So much Diversity...
Besides the trees and wildflowers, the Hollow is home to many other types of plants. Learn about the berries, grapes, ferns, vines, mushrooms, and mosses that grow here.
Berries and Grapes
- Blackberry
- Dewberry
- Pokeberry
- Raspberries
- Muscadine Grape
- Possum Grape(Ampelopsis cordata)
Ferns
- Southern Lady Fern (A. Asplenioides)
- Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
- Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
- Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis )
- Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum raddianum)
- Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
- Rattlesnake fern (Botrychium virginianum)
- Autumn Fern (Dryopteris erythrosora)
- Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenuim trichomanes)
- Cut-leaf Grape Fern (Sceptridium dissectum)
- Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)
- Japanese Painted Fern (Athyrium niponicum)
- Reserrection Fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides)
Vines
- Native Muscadine(Vitis rotundifolia)
- Crossvine(Bignonia capreolata)
- Possum Grape(Ampelopsis cordata)
- Trumpet Creeper(Campsis radicans)
- Carolina jessamine(Gelsimium sempervirens}
- Stephan Jasmine (Jasminum x stephanense)
- Wisteria(Wisteria Frutescens)
- Chocolate Vine(Akebia quinata) 1
- Trumpet Honeysuckle(Lomicera sempervirens)
- Japanese Honeysuckle(Lonicera japonica)
- Passionflower(Passiflora incarnata)
- Morning Glories(family Convolvulaceae)
- Greenbriar-Sawbriar(Smilax)
Mushrooms
The edible mushrooms that I have identified here in the Hollow are:
- Chanterelle(Cantharellaceae)
- Chicken of the Woods(Laetiporus sulphureus)
- Common Puffball(Lycoperdon perlatum)
- Eastern Cauliflower Fungus(Sparassis spathulata)
There are many other varieties that I have not had the time to identify.
Mosses
- Brocade Moss(Callicladium imponens)
- Broom Fork Moss(Dicranum scoparium)
- Ground Cedar(Diphasiastrum digitatum)
- Pincushion Moss(Leucobryum glaucum)
- Raindeer Moss(Cladonia rangiferina)
Pictures of Moss