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Inventory of Plants

Plant names are linked to the United States Department of Agriculture PLANTS database website

Common Name Scientific Name
"Lowbush" Blueberry Species Vaccinium sp
Alternate-leaved Dogwood Cornus Alterifolia
American Yew Taxus canadensis
Arrow-wood Viburnum dentatum var. Iucidum
Beaked Hazelnut Corylus cornuta
Bedstraw Species Galium sp.
Black Ash Fraxinus nigra
Black Huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata
Bluebead Lily Clintonia borealis
Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum var. Iatiusculum
Broad Beech Fern Phegopteris hexagonoptera
Bunchberry Cornus canadensis
Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera
Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense
Canada Violet Viola canadensis
Choke Cherry Prunus virginiana
Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides
Cinnamon Fern Osmunda cinnamomea
Enchanter's Nightshade Species Circaea sp
False Solomon's Seal Smilacina racemosa
Fringed Bindweed Polygonum cilinode
Goldenrod Species Solidago sp
Goldthread Coptis trifolia var. groenlandica
Hairy Solomon's Seal Polygonatum pubescens
Hay-scented Fern Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Helleborine Epipactis helleborine
Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
Indian Cucumber-root Medeola virginiana
Indian Pipes Monotropa uniflora
Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata
Interrupted Fern Osmunda claytoniana
Juniper (Common) Juniperus communis var. depressa
Maidenhair Fern Adiantum pedatum
Marginal Wood Fern Dryopteris marginalis
Mullein (Common) Verbascum thapsus
Northern Running Pine Diphasiastrum complanatum
Northern Water Horehound Lycopus uniflorus
Northern Wood Sorrel Oxalis acetosella
Oak Fern Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Pinedrops Pterospora andromedea
Pink Lady's-slipper Cypripedium acaule
Purple Flowering Raspberry Rubus odoratus
Purple Trillium Trillium erectum
Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens
Rock Polypody Polypodium virginianum
Running Clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum
Serviceberry Species Amelanchier sp
Shining Clubmoss Huperzia lucidula
Silvery Spleenwort Deparia acrostichoides
Skunk Currant Ribes glandulosum
Small-flowered crowfoot Ranunculus abortivus
Southern Running Pine Diphasiastrum digitatum
Speedwell Species Veronica sp
Spinulose Wood Fern Species Dryopteris sp.
Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium
Star-flower Trientalis borealis
Steeple-bush Spiraea tomentosa
Stiff Clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum
Tree Clubmoss Lycopodium dendroideum
Violet Species Viola sp
Whorled Wood Aster Aster acuminatus
Wild Oats Uvularia sessilifolia
Wild Sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis
Zigzag Goldenrod Solidago flexicaulis

Source:Town of Washington, Town Forests Management Plan, Lionel Chute

This a partial list.

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