SUNSET PARK
Brooklyn, NY

Sponsor: Torrey Botanical Club
Leader: Steven Clements
August 22, 1992

Trees:
Ailanthus altissima (tree-of-heaven)
Populus deltoides (cottonwood)
Pyrus malus (apple tree)

Shrubs:
Rubus alleghaniensis or pensylvanica (blackberry)
Thuja orientalis (arborvitae)

Vines:
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)
Cuscuta pentagona (dodder)
Cuscuta sp. (dodder)
Solanum dulcamara (bittersweet nightshade)
Vitis aestivalis (summer grape)
Vitis labrusca (fox grape)

Herbs:
Achillea millefolium (yarrow)
Anagallis arvensis (scarlet pimpernel)
Apocynum medium (intermediate dogbane)
Apocynum cannabinum (dogbane)
Arenaria serpyllifolia (thyme-leaved sandwort)
Artemisia vulgaris (common mugwort)
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Cerastium vulgatum (mouse-ear chickweed)
Euphorbia maculata (spotted spurge)
Chenopodium album (pigweed)
Chenopodium ambrosioides (Mexican tea)
Cirsium vulgare (bull thistle)
Commelina communis (Asiatic dayflower)
Conyza canadense (horseweed)
Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace)
Dianthus armeria (Deptford pink)
Euphorbia dentata
Euphorbia preslii
Galinsoga sp. (galinsoga)
Galium mollugo (wild madder)
Heterotheca subaxilaris (camphorweed)
Hieracium caespitosum (hawkweed)
Lactuca scariola (prickly lettuce)
Lepidium virginianum (poorman's pepper)
Lotus corniculatus (birdfoot trefoil)
Medicago lupulina (black medick)
Melilotus alba (white sweet clover )
Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover)
Mirabilis nyctaginea (four o'clock)
Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)
Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel)
Parietaria officinalis (not previously reported for North America)
Plantago major (common plantain)
Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed)
Potentilla recta (rough-fruited cinquefoil)
Rumex crispus (curled dock)
Scleranthus annus (knawel)
Silene conica
Silene vulgaris (bladder campion)
Solidago canadensis (Canada goldenrod)
Solidago sempervirens (seaside goldenrod)
Sonchus oleraceus (common sow thistle)
Stellaria graminea (lesser stitchwort)
Xanthium sp. (clotbur)

Rushes and Sedges:
Carex brevior (sedge)
Cyperus strigosus (umbrella sedge)
Juncus tenuis (path rush)

Grasses:
Bromus japonicus (Japanese brome grass)
Bromus tectorum (brome grass)
Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass)
Digitaria sp. (crab grass)
Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass)
Eleusine indica (goose grass)
Eragrostis cilianensis (stink grass)
Eragrostis pectinaceae (Carolina love grass)
Panicum virgatum (switch grass)
Phleum pratense (Timothy grass)
Phragmites australis (giant reed grass)
Poa compressa (Canada bluegrass)
Setaria viridis (green foxtail grass)

Other:
Caloplaca feracissima (lichen)
Lecanora atra (lichen)

This trip explored the botany around Bush Terminal, an area of warehouses and dockyards on New York Bay. During this trip plants were seen in "waste areas," sidewalks, roadside, railroad yards, and growing out of the sides of buildings. Over 70 species were seen, including many species of grasses which were identified byNaomi Dicker and two species of lichens (Caloplaca feracissima and Lecanora atra) identified by Tom Delendick. Tom Delendick also showed the participants several unusual plants including Parietaria officinalis (not previously reported for North America), Euphorbia dentata, and Euphorbia preslii. Unfortuntely, the group was unable to get access to a landfill along the water, where many more species could have been found. The weather was sunny and hot and all enjoyed the day. Ten people attended.