Inventory of Biodiversity and Significant Habitats in the Paint Branch Watershed

By John M. Parrish, Field Botanist/Ecologist 2001

1.6.2 Good Hope Watershed Herbaceous Plants - Ferns

CLUB MOSS FAMILY- Lycopodiaceae

• Shining Club-moss Lycopodium lucidulum
  Princess-pine L. obscurum
  Fan Club-moss L. flabelliforme

ADDER'S-TONGUE FAMILY - Ophioglossaceae

• Lace-frond Grapefern Botrychium dissectum
  
• Rattlesnake Fern B. virginianum

ROYAL FERN FAMILY - Osmundaceae

• Royal Fern Osmunda regalis
  
• Cinnamon Fern O. cinnamomea
  
• Interrupted Fern O. claytoniana

CLIFF FERN FAMILY - Woodsiaceae

• Fragile Fern Cystopteris fragilis
  Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis
  Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina

MARSH FERN FAMILY - Thelypteridaceae

• New York Fern Thelypteris noveboracensis

WOOD FERN FAMILY - Dryopteridaceae

• Crested Wood Fern Dryopteris cristata
  Marginal Wood Fern D. marginalis
  Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides

BRACKEN FAMILY - Dennstaedtiaceae

• Hay-scented Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula

SPLEENWORT FAMILY - Aspleniaceae

• Ebony Spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron

POLYPODY FAMILY - Polypodiaceae

• Rock Polypody Polypodium virginianum

1.6.2 Good Hope Watershed Herbaceous Plants - Monocots

CAT-TAIL FAMILY - Typhaceae

• Common Cat-tail Typha latifolia

BUR-REED FAMILY - Sparganiaceae

• Bur-reed Sparganium sp.

WATER-PLANTAIN FAMILY - Alismataceae

• Common Water-plantain Alisma subcordatum
  
• Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia

GRASS FAMILY - Poaceae

• Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus
  
• Deer-tongue Grass Panicum clandestinum
  
• Bosc's Panic Grass Panicum boscii
  
• Bushy Panic Grass Panicum dichotomum
  
• Wood Reed Cinna arundinacea
  
• Upland Bentgrass Agrostis perennans
  
• Poverty Grass Danthonia spicata
  
• Purple lovegrass Eragrostis spectabilis
  
• Purple-top Triodia flava

SEDGE FAMILY - Cyperaceae

• Straw-colored Cyperus Cyperus strigosus
  
• Bashful Bulrush Scirpus verecundus
  
• Many-leaved Bulrush Scirpus polyphyllus
  
• Drooping Sedge Carex crinita
  
• Swan's Sedge C. swanii
  
• Weak Sedge C. debilis
  
• Gray-green Sedge C. glaucodea
  
• Loose-culm Sedge C. laxiculmis
  
• Yellow-green Sedge C. lurida
  
• Long Sedge C. folliculata
  
• Bladder Sedge C. intumescens

ARUM FAMILY - Araceae

• Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
  
• Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus
  
• Golden Club Orontium aquaticum

RUSH FAMILY - Juncaceae

• Soft Rush Juncus effusus
  
• Path Rush Juncus tenuis
  
• Wood Rush Luzula echinata

LILY FAMILY - Liliaceae

• Sessile Bellwort Uvularia sessilifolia
  
• Trout lily Erythronium americanum
  
• Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense
  
• Solomon's Plume Smilacina racemosa
  
• Indian Cucumber Medeola virginiana
  
• Solomon's Seal Polygonatum biflorum
  
• Carrion Flower Smilax herbacea

YAM FAMILY - Dioscoreaceae

• Four-leaved Wild Yam Dioscorea quaternata
  
• Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa

IRIS FAMILY - Iridaceae

• Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium

ORCHID FAMILY - Orchidaceae

• Pink Lady's-slipper Cypripedium acaule
  
• Whorled Pogonia Orchid Isotria verticillata
  
• Little-Club-spur Orchid Platanthera clavellata
  
• Cranefly Orchid Tipularia discolor
  
• Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyera pubescens

1.6.2 Good Hope Watershed Herbaceous Plants - Dicots

NETTLE FAMILY - Urticaceae

• Clearweed Pilea pumila
  
• Bog Hemp Boehmeria cylindrica

BIRTHWORT FAMILY - Aristolochiaceae

• Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentaria

BUCKWHEAT FAMILY - Polygonaceae

• Jumpseed Tovara virginiana
  
• Arrow-leaved Tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum
  
• Halberd-leaved Tearthumb Polygonum arifolium

POKEWEED FAMILY - Phytolaccaceae

• Pokeweed Phytolacca americana

PURSLANE FAMILY - Portulacaceae

• Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica

PINK FAMILY - Caryophyllaceae

• Star Chickweed Stellaria pubera
  
• Starry Campion Silene stellata

CROWFOOT FAMILY - Ranunculaceae

• Kidney-leaved Buttercup Ranunculus abortivus
  
• Hooked Crowfoot Ranunculus recurvatus
  
• Tall Meadow-rue Thalictrum polygamum
  
• Rue Anemone Anemonella thalictroides
  
• Wood Anemone Anemone quinquefolia
  
• Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa

BARBERRY FAMILY - Berberidaceae

• May-apple Podophyllum peltatum

POPPY FAMILY - Papaveraceae

• Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis

MUSTARD FAMILY - Cruciferae

• Cut-leaved Toothwort Dentaria laciniata
  
• Pennsylvania Bittercress Cardamine pensylvanica

SAXIFRAGE FAMILY - Saxifragaceae

• Early Saxifrage Saxifraga virginiensis

ROSE FAMILY - Rosaceae

• Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana
  
• Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis
  
• White Avens Geum canadense
  
• Many-flowered Agrimony Agrimonia parviflora
  
• Woodland Agrimony Agrimonia rostellata

LEGUME FAMILY - Fabaceae

• Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil Desmodium nudiflorum
  
• Hoary Tick-trefoil Desmodium canescens
  
• Small-leaved Tick-trefoil Desmodium marilandicum
  
• Panicled Tick-trefoil Desmodium paniculatum
  
• Creeping Bush-clover Lespedeza repens
  
• Wand-like Bush-clover Lespedeza intermedia
  
• Slender Bush-clover Lespedeza virginica
  
• Hog Peanut Amphicarpa bracteata

WOOD SORREL FAMILY - Oxalidaceae

• Violet Wood Sorrel Oxalis violacea
  
• Upright Wood Sorrel Oxalis stricta

GERANIUM FAMILY - Geraniaceae

• Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum

SPURGE FAMILY - Euphorbiaceae

• Three-seeded Mercury Acalypha rhomboidea
  
• Flowering Spurge Euphorbia corollata

WATER STARWORT FAMILY - Callitrichaceae

• Larger Water Starwort Callitriche heterophylla

BALSAM FAMILY - Balsaminaceae

• Jewel-weed Impatiens capensis

ST. JOHN'S-WORT FAMILY - Hypericaceae

• Dotted St. John's-wort Hypericum punctatum
  
• Dwarf St. John's-wort Hypericum mutilum

ROCKROSE FAMILY - Cistaceae

• Pinweed Lechea racemulosa

VIOLET FAMILY - Violaceae

• Marsh Violet Viola cucullata
  
• Southern Wood Violet Viola hirsutula
  
• Three-lobed Violet Viola triloba
  
• Sweet White Violet Viola blanda
  
• Primrose-leaved Violet Viola primulifolia

EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY - Onagraceae

• Seed Box Ludwigia alternifolia
  
• Water Purslane Ludwigia palustris
  
• Enchanter's Nightshade Circaea quadrisulcata

GINSENG FAMILY - Araliaceae

• Wild Sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis

CARROT FAMILY - Apiaceae

• Water Pennywort Hydrocotyle americana
  
• Black Snakeroot Sanicula canadensis
  
• Hairy Sweet Cicely Osmorhiza claytoni
  
• Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis

HEATH FAMILY - Ericaceae

• Spotted Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata indian
  
• Pipe Monotropa uniflora

PRIMROSE FAMILY - Primulaceae

• Whorled Loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia
  
• Fringed Loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata

DOGBANE FAMILY - Apocynaceae

• Indian Hemp Apocynum cannabinum

MILKWEED FAMILY - Asclepiadaceae

• Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnata
  
• Common Milkweed Asclepias syriacus

MORNING GLORY FAMILY - Convolvulaceae

• Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium

VERVAIN FAMILY - Verbenaceae

• White Vervain Verbena urticifolia
  
• Blue Vervain Verbena hastata

MINT FAMILY - Lamiaceae

• Hairy Scullcap Scutellaria elliptica
  
• Heal-All Prunella vulgaris
  
• Short-toothed Mt. Mint Pycnanthemum muticum
  
• Dittany Cunila origanoides
  
• Virginia Bugleweed Lycopus virginicus
  
• Stoneroot Collinsonia canadensis

NIGHTSHADE FAMILY - Solanaceae

• Horse-nettle Solanum carolinense

FIGWORT FAMILY - Scrophulariaceae

• Monkey-flower Mimulus ringens
  
• Turtlehead Chelone glabra
  
• Speedwell Veronica officinalis

BROOM-RAPE FAIMLY - Orobanchaceae

• Squaw-root Conopholis americana

PLANTAIN FAMILY - Plataginaceae

• Broad-leaved Plantain Plantago rugelii

MADDER FAMILY - Rubiaceae

• Sweet-scented Bedstraw Galium triflorum
  
• Hairy Bedstraw Galium pilosum
  
• Wild Licorice Galium circaezens
  
• Partridge-berry Mitchella repens
  
• Summer Bluets Houstonia purpurea

LOBELIA FAMILY - Lobeliaceae

• Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
  
• Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata

ASTER FAMILY - Asteraceae

• Joe Pye Eupatorium fistulosum
  
• Hyssop-leaved Thoroughwort Eupatorium hyssopifolium
  
• Mistflower Eupatorium coelestinum
  
• Late-flowering Thoroughwort Eupatorium serotinum
  
• Blue-stem Goldenrod Solidago caesia
  
• Dwarf Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis
  
• Early Goldenrod Solidago juncea
  
• Late Goldenrod Solidago gigantea
  
• Tall Goldenrod Solidago altissima
  
• Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod Solidago rugosa
  
• Grass-leaved Goldenrod Solidago graminifolia
  
• White Wood Aster Aster divaricatus
  
• Purple-stemmed Aster Aster puniceus
  
• White Heath Aster Aster pilosus
  
• Calico Aster Aster lateriflorus
  
• Tall White Aster Aster simplex
  
• Horseweed Conyza canadensis
  
• Plantain-leaved Pussytoes Antennaria plataginifolia
  
• Sweet Everlasting Gnaphalium obtusifolium
  
• Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia
  
• Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
  
• Beggar-ticks Bidens comosa
  
• Fireweed Erechtites hieracifolia
  
• Small's Ragwort Senecio smallii
  
• Field Thistle Cirsium discolor
  
• Veined Hawkweed Hieracium venosum
  
• Panicled Hawkweed Hieracium paniculatum