Plants
Seen on the Giant

DIVISIONCLASSSUBCLASSORDERFAMILYGENUSSPECIESCOMMON NAMESEEN?WHERE? COMMENTS?
BryophytaBryopsidaBryidae.[Division Bryophyta]..Moss #14/19/2009 west of Mill River
.......Moss #24/19/2009 Many places
EquisetophytaEquisetopsida.EquisetalesEquisetaceaeEquisetumarvenseCommon Horsetail4/19/2009 Inland from the dam
....LycopodiaceaeHuperzialucidulaClub moss4/19/2009 .
....LycopodiaceaeLycopodium obscurumTree Club-moss4/19/2009 .
PteridophytaFilicopsida.PolypodialesPolypodiaceaePolypodiumvirginianumRocky Polypody4/19/2009 .
....OsmundaceaeOsmundaclaytonianaInterrupted Fern5/3/2009 .
....DryopteridaceaePolystichumacrostichoidesChristmas Fern4/19/2009 Inland from the dam, other places
....DryopteridaceaeDryopteris.Shield Fern4/19/2009 .
....PinaceaePinusstrobusWhite Pine4/19/2009 throughout the park
....PinaceaeTsugacanadensisEastern Hemlock4/19/2009 Yellow/Nature Trail, and by Whitney Avenue, mostly dying
....CupressaceaeJuniperusvirginianaRed Cedar4/19/2009 .
MagnoliophytaLiliopsida (monocots)ArecidaeAralesAraceaeArisaematriphyllumJack-in-the-Pulpit5/3/2009 Throughout the Giant, various places
....AraceaeSymplocarpus foetidus Skunk Cabbage**4/19/2009 Green Trail below Haswell's Ledge; by Mill River
.LiliopsidaCommelinidaeCyperalesCyperaceaeCarexplantagineaPlantainleaf Sedge4/19/2009 .
....CyperaceaeCarexpensylvanicaPennsylvania sedge4/19/2009 .
....PoaceaeAnthoxanthumodoratumSweet Vernal Grass4/19/2009 .
....PoaceaeDanthoniaspicataPoverty Danthonia, Poverty Oatgrass4/19/2009 .
....PoaceaeSchizachyium scopariumLittle Bluestem4/19/2009 .
.LiliopsidaLiliidaeLilialesLiliaceaeErythroniumamericanumTrout Lily (Adder's Tongue, 4/19/2009 Yellow/Nature Trail, Violet trailhead, many other places
....LiliaceaeMaianthemumcanadenseCommon Lily-of-the-valley**4/19/2009 Yellow-Green Crossover, many places
....LiliaceaeMaianthemumracemosumFalse Solomon's Seal**4/19/2009 Yellow Trail, by dam, many other places
....LiliaceaePolygonatumbiflorumSolomon's Seal**4/19/2009 Yellow Trail, many places
....LiliaceaePolygonatumpubescensHairy Solomon's Seal**4/19/2009 .
....LiliaceaeUvulariasessilifoliaWild Oats (Sessile Bellwort)**4/19/2009 .
....LiliaceaeHemerocallisfulvaDay Lily**4/19/2009 Violet Trailhead
....LiliaceaeAlliumtricoccumWild Leek**4/19/2009 throughout the park
.LiliopsidaLiliidaeLilialesLiliaceaeVeratrumvirideFalse Hellebore** 4/19/2009 Green Trail below Haswell's Ledge, bank of Mill River
..LiliidaeLilialesSmilacaceaeTrilliumerectumRed Trillium**4/19/2009 Green Trail below Haswell's Ledge
.....TrilliumgrandifloumLarge- Flowered or White Trillium4/19/2009 .
...LilialesIridaceaeSmilaxrotundifoliaCommon Greenbrier4/19/2009 Yellow Trail, Nature Trail
....IridaceaeIrispseudacorusPale Yellow Iris, Yellow Flag4/19/2009 Near Mill Rivesr
.Magnoliopsida (dicots)HamamelidaeJuglandalesJuglandaceaeCaryaalbaMockernut Hickory4/19/2009 .
....JuglandaceaeCaryacordiformisBitternut Hickory4/19/2009 .
....JuglandaceaeCaryaglabraPignut Hickory4/19/2009 .
....JuglandaceaeCaryaovataShagbark Hickory4/19/2009 Yellow Trail/Nature Trail
.MagnoliopsidaHamamelidaeFagalesBetulaceaeBetulaalleghaniensisYellow Birch4/19/2009 Yellow Trail/Nature Trail; near Mill River; quarry
....BetulaceaeBetulalentaBlack Birch4/19/2009 many places
....BetulaceaeBetulapapyriferaWhite Birch4/19/2009 .
....BetulaceaeCoryluscornutaBeaked Hazel, Western Hazel4/19/2009 .
....BetulaceaeBetulapopulifoliaGray Birch4/19/2009 .
....BetulaceaeOstryavirginianaEastern hophornbeam4/19/2009 .
...FagalesFagaceaeCastaneadentataAmerican Chestnut4/19/2009 .
....FagaceaeFagusgrandifoliaAmerican Beech4/19/2009 Yellow Trail, many places
....FagaceaeQuercusalbaWhite Oak4/19/2009 Violet Trailhead
....FagaceaeQuercusilicifoliaScrub Oak**4/19/2009 Yellow Trail, west of Yellow-Green Crossover
....FagaceaeQuercusprinusChestnut Oak4/19/2009 .
....FagaceaeQuercusrubraNorthern Red Oak4/19/2009 Violet Trailhead
....FagaceaeQuercusvelutinaBlack Oak4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaHamamelidaeUrticalesMoraceaeMorus alba White Mulberry *4/19/2009 .
....PolygonaceaeRumexcrispusYellow Dock4/19/2009 West of Mill River
....CaryophyllaceaeStellariamediaCommon Chickweed */**4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaHamamelidaeHamamelidalesHamamelidaceaeHamamelisvirginianaCommon Witch-hazel**4/19/2009 Yellow Trail, many places
....HamamelidaceaePlatanus occidentalisAmerican Sycamore4/19/2009 Seed pods only
.MagnoliopsidaCaryophyllidaeCaryophyllalesPortulacaceaeClaytoniavirginicaSpring-Beauty**4/19/2009 Gren Trail below Haswell's Ledge; Red Diamond just south of intersection with Blue Trail
.MagnoliopsidaMagnoliidaeRanunculalesRanunculaceaeAnemonequinquefoliaWood Anemone**4/19/2009 Tower Path
....RanunculaceaeActaearubraRed Baneberry5/3/2009 Picnic area (I think)
....RanunculaceaeCalthapalustrisMarsh Marigold**4/19/2009 Off Green Trail, east of Red Triangle; near Mill River (east side?)
....RanunculaceaeCoptislaciniataGold Thread4/19/2009 .
....RanunculaceaeHepaticaamericanaRound-lobed Hepatica**4/19/2009 White Trail, just off Tower Path
....RanunculaceaeRanunculusarbortivusKidneyleaf Crowfoot 4/19/2009 Green Trail, below Haswell's Ledge
....RanunculaceaeAquilegiacanadensisColumbine**4/19/2009 Huge new patch seen on 5/3/2009 in the quarry!
....RanunculaceaeAnemonellathalictroidesRue-Anemone**4/19/2009 Yellow-Green Crossover
....BerberidaceaeBerberisthunbergiiJapanese Barberry *4/19/2009 All over the Park, invasive
....BerberidaceaeCaulophyllumthalictroidesBlue Cohosh**4/19/2009 Green Trail below Haswell's Ledge; near Mt. Carmel Avenue
....BerberidaceaePodophyllumpeltatumMay Apple5/3/2009 Red Diamond Trail, just south of the intersection with the Blue Trail
.MagnoliopsidaMagnoliidaeMagnolialesMagnoliaceaeLiriodendrontulipiferaTulip Tree4/19/2009 Green Trail, near Red Triangle
.MagnoliopsidaMagnoliidaeLauralesLauraceaeLinderabenzoinSpicebush***4/19/2009 Yellow Trail and Green Trail; Violet Trailhead and dam
....LauraceaeSassafrasalbidumWhite Sassafras4/19/2009 Off Red Triangle, north of Green Trail
.MagnoliopsidaMagnoliidaePapaverales (Capparales)PapaveraceaeChelidonium majusGreater Celandine */**4/19/2009 .
....PapaveraceaeStylophorumdiphyllumCelandine Poppy5/3/2009 Edge of the picnic area, near the Ranger's Shed
....PapaveraceaeDicentracucullariaDutchman's-Britches**4/19/2009 Throughout the Park
....PapaveraceaeSanguinariacanadensisBloodroot**4/19/2009 Yellow-Green Crossover, north of Yellow Trail, and Tower Path
....PapaveraceaeCorydailssempervirensPale Corydalis**4/19/2009 On Nature Trail, near #30
.MagnoliopsidaDilleniidaeCapparalesBrassicaceae (Cruciferae)AlliariapetiolataGarlic Mustard */**4/19/2009 Throughout the Park, invasive
....BrassicaceaeCapsellabursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse */**4/19/2009 .
....BrassicaceaeArabislaevigataSmooth Rock Cress**4/19/2009 Yellow Trail and Tower Path
....BrassicaceaeDentarialaciniataCut-leaved Toothwort**4/19/2009 Just off Tower Path, ~100' from parking area
....BrassicaceaeCardaminepensylvanica Pennsylvania Bittercress**4/19/2009 On Nature Trail, near #30
.MagnoliopsidaDilleniidaeEricalesEricaceaeKalmialatifoliaMountain Laurel**4/19/2009 Yellow Trail/Green Trail, many places
....EricaceaeVacciniumcorymbosumHighbush Blueberry4/19/2009 .
....EricaceaeVacciniumpallidumLowbush Blueberry4/19/2009 .
....EricaceaeGaylussaciabaccataBlack Huckleberry***4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaDilleniidaeEricalesMonotropaceaeMonotropaunifloraIndian-pipe**4/19/2009 Yellow Trail, west of Red Triangle Trail
.MagnoliopsidaDilleniidaeEricalesPyrolaceaeChimaphilamaculataStriped Prince's Pine (Pipsissewa, Spotted Wintergreen)4/19/2009 West of the Mill River
.MagnoliopsidaDilleniidaeEricalesPyrolaceaePyrolaamericanaAmerican Wintergreen**4/19/2009 West of the Mill River
.MagnoliopsidaDilleniidaePrimulalesPrimulaceaeTrientalisborealisStarflower4/19/2009 Below Pavilion
....PrimulaceaeLysimachiaquadrifoliaWhorled Loosestrife**4/19/2009 Yellow Trail, west of Yellow-Green Crossover
....RosaceaeRubussp.Blackberry sp.4/19/2009 .
....RosaceaeRubusodoratusPurple-flowering Raspberry**4/19/2009 Tower Path and Red Hexagon Trail
....RosaceaeSpiraeaalbaWhite Spiraea (White Meadowsweet)5/3/2009 Quarry
....RosaceaeAgrimonia.Agrimony4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaDilleniidaeSalicalesSalicaceaePopulustremuloidesQuaking Aspen5/3/2009 Quarry
.MagnolipsidaDilleniidaeViolalesViolaceaeViolapapilionaceaCommon Blue Violet**4/19/2009 Many, on the stair bottom byo the Mill River
....ViolaceaeViolafimbriatulaNorthern Downy Violet**4/19/2009 .
....ViolaceaeViolapalmataEarly Blue Violet (Wood Violet)***4/19/2009 West of Mill River
....ViolaceaeViolarotundifoliaRound-leaved Yellow Violet (Stemless)***4/19/2009 Green Trail below Haswell's Ledge
....ViolaceaeViolaseptentrionalisNorthern Blue Violet***4/19/2009 Yellow Trail, many places
....ViolaceaeViolasororiaWooly (Common) Blue Violet***4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeApialesAraliaceaeAralianudicaulisWild Sasparilla4/26/2009 Cross-country ski trail parallel to Red Circle
....AraliaceaePanax trifolius Dwarf Ginseng**4/19/2009 Green Trail below Haswell's Ledge; by first vernal pool off Blue Trail, near Red Circle
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeApialesCelastraceaeEuonymuseuropaeusEuropean euonymus4/19/2009 .
....CelastraceaeEuonymusalatusBurningbush***4/19/2009 Yellow Trail at Yellow/Green Connector, invasive
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeCornalesCornaceaeCornusfloridaFlowering Dogwood4/19/2009 Yellow Trail and Nature Trail
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeGeranialesBalsaminaceaeImpatienscapensisSpotted Touch-me-not**4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeGeranialesClethraceaeClethra alnifolia Sweet Pepperbush4/19/2009 Green Trail, east of Yellow-Green Connector
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeGeranialesGeraniaceaeGeraniummaculatumWild Geranium**4/19/2009 Tower Path
....GeraniaceaeGeraniumrobertianumHerb-Robert**4/19/2009 Green Trail, below Haswell's Ledge; Tower Path
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeGeranialesOxalidaceaeOxalisstrictaYellow Wood Sorrel***4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeRhamnalesElaeagnaceaeElaeagnus umbellata Autumn Olive *4/19/2009 Quarry, other places in the Giant
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeRhamnalesVitaceaeParthenocissusquinquefoliaVirginia Creeper4/19/2009 .
....VitaceaeVitissp.Grape sp.4/19/2009 .
....VitaceaeVitislabruscaFox Grape4/19/2009 West of the Mill River
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeRosalesSaxifragaceaeSaxifragavirginiensisEarly Saxifrage**4/19/2009 Yellow-Green Crossover, Tower Path
....SaxifragaceaeChrysospleniumaqmericanumAmerican Golden Saxifrage4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeSapindalesAceraceaeAcer platanoides Norway Maple *4/19/2009 .
....AceraceaeAcer rubrum Red Maple***4/19/2009 All over stone walls
....AceraceaeAcer saccharum Sugar Maple4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaRosidaeSapindalesAnacardiaceaeRhus hirtaStaghorn Sumac4/19/2009 .
....AnacardiaceaeToxicodendron radicans Poison Ivy4/19/2009 Yellow Trail east of parking area
.MagnoliopsidaAsteridaeAsteralesAsteraceaeAsterdivaricatusWhite Wood Aster4/19/2009 Team 1 wrote "c.f.", Sweeney identified only the genus
....AsteraceaeAsterlinariifoliusStiff Aster5/3/2009 Quarry
....AsteraceaeAstervimineusSmall White Aster**4/19/2009 .
....AsteraceaeSolidagosp..4/19/2009 .
....AsteraceaeTaraxacumofficinaleCommon Dandelion *4/19/2009 .
....AsteraceaeArtemisiavulgarisMugwort4/19/2009 .
....AsteraceaeAntennarianeglectaField Pussytoes**4/19/2009 .
....AsteraceaeAntennariaplantaginifoliaPlantain-leaved Pussytoes**4/19/2009 .
....AsteraceaeTaraxacumofficinateCommon Dandelion **4/19/2009 .
....AsteraceaeHieraciumvenosumRattlesnake-weed**4/19/2009 .
....AsteraceaeArctiumminusCommon Burdock**4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaAsteridaeDipsacalesCaprifoliaceaeLonicerajaponicaJapanese Honeysuckle4/19/2009 West of Mill River, invasive
..AsteridaeDipsaclesCaprifoliaceae LonicerasempervirensTrumpet Honeysuckle4/25/2010In upper Quarry
....CaprifoliaceaeViburnumacerifoliumMaple-leaved Viburnum4/19/2009 .
....CaprifoliaceaeViburnumrecognitumViburnum4/19/2009 .
....CaprifoliaceaeSambucusracemosaRed Elderberry***4/19/2009 Green Trail below Haswell's Ledge, Tower Path
.MagnoliopsidaAsteridaeGentianales AsclepiadaceaePolygalapaucifoliaFringed Polygala (Gaywings)**4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaAsteridaeLamialesLamiaceaePycnanthemumsp.Mountainmint4/19/2009 Quarry?
.MagnoliopsidaAsteridaePlantaginalesPlantaginaceaePlantagolanceolataEnglish Plantain */**4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaAsteridaeRubialesRubiaceaeHoustoniacaeruleaBluets**4/19/2009 Near Ranger Station
....RubiaceaeMitchellarepensPartridgeberry** (Squawvine,Twinberry)4/19/2009 West side of Mill River, elsewhere
....RubiaceaeCephalanthusoccidentalisButtonbush4/19/2009 .
.MagnoliopsidaAsteridaeScrophulariales OleaceaeForsythiasp.Forsythia sp. *4/19/2009 .
....OleaceaeFraxinusamericanaWhite Ash4/19/2009 .