Plants of D.E. Alper Nature Preserve

Native Trees

Acer rubrum (red maple) — Common

Betula populifolia (gray birch) — Rare

Chamaecyparis thyoides (Atlantic white cedar) — Occurs

Fagus grandifolia (American beech) — Occurs

Ilex opaca (American holly) — Seen twice

Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo, black gum) — Rare at Triangle Pond

Pinus rigida (pitch pine) — Dominant

Pinus strobus (white pine) — Dominant in a certain area

Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen) — Seedling

Prunus serotina (black cherry) — Frequent

Quercus alba (white oak) — Common

Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak) — Dominant

Quercus rubra (northern red oak) — Frequent

Quercus velutina (black oak) — Frequent

Sassafras albidum (sassafras) — Common

Toxicodendron vernix (Rhus vernix, poison sumac) — Large population at Little Herring Pond

Native Shrubs

Alnus serrulata (smooth alder, common alder) — Pond margins

Amelanchier canadensis (thicket shadbush, eastern serviceberry, juneberry) — Occurs

Amelanchier x intermedia (A. canadensis x laevis, intermediate shadbush) — Frequent

Aronia x prunifolia (purple chokeberry) — Frequent, both in woods and at Triangle Pond

Chamaedaphne calyculata (leatherleaf, cassandra) — Triangle Pond

Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepperbush) — Common at both ponds and in woods

Comptonia peregrina (sweetfern) — Seen once

Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry) — Dominant

Gaylussacia frondosa (blue huckleberry, dangleberry) — Dominant

Hamamelis virginiana (witch-hazel) — Large population on slope at Little Herring Pond

Ilex glabra (inkberry) — Occurs

Ilex verticillata (common winterberry) — Little Herring Pond

Kalmia angustifolia (sheep laurel) — Common at both ponds, occurs in woods

Leucothoe racemosa (Eubotrys racemosa, swamp sweetbells) — Dominant at Triangle Pond

Lyonia ligustrina (maleberry) — Common at Triangle Pond

Myrica gale (sweet gale) — Common at Triangle Pond

Myrica pensylvanica (Morella pensylvanica, bayberry) — Occurs at Triangle Pond

Quercus ilicifolia (scrub oak, bear oak) — Occurs

Rhododendron viscosum (swamp azalea) — Occurs

Rosa palustris (swamp rose) — Population at Triangle Pond

Rubus allegheniensis (Allegheny blackberry, common blackberry) — Occurs

Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry) — Occurs

Vaccinium corymbosum (highbush blueberry) — Frequent

Vaccinium pallidum (hillside blueberry, dryland blueberry) — Dominant

Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum (northern arrowwood) — Rare

Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (wild raisin, witherod) — Frequent

Alien Trees and Shrubs

Betula sp. (hybrid birch) — Rare

Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental bittersweet, Asian bittersweet) — Occurs

Ligustrum vulgare (European common privet) — Once, on garden trash pile

Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle) — Once, in woods along trail

Pinus mugo (Swiss mountain pine) — Once. Needles short (3-4 cm long), two in a bunch, not twisted; bark without orange tints.

Rhamnus frangula (glossy buckthorn) — Occurs

Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) — Occurs

Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose) — On garden trash pile

Salix atrocinerea and S. cinerea (rusty and gray willow complex) — Little Herring Pond, copious; solitary along trail in woods

Tilia cordata (small-leaved linden) — Seen once

Wisteria floribunda (Japanese wisteria) — Once, along trail

Native Small Shrubs, Subshrubs (Groundcovers)

Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla) — Common

Chimaphila maculata (striped pipsissewa, spotted wintergreen) — Occurs

Decodon verticillatus (swamp loosestrife, waterwillow) — Common at Triangle Pond

Epigaea repens (trailing arbutus, mayflower) — Occurs

Gaultheria procumbens (wintergreen, checkerberry, eastern teaberry) — Dominant

Lycopodium obscurum (princess-pine or tree clubmoss) — Occurs

Rubus hispidus (bristly dewberry, swamp dewberry) — Common

Native Herbaceous Plants

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (annual ragweed) — Rare

Apios americana (groundnut) — Little Herring Pond

Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane) — Occurs

Aster acuminatus (Oclemena acuminata) (whorled wood aster) — Small population near Little Herring Pond

Aster novi-belgii (New York aster) — Occurs

Aureolaria virginica (downy false foxglove) — Once

Bidens connata (swamp beggar-tick) — Seen twice, Triangle Pond

Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle, bog-hemp) — Once, Little Herring Pond

Cypripedium acaule (pink lady's slipper) — Occurs

Drosera rotundifolia (roundleaf sundew) — Occurs, Triangle Pond

Erechtites hieracifolius (fireweed, pilewort) — Occurs

Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry) — Once, on garden trash pile

Galium tinctorium (Clayton's bedstraw) — Once, at Triangle Pond

Helianthemum canadense (Crocanthemum canadense, longbranch frostweed) — Rare

Impatiens capensis (jewelweed) — Occurs, Little Herring Pond

Lactuca canadensis (yellow wild lettuce) — Occurs

Lechea maritima (beach pinweed) — Once along main trail

Lespedeza hirta (hairy bush-clover) — Occurs

Lycopus amplectens (pondshore water-horehound, sessile water-horehound) — Dominant in a few areas at Triangle Pond

Lysimachia quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife) — Rare

Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower) — Common

Medeola virginiana (Indian cucumber-root) — Occurs

Melampyrum lineare (cow-wheat) — Occurs

Monotropa hypopitys (pinesap, false beechdrops) — Once

Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe) — Occurs

Nuttallanthus canadensis (blue toadflax, old-field toadflax) — Occurs

Oxalis stricta (common yellow wood-sorrel) — Occurs

Prenanthes trifoliolatus (Nabalus trifoliolata, tall rattlesnake-root, gall-of-the-earth) — Occurs

Solidago odora (licorice goldenrod, sweet goldenrod) — Occurs

Solidago puberula (downy goldenrod) — Occurs

Solidago rugosa (rough-stemmed goldenrod) — Occurs

Triadenum virginicum (marsh St. John's-wort) — Triangle Pond , seen twice

Trientalis borealis (American starflower) — Frequent

Alien Herbaceous Plants

Cerastium fontanum (common mouse-ear chickweed) — Occurs

Cichorium intybus (chicory) — Once, on garden trash pile

Digitalis lutea (straw foxglove) — Once, on garden trash pile

Digitalis purpurea (common foxglove) — Once, on garden trash pile

Hypochaeris radicata (hairy cat's-ear) — Occurs

Melissa officinalis (lemon balm) — Once, on garden trash pile

Plantago major (common plantain, white man's foot) — Occurs

Polygonum persicaria (lady's thumb) — Occurs

Sedum telephium (live-forever) — Once, on garden trash pile

Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) — Occurs

Veronica officinalis (common speedwell) — Seen once

Native Grasses, Rushes, Sedges, and Sedge Family Plants

Carex cf. bullata (button sedge) — Seen once, Little Herring Pond

Carex communis (common sedge) — Occurs

Carex lucorum (long-beaked Pennsylvania sedge) — Frequent

Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge) — Occurs

Carex swanii (Swan's sedge) — Occurs

Carex tonsa (stiff-leaved sand sedge, shaved sedge) — Seen once, along main trail

Cyperus lupulinus (slender sand flatsedge) — Seen once, along main trail

Danthonia compressa (trail oatgrass) — Occurs

Danthonia spicata (wild oatgrass, poverty grass) — Occurs

Deschampsia flexuosa (common hairgrass) — Occurs

Dichanthelium commutatum (changeable panic-grass) — Seen once

Dichanthelium dichotomum (forked panic-grass) — Occurs

Juncus canadensis (marsh or Canada rush) — Rare, Triangle Pond

Juncus tenuis (path rush, yard rush) — Occurs along main trail

Leersia oryzoides (rice cutgrass) — Once, Triangle Pond

Luzula multiflora (common woodrush) — Occurs

Native Water Plants

Ceratophyllum demersum (hornwort, coontail) — Little Herring Pond

Eleocharis acicularis (needle spike-rush) — Little Herring Pond

Elodea canadensis (northern waterweed) — Little Herring Pond

Elodea nuttallii (Nuttall's waterweed) — Little Herring Pond

Juncus militaris (bayonet rush) — Triangle Pond

Lemna minor (duckweed) — Little Herring Pond

Myriophyllum humile (lowly watermilfoil) — Common, Triangle Pond

Nymphaea odorata (American white waterlily, fragrant waterlily) — Dominant, Triangle Pond

Pontederia cordata (pickerelweed) — Dominant at Triangle Pond

Sagittaria filiformis (threadleaf arrowhead) — Little Herring Pond

Utricularia geminiscapa (twin-scaped bladderwort) — Little Herring Pond

Utricularia gibba (humped bladderwort) — Triangle Pond

Utricularia intermedia (northern bladderwort, flat-leaved milfoil) — Little Herring Pond

Utricularia purpurea (purple bladderwort) — Triangle Pond: solitary, together with U. gibba

Vallisneria americana (tapegrass, water celery) — Little Herring Pond

Plants of D.E. Alper Nature Preserve, Plymouth (145 species, 123 native as of August 2017) Compiled by Irina Kadis and Alexey Zinovjev

Plants of D.E. Alper Nature Preserve, Plymouth (145 species, 123 native as of August 2017)
Compiled by Irina Kadis and Alexey Zinovjev