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Vascan - Plant Inventory |
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Vascan is a natural area in southern Ontario that
harbours a very high diversity of species. The property is mostly marsh, shrub swamp,
and swamp. I started maintaining a plant inventory of the area. Here is
my list.
One thing to keep in mind with this list is that I am unsure of the
exact boundaries of this area.
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Introductory Notes
- I use Newcombe’s Wildflower Guide for common and scientific
names (except for ferns, trees, shrubs – use Soper for shrubs, Farrar for
trees, and Owen Sound Field Nats fern book for ferns)
- Please bear in mind that if there are obscure varieties of
species, I have not taken them into account. I use Newcombe’s
for 90% of my plant ID work.
- This list is solely the result of my own work. I have not added
species that others have found.
- There is of course the possibility that I made some errors in
identification. If there is a species listed here that is
erroneously identified, I welcome corrections & advice -- please
email me.
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- Arisaema atrorubens - Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Betula alleghaniensis - Yellow Birch
- Caltha palustris - Marsh Marigold
- Caulophyllum thalictroides - Blue Cohosh
- Cicuta maculate - Water Hemlock
- Epifagus virginiana - Beech Drops
- Equisetacae - Horsetail species
- Erythronium americanum - Trout Lily
- Euonymus obovatus - Running Strawberry Bush
- Fagus grandifolia - American Beech
- Fraxinus nigra - Black Ash
- Geranium maculatum - Wild Geranium
- Hepatica Americana - Round-lobed Hepatica
- Maianthemum canadense - Canada Mayflower
- Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ostrich Fern
- Onoclea sensibilis - Sensitive Fern
- Osmorhiza claytoni - Sweet Cicely
- Osmunda cinnamomea - Cinamon Fern
- Ostrya virginiana - Hop Hornbeam (Ironwood)
- Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple
- Polystichum acrostichoides - Christmas Fern
- Prenanthes altissima - Tall White Lettuce
- Prunella vulgaris - Heal-all
- Prunus serotina - Black Cherry
- Rhamnus cathartica - Common Buckthorn
- Rhamnus frangula - Glossy Buckthorn
- Rhus radicans- Poison Ivy
- Rhus vernix - Poison Sumac
- Sanguinaria Canadensis - Bloodroot
- Sium suave - Water Parsnip
- Symplocarpus foetidus - Skunk Cabbage
- Trillium erectum - Red Trillium
- Trillium grandiflorum - Large-flowered Trillium (White)
- Tussilago farfara - Coltsfoot
- Typha angustifolia - Narrow-leaved Cattail
- Typha latifolia - Common Cattail
- Viola pubescens - Downy Yellow Violet
- Cutleaf Toothwort
- Toothwort
- Mitrewort
- Horsebalm
- Wood Nettle
- Coltsfoot
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