swamp sparrow Melospiza georgiana | North American finch of marshy area |
birch leaf miner Fenusa pusilla | small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States, larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation |
swamp rabbit canecutter swamp hare Sylvilagus aquaticus | a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands |
marsh hare swamp rabbit Sylvilagus palustris | a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida |
birch birch rod | a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree, used to hit people as punishment, my father never spared the birch |
birchbark canoe birchbark birch bark | a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree |
swamp buggy marsh buggy | an amphibious vehicle typically having four-wheel drive and a raised body |
birch beer | carbonated drink containing an extract from bark of birch trees |
mire quagmire quag morass slack | a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot |
Okefenokee Swamp | a large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia |
swamp swampland b | low land that is seasonally flooded, has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog |
swamp pine | any of several pines that prefer or endure moist situations such as loblolly pine or longleaf pine |
bald cypress swamp cypress pond bald cypress southern cypress Taxodium distichum | common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base, found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms |
Montezuma cypress Mexican swamp cypress Taxodium mucronatum | cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands |
sweet bay swamp bay swamp laurel Magnolia virginiana | shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers, abundant in southeastern United States |
bayberry candleberry swamp candleberry waxberry Myrica pensylvanica | deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green waxoated berries |
swamp sunflower Helianthus angustifolius | sunflower of eastern North America having narrow leaves and found in bogs |
swamp candles Lysimachia terrestris | North American plant with spikes of yellow flowers, found in wet places |
rose mallow swamp mallow common rose mallow swamp rose mallow Hibiscus moscheutos | showy shrub of salt marshes of the eastern United States having large roseolored flowers |
swamp laurel bog laurel bog kalmia Kalmia polifolia | laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath |
swamp azalea swamp honeysuckle white honeysuckle Rhododendron viscosum | shrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckle |
high-bush blueberry tall bilberry swamp blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum | high-growing deciduous shrub of eastern North America bearing edible blueish to blackish berries with a distinct bloom, source of most cultivated blueberries |
swamp white oak swamp oak Quercus bicolor | large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks, yields heavy strong wood used in construction, thrives in wet soil |
southern red oak swamp red oak turkey oak Quercus falcata | large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks, New Jersey to Illinois and southward |
swamp chestnut oak Quercus michauxii | medium to large deciduous tree of moist areas of southeastern United States similar to the basket oak |
pin oak swamp oak Quercus palustris | fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn, thrives in damp soil |
Betulaceae family Betulaceae birch family | monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis) |
birch birch tree | any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark |
birch | hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees, used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood |
yellow birch Betula alleghaniensis Betula leutea | tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark |
American white birch paper birch paperbark birch canoe birch Betula cordifolia Betula papyrifera | small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes |
grey birch gray birch American grey birch American gray birch Betula populifolia | medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood, occurs often as a second-growth forest tree |
silver birch common birch European white birch Betula pendula | European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches |
downy birch white birch Betula pubescens | European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches |
black birch river birch red birch Betula nigra | birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark |
sweet birch cherry birch black birch Betula lenta | common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture |
Yukon white birch Betula neoalaskana | Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark |
swamp birch water birch mountain birch Western paper birch Western birch Betula fontinalis | birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark |
Newfoundland dwarf birch American dwarf birch Betula glandulosa | small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland |
swamp ash Fraxinus caroliniana | small ash of swampy areas of southeastern United States |
bitternut bitternut hickory bitter hickory bitter pignut swamp hickory Carya cordiformis | hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with or leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts |
mountain swamp gum Eucalyptus camphora | medium-sized swamp gum of New South Wales and Victoria |
swamp gum Eucalypt ovata | medium-sized tree of southern Australia |
water locust swamp locust Gleditsia aquatica | honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods, yields dark heavy wood |
swamp oak Viminaria juncea Viminaria denudata | Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers |
swamp dewberry swamp blackberry Rubus hispidus | of eastern North America |
swamp fly honeysuckle | a variety of fly honeysuckle |
swamp willow black willow Salix nigra | North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes |
swamp cottonwood black cottonwood downy poplar swamp poplar Populus heterophylla | North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood |
red maple scarlet maple swamp maple Acer rubrum | maple of eastern and central America, five-lobed leaves turn scarlet and yellow in autumn |