on disturbed ground
Disturbed areas, edges, ditches
Dunes of the Delaware Bay and Atlantic coast-lines
Poorly drained sandy/peaty swales, Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Old fields, meadows, edges and roadsides
Poorly drained meadows and swales
Dry open ground, clay soils, pine woods
Sandy soils, coastal dunes
Acidic fens and peatlands
Primarily of old fields and meadows, but also found in bog or fen-like wetlands
High salt marsh edges
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, ditches
Cultivated and occassionally escaping to disturbed areas, edges, fields and roadsides
Open areas on sterile, well-drained soils
Dry, open sandy soils
Open areas on sterile, well-drained soils
Open areas on sterile, well-drained soils
Dry, open sandy soils
Moist, sandy/peaty acidic soils in open areas
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, roadsides ditches
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Steep wooded slopes often in association with chestnut oak
Rich to rocky acid woods and slopes; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Rare introduction on disturbed ground
Rare introduction on disturbed ground
Disturbed ground and seeded
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Uncommon in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Introduced in disturbed areas, edges, fields and roadsides
Cultivated and escaping to disturbed areas, edges, fields and roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides and open woods
Alluvial floodplain soils
Rich rocky woods
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides and open woods
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides and open woods
Wet swales, open swamps
Sandy roadsides, open sandy woods
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Sandy roadsides and fields
Open sand and coastal dunes
Alluvial soils, moist woods and edges
Moist woods and open sandy swales
Infrequent in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Moist woods, fresh water tidal marshes
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Moist soils, fields, meadows, roadsides
Swales, depressions, marshes, wet woods
Swales, depressions, marshes, wet woods
Wet swales and fresh water marshes
Swales, depressions, marshes, wet woods
Swales, depressions, marshes, wet woods
Rare introduction to disturbed areas
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Rare in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Fields and meadows
Well-drained soils
Open sandy woods and wetland edges
Open areas on well-drained soils
Open, dry sandy soils
Woodlands with well-drained soils
Dry sandy pine woods
Dry rocky soil on open ground and thickets
Dry sandy pine woods
Dry to moist upland woods, usually rich woods
Open, poorly drained sandy-peaty-acid soils, interdunal swales
Clearings, edges, roadsides, open woods
Open sandy woods and maritime woodlands of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont on dry rocky slopes
Open sandy woods, maritime woodlands and dunes
In open woods on well-drained soils
Acidic seepage swamps and "bogs"
Open woods on well-drained soils
Moist to dry woods and slopes under a thin canopy
Poorly drained sandy-peaty swales, acidic fens
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Moist upland woods
Thin moist to dry woods
Poorly drained woodland depressions, wet to moist woods
Open, sterile soils
Forming mats on hummocks in acidic seepage swamps
Dry sandy woodlands
Open, poorly drained swales and power-lines
Open woods on well-drained soils
Open swamps, wet woods, marshes
Open woods on well-drained soils
Open, dry sandy soils
Moist to dry open woods and edges
Moist sandy/peaty swales, power-line bogs, and emergent seepage marsh
Wet swales, open swamps and floodplains
Moist to dry open woods and grasslands
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Open woods on well-drained soils
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds and interdunal swales
Meadows, edges, alluvial soils
Dry sandy soils, roadsides, power-lines, cleared areas
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Brackish tidal marshes, meadows, overwash flats and impoundments along the coast
High salt marshes
Poorly drained disturbed soils, ditches, wetland depressions, swales
Ditches, disturbed wet ground, fresh and brackish marshes
Fresh to brackish emergent marshes and impoundments
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Along the edges of creeks, rivers and marshes
Along the edges of creeks, rivers and marshes
Rich woods and floodplains
Moist forested floodplains
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
River banks and floodplains
Rich woods, stream banks, floodplains
Upland edges and shores of salt and brackish marshes
Moist open woods, banks of streams and floodplains
Open rocky woods and dry sandy soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Often planted along roadsides and banks and spreading to natural areas
Dry sandy soils and open woods
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds and floodplain swales
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Fields and disturbed soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Moist meadows and swales, saline soils along the coast
Open places with well-drained soils
Open sandy soils, inland dunes or ridges
Wet swales, depressions, Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Wet swales, ditches, wet meadows, Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Rare introduction to meadows and fields
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Dry open soils, edges, old fields, roadsides, disturbed ground
Dry open soils, edges, old fields, roadsides, disturbed ground
Open woods on dry sterile soils
Moist disturbed soils, brackish marshes and swales
Sandy soils, disturbed ground, fields and roadsides
Rich woods and slopes; primarily of the Piedmont, uncommon on the Coastal Plain
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Fresh water tidal marshes, open swamps; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Rich seepage swamps
Floodplains, fresh water tidal marshes, open swamps
Open swamps and marsh edges
Seeps, open swamps, depressions, floodplains
Swamps, steams, seeps
Open, dry sandy soils
Open, dry sandy soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Rare introduction to disturbed areas
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides, salt meadows
Rare introduction on disturbed ground
Salt marshes, beaches, disturbed ground
Wet swales, meadows, Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Rare introduction to fields
Tidal and non-tidal marshes, wet meadows
Swamps and wet woods
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Uncommon introduction on disturbed soils
Moist open woods and floodplains
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to thickets, edges and fields
Moist to poorly drained disturbed soils, open woods, edges, fields
Open places, usually on disturbed soils
Rich rocky woods and slopes
Rich rocky woods and slopes
Rich woods; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Dunes along the Atlantic and southern Delaware Bay coast-lines
Dunes along the Atlantic and southern Delaware Bay coast-lines
Disturbed moist soils
Disturbed moist to poorly drained soils, swales, ditches, depressions
Moist banks of creeks and rivers
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds and open swamps
Occasional escape on disturbed soil
Open areas on well-drained soils
Low ground in open pine woods
Fresh to brackish gravelly or sandy shores of tidal rivers and streams
Delaware Bay and coastal regions, salt and brackish beaches, shores lines, marshes and swales, as well as old fields and thickets
Rare on moist sand, edges of salt and brackish marshes
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, moist swales
Sandy roadsides and power-lines
Open poorly drained ground
Dry sandy soils, roadsides, old fields, meadows, thickets, edges
Open places with well-drained soils
Rocky wooded slopes
Fresh and brackish, tidal and non-tidal marshes and streams
Rare introduction on disturbed soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Fresh to brackish tidal marshes
Widely established in tidal and non-tidal wetlands
Cultivated around homes and will aggressively spread to adjacent areas
Dry sandy and rocky soils in canopy gaps and edges; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Moist, open woods
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Woods, stream banks, rich seepage swamps
Rare on disturbed ground and in lawns
Rare introduction on open sandy soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides and open woods
Rocky woods and slopes
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Seepage swamps
Wet meadows, thickets, fields, lawns, disturbed soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Moist woods, floodplains and seeps
Woodlands and floodplains
Rare introduction on disturbed soils
Brackish and salt marshes
Fresh to brackish emergent marshes
Fields and meadows
Fields and meadows
Dunes of the Atlantic coast
Old fields, meadows, roadsides, power-lines and dunes
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Fresh and brackish marshes, impoundments, ditches, disturbed soils
Grassy meadows and saline soils along the coast
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Meadows, power-lines and roadsides
Crop land, meadows, moist swales
Brackish marshes and high salt marshes
High salt marshes
Fresh to brackish marshes and sandy shorelines
Dry to moist open woods
Rocky woods, meadows, dry soils, disturbed soils
Rich seepage swamps
Dry, open sandy soils
Disturbed areas, roadsides
Open areas with well-drained soils
Coastal plain seasonal ponds, open swamps and shallow water
Canopy gaps in dry rich woods
Meadows, old fields, roadsides
Escape from cultivation to abanonded fields and disturbed areas
Dunes of the Delaware Bay and Atlantic coast-lines and occasionally inland on open sandy soils
Brackish ditches and wet roadsides
Intentionally planted on coastal dunes and persisting
A weed of agricultural fields and edges
A weed of agricultural fields and edges
Fresh to brackish tidal and non-tidal marshes and shores; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Submerged, attached to rocks in fast moving non-tidal streams
Cultivated and a rare escape to disturbed areas
Cultivated and escaping to roadsides and edges
Wet meadows, wet roadsides and ditches
Cultivated and escaping to roadsides and edges
On soils associated with serpentinite
Rich alluvial floodplain and woods; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Open places with dry sterile soils
Open poorly drained areas
Moist sandy/peaty swales and depressions
Moist sandy/peaty swales and depressions
Moist sandy/peaty swales and depressions
Open moist sandy soils; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Moist sandy soils and swales along power-lines, sunny trails and roadsides
Moist woods, edges and fields
Moist sandy/peaty swales and depressions
Fields, meadows and open woods
Dry sterile soils, moist swales
Rich rocky woods and slopes
Cultivated and escaping to disturbed areas
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Open woods, thickets and edges
Roadsides, thickets, moist woods under a thin canopy, edges
Disturbed areas, roadsides and edges
Open woods, thickets and edges, usually on rich soils
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, shores of rivers and streams
Marshes and wet meadows
Moist to poorly drained disturbed soils
Rare in disturbed areas, roadsides, edges
Marshes, open swamps, depressions, tidal creeks, shallow water of millponds
Poorly drained disturbed areas, ditches
Marshes, wet meadows, swales, depressions
River shores, disturbed soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides, ditches, moist open woods, wet swales and depressions
Poorly drained disturbed areas, ditches
Disturbed areas and roadsides
Marshes, wet meadows, ditches
Moist woods under a thin canopy, floodplains, swales and marshes
Tidal and non-tidal marshes and shores, swales, stream banks, ditches
Marshes and wet meadows
Rich woods and floodplains
Dunes of the Delaware Bay and Atlantic coast-lines and occasionally inland on open sand soils
Disturbed areas
Clearing, edges, roadsides, disturbed areas
Dunes along the Delaware Bay and Atlantic coast-lines and over-wash flats
Brackish tidal marshes and swales along the coast
Open places with dry sterile soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Alluvial floodplain soils, mud banks, gravel bars
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Roadsides, disturbed ground
Poorly drained disturbed areas
Rare introduction on disturbed soils
Fresh and brackish tidal marshes and shores
Epiphytic on tree trunks and branches
Rock outcrops, base of trees, bare soil of steep slopes; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Frequently discarded by home gardeners in ponds, impoundments and quiet waters; does not appear to overwinter
Rivers and creeks with firm bottoms
Tidal marshes and ditches
Shallow water, marshes, stream sides, swales, and ditches
Fresh water tidal marshes
Disturbed areas, ditches, impoundments
Slow shallow streams and ponds
Slow shallow streams and ponds
Slow shallow streams and ponds
Slow shallow streams, sand pits and ponds
Ponds and slow streams
Fresh and brackish ponds and rivers
Slow streams and ponds
Quiet waters and slow streams
Brackish coastal waters
Slow streams and shallow water of tidal and non-tidal fresh to brackish wetlands, stranded on shores
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, beaver ponds, floodplain sloughs
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Atlantic white cedar swamps, stream banks
Rich woods and stream banks; primarily of the Piedmont, uncommon on the Coastal Plain
Open swamps, depressional wetlands and tidal shores
Open swamps and depressional wetlands
Moist to poorly drained soils
Floodplains and seeps
Open well-drained woods and clearings
Swales, swamps, shore lines, marshes
Brackish tidal marshes and shores
Rich woods and slopes; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Rocky wooded slopes
Crevices of stone walls with limestone masonry
Rich rocky woods and slopes
Rich woods and slopes
Rich woods and slopes
Rich woods; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Moist woods, stream banks, floodplains
Edges of rich woods and meadows
Rich open woods and edges
Rich seepage swamps
Stream and river banks, thickets, moist woods
Rich rocky woods and slopes
Open woods, floodplains, thickets, roadsides
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to disturbed areas