Mantario Short Species List

Lake (shore and water): Cow-wheat (Melampyrum lineare )* Interesting and Common Plants Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis )* Bushes and other woody plants: * * False buckwheat (Polygonum scandens ) Speckled alder ( Alnus incana ssp.rugosa ) * Bog: Sweet gale (Myrica gale )* Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium ) Trees: Willow various species (Salix sp .) Pink corydalis (Corydalis Black Spruce (Picea mariana )* sempervirens ) Herbaceous plants: * Bushes and other woody plants: Arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata )* Prince's pine (Chimaphila umbellata ) Bog birch (Betula glandulosa ) Bladderwort (Utricularia sp .) Pussytoes various species Bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia ) Blue flag (Iris versicolor )** (Antennaria sp ) Dwarf bog rosemary (Andromeda Duck weed (Lemna minor, L. trisulca )* Rusty woodsia fern (Woodsia polifolia ) Duck weed (Spirodela plolyrhiza ) * ilvensis ) Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum )* Spike moss (Selaginella rupestris ) Fragrant White water lily (Nymphia * Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata ) odorata ) Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana ) Herbaceous plants: Pond weed (Potamogeton sp. ) Three-toothed cinquefoil (Potentilla Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea )* * tridentata ) Silver weed (Potintilla anseria ) * Small bog cranberry (Oxycoccus * Wild onion (Allium stellatum ) Smartweed (Polygonum amphibium ) * microcarpus )* Water arum (Calla palustris ) Yarrow (Achillea millefolium ) Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia )* Water Hemlock (Cicuta bulbifera )** Grass and grass like plants: Mosses: Water parsnip (Sium suave ) Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi ) Peat Moss – various species ( Sphagnum Water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica ) Poverty oat grass ( Danthonia sp .)* Yellow pond lily (Nuphar varigatum )* spicata ) Grass and grass like plants: Rough hair grass (Agrostis scabra ) Marsh/Swamp/Fen - Wet Meadow: Great bulrush (Scirpus validus )* Tufted hair grass ( Deschampsia caespitosa ) Trees: Sedge various species (Carex sp ) * Wheat grass several species Tamarack (Larix larcina ) Sweet flag (Acorus calamus ) * (Agropyron sp .) Bushes and other woody plants: Wild rice (Zizania aquatica ) * Mosses/Lichens: Willow several species (Salix sp .) Big Red Stem ( Pleurozium schreberi ) Narrow leafed meadow sweet ( Spirea Dry Forest - Open Sites: Bryum alba)* Trees: * Crust lichen (Rhizocarpon sp ) Herbaceous plants: Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa ) Green shield lichen (Xanthoparmelia American horehound (Lycopus americanus ) Jack pine (Pinus banksiana )* * sp ) Beggarticks ( Bidens cernua ) White spruce (Picea glauca ) Juniper hair-cap (Polytrichum sp ) Joe-Pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum ) Bushes and other woody plants: Orange lichen ( Xanthoria sp ) Marsh hedge-nettle (Stachys palustris )* Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi )* * Pelt lichens ( Peltigera sp ) Marsh scullcap (Scutellaria Bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera ) Reindeer lichen/pixie cups (Cladonia galericulata ) Common blueberry (Vaccinium * * sp ) Mint (Mentha arvensis ) myrtilloides ) Rock tripe (Umbilicaria sp ) Spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens Common juniper (Juniperus communis )* * ** Shield Lichen ( Parmelia sulcata ) capensis ) Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium ) Grass and grass like plants: Pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica )* Cattail (Typha latifolia) * Sand cherry (Prunus pumila )* Mesic Forest - Open Wooded: Marsh reed grass (Calamagrostis * Trees: Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra ) * canadensis ) Sweet blueberry (Vacciniumm Balsam fir (Abies balsamea ) Narrowleaf bur-reed (Sparganium * Large-Tooth Aspen ( Populus angustifolium ) * angustifolium ) * grandidentata ) Twining honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica ) * Sedge Several species (Carex sp. ) Herbaceous plants: Paper birch (Betual papyrifera ) Spike rush (Eleocharis palustris ) Trembling aspen (Populis Alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii) * Tall manna grass (Glyceria grandis ) Bristly sarsaparilla (Aralia hispida )* tremuloides ) * Bushes and other woody plants: Brittle Prickly-pear ( Opuntia fragilis) * * Alder (Alnus sp .) Checker berry (Gaultheria procumbens ) * Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis ) Beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta ) * Common harebell (Campanula rotundifolia ) Choke cherry (Prunus virginiana ) Downy arrowwood (Viburnum Moist Forest - Rich Forest: Mantario Wilderness rafinesquianum ) Trees: High bush cranberry (Viburnum Eastern White Ceder (Thuja occidentalis ) Experience - Interesting and trilobum )* Bushes and other woody plants: Common Plants. Northern gooseberry (Ribes Moose berry (Viburnum edule )* oxyacanthoides )* ** Mountain maple (Acer spicatum ) Poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii ) * * Wild black current (Ribes americanum ) Raspberry (Rubus idaeus ) Wild red current (Ribes triste ) * * Charles Burchill Rose several species (Rosa sp .) Herbaceous plants: Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia )* * 3-leaved false solomon's seal (Smilacina Skunk current (Ribes glandulosum ) trifolia ) * July 17, 2010 Spotted dogwood (Cornus rugosa ) Arrow leaved coltsfoot (Petasites Herbaceous plants: sagittatus ) Bedstraw (Galium sp .)* The plants in this list are identified by their Baneberry (Actea rubra ) common name with the Latin, or scientific name, Bindweed (Convolvulus sepium ) Blunt-leaved sandwort (Arenaria * in parenthesis. The plants are grouped in broad Bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis ) lateriflora ) * ** categories representing the type of environment Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum ) Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis )* * with which they are usually associated. Plants in Canada thistle (Circium arvense ) Buttercup (Ranunculus macounii ) * these groups do not necessarily grow in the same Dewberry (Rubus pubescens ) Canada anemone (Anemone canadensis ) Fairybells (Disporum trachycarpum ) area or community. This list does not represent all Club moss ( Lycopodium annotinum ) of the plants found in the Mantario region. A False solomon's seal (Smilacina Fringed loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata ) * number of books are available for further stellata ) Goldthread (Coptis trifolia ) information on each of the plants and plant Fringed aster (Aster ciliolatus ) Ground cedar (Lycopodium complanatum ) communities. The Whiteshell area is often classed Giant hyssop (Agastache foeniculum ) Ground pine (Lycopodium obscurum ) * as part of the Boreal forest region, but there are Goldenrod several sp. (Solidago sp ) Horsetail varius species (Equisetum sp .) many similarities to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Graceful cinquefoil (Potentilla Indian-pipe (Monotropa uniflora ) forest region, a number of plants representative of gracilis ) Lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina ) Aspen Parkland are also common. Lady's slippers (Cypripedium ) Long-leaved chickweed (Stellaria Lily-of-the-valley (Maianthemum longifolia ) * canadense ) Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris ) Panicled aster (Aster simplex ) Northern starflower (Trientalis borealis ) Peavine (Lathyrus japonicus ) * Palmate-leaved coltsfoot (Petasites Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron palmatus ) philadelphicus ) * * Snake root (Sanicula marilandica ) Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis ) Wild ginger (Asarum canadense )* Tall meadow rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum ) Mosses/Lichens: Twinflower (Linnaea borealis ) Electrified cats tail ( Rhytidiadelphus Twisted stalk ( Streptopus lanceolatus ) triquetrus ) Violet several species (Viola sp ) * * Old man's beard lichen (Usnea sp .) White clover (Trifolium repens ) Peat moss various species (Sphagnum sp ) Wild vetch (Vicia americana ) Tree moss ( Climacium dendroides ) Wintergreen various (Pyrola sp .) Grass and grass like plants: *Plants of interest Canada wild rye (Elymus canadensis ) ** Poison plants Fringed brome (Bromus ciliatus ) Indian Rice Grass (Oryzopsis hymenoides ) Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis ) Mosses/Lichens: See: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/ Broom moss ( Dicranum sp .) ~burchil/mantario/ Stair step moss ( Hylocomium splendens ) Green shield lichen ( Flavoparmelia sp )