PRI Gorge Garden Plant List – 7/11/07

Scientific Name* Common Name Location/Comment
Ferns    
Asplenium trichomanes Maidenhair spleenwort Shady cliff top
Cystopteris bulbifera* Bladder fern Woodland/base of cliff
Diplazium pycnocarpon Glade fern Woodland
Dryopteris intermedia Evergreen wood Fern Woodland, evergreen (Catskills)
Dryopteris marginalis Marginal wood fern Woodland, evergreen (Catskills)
Polypodium virginianum* Common polypody Shady cliff top
Polystichum acrostichoides* Christmas fern Woodland, evergreen
Herbaceous Perennials, Annuals, Bienniels
Anemonella thalictroides* Rue anemone Sunny cliff (in shade of)
Antennaria plantaginifolia* Pussytoes Sunny cliff top
Aquilegia canadensis* Wild Columbine Shady cliffs
Asarum canadensis* Wild ginger Woodland
Asclepias incarnata* Swamp milkweed Retention basin
Aster prenanthoides Large-leaf aster Retention basin (Catskill volunteer)
Aster schreberi Schreber’s white aster Woodland(Catskill volunteer)
Campanula rotundifolia Harebells Sunny cliffs
Corydalis aurea Golden Corydalis Cliff tops & bases (seeded in)
Corydalis sempervirens Pale corydalis Cliffs (Adirondackgenotype)
Eupatorium maculatum* Joe Pye weed Retention basin
Euthamia graminifolia* Lance-leaved Goldenrod Mid retention basin
Iris versicolor* Blue Flag iris Retention basin
Lobelia cardinalis* Cardinal flower Planter & Retention basin
Lobelia dortmanna Water lobelia Planter (may not be wet enough!)
Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue lobelia Retention basin (some *)
Mimulus ringens* Monkeyflower Planter &  retention basin
Mondarda didyma* Beebalm Sunny edge
Penstemon hirsutus Hairy beardstongue Sunny cliffs & base (some *)
Rudbeckia hirta Black eyed Susan (non-native) Sunny scree (volunteer, left in)
Sanguineria canadensis Bloodroot Woodland
Saxifraga virginiensis* Early rock saxifrage Cliffs (seeded in, no plants yet)
Smilacina racemosa False Solomon's seal Woodland, Cliff base
Solidago bicolor* Silverrod Sunny scree
Solidago caesia* Wreath goldenrod Edges
Solidago flexicaulis* Zig-zag goldenrod Shady edge
Solidago gigantea* Late goldenrod Retention basin (early bloomer!)
Symphyotrichum cordifolium* Blue wood aster Shady scree
Thalictrum dioicum* Early meadow rue Shady cliff base
Tiarella cordifolia* Foamflower Woodland
Veronica officionalis. Speedwell Scree
Viola rostrata* Long-spur violet Woodland
Viola sagittata Arrow-leaved violet Shady base of cliff
Viola striata* Creamy violet Shady edge
Grasses, Sedges, Rushes    
Agrostis hyemalis# Spring bentgrass, Hairgrass Sunny scree
Carex plantaginea* Plantain-leaf sedge Woodland
Carex platyphylla* Broad leaf sedge Woodland
Carex sp.* Sedge Shady cliff
Danthonia spicata* Poverty oat grass Shady cliff
Juncus effusus* Smooth rush Planter
Poa nemoralis* Blue Woodgrass Sunny cliff base
Vines  (none yet)
Woody Trees & Shrubs
Tsuga canadensis Eastern hemlock Woodland(Cayuga Landscape)
Hamamelis vernalis Spring witch-hazel Shady edge (Cayuga Landscape)
Amelanchier sp. Shadbush – ID species? Sunny edge (Cayuga Landscape)
Rubus odoratus* Purple flowering raspberry Shady edge

* Asterisk by name indicates seed/spore grown from Cayuga Lake Basin source, i.e. local genotype
# Identified as such when planted. More likely Agrostis scabra, but it has since disappeared. (2022)