Southeastern plants
The species profiles below are a one-stop-shop for information about the plants the Service's Southeast region is responsible for protecting and/or recovering.
American chaffseed
American chaffseed is generally found in habitats described as open, moist pine flatwoods, fire-maintained savannas, and flowers from April to June in the South, and from June to mid-July in the North. Visit the species profile...
American chaffseed © Robert Sincliar. Copyright release form S://EA/Photo Permissions/american-chaffseed.pdf
Blue Ridge goldenrod
Blue Ridge goldenrod is a rare perennial herb with yellow flowers endemic to a limited area in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Visit the species profile...
Blue Ridge goldenrod. Photo © Gregory Wilson.
Bunched arrowhead
Bunched arrowhead is a small herbaceous plant growing 15-16 inches tall in saturated soils. The white flowers begin blooming in mid-May and continue through July. The fruits mature a few weeks after flowering. Visit the species profile...
Bunched arrowhead. Photo by Gary Peeples, USFWS.
Green pitcher plant
The carnivorous green pitcher plant has hollow leaves contain liquid and enzymes. When insects fall into the pitchers, they’re digested and the nutrients in the bodies are incorporated into the plant’s tissues. Visit the species profile...
Clump of green pitcher plants. Photo by Gary Peeples, USFWS.
Mountain sweet pitcher plant
The mountain sweet pitcher plant is an insectivorious species is native to bogs and a few streamsides in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North and South Carolina. Visit the species profile...
Mountain sweet pitcher plant patch in Butt CPA. Photo by Gary Peeples, USFWS.
Small-anthered bittercress
Small-anthered bittercress is an erect, slender perennial herb with fibrous roots and one (or, rarely, more) simple or branched stem growing two to four decimeters tall. Visit the species profile...
Small-anthered bittercress sample from the Smithsonian. Photo by the Smithsonian Institution, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
Small-whorled pogonia
The small-whorled pogonia is a rare orchid listed as threatened on the endangered species list. Visit the species profile...
Small-whorled pogonia on the forest floor. Photo by Gary Peeples, USFWS.