Adirondack Wildflowers: Rose Pogonia blooming on Barnum Bog at the Paul Smiths VIC (13 July 2011)

Adirondack Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs at the Paul Smiths VIC*

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Trail Key
Barnum Brook Trail BB Bobcat Trail B
Heron Marsh Trail HM Long Pond Trail LP
Boreal Life Trail BL Silvi Trail Si
Woods and Waters Trail WW Skidder Trail Sk
Logger's Loop Trail LL Esker Trail E
Black Pond Trail BP Fox Run Trail FR
Jenkins Mountain Trail JM Easy Street Trail ES

Plant BB HM BL WW LL BP JM B LP Si Sk E FR ES
Bee-balm (Monarda didyma)       X                
Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor) X X X X X                
Bog Laurel (Kalmia polifolia) X                
Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia)   X                  
Buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) X                
Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) X X X X X X X X X         X
Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense) X X X X X X X              
Carolina Springbeauty (Claytonia caroliniana)   X                        
Clintonia (Clintonia borealis) X X X X X X X              
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)** X                          
Common Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)                       X    
Common Wood Sorrel (Oxalis montana) X X X X X X X              
Cotton Grass (Eriophorum) X X                  
Cow-wheat (Melampyrum lineare) X X X                  
Creeping Snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula) X                  
Dewdrop (Dalibarda repens) X X X X   X X X           X
Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolius)   X                        
Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera repens) X                  
Flat-topped White Aster ( Doellingeria umbellata)         X       X X    
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) X X X X X             X
Fringed Black Bindweed (Polygonum cilinode)                     X      
Goldthread (Coptis trifolia) X X X X X X X X           X
Grass Pink (Calopogon tuberosus)   X X                  
Helleborine Orchid (Epipactis helleborine) ** X X X X     X            
Hobblebush (Viburnum lantanoides) X X X X X X X             X
Hop clover (Trifolium aureum) ** X X X X   X            
Indian Cucumber-root (Medeola virginiana)     X                  
Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora) X X   X   X         X      
Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)                        
Labrador Tea (Rhododendron groenlandicum) X X                
Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) X X X X X X X X X          
Marsh Cinquefoil (Comarum palustre)   X X                  
Northern Club-spur Orchis (Platanthera clavellata)     X                      
Meadow Sweet (Spiraea alba)       X   X                
One-sided Pyrola (Orthilia secunda)   X                        
Plant BB HM BL WW LL BP JM B LP Si Sk E FR ES
Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum) X X X X X                
Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)   X   X X     X          
Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)                     X    
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata)   X X X   X   X            
Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule Aiton)   X X X                  
Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata)   X X X   X   X            
Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)     X   X              
Purple Trillium (Trillium erectum) X X X X              
Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) **     X X X     X X X    
Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera tesselata)     X                  
Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides)   X X                  
Roundleaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia L.)     X                  
Sheep Laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)   X X                  
Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)   X X X   X                
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe) **         X             X    
Spotted Touch-Me-Not (Impatiens capensis) X X   X X             X  
Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) X X   X                
St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) **   X             X     X
Starflower (Trientalis borealis) X X X X X     X       X
Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)   X   X X   X            
Swamp Candles (Lysimachia terrestris)     X                  
Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)   X                    
Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum) X X X                  
Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) X                      
White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis)     X                  
White Water-lily (Nymphaea odorata Aiton) X X   X   X   X            
Whorled Wood Aster (Oclemena acuminata) X   X     X             X
Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) X X X X X                
Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) X X X X X X             X
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) X X   X       X            
Yellow Pond Lily (Nuphar lutea) X X   X     X            

 

*Partial list of plants observed in spring and summer on selected trails
**Non-native

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