Wildflower Guide to Buffalo Mountain Park

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If you would like to contribute images (we are always looking for better photos) or text to the wildflower guide, please contact David Kirschke or Tim McDowell.  You may email contributions to those addresses.  See the following Word Document for format of text.  Images should preferably be in JPEG format.  Click on links below to see what we have so far for each species.  Only species numbered below will be included in the guide.  Different species with the same number will have one species illustrated and the others mentioned in the text.

 

Common Name

Scientific Name

Family Name

Flowering Time

Inclusion status

MONOCOTS

 

 

 

 

Yellow stargrass

Hypoxis hirsute

Amaryllidaceae

 

1

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Arisaema triphyllum

Araceae

 

2

Asiatic dayflower

Commelina communis

Commelinaceae

 

 

Virginia dayflower

Commelina virginica

Commelinaceae

 

3

Spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana

Commelinaceae

 

4

Broadleaf sedge

Carex platyphylla

Cyperaceae

 

 

Wild yam

Dioscorea quaternata

Dioscoreaceae

 

5

Dwarf crested iris

Iris cristata

Iridaceae

 

6

Blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Iridaceae

 

7

Fairy wand, devil's bit

Chamaelirium luteum

Liliaceae

 

8

White Clintonia, speckled wood lily

Clintonia umbellulata

Liliaceae

 

9

Yellow mandarin, fairy bells

Disporum lanuginosum

Liliaceae

 

10a

Nodding mandarin

Disporum maculatum

Liliaceae

 

10b

Trout lily, dogtooth violet, adder's tongue

Erythronium americanum

Liliaceae

 

11

Carolina lily

Lilium michauxii

Liliaceae

 

12a

Turk's cap lily                    

 Lilium superbum 

Liliaceae

 

12b

Indian cucumber root

Medeola virginiana

Liliaceae

 

13

Smooth Solomon's seal

Polygonatum biflorum

Liliaceae

 

14

Wake robin

Trillium erectum

Liliaceae

 

15

Solomon’s plume, false Solomon’s seal

Smilacina racemosa

Liliaceae

 

16

Sawbrier, cat greenbrier

Smilax glauca

Liliaceae

 

17a

Common greenbrier, roundleaf greenbrier3

Smilax rotundifolia

Liliaceae

 

17b

Bristly greenbrier

Smilax tamnoides

Liliaceae

 

17c

Large-flowered bellwort

Uvularia grandiflora

Liliaceae

 

18a

Perfoliate bellwort

Uvularia perfoliata

Liliaceae

 

18b

Sessile-leaved bellwort, wild oats

Uvularia sessilifolia

Liliaceae

 

18c

Putty root

Aplectrum hyemale

Orchidaceae

 

19

Spreading pogonia, rosebud orchid

Cleistes divaricata

Orchidaceae

 

20

Pink lady slipper, moccasin flower

Cypripedium acaule

Orchidaceae

 

21a

Large yellow lady slipper

Cypripedium calceolus

Orchidaceae

 

21b

Showy orchis (orchid)

Galearis spectabilis

Orchidaceae

 

22

Downy rattlesnake plantain

Goodyera pubescens

Orchidaceae

 

23

Small whorled pogonia

Isotria medeoloides

Orchidaceae

 

24a

Whorled pogonia

Isotria verticillata

Orchidaceae

 

24b

Lily-leaf twayblade

Liparis lilifolia

Orchidaceae

 

25

Cranefly Orchid

Tipularia discolor

Orchidaceae

 

26

Common broomsedge

Andropogon virginicus

Poaceae: Grasses

 

 

Panic grass

Panicum commutatum

Poaceae: Grasses

 

 

Early bluegrass

Poa cuspidata

Poaceae: Grasses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DICOTS

 

 

 

 

Striped maple

Acer pensylvanicum

Aceraceae

 

 

Poison ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

Anacardiaceae

 

27

Wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace

Daucus carota

Apiaceae

 

28

Sweet Cicely

Osmorhiza claytonii

Apiaceae

 

29

Black snakeroot

Sanicula canadensis

Apiaceae

 

30

Golden zizia, golden alexander

Zizia aurea

Apiaceae

 

31

Wild sarsaparilla

Aralia nudicaulis

Araliaceae

 

32

Wild ginger

Asarum canadense

Aristolochiaceae

 

33

Dutchman’s pipe, pipevine3

Aristolochia macrophylla

Aristolochiaceae

 

34

Variable-leaf Heartleaf

Hexastylis heterophylla

Aristolochiaceae

 

35

Common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Asclepiadaceae

 

36

White snakeroot

Ageratina altissima

Asteraceae

 

 

Common ragweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Asteraceae

 

37

Plantain-leaved pussytoes

Antennaria plantaginifolia

Asteraceae

 

38

White wood aster

Aster divaricatus

Asteraceae

 

 

Stiff aster, stiff-leaf aster, bristly aster

Aster linariifolius

Asteraceae

 

39

Ox-eye daisy

Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

Asteraceae

 

40

Field thistle

Cirsium discolor

Asteraceae

 

 

Daisy fleabane

Erigeron annuus

Asteraceae

 

41

Spotted Joe-Pye weed

Eupatorium maculatum

Asteraceae

 

42

Upland boneset

Eupatorium sessilifolium

Asteraceae

 

 

Golden ragwort