Riparian East, Part 1

Native Plant Species



Species of native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants currently found in the Riparian East Part 1 project area. By studying the particlar benefits  or ecological services (or liabilities) provided by each, we will consider enhancements that might derive from increasing or decreasong their numbers. We will also identify additional species that might be introduced that would extend these benefits/service in specific ways.
From these considerations, we will work toward a plan for making actural changes to the site, which will, in turn, lead to further observation and assessment.
type index common name biological name number note
Trees
1 Alternate leaf Dogwood Cornus alternifolia 1 shrub/tree
2 American Elm Ulmus americana 10
3 Baldcypress Taxodium distichum 1 planted
4 Black Cherry Prunus serotina 10
5 Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia 10
6 Black Walnut Juglans nigra 10
7 Box Elder Acer negundo 1
8 Butternut Juglans cinerea 1 possibly hybrid
9 Corkscrew willow Salix 1 planted
10 Green Ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica 10
11 Hickory Carya spp. 10
12 Norway Spruce Picea abies 1 planted
13 Paw-paw Asimina triloba 1 planted
14 Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides 10
15 Red Maple Acer rubrum 1
16 Red Oak Quercus rubra 1
17 Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 10
18 Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera 1 planted
19 White Oak Quercus alba 1
Shrubs
1 Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum dentatum 10 planted
2 Autumn Olive Eleagnus umbellata 10 invasive, spraying
3 Barberry Berberis 10 invasive, spraying
4 Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis 100
5 Black Raspberry Rubus 100
6 Blackberry Rubus 10
7 Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 1 planted
8 Chokecherry Prunus americana 10
9 Cranberry Viburnum Viburnum trilobum 100
10 Elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10
11 Gray Dogwood Cornus racemosa 10
12 Honeysuckle Lonicera spp. 10 invasive, spraying
13 Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana 1 planted
14 Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora  10 invasive, spraying
15 Nannyberry Viburnum lentago 10
16 Privet Oleaceae 10
17 Purple flowering raspberry Rubus odoratus 100
18 Pussy Willow Salix spp. 1 planted
19 Silky dogwood Cornus amomum 1
20 Speckled Alder Alnus incana 10
21 Spicebush Lindera benzoin 10
22 Winterberry Ilex verticillata 1 planted
Vines
1 Cucumber Vine Echinocystis lobata 10
2 Dodder Cuscuta gronovii check location*
3 Fox Grape Vitis labrusca 10
4 Oriental Bittersweet  Celastrus orbiculatus 10
5 Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans 10
6 Virgina Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia 100
Herbaceous
1 Bee Balm Monarda 100
2 Bidens or Helianthus check in 2023 10 by spring
3 Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica 10
4 Blue Vervain Verbena hastata 10
5 Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum 10
6 Buttercup Ranunculus acris 100
7 Canada Lily Lilium canadense 10
8 Comfrey Symphytum 10
9 Dame's Rocket Hesperis matronalis 100
10 Dock Rumex crispus 100
11 Evening Primrose Oenethera biennis 10
12 Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata 1000
13 Germander Teucrium canadense 10
14 Goldenrod Solidago spp. 1000
15 Green Headed Conefloweer Rudbeckia laciniata 10
16 Hillside ephemerals
17 Jewelweed Impatiens capensis 100
18 Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium fistulosum 10
19 Moneywort Lysimachia nummularia 100
20 New England Aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 10
21 Pennsylvania Smartweed Polygonum pensylvanicum 10
22 Purple Loosestrive Lythrum salicarria 10
23 Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia  10
24 Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibili 10
25 Skullcap Scutellaria incana 1 introduced
26 Stinging Nettles Urtica dioica 100
27 Tall Meadow Rue Thalictrum pubescens 10
28 Teasel Dipsacus fullonum 100 controls
29 Water Hemlock Cicuta maculata 100 poisonous
30 White Avens Geum canadense 100
31 White Avens Geum canadense 100
32 Willowleaf Amsonia Amsonia tabernaemontana 10 introduced
33 Yellow iris Iris pseudoacorus 10
Graminoids
1 Canada Wild Rye Elymus canadensis 100
2 Horsetail Equisetum arvense 10
3 Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea 1000
4 Rice Cutgrass Leersia oryzoides 100
Total 84