Eyes of Paint Branch
Conservation, Education, and Action for the Paint Branch and Its Watershed
Inventory of Biodiversity and Significant Habitats in the Paint Branch Watershed
By John M. Parrish, Field Botanist/Ecologist 2001
Biodiversity Survey
- Flora of the Paint Branch Watershed
- 1.1 Woody Plants
- 1.2 Ferns and Fern-Allies
- 1.3 Watershed Orchids
- 1.4 Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Plants
- 1.5 Restricted/Sensitive Plant communities
- 1.6 Woody Plants
- Fauna of the Paint Branch Watershed
- Threats and Management Needs Threats Management Needs and Recommentations
- Future Study Needs
1.5.1 Rock Outcrops
Common Name / Latin Name
- Interrupted Fern Osmunda claytoniana
- Fragile Fern Cystopteris fragilis
- Marginal Wood Fern* Dryopteris marginalis
- Maidenhair Fern Adiantum pedatum
- Rock Polypody* Polypodium virginianum
- Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria
- Forked Chickweed* Paronychia canadensis
- Starry Campion* Silene stellata
- Columbine* Aquilegia canadensis
- Wild Sarsaparilla* Aralia nudicaulis
- Hairy Skullcap Scutellaria elliptica
- Dittany Cunila origanoides
- Fringe-tree Chionanthus virginicus
Within the Paint Branch Watershed, these plants are found almost exclusively associated with rock outcroppings and/or rich rocky soils in the immediate vicinity of rock outcrops.
Plants denoted by * are epipetric, that is they often are found growing directly upon rocks in rock crevices or amongst mosses in very shallow soils over bedrock.
