Plant List for Yankauer

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Plant List for Yankauer, initially based on Dr. Bell's list
of handwritten Latin names.

I have separated plants into various categories, emphasizing distinction
between natives and exotics. Common names have been added.

3/97 Kathy Bilton
updated 4-18-99, 4-12-00, 4-15-00, 5-11-01, 4-21-03, 5-21-03 (with many additions from Joe Metzger)

Additions and corrections welcome.

Ferns and Fern Allies - Native

Asplenium platyneuron - Ebony Spleenwort
Botrychium dissectum - Cut Leaf Grape Fern
Botrychium virginianum - Rattlesnake Fern
Camptosorus rhizophyllus - Walking Fern
Dryopteris intermedia - Evergreen Wood Fern
Lycopodium digitatum - Southern Ground Cedar (A Clubmoss)
Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas Fern
Woodsia??

Trees and Shrubs - Native

Acer negundo - Box Elder
Acer rubrum - Red Maple
Acer sp.
Asimina triloba - Pawpaw
Carpinus caroliniana- American Hornbeam, Blue Beech
Carya cordiformis - Bitternut Hickory
Carya tomentosa - Mockernut hickory
Celtis occidentalis - Hackberry
Celtis tenuifolia - Dwarf Hackberry
Cercis canadensis - Redbud
Cornus florida - Dogwood More info
Crataegus spp. - Hawthorn
Euonymous atropurpureus - Wahoo
Fraxinus americana - Ash
Fraxinus pennsylvanica var.subintegerrima - Green Ash
Gleditsia triacanthos - Honeylocust
Juglans nigra - Walnut
Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
Liriodendron tulipifera - Tulip Poplar, Yellow poplar
Nyssa sylvatica - Black Gum
Ostrya virginiana - Hop Hornbeam
Pinus virginiana - Scrub Pine
Platanus occidentalis - Sycamore
Prunus serotina - Black Cherry
Quercus alba - White Oak
Quercus rubra var. borealis - Northern Red Oak
Quercus ilicifolia - Scrub Oak
Quercus muehlenbergi - Yellow Oak, Chinquapin Oak
Rhus aromatica - Fragrant Sumac
Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac
Ribes spp. - Gooseberries or Currants
Robinia pseudo-acacia - Black Locust
Rubus allegheniensis - Alleghany Blackberry
Rubus flagellaris - Dewberry
Rubus occidentalis - Black Raspberry
Sassafras albidum - Sassafras
Staphylea trifolia - Bladdernut
Tilia americana - Basswood
Ulmus americana - Elm
Ulmus rubra - Slippery Elm
Viburnum prunifolium - Black Haw

Trees and Shrubs - Exotic

Ailanthus altissima -- Tree of Heaven
Berberis thunbergii - Japanese Barberry
Eleagnus umbellata - Autumn Olive
Lonicera maackii - Bush Honeysuckle
Lonicera tatarica - Tartarian Honeysuckle
Prunus sp.
Rosa multiflora - Multiflora Rose
Rubus phoenicolasius - Wineberry

Vines - Native

Menispermum canadense - Moonseed Also see this page.
Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia Creeper
Smilax hispida - Hispid Greenbrier
Toxicodendron radicans - Poison Ivy
Vitis  sp. - Grape

Vines - Exotic

Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

Herbaceous Plants -

Grasses and Sedges - Native

Andropogon virginicus - Broomsedge
Carex spp. - Sedge

Grasses and Sedges - Exotic

Bromus inermis - Smooth Bromegrass
Dactylis glomerata - Orchard Grass
Festuca spp.
Microstegium vimineum - Asiatic Stilt Grass
Phleum pratense - Timothy
Poa compressa - Canada Bluegrass
Poa pratensis - Kentucky Bluegrass

NOTE: Despite names of Poas, they are introduced from Europe.

Spring Wildflowers - Native

Anemonella thalictroides - Rue Anemone
Antennaria plantaginifolia - Plantain Leaf Pussytoes
Antennaria sp. - Pussytoes (small leaf?)
Aquilegia canadensis - Columbine
Arabis laevigata - Smooth Rockcress
Arisaema triphyllum - Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. Blue Cohosh
Chrysogonum virginianum - Golden knees
Claytonia virginica - Spring Beauty
Corydalis flavula - Pale Corydalis
Dentaria laciniata - Cut-Leaved toothwort
Dicentra canadensis - Squirrelcorn
Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchmen's Breeches
Erigeron philadelphicus - Common Fleabane
Eupatorium rugosum - White Snakeroot
Floerkea proserpinacoides - False Mermaid
Galium aparine - Bedstraw, Cleavers
Galium sp.
Geum vernum - Spring Avens
Hepatica americana - Hepatica
Heuchera sp. - Heuchera
Hybanthus concolor - Green Violet
Hydrophyllum virginianum - Virginia Waterleaf
Jeffersonia diphylla - Twinleaf
Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells
Orchis spectabilis - Showy Orchis
Ozmorhiza sp. - Sweet Cicely
Phacelia purshii - Miami Mist
Phlox divaricata - Wild Blue Phlox
Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple
Polygonatum biflorum - Common Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum canaliculatum - Giant Solomon's Seal
Ranunculus abortivus - Aborted Buttercup
Ranunculus recurvatus - Recurved Buttercup
Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
Saxifraga virginiensis - Early Saxifrage
Sedum ternatum - Wild Stonecrop
Senecio aureus - Golden Ragwort
Smilacina racemosa - False Solomon's Seal
Stellaria pubera - Star Chickweed
Thalictrum dioicum - Early Meadow Rue
Uvularia perfoliata - Perfoliated Bellwort
Viola sororia - Violet (incudes V. papilionacea)
Viola striata - Striped Violet
Viola pubescens - Downy Yellow Violet (includes V. pensylvanica - Smooth Yellow Violet)
Viola rafinesquii - Field Pansy (?? or tricolor or arvensis)
Viola triloba - Three Lobed Blue Violet
Zizia aptera (?) - Golden Alexanders
 

Other Herbaceous Plants - Native

Agastache sp. - Giant Hyssop
Agrimonia sp. - Agrimony
Ambrosia artemisiifolia - Ragweed
Anemone virginiana - Thimbleweed
Asclepias quaternata ?? (quadrifolia??)
Asclepias syriaca - Milkweed
Aster sp. - Aster (cordate)
Aster sp. - Aster (sagitate)
Cimicifuga racemosa - Black Cohosh (1 in bloom 6-23-07)
Circaea quadrisulcata var. canadensis - Enchanter's Nightshade (blooming 6-23-07)
Cirsium discolor - Field Thistle
Dioscorea sp. - Wild Yam
Geum canadense - White Avens
Goodyera pubescens - Rattlesnake Orchid
Liparis lilifolia - Large twayblade
Liparis loeselii - Bog Twayblade
Lobelia inflata - Indian Tobacco
Lobelia syphilitica - Great Lobelia
Monarda sp. -
Monotropa uniflora - Indian Pipe
Oenothera perennis - Sundrops
Oxalis violacea - Violet Wood Sorrel
Polygonum (Tovara) virginianum - Jumpseed, Virginia Knotweed
Polymnia uvedalia - Yellow Leafcup
Phytolacca americana - Pokeweed
Sanicula gregaria - Clustered Snakeroot
Silene stellata - Starry Campion
Solanum carolinense - Horse-nettle
Solidago spp. - Goldenrod
Uvularia perfoliata - Perfoliate Bellwort
Verbesina alternifolia - Wingstem
 

Other Herbaceous Plants - Exotic

Achillea millefolium - Yarrow
Alliaria petiolata - Garlic Mustard
Allium vineale - Wild Onion
Arctium minus - Burdock
Barbarea vulgaris - Cress
Bidens tripartita ?? (native?) - Beggar Ticks
Carduus sp. - Thistle
Cerastium vulgatum - Mouse-Ear Chickweed
Chenopodium album - Lamb's Quarters
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum - Ox Eye Daisy
Cirsium sp. - Thistle
Duchesnea indica - Indian Strawberry
Echium vulgare - Viper's Bugloss
Glechoma hederacea - Ground Ivy
Hieracium pratense - King Devil
Lamium purpureum - Purple Dead Nettle
Lepidium campestre - Field Cress
Lespedeza sp. - Bush Clover (Annual)
Linaria vulgaris - Toadflax
Muscari spp. - Grape Hyacinth
Nepeta cataria - Catnip
Ornithogalum umbellatum - Star of Bethlehem
Oxalis sp. - Yellow Sorrel
Plantago lanceolata - Plantain
Polygonum persicaria - Lady's thumb
Polygonum cespitosum var. longisetum - Long Bristled Smartweed
Potentilla recta - Upright Cinquefoil
Prunella vulgaris - Heal-all
Ranunculus bulbosus - Bulbous Buttercup
Rumex acetosella - Sheep Sorrel
Rumex crispus - Curly Dock
Rumex obtusifolius - Bitter Dock
Stellaria media - Chickweed
Stellaria graminea - Lesser Stitchwort
Taraxacum officinale - Dandelion
Thlaspi arvense - Pennycress
Verbascum thapsus - Mullein
Veronica officinalis - Speedwell
 

Added May 2001 - 
Orchis (spotted by Kristen) and Hybanthus (spotted by Aileen)
Added Sept. 2000


Native trees/shrubs

Nyssa sylvatica - Black Gum
Pinus virginiana - Scrub Pine
Quercus ilicifolia - Scrub Oak

Native herbaceous plants

Oenothera perennis - Sundrops
Solidago spp. - Goldenrod

Also there are a few orchids close to the trail near the kiosk, are they
Liparis? 

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