Plant List on Monhegan Island.

Compiled by Richard Dyer, University of Maine. Species found from inventory of 63 plots located at random across the island’s forested areas.

July 10, 2006

TREES Latin name Common Name Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill. balsam fir Acer pensylvanicum L. striped maple, moosewood, goosefoot maple Acer rubrum L. red maple, soft maple, swamp maple Amelachier sp. serviceberry/shadbush/Juneberry Betula alleghaniensis Britt. yellow birch Betula paperifera Marsh. paper birch, white birch Malus sp. apple Picea glauca (Moench) Voss white spruce, cat spruce Picea rubens Sarg. red spruce Pinus strobus L. eastern white pine Populus grandidentata Michx. big-toothed aspen Populus tremuloides Michx. quaking aspen, trembling aspen Sorbus americana Marsh. American mountain-ash

HERBS Latin Common Achillea millefolium L. common yarrow, milfoil Aralia nudicaulis L. wild sarsaparilla Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott Jack in the pulpit or Arisaema atrorubens (Ait.) Blume Aster acuminatus Michx. or whorled aster Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Nesom Aster cordifolius L. or common blue heart-leaved aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium (L.) Nesom Aster novae-angliae L. or New England aster; New York aster Symphyotrichum novae- angliae (L.) Nesom; Aster novi- belgii L. or Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (L.) Nesom

Aster umbellatus P. Mill. or flat-topped white aster Doellingeria umbellata (P. Mill.) Nees Aster vimineus Lam. or small-headed aster Symphyotrichum racemosum (Ell.) Nesom

Cerastium sp. chickweed

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HERBS Latin Common

Cerastium vulgatum L. or common mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium fontanum Baumg. ssp. vulgare Circaea alpina L. alpine enchanter's nightshade Cirsium sp. thistle Coptis groenlandica (Oeder) goldthread Fern. or Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. Cornus canadensis L. bunchberry, dwarf cornel

Equisetum arvense L. common horsetail, field horsetail Fragaria virginiana Duchesne wild strawberry, thick-leaved wild strawberry Galium sp. bedstraw Family Gramineae grass Hieracium sp. hawkweed Impatiens capensis Meerb. jewelweed, spotted touch-me-not Lycopus americanus Muhl. ex American water-horehound W.Bart. Maianthemum canadense Canada mayflower, wild lily-of-the-valley Desf. Mitchella repens L. partridgeberry

Oxalis montana Raf. common wood-sorrel, northern wood-sorrel Potentilla simplex Michx. old-field cinquefoil Prenanthes sp. white-lettuce/rattlesnake root Prunella vulgaris L. selfheal, heal-all Pyrola elliptica Nutt. shinleaf Ranunculus acris L. common buttercup, meadow buttercup, tall buttercup Ranunculus repens L. (not creeping buttercup reptans?) Rumex acetosa L.; Rumex garden sorrel, green sorrel; sheep sorrel, acetosella L. common sorrel, red sorrel Family Cyperaceae sedges Solanum dulcamara L. bittersweet nightshade, deadly nightshade Solidago sp. goldenrod Stellaria media (L.) Vill. common chickweed Streptopus roseus var. rose twisted stalk, rose mandarin perspectus Fassett or Streptopus lanceolatus (Ait.) Reveal Taraxacum officinale Wiggers common dandelion

Trientalis borealis Raf. starflower Veronica officinalis L. common speedwell Viola sp. violet 2

Shrubs Berberis thunbergii DC. Japanese barberry Cornus alterniflora (L.f.) Small alternate-leaved dogwood, pagoda dogwood Juniperus communis L. var. common juniper depressa Pursh Lonicera canadensis Bartr. ex fly honeysuckle Marsh Lonicera japonica Thunb. Japanese honeysuckle Myrica pensylvanica Loisel. bayberry, northern bayberry Nemopanthus mucronata (L.) mountain holly, common mountain holly Loes. Prunus virginiana L. choke cherry

Rosa multiflora Thunb. ex multiflora rose Murr. Rosa rugosa Thunb. rugosa rose, salt spray rose, Japanese rose Rubus allegheniensis Porter common blackberry Rubus flagellaris Willd. northern dewberry Rubus hispidus L. swamp dewberry Rubus idaeus L. red raspberry Toxidendron radicans(L.) poison-ivy Kuntze Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. low sweet blueberry, common lowbush blueberry Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. large cranberry, American cranberry Viburnum cassinoides L. or witherod, wild-raisin Viburnum nudum L. var. cassinoides (L.) Torr. & Gray

FERNS

Botrychium sp. grapefern/moonwort Dryopteris campyloptera mountain wood fern (Kunze) Clarkson Dryopteris intermedia (Muld. evergreen wood fern ex Willd.) Gray Onoclea sensibilis L. ostrich fern, fiddle-head fern Osmunda cinnamomea L. cinnamon fern Thelypteris noveboracensis New York fern (L.) Nieuwl. Thelypteris phegopteris (L.) long beech fern, northern beech fern? Slosson?

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