Flowering Herbs & Grasses—& Fruit & Berry Trees Known to Exist at Troy Meadows

Observations, Study, and Report By Leonardo Fariello

Time of Observations and Study: Spring, Summer, and Fall

1974

Flowering Herbs in Existence at Troy Meadows

Primary Study off of Troy Meadows Road
(fields and meadows near the intersection of Troy Brook and West Brook)

AgrimonyAgrimoniagryposepala
Alfalfa, LucerneMedicagosativa
Alsike CloverTrifoliumhybridum
Aster 
Birdfoot TrefoilLotuscorniculatus
Black-Eyed Susan, Yellow ConeflowerRudbeckiahirta
Blackberries, Brambles 
Blasing StarLiatrisspicata
Blue Vervains, Blue VerbenaVerbenahastate
BluecurlsTrichostemadichotomum
BonesetEupatoriumperfoliatum
Broad DockRumexobtusifolium
Butter-And-Eggs, ToadflaxLinariavulgaris
ButterflyweedAsclepiastuberosa
Canada Mayflower, Wild Lily-Of-The-ValleyMaianthemumcanadense
Cardinal-Flower LobiliaLobeliacadinalis
ChickoryCichoriumintybus
CinqufoilPotentillasimplex
Common PlantainPlantagomajor
Common RagweedAmbrosiaartemisiifolia
Curled DockRumexcrispus
Cut-Leaved Water HorehoundLycopusamericanus
DandelionTaraxacumofficinale
Deptford PinkDianthusarmeria
Evening PrimroseOenotherabiennis
Fleabane DaisyErigeronannuus
Four-Leaved MilkweedAsclepiasquadrifolia
Fringed GentianGentianacinita
Golden RodSolidago(many species)
Great LobiliaLobeliasiphilitica
Great MulleinVerbascumthapsus
Heal-All, SelfhealPrunellavulgaris
Indian-Tobacco LobiliaLobeliainflata
Jewelweed, Spotted Touch-Me-NotImpatienscapensis
Joe-Pye-WeedEupatoriumpurpureum
Maiden PinkDianthusdeltoides
May Apple, MandrakePodophyllumpeltatum
Meadow RueThalictrumpolygamum
MilkweedAsclepiassyriaca
Moth MulleinVerbascumblattaria
Narrow-Leaf Mountain-MintPycnanthemumtenuifolium
Narrow-Leaved PlantainPlantagolanceolata
NightshadeSolanumdulcamara
Ox-Eye DaisyChrysanthemumleucanthemum
Pearly EverlastingAnaphalismargaritacea
Penstemon, Beardtongue 
Pink SmartweedPolygonumlapathifolium
Poke, PokeweedPhytolaccaamericana
Purple GerardiaGerardiapurpurea
Purple Loosestrife, Spiked LoosestrifeLythrumsalicaria
Queen Ann’s Lace, Wild CarrotDaucuscarota
Rabbit’s-Foot CloverTrifoliumarvense
Red CloverTrifoliumpratense
Roughed-Leaved Purple AsterAsterradula
Short-Toothed Mountain-MintPycnanthemummuticum
Small White AsterAstervimineus
Square-Stemmed Monkey-FlowerMimulusringens
Steeplebush, HardbackSpiraeatomentosa
Stinging NettleUrticadioica
ThistleCirsiumarvense
Tick-Trefoil, BeggarweedDesmodiumcanadense
Virginia Mountain-MintPycnanthemumvirginiana
Water CressNasturtiumofficinale
White CloverTrifoliumrepens
White SnakerootEupatoriumrugosum
White Sweet CloverMelilotusalba
Wild Day LilyHemerocallisfuiva
Wild GarlicAlliumcanadense
Wild Heath AsterAsterpilosus
Wild MintMenthaarvensis
Wild RoseRosablanda
Wild StrawberryFragariavirginiana
Wild Yellow Lily, Canada LilyLiliumcanadense
Yarrow, MilfoilAchilleamillefolium
Yellow Wood SorrelOxalismontana

Plants of the Swamp

CattailTyphaangustifolia
Cow Lily, SpatterdockNupharadvena
DuckweedSpirodelapolyrhiza
Green Arrow ArumPeltandravirginica
Jack-In-The-Pulpit 
Morning Glory 
Pickerel WeedPontederiacordata
Pink SmartweedPolygonuinlapathifolium
Pond weedPotainogeton(different species)
Reed GrassPhragmitescommunis
Skunk CabbageSyinpiocarpusfoetidus
Sticktight, Beggar-TicksBidensfrondosa
TearthumbPolygonumsagittatuin
TickleweedP.arifoliuin
Water SmartweedPolygonuinainphibium
Water-HemlockCicutamaculata
Wild Rose 

Grasses

Barnyard GrassEchinochloacrus-galli
Chufa, Nut GrassCyperusesculentus
Crab GrassDigitariasanguinalis
Foxtail MilletSetariaitalica
Peppergrass, Poor-Man’s-PepperLepidium(several species)
Timothy GrassPhleumpratense
Wild RiceZizaniaaquatica
Yellow Foxtail GrassSetariaglanca

Fruit and Berry Trees

Alternate-Leaved DogwoodCornusalternifolia
Apple TreePyrusmalus
ArrowwoodViburnumdentatum
Black Berried ElderSambucus(two species)
Chock CherryPrunusvirginiana
Wild Black CherryPrunusserotina

Plant List of Plants at Troy Meadows

Dr. Patrick Cooney

http://nynjctbotany.org/

2001

Grasses

Barnyard GrassEchinochloacrus-galli
Bulbous BluegrassPoabulbosa
Carolina Love GrassEragrostispectinacea
Deer-tongue GrassPanicumclandestinum
Giant Reed GrassPhragmitesaustralis
Japanese Stilt GrassMicrostegiumvimineum
Nodding Foxtail GrassSetariafaberi
Orchard GrassDactylisglomerata
Panic GrassPanicumdichotomiflorum
Purple Top GrassTridensflavus
Reed Canary GrassPhalarisarundinacea
Rice Cut GrassLeersiaoryzoides
Sweet Vernal grassAnthoxanthumodoratum
Timothy GrassPhleumpratense
Wild Rye grassElymussp.
Wood Reed GrassCinnaarundinacea
Yellow Foxtail GrassSetariaglauca

Ferns and Fern Allies

Field HorsetailEquisetumarvense
Marsh FernThelypterispalustris
Sensitive FernOnocleasensibilis
YarrowAchilleamillefolium

Rushes

Path RushJuncustenuis
Soft RushJuncuseffusus

Sedges

Dark-green BulrushScirpusatrovirens
Flat SedgeCyperussp.
Nut or Umbrella SedgeCyperusEsculentus or strigosus
Pennsylvania SedgeCarexpensylvanica
Sallow SedgeCarexLurida
SedgeCarexcrinita
SedgeCarexLaxiflora
SedgesCarexspp.
Spike RushEleocharissp.
Tussock SedgeCarexStricta
Woolly Grass BulrushScirpuscyperinus

Herbs

Another Damn Little White AsterAstersp.
Arrow ArumPeltandravirginica
ArrowheadSagittariasp.
Arrowhead TearthumbPolygonumsagittatum
AvensGeumsp.
Beard TonguePenstemonsp.
Birdfoot TrefoilLotuscorniculatus
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckiahirta var. pulcherrima
Blue VervainVerbenahastata
Broad-leaved CattailTyphalatifolia
CarpetweedMollugoverticillata
Cespitose SmartweedPolygonumcespitosum
ChicoryCichoriumintybus
Chinese Bush CloverLespedezaCuneata
ClearweedPileapumila
Common Blue VioletViolasororia
Common ChickweedStellariamedia
Common CinquefoilPotentillasimplex
Common MilkweedAsclepiassyriaca
Common MugwortArtemisiavulgaris
Common MulleinVerbascumthapsus
Common PurslanePortulacaoleracea
Common RagweedAmbrosiaArtemisiifolia
Common WintercressBarbareavulgaris
Creeping Butter Cup 
Curled DockRumexcrispus
DandelionTaraxacumofficinale
Ditch StonecropPenthorumsedoides
DuckweedLemnasp.
Dwarf CinquefoilPotentillacanadensis
Dwarf St. JohnswortHypericummutilum
Enchanter’s NightshadeCircaealutetiana
English PlantainPlantagoLanceolata
False NettleBoehmeriacylindrica
False PimpernelLinderniadubia
Field GarlicAlliumvineale
Forget-me-notMyosotissp.
Fragrant White Water LilyNymphaeaOdorata
Garlic MustardAlliariapetiolata
Gill-over-the-groundGlechomaHederacea
Halberd-leaved TearthumbPolygonumarifolium
Horse NettleSolanumcarolinense
Indian HempApocynumcannabinum
Maddog SkullcapScutellariaLateriflora
Mild Water PepperPolygonumhydropiperoides
Mud PlantainHeterantherasp.
Nodding Bur MarigoldBidenscernua
Orange JewelweedImpatienscapensis
Panicled Tick TrefoilDesmodiumpaniculatum
Pickerel WeedPontederiacordata
PileweedErechtiteshieraciifolia
Pineapple WeedMatricariamatricarioides
Pink SmartweedPolygonumpensylvanicum
Purple GerardiaAgalinisPurpurea
Purple LoosestrifeLythrumsalicaria
Queen Anne’s LaceDaucuscarota
RampsAlliumtricoccum
Red CloverTrifoliumpratense
Skunk CabbageSymplocarpusfoetidus
Spring BeautyClaytoniavirginica
Stinging NettleUrticadioica v. dioica
Tall Stinging NettleUrticadioica v. procera
ThistleCirsiumvulgare
Upright SpurgeEuphorbianutans
Virginia KnotweedPolygonumvirginianum
Virginia Mountain MintPycnanthemumvirginianum
Water HemlockCicutamaculata
Water HorehoundLycopussp.
Water PepperPolygonumhydropiper
Water PurslaneLudwigiapalustris
White CloverTrifoliumrepens
White SnakerootEupatoriumrugosum
White VervainVerbenaurticifolia
Wild MintMenthaarvensis
Yellow Iris ProbablyIrissp.
Yellow Wood SorrelOxalissp.

Shrubs

BlackberryRubussp.
Blackhaw ViburnumViburnumprunifolium
ButtonbushCephalanthusoccidentalis
Gray DogwoodCornusracemosa
Highbush BlueberryVacciniumCorymbosum
Japanese BarberryBerberisthunbergii
Japanese HoneysuckleLonicerajaponica
Multiflora RoseRosamultiflora
Nannyberry ViburnumViburnumlentago
Smooth AlderAlnusserrulata
Smooth Arrowwood ViburnumViburnumdentatum
SpicebushLinderabenzoin
SteeplebushSpiraeaTomentosa
Swamp DogwoodCornusAmomum
Swamp RoseRosapalustris
Winterberry HollyIlexverticillata

Trees

American BeechFagusGrandifolia
American ElmUlmusamericana
ApplePyrusmalus
Black CherryPrunusserotina
Black WalnutJuglansnigra
Black WillowSalixnigra
Boxelder MapleAcernegundo
CatalpaCatalpaspeciosa
Flowering DogwoodCornusFlorida
Gray BirchBetulapopulifolia
HawthornCrataegussp.
Pin OakQuercuspalustris
Red AshFraxinuspensylvanica
Red CedarJuniperusvirginiana
Red MapleAcerrubrum
Shagbark HickoryCaryaovata
Silver MapleAcersaccharinum
Swamp White OakQuercusbicolor
SweetgumLiquidambarstyraciflua
Tree of HeavenAilanthusaltissima
TupeloNyssaSylvatica
White AshFraxinusamericana
White PinePinusStrobus

Vines

Climbing False BuckwheatMikaniascandens
DodderCuscutasp.
Fox GrapeVitislabrusca
Hog PeanutAmphicarpaeabracteata
Japanese HoneysuckleLonicerajaponica
Poison IvyToxicodendronradicans
Virginia CreeperParthenocissusquinquefolia