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Flora at the Falls of the Ohio State Park - Page 3

List compiled by Bill Adams

*designates introduced species

Links under Common Name will connect you to photos taken at Falls or surrounding area.

Links under Scientific Name will connect you with the USDA Plants Database.

Common Name                                                          Scientific Name

 

WILD MADDER                                                    GALIUM OBTUSUM

CAROLINA CRANESBILL                                  GERANIUM CAROLINIANUM

WHITE AVENS                                                     GEUM CANADENSE

GROUND IVY*                                                       GLECHOMA HEDERACEA

HONEY LOCUST                                                  GLEDITISIA TRIACANTHOS

SNEEZEWEED                                                    HELENIUM AUTUMNALE

JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE                                HELIANTHUS TUBEROSUS

FALSE SUNFLOWER                                         HELIOPSIS HELIANTHOIDES

HALBREDLEAVED ROSE MALLOW              HIBISCUS MILITARIS (H. laevis)

SWAMP ROSE MALLOW                                  HIBISCUS MOSCHEUTOS (H. palustris)

JAPANESE HOP*                                                HUMULUS JAPONICUS

COMMON ST. JOHNSWORT*                           HYPERICUM PERFORATUM

SPOTTED TOUCHMENOT                                IMPATIENS CAPENSIS (I. biflora)

PALE TOUCHMENOT                                        IMPATIENS PALLIDA

SMALL RED MORNING GLORY*                     IPOMOEA COCCINEA (Quamoclit c.)

IVYLEAVED MORNING GLORY*                     IPOMOEA HEDERACEA

SMALL WHITE MORNING GLORY                   IPOMOEA LACUNOSA

WILD POTATO VINE                                          IPOMOEA PANDURATA

CYPRESS VINE*                                                 IPOMOEA QUAMOCLIT

MARSH ELDER                                                   IVA ANNUA (I. ciliata)

BLACK WALNUT                                                 JUGLANS NIGRA

COMMON RUSH                                                  JUNCUS EFFUSUS

EASTERN RED CEDAR                                   JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA

CREEPING PRIMROSE-WILLOW                   JUSSIAEA REPENS (Ludwigia peploides & J. diffusa)

WATER WILLOW                                                JUSTICIA AMERICANA (Dianthera a.)

TALL BLUE LETTUCE                                        LACTUCA BIENNIS (L. spicata)

PRICKLY LETTUCE*                                           LACTUCA SCARIOLA (L. serriola)

HENBIT*                                                                LAMIUM AMPLEXICAULE

PURPLE DEAD NETTLE*                                  LAMIUM PURPUREUM

WOOD NETTLE                                                   LAPORTEA CANADENSIS

EVERLASTING PEA*                                          LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS

MOTHERWORT*                                                  LEONURUS CARDIACA

PEPPERGRASS                                                  LEPIDIUM VIRGINICUM

SILKY BUSH CLOVER*                                       LESPEDEZA CUNEATA

SPICEBUSH                                                         LINDERA BENZOIN (Benzoin aestivale)

FALSE PIMPERNEL                                            LINDERNIA DUBIA

CORN GROMWELL                                            LITHOSPERMUM ARVENSE (Buglossoides a.)

GREAT LOBELIA                                                 LOBELIA SIPHILITICA

JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE*                          LONICERA JAPONICA

AMUR HONEYSUCKLE*                                     LONICERA MAACKII

UPRIGHT PRIMROSE-WILLOW                        LUDWIGIA DECURRENS (INDIANA WATCH LIST)

WHITE CAMPION*                                               LYCHNIS ALBA (Silene latifolia)

WATER HOREHOUND                                       LYCOPUS AMERICANUS

VIRGINIA BUGLEWEED                                     LYCOPUS VIRGINICUS

MONEYWORT*                                                     LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA

GARDEN LOOSESTRIFE*                                 LYSIMACHIA VULGARIS

PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE*                                  LYTHRUM SALICARIA

OSAGE ORANGE*                                              MACLURA POMIFERA

ANGLE-POD                                                         MATELEA GONOCARPA

PINEAPPLE WEED*                                           MATRICARIA DISCOIDEA

BLACK MEDICK*                                                 MEDICAGO LUPULINA

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Updated December 28, 2010