BURGESS ISLAND
Lake George, New York

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

Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Amelanchier arborea (shadbush)
Betula papyrifera (paper birch)
Carya glabra (pignut hickory)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Ostrya virginiana (American hop hornbeam)
Pinus rigida (pitch pine)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Thuja occidentalis (arbor vitae)
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)

Shrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry)
Aronia melanocarpa (black chokeberry)
Corylus sp. (hazel)
Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood)
Gaultheria procumbens (checkerberry) *
Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)
Myrica gale (sweet gale)
Physocarpus opulifolius (ninebark)
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (meadowsweet) *
Vaccinium angustifolium (low bush blueberry)
Vaccinium pallidum (hillside blueberry)

Vines:
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)

Herbs:
Aquilegia canadensis (columbine) *
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Corydalis sempervirens (pale corydalis) *
Erechtites hieraciifolia (pileweed)
Fragaria virginiana (strawberry)
Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) *
Impatiens sp. (jewelweed)
Lycopus sp. (bugleweed) *
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)
Melampyrum lineare (cowwheat) *
Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonatum pubescens (true Solomon's seal)
Prenanthes spp. (lettuce)
Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon's seal)
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) *
Solidago juncea (early goldenrod) *
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue) *
Trifolium aureum (yellow clover) *
Trifolium repens (white clover) *
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) *

Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Grasses:
Panic sp. (panic grass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Polypodium sp. (rock cap fern)

Other:
haircap moss
reindeer lichen
rock tripe lichen

A Few of the Islands and Mountain Trails of Lake George

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