Plants Observed on the BNL Site
Plants are listed in alphabetical order by scientific name.
* Non-native
+ Non-native and Invasive
~ Native and invasive
Classification |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Herbaceous
Plant |
Yarrow |
Achillea millefolium |
Small-flowered false-foxglove |
Agalinus paupercula
|
Quack grass
|
Agropyron repens |
Common ragweed
|
Ambrosia artemisiifolia |
Pearly everlasting
|
Anaphalis margaritacea |
Little blue stemgrass
|
Andropogon scoparius
|
Dogbane |
Apocynum androsaemifolium
|
Hemp dogbane
|
Apocynum cannibinum |
Common burdock
|
Arctium minus |
Bearberry |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
Mugwort + |
Artemisia vulgaris
|
Swamp milkweed
|
Asclepias incarnata |
Milkweed |
Asclepias syriaca
|
Butterflyweed |
Asclepias tuberosa
|
Aster |
Aster spectabilis
|
Flat-topped white aster |
Aster umbellatus |
Aster |
Aster undulatus
|
Wild indigo |
Baptisia Sp. |
Devil's-beggar-tick |
Bidens frondosa
|
False-nettle |
Boehmeria cylindrica |
Water shield |
Brasenia schreberi
|
Mustard |
Brassica sp.
|
Blue-joint reedgrass |
Calamagrostis canadensis
|
Cabomba |
Cabomba sp.
|
Water-starwort
|
Callitriche palustris |
Water-starwort
|
Callitriche sp.
|
Pennsylvania sedge
|
Carex pensylvanica
|
Tussock sedge |
Carex stricta |
Sicklepod |
Cassia sp. |
Knapweed * |
Centaurea maculosa
|
Coontail |
Ceratophyllum sp.
|
Common lambsquarters
|
Chenopodium album
|
Spotted wintergreen |
Chimaphila maculata
|
Daisy |
Chrysanthemum sp. |
Chickory |
Cichorium intybus
|
Canada thistle + |
Cirsium arvense
|
Bull thistle * |
Cirsium vulgare
|
British soldiers |
Cladonia cristatella
|
Horseweed
|
Conyza canadensis
|
Crown vetch
|
Coronilla varia
|
Dodder |
Cuscuta gronovii
|
Lady's slipper |
Cypripedium acaule |
Orchard grass |
Dactylis glomerata |
Poverty grass
|
Dathonia spicata
|
Jimson weed
|
Datura stramonium |
Queen Anne's lace * |
Daucus carota
|
Swamp loosestrife
|
Decodon verticillatus
|
Hayscented fern |
Dennestaedtia punctilobula
|
Tick-trefoil
|
Desmodium sp.
|
Crabgrass
|
Digitaria sp.
|
Shield fern
|
Dryopteris sp.
|
Three-way sedge
|
Dulichium arundinaceum
|
Spike rush
|
Eleocharis obtusa |
Common horsetail
|
Equisetum arvense
|
Fleabane |
Erigeron sp. |
Cottongrass
|
Eriophorum virginicum
|
Joe-pye weed |
Eupatorium dubium
|
Boneset |
Eupatorium perfoliatum
|
Strawberry |
Fragaria virginiana
|
Manna grass
|
Glyceria obtusa
|
Orange hawkweed
|
Hieracium aurantiacum
|
Canadian St. John's-wort * |
Hypericum canadense
|
Common St. John's-wort * |
Hypericum perforatum |
Marsh St. John's-wort * |
Hypericum virginicum
|
Touch-me-not
|
Impatiens capensis
|
Blue flag
|
Iris versicolor
|
Canada rush |
Juncus canadensis |
Rush |
Juncus effusus
|
Black grass
|
Juncus gerardi
|
Duckweed |
Lemna sp.
|
Pepperweed |
Lepidium campestre |
Narrow-leafed bush clover
|
Lespedeza augustifolia
|
Bush clover
|
Lespedeza virginiana
|
Blue toadflax
|
Linaria canadensis
|
Butter and eggs *
|
Linaria vulgaris
|
Rye grass * |
Lolium perenne
|
Bird's foot trefoil |
Lotus corniculatus
|
Wild lupine
|
Lupinus perennis
|
Ground pine |
Lycopodium obscurum
|
White sweet clover *
|
Melilotus alba
|
Water milfoil* |
Myriophyllum Sp. |
Yellow water lily
|
Nuphar advena |
Water lily
|
Nymphaea odorato |
Evening primrose
|
Oenothera biennis |
Cinnamon fern |
Osmunda cinnamomera |
Clayton's fern
|
Osmunda claytoniana |
Royal fern |
Osmunda regalis |
Yellow woodsorrel
|
Oxalis stricta |
Witchgrass
|
Panicum capillare |
Fall panicum
|
Panicum dichotomiflorum |
Arrow arum
|
Peltandra virginica |
Stonecrop
|
Penthorum sedoides |
Reed canarygrass + |
Phalaris arundinacea |
Timothy grass
|
Phleum pratense |
Reed grass ~ |
Phragmites australis |
Ground cherry
|
Physalis heterophylla |
Pokeweed |
Phytolacca americana |
Clearweed
|
Pilea pumila |
Broadleaf plaintain |
Plantago major |
Smartweed, Knotweed
|
Polygonum Sp. |
Pickerelweed
|
Pontederia cordata |
Pondweed |
Potamogeton sp. |
Cinquefoil
|
Potentilla canadensis |
Heal-all |
Prunella vulgaris |
Bracken fern
|
Pteridium aquilinum |
Black-eyed susan
|
Rudbecia hirta |
Dock |
Rumex acetosella |
Arrowhead
|
Saggitaria latifolia |
Wool grass
|
Scirpus cyperinus |
Bulrush |
Scirpus expanus |
Foxtail grass |
Seteria sp. |
False solomon's seal |
Smilacina racemosa |
Horse-nettle
|
Solanum carolinense |
Nightshade
|
Solanum dulcamara |
Canada goldenrod
|
Solidago canadensis |
Lance-leaved goldenrod
|
Solidago graminfolia |
Common goldenrod
|
Solidago juncea |
Early flowering goldenrod
|
Solidago nemoralis |
Stiff goldenrod
|
Solidago rigida |
Spiked bur-reed
|
Sparganium eurycarpum
|
Sphagnum moss
|
Sphagnum Sp.
|
Skunk cabbage
|
Symplocarpus foetidus
|
Common dandelion
|
Taraxacum officinale
|
Marsh fern
|
Thelypteris palustris |
New York fern |
Thelypteris noveboracensis
|
White clover
|
Trifolium repens
|
Narrowleaf cattail + |
Typha angustifolia |
Broadleaf cattail
|
Typha latifolia
|
Bladderwort
|
Ulricularia Sp.
|
Large cranberry
|
Vaccinium macrocarpen
|
Moth mullein * |
Verbascum blattaria
|
Common mullein
|
Verbascum thapsus
|
Blue vervain
|
Verbena hastata
|
Common speedwell
|
Veronica officinalis
|
Vetch |
Vicia sp. |
Watermeal
|
Wolffia Sp.
|
Virginia chain-fern
|
Woodwardia virginica
|
Yellow-eyed grass
|
Xyris flexuosa |
Classification |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Shrubs and Vines |
Alder |
Alnus rugosa
|
Japanese Barberry + |
Berberis thunbergii
|
Buttonbush
|
Cephalanthus occidentalis
|
Oriental bittersweet + |
Celastrus orbiculata
|
Leatherleaf
|
Chamaedaphne calyculata
|
Pepperbush
|
Clethra alnifolia
|
Sweet fern
|
Comptonia peregrina
|
Russian olive + |
Elaeagnus angustifolia
|
Forsythia |
Forsythia sp.
|
Wintergreen
|
Gaultheria procumbens
|
Huckleberry |
Gaylussacia sp.
|
Winterberry
|
Ilex verticillata
|
Sheep laurel
|
Kalmia angustifolia
|
Fetter-bush
|
Leucothoe racemosa |
Spicebush |
Lindera benzoin |
Male-berry
|
Lyonia ligustrina
|
Japanese Honeysuckle + |
Lonicera japonica
|
Stagger-bush |
Lyonia Mariana
|
Sweet fern |
Myrica asplenifolia
|
Sweetgale |
Myrica gale
|
Bayberry |
Myrica pensylvanica
|
Virginia creeper
|
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
|
Swamp azalea |
Rhodedendron viscosum
|
Dwarf sumac |
Rhus copallina |
Poison ivy |
Rhus radicans
|
Multiflora rose
|
Rosa multiflora
|
Swamp rose
|
Rosa palustris |
Highbush blackberry |
Rubus allegheniensis |
Common dewberry
|
Rubus flagellaris
|
Running swamp blackberry
|
Rubus hispidus
|
White willow
|
Salix alba |
Pussy willow |
Salix discolor
|
Elderberry |
Sambucus canadensis |
Catbrier |
Smilax rotundifolia |
Steeplebush |
Spirea tomentosa |
Coralberry
|
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
|
Yew |
Taxus sp.
|
Lowbush blueberry
|
Vaccinium angustifolium
|
Highbush blueberry
|
Vaccinium corymbosum
|
Lowbush blueberry |
Vaccinium vacillans
|
Withe-rod |
Viburnum cassinoides
|
Arrowwood |
Viburnum dentatum
|
American cranberry bush
|
Viburnum trilobum
|
Summer grape
|
Vitis aestivalis
|
Fox grape
|
Vitis labrusca
|
Classification |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Trees |
Balsam fir
|
Abies balsamea
|
Norway maple
|
Acer platanoides
|
Red maple |
Acer rubrum
|
Sugar maple
|
Acer saccharum
|
Gray birch
|
Betula populifolia
|
Shagbark hickory
|
Carya ovata
|
American chestnut |
Castanea dentata
|
Catalpa |
Catalpa speciosa
|
Lilac |
Ceanothus spinosus
|
Flowering dogwood |
Cornus florida
|
White ash
|
Fraxinus americana
|
Gingko |
Gingko biloba
|
Honey locust
|
Gleditsia triacanthos
|
Red cedar
|
Juniperus virginiana
|
Larch |
Larix laricina
|
Black gum |
Nyassa sylvatica
|
Apple |
Malus Sp.
|
Norway spruce
|
Picea abies
|
White spruce
|
Picea glauca
|
Black spruce
|
Picea mariana
|
Blue spruce
|
Picea pungens
|
Red pine |
Pinus resinosa
|
Pitch pine
|
Pinus rigida
|
White pine
|
Pinus strobus
|
London planetree
|
Platanus acerifolia |
Sycamore |
Platanus occidentalis |
Large-toothed aspen
|
Populus grandidentata
|
Quaking aspen
|
Populus tremuloides
|
Plum |
Prunus americana |
Black or fire cherry |
Prunus serotina
|
White oak
|
Quercus alba
|
Swamp white oak |
Quercus bicolor |
Scarlet oak
|
Quercus coccinea |
Scrub oak
|
Quercus illicifolia
|
Dwarf chestnut oak
|
Quercus prinoides
|
Chestnut oak
|
Quercus prinus
|
Black locust + |
Robinia pseudoacacia
|
Sassafras
|
Sassafras albidum
|
White cedar
|
Thuja occidentalis |
Canadian Hemlock
|
Tsuga canadensis
|
Last Modified: November 14, 2008 Please forward all questions about this site to:
Mary Daum
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