Wildflowers (Fall Flora)

Margaret Denison Fall Nature Walks, September 11, 2010

– Walk led by Mark Watson -

This walk started at the road up Shrewsberry Hollow and returning on the Snipe Trail. The weather was wonderful.

The group consisted of 2 guides and only 3 other participants, but what was lacking in numbers was more than made up for in interest and enthusiasm.

Thanks to Mark’s expert guidance we identified 82 species or varieties of flora. Of course most of these were not now flowering. A partial list of the flora identified is tabulated below. Most of the trees were ignored.

With all this, we still got back in time to partake of great food for lunch.

Fall Flora Identified on Shrewsberry Hollow and Snipe Trials

American Spikenard
Bedstraw
Beechdrops
Beggar Tick (Tick-trefoil)
Blackberry
Bloodroot
Cardinal Flower
Clintonia
Coneflower, Green-headed
Crooked-stemmed Aster
Dandelion
Deer-tongue
Dock
Dodder
Elephant's Foot, Carolina
False Nettle (Bog-Hemp)
False Nettle (Clearweed)
Fern, Beech
Fern, Christmas
Fern, Glade
Fern, Maiden Hair
Fern, New York
Fern, Rattle Snake
Fern, Sensitive
Fern, Silver
Foam Flower
Foxglove (Beardtongue)
Giant Cane
Goldenrod
Greenbriar
Heal-all
Hog-Peanut
Honeysuckle
Indian Cucumber-root
Indian Strawberry
Ironweed
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Joe-Pye-weed
Lemon Balm
Liverwort, Black-stem

Lobelia, Downy
Lobelia, Great
Lousewort
Marigold, Marsh
Mistflower
Multiflora Rose
Nettle, Stinging
Paw Paw
Plantain, Common
Plantain, Rattlesnake
Poison Ivy
Pokeweed
Raceweed
Sassafras
Smartweed (Tear Thumb)
Smartweed, Virginia
Snakeroot, White
Sneezeweed
Speedwell
Spice Bush
Spleenwort
Stiltgrass
Stonecrop
Three-seeded Mercury
Touch-Me-Not, Pale
Touch-Me-Not, Spotted
Umbrella Magnolia
Vervain, White
Viburnum
Violet
Virginia Creeper
White Avens
White Wood Aster
Wild Geranium
Wild Ginger
Wild Iris
Wingstem
Wintergreen
Witch Hazel
Wood Sorrel

Compare this to last years hike.