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William Hastie Natural Area
William Hastie Natural Area
Wildflowers Seen on April 23, 2011 on Ijams Walkabout
Report by Bob and Lynne Davis, walk leaders
The woodland floor covered by blue phlox was still there but crowded by the green leaves of many varieties that weren’t there two weeks ago or on April 17, 2010. Same was true for the slope covered with foamflower. Here's our list:
Common Name Scientific Name, Most Likely
Daisy fleabane Erigeron annuus
Trifoliate orange shrub (leaves only) exotic w/ long thorns
Sweet cicely or Sweet Anise Osmorhiza claytonia or longstylis
Yellow trillium Trillium luteum
*Carrion flower Smilax ecirrata
Blue phlox Phlox divaricata
Yellow trout lily (yellowed leaves only) Erythronium americana
Cut-leaf toothwort (yellow leaves only) Dentaria laciniata
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
Foamflower Tiarella cordifolia
*Southern stoneseed Lithospermum tuberosum
Cross Vine Bignonia capreolata
*Cumberland spurge Euphorbia mercurialina
Wild oats Uvularia sessifolia
Air potato vine (leaves & vine only) Dioscorea bulbifera
Dwarf cinquefoil or Potentilla Canadensis or
Indian strawberry Duchesnea indica
Solomon’s plume Smilacina racemosa
Smooth Solomon’s Seal Polygonatum biflorum
Eastern Blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium atlanticum
Downy rattlesnake plantain (leaves only) Goodyera pubrndcens
Cranefly orchid (leaf only) Tipilaria discolor
Poison ivy (leaves & buds only) Toxicodendron radians
Virginia creeper (leaves only) Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Violet wood sorrel Oxalis violacea
Wild geranium Geranium maculatum
Little brown jug Hexastylis arifolia
Round-lobed hepatica (leaves only) Hepatica americana
Hooked butterup Ranuculus recurvatus
Bloodroot (leaves only) Sanguinaria Canadensis
Chickweed Stellaria pubers
Common blue violet Viola sororia
Wood violet (flower streaked w/white) Viola palmate
Spotted wintergreen (leaves only) Chimaphila maculate
Mountain stonecrop Sedum ternatum
Blackberry Rubus argutus
Kudzu (leaves only) Pueraria lobata non-native invasive
Smooth vetch Vicia villosa
Lyre-leaf sage Salvia lyrata
Squawroot Conopholis americana
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
Anemone (leaves only)
Oregon grape bush (leaves and seeds only) Mahonia aquifolium
Privet (leaves and seeds) Ligustrum ovalifolium non-native invasive
Honeysuckle bush (amur honeysuckle) Lonicera maackii non-native invasive
Japanese honeysuckle vine Lonicera japonica non-native invasive
Common Field daisy (leaves only)
Grape vine (vine only)
Day lily (leaves only)
* first time we’ve ever seen these
And some one or two sedges, a few grasses and several mosses (not identified)
There will be a dozen or more flowers to be seen in August or September before the first frost: Gentiana, Asters, etc.
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