On 22 September 2011the West Virginia Native Plant Society was treated to a tour of the Gaudineer Scenic Area Loop Trail lead by Elizabeth Byers as part of the annual meeting. Elizabeth generously provided the participants with a check list of the plants likely to be found on this trip.
The following is a list of those plants seen In the drizzle that day by the group. Herbs continued Trees and Shrubs Osmorhiza claytonia Hairy Sweet Cicely Acer pensylvanicum Striped Maple Oxalis Montana White Wood Sorrel Acer rubrum Red Maple Pilea pumila Clearweed Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Prunella vulgaris Heal‐all Acer spicatum Mountain Maple Rumex crispus Dock Betula alleghaniensis Yellow Birch Saxifraga micrathidifolia Lettuce Saxifrage Fagus grandifolia American Beech Solidago curtisii Curtis’ Goldenrod Magnolia acuminata Cucumber magnolia Symphyotrichum prenanthoides Crooked –stem Aster Magnolia fraseri Mountain magnolia Trillium undulatum Painted Trillium Prunus serotina Black Cherry Tussilago farfara Coltsfoot Virburnum lantanoides Hobblebush Viola Violet
Viola rotundifolia Round Leaf Violet Herbs Urtica dioica Wild nettle Actaea pachypoda Doll’s Eyes
Arctium minus Common Burdock Mosses and Liverworts Dryopteris campyloptera Mountain Wood Fern Bazzania trilobata Three‐toothed Bazzania
Dryopteris intermedia Intermediate Shield Fern Dicranum scoparium Windswept Moss
Epifagus virginiana Beechdrops Hylocomium splendens Splendid Stair‐step Moss
Eurybia divaricata White Wood Aster Spagnum spp. Peat Moss
Galium triflorium Sweet scented Bedstraw Thuidium delicatulum Delicate Fern Moss
Glyceria striata Fowl Mannagrass
Impatiens capensis Spotted Jewelweed
Impatiens pallid Pale Jewelweed
Laportea canadensis Wood Nettle
Leersia virginica White Grass
Maianthemum canadense Wild Lily‐of –the Valley
Medeola virginiana Indian Cucumber‐root
Mitchella repens Partridge Berry