Spring Flora Walk -Six Mile Creek

Full Name

Nativity

Common_Name

Phenol*

Family

*Phenology Codes

Acer negundo

N

Box elder

FL

Aceraceae

BD - Flower buds present

Acer platanoides

E

Norway maple

FL

Aceraceae

FL - Flowers present

Alliaria petiolata

IN

Garlic mustard

V

Brassicaceae

FR - Fruits present

Allium tricoccum var. tricoccum

N

"Wild leek, ramps"

V

Alliaceae

IF - Immature fruits

Anemone acutiloba

N

Sharp-lobed hepatica

FL

Ranunculaceae

IM - Immature plant

Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia

N

Wood anemone

PB

Ranunculaceae

PA - Post anthesis (not yet in fruit)

Antennaria plantaginifolia

N

Plantain-leaved pussy-toes

V

Asteraceae

PB - Pre-bud (but buds due soon)

Artemisia vulgaris var. vulgaris

IN

Common wormwood

V

Asteraceae

V - Vegetative or indeterminate

Asarum canadense

N

Wild-ginger

IM

Aristolochiaceae

Bellis perennis

E

"English daisy, lawn daisy"

FL

Asteraceae

Berberis thunbergii

IN

Japanese barberry

V

Berberidaceae

Nativity Codes

Betula alleghaniensis 

N

Yellow birch

V

Betulaceae

E - Exotic

Betula lenta

N

Black birch

V

Betulaceae

IN - Invasive (exotic by default)

Cardamine concatenata

N

Cut-leaved toothwort

FL

Brassicaceae

N - Native

Cardamine diphylla

N

Two-leaved toothwort

FL

Brassicaceae

Carex plantaginea

N

Plantain-leaved sedge

FL

Cyperaceae

Carpinus caroliniana ssp. virginiana

N

"Musclewood, ironwood"

V

Betulaceae

Carya ovata

N

Shagbark hickory

PB

Juglandaceae

Caulophyllum thalictroides  

N

Blue cohosh

FL

Berberidaceae

Chelidonium majus

IN

Celandine

PB

Papaveraceae

Claytonia caroliniana

N

Carolina spring-beauty

FL

Portulacaceae

Dicentra canadensis

N

Squirrel-corn

BD

Papaveraceae

Dicentra cucullaria

N

Dutchman's breeches

FL

Papaveraceae

Dryopteris intermedia

N

Evergreen woodfern

V

Dryopteridaceae

Erigeron annuus

N

Daisy fleabane

V

Asteraceae

Erythronium americanum ssp. americanum

N

Trout-lily

FL

Liliaceae

Euonymus alatus

IN

"Burning-bush, winged Euonymus"

V

Celastraceae

Fagus grandifolia

N

American beech

V

Fagaceae

Ficaria verna

IN

"Fig buttercup, lesser celandine"

FL

Ranunculaceae

Forsythia suspensa

E

Forsythia

FL

Oleaceae

Gaultheria procumbens

N

Aromatic wintergreen

V

Ericaceae

Geranium maculatum

N

Wild geranium

V

Geraniaceae

Geum canadense

N

White avens

V

Rosaceae

Hesperis matronalis

IN

Dame's-rocket

V

Brassicaceae

Hydrophyllum canadense

N

Canada waterleaf

V

Hydrophyllaceae

Hydrophyllum virginianum

N

Virginia waterleaf

V

Hydrophyllaceae

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana

N

Red cedar

V

Cupressaceae

Laportea canadensis

N

Wood nettle

V

Urticaceae

Lindera benzoin

N

Spicebush

FL

Lauraceae

Lonicera morrowii

IN

Morrow's honeysuckle

V

Caprifoliaceae

Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum

N

False Solomon’s-seal

V

Convallariaceae

Matteuccia struthiopteris

N

Ostrich fern

FR

Dryopteridaceae

Mitella diphylla

N

Miterwort

FL

Saxifragaceae

Osmorhiza longistylus

N

Long-styled sweet cicely

V

Apiaceae

Ostrya virginiana

N

Hop-hornbeam

V

Betulaceae

Pinus strobus

N

White pine

V

Pinaceae

Platanus occidentalis

N

American sycamore

V

Platanaceae

Podophyllum peltatum

N

May-apple

V

Berberidaceae

Polystichum acrostichoides

N

Christmas fern

V

Dryopteridaceae

Populus deltoides

N

Eastern cottonwood

PB

Salicaceae

Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris

E

Eurasian self-heal

PB

Lamiaceae

Prunus serotina

N

Black cherry

V

Rosaceae

Prunus virginiana

N

Choke cherry

PB

Rosaceae

Quercus rubra

N

Red oak

V

Fagaceae

Ranunculus abortivus

N

Kidney-leaved buttercup

PB

Ranunculaceae

Rhamnus cathartica

IN

Buckthorn

PB

Rhamnaceae

Robinia pseudoacacia

IN

Black locust

PB

Fabaceae

Rosa multiflora

IN

Multiflora rose

PB

Rosaceae

Sanguinaria canadensis

N

Bloodroot

FL

Papaveraceae

Solidago flexicaulis

N

Zig-zag goldenrod

V

Asteraceae

Symphyotrichum cordifolium

N

Heart-leaved aster

V

Asteraceae

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

N

Hairy white aster

V

Asteraceae

Taenidia integerrima

N

Yellow pimpernel

PB

Apiaceae

Thalictrum dioicum

N

Early meadow-rue

PB

Ranunculaceae

Tilia americana

N

American linden

V

Malvaceae

Trillium erectum

N

Red trillium

FL

Trilliaceae

Trillium grandiflorum

N

White trillium

FL

Trilliaceae

Tsuga canadensis

N

Eastern hemlock

V

Pinaceae

Tussilago farfara

E

Colt's-foot

FL

Asteraceae

Verbascum thapsus

E

Common mullein

V

Plantaginaceae

Veronica filiformis

IN

Slender speedwell

FL

Plantaginaceae

Vinca minor

IN

Periwinkle

FL

Apocynaceae

Viola xbissellii

N

Hybrid violet

FL

Violaceae

Viola canadensis var. canadensis

N

Canada violet

FL

Violaceae

Viola pubescens

N

Downy yellow violet

FL

Violaceae

Zizia aurea

N

Common golden Alexanders

FL

Apiaceae