Alvar habitats of Jefferson County
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Renee Petipas and Bruce Gilman will be our guides to these unique alvar sites. This will be an all day excursion. Meet a 8 am at CCE to carpool. Bring lunch and dress for warm, sunny conditions.
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What a day! Great weather, cool, only a bit of rain. We spent most of the time at Chaumont Barrens, but took a short trip to Ransome Rd where Renee is doing some of her research. A list of plants we noted is below. In addition to the plants, we saw:
Northern brown snake (dead, though, looked like a bird had caught it)
Luna moth (also dead), lots of skippers, giant swallowtail
Rufus sided tohee, redtail hawk, goldfinch, (lots more)
Plant species noted at alvars
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Botanical name |
Common name |
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Achillea millefollium |
yarrow |
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Agrimonia sp. |
agrimony (A. gryposepala or other?) |
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Anemone americana (Hepatica) |
round-lobed hepatica |
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Anemone cylindrica |
candle anemone, long-headed anemone |
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Antennaria neglecta |
pussytoes |
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Aquilegia canadensis |
wild columbine |
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Aralia nudicaulis |
sarsaparilla |
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
bearberry |
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Asarum canadense |
wild ginger |
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Asclepias syriaca |
common milkweed |
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Berteroa incana |
hoary alyssum |
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Botrychium virginianum |
rattlesnake fern |
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Campanula rotundifolia |
harebell |
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Carex platyphylla |
broadleaf sedge |
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Carya ovata |
shagbark hickory |
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Centaurea stoebe L. ssp. micranthos |
spotted knapweed |
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Cladonia rangiferina |
reindeer lichen |
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Clinopodium vulgare |
wild basil |
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Comandra umbellata |
bastard toadflax |
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Cornus racemosa |
gray dogwood |
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Cynanchum sp |
swallowwort |
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Danthonia spicata |
poverty grass |
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Daucus carota |
Queen Anne's lace |
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Deschampsia caespitosa |
tufted hairgrass |
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Dryopteris marginalis |
marginal woodfern |
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Eleocharis compressa |
flat stemmed spikerush |
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Epipactus helleborine |
eastern helleborine |
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Eurybia macrophylla |
large leaf aster |
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Fragaria virginiana |
wild strawberry |
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Geum triflorum |
prairie smoke |
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Hieracium aurantiacum |
orange hawkweed |
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Houstonia longifolia |
longleaf summer bluet |
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Hypericum perfoliatum |
common St. Johnswort |
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Juncus dudleyi |
Dudley's rush |
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Juncus tenuis |
path rush |
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Juniperus communis |
common juniper |
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Juniperus virginiana |
eastern red cedar |
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Lactuca canadensis |
Canada lettuce |
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Lilium philadelphicum |
wood lily |
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Lonicera dioica |
limber honeysuckle |
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Lotus corniculata |
bird's foot trefoil |
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Maianthemum canadense |
Canada mayflower |
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Maianthemum racemosum |
false Solomon's seal |
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Maianthemum stellatum |
starry false Solomon's seal |
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Medicago lupulina |
black medic |
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Melilotus alba |
white sweet clover |
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Minuartia michauxii (Arenaria stricta) |
Michaux's stitchwort |
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Monarda fistulosa |
wild bergamot |
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Oligoneuron album |
prairie goldenrod |
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Osmorhiza sp |
sweet cicily |
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Packera paupercula |
balsam ragwort |
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Pedicularis canadensis |
wood betony |
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Penstemon hirsutus |
hairy beardtongue |
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Pinus strobus |
white pine |
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Polygonatum pubescens |
downy Solomon's seal |
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Polymnia canadensis |
whiteflower leafcup |
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Polypodium virginianaum |
rock polypody |
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Potentilla arguta |
tall cinquefoil |
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Quercus alba |
white oak |
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Rhus aromatica |
fragrant sumac |
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Ribes cynosbati |
prickly gooseberry |
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Rosa blanda |
smooth rose, meadow rose |
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Rubus spp. |
blackberry, raspberry |
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Rudbeckia sp |
black-eyed susan |
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Sanguinaria canadensis |
bloodroot |
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Sanicula sp. |
sanicle |
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Sedum acre |
goldmoss stonecrop |
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Sisyrinchium montanum |
strict blue-eyed grass |
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Solidago juncea |
early goldenrod |
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Spiranthes lacera |
ladies tresses, probably var lacera |
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Sporobolis heterolepis |
prairie dropseed |
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Thalictrum dioicum |
early meadow rue |
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Thuja occidentalis |
northern white cedar |
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Tragopogon pratensis |
goatsbeard |
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Treosteum perfoliatum |
horse gentian, tinker's weed |
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Trichostema brachiatum |
false pennyroyal |
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Uvularia perfoliata |
perfoliate bellwort |
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Vaccinium sp. |
blueberry, low |
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Verbascum thapsus |
common mullien |
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Viburnum rafinesquianum |
downy arrowwood |
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Waldsteinia fragarioides |
barren strawberry |
