Wildcat Mountain
Harriman State Park, Orange County, NY


Directions:

Tappan Zee Bridge west on US 87; get off at exit 15A for Route 17 north; Route 17 north up to its intersection with Route 17A; turn left at the light here; at the stop sign, go straight into the commuter parking lot. The white-blazed trail entrance is at the northern end of the parking area.


PLANT LIST:
Dr. Patrick L. Cooney


Trees:
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
Ostrya virginiana (American hop hornbeam)
Pinus strobus (white pine)
Prunus serotina (black cherry)
Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust)

Shrubs:
Hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel)
Quercus ilicifolia (bear oak)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)
Rubus phoenicolasius (wineberry)

Herbs:
Aster novi-belgii (New York aster) 10/03/01
Bidens discoidea type w/ 10 bracts (beggar ticks) 10/03/01
Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed) 10/03/01
Eupatorium perfoliatum (white boneset) 10/03/01
Linaria vulgaris (butter and eggs) 10/03/01
Polygonum pensylvanicum (pink smartweed) 10/03/01
Polygonum scandens (false climbing buckwheat)
Pycnanthemum sp. (Mountain mint)
Tephrosia virginiana (goat's rue)
Verbascum blattaria (moth mullein) 10/03/01

Grasses:
Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass)
Schizachyrium scoparium (little blue stem grass)
Setaria faberi (nodding foxtail grass)