Lake George Plant List:

Dr. Patrick L. Cooney with assistance from Philip and John Duckett

Trees:
Acer pensylvanicum (striped maple)
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Amelanchier arborea (shadbush)
Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)
Betula papyrifera (white birch)
Carya glabra (pignut hickory)
Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory)
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Ostrya virginiana (American hop hornbeam)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus prinus (chestnut oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Quercus velutina (black oak)
Thuja occidentalis (arbor vitae)
Tilia americana (American basswood)
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)
Ulmus americana (American elm)
Ulmus rubra (slippery elm) ?

Shrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry)
Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush) *
Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood)
Diervilla lonicera (bush honeysuckle)
Gaultheria procumbens (checkerberry) *
Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Ilex laevigata (smooth holly) ?
Juniperus sp. (juniper)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)
Mitchella repens (partridgeberry)
Myrica gale (sweet gale)
Physocarpus opulifolius (ninebark)
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)
Ribes sp. (gooseberry)
Rosa rugosa (wrinkle rose)
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus odoratus (purple flowering raspberry) *
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberry)
Rubus sp. (dewberry)
Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry)
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (meadowsweet) *
Vaccinium angustifolium (low bush blueberry)
Vaccinium pallidum (hillside blueberry)
Viburnum acerifolium (maple-leaf viburnum)
Viburnum dentatum (hairy arrowwood viburnum)

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

Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (yarrow) *
Actaea alba (white baneberry)
Actaea rubra (red baneberry) #
Agrimonia gryposepala (agrimony) *
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)
Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog peanut)
Anaphalis margaritacea (pearly everlasting) #
Antennaria neglecta (pussytoes) #
Antennaria sp. (pussytoes)
Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane)
Aquilegia canadensis (columbine) *
Aralia hispida (bristly sarsaparilla)
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Aralia racemosa (spikenard)
Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Aster acuminatus (sharp-leaved aster) *soon
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster) *
Aster schreberi (Schreber's aster)
Aster spp. (aster) *
Bidens beckii @
Bidens comosa (beggarticks)
Bignonia unguis-cati @  the dominant ground cover in undistrubed hammocks
Caltha palustris (marsh marigold) #
Campanula rotundifolia (harebell) *
Caulophyllum thalictroides (blue cohosh)
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed) *
Chelidonium majus (celandine) *
Chimaphila umbellata (pipsissewa)
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy) *
Cichorium intybus (chicory) *
Circaea lutetiana (enchanter's nightshade) *
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle) *
Cirsium vulgaris (bull thistle) *
Clintonia borealis (bead lily)
Claytonia virginica (spring beauty) #
Coptis groenlandica (goldthread) #
Corallorhiza trifida (northern corralroot) #
Cornus canadensis (bunchberry) #
Corydalis sempervirens (pale corydalis) *
Cypripedium acaule (pink lady's slippers) #
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) *
Desmodium rotundifolium (pointed-leaved tick trefoil) *
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchmen's breeches) #
Epifagus virginiana (beech drops) #
Epigaea repens (trailing arbutus)
Epipactis helleborine (helleborine orchid) * waning
Erechtites hieraciifolia (pileweed)
Eriocaulon sp. (pipewort)
Erythronium americanum (trout lily) #
Fragaria virginiana (strawberry)
Galium circaezens (wild licorice)
Galium sp. (bedstraw)
Helianthus sp. (sunflower) *
Hemerocallis fulva (tawny day lily) *
Hepatica acutilobula (sharp-leaved hepatica)
Hepatica americana (round-lobed hepatica)
Hieracium paniculatum (panicled hawkweed) *
Hieracium sp. (hawkweed)
Houstonia caerulea (quaker ladies) #
Hypericum perforatum (common St. Johnswort) *
Hypericum punctatum (spotted St. Johnswort) *
Impatiens capensis (orange jewelweed)
Lemna sp. (duckweed)
Linnaea borealis (twin flower) #
Lobelia cardinalis (cardinal flower) *
Lobelia inflata (Indian tobacco) *
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) *
Lycopus sp. (bugleweed) *
Lycopus virginicus (Virginia bugleweed) *
Lysimachia quadrifolia (whorled loosestrife) *
Lysimachia nummularia (moneywort)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) *
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)
Melampyrum lineare (cowwheat) *
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) *
Mitella diphylla (miterwort) #
Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe)
Myriophyllum alterniflorum @
Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian watermilfoil) @
Najas gaudalupensis @
Nymphaea odorata (fragrant white water lily)
Osmorhiza claytonii (sweet cicely)
Panax trifolius (dwarf ginseng) #
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygala paucifolia (gaywings) #
Polygonatum biflorum (smooth true Solomon's seal) #
Polygonatum pubescens (hairy true Solomon's seal)
Polygonum sp. (knotweed)
Potamogeton alpinus (alpine pondweed) @
Potamogeton crispus (curly-leaf pondweed)
Potentilla argentea (silvery cinquefoil) *
Potentilla norvegica (rough cinquefoil) *
Potentilla recta (rough-fruited cinquefoil) *
Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil)
Potentilla tridentata (three-toothed cinquefoil) #
Prenanthes sp. (rattlesnake root)
Prenanthes spp. (lettuce)
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) *
Pyrola elliptica (shinleaf) *soon
Pterospora andromedea (pine drops) #
Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup)
Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup) *
Ranunculus recurvatus (hooked crowfoot) #
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan) *
Rumex sp. (dock)
Saponaria officinalis (bouncing bet) *
Saxifraga virginiensis (early saxifrage) #
Scutellaria galericulata (marsh skullcap) *
Scutellaria lateriflora (mad-dog skullcap) *
Silene vulgaris (bladderwort campion) *
Smilacina racemosa (false Solomon's seal)
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) *
Solidago canadensis var. altissima (tall goldenrod)  *
Solidago juncea (early goldenrod) *
Solidago odora (sweet-scented goldenrod) *
Solidago spp. (goldenrod) *
Sonchus sp. (sow thistle) *
Spiranthes cernua (nodding ladies' tresses) #
Streptopus roseus (twisted stalk) #
Subularia aquatica @
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadowrue) *
Tiarella cordifolia (foamflower) * one in bloom
Triadenum virginicum (marsh St. Johnswort)
Trientalis borealis (star flower)
Trifolium aureum (yellow clover) *
Trifolium repens (white clover) *
Trillium erectum (red trillium)
Trillium undulatum (painted trillium) #
Typha latifolia (broad-leaved cattail)
Urtica dioica v. dioica (stinging nettle) *
Uvularia grandifolia (bellwort) #
Uvularia sessilifolia (wild oats) #
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) *
Veronica officinalis (common speedwell)
Vicia cracca (cow vetch) *
Viola canadensis (tall white violet) #
Viola conspersa (dog violet) #
Viola pubescens (yellow forest violet) #
Viola spp. (violet)

Rushes:
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Sedges:
Carex laxiflora type (loose flowered sedge type)
Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge)
Eleocharis sp. (spikerush)
Scirpus atrovirens (dark-green bulrush)
Scirpus cyperinus (dark-green bulrush

Grasses:
Alopecurus sp. (bristletail grass)
Brachyelytrum erectum (long-awned wood grass)
Bromus inermis (smooth brome grass)
Danthonia spicata (poverty grass)
Deschampsia flexuosa (hair grass)
Leersia oryzoides (rice cut grass)
Poa compressa (Canada bluegrass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little blue stem grass)

Ferns and Fern Allies:
Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)
Isoetes lacustris @
Lycopodium lucidulum (shiny clubmoss)
Lycopodium obscurum (ground pine)
Adiantum pedatum (maidenhair fern)
Athyrium filix-femina (lady fern)
Athyrium thelypteroides (silvery glade fern) #
Botrychium sp. (rattlesnake fern)
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (hay-scented fern)
Dryopteris cristata (crested woodfern)
Dryopteris intermedia (fancy woodfern)
Dryopteris marginalis (marginal woodfern)
Matteuccia struthiopteris (ostrich fern) #
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Osmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)
Osmunda regalis (royal fern) #
Polypodium sp. (rock cap fern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern) #
Thelypteris phegopteris (northern beech fern) #
Woodsia ilvensis (rusty woodsia) #

Other:
haircap moss
reindeer lichen
rock tripe lichen
Sphagnum moss

* = plants found in bloom on the day of the field trips, July 28 and 29, 2004

# = plant from Barbara McMartin, 1988, Discovering the Eastern Adirondacks. Backcountry Press.

@ water plants; TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES New York Natural Heritage Program 72
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ dfwmr/heritage/terrestrial_subterranean.pdf

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