Native Plants
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.