| Appendix A. Plant species list for Oxbow Woods | ||||||||
| This species list was compiled from several sources. Therefore, not all flowering dates or community descriptions could be determined. Nomenclature follows Scoggan (1978). 1as observed in the field; * species makes up a "major" component of its vegetation zone; ** has not been seen alive but dead specimens apparent; # species makes up a "minor" component of its vegetation zone.
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| Family name Genus/species epithet |
Affinity Löve (1959) |
Common name Scoggan (1978) |
Flowering Date1 | Community1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aceraceae (maple family) | ||||||||
| Acer negundo | * | Manitoba maple | 8 May | lower ground - woods | ||||
| Anacardiaceae (cashew family) | ||||||||
| Rhus radicans | # | poison ivy | woods | |||||
| Araliaceae (ginseng family) | ||||||||
| Aralia nudicaulis | * | wild sarsaparilla | 1 Jun | woods | ||||
| Betulaceae (birch family) | ||||||||
| Alnus crispa | * | green alder | shrub layer - woods | |||||
| Alnus rugosa | eastern-boreal | speckled alder | shrub layer - woods | |||||
| Corylus americana | eastern* | American hazelnut | shrub layer - woods | |||||
| Corylus cornuta | beaked hazelnut | shrub layer - woods | ||||||
| Boraginaceae (borage family) | ||||||||
| Hackelia deflexa var. americana | introduced | stickseed(beggar's lice) | 20 Jun | woods - trailside | ||||
| Cannibinaceae (hemp family) | ||||||||
| Humulus lupulus | common hop | woods | ||||||
| Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family) | ||||||||
| Lonicera tatarica | introduced | Tartarian honeysuckle | 8 Jun | edge | ||||
| Sambucus pubens | red elder | 20 May | roadside | |||||
| Symphoricarpos albus | * | snowberry | 27 Jun | woods - meadow | ||||
| Symphoricarpos occidentalis | western* | wolfberry | 27 Jun | woods - meadow | ||||
| Viburnum edule | mooseberry | |||||||
| Viburnum lentago | eastern | nannyberry | 5 Jun | edge of woods | ||||
| Viburnum opulus | guelder-rose | 11 Jun | ||||||
| Viburnum rafinesquianum | eastern | downy arrow-wood | ||||||
| Caryophyllaceae (pink family) | ||||||||
| Arenaria laterifolia | # | grove-sandwort | 11 Jun | woods | ||||
| Cerastium arvense | field chickweed | woods | ||||||
| Silene noctiflora | introduced | night-flowering catchfly | woods | |||||
| Stellaria longifolia | western-boreal# | chickweed | 4 Jun | woods | ||||
| Celastraceae (staff-tree family) | ||||||||
| Celastrus scandens | eastern** | climbing bittersweet | woods | |||||
| Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family) | ||||||||
| Axyris amaranthoides | Russian pigweed | edge - ecotone | ||||||
| Chenopodium album | introduced | lamb's quarters | edge - ecotone | |||||
| Chenopodium hybridum | # | Maple-leaved goosefoot | pocket gopher mounds | |||||
| Chenopodium rubrum | coast-blite | edge - ecotone | ||||||
| Compositae (daisy family) | ||||||||
| Arctium minus | introduced | common burdock | trailside | |||||
| Artemisia absinthium | introduced | wormwood(absinthe) | meadow - ecotone | |||||
| Aster ciliolatus | aster | 23 Jun | meadow - edge | |||||
| Aster laevis | aster | meadow - edge | ||||||
| Aster simplex | eastern-boreal | aster | meadow - edge | |||||
| Bidens cernua | stick-tight | |||||||
| Cichorium intybus | introduced | blue sailors | meadow - edge | |||||
| Circium arvense | introduced# | Canada thistle | 27 Jul | woods - meadow - ecotone | ||||
| Eupatorium purpureum var. maculatum | Joe-Pye weed | ecotone | ||||||
| Helianthus annuus | western | common sunflower | 27 Jun | edge | ||||
| Heliopsis helianthoides | ox-eye | 27 Jun | woods - edge | |||||
| Lactuca scariola | prickly lettuce | edge - meadow | ||||||
| Lactuca tatarica | western | lettuce | edge - meadow | |||||
| Petasites palmatus | sweet coltsfoot | edge - meadow | ||||||
| Prenanthes alba | white lettuce | edge - meadow | ||||||
| Rudbeckia laciniata | eastern* | coneflower | 12 Jul | woods - meadow | ||||
| Solidago canadensis | # | Canada goldenrod | 1 Aug | edge - meadow | ||||
| Solidago gigantea | # | goldenrod | 1 Aug | edge - meadow | ||||
| Sonchus arvensis var. glabrescens | # | field-sow-thistle | woods - meadow - ecotone | |||||
| Tanacetum vulgare | introduced | common tansy | ||||||
| Convolvulaceae (morning glory family) | ||||||||
| Convolvulus sepium | # | hedge bindweed | 12 Jul | meadow | ||||
| Cornaceae (dogwood family) | ||||||||
| Cornus stolonifera | dogwood | 6 Jun | woods - near meadow | |||||
| Cruciferae (mustard family) | ||||||||
| Descurania richardsonii | tansy mustard | 17 Jun | roadside | |||||
| Erysimum cheiranthoides | wormseed mustard | 17 Jun | roadside | |||||
| Lepidium densiflorum | peppergrass | 17 Jun | roadside | |||||
| Sisymbrium altissimum | introduced | tumble mustard | 17 Jun | roadside | ||||
| Thlapsi arvense | introduced | penny cress | 17 Jun | roadside | ||||
| Cyperaceae (sedge family) | ||||||||
| Carex assiniboinensis | * | Assiniboia sedge | 23 May | woods | ||||
| Carex atherodes | ecotone | |||||||
| Carex deweyana | woods | |||||||
| Carex lanuginosa | meadow | |||||||
| Carex pennsylvanica | sun-loving sedge | 11 May | woods | |||||
| Carex radiata | woods | |||||||
| Carex sprenglii | Sprengel's sedge | woods | ||||||
| Carex stricta | eastern | woods | ||||||
| Carex tenera | woods | |||||||
| Equisetaceae (horsetail family) | ||||||||
| Equisetum arvense | # | field horsetail | N meadow - woods | |||||
| Equisetum pratense | # | meadow horsetail | N meadow - woods | |||||
| Fagaceae (beech family) | ||||||||
| Quercus macrocarpa | eastern* | bur oak | higher ground - woods | |||||
| Fumariaceae (fumitory family) | ||||||||
| Corydalis aurea | golden corydalis | 27 May | pocket gopher mounds - woods | |||||
| Graminae (grass family) | ||||||||
| Agropyron repens | introduced | couch grass | meadow | |||||
| Agrostis stolonifera | * | red top | meadow - woods | |||||
| Bromus inermis | introduced | brome grass | meadow | |||||
| Elymus canadensis | * | Canadian wild rye | woods | |||||
| Elymus histrix | * | bottle-brush grass | woods | |||||
| Elymus virginicus | Virginia wild rye | 27 Jul | meadow | |||||
| Glyceria striata | fowl-meadow grass | meadow | ||||||
| Hierochloë odorata | sweet grass | meadow | ||||||
| Phalaris arundinacea | reed canary grass | edge - ecotone | ||||||
| Phleum pratense | introduced | common Timothy | open forest | |||||
| Phragmites communis | * | reed grass | ecotone | |||||
| Poa palustris | fowl-meadow grass | meadow | ||||||
| Poa pratensis | * | Kentucky blue grass | meadow | |||||
| Scolochloa festucacea | sprangle top | woods | ||||||
| Spartina pectinata | Fresh-water cord grass | meadow | ||||||
| Juncaceae (rush family) | ||||||||
| Juncus balticus | 10 Jun | woods - east edge | ||||||
| Labiatae (mint family) | ||||||||
| Lycopus americanus | water horehound | woods | ||||||
| Mentha arvensis | common mint | woods - ecotone | ||||||
| Nepeta cateria | catmint | 15 Jun | ||||||
| Scutellaria epilobiifolia | common skullcap | 29 Jun | woods - ecotone | |||||
| Stachys palustris | woundwort | woods - ecotone | ||||||
| Teucrium occidentale | hairy germander | |||||||
| Leguminosae (pea family) | ||||||||
| Amphicarpa bracteata | eastern* | hog-peanut | open woods | |||||
| Astragalus adsurgens | western# | ascending purple milk vetch | ||||||
| Glycyrrhiza lepidota | western# | wild licorice | 1 Aug | N meadow | ||||
| Lathyrus ochroleucus | pale vetchling | 27 Jun | woods | |||||
| Lathyrus palustris | vetchling | |||||||
| Trifolium repens | introduced | white clover | 23 Jun | |||||
| Vicia americana | western# | vetch | 11 Jun | woods - meadow - ecotone | ||||
| Liliaceae (lily family) | ||||||||
| Maianthemum candense | eastern# | wild lily-of-the-valley | 17 Jun | woods | ||||
| Polygonatum canaliculatum | eastern | Solomon's seal | woods | |||||
| Smilacina stellata | # | Star false Solomon's seal | 11 Jun | woods | ||||
| Smilax herbacea | eastern | carrion flower | woods | |||||
| Trillium cernuum | # | nodding trillium | 2 Jun | woods | ||||
| Menispermaceae (moonseed family) | ||||||||
| Menispermum canadense | eastern | moonseed(yellow parilla) | ||||||
| Oleaceae (olive family) | ||||||||
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | eastern* | green ash | lower ground - woods | |||||
| Onagraceae (evening-primrose family) | ||||||||
| Circaea lutetiana var. canadensis | enchanter's nightshade | |||||||
| Epilobium glandulosum | willow herb | |||||||
| Orchidaceae (orchid family) | ||||||||
| Cypripedium calceolus | yellow lady's slipper | 20 Jun | meadow | |||||
| Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel family) | ||||||||
| Oxalis stricta | pain d'oiseau | 27 Jun | woods | |||||
| Phrymaceae | ||||||||
| Phryma leptostachya | eastern# | lopseed | 13 Jul | woods | ||||
| Plantaginaceae (plantain family) | ||||||||
| Plantago lanceolata | introduced | ribwort plantain | roadside | |||||
| Plantago media | introduced | hoary plantain | roadside | |||||
| Polygonaceae (buckwheat family) | ||||||||
| Polygonum coccineum | smartweed | edge - meadow | ||||||
| Rumex maritimus var. fueginus | golden dock | edge | ||||||
| Polypodiaceae (fern family) | ||||||||
| Botrichium virginianum | rattlesnake fern | woods | ||||||
| Matteuccia struthiopteris | * | ostrich fern | woods | |||||
| Primulaceae (primrose family) | ||||||||
| Lysimachia terrestris | eastern | yellow loosestrife | ||||||
| Ranunculaceae (buttercup family) | ||||||||
| Actaea rubra | red baneberry | |||||||
| Anemone canadensis | # | anemone | 15 Jun | woods - edge | ||||
| Aquilegia canadensis | eastern# | columbine | 7 Jun | woods | ||||
| Coptis trifolia | goldthread | |||||||
| Ranunculus abortivus | kidneyleaf buttercup | |||||||
| Ranunculus cymbalaria | seaside crowfoot | woods | ||||||
| Ranunculus macounii | Macoun's buttercup | |||||||
| Thalictrum dasycarpum | # | tall meadow rue | 11 Jun | woods - meadow | ||||
| Rosaceae (rose family) | ||||||||
| Agrimonia striata | agrimony | woods | ||||||
| Amelanchier alnifolia | western* | Saskatoon-berry | shrub layer - edge | |||||
| Crataegus rotundifolia | hawthorn | N edges of woods - meadow | ||||||
| Fragaria virginiana | western# | strawberry | 7 Jun | edge | ||||
| Geum aleppicum var. strictum | avens | |||||||
| Potentilla pennsylvanica | # | pincherry | 6 Jun | woods - edge | ||||
| Potentilla ansirina | silverweed | 1 Jun | edge | |||||
| Potentilla norvegica | rough cinqfoil | |||||||
| Potentilla virginiana | * | choke-cherry | 1 Jun | shrub layer - woods & edge | ||||
| Prunus americana | # | American plum | 23 May | woods - edge | ||||
| Rosa acicularis | # | prickly rose | 16 Jun | meadow | ||||
| Rosa blanda | # | smooth rose | 16 Jun | meadow | ||||
| Rosa woodsii | western | Wood's rose | 16 Jun | meadow | ||||
| Rubus idaeus | * | red raspberry | 11 Jun | meadow - woods | ||||
| Rubus pubescens | dwarf raspberry | 11 Jun | meadow - woods | |||||
| Rubiaceae (bedstraw family) | ||||||||
| Galium aparine | cleavers | |||||||
| Galium boreale | * | northern bedstraw | 15 Jun | woods - meadow | ||||
| Galium triflorum | * | sweet-scented bedstraw | 25 Jun | woods | ||||
| Salicaceae (willow family) | ||||||||
| Populus balsamifera | eastern-boreal* | balsam poplar | 15 Jun | woods - poplar stand | ||||
| Populus deltoides | eastern | cottonwood | 11 May | edge | ||||
| Populus tremuloides | ** | trembling aspen | woods | |||||
| Salix amygdaloides | # | peach-leaved willow | edge - meadow | |||||
| Salix discolor | pussy wllow | 11 May | meadow | |||||
| Salix exigua | # | sandbar willow | 11 May | edge - ecotone | ||||
| Salix petiolaris | basket willow | meadow - edge | ||||||
| Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family) | ||||||||
| Ribes glandulosum | skunk current | 4 Jun | woods | |||||
| Ribes triste | red current | woods | ||||||
| Tiliaceae | ||||||||
| Tilia americana | eastern | basswood | woods | |||||
| Typhaceae (cattail family) | ||||||||
| Typha latifolia | * | cat-tail | marsh | |||||
| Ulmaceae (elm family) | ||||||||
| Ulmus americana | eastern* | American elm | S of fern stand - woods | |||||
| Umbelliferae (parsley family) | ||||||||
| Carum carvi | introduced# | caraway | 20 Jun | meadow - edge | ||||
| Cicuta maculata | water hemlock | marsh | ||||||
| Osmorhiza longistylis | eastern* | anise-root | 13 Jun | woods | ||||
| Sanicula marilandica | black snakeroot | 25 Jun | woods | |||||
| Sium sauve | water parsnip | |||||||
| Zizia aurea | eastern* | golden alexanders | 1 Jun | woods | ||||
| Urticaceae (nettle family) | ||||||||
| Urtica dioica | # | stinging nettle | meadow - ecotone | |||||
| Verbenaceae (Vervain family) | ||||||||
| Verbena hastata | # | blue vervain | 7 Jul | ecotone | ||||
| Violaceae (violet family) | ||||||||
| Viola canadensis | western | Canada violet | ||||||
| Viola pubescens | eastern | downy yellow violet | 25 May | edge of woods | ||||
| Vitaceae (vine family) | ||||||||
| Parthenocissus inserta | eastern# | Virginia creeper | woods | |||||
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | eastern# | Virginia creeper | woods | |||||