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PLANT INVENTORY

The following represents a list of plants native to Marion County, Indiana, growing in the Crown Hill North Woods. This list was generated by observers but does not represent a comprehensive, systematic survey.

Species Common name
Herbaceous plants
Actaea pachypoda Doll's eyes
Anemone canadensis Canada anemone
Arisaema triphyllum Jack-in-the-pulpit
Asarum candense Wild ginger
Aster spp. Asters
Camassia scilloides Wild hyacinth
Cardamine bulbosa White springcress
Cardamine concatenata Cut-leaved toothwort
Cardamine douglasii Purple springcress
Claytonia virginica Spring-beauty
Cryptotaenia canadensis Honewort
Cystopteris fragilis Fragile fern
Dicentra canadensis Squirrel corn
Dicentra cucullaria Dutchman's-breeches
Enemion biternatum False rue-anemone
Erigenia bulbosa Harbinger-of-spring
Erythronium albidum White trout lily
Erythronium americanum Yellow trout lily
Eupatorium rugosum White snakeroot
Geranium maculatum Wild geranium
Glyceria striata Fowl manna grass
Impatiens capensis Spotted jewelweed
Laportea candensis Wood nettle
Leersia oryzoides Rice cutgrass
Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebells
Phytolacca americana Pokeweed
Podophyllum peltatum May-apple
Polygonatum biflorum Smooth Solomon's-seal
Ranunculus abortivus Kidney-leaved buttercup
Ranunculus hispidus Rough buttercup
Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot
Sanicula sp. Black snakeroot
Stellaria pubera Star chickweed
Thalictrum thalictroides Rue-anemone
Tradescantia sp. Spiderwort
Trillium flexipes Drooping trillium
Trillium recurvatum Prairie trillium
Trillium sessile Sessile trillium
Viola pubescens Yellow forest violet
Viola sororia Common blue violet
Viola striata Creamy violet
Shrubs
Asimina triloba Pawpaw
Cornus racemosa Gray dogwood
Lindera benzoin Spice-bush
Trees
Acer negundo Box elder
Acer saccharinum Silver maple
Acer saccharum Sugar maple
Aesculus glabra Ohio buckeye
Carya cordiformis Bitternut hickory
Carya ovata Shagbark hickory
Celtis occidentalis Hackberry
Cercis canadensis Redbud
Cornus florida Flowering dogwood
Diospyros virginiana Persimmon
Fagus grandifolia American beech
Fraxinus americana White ash
Fraxinus nigra Black ash
Gymnocladus dioicus Kentucky Coffee
Juglans nigra Black walnut
Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip-tree (yellow poplar)
Platanus occudentalis Sycamore
Populus deltoides Cottonwood
Prunus serotina Black cherry
Quercus alba White Oak
Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak
Quercus macrocarpa Bur oak
Quercus muehlenbergii Chinquapin oak
Quercus palustris Pin oak
Quercus rubra Red oak
Tilia americana Basswood
Ulmus american American elm
Ulmus rubra Red Elm
Vines
Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper
Toxicodendron radicans Poison ivy
Vitis sp. Grape
 

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