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____Purple Milkweed purpurascens R P ____Riddell’s Goldenrod riddellii R P ____*Common Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris C FI ____Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca C FI P ____White Goldenrod or Silver-rod Solidago bicolorC FE ____*Sweet Wormwood Artemisia annua O FI ____Poke Milkweed Asclepias exaltata R FE FI P ____Zigzag Goldenrod C F ____*Dusty Miller Artemesia stelleriana O FI A Checklist of the ____Prairie Milkweed Asclepias sullivanti R P ____Blue-stemmed Goldenrod C F ____Pilewort Erechtites hieracifolia C FI P St. Johnsworts: Hypericaceae ____Late Goldenrod C FI ____Pale Indian Plantain Arnoglossum atriplicifolium R P ____*Common St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum C FI ____Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadensi) C FI ____*Common Groundsel vulgaris O FI Summer and Autumn ____Great St. Johnswort Hypericum ascryon R P ____Rough-leaved Goldenrod C FI ____*Great Burdock Arctium lappa C FI FE ____Spotted St. Johnswort Hypericum punctatum R W ____Gray Goldenrod O FI P ____*Common Burdock Arctium minus C FI FE Bellflowers: Family Campanulaceae ____Rough-stemmed Goldenrod C FI ____Old Field Thistle discolor R P Wildflowers ____Harebell Campanula rotundifolia R FI ____Early Goldenrod O FI P ____Swamp Thistle R P ____Tall Bellflower Campanulastrum americana R F ____Elm-leaved Goldenrod O FI ____*Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare C FE FI Of Cleveland Metroparks Mallows: Family Malvaceae ____Tall Goldenrod C FI P ____* Thistle Cirsium arvense C FI ____Swamp Mallow Hibiscus moscheutos R W ____Large-leaved macrophylla C F FE ____*Brown Knapweed Centaurea jacea C FI ____Halberd-leaved Rose Mallow Hibiscus laevis R W ____Schreber’s Aster Eurybia schreberi R F ____*Black Knapweed Centaurea nigra O FI ____*Velvet Abutilon theophrasti R FE ____White Wood Aster Eurybia divaricatus C F ____*Chicory Cichorium intybus C FI ____*Common Mallow or Cheeses neglecta C FI ____Wavy-leaved Aster undulatum O F ____*Cat’s Ear C FI ____*-of-an-hour Hibiscus trionum R FE ____Heart-leaved Aster Symphytotrichum cordifolium C F FE ____*Fall Dandelion Leontodon autumnalis O FI Nightshades: Family ____Lowrie’s Aster Symphotrichum lowrieanum R F ____*Salsify porrifolius C FI ____Virginia Ground Cherry Physalis heterophylla R FI ____New England Aster Symphotrichum novae-angliae C FI P ____*Yellow Goatsbeard Tragopogon lamottei C FI ____Horse Nettle carolinense C FI P ____Crooked-stem Aster Symphotrichum prenanthoides C FI ____*Sow Thistle Sonchus arvensis O FI ____*Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum C FI ____Smooth Aster Symphotrichum leave var. laeve O FI FE ____*Spiny-leaved Sow Thistle Sonchus asper O FI ____*Jimsonweed Datura stramonium R FI ____Many-flowered Aster Symphotrichum pilosum C FI ____Wild canadensis O F FE Spurges: Family ____Flat-topped Aster R FI P ____Tall Blue Lettuce Lactuca floridana R F FE ____Flowering Spurge Euphorbia corollata R P ____Heath Aster Symphotrichum ericoides var. ericoides R P ____*Prickly Lettuce O FE FI ____*Leafy Spurge Euphorbia esula O FI ____Small White Aster Symphotrichum lateriflorum C FI P ____Smooth White Lettuce racemosa R P ____Three-seeded Mercury rhomboidea R F ____Panicled Aster Symphotrichum lanceolatum C FI ____White Lettuce Prenanthes alba R F FE Bindweeds: Family Convolvulaceae ____Horseweed Canadensis C FI ____Tall White Lettuce Prenanthes altissima R F FE ____Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium C FI ____Daisy Fleabane Erigeron annuus O FI P ____* Hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum C FI ____*Common Morning Glory Ipomoea purpurea C FI ____Smooth Pussytoes Antennaria parlinni O FE FI ____*Field Hawkweed Hieracium caespitosum C FI Pokeweeds: Family Phytolaccaceae ____Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea R FE FI ____*Mouse Ear Hieracium pilosella C FI ____Pokeweed Phytolacca americana C F FE ____* helenium R FI ____Rattlesnake Weed Hieracium venosum O F FE Lobelias: Family Lobeliaceae ____Common Ambrosia artemisiifolia C FI P ____*Pale Hawkweed Hieracium floribundum O FI ____Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis R W P ____Giant Ragweed Ambrosia trifida O FI P ____*Entire-leaf Western Daisy Astranthium integrifolium R FI P ____Great Lobelia Lobelia siphilitica O FI P ____Common Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium O FI ____*Yarrow C FI ____Pale Spiked Lobelia Lobelia spicata O FI P ____Cup SiIphium perfoliatum O FI P Lilies: Family ____Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata C FI P ____Prairie Dock Silphium terebinthinaceum R P ____Canada Lily Lilium canadense R W Plantains: Family Plantaginaceae ____Whorled Rosinweed Silphium trifoliatum R P ____Nodding Wild Onion Allium cernuum R P ____Red-stemmed Pale Plantain Plantago rugelii R FI ____Golden Star Chrysogonum virginianum R FE ____Wild Garlic Allium canadense O FI ____*Common Plantain Plantago major C FI ____Oxeye or False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides C FE P ____*Field Garlic Allium vineale O FI ____*English Plantain Plantago lanceolata C FI ____Green-headed Coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata C W FE Irises: Family Iridaceae Amaranths: Family Amaranthaceae ____Black-eyed Susan C FI P ____Prairie Iris virginica var. shrevei R P ____Slender Glasswort Salicornia rubra R W ____Brown-eyed Susan Rudbeckia triloba O FI P ____Crested Dwarf Iris Iris cristata H F Vervains: Family ____Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea R P ____Stout Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium angustifolium C FI P ____White Vervain urticifolia C FI ____Gray-headed Coneflower Ratibida pinnata R P ____Common Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium montanum R FI P ____Blue Vervain Verbena hastate C W P ____Common Sunflower O FI Orchises: Family Orchidaceae ____Hoary Vervain Verbena stricta R FI P ____Giant Sunflower Helianthus giganteus R P ____Nodding Ladies’ Tresses Spiranthes cernua R FI P Nettles: Family ____Small Wood Sunflower Helianthus microcephalus O FE ____Slender Ladies’ Tresses Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis R FI P ____Clearweed or Richweed O F ____Hairy or Ashy Sunflower Helianthus mollis R P ____Spotted Coralroot Corallorhiza maculata R F ____*Stinging Nettle dioica C FI ____Woodland Sunflower Helianthus divaricatus O FE ____Downy Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyera pubescens R F Date/time: ______Tall Nettle ssp. gracilis R FI ____Jerusalem Artichoke Helianthus tuberosus O FI P ____Lesser Round-leaved Orchis Platanthera orbiculata R F ____False Nettle cylindrica C FI FE ____Pale Leaf Sunflower Helianthus strumosus O FE ____*Helleborine Epipactis helleborine C F FE Asters: Family ____Wingstem Verbesina alternifolia C W FE ____Ragged Fringed Orchis Platanthera lacera R FI Location: ______Tall Ironweed Veronia gigantea C FI P ____Tall Coreopsis tripteris R P ____Smaller Purple Fringed Orchis Platanthera psycodes H F FE ____Spotted Joe-pye Weed maculatus C W FI P ____Sticktight frondosa O FI ____Sweet-scented Joe-pye Weed Eupatorium purpureum O W FE ____Tall Beggar Ticks Bidens vulgata C FI Weather: ______Common Boneset C FI P ____Tickseed Sunflower Bidens coronata O W P ____Tall Boneset R P ____Nodding Bur Marigold Bidens cernua O FI ____Upland Boneset Eupatorium sessilifolium O FE ____*European Beggar Ticks Bidens tripartita O FI ____Late Flowering Boneset C FI P ____Autumn Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale R P ____White Snakeroot altissima C F FE ____*Purple-headed Sneezeweed Helenium flexuosum O FI P ____Dense Blazingstar Liatris spicata R P ____*Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare C FI ____Lance-leaved Goldenrod graminifolia C FI P ____*Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium O FI ____Stiff Goldenrod Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum R P ____*Tansy Tanacetum vulgare O FI HOW TO USE THIS CHECKLIST Buttercups: Family ____Cowbane Oxypolis rigidior R FE W Amaryllis: Family ____Thimbleweed virginiana O FE P ____* Hemlock maculatum O W ____Yellow Stargrass hirsuta R P F The information presented in this checklist reflects our ____Purple Meadow Rue Thalictrum dasycarpum R P ____Black Snakeroot Sanicula marilandica C F Water Lilies: Family Nymphaeaceae current understanding of the status of summer and autumn ____Virgin’s Bower virginiana R FE ____*Queen Anne’s Lace Daucus carota C FI ____Spatterdock Nuphar lutea ssp.variegatum O W wildflowers within Cleveland Metroparks. Record your ____Wild Monkshood uncinatum R F ____*Japanese Hedge Parsley Torilis japonica C FE ____Sweet-scented Water Lily Nymphaea odorata O W Mustards: Family Brassicaceae Gentians: Family Gentianceae Water Plantains: Family Alismataceae observations and contact a naturalist if you find something ____*Hoary Alyssum Berteroa incana O FI ____Fringed Gentian Gentiamopsis crinita R FI ____Common Arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia O W that may be of interest. ____Tower Mustard Arabis glabra O FI ____Bottle Gentian Gentiana clausa R FE P ____Grass-leaved Arrowhead Sagittaria graminea O W are listed taxonomically. Each species is listed with a ____*Field Pennycress Thlaspi arvense O FI ____Soapwort Gentian Gentiana saponaria H W ____Small Water Plantain Alisma subcordatum R W common name, a scientific name and a note about its Heaths: Family Ericaceae Dogbanes: Family Apocynaceae Cattails: Family Typhaceae ____Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens R F ____Indian Hemp Dogbane Apocynum cannabinum C FI P ____Common Cattail Typha latifolia C W occurrence within Cleveland Metroparks (scientific names Pyrolas: Family Pyrolaceae Phloxes: Family Polemoniaceae ____*Narrowleaf Cattail Typha angustifolia C W follow Gleason and Conquist, 1991). Check off species that ____Pipsissewa Chimaphila umbellata R F ____Wild Sweet William Phlox maculata R FE FI Bur-reeds: Family Sparganiaceae you identify within Cleveland Metroparks. ____Spotted or Striped Wintergreen Chimaphila maculata R F ____Garden or Perennial Phlox Phlox paniculata R FE FI ____Great Bur Reed Sparganium eurycarpum R W ____Shinleaf Pyrola Pyrola elliptica R F Borages: Family Boraginaceae ____Lesser Bur Reed Sparganium americanum R W ____Indian Pipe Monotropa uniflora C F ____Virginia Stickseed Hackelia virginiana C F Flowering Rushes: Family Butomaceae ____Pinesap Monotopa hypopithys R F Mints: Family Lamiaceae ____*Flowering Rush Butomus umbellatus R W Cleveland Metroparks : Family Rosaceae ____Narrow-leaved Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum tenufolium R P Yams: Family Dioscoreaceae ____Shrubby Cinquefoil Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda R FE ____Virginia Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum virginianum R P ____Common Greenbrier Smilax rotundifolia C F Outdoor Education Division ____*Rough-fruited Cinquefoil Potentilla recta O FI ____Hoary Mountain Mint Pycnanthemum incanum O FI P ____Bristly Greenbrier Smilax tamnoides R F Administration ……………………………………………….(216)341-9225 ____White Avens Geum canadense O FI P ____American False Pennyroyal Hedeoma pulegioides C F ____Wild Yamroot Dioscorea villosa R F Brecksville Nature Center ……………………………… (440)526-1012 ____Agrimony Agrimonia gryposepala O FE FI ____Downy Wood Mint Blephilia ciliata R FE Honeysuckles: Family Caprifoliaceae CanalWay Center ………………………………………….. (216)206-1000 ____Woodland Agrimony Agrimonia striata O F ____Hairy Wood Mint Blephilla hirsuta R FE ____Orange-fruited Gentian Triosteum aurantiacum O FI Garfield Park Nature Center ………………………….. (216)341-3152 ____Small Flowered Agrimony Agrimonia parviflora O F ____Horse Balm Collinsonia canadensis O F ____Twinflower Linnaea borealis R F Peas: Family ____American Germander Teucrium canadense O FE Herbs: Family Look About Lodge …………………………………………. (440)247-7075 ____Pointed-leaved Tick Trefoil Desmodium glutinosum O FE ____Purple Giant Hyssop Agastache scrophulariifolia R FE ____Enchanter’s Nightshade ssp. cnadensis C F North Chagrin Nature Center ………………………… (440)473-3370 ____Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense O P ____*Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca O FI ____Dwarf Enchanter’s Nightshade O F Rocky River Nature Center ……………………………. (440)734-6660 ____Panicled Tick Trefoil Desmodium paniculatum O FE ____*Catnip Nepeta cataria O FI ____Sundrops Oenothera fruticosa R P Watershed Stewardship Center ……………………. (440)000-0000 ____Large-bracted Tick Trefoil Desmodium cuspidatum R FI ____*Hemp Nettle Galeopsis tetrahit R FI ____Small Sundrops Oenothera perennis R P ____White False Indigo Baptisia alba var. macrophylla R P ____Common Hedge Nettle Stachys tenuifolia O FI ____Common Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis C FI P ____Blue False Indigo Baptisia australis R P ____Obedient Plant Physostegia virginiana O P ____Biennial Gaura Gaura biennis R FI P ____Wild Indigo Baptisia tinctoria R P ____Wild Mint Mentha arvensis R FI ____Seedbox Ludwigia alternifolia O FI ____*White Sweet Melilotus alba C FI ____*Spearmint Mentha spicata O FI ____Northern Willow Herb ciliatum R FI ____*Yellow Sweet Clover Melilotus officinalis C FI ____*Peppermint Mentha piperita O FI ____*Hairy Willow Herb Epilobium hirsutum O FI RELATIVE ABUNDANCE ____*Hop or Yellow Clover Trifolium aureum C FI ____Water Horehound Lycopus americanus O FI P ____Downy Willow Herb Epilobium strictum R FI FE ____*Red Clover C FI ____Virginia Bugleweed Lycopus virginicus O FI P ____Narrow-leaved Willow Herb Epilobium leptophylum R FI FE C = Common. Widespread and often numerous in proper ____*Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum C FI ____Bee Balm or Oswego Tea Monarda didyma R FI Primroses: Family habitat and season. ____*White Clover Trifolium repens C FI ____Wild Bergamot Monarda fistulosa O P ____*Moneywort nummularia C FI O = Occasional. Found at scattered locations or widespread ____*Alfalfa Medicago sativa C FI ____Purple Bergamot Monarda media O FI ____Fringed Loosetrife Lysimachia ciliata O FI P but in moderate numbers. ____*Black Medick C FI ____Basil Balm Monarda clinopodia R FE ____Swamp Candles Lysimachia terrestris O W ____*Crown Vetch varia C FI ____Lyre-leaved Sage Salvia lyrata R FI ____Whorled Loosestrife O FI P R = Rare. Represented by a few individuals or has a very ____Indigobush Amphora fruticosa R FI FE ____Meehania Meehania cordata R F ____Swamp Loosestrife Decodon verticiliatus C W restricted range within Cleveland Metroparks. ____Showy Partridge Pea Chamaecrista fasiculata R P ____*Hyssop Hyssopus officinalis R FI ____Winged Loosestrife Lythrum alatum R P ____Wild Senna Senna hebecarpa O P ____Downy Skullcap Scutellaria incana O FE ____*Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria C W H = Hypothetical. Occurrence within Cleveland Metroparks ____Groundnut Apios americana O FI FE ____Hairy Skullcap Scutellaria elliptica O FE Buckwheats: Family Polygonaceae possible but not confirmed. ____Hog Peanut Amphicarpaea bracteata C FE ____Hyssop Skullcap Scutellaria integrifolia R FE ____Virginia Knotweed Polygonum virginiana C F FE x = Extirpated. Once occurred, but is no longer found in ____Wood Vetch caroliniana R FE ____Mad-dog Skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora R FE ____Arrow-leaved Tearthumb Polygonum sagittatum O FI Cleveland Metroparks. ____*Narrow-leaved Vetch ssp. nigra R FI Figworts: Family Scrophulariaceae ____Common Smartweed Polygonum hydropiper C FI W ____*Everlasting Pea Lathyrus latifolius O FI ____Turtlehead Chelone glabra R W ____Water Smartweed Polygonum amphibium O W * = Exotic. Polygalas: Family Polygalaceae ____Pink Turtlehead Chelone lyonii R W ____Swamp Smartweed Polygonum coccineum O W ____Whorled Milkwort Polygala verticillata R FI ____Monkey Flower Mimulus ringens R FI P ____Pink Knotweed Polygonum pensylvanicum O W F = Forest ____Cross-leaved Milkwort Polygala cruciata R FI ____Carpenter’s Square Scrophularia marilandica R FE ____*Lady’s Thumb Smartweed Polygonum persicaria C W FE = Forest Edge Wood Sorrels: Family Oxilidaceae ____Culver’s Veronicastrum virginicum R P ____*Japanese Knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum C W ____Violet Wood Sorrel Oxalis violacea R F ____*Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus C FI ____*Field or Sheep Sorrel acetosella O FI FI = Field ____*Creeping Wood Sorrel Oxalis corniculata C FI ____* Mullein Verbascum blattaria C FI ____*Curled Dock C FI Ginsengs: Family Araliaceae Broom-rapes: Family Orobanchaceae ____*Bitter Dock C FI P = Prairie Restoration ____Bristly Sarsaparilla Aralia hispida O F ____One-flowered Cancerroot Orobanche uniflora R FE ____*Buckwheat Fagopyrum sagittatum R FI W = Wetland ____Spikenard Aralia racemosa R F Madders: Family Rubiaceae Teasels: Family Dipsacaceae : Family Apiaceae ____Cleavers Galium aparine O F ____*Teasel Dipsacus fullonum C FI ____*Wild Pastinaca sativa R W ____Rough Bedstraw Galium asprellum O F ____*Cut-leaved Teasel Dipsacus alba O NOTICE: Picking or collecting wildflowers from Cleveland ____Cow Parsnip R FE ____Sweet-scented Bedstraw Galium triflorum O F Milkweeds: Family Asclepiadaceae Metroparks is prohibited, except with a special permit for ____Great Angelica Angelica atropurpurea O W ____Small Bedstraw Galium trifidum C FI P ____Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa R FI P educational or scientific purposes. ____Water Hemlock Cicuta maculate O W P ____Swamp Milkweed Asclepias incarnate O W P