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Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
Purple Passion Flower
purple passion flower

Photo courtesy of the Deleware Wildflowers Organization.

Passiflora incarnata

In 2003, a list compiled by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources placed the Purple Passion Flower on a list of rare, threatened and endangered plants. These plants can be spotted along Oxon Cove.
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Did You Know?
In 1891, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, acquired the Oxon Cove Park Property, to establish a farm where patients, removed from the confines of a hospital setting, could benefit from fresh air and outdoor work at this new "farm colony." This hospital farm was called Godding Croft.

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