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FLORA OF CHERRY HILL


MARCH - JULY 1988
Compiled by Elaine Haug for Anden Group

PTERIDOPHYTES THROUGH MONOCOTYLEDONS

*County Record


HORSETAIL FAMILY EQUISETACEAE
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense

CLUBMOSS FAMILY LYCOPODIACEAE
Ground Cedar Lycopodium digitatum
Shining Clubmoss Lycopodium lucidulum
Ground Pine Lycopodium obscurum

ADDER'S TONGUE FAMILY OPHIOGLOSSACEAE
Rattlesnake Fern Botrychium virginianum

ROYAL FERN FAMILY OSMUNDACEAE
Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis

FERN FAMILY POLYPODIACEAE
Maidenhair Fern Adiantum pedatum
Ebony Spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron
Southern Ladyfern Athyrium aspleniodes
Hay Scented Fern Dennstaedtia puctilobula
Sensitive Fern Onoclea sensibilis
Broad Beech Fern Phegopteris hexagonoptera
Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides
New York Fern Thelypteris noveboracensis
Marsh Fern Thelypteris thelypterioides

CYPRESS FAMILY CUPRESSACEAE
Red Cedar Juniperus virginiana

PINE FAMILY PINACEAE
Virginia Scrub Pine Pinus virginiana
Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis

AMARYLLIS FAMILY AMARYLLIDACEAE
Yellow Star Grass Hypoxis hirsuta

ARUM FAMILY ARACEAE
Jack in the Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Arrow Aurm Peltandra virginica
Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

YAM FAMILY DIOSCOREACEAE
Wild Yam Dioscorea villosa

IRIS FAMILY IRIDACEAE
Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Slender Blue Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium mucronatum

DUCKWEED FAMILY LEMNACEAE
Duckweed Lemna valdiviana

LILY FAMILY LILIACEAE
Wild Garlic, Wild Onion Allium canadense
Common Daylily Hemerocallis fulva
Indian Cucumber Medeola virginiana
Smooth Solomon Seal Polygonatum biflorum
False Solomon Seal Smilacina racemosa
Glaucous Leaf Greenbriar Smilax glauca
Carrion Flower Smilax herbacea
Catbriar, Common Greenbriar Smilax rotundifolia
Perfoliated Bellwort Uvularia perfoliata
Yucca Yucca filamentosa

ORCHID FAMILY ORCHIDACEAE
Pink Ladyslipper Cypripedium acaule
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyera pubescens
Large Whorled Pogonia Isotria verticillata
Lily Leaved Twayblade Liparis lilifolia
Showy Orchis Orchis spectabilis
Cranesfly Orchid Tipularia discolor

GRASS FAMILY POACEAE
Deertongue Grass Dichanthelium clandestinum
Blackseed Needlegrass Stipa avenacea
Eastern Gama Grass Tripascum dactyloides
Wild Rice Zizania aquatica

PICKEREL WEED FAMILY PONTEDERIACEAE
Pickerel Weed Pontederia cordata

BURR-REED FAMILY SPARGANIACEAE
American Burreed Sparganium americanum

CATTAIL FAMILY TYPHACEAE
Narrow Leaved Cattail Typha angustifolia
Broad Leaved Cattail Typha latifolia


DICOTYLEDONS


ACANTHUS FAMILY ACANTHACEAE
Water Willow Justicia americana

MAPLE FAMILY ACERACEAE
Box Elder, Ash Leaf Maple Acer negundo
Red Maple Acer rubrum

CASHEW FAMILY ANACARDIACEAE
Poison Ivy Rhus radicans
Staghorn Sumac *Rhus typhina

PAWPAW FAMILY ANNONACEAE
Paw Paw Asimina triloba

PARSLEY FAMILY APIACEAE
Honewort Cryptotaenia canadensis
Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota
Short Styled Snakeroot Sanicula canadensis

DOGBANE FAMILY APOCYNACEAE
Indian Hemp, Hemp Dogbane Apocynum cannabinum

HOLLY FAMILY AQUIFOLIACEAE
American Holly Ilex opaca

GINSENG FAMILY ARAILIACEAE
Wild Sarsparilla Aralia nudicaulis
Devil's Walking Stick Aralia spinosa

BIRTHWORT FAMILY ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
Virginia Snakeroot Aristolochia serpentatia

MILKWEED FAMILY ASCLEPIADACEAE
Four Leaved Milkweed Asclepias quadrifolia
Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa
White Milkweed Asclepias varigata

ASTER FAMILY ASTERACEAE
Yarrow Achillea milefolium
Common Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Plantain Pussytoes Antennaria plantaginifolia
Shale Barren Pussytoes Antennaria virginica
Oxeye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Green & Gold Chrysogonum virginianum
Robin's Plantain Erigeron pulchellus
Philadelphia Fleabane *Erigeron philadelphicus
Joe Pye Weed Eupatoriadelphus purpureus
Purple Disc Sunflower Helianthus atrorubens
Rattlesnake Hawkweed Hieracium venosum
Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta
Golden Ragwort Senecio aureus
Toothed White Topped Aster Seriocarpus asteroides
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
New York Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis

TOUCH ME NOT FAMILY BALSAMINACEAE
Spotted Jewelweed Impatiens capensis

BARBERRY FAMILY BERBERIADACEAE
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum

BIRCH FAMILY BETULACEAE
Tag Alder Alnus serrulata
River Birch Betula nigra
Ironwood, Musclewood Carpinus caroliniana

BIGNONIA FAMILY BIGNONIACEAE
Trumpet Vine Campsis radicans
Catawaba Tree Catalpa speciosa

BORAGE FAMILY BORAGINACEAE
Wild Comfrey Cynoglossum virginianum

MUSTARD FAMILY BRASSICACEAE
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Smooth Rock Cress Arabis laevigata
Pennsylvania Bittercress Cardamine pensylvanica
Field Peppergrass Lepidium campestre

BLUEBELL FAMILY CAMPANULACEAE
Venus Looking Glass Triodanis perfoliata

HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY CAPRIFOLIACEAE
Bush Honeysuckle *Diervilla lonicera
Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
Common Elderberry Sambucus canadensis
Maple Leaf Viburnum Viburnum acerifolium
Southern Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum
Black Haw Viburnum prunifolium

PINK FAMILY CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria
Common Chickweed Stellaria media

STAFF TREE FAMILY CELASTRACEAE
Climbing Bittersweet *Celastrus scandens
Strawberry Bush Euonymus americanus

DOGWOOD FAMILY CORNACEAE
Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida

EBONY FAMILY EBENACEAE
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana

HEATH FAMILY ERICAEAE
Stripped Pipsissewa Chimaphila maculata
Green Pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata
Trailing Arbutus Epigaea repens
Black Huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata
Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia
Indian Pipe Monotropa uniflora
Round Leaf Pyrola Pyrola rotundifolia
Pinxter Azalea Rhododendron periclymenoides
Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
Black Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium fuscatum
Low Bush Blueberry Vaccinium pallidums
Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum

SPURGE FAMILY EUPHORBIACEAE
Flowering Spurge Euphorbia corollata

PEA FAMILY FABACEAE
Mimosa Albizia julibrissin
Yellow Wild Indigo Baptisia tinctoria
Redbud Cercis canadensis
Naked Flowered Tick Trefoil Desmodium nudiflorum
Dollar Leaf Desmodium rotundifolium
White Sweet Clover Melilotus albus
Yellow Sweet Clover Melilotus officinalis
Black Locust Robinia pseudo-acacia
Pencil Flower Stylosanthes biflora
Rabbit's Foot Clover Trifolium arvense
Yellow Hop Clover Trifolium aureum
Red Clover Trifolium pratense
White Clover Trifolium repens

BEECH FAMILY FAGACEAE
American Chestnut Castanea dentana
American Beech Fagus grandifolia
White Oak Quercus alba
Spanish Oak, Southern Oak Quercus falcata
Blackjack Oak Quercus marilandica
Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus
Red Oak Quercus rubra
Post Oak Quercus stellata
Black Oak Quercus velutina

BLEEDING HEART FAMILY FUMARIACEAE
Yellow Corydalis Corydalis flavula

GENTIAN FAMILY GENTIANACEAE
Pennywort Obolaria virginica

GERANIUM FAMILY GERANIACEAE
Heron's Bill Erodium cicutarium
Carolina Cranesbill Geranium carolinianum
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum

WITCH HAZEL FAMILY HAMAMELIADACEAE
Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua

ST. JOHNSWORT FAMILY HYPERICACEAE
St. Andrew's Cross Hypericum hypericoides
Common St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum
Spotted St. Johnswort Hypericum punctatum

WALNUT FAMILY JUGLANDACEAE
Pignut Hickory Carya glabra
Mockernut Hickory Cary tomentosa

MINT FAMILY LAMIACEAE
Horsebalm Collinsonia canadensis
Dittany Cunila origanoides
Ground Ivy Glecoma hederacea
Henbit Lamium amplexicaule
Purple Dead Nettle Lamium purpureum
Virginia Bugleweed Lycopus virginicus
Wild Mint Mentha arvensis
Lyre Leaf Sage Salvia lyrata
Hairy Skullcap Scutellaria elliptica

LAUREL FAMILY LAURACEAE
Spicebush Lindera benzoin
Sassafras Tree Sassafras albidum

MAGNOLIA FAMILY MAGNOLIACEAE
Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera

MULBERRY FAMILY MORACEAE
Red Mulberry Morus rubra

WATER LILY FAMILY NYMPHAEACEAE
Spatterdock Nuphar luteum

SOUR GUM FAMILY NYSSACEAE
Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica

OLIVE FAMILY OLEACEAE
Fringe Tree Chionanthus virginicus
White Ash Fraxinus americana

EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY ONAGRACEAE
Enchanter's Nightshade Circaea lutetiana
Seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia

BROOMRAPE FAMILY OROBANCHACEAE
Beechdrops Epifagus virginiana

WOOD SORREL FAMILY OXALIDACEAE
Erect Yellow Wood Sorrel Oxalis stricta

POPPY FAMILY PAPAVERACEAE
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis

PASSION FLOWER FAMILY PASSIFLORACEAE
Passion Flower Passiflora lutea

LOPSEED FAMILY PHRYMACEAE
Lopseed Phryma leptostachya

POKEWEED FAMILY PHYTOLACCACEAE
Pokeweed Phytolacca americana

PLANTAIN FAMILY PLANTAGINACEAE
Bracted Plantain Plantago aristata
English Plantain Plantago lanceolata

PLANE TREE FAMILY PLATANACEAE
Sycamore Platanus occidentalis

MILKWORT FAMILY POLYGALACEAE
Purple Milkwort Polygala purpurea

SMARTWEED FAMILY POLYGONACEAE
Halberd Leaved Tearthumb Polygonum arifloium
Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria
Japanese Knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum
Jumpseed Polygonum virginianum

PRIMROSE FAMILY PRIMULACEAE
Whorled Loosestrife Lysimachia quadrifolia

BUTTERCUP FAMILY RANUNCULACEAE
Tall Anemone Anemone virginiana
Black Cohosh Cimicifuga racemosa
Round Leaved Hepatica Hepatica americana
Kidney Leaf Buttercup Ranunculus abortivus
Rue Anemone Thalictrum thalictroides

BUCKHORN FAMILY RHAMNACEAE
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus

ROSE FAMILY ROSACEAE
Shadbush, Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea
Wild Strawberry Fragaria virginiana
Five Fingered Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis
Black Raspberry Rubus occidentalis

BEDSTRAW FAMILY RUBIACEAE
Button Bush Cephalanthus occidentalis
Bluets Houstonia caerulea
Large Purple Houstonia Houstonia purpurea
Partridge Berry Mitchella repens

WILLOW FAMILY SALICACEAE
Common Cotton Wood Populus deltoides
Bigtooth Aspen Populus grandidentata
Swamp Cottonwood Populus heterophylla
Black Willow Salix nigra

SANDALWOOD FAMILY SANTALACEAE
Bastard Toadflax Comandra umbellata

LIZARD'S TAIL FAMILY SAURURACEAE
Lizard's Tail Saururus cernuus

SAXIFRAGE FAMILY SAXIFRAGACEAE
Wild Hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens

SNAPDRAGON FAMILY SCROPHULARIACEAE
Princess Tree Paulownia tomentosa
Woolly Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Common Speedwell Veronica officinalis


TREE OF HEAVEN FAMILY SIMAROUBACEAE
Tree of Heaven Ailanthus altissima

NIGHT SHADE FAMILY SOLANACEAE
Virginia Ground Cherry Physalis virginiana

LINDEN FAMILY TILIACEAE
American Basswood Tilia americana

VALERIAN FAMILY VALERIANACEAE
Corn Salad Valerianella radiata

VIOLET FAMILY VIOLACEAE
Southern Wood Violet Viola hirsutula
Field Pansy Viola rafinesquii
Marsh Blue Violet Viola cucullata

VINE FAMILY VITACEAE
Virginia Creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Riverbank Grape Vitis riparia

*County Record

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