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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Seepage wetlands
Seepage slope wetlands of stream valleys
Disturbed soils, roadsides, dunes
Infrequent on disturbed ground
Disturbed open areas and edges
Rare in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Cultivated and a rare introduction on disturbed ground
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides, cultivated ground
Rare in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Rare introduction on disturbed ground
Woodland edges and floodplains
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Uncommon on disturbed ground
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Infrequent in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to roadsides, edges and thin canopy woods
Rare in old fields and disturbed areas
Shallow water, pond edges, river banks, seeps
Rare along edges and roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Poorly drained disturbed soils
Poorly drained disturbed soils
Poorly drained disturbed areas, ditches, tidal shores
Usually on cultivated soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Rare in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Infrequent in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Dry open soils
Garden escape to woodlands
Shallow water of streams and rivers, ponds
Ponds and quiet waters
Dunes of the Atlantic and Delaware Bay coast-lines, occasionally inland in open sandy woodlands
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to natural areas
Wet meadows and swamps; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to disturbed areas
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, sandy/peaty swales
Swamps and freshwater marshes
Fresh to brackish tidal marshes and shores
Old fields, roadsides
Moist sandy roadsides
Old fields, roadsides, dry open woods, wet meadows
Wet meadows and stream banks
Meadows and open woods; primarily of the Piedmont
Old fields and meadows
Not known to naturalize and persist, but clandestine patches are occasionally encountered by field biologists
Open sandy woods and edges of the Coastal Plain, moist woods of the Piedmont
Edges, open floodplains, gravel bars, thickets; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Rich rocky woods
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to edges and thickets
Woodlands throughout the state
Woods, thickets, fields, edges
Woods, thickets, fields, edges
Canopy gaps in moist and dry woods, edges and thickets
Cultivated and occasionally escapes to thickets and floodplain edges
Woods, thickets, fields, edges
Cultivated and escaping to meadows and fields
Cultivated and escaping to thickets, edges and meadows
Rich woods; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to disturbed ground
Rich woods, edges, grassy areas, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Fields, roadsides, edges
Fields, roadsides, edges
Moist woods, floodplains and meadows; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Rare in fields, roadsides, edges
On soils associated with serpentinite
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Pitch pine woodlands along Atlantic coast
On soils associated with serpentinite
Stream banks, poorly drained disturbed areas, ditches
Rich dry to moist woods; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Dry woods; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Dry open woods and slopes
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Dry, open sandy soils
Disturbed soils
Disturbed soils
Disturbed areas, along creeks and floodplains
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Dry open soils on edges and in thin canopy woods
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Inland dunes on moist sandy soils
Rare in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Rare in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Occasional escape from cultivation
Rare introduction to disturbed areas, cinders along railroad tracks
Cultivated and a rare escape from cultivation to disturbed ground
Uncommon introduction to edges and roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Open woods with well-drained soils
Open, moist woodlands and edges
Rare escape to fields and roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed sandy soils
Saline soils and sands of sea beaches, overwash flats, and estuaries
Seeps and stream margins
Rare garden escape to rich wooded slopes
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Moist woods, floodplains, meadows and low edges
Disturbed areas, moist woodland soils, floodplains; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Uncommon in disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Woods, floodplains, thickets
Canopy gaps in moist woods, edges
Moist woods, slopes and floodplains
Moist woods and slopes
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to natural areas
Ponds, sandpits, impoundments and streams
Quiet waters, seeps
Dry sandy soils and on soils associated with serpentinite
Open places with well-drained soils; primarily Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Open, dry sandy soils
Pitch pine woodlands along Atlantic coast
Dunes of the Delaware Bay and Atlantic coast-lines, and rarely inland on sandy ground and forested dunes
Dunes of the Atlantic coast
Dunes of the Atlantic coast
Open areas on well-drained soils
Open sandy soils
Open areas on well-drained soils
Open sandy soils
Rare introduction on waste ground
Rare introduction on chrome ore piles
Cultivated and occasionally escaping to disturbed areas
Swamps and low ground; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Rich woods; primarily of the Piedmont, uncommon on the Coastal Plain
Moist upland woods and edges of swamps
Woodland edges, disturbed areas
Woodland edges, disturbed areas
Open, dry sandy soils and pine lands
Floodplain swamps
Tidal marshes, ponds, shallow creeks and ditches
Cultivated and a rare escape to disturbed areas
Alluvial soils on dynamic floodplains and scour and fill areas along streams and creeks
Disturbed areas, edges, old fields, roadsides
Old fields, thickets, roadsides
Meadows and fields
Streamside's and edges, often associated with legumes
Parasitic on shrubs and herbs of moist thickets and stream banks
Parasitic on a wide range of woody and herbaceous species of fresh and brackish wetlands
Rare escape in grain fields
Parasitic on a wide range of plants of wet soils
Parasitic on a wide range of plants of old fields, thickets and low ground
Parasitic on Polygonum species and other plants of wet meadows and low ground
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Disturbed areas, edges, old fields, roadsides
Open woods and clearings on well-drained soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Rich woods along streams; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Swamps, wet meadows, tidal and non-tidal fresh water marshes
Dry to moist upland woods
Open, low to dry woods and thickets, marsh edges
Swamps, thickets, stream banks, wet meadows
Tidal and non-tidal swamps and marshes
Muddy shorelines within the freshwater inter-tidal zone
Cultivated and a rare escape to natural areas
Floodplains
Moist alluvial soil, stream banks, floodplains, edges, thickets; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Moist thickets, stream banks, floodplains and edges; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Tidal and non-tidal fresh water swamps
Cultivated and a rare escape to disturbed areas in the Piedmont of New Castle Co., but occassional on dunes along the Atlantic coast in Sussex Co.
Old fields, edges, open woods, sterile soils
Intentionally planted to natural areas and persisting
Tidal and non-tidal fresh water swamps
Fresh water tidal marshes
Brackish tidal marshes
Open areas on dry sterile soils
Moist woods and floodplains
Disturbed areas, edges, old fields, roadsides
Swamps and stream banks
Moist rich soils
Swamps and floodplains
Moist woods and floodplains
Dry to moist roadsides and fields, moist open woods
Open pine woods along Atlantic coast
On soils associated with serpentinite
Seepage swamps with acidic mucky soils; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Seepage swamps with acidic mucky soils; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Open, dry sandy soils
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, swamps, roadside swales
On soils associated with serpentinite
Moist woods
On soils associated with serpentinite
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, swamps, roadside swales
Fields, open woods and meadows
Open swamps
Meadows, moist edges and open woods, floodplains
Meadows, thin canopy woods, thickets, edges
Atlantic white cedar swamps
Moist to dry soils in woods and on slopes
Fresh water tidal and non-tidal marshes
Moist to dry thin canopy woods and grassy meadows
Wet meadows, moist grassy roadsides
Meadows and open places
Meadows and thickets
Moist woods, creek banks and floodplains
Moist to wet woods
Open, emergent seepage wetland
Dry acid soils
River shores, gravel bars and stream banks; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Atlantic white cedar swamps
Moist woods and low ground
Poorly drained disturbed ground, ditches
Forming colonial patches on forested, maritime dunes
Ditches, wet disturbed edges, open swamps
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, floodplains and swamps
Moist open woods, thickets, meadows
Meadows and thickets
Moist woods and meadows; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Young woods, thickets and meadows; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Open, dry sandy soils
Floodplains, woods and meadows
Wet meadows, open swamps; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Thin canopy woods with dry to moist soils; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Moist woods and slopes
Brackish marshes and swamps
Swamps and floodplains
Rich wooded slopes
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds and swamps
Dunes of the Atlantic coast
Rich woods
Fresh water tidal marshes
Swamps and floodplains
Rich woods and floodplains
Rich woods; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Open, dry sandy soil
Seepage swamps of the Coastal Plain
Seepage swamps of the Piedmont
Swamps and bogs
Dry sandy soils and moist woods
Moist to well-drained steep wooded slopes, often with chestnut oak
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds and swamps
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, swamps and floodplains
Swamps, wet woods and ditches
Open areas and meadows, on moist to well-drained soils
Atlantic white cedar swamps, low woods near brackish/salt marshes along Atlantic coast
Moist to dry open soils
Dry woods and thickets, usually on more basic soils than typical variety
Dry woods and thickets, usually in acid soils
Woodlands with well-drained soils
Meadows, thickets, roadsides and disturbed ground
Open swamps and swales on peaty, sandy soils
Disturbed poorly drained soils, ditches
Rich woods and meadows
Depressional wetlands and swales, open swampy woods; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Moist to well-drained steep wooded slopes, and dry sandy woodlands
Rich seepage slope wetlands; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Moist woods and floodplains
Woods and clearings
Open woods on well-drained soils
Rich woods
Dry soils on wooded slopes
Seepage slopes wetlands of stream valleys
Rare introduction in hay fields
Dunes of the Atlantic coast
Open rich woods, thickets and edges
Infrequent on dry sandy soils, fields, roadsides
Open woods and meadows
Swamps, wet woods and floodplains
Wet meadows, floodplains and marshes
Wet meadows, floodplains and marshes
Open swamps, marshes and seeps
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, swales and open swamps; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Rich to semi-rich moist woods
Wet meadows and swamps, both tidal and non-tidal
Seepage swamps
Dry to moist woods and thickets
Rare in meadows, edges, grassy areas
Dry sandy soils
Gravel bars in creeks of the Piedmont to the fall-line
Seepage swamps and wet meadows
Open swamps, wet woods, floodplains
Open woods with well-drained soils
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds and swamps, wet edges
Moist open woods, swamps and roadside swales
Steep wooded slopes on moist acid soils; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Roadside ditches, wet meadows, open swamps
Dry to moist woods and slopes
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, fresh and brackish marshes, interdunal swales, fens
Wet, sandy soil
Wet swales, stream banks, ditches
Disturbed soils, lawns, roadsides
Disturbed soils
Swales and river shores
Fresh water marshes and floating peat-mats
Ditches and storm water basins
Meadows with well-drained soils
Depressional wetlands, swales, wet meadows, impoundments
Low ground, ditches, beaches, disturbed soils
Brackish marshes and meadows and overwash flats along the coast
Sandy woods, fields and roadsides
Ditches, wet swales, exposed shorelines
Dunes of the Delaware Bay and Atlantic coast-lines
Disturbed moist soils, lawns, ditches
Open dry sandy soils
Ditches, puddles and poorly drained disturbed soils
Open areas and road banks on moist, clay based soils
Sandy woods, fields and roadsides
Sandy woods, fields and roadsides
Marshes, wet meadows, ditches, impoundments, river shores
Marshes, wet meadows, ditches, impoundments, river shores
Edges and open areas with well-drained soils
Marshes, tidal shores, ditches, disturbed soils
Ditches, swales, edges
Open sandy soils and road banks
Open sandy soils and road banks
Meadows, edges, grassy roadsides, open sandy woods
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides, edges of tidal marshes
Stream banks, gravel bars, moist sand, roadsides, disturbed areas
Marshes, wet meadows, ditches
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, marshes, swamps
Swales, beaver ponds and ditches
Fresh water tidal river shores and mudflats
Moist sandy/peaty swales and depressions
Wet swales, low open woods, ditches
Atlantic white cedar swamps and acidic fen-like habitats
River shores and gravel bars along creeks, inner-dune wetlands
Brackish tidal marshes and swales
Brackish and saline swales, high salt marshes
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, sandy/peaty swales
Poorly drained swales and ditches, wet disturbed soils
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, peat mats and swales
Fresh and brackish tidal and non-tidal marshes
Salt and brackish marshes and mudflats
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, fresh water tidal marshes, impoundments
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, acidic fen-like habitats, sandy/peaty swales
Seepage marshes, wet meadows
Low ground, swales, wet edges, disturbed soils
Seepage swamps, typically along the coast
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Swales and ditches
Bogs and open swamps
Wetland depressions, swales, acidic fen-like habitats, power-line bogs; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Seepage wetlands, moist open soils, river shores, serpentine
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, swales, wet meadows, draw-down wetlands
Salt marshes, but in areas with fresh water seepage, swales and ditches along Atlantic coast
High salt marshes
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Seasonally flooded swales and depressions, ditches, impoundments, disturbed ground
Moist sandy/peaty swales, power-line bogs and acidic fens
Atlantic white cedar swamps, acidic fen-like habitats, power-line bogs
Poorly drained swales, wet meadows and depressions
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Moist sandy/peaty swales and power-line bogs
Moist sandy/peaty swales and power-line bogs
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, open swamps, wet swales and ditches
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Atlantic white cedar swamps and acidic fen-like habitats
Moist sandy/peaty swales and power-line bogs
Moist sandy/peaty swales and power-line bogs
Power-line swales and wet roadsides and ditches
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, Atlantic white cedar swamps
Moist sandy/peaty swales
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, sandy/peaty swales, tidal and non-tidal fresh water wetlands
Moist sandy/peaty swales and power-line bogs
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Fen-like habitats with acidic peaty soils
Moist sandy/peaty swales and power-line bogs
Openings in Interdunal forested wetland swales
Moist peaty swales and power-line bogs; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, sandy/peaty swales, acidic fen-like habitats
Moist sandy/peaty swales and power-line bogs
Draw-down zones of artificial ponds, retention basins, impoundments and abandoned sandpits
Swales, wet meadows, Coastal Plain seasonal ponds
Shallow water of millponds associated with Atlantic white cedar
Fresh and brackish tidal marshes
Fresh water tidal marshes associated with acidic ground water seepage, Atlantic white cedar swamps
Brackish and salt marshes, over-wash flats, interdunal swales, ditches
Fresh water tidal rivers and creeks and Atlantic white cedar swamps
Fresh water tidal marshes, wet meadows
Wet meadows, gravel bars in streams
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, swales, wet meadows
Seepage slopes, wet meadows, marshes
Wet meadows, ditches
Wet meadows, swales, ditches
Seepage swamps, open floodplains; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Fen-like habitats with acidic peaty soils and moist sandy swales
Open woods on well-drained soils
Open places and grasslands with dry to moist soils
Open places and grasslands with dry to moist soils
Coastal Plain seasonal ponds, sandy/peaty swales, interdunal swales
Moist sandy/peaty swales and power-line bogs
Dry barren wooded slopes
Intentionally planted to natural areas and persisting
Rich floodplain woods with silty alluvial soils; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Rare on limestone masonry of stone walls
Rocky woods, slopes and rock walls with limestone masonry
Dry woods and slopes
Open woods and clearings, roadsides and power-lines
Dry soils, open sandy woods, edges, primarily of Sussex Co.
Disturbed areas, old home sites, roadsides, edges
Moist woods and swamps
Moist sandy/peaty swales and depressions
Moist sandy/peaty swales and bogs
Interdunal swales and sandy/peaty soils
Atlantic white cedar swamps and bogs; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Moist woods, swamps and floodplains
Rich seepage swamps and woods
Seepage swamps
Moist rich woods; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Moist woods, swamps and floodplains
Steep slopes and rocky woods; primarily of the Piedmont, rare on the Coastal Plain
Floodplains, seepage swamps
Moist woods, swamps and floodplains
Rich woods and steep slopes
Wet and dry woods, thickets and fields, wetland depressions
Woods, thickets and fields
Fresh tidal marshes and shores
Fresh tidal marshes and shores
Floodplains, seeps, wet meadows, swales and ditches
Seepage swamps, fresh water tidal marshes
Wooded slopes and edges
Moist woods along streams
Pitch pine woodlands along Atlantic coast
Atlantic white cedar swamps
Dry to moist upland woods
Dry to moist steep wooded slopes; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Moist to dry sandy pine woodlands; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Upland woods on well-drained soils; primarily of the Coastal Plain, uncommon in the Piedmont
Sandy wooded slopes above tidal rivers
Swamps, fall-line seepage wetlands and dry to moist soils
Moist upland woods; primarily of the Coastal Plain, uncommon in the Piedmont
Moist acidic woodlands, edges of streams
Moist to dry sandy slopes and woods, from the fall-line south
Moist to dry woods and slopes
Cultivated and escaping to moist woods
Tidal and non-tidal fresh water swamps and wet thickets; primarily of the Coastal Plain, uncommon in the Piedmont
Clearings, edges, sandy woods with a thin canopy
Woodlands with well-drained, acidic soils
Moist woodlands
Cultivated and a rare escape to woodland edges
Moist woodlands; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Sandy moist pine woods
Rich wooded slopes
Open, moist sandy woods and clearings
Planted and escaped from cultivation to moist woodlands of the Piedmont
Upland woods and slopes
Upland woods and slopes
Tidal and non-tidal fresh water swamps
Rocky woods and slopes
Swamps and wet woods
Swamps and wet woods
Swamps and wet woods
Interdunal swales and rarely in Atlantic white cedar swamps and abandoned sandpits
Dry wooded slopes and flats in moist to well-drained soils
Woodlands with well-drained sandy soils; primarily of the Coastal Plain, rare in the Piedmont
Atlantic white cedar swamps and bogs, acidic fen-like habitats
Atlantic white cedar swamps and bogs, acidic fen-like habitats
Atlantic white cedar swamps and bogs, acidic fen-like habitats
Exposed inter-tidal zones of fresh water rivers, abandoned sandpits
Dry open woods and fields
Thin canopy woods, edges, disturbed soils
Thin canopy woods, edges, disturbed soils
Rare on disturbed soils
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides
Rare introduction on disturbed ground
Dry sandy disturbed soils
Fields, roadsides, thickets
Disturbed areas, edges, fields, roadsides