Black Mountain
Lake George, New York

History:

19th century  --  Cyrus Butler built a trail to the summit of Black Mountain. 

19th century  --  if so desired, visitors could get a horse at Black Mountain Point.  A toll was charged for use of the trail, $1 for hiker and $3 for horse riders. (McMartin 1988:67)

PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney, * = blooming on the date of the field trips, 7/28/04 with Philip and John Duckett

Trees:
Acer pensylvanicum (striped maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Amelanchier arborea (shadbush)
Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)
Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Ostrya virginiana (American hop hornbeam)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)
Thuja occidentalis (arbor vitae)
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)
Ulmus americana (American elm)

Shrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush) *
Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood)
Gaultheria procumbens (checkerberry)
Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Ilex laevigata (smooth holly) ?
Juniperus sp. (juniper)
Mitchella repens (partridgeberry)
Myrica gale (sweet gale)
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (meadowsweet) *
Vaccinium angustifolium (low bush blueberry)
Viburnum acerifolium (maple-leaf viburnum)

Vines:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)

Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (yarrow)
Antennaria sp. (pussytoes)
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Aster acuminatus (sharp-leaved aster) *soon
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster)
Aster schreberi (Schreber's aster)
Desmodium rotundifolium (pointed-leaved tick trefoil) *
Galium circaezens (wild licorice)
Hieracium paniculatum (panicled hawkweed) *
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco) *
Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort)
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)
Melampyrum lineare (cowwheat) *
Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonatum pubescens (hairy true Solomon's seal)
Polygonum sp. (knotweed)
Potamogeton crispus (crisp-leaved pondweed)
Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) *
Prenanthes sp. (lettuce)
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) *
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue)
Trifolium aureum (yellow clover) *
Trifolium repens (white clover) *
Viola sp. (violet)

Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern)
Dryopteris cristata (crested woodfern)
Dryopteris marginalis (marginal woodfern)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Polypodium sp. (rock cap fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)

Other:
haircap moss
reindeer lichen
Sphagnum moss

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