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HCP's Pocket Wetland Special Features (Continued) |
Surrounding vegetation: vegetation that can grow in shallow water or moist soil in wetland margins |
-Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis): o Native herb o There are separate vegetative and fertile fronds. o Sterile leaves are light green, are divided into about 12 opposite pairs of leaflets, and have wavy edges o Fertile fronds have a dark brown spike with hard spherical spore cases o Fertile fronds appear in July-August and remain throughout the winter o Can grow in groups at the edge of wetlands and provide cover in the summer for small animals o In the winter, the fertile fronds provide food for Chipmunk and Whitetail Deer o The fibrous roots reduce soil erosion |
Sensitive fern fertile and vegetative fronds, Photo by Juliet Kaye |
-Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea): o A woody, deciduous shrub that can grow up to 6 m tall o The bark and twigs are a reddish purple color o The leaves are simple and opposite and are hairy and a lighter green on the underside o The flowers are white or cream colored and bloom between June and August o The berries are also a white color o This dogwood prefers wetland margins, where soils are nitrogen-rich and only shallowly inundated in the spring o The berries of Red Osier Dogwood are an important food source for birds in the fall and winter |
Redosier dogwood leaves and red branches, Photo by Juliet Kaye |