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Glen Helen Ecology Institute
405 Corry Street
Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387-1895
Phone 937-769-1902
glenhelen@antioch-college.edu

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2008 Composite List of Wildlowers

This is a list of first reported flowering dates for wildflowers species in Glen Helen during 2008. To submit flowering sightings, send e-mail to the Glen Helen Wildflower List Mailbox. Please note the species name, date of observation, where in Glen Helen it was observed flowering, and the name of the observer.

Updated 5-2-08

Common-name Scientific name Date Reported by Locale
Harbinger of spring Erigenia bulbosa 4-5-08 Alice McKinney Talus Trail
Skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus 4-5-08 Alice McKinney Inman Trail
Snow trillium Trillium nivale 3-29-08 Inge Knowles Talus Trail
Hepatica Hepatica acutiloba 4-5-08 Alice McKinney Talus Trail
Cut-leaved toothwort Dentaria concatenatum      
Dutchman's breeches Dicentra cucullaria 4-5-08 Joan... Talus Trail
Squirrel-corn Dicentra canadensis      
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis 4-12-08 Alice McKinney Group Inman Trail
Blue cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides      
Purple cress Cardamine douglassii 4-12-08 Alice McKinney Group Inman Trail
Wild columbine Aquilegia canadensis      
Common blue violet Viola papilonacea 4-12-08 Alice McKinney Group Inman Trail
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale      
Sessile trillium (AKA Toad or Red Trillium Trillium sessile      
Wild ginger Asarum canadense      
Virgina bluebells Mertensia virginica      
Virgina spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana      
Jacob's ladder (Greek valerian) Polemonium reptans      
Spring beauty Claytonia virginica 4-12-08 Alice McKinney Group Inman Trail
Dwarf larkspur Delphinium tricorne      
Twinleaf Jefferson diphylla      
Spring cress Cardamine rhomboidea      
Large-flowered trillium Trilium grandiflorum      
Nodding trillium Trillium flexipes      
Rue anemone Anemonella thalictroides 4-12-08 Dan Pearson Inman Trail
White baneberry Actaea pachypoda      
Wild strawberry Fragaria virginiana      
Pale violet Viola striata      
Golden corydalis Corydalis aurea      
Trout lily Erthronium americanum 4-12-08 Alice McKinney Group Inman Trail
Large-flowered bellwort Uvularia grandif      
Early meadow rue Thalictrum dioicum      
Kidney-leaf buttercup Ranunculus abortivus      
Yellow trillium Trillium cuneatum      
Marsh marigold Caltha palustris      
Swamp buttercup Ranunculus septentrionalis      
Small flowered crowfoot Ranunculus abvus      
Smooth yellow violet Viola eriocarpa      
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema atrorubens      
Wild geranium Geranium maculatum      
Wild blue phlox Phlox divaricata      
Miterwort Mitella diphylla      
Golden ragwort Senecio aureus      
Wood betony Pedicularis canadensis      
Yellow star grass Hypoxis hirsuta      
Watercress Nasturtium officinale      
Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum      
Green dragon Arisaema dracontium      
Hairy solomon's seal Polygonatum pubenscens      
Alumroot Heuchera americana      
Green violet Hybanthus concolor      
Fire pink Silene virginica      
Appendaged waterleaf Hydrophyllum appendioulatum      
Blue-eyed grasses Sisyrinchium spp.      
Showy orchis Orchis spectabilis      
Wild stonecrop Sedum ternatum      
Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata      
False solomon's seal Smilacina racemosa      
Shooting star Dodecatheon media      
Aniseroot Osmorhiza longistylis      
Corn salad Valerianella olitoria      
Yellow lady's slipper Cypripedium caleolus      
Golden alexander Zizia aurea      
Dame's rocket Hesperis matronalis      
White avens Geum canadense      
Yellow wood-sorrel Oxalis europaea      
Lesser daisy fleabane Erigeron stsus      
Bedstraw Gallium spp.      
Downy woodmint Blephilia ciliata      
Slender ladies tresses Spiranthes lacera      
Common arrowhead Triglochin spp.    
Lesser celendine Ranunculus ficaria 4-12-08 Kay West and Dan Pearson Inman Trail
Hispid buttercup Ranunculus hispidus      
Smooth solomon's seal Polygonaum biflorum      
White violet Viola striata      
Blue cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroides      
Winter cress Barbarea vulgaris      
Sweet cicely Osmorhiza claytonii      
Swamp lousewort Pedicularis lanceolata      
Butterweed Packera glabella      
Moneywort (Creeping Jenny) Lysimachia nummularia      
Sanicle (Black snakeroot) Sanicula marilandica      
Gall-of-the-earth (Tall Rattlesnake-root) Prenanthes trifoliolata      
American columbo (Green gentian, Monument plant) Swertia radiata      
Pale touch-me-not (Pale jewelweed)
Impatiens pallida      
Wild hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens      
Common Fleabane (Philadelphia Fleabane)
Erigeron philadelphicus      
Honewort
Cryptotaenia canadensis      
Bird's-eye Speedwell (Germander Speedwell)
Veronica chamaedrys      
Water Speedwell
Veronica anagallis-aquatica      
Daisy fleabane Erigeron annus      
Lopseed Phryms leptostachya      
Wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa      
Enchanter's nightshade Circaea quadrisulcata      
Great Indian plantain Cacalia muhlenbergii      
Stinging nettle Urtica dioica      
Ox eye Heliopsis helianthoides      
Queen-of-the-Prairie Filipendula rubra
     
Thimbleweed Anemone virginiana      
Clearweed Pilea pumila      
Selfheal Prunella vulgaris      
Skull cap Sentellaria epilobiifolia      
Burdock Arctium minus      
White Vervain Verbena urticifolia      
White Snakeroot Eupatorium rugosum      
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum      
Agrimony Agrimonia gryposepala      
Eupatorium Eupatorium spp. (5 whorled leaves)      
Tick Trefoil Desmodium sp.      
Enchanter's Nightshade Circaea quadrisulcata      
Tall Bellflower Campanula americana      
Wingstem Actinomeris alterniflora      
Indian tobacco Lobelia inflaca      
Mullien foxglove Dasistoma macrophyla      
Yellow passion flower Passiflora lutea      
Wound wort Stachys palustris      
Tall blue lettuce Lactuca biennis      
Velvet leaf Abutilon theophrasti      
Nut sedge Cyperus spp.      
Monkey Flower Mimulus spp.      
Blue Vervain Verbena hastata      
Flower of an Hour Hibiscus trionum      
Willow Herb Epilobium spp.      
Wild Cucumber Echinocystis lobata      
Woodland sunflower Helianthus divaricatus      
Rough bedstraw Galium asprellum      
Dodder Cuscuta gronovii      
Yellow Goatsbeard Tragopogon pratensis      
Wild Petunia Ruellia spp.      
Chicory Cichorium intybus      
Queen Ann’s Lace Daucus carota      
Elderberry Sambucus spp.      
Mullien Verbascum thapsus      
Ironweed Veronica altissima      
Figwort Scrophularia spp.      
Galinsoga Galinsoga ciliata      
Prostrate Knotweed Polygonum sp.      
Herb from stumps Unk.      
Amaranth
Amaranthus spp.      
Periwinkle Vinca minor 4-12-08 Cecil Ogg Inman Trail
Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta 4-12-08 Dan Pearson Inman Trail
Chickweed Stellaria media 4-12+08 Alice McKinney Group Inman Trail