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