Bluebells and Other Spring Beauties
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Ken was excited to show us a large population of Virginia Bluebells which includes the white-flowered form as well as the usual blue. Other spring flowers abound at this site, including Claytonia virginica and Viola striata.
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Wow, tons of bluebells! The natural area at this museum is small, and infested with many invasive species. But at this time of year the native species are easily seen. The Virginia bluebells were extremely dense, as was the false Hellebore, indicative of a nice floodplain. Below is a list of species seen the day after the FLNPS walk by S. Lorbeer and R. Parker.
Species seen at Bement-Billings Farmstead Museum in Newark Valley 5/3/2016
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Acer negundo var. negundo |
box elder, ash-leaf maple |
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Acer rubrum |
red maple |
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Acer saccharum var. sacharum |
sugar maple |
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Agrimonia gryposepala |
agrimony |
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Alliaria petiolata |
garlic mustard |
not native, invasive - in bloom |
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Allium tricoccum |
wild leek |
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Amelanchier sp. |
shadbush, Juneberry, serviceberry |
in bloom |
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Artemisia vulgaris |
mugwort |
not native, invasive |
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Calystegia sepium |
hedge bindweed |
not native |
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Cardamine concatinata |
cut-leaved toothwort |
in bloom |
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Cardamine diphylla |
two-leaved toothwort |
in bloom |
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Cardamine pratensis |
pink cuckoo bitter-cress |
in bloom |
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Carpinus caroliniana |
musclewood, American hornbeam |
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Carya ovata |
shagbark hickory |
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Chelidonium majus |
celandine |
not native |
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Claytonia virginica |
Virginia Spring beauty |
in bloom |
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Clematis virginiana |
virgin's bower |
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Cornus amomum |
silky dogwood |
blue fruit |
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Crategus sp. |
hawthorne |
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Dicentra cucullaria |
Dutchman's breeches |
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Echinocystis lobata |
wild cucumber |
old fruit, seedling |
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Elymus sp. |
wild rye |
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Erythronium americanum |
trout lily |
in bloom 5/3/16 |
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Fallopia japonica |
Japanese knotweed |
not native, invasive |
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Floerkea proserpinacoides |
false mermaid weed |
in abundance! |
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Fragaria virginiana |
wild strawberry |
in bloom |
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Fraxinus americana |
white ash |
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Galium mollugo |
wild madder |
not native |
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Geranium maculatum |
wild geranium |
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Glechoma hederacea |
creeping charlie |
not native, in bloom |
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Gleditsia triacanthos |
honey locust |
not native |
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Hesperis matronalis |
dame's rocket |
not native |
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Hydrophyllum virginianum |
Virginia waterleaf |
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Impatiens sp. |
jewelweed, touch-me-not |
seedlings |
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Juglans cinerea |
butternut |
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Lamium purpureum |
purple dead-nettle |
not native |
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Laportea canadensis |
wood-nettle |
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Lonicera sp. |
shrub honeysuckle |
not native, invasive |
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Lysimachia ciliata |
fringed loosestrife |
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Malus pumila |
apple tree |
not native |
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Mertensia virginica |
Virginia bluebells |
in bloom |
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Persicaria virginiana |
jumpseed |
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Platanus occidentalis |
sycamore |
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Podophyllum peltatum |
mayapple |
in bloom |
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Populus deltoides |
eastern cottonwood |
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Populus tremuloides |
trembling, quaking aspen |
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Prunus serotina |
black cherry |
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Ranunculus abortivus |
kidney-leaf buttercup |
in bloom |
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Ranunculus repens |
creeping buttercup |
not native |
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Rhus typhina |
staghorn sumac |
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Robinia pseudoacacia |
black locust |
not native |
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Rosa multiflora |
multiflora rose |
not native, invasive |
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Rumex obtusifolius |
broad-leaved dock |
not native |
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Salix nigra |
black willow |
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Carex sp. |
sedge, clump, narrow leaves |
flowering 5/3/16 |
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Symplocarpus foetidus |
skunk cabbage |
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Taraxacum officinale |
common dandelion |
not native |
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Thalictrum pubescens |
tall meadow rue |
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Tilia americana |
American basswood |
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Ulmus americana |
American elm |
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Verbascum thapsus |
mullein |
not native |
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Veronica filiformis |
slender speedwell |
not native |
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Viola sororia |
common blue violet |
in bloom |
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Viola striata |
creamy violet |
in bloom |
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Veratrum viridae |
false helebore |
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Vitis riparia |
riverbank grape |
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Zizia aurea |
golden alexanders |
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