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Field Trip 5

Page history last edited by Kayon 14 years, 10 months ago

Pretty Boy Reservoir: Gunpowder River Trail

02/26/09 

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  1.  - ID NEEDED - [(Cornus spp.) or (Viburnum spp.)]
  2. Juglandaceae Juglans nigra, Black Walnut
  3. Magnoliaceae Liriodendron tulipifera, Tulip Poplar
  4. Betulaceae Alnus glutinosa, Common Alder
  5.  Lobelia cardinalis,  Cardinal Flower
  6. Scrophuliaceae Verbascum thapsus, Mullein
  7. Caprifoliaceae Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle
  8.  Ericaceae Kalmia latifolia, Mountain Laurel
  9. Pinaceae, Pinus strobus, Eastern White Pine 
  10. Smilacaceae, Smilax glauca, Green Briar
  11. Araceae Symplocarpus foetidus, Skunk Cabbage
  12. Anacardiaceae Toxicodendron radicans,  Poison Ivy
  13. Smilacaceae, Smilax rotundifolia, Common Greenbriar
  14. Cornaceae Cornus alternifolia, Pagoda Dogwood
  15. Pryolaceae, Chimaphila maculata, Spotted Wintergreen
  16. Leucobryaceae Leucobryum glaucum, White Cushion Moss
  17. Leucocryaceae Lycopodium digitatum, Fan Club Moss
  18. Lauraceae, Sassafras albidum, Sassafras
  19. Sapindaceae, Acer rubrum, Red Maple
  20. Cornaceae  - ID NEEDED -  [Cornus spp., Dogwood species]
  21. Fagaceae, Quercus rubra, Northern Red Oak
  22. Aquifoliaceae, Ilex opaca, American Holly
  23. Pinaceae, Tsuga canadensis, Eastern Hemlock
  24. Pinaceae, Pinus rigida, Pitch Pine
  25. Rubiaceae, Mitchella repens, Partridgeberry
  26. Ophioglossaceae, Bothrychium sp, Grapefern
  27. Berberidaceae Berberis thunbergii, Japanese Berberry INVASIVE
  28. Orcidaceae, Tipularia discolor, Crippled Cranefly

 

**GPS coordinates included with plants for Dr. McMillan's reference, since I don't know where else to list them.

 


 

1. Dogwood (Cornus spp.) or Viburnum (Viburnum spp.).

     [Cornaceae family]                    [Adoxaceae family]

GPS Coordinate: 18 347356 E, 4390946 N  

  • Decussate, opposite arrangement
  • 3-bundle scars

 

 

2. Black Walnut

Juglandaceae > Juglans nigra

GPS Coordinate: 18 347318 E, 4390954 N

  • Flowering tree in Hickory Family
  • Chambered pith

Leaves and fruit

 

 

3. Tulip Poplar

Magnoliaceae > Liriodendron tulipifera

GPS Coordinate: 18 347303 E, 4390958 N

  • Recognizable flower bud 
  • Smooth bark, vertical stripes
  • Alternate arrangement

 

 

4. Common Alder

Betulaceae > Alnus glutinosa

GPS Coordinate: 18 347337 E, 4390942 N

 

Trees in native environment, Marburg, Germany

 
  •  Alias: Black Alder, European Alder
  •  Riperian tree; grows near riverbanks
  •  Symbiotic relationship with fungus (spp. ?); Nitrogen-fixer 
  •  Inflorescence type: wind-pollinated catkins; Male (left, dangly) & Female (right, cone) inflorescences

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Cardinal Flower

Campanulaceae > Lobelia cardinalis

GPS Coordinate: 18 347331 E, 4390950 N

  • Part of Bell Flower family
  • Considered to be perennial flowers
  •  Found in wet places, riverbanks, swamps, etc.

 

 

6. Mullein

Scrophulariaceae > Verbascum thapsus

GPS Coordinate: 18 347362 E, 4390941 N

  •  Eurasian weed naturalized in the USA
  •  Soft, fuzzy leaves
  •  Rosette growth in first year, then shoots up large spike of flowers in bloom
  •  Used for herbal remedies (emollient, astringent)

 

 

7. Japanese Honeysuckle

Caprifoliaceae > Lonicera japonica

GPS Coordinate: 18 347365 E, 4390950 N

  •  vine with white or faded yellow flowers
  • small, toothed lobed leaves

 

 

8. Mountain Laurel

Ericaceae > Kalmia latifolia

GPS Coordinate: 18 347393 E, 4390942 N

 

 

9. Eastern White Pine

Pinaceae > Pinus strobus

GPS Coordinate: 18 347393 E, 4390942 N

GPS Coordinate: 18 347642 E, 4390864 N

 
 
10. Greenbriar
Smilacaceae > Smilax glauca 

GPS Coordinates: 18 347435 E, 4390936 N

  • A lot of Sedges also seen at these coordinates

 

 

 

11. Skunk Cabbage

Araceae > Symplocarpus foetidus

GPS Coordinates: 18 347433 E, 4390940 N

 

 
  • Most basal monocot family; Aram family
  • Pungent odor smells like a skunk
  • Mottled deep purple color with white specks/stripes
    • Maroon color resembles "dead meat" and bad smell attracts flies (pollinators)    
    • Metabolic feedback loop creates own heat (spreads stink; melts through snow in spring)
  • Inflorescence type: Spathe & Spadix
    • Spathe = modified leaf which protects spadix
    • Spadix = cone-like cluster of flowers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. Poison Ivy

Anacardiaceae > Toxicodendron radicans

GPS Coordinates: 18 347470 E, 4390939 N

  • Woody vine, not true Ivy
  • Spreads both vegetatively (adventurous roots) and sexually (rhizomes)

 

 

13. Common Greenbriar

Smilacaceae > Smilax rotundifolia

GPS Coordinates: 18 347561 E, 4390894 N

  • Shoots can be eaten/cooked like asparagus

 

 

14. Pagoda Dogwood

Cornaceae > Cornus alternifolia

GPS Coordinates: 18 347580 E, 4390889 N

  • Dark purple berries (instead of red seen in most Cornus spp.)
  • Alternate arrangement (instead of opposite seen in most Cornus spp.)

 

 

15. Spotted Wintergreen

Ericaceae > Chimaphila maculata

GPS Coordinates: 18 347623 E, 4390883 N

- called 'spotted', even though it has stripes

  • Perennial evergreen herb
  • Dark green leaves, each with lighter green stripe down center
  • Somewhat aromatic

 

 

16. White Cushion Moss

Leucobryaceae > Leucobryum glaucum

GPS Coordinates: 18 347619 E, 4390881 N

  • Color is light green, almost white

 

 

17. Fan Club Moss 

Lycopodiaceae > Lycopodium digitatum

GPS Coordinates: 18 347626 E, 4390870 N / GPS Coordinates: 18 347735 E, 4390902 N

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. Sassafras

Lauraceae > Sassafras albidum

GPS Coordinates: 18 347651 E, 4390842 N

  • Only one with green twigs

 

 

19. Red Maple

Sapindaceae > Acer rubrum

GPS Coordinates: 18 347649 E, 4390879 N

  •  Located near water
  •  Smooth young bark, red twigs and red buds
  •  Opposite leaves, 3-lobed leafs, dentate margin (dent = teeth)

 

20. ID NEEDED:  Dogwood sp.

Cornaceae > Cornus spp.

GPS Coordinates: 18 347652 E, 4390881 N

  •  Pumpkin-shaped buds
  •  Square, small flaky bark

 

21. Northern Red Oak

Fagaceae > Quercus rubra

GPS Coordinates: 18 347676 E, 4390890 N

  •  Pinnante leaves with teeth
  •  Bristle tips on leaf (are not on white oaks)  
  •  Similar characteristics to Eastern Black Oak (Quercus velutina)

 

 

22. American Holly

Aquifoliaceae > Ilex opaca 

GPS Coordinates: 18 347697 E, 4390902 N

  •  Fruit type: small red drupe
  •  Edges of leaf is curved into several spike-like points
  •  Short, stout and grooved petiole

 

23. Japanese Barberry

Berberidaceae > Berberis thunbergii

GPS Coordinates: 18 347834 E, 4390936 N

  •  deciduous spiny shrub
  •  red berries

 

 

24. Cranefly Orchid / Crippled Cranefly

Orchidaceae > Tipularia discolor

GPS Coordinates: 18 347843 E, 4390941 N

  •  monocots
  •  dark purple underside helps trap more light; reflects green (absorbs red/blue)

 

 

25. Partridge Berry

Rubiaceae > Mitchella repens

GPS Coordinates: 18 347697 E, 4390902 N

 

 

  • Dark shiny waxy leaves; bright red berries
  • Grows along ground
  • Family Characteristics: dicots, fused petals, opposite leaves, interpetiolar stipules

 

 

 

 

 

26. Grape Fern

Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium sp. (Possible ID: B. virginianum)

GPS Coordinates: 18 347849 E, 4390973 N

  • Always only 1 leaf; compound with 3 main branches
  • Spores shed into the air

 

27. Pitch Pine

Pinaceae > Pinus rigida

GPS Coordinates: 18 34791? E, 4391039 N

  • Thick protective bark
  • Very hardy, can survive in poor soil conditions

 

28. Eastern Hemlock

Pinaceae >Tsuga canadensis

GPS Coordinates: 18 347917 E, 4391039 N

  •  Usually found on ridges and hillsides with high moisture content
  •  Straight trunk; bark is scaly and deep fissures
  • Leaf margins are dentate/toothed

 

Comments (1)

Kayon said

at 2:28 pm on Mar 9, 2009

pictures from field trip for this field guide coming soon

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