Riparian North

Native Plant Species

Species of native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants currently found in the Riparian North 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	American Elm	Ulmus americana	10
	2	Apple	Malus domestica	1
	3	Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	10	host of diseases
	4	Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	10	medicinal
	5	Black Walnut	Juglans nigra	10	frill cutting
	6	Box Elder	Acer negundo	1
	7	Crack Willow	Salix fragilis	1
	8	Green Ash	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	10
	9	Hawthorn	Crataegus sp.	1
	10	Hophornebeam	Ostrya virginiana	1	introduced along streambank
	11	Hybrid Poplar	Populus deltoides x  nigra	1
	12	Pagoda Dogwood	cornus alternifolia	10
	13	Quaking Aspen	Populus tremuloides	10
	14	Red Cedar	Juniperus virginiana	1
	15	Red Maple	Acer rubrum	1
	16	Red Oak	Querus rubra	10
	17	Serviceberry	Amelanchier canadensis	1
	18	Shagbark Hickory	Carya ovataq	10	seedlings
	19	Swamp White Oak	Quereus bicolor	1
	20	White Pine	Pinus strobus	10
Shrubs
	1	American Plum	Prunus americana	10	managed
	2	Arrowwood Viburnum	V. dentatum	10	introduced
	3	Autumn Olive	Eleaganus umbellata	10	invasive, spraying
	4	Barberry	Berberis	10	invasive, spraying
	5	Black Rasberry	Rubus occidentalis	1000
	6	Blackhaw Viburnum	V. prunifolium	1
	7	Cranberry Viburnum	V. triobum	10
	8	Gray Dogwood	Cornus racemosa	100
	9	Honeysuckle	Lonicera spp.	10	invasive, spraying
	10	Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	10	invasive, spraying
	11	Nannyberry	V. lentago	10
	12	Privet	Oleaceae	10
	13	Shrub Willow (1)	Salix sp.	1
	14	Shrub Willow (2)	Salix sp.	1
	15	Silky Dogwood	Cormus amomum	1
	16	Spckled Alder	Alnus incana	100
	17	Spicebush	Lindera benzoin	10
	18	Staghorn Sumac	Rhus typhinas	10
	19	Winterberry	Ilix verticillata	1
Vines
	1	American Bittersweet	Celastrus scandens	100	(Native)
	2	Cucumber Vine	Echinocystis lobata	100	(Wild)
	3	Fox Grape	Vitis labrusca	100
	4	Oriental Bittersweet	Celastrus orbiculatus	100
	5	Poisin Ivy	Toxicodendron radicans	100
	6	Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	100
Herbaceous
	1	Arrow-Leaved Tearthumb	Persicaria sagittata	100
	1	Asparagus	Asparagus officinalis
	2	Blackberry	Rubus rosaceae	100
	3	Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum	10
	4	Buttercup	Ranunculus acris
	5	Canada Lily	Lilium canadense
	6	Canada Thistle	Cirsium arvense
	7	Daisy	Bellis perennis
	8	Dame's Rocket	Hesperis matronalis
	9	Dock	Rumex crispus
	10	Golder Ragwort	Packera aurea
	11	Goldernrod	Solidago spp.
	12	Green Headed Conefloweer	Rudbeckia laciniata
	13	Hawkweed	Hieracium
	14	Indian Hemp	Apocynum cannabinum		(Dogbane)
	15	Jewelweed	Impatiens capensis		medicinal
	16	Joe Pye Weed	Eupatorium fistulosum	10
	17	Loosestrive (Whoreled Yellow)	Lysimachia quadrifolia
	18	Moneywort	Lysimachia nummularia
	19	New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
	20	Pennsylvania Smartweed	Polygonum pensylvanicum
	21	Pink Wild Bean	Strophostyles umbellata	1000
	22	Pinks	Dianthus
	23	Purple Loosestrive	Lythrum salicarria
	24	Ragweed	Ambrosia artemisiifolia	100
	25	Sensitive Feern	Onoclea sensibili
	26	Soapwort	Saponaria ocymoides
	27	Sweet Flag	Acorus calamus
	28	Tall Meadow Rue	Thalictrum pubescens	10
	29	Teasel	Dipsacus fullonum
	30	Water Hemlock	Cicuta maculata		deadly
	31	White Avens	Genum canadense	?
	32	White Clover	Trifolium repens
	33	Willowleaf Amsoinia	Amsonia tabernaemontana
	34	Yellow Salsify	Tragopogon dubius
Graminoids
	1	Horsetail	Equisetum arvense
	2	Peat Moss	Spagnum
	1	Reed Canary Grass	Phalaris arundinacea
	2	Rice Cutgrass	Leersia oryzoides
	3	Soft Rush	Juncus effusus
	4	Tussock Sedge	Carex stricta
Total	81