Riparian SouthWest

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	Alternate leaf Dogwood	Cornus alternifolia	10	shrub/tree
	2	Apple	Malus domestica	1
	3	Black Cherry	Prunus serotina	10	host of diseases
	4	Black Gum	Nyssa sylvatica	1	planted
	5	Black Locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	10	medicinal
	6	Black Walnut	Juglans nigra	10	frill cutting
	7	Box Elder	Acer negundo	1
	8	Crack Willow	Salix fragilis	10
	9	Green Ash	Fraxinus pennsylvanica	10	dieback
	10	Quaking Aspen	Populus tremuloides	100
	11	Red Cedar	Juniperus virginiana	1
	12	Red Maple	Acer rubrum	1
	13	Red Oak	Quercus rubra	10
	14	River Birch	Betula nigra	1	planted
	15	Swamp White Oak	Quercus bicolor	10	planted extensively
	16	Tulip Poplar	Liriodendron tulipifera	1	planted
	17	White Oak	Quercus alba	1
Shrubs
	1	American Plum	Prunus americana	10	shrub or tree
	2	Arrowwood Viburnum	Viburnum dentatum	10	planted
	3	Autumn Olive	Eleagnus umbellata	10	invasive, spraying
	4	Barberry	Berberis	10	invasive, spraying
	5	Black Raspberry	Rubus occidentalis	1000
	6	Buttonbush	Cephalanthus occidentalis	1	planted
	7	Cranberry Viburnum	Viburnum trilobum	10
	8	Gray Dogwood	Cornus racemosa	100
	9	Honeysuckle	Lonicera spp.	10	invasive, spraying
	10	Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	10	invasive, spraying
	11	Privet	Oleaceae	10
	12	Shrub Willow (1)	Salix spp.	10	colonial thickets
	13	Shrub Willow (2)	Salix spp.	1
	14	Speckled Alder	Alnus incana	100
	15	Spicebush	Lindera benzoin	10
	16	Staghorn sumac	Rhus typhina	10
	17	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	100
	5	Poison Ivy	Toxicodendron radicans	10
	6	Virgina Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	100
Herbaceous
	1	Blackberry	Rubus rosaceae
	2	Boneset	Eupatorium perfoliatum
	3	Buttercup	Ranunculus acris
	4	Canada Lily	Lilium canadense
	5	Canada Thistle	Cirsium arvense
	6	Dame's Rocket	Hesperis matronalis
	7	Dock	Rumex crispus
	8	Golden Ragwort	Packera aurea
	9	Goldenrod	Solidago spp.
	10	Green Headed Conefloweer	Rudbeckia laciniata
	11	Indian Hemp	Apocynum cannabinum
	12	Jewelweed	Impatiens capensis
	13	Joe Pye Weed	Eupatorium fistulosum
	14	Loosestrive (Whorled Yellow)	Lysimachia quadrifolia
	15	Moneywort	Lysimachia nummularia
	16	New England Aster	Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
	17	Pennsylvania Smartweed	Polygonum pensylvanicum
	18	Pinks	Dianthus
	19	Purple Loosestrive	Lythrum salicarria
	20	Ragweed	Ambrosia artemisiifolia
	21	Sensitive Feern	Onoclea sensibili
	22	Sweet Flag	Acorus calamus
	23	Tall Meadow Rue	Thalictrum pubescens
	24	Teasel	Dipsacus fullonum
	25	Water Hemlock	Cicuta maculata
	26	White Avens	Genum canadense
	27	White Clover	Trifolium repens
	28	Willowleaf Amsoinia	Amsonia tabernaemontana
Graminoids
	1	Horsetail	Equisetum arvense
	2	Peat Moss	Spagnum
	3	Reed Canary Grass	Phalaris arundinacea
	4	Rice Cutgrass	Leersia oryzoides
	5	Soft Rush	Juncus effusus
	6	Tussock Sedge	Carex stricta
Total	74