Eyes of Paint Branch

Inventory of Biodiversity and Significant Habitats in the Paint Branch Watershed

By John M. Parrish, Field Botanist/Ecologist 2001

1.5.4 McKnew Bog and Forest Notable Flora - Herbaceous

Common Name / Latin Name

1. Royal Fern Osmunda regalis
2. Netted Chain Fern Woodwardia areolata
3. Slender Spikegrass Chasmanthium laxa
4. Slender Fimbristylis Fimbristylis autumnalis
5. Small-headed Beakrush Rhynchospora capitellata
6. Howe's Sedge Carex howei
7. Slender Yellow-eyed Grass Xyris torta
8. Canada Rush Juncus canadensis
9. Tailed Rush J. subcaudatus
10. Scirpus-like Rush J. scirpoides
11. Sharp-fruited Rush Juncus acuminatus
12. Turk's-cap Lily Lilium superbum
13. Halberd-leaved Greenbrier Smilax pseudo-china
14. Pink Lady's-Slipper Cypripedium acaule
15. Ragged Fringed Orchid Platanthera lacera
16. Large Whorled Pogonia Isotria verticillata
17. Ridged Yellow Flax Linum striatum
18. Ground Centuary Polygala nutallii
19. Ipecac Spurge Euphorbia ipecacuanhae
20. Pinweed Hypericum gentianoides
21. Canadian St. John's-wort Hypericum canadense
22. Lance-leaved Violet Viola lanceolata
23. Maryland Meadow-Beauty Rhexia mariana
24. Virginia Meadow-Beauty Rhexia vrginiana
25. Wild Sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis
26. Water Dropwort Oxypolis rigidior
27. Yellow Bartonia Bartonia virginica
28. Green Milkweed Asclepias viridiflora
29. Horsemint Monarda punctata
30. Short-toothed Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum muticum
31. Hairy Hedge-hyssop Gratiola pilosa
32. Blue Toadflax Linaria canadensis
33. Turtlehead Chelone glabra
34. Cow-wheat Melampyrum lineare
35. Hairy Thoroughwort Eupatorium pilosum
36. Maryland Golden Aster Heterotheca mariana
37. Sweet Goldenrod Solidago odora
38. Purple Cudweed Gnaphalium purpureum

1.5.4 McKnew Bog and Forest Notable Flora - Woody

Common Name / Latin Name

1. Pitch Pine Pinus rigida
2. Black Birch Betula lenta
3. Chestnut Castenea dentata
4. Chinquapin Castanea pumila
5. Sweet Bay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana
6. Red Chokeberry Aronia arbutifolia
7. Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa
8. Swamp Juneberry Amelanchier canadensis
9. Swamp Rose Rosa palustris
10. Poison Sumac Rhus vernix
11. Coastal Winterberry Ilex verticillata
12. Swamp Honeysuckle Azalea Rhododendron viscosum
13. Maleberry Lyonia ligustrina
14. Swamp Sweetbells Leucothoe racemosa
15. Trailing Arbutus Epigaea repens
16. Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens
17. Dangleberry Gaylussacia frondosa
18. Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
19. Fringe-tree Chionanthus virginicus
20. Swamp-haw Viburnum Viburnum nudum