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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. *Photo status (1=need photo; 2=have photo, could use
better photo; 3=have good, would consider better photo) |
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Family Name |
Photo Status* |
Inclusion status |
Questions |
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MONOCOTS |
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Yellow stargrass |
Hypoxis hirsute |
Amaryllidaceae |
3
(DK, TM) |
1 |
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Jack-in-the-pulpit |
Arisaema triphyllum |
Araceae |
3 |
2 |
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Asiatic dayflower |
Commelina communis |
Commelinaceae |
3 (DK) |
3a |
Identified at BMP? |
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Virginia
dayflower |
Commelina virginica |
Commelinaceae |
1: need photo |
3b |
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Spiderwort |
Tradescantia
virginiana |
Commelinaceae |
3
(DK, TM) |
4 |
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Broadleaf sedge |
Carex platyphylla |
Cyperaceae |
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Wild yam |
Dioscorea
quaternata |
Dioscoreaceae |
2-3 (TM) |
5 |
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Dwarf crested iris |
Iris cristata |
Iridaceae |
2-3 (DK, TM) |
6 |
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Blue-eyed grass |
Sisyrinchium
angustifolium |
Iridaceae |
1: need photo |
7 |
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Fairy wand, devil's bit |
Chamaelirium luteum |
Liliaceae |
1: need photo |
8 |
Identified recently at BMP? |
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White Clintonia, speckled wood lily
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Clintonia
umbellulata |
Liliaceae |
2-3 (TM, BJ, DK) |
9 |
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Yellow mandarin, fairy bells |
Disporum
lanuginosum |
Liliaceae |
3
(DK, TM, BJ) |
10a |
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Nodding mandarin |
Disporum maculatum |
Liliaceae |
3 (DK) |
10b |
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Trout lily, dogtooth violet, adder's tongue |
Erythronium
americanum |
Liliaceae |
2-3 (TM, DK, BJ) |
11 |
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Carolina lily |
Lilium
michauxii |
Liliaceae |
2 (DK) |
12a |
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Turk's cap lily |
Lilium superbum |
Liliaceae |
2 (DK) |
12b |
BMP? |
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Indian cucumber root |
Medeola virginiana |
Liliaceae |
2-3 (DK, TM) |
13 |
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Smooth Solomon's seal |
Polygonatum
biflorum |
Liliaceae |
2-3 (TM, DK) |
14 |
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Wake robin |
Trillium erectum |
Liliaceae |
3
(DK, TM) |
15 |
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Solomon’s plume, false Solomon’s seal |
Smilacina racemosa |
Liliaceae |
2
(TM, DK) |
16 |
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Sawbrier, cat greenbrier |
Smilax glauca |
Liliaceae |
1: need photo |
17a |
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Common greenbrier,
roundleaf greenbrier3 |
Smilax rotundifolia |
Liliaceae |
1: need photo |
17b |
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Bristly greenbrier |
Smilax tamnoides |
Liliaceae |
1: need photo |
17c |
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Large-flowered bellwort |
Uvularia
grandiflora |
Liliaceae |
2-3 (DK, TM, BJ) |
18a |
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Perfoliate bellwort |
Uvularia perfoliata |
Liliaceae |
1: need photo |
18b |
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Sessile-leaved bellwort, wild oats |
Uvularia
sessilifolia |
Liliaceae |
2-3 (DK, BJ) |
18c |
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Putty root |
Aplectrum hyemale |
Orchidaceae |
2-3 |
19 |
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Spreading pogonia, rosebud orchid |
Cleistes divaricata |
Orchidaceae |
3
(DK) |
20 |
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Pink lady slipper, moccasin flower |
Cypripedium acaule |
Orchidaceae |
3
(DK, TM, BJ) |
21a |
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Large yellow lady slipper |
Cypripedium
calceolus |
Orchidaceae |
1: need photo |
21b |
Identified recently at BMP? |
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Showy orchis (orchid) |
Galearis
spectabilis |
Orchidaceae |
2-3 (BJ, TM, DK) |
22 |
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Downy rattlesnake plantain |
Goodyera pubescens |
Orchidaceae |
2-3 (BJ) |
23 |
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Small whorled pogonia |
Isotria medeoloides |
Orchidaceae |
1: need photo |
24a |
BMP? |
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Whorled pogonia |
Isotria
verticillata |
Orchidaceae |
3 (DK) |
24b |
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Lily-leaf twayblade |
Liparis lilifolia |
Orchidaceae |
2
(TM, DK) |
25 |
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Cranefly Orchid |
Tipularia discolor |
Orchidaceae |
2
(DK) |
26 |
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Common broomsedge |
Andropogon
virginicus |
Poaceae: Grasses |
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Panic grass |
Panicum commutatum |
Poaceae: Grasses |
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Early bluegrass
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Poa cuspidata |
Poaceae: Grasses |
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DICOTS |
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Striped maple |
Acer
pensylvanicum |
Aceraceae |
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Poison ivy |
Toxicodendron
radicans |
Anacardiaceae |
2
(TM) |
27 |
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Wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace |
Daucus
carota |
Apiaceae |
2 (DK, AW) |
28 |
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Sweet Cicely |
Osmorhiza claytonii |
Apiaceae |
2
(TM) |
29 |
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Black snakeroot |
Sanicula canadensis |
Apiaceae |
1: need photo |
30 |
BMP? |
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Golden zizia, golden alexander
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Zizia aurea |
Apiaceae |
2
(TM, DK) |
31 |
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Wild sarsaparilla |
Aralia
nudicaulis |
Araliaceae |
1 |
32 |
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Wild ginger |
Asarum canadense |
Aristolochiaceae |
1:
need photo |
33 |
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Dutchman’s pipe, pipevine3 |
Aristolochia
macrophylla |
Aristolochiaceae |
2 |
34 |
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Variable-leaf Heartleaf |
Hexastylis
heterophylla |
Aristolochiaceae |
2
(TM, DK) |
35 |
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Common milkweed |
Asclepias syriaca |
Asclepiadaceae |
2-3 |
36 |
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White snakeroot |
Ageratina
altissima |
Asteraceae |
2 |
115 |
Identified recently at BMP? |
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