17 December 2014 TAXACEAE (Yew Family) __ Taxus canadensis Canada Yew FIELD CHECKLIST OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF JOKERS HILL King Township, Regional Municipality of York PINACEAE (Pine Family) C.S Blaney and P.M. Kotanen* __ Larix laricina Tamarack *Correspondence author: __ Picea glauca White Spruce Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology __ Pinus strobus White Pine University of Toronto at Mississauga __ Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine 3359 Mississauga Road North __ Tsuga canadensis Eastern Hemlock Mississauga, ON Canada CUPRESSACEAE (Cypress Family) e-mail:
[email protected] __ Juniperus communis Common Juniper __ Juniperus virginiana Eastern Red Cedar The following list is based on observations and collections by the authors between 1997 and 1999, __ Thuja occidentalis Eastern White Cedar with later additions by numerous observers. It includes all species known to be growing outside of cultivation within the Jokers Hill property. Also listed are native species found in land adjacent to the TYPHACEAE (Cat-tail Family) Jokers Hill property, but not yet found on the site (scientific name preceded by "*" - 13 species). A __ Typha angustifolia Narrow-leaved Cat-tail total of 631 taxa (species and hybrids) are listed; 450 taxa are considered native to Jokers Hill (those __ Typha latifolia Common Cat-tail listed in bold typeface) and 181 are considered non-native (listed in regular typeface). Determining native versus non-native status required a few rather arbitrary judgements. SPARGANIACEAE (Bur-reed Family) __ Sparganium chlorocarpum Green Bur-reed Several people assisted in the preparation of this list. P. Ball of the University of Toronto at Mississauga and A.