Plants found on FLNPS walk at Roy H. Park preserve
Northern portion of preserve - 8/24/2013 + few additions from 9/2013
SCIENTIFIC NAME | COMMON NAME | NOTES |
Trees | ||
Acer rubrum | red maple | |
Carpinus caroliniana | musclewood, American hornbeam | |
Ostrya virginiana | hop hornbeam | |
Picea abies | Norway spruce | not native |
Pinus strobus | white pine | |
Pinus sylvestris var. sylvestris | Scotch pine | not native, cultivated |
Populus tremuloides | trembling or quaking aspen | |
Quercus alba | white oak | |
Salix spp. | willows | at least 2 species present |
Sorbus americana | American mountain-ash | |
Tsuga canadensis | eastern hemlock | |
Shrubs | ||
Cornus racemosa | gray dogwood | |
Elaeagnus umbellata | autumn olive | not native, invasive |
Rosa multiflora | multiflora rose | not native, invasive |
Rubus spp. | brambles | |
Vaccinium angustifolium | lowbush blueberriy | tasty fruit |
Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum | northern arrow-wood | |
Vines | ||
Clematis virginiana | Virgin’s-bower | |
Herbacious Plants | ||
Achillea millefolium var. millefolium | yarrow | |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia | ragweed | |
Antennaria sp. | pussytoes | dry, sunny, open habitat, near trail entrance to Hammond Hill State Forest. There are 8 species in Tompkins County. |
Arisaema triphyllum ssp. triphyllum | common Jack-in-the-pulpit | |
Bromus inermis | smooth brome, awnless brome | |
Calystegia sepium (Convolvulus sepium) | hedge bindweed | |
Carlina vulgaris ssp. vulgaris | Carline thistle | not native |
Chelone glabra | white turtlehead | |
Cichorium intybus | chickory | not native |
Cirsium pumilum var. pumilum | pasture thistle | |
Cirsium vulgare | bull thistle, common thistle | winged stem, not native |
Daucus carota | Queen Ann’s lace | not native |
Dipsacus fullonum | common teasel | not native |
Doellingeria umbellata var. umbellata (Aster umbellatus) | flat-top white aster | |
Erigeron annuus | daisy fleabane | |
Eupatorium perfoliatum | boneset | name as in NYFA |
Euthamia graminifolia | grass-leaved goldenrod | |
Eutrochium fistulosum | hollow Joe-Pye weed | TBC by cutting a stem |
Eutrochium maculatum (Euptorium maculatum) | spotted Joe-Pye weed | |
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum (Euptorium purpureum) | sweet-scented Joe-pye weed, purple node … | |
Galium sp. | bedstraw | |
Gentiana clausa | closed or bottle gentian | in bloom 8/24/13 |
Gentianella quinquefolia ssp. quinquefolia | stiff gentian | in bloom 9/11/2013 |
Impatiens capensis | orange jewelweed, spotted jewelweed | in bloom 8/24/13 |
Iris sp. | iris | not in bloom 8/24/13 |
Juncus effusus | soft rush | |
Lobelia cardinalis | cardinal flower | in bloom 8/24/13 |
Lotus corniculatus | bird’s-foot trefoil | |
Lysimachia ciliata | fringed loosestrife | flowers yellow |
Lythrum salicaria | purple loosestrife | not native, invasive |
Malva moschata | musk mallow | not native |
Myosotis scorpioides | Forget-me-not | not native |
Oxalis stricta | sour clover | |
Persicaria sagittata | arrow-leaved tearthumb | |
Phleum pratense | Timothy | not native, good hay plant |
Pilea pumila | Canadaclearweed | |
Polygala sanguinea | field milkwort | |
Polygonum sp. | flowers pink | |
Plantago lanceolata | English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain | not native |
Potentilla simplex | old-field cinquefoil, common cinquefoil | |
Prunella vulgaris | heal-all | one of 2 varieties, one native the other not native. |
Pyrola elliptica | shinleaf | |
Ranunculus acris | tall buttercup | not native |
Rudbeckia hirta | black-eyed susan | |
Scirpus cyperinus | common wool grass | Cyperaceae |
Solidago altissima ssp. altissima | tall goldenrod | |
Solidago bicolor | silver-rod | |
Solidago gigantea | smooth stemmed goldenrod, giant goldenrod | |
Solidago juncea | early goldenrod | smooth stem, bracts in leaf axils |
Solidago nemoralis | gray goldenrod | |
Solidago rugosa | rough-stemmed or wrinkle-leaved goldenrod | |
Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (Aster lateriflorus) | calico aster | |
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (Aster novae-angliae) | New Englandaster | |
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pringlei (Aster pilosus var. pringlei) | Pringle's aster, white old-field aster | |
Symphyotrichum prenanthoides (Aster prenanthoides) | crooked-stemmed aster | |
Symphyotrichum puniceum var. puniceum (Aster puneceus) | swamp aster, purple-stemmed aster | |
Thalictrum pubescens (Thalictrum polygamum) | tall meadow-rue | Betsy Darlington |
Trifolium hybridum | alsike clover | not native |
Trifolium pratense | red clover | not native |
Typha angustifolia | narrow-leaf cat-tail | |
Uvularia sessilifolia | sessile bellwort, wild oats | |
Verbena hastata | blue vervain | |
Ferns | ||
Athyrium filix-femina | lady fern | |
Botrychium multifidum | leathery grape fern | |
Dryopteris carthusiana (Dryopteris spinulosa) | spinulose wood fern | |
Dryopteris intermedia | intermediate wood fern | |
Onoclea sensibilis | sensitive fern, bead fern | |
Pteridium aquilinum | bracken | |
Fern Allies | ||
Diphasiastrum digitatum (Lycopodium digitatum) | southern ground-cedar | Branches: flat, fan-shaped, upper side green, shiny, underside dull, pale;stems: creep on soil surface; leaves: 4-ranked, attached to stem >1/2 their length, underside leaf tiny; stroboli: 2-4 in false whorl. Common. |
Mosses | ||
Leucobryum glaucum | pincushion moss |