Narrow Island
The Narrows, 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:
Betula papyrifera (paper birch)
Fraxinus americana (white ash)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Quercus rubra (red oak)
Thuja occidentalis (arbor vitae)
Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock)

Shrubs:
Alnus serrulata (smooth alder)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (bearberry)
Cornus rugosa (round-leaved dogwood)
Gaultheria procumbens (checkerberry) *
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (meadowsweet) *
Vaccinium angustifolium (low bush blueberry)

Herbs:
Antennaria sp. (pussytoes)
Apocynum androsaemifolium (spreading dogbane)
Aralia hispida (bristly sarsaparilla)
Aster sp. (stiff aster)
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum (ox-eye daisy) *
Corydalis sempervirens (pale corydalis) *
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) *
Epipactis helleborine (helleborine orchid) * waning
Hieracium sp. (hawkweed)
Hypericum punctatum (spotted St. Johnswort) *
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil) *
Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)
Medicago lupulina (black medick) *
Melampyrum lineare (cowwheat) *
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover) *
Prenanthes spp. (lettuce)
Prunella vulgaris (self-heal) *
Solidago odora (sweet-scented goldenrod) *
Solidago spp. (goldenrod) *
Trifolium pratense (red clover) *
Vicia cracca (cow vetch) *

Sedges:
Eleocharis sp. (spikerush)

Grasses:
Alopecurus sp. (bristletail grass)

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

Other:
reindeer lichen

A Few of the Islands and Mountain Trails of Lake George

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