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Flora at the Falls of the Ohio State Park - Page 5

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

 

CURLED DOCK*                                                  RUMEX CRISPUS

BITTER DOCK                                                      RUMEX OBTUSIFOLIUS

COMMON ARROWHEAD                                   SAGITTARIA LATIFOLIA

WARD WILLOW                                                   SALIX CAROLINIANA (INDIANA WATCH LIST)

SANDBAR WILLOW                                            SALIX EXIGUA (S. interior)

BLACK WILLOW                                                  SALIX NIGRA

COMMON ELDERBERRY                                  SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS

WATER PIMPERNEL                                          SAMOLUS PARVIFLORUS

BOUNCING BET*                                                 SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS

LIZARD'S TAIL                                                      SAURURUS CERNUUS

THREESQUARE SEDGE                                   SCIRPUS AMERICANUS

GREEN BULRUSH                                              SCIRPUS ATROVIRENS

MADDOG SKULLCAP                                        SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA

GOLDEN RAGWORT                                          SENECIO AUREUS (Packera a.)

BUTTERWEED                                                    SENECIO GLABELLUS (Packera g.)

FOXTAIL*                                                              SETARIA FABERI

ONESEEDED BUR CUCUMBER                     SICYOS ANGULATUS

PRICKLY MALLOW*                                            SIDA SPINOSA

STOUT BLUEEYED GRASS                              SISYRINCHIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM (S. gramin.)

COMMON GREENBRIER                                   SMILAX ROTUNDIFOLIA

BRISTLY GREENBRIER                                      SMILAX TAMNOIDES (S. hispida)

HORSE NETTLE                                                  SOLANUM CAROLINENSE

BITTERSWEET NIGHTSHADE*                        SOLANUM DULCAMARA

BLACK NIGHTSHADE*                                  SOLANUM NIGRUM (S. ptycanthum & S. americanum)

TALL GOLDENROD                                          SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS var scabra (S. altissima)

LATE GOLDENROD                                          SOLIDAGO GIGANTEA

SPINYLEAVED SOW THISTLE*                      SONCHUS ASPER

JOHNSONGRASS                                             SORGHUM HALEPENSE

GREAT BUR REED                                           SPARGANIUM EURYCARPUM

COMMON HEDGE NETTLE                             STACHYS TENUIFOLIA (S. hispida)

COMMON CHICKWEED*                                 STELLARIA MEDIA

TRAILING WILD BEAN                                      STROPHOSTYLES HELVULA (S. helvola)

CORALBERRY                                                   SYMPHORICARPOS ORBICULATUS

COMMON DANDELION*                                  TARAXACUM OFFICINALE (T. palustre)

AMERICAN GERMANDER                               TEUCRIUM CANADENSE

FIELD PENNYCRESS*                                     THLASPI ARVENSE

BASSWOOD                                                       TILIA AMERICANA

FIELD HEDGE PARSLEY                                 TORILIS ARVENSIS

POISON IVY                                                         TOXICODENDRON RADICANS (Rhus r.)

SPIDERWORT                                                    TRADESCANTIA VIRGINIANA

LEAST HOP CLOVER*                                     TRIFOLIUM DUBIUM

RED CLOVER*                                                   TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE

WHITE CLOVER*                                                TRIFOLIUM REPENS

COMMON WHEAT*                                            TRITICUM AESTIVUM

COMMON CATTAIL                                           TYPHA LATIFOLIA

AMERICAN ELM                                                 ULMUS AMERICANA

SLIPPERY ELM                                                   ULMUS RUBRA (U. fluva)

STINGING NETTLE*                                           URTICA DIOICA (U. procera)

CORN SALAD*                                                    VALERIANELLA RADIATA

MOTH MULLEIN*                                                 VERBASCUM BLATTARIA

BLUE VERVAIN                                                   VERBENA HASTATA

WHITE VERVAIN                                                 VERBENA URTICIFOLIA

WINGSTEM                                                       VERBESINA ALTERNIFOLIA (Actinomeris alternifolia)

TALL IRONWEED                                                VERNONIA ALTISSIMA (V. gigantea)

CORN SPEEDWELL*                                       VERONICA ARVENSIS

IVYLEAVED SPEEDWELL*                             VERONICA HEDERIFOLIA

BIRDEYE SPEEDWELL*                                 VERONICA PERSICA

WAYSIDE SPEEDWELL*                                 VERONICA POLITA

EUROPEAN FIELD PANSY *                             VIOLA ARVENSIS

COMMON BLUE VIOLET                                  VIOLA PAPILIONACEA (V. sororia)

SUMMER GRAPE                                              VITIS AESTIVALIS

RIVERBANK GRAPE                                          VITIS RIPARIA

FROST GRAPE                                                   VITIS VULPINA

COMMON CLOTBUR (COCKLEBUR)             XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM (X. chinense)

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Updated October 27, 2011