Becky Morris
Virtual Collection
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1. Viburnum alnifolium Marsh.
Hobblebush
Caprifoliaceae
Location: Baltimore City, MD
Found on the campus of The Bryn Mawr School, within a wooded area along Stony Run in Baltimore, MD 21210. Located in a flat, partially-sunny area within the woods.
This medium shrub has opposite leaves and two types of flowers on the flowerhead. The inner flowers are small, and the outer flowers are large and showy.
2. Saxifraga virginiensis
Early Saxifrage
Saxifragaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236. Located in a moist, flat area along a trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Smilax glauca, Lonicera japonica, Stellaria pubera, and Lindera benzoin.
These small flowers are positioned in terminal clusters. The flowers have five petals and 10 bright-yellow stamens. The leaves are clustered at the base of the plant and form a rosette around the flower stalk.
3. Claytonia virginica
Spring Beauty
Portulacaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236. Located in a moist, flat area along a trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Podophyllum peltatum, Rosa multiflora, and Dicentra cucullaria.
This flower stalk has a pair of thin, linear leaves that are succulent. The flowers have five petals.
4. Staphylea trifolia
Bladdernut
Staphyleaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236. Located in a moist, flat area along a trail near the Gunpowder River.
This small tree has opposite, compound leaves, each with three toothed leaflets. The flowers are clusters of drooping flowers with five white petals and yellow stamens.
5. Geranium maculatum
Wild Geranium / Cranesbill
Geraniaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the paved trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236. Located in a flat area near a hillside along the trail. Other plants growing nearby include Toxicodendron radicans and Parthenocissus quinquefolia.
These flowers are polypetalous with five petals and sepals. The leaves are deeply lobed and the overall outline of the leaf is circular.
6. Uvularia sessilifolia
Sessile Bellwort / Oakesia
Liliaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236. Located in a moist, flat area along a trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Podophyllum peltatum and Erythronium americana.
These pale yellow/creamy flowers droop from beneath leaves at the end of the stem. The leaves are sessile and their bases do not surround the stem. The stem branches and is not jointed.
7. Smilacina racemosa
False Solomon's Seal
Liliaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236. Located in a moist, flat area along a trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Podophyllum peltatum and Mertensia virginica.
These small, white flowers are 6-parted and clustered at the end of the stem. The flower cluster branches. The leaves alternate along the zigzagging stem. Before blooming, the flower cluster drooped at the end of the stem.
8. Vaccinium corymbosum
Common Highbush Blueberry
Ericaceae
Location: Baltimore City, MD
Found on the campus of The Bryn Mawr School, at the edge of a wooded area along Stony Run in Baltimore, MD 21210. Located in a flat, sunny area along a trail.
This tall shrub has distinctive, globe-shaped flowers. The leaves are entire and ovate.
9. Acer negundo
Box Elder
Sapindaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the paved trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236. Located in a flat area near a hillside along the trail.
This small tree has opposite leaves and three leaflets. The leaflets are of different shapes and sizes.
10. Aesculus glabra
Ohio Buckeye
Sapindaceae
Location: Baltimore City, MD
Found on the campus of The Bryn Mawr School, near the edge of a wooded area along Stony Run in Baltimore, MD 21210. Located in a flat, partially-sunny area at the edge of the woods.
This tree has opposite leaves with five palmately-compound leaflets. The tree has clusters of yellow flowers.
11. Ranunculus ficaria
Lesser Celandine / Fig Buttercup
Ranunculaceae
Location: Baltimore City, MD
Found on the campus of The Bryn Mawr School, near the edge of a wooded area along Stony Run in Baltimore, MD 21210. Located in a moist, flat area at the edge of the woods.
These flowers have eight shiny petals and heart-shaped leaves. The flowers and leaves have long stalks.
12. Stellaria pubera
Star Chickweed
Caryophyllaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236. Located in a moist, flat, wooded area along a trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Smilax glauca, Lonicera japonica, Rosa multiflora, and Lindera benzoin.
These flowers have five sepals and five petals that are deeply cleft (almost appears to be 10 petals). The petals are longer than the sepals, and the leaves are in pairs.
13. Dicentra cucullaria
Dutchman's Breeches
Papaveraceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236. Located in a moist, flat, wooded area along a trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Erythronium americana and Claytonia virginica.
This plant has basal leaves that are highly dissected, and the flowers are heart-shaped with pointed spurs.
14. Panax trifolius
Dwarf Ginseng
Araliaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located in a moist, flat area along a trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Erythronium americana , Podophyllum peltatum, and Fagus grandifolia.
15. Mertensia virginica
Virginia Bluebells / Virginia Cowslip
Boraginaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located in moist, flat areas along the trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Panax trifolius and Claytonia virginica.
16. Cercis canadensis
Eastern Redbud
Fabaceae
Locations: Baltimore City, MD (1) and Baltimore County, MD (2 & 3)
1) Found on the campus of the Village of Cross Keys in Baltimore, MD 21210
Located in an open, grassy area along the driveway.
2) Found in a wooded area along the power lines that cross near 9512 Dundawan Road in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located at the edge of a wooded area.
3) Found within Gunpowder State Park, on the opposite site of the Gunpowder River from the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located in a moist, flat area at the edge of the river.
17. Cardamine concatenata (Michx.)
Cut-leaved Toothwort
Brassicaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located in a moist, flat area along a trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Erythronium americana and Claytonia virginica.
18. Cardamine angustata O.E. Schulz
Slender Toothwort
Brassicaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the paved trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located on a wooded slope along the trail. Other plants growing nearby include Erythronium americana and Claytonia virginica.
19. Sassafras albidum
Sassafras
Lauraceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found in a wooded area behind the home at 12 Lovelock Ct in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located on a hillside at the edge of a wooded area. Other plants growing nearby include Lonicera japonica, Liriodendron tulipifera, and Acer negundo.
20. Asimina triloba
Pawpaw
Annonaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located in a moist, flat area along a trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Staphylea trifolia, Acer rubra, Mertensia virginica, and Fagus grandifolia.
21. Taxodium distichum
Bald Cypress
Cupressaceae
Location: Baltimore City, MD
Found on the campus of The Bryn Mawr School, at the end of the driveway at 109 W. Melrose Ave in Baltimore, MD 21210
Located in full sun in a flat, grassy area. This tree was most likely planted (not naturally occurring).
22. Euonymus alata
Burning bush
Celastraceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the paved trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located in a flat area near a hillside along the trail.
23. Rhododendron periclymenoides (Michx.)
Pink Azalea / Pinxter Flower
Ericaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the paved trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located in a rocky area on a hillside. Other plants growing nearby include Liriodendron tulipifera, Fagus grandifolia, Carpinus caroliniana, and Acer negundo.
24.Veratrum viride
False Hellebore
Liliaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, off the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located in a moist, flat areas beside a stream. Other plants growing nearby include Podophylum peltatum, Lindera benzoin, Fagus grandifolia, and Liriodendron tulipifera.
25. Viburnum prunifolium
Cherry Leaf Viburnum
Caprifoliaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located in a moist, flat area along a trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Viburnum dentatum, Fagus grandifolia, and Staphylea trifolia.
26. Galium aparine
Catchweed Bedstraw
Rubiaceae
Location: Baltimore City, MD
Found on the campus of The Bryn Mawr School, within a wooded area along Stony Run in Baltimore, MD 21210
Located in a moist area near a trail. Other plants growing nearby include Symplocarpus foetidus, Aesculus glabra, and Sambucus canadensis.
27. Sambucus canadensis
Common Elderberry
Caprifoliaceae
Location: Baltimore City, MD
Found on the campus of The Bryn Mawr School, within a wooded area along Stony Run in Baltimore, MD 21210
Located in a moist area near a trail. Other plants growing nearby include Symplocarpus foetidus, Aesculus glabra, and Galium aparine.
28. Rhus typhina
Staghorn Sumac
Anacardiaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found in a wooded area behind the home at 12 Lovelock Ct in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located on a hillside at the edge of a wooded area. Other plants growing nearby include Lonicera japonica, Liriodendron tulipifera, and Acer negundo.
29. Robinia pseudoacacia
Black Locust
Fabaceae
Location: Baltimore City, MD
Found on the campus of The Bryn Mawr School, at the edge of a wooded area along Stony Run in Baltimore, MD 21210
Located in a flat, sunny area at the edge of the woods.
30. Hydrophyllum virginianum
Virginia Waterleaf
Hydrophyllaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located in a moist, flat area along the trail near the Gunpowder River. Other plants growing nearby include Erythronium americana, Fagus grandifolia, Toxicodendron radicans, and Geranium maculatum.
31. Adiantum pedatum
Northern Maidenhair Fern
Pteridaceae
Location: Baltimore County, MD
Found within Gunpowder State Park, along the paved trail that begins at the end of Dundawan Rd in Perry Hall, MD 21236
Located on a wooded slope along the trail. Other plants growing nearby include Viburnum acerifolium, Polystichum acrostichoides, and Arisaema triphyllum.
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