Karl Anderson 2009 Plant List INTRODUCTION This Check List Of
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Karl Anderson 2009 Plant List INTRODUCTION This Check List of the Plants of New Jersey has been compiled by updating and integrating the catalogs prepared by such authors as Nathaniel Lord Britton (1881 and 1889), Witmer Stone (1911), and Norman Taylor (1915) with such other sources as recently-published local lists, field trip reports of the Torrey Botanical Society and the Philadelphia Botanical Club, the New Jersey Natural Heritage Program’s list of threatened and endangered plants, personal observations in the field and the herbarium, and observations by other competent field botanists. The Check List includes 2,790 species and hybrids, a botanical diversity that is rather unexpected in a small state like New Jersey. Of these, 1,976 are plants that are (or were) native to the state - still a large number, and one that reflects New Jersey's habitat diversity. The balance are plants that have been introduced from other countries or from other parts of North America. The list could be lengthened by several hundred species by including non-persistent garden escapes and obscure waifs and ballast plants that have not been seen in New Jersey since the nineteenth century, but it would be misleading to do so. The Check List should include all the plants that are truly native to New Jersey, plus all the introduced species that are naturalized here or for which there are relatively recent records, as well as many introduced plants of very limited occurrence. But no claims are made for the absolute perfection of the list. Plant nomenclature is constantly being revised. Single old species may be split into several new species, or multiple old species may be combined into one. In some cases, taxonomic changes have made it almost impossible to be certain of the identity of plants noted in the old literature. Errors are made in trip reports, and mislabeling of herbarium specimens is not unknown. Some of the introduced species of limited occurrence are probably no longer present in the state, and there are no doubt recent introductions that have gone unrecorded. In the list, an "X" after an entry indicates a native species that is known to be extirpated from the state. An "H" indicates a native plant that historically was found in New Jersey, but has not been seen in recent years; most of these species probably have also been extirpated, although occasionally one is relocated. An "AN' indicates that the species is alien, having been introduced into New Jersey from someplace other than the remaining continental United States or Canada, and is to some degree naturalized here. An "NN" indicates a North American species that was not originally native to New Jersey but has been introduced and naturalized here from someplace else in the continental United States or Canada. An "AO" after an entry indicates that the species is alien and occasionally found growing without cultivation, but is probably not truly naturalized; this is a catch-all category for a variety of garden escapes and marginally persisent or very local introductions. An "NO" indicates a species that is not native to New Jersey but is occasionally introduced here from elsewhere in North America, but is probably not naturalized. Where no letters follow an entry the species is native to New Jersey and is believed to still be present. The scientific nomenclature in the Check List is generally from the National PLANTS Database, Version 3.5. Some synonyms have been included in parentheses; these are generally from Gleason and Cronquist's Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, 2nd Edition (1991). In general, only full species are included in the Check List, but some hybrids and varieties have been included to facilitate comparison with previous versions of this Check List. Some non-professional users will no doubt object to the use of scientific names as the basic unit of the Check List, but professionals may well question the English names. The English names have been gleaned from various sources, with preference being given to names used in standard field guides where they apply. But since most of our plants have no generally accepted English names, many names given are more or less free translations of the scientific names. Such names have been included only for the sake of uniformity, and to placate those people who find a name like "Kalm's Lobelia" easier than "Lobelia kalmii". - 1 - LYCOPODIOPHYTA - CLUBMOSSES, SPIKEMOSSES, AND QUILLWORTS Isoetaceae - Quillwort Family [] Isoetes x eatoni Eaton's Quillwort............................................. [] Isoetes echinospora (I. muricata) Spiny-spored Quillwort..................... [] Isoetes engelmannii Engelmann's Quillwort...................................... [] Isoetes lacustris (I. macrospora) Deep-water Quillwort....................... [] Isoetes melanopoda Black-footed Quillwort H.................................. [] Isoetes riparia Riverbank Quillwort............................................ [] Isoetes tuckermanii Tuckerman's Quillwort H.................................. Lycopodiaceae - Clubmoss Family [] Diphasiastrum digitatum (Lycopodium complanatum var............................ flabelliforme) Southern Ground Cedar........................................... [] Diphasiastrum tristachyum (Lycopodium tristachyum).............................. Northern Ground Cedar............................................................ [] Huperzia lucidula (Lycopodium lucidulum) Shining Clubmoss.................... [] Lycopodiella alopecuroides (Lycopodium.......................................... alopecuroides) Foxtail Clubmoss................................................ [] Lycopodiella appressa (Lycopodium inundatum var. bigelovii).................... Southern Bog Clubmoss............................................................ [] Lycopodiella inundata (Lycopodium inundatum).................................... Northern Bog Clubmoss............................................................ [] Lycopodium annotinum Stiff Clubmoss............................................ [] Lycopodium clavatum Running Pine............................................... [] Lycopodium dendroideum (L. obscurum var. dendroideum).......................... Northern Tree Clubmoss........................................................... [] Lycopodium obscurum Tree Clubmoss.............................................. [] Lycopodium hickeyi (L. obscurum) Hickey's Tree Clubmoss...................... [] Pseudolycopodiella caroliniana (Lycopodium carolinianum)....................... Carolina Clubmoss................................................................ Selaginellaceae - Spikemoss Family [] Selaginella apoda Meadow Spikemoss............................................. [] Selaginella rupestris Rock Spikemoss........................................... EQUISETOPHYTA - HORSETAILS Equisetaceae - Horsetail Family [] Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail.............................................. [] Equisetum fluviatile Water Horsetail........................................... [] Equisetum hyemale Scouring Rush................................................ [] Equisetum pratense Meadow Horsetail............................................ [] Equisetum sylvaticum Woodland Horsetail........................................ [] Equisetum variegatum Variegated Scouring Rush.................................. POLYPODIOPHYTA - FERNS Aspleniaceae - Spleenwort Family [] Asplenium bradleyi Bradley's Spleenwort........................................ [] Asplenium x ebenoides Scott's Spleenwort....................................... [] Asplenium montanum Mountain Spleenwort......................................... [] Asplenium pinnatifidum Lobed Spleenwort........................................ [] Asplenium platyneuron Ebony Spleenwort......................................... [] Asplenium rhizophyllum (Camptosorus rhizophyllus).............................. Walking Fern..................................................................... [] Asplenium ruta-muraria (A. cryptolepis) Wall- rue............................. [] Asplenium trichomanes Maidenhair Spleenwort.................................... - 2 - Azollaceae - Mosquito Fern Family [] Azolla caroliniana Mosquito Fern............................................... Blechnaceae - Chain Fern Family [] Woodwardia areolata Netted Chain Fern.......................................... [] Woodwardia virginica Virginia Chain Fern....................................... Dennstaedtiaceae - Hay-scented Fern Family [] Dennstaedtia punctilobula Hay-scented Fern..................................... [] Pteridium aquilinum Bracken.................................................... Dryopteridaceae - Wood Fern Family [] Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern................................................ [] Cystopteris bulbifera Bulblet Fern............................................. [] Cystopteris protrusa Lowland Fragile Fern...................................... [] Cystopteris tennesseense Tennessee Bulblet Fern................................ [] Cystopteris tenuis (C. fragilis var. Mackayii) Fragile Fern.................. [] Deparia achrostichoides (Athyrium thelypteroides).............................. Silvery Glade Fern............................................................... [] Diplazium pycnocarpon (Athyrium pycnocarpon) Glade Fern...................... [] Dryopteris carthusiana (D. spinulosa) Spinulose Wood Fern.................... [] Dryopteris celsa Log Fern X.................................................