GREENWICH AUDUBON SANCTUARY
Fairfield County, Connecticut
PLANT LIST:
Drs. Patrick L. Cooney and William F. Standaert
Trees:
Acer rubrum (red maple)
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)
Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)
Carpinus caroliniana (musclewood)
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)
Carya tomentosa (mockernut hickory)
Castanea mollissima (Chinese chestnut) 6/22/96
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)
Fraxinus americana (American ash)
Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust)
Ilex opaca (American holly)
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Liriodendron tulipifera (tuliptree)6/22/96
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Pyrus sp. (crab-apple)
Quercus alba (white oak)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Quercus velutina (black oak)
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Taxus canadensis (yew)
Thuja occidentalis (arbor-vitae)
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)
Ulmus rubra (slippery elm)
Shrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Aralia spinosa (Hercules' club)
Aronia arbutifolia (red chokeberry)
Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry)
Celastrus orbiculatus (Asiatic bittersweet) 6/11/96
Cephalanthus occidentalis (buttonbush)
Chimaphila maculatum (spotted wintergreen)
Clethra alnifolia (sweet pepperbush)
Cornus amomum (swamp dogwood) 6/21/96
Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)
Cornus kousa (kousa dogwood) 6/09/96 6/21/96
Corylus cornuta (hazel)
Elaeagnus umbellata (autumn olive)
Euonymus alatus (winged euonymus)
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Ilex verticillata (winterberry) soon 6/09/96
Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) 6/22/96
Ligustrum vulgaris (common privet) 6/11/96 6/21/96
Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow's honeysuckle)
Lyonia ligustrina (maleberry) 6/11/96 6/21/96
Mitchella repens (partridgeberry) 6/22/96
Rhamnus frangula (European buckthorn) 6/09/96 6/21/96
Rhododendron periclymenoides (pinxter flower)
Rhododendron viscosum (swamp azalea)
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac) 6/21/96
Rosa palustris (swamp rose)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose) 6/09/96
Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)
Rubus sp. (blackberry) 6/09/96
Salix discolor (pussy willow)
Salix sericea (silky willow)
Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry)
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (meadowsweet)
Vaccinium corymbosum (high bush blueberry)
Vaccinium angustifolium (low bush blueberry)
Vaccinium pallidum (hillside blueberry)
Viburnum acerifolium (maple leaf viburnum )6/09/96
Viburnum dentatum v. dentatum (arrowwood viburnum)
Viburnum dentatum v. lucidum (arrowwood viburnum) 6/09/96
Viburnum lentago (sweet viburnum) 6/09/96 just finished
Vinca minor (periwinkle)
Vines:
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (porcelain berry)
Amphicarpaea bracteata (hog peanut)
Apios americana (groundnut)
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Cuscuta sp. (dodder)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) 6/21/96
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)
Polygonum scandens (climbing false buckwheat)
Smilax herbacea (carrion flower)
Smilax rotundifolia (round-leaved greenbrier)
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade) 6/11/96 6/21/96
Toxicodendron radicans (poison ivy)
Toxicodendron vernix (poison sumac) 6/22/96
Vitis aestivalis (summer grape)
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)
Wisteria sinensis (Chinese wisteria)
Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (yarrow) 6/21/96
Actaea alba (white doll's eyes)
Agrimonia sp. (agrimony)
Ajuga repens (ajuga) 6/09/96
Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) 6/09/96 6/22/96
Allium canadense (wild garlic) 6/21/96
Allium tricoccum (wild leek)
Allium vineale (field garlic)
Amelanchier arborea (common shadbush)
Apocynum sp. (dogbane)
Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)
Arctium sp. (burdock)
Arisaema triphyllum (jack in the pulpit)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) 6/21/96
Aster divaricatus (white wood aster)
Bidens sp. (beggar-ticks)
Boehmeria cylindrica (false nettle)
Cerastium vulgatum (mouse-ear chickweed) 6/22/96
Ceratophyllum demersum (coontail)
Chelone glabra (turtlehead)
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy) 6/21/96
Collinsonia canadensis (horsebalm)
Cryptotaenia canadensis (honewort) 6/11/96
Desmodium paniculatum (panicled tick trefoil)
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink) 6/21/96
Epifagus virginiana (beech drops)
Epipactis helleborine (helleborine orchid)
Eupatorium maculatum (spotted joe-pye-weed)
Fragaria vesca (wood strawberry) 6/09/96
Galium aparine (cleavers)
Galium mollugo (wild madder) 6/22/96
Galium palustre (marsh bedstraw) 6/11/96
Galium sp. (bedstraw)
Geranium maculatum (wild geranium) 6/09/96
Hesperis matronalis (dame's rocket) 6/09/96
Hieracium caespitosum (hawkweed) 6/21/96
Impatiens capensis (jewelweed)
Iris versicolor (blue flag) 6/09/96
Laportea canadensis (wood nettle)
Lemna sp. (duckweed)
Ludwigia palustris (water purslane)
Lycopus virginicus (Virginia water horehound)
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife)
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)
Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe)
Nuphar odorata (fragrant white water lily) 6/09/96 6/21/96
Osmorhiza sp. (sweet cicely or aniseroot)
Oxalis stricta (wood sorrel) 6/22/96
Phytolacca americana (pokeweed)
Pilea pumila (clearweed)
Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple)
Polygonum hydropiperoides (mild water pepper)
Polygonatum pubescens (hairy Solomon's seal)
Polygonatum biflorum (true Solomon's seal)
Polygonum caespitosum (knotweed) 6/21/96
Polygonum virginianum (jumpseed)
Potentilla simplex (common cinquefoil) 6/09/96 6/21/96
Prenanthes altissima (tall white lettuce)
Prenanthes trifoliolata (tall rattlesnake root)
Proserpinaca palustris (mermaidweed)
Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaf buttercup)
Ranunculus acris (tall buttercup) 6/09/96 6/22/96
Ranunculus bulbosus (bulbous buttercup) 6/11/96
Ranunculus recurvatus (hooked crowfoot)
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (watercress)? 6/09/96
Rumex obtusifolius (broad-leaved dock)
Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)
Sanicula sp. (snakeroot)
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (stout blue-eyed grass)
Solidago caesia (blue-stemmed goldenrod)
Stellaria media (common chickweed)
Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)
Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion) 6/9/96 6/22/96
Thalictrum pubescens (tall meadow-rue) 6/09/96 6/21/96
Triadenum virginicum (marsh St. Johnswort)
Trifolium pratense (red clover) 6/21/96
Trifolium repens (white clover) 6/22/96
Trillium erectum (red trillium)
Utricularia vulgaris (common bladderwort)
Uvularia sessilifolia (sessile-leaved bellwort)
Veratrum viride (false hellebore)
Verbascum thapsus (common mullein)
Veronica officinale (common speedwell) 6/09/96 6/22/96
Veronica serpyllifolia (thyme-leaved speedwell) 6/11/96
Viola cucullata (marsh blue violet)
Viola palmata (palmate-leaved violet)
Viola pubescens (yellow violet)
Viola sororia (common blue violet)
Rushes and Sedges:
Carex annectans (sedge)
Carex intumescens (sedge)
Carex laxiflora (loose-flowered sedge)
Carex rosea (sedge)
Carex scoparia ? (sedge) 6/11/96
Carex stricta (tussock sedge)
Carex vulpinoidea (sedge)
Eleocharis sp. (spike-rush)
Juncus tenuis (path rush)
Luzula multiflora (wood rush)
Grasses:
Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernal grass)
Brachyelytrum erectum (long-awned wood grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Festuca elatior (meadow fescue)
Glyceria striata (meadow mannagrass) 6/11/96
Glyceria sp. (glyceria grass)
Leersia oryzoides (rice cutgrass)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese stilt grass)
Panicum sp. (panic grass)
Phleum pratense (timothy)
Poa annua (annual bluegrass) 6/09/96
Poa compressa (Canada bluegrass)
Ferns and Fern Allies:
Equisetum hyemale (rough horsetail)
Lycopodium lucidulum (shining clubmoss)
Lycopodium obscurum (ground pine)
Athyrium filix-femina v. (red stiped lady fern)
Athyrium thelypteroides (silvery gladefern)
Dryopteris carthusiana
Dryopteris cristata (crested woodfern)
Dryopteris marginalis (marginal woodfern)
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Thelypteris noveboracensis (New York fern)
Thelypteris palustris (marsh fern)
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (hay-scented fern)
Pteridium aquilinum (bracken fern)
Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)
Osmunda cinnamomea (cinnamon fern)
Osmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)
Osmunda regalis (royal fern)
Polypodium sp. (rock cap fern)
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