#WILD FLOWERS FULL#
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Yarrow is such a plant, considered to be a healing herb and called the miliary herb, used topically on wounds, cuts, and abrasions. Evartt.Ī number of wildflowers also are identified as herbs, because of their many useful qualities. Milkweed pods (Asclepias syriaca L.), Patterson Park, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2014. Created to expand wildlife resources and habitat, the Program is run by the Wildlife and Heritage Service of the Department of Natural Resources. The Wild Acres Program offers residents advice and designs to convert backyards into natural habitat, including wildflower meadows. Full sun Northern Sweetvetch Hedysarum boreale Showy Milkweed Asclepias speciosa Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa Purple Prairie Clover Dalea purpurea. Since its inception, the Program has planted more than 300 acres of native and naturalized wildflowers along the roadsides and medians of State highways. Formed to improve areas surrounding local highways, both in ecology and aesthetics, the Program uses a seed mixture designed to provide blossoms continuously from early March through late November. Since 1986, the Wildflower Program has been overseen by the State Highway Administration of the Department of Transportation. Wildflower, Kinder Farm Park, Millersville, Maryland, October 2018. To maintain the natural beauty of the State and maintain and increase natural habitat, two programs use wildflowers: the Wildflower Program and the Wild Acres Program. 100 Poisonous Plants of Maryland (University of Maryland)Įvery year, dozens of distinct wildflower species bloom in Maryland.Partners in Pollination: Flowers & Plants, & the Animals Who Love Them (DNR).Maryland Wildflowers MARYLAND AT A GLANCE PLANTS WILDFLOWERS
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