Myles Standish SF Walk 8 May 2016
Plants observed during the walk
PINES
pitch pine—Pinus rigida
[photo]
white pine—Pinus strobus
[photo]
Scotch pine—Pinus sylvestris INTRODUCED
red pine—Pinus resinosa INTRODUCED
TREES AND SHRUBS
gray birch—Betula populifolia FLOWERING
big-tooth aspen—Populus grandidentata FLOWERING
white oak—Quercus alba
scrub oak—Quercus ilicifolia
bayberry—Morella pensylvanica [photo]
inkberry—Ilex glabra [photo]
American holly—Ilex opaca [photo]
black cherry—Prunus serotina
red maple—Acer rubrum
groundsel-tree—Baccharis halimifolia CASUAL [photo]
American beech—Fagus grandifolia [photo]
common buckthorn—Rhamnus frangula [photo] INVASIVE
dwarf upland willow—Salix occidentalis [photo]
maple-leaf viburnum—Viburnum acerifolium [photo]
ERICACEOUS SHRUBS and GROUNDCOVERS
huckleberry—Gaylussacia baccata [photo]
hillside blueberry—Vaccinium pallidum
lowbush blueberry—Vaccinium angustifolium FLOWERING [photo]
sheep laurel—Kalmia angustifolia EVERGREEN [photo]
wintergreen—Gaultheria procumbens EVERGREEN [photo]
bearberry—Arctostaphylos uva-ursi FLOWERING [photo]
mayflower or trailing arbutus—Epigaea repens FLOWERING, EVERGREEN [photo]
GROUNDCOVER
HERBACEOUS PLANTS
round-headed bush-clover—Lespedeza hirta [photo]
birdfoot violet—Viola pedata FLOWERING [photo]
arrowleaf violet—Viola sagittata FLOWERING [photo]
running five-fingers—Potentilla canadensis FLOWERING [photo]
dewberry—Rubus hispidus EVERGREEN
beach pinweed—Lechea maritima EVERGREEN [photo]
bastard toadflax—Comandra umbellata [photo]
Canadian mayflower—Maianthemum canadense
yellow wild indigo—Baptisia tinctoria
rattlesnake weed or poor robin's plantain—Hieracium venosum [photo]
mouse-ear cress—Arabidopsis thaliana [photo] INTRODUCED
whitlow-grass—Draba verna [photo] INTRODUCED
FERN and CLUBMOSS
princess pine—Lycopodium obscurum EVERGREEN [photo]
intermediate woodfern—Dryopteris intermedia SEMI-EVERGREEN [photo]
GRASS and SEDGES
little bluestem—Schizachyrium scoparium
stiff-leaved sand sedge or shaved sedge—Carex tonsa FLOWERING, FRUITING [photo]
2016-05-07 19:29:57—2016-05-09 19:55:00
