Plants found on FLNPS walk at Hector Backbone, Finger Lakes National Forest

SpeciesCommon NameComment
Acer saccharum var.sacharum sugar maple  
Achillea millefolium var.millefolium yarrow  
Agrimonia parviflora small-flowered agrimony  
Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax Parlin's pussytoes  
Anthoxanum odoratum sweet vernal grass Non-native, smells sweet when dried
Arisaema triphyllum ssp.triphyllum common Jack-in-the-pulpit  
Bidens sp. bur-marigold  
Carex gracillima graceful sedge  
Carex laxiflora broad loose-flower sedge  
Carex vulpinoidea foxtail sedge  
Carex woodii pretty sedge  
Carya ovalis red hickory  
Carya ovata shagbark hickory  
Cerastium fontanum mouse-ear chickweed not native (from Eurasia)
Cicuta bulbifera bulb-bearing water hemlock  
Cicuta maculata var. maculata spotted water hemlock, poison hemlock Extremely poisonous; N America's most toxic plant
Circaea lutetiana ssp. canadensis common enchanter's nightshade  
Climacium americanum tree moss  
Cornus racemosa gray dogwood  
Crategus sp. hawthorne  
Dactylis glomerata orchard grass not native, introduced for hay
Diervilla lonicera northern bush honeysuckle  
Elaeagnus umbellata autumn olive not native, invasive
Eleocharis sp. spike-rush  
Epipactus helleborine eastern helleborine not native, orchid
Erigeron annuus daisy fleabane  
Fragaria virginiana wild strawberry, Virginia strawberry  
Fraxinus americana white ash  
Galium mollugo hedge bedstraw, false baby's breath  
Galium tinctorium stiff marsh bedstraw flowers white, 4 leaves per whorl
Geranium maculatum wild geranium  
Geranium robertianum herb Robert  
Geum aleppicum yellow avens  
Geum canadense white avens  
Hesperis matronalis dame’s rocket not native
Hieracium caespitosum field or meadow hawkweed yellow ligules
Holcus lanatus common velvet grass not native
Hylotelephium telephium ssp. telephium (Sedum purpureum) witch’s moneybags, garden stonecrop, frog's stomach not native
Impatiens capensis orange jewelweed, spotted jewelweed up to 9 teeth on one side of leaf
Lonicera sp. shrub honeysuckle not native, invasive
Malus pumila apple tree  
Ostrya virginiana hop hornbeam  
Oxalis stricta common yellow wood sorrel, sour clover  
Penstemon digitalis foxglove beardtongue  
Pinus strobus white pine stumps used for fencing
Platanus occidentalis sycamore  
Poa compressa Canada bluegrass perennial grass, introduced from Europe
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple  
Potentilla simplex or canadensis ? old-field cinquefoil, common cinquefoil  
Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris heal-all not native
Prunus serotina black cherry  
Prunus virginiana choke cherry  
Pyrus communis European pear escaped
Quercus alba white oak  
Quercus rubra northern red oak  
Ranunculus abortivus kidney-leaved buttercup  
Ranunculus acris tall buttercup not native
Ranunculus sceleratus var. sceleratus cursed crowfoot, blisterwort annual, native to N America & Europe
Rhamnus cathartica European or common buckthorn not native, invasive
Ribes cynosbati eastern prickly gooseberry  
Robinia pseudoacacia black locust  not native
Rosa 'Harison's Yellow' Yellow Rose of Texas, Oregon Trail Rose a hybrid rose cultivar
Rosa floribunda floribunda rose, pasture rose native?
Rosa multiflora multiflora rose not native, invasive
Rubus allegheniensis blackberry  
Salix spp. willows  
Scirpus atrovirens dark green bulrush not a rush, in sedge family
Sisyrinchium sp. blue-eyed grass  
Solidago juncea early goldenrod smooth stem, bracts in leaf axils
Solidago rugosa rough-stemmed or wrinkle-leaved goldenrod  
Sphagnum sp. A species of sphagnum moss probably S. girgensohnii
Stellaria graminea little starwort, common stitchwort not native
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum (Aster lanceolatus) panicle aster, lance-leaved aster  
Taraxicum officinale dandelion  
Toxicodendron radicans poison ivy  
Tragopogon pratensis showy goat's-beard, meadow salsify yellow ligules
Trifolium pratense red clover  
Vaccinium sp. blueberry  
Valeriana officianalis garden heliotrope or common valerian escaped garden plant, native to Europe and Asia
Veronica chamaedrys bird's-eye speedwell native to Europe and Northern Asia
Veronica officinalis common speedwell, gypsy-weed not native?
Viburnum dentatum arrowwood  
Viburnum lentago nannyberry  
Viola sororia common blue violet