COMMON NAMES OF COMMON PLANTS IN THE BERGEN SWAMP
BY
WILLIAM D. MERRELL
TO ACCOMPANY THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROCHESTER ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
VOL. 7, No.8, THE BERGEN SWAMP. Published, Rochester, N. Y. August, 1937 COMMON NAMES OF PLANTS IN THE BERGEN SWAMP For the convenience of those not familiar with the scientific names of plants, the following list of the common names of the plants most frequently found in the Bergen Swamp has been prepared. The scientific names are as in Gray' s Manual, 7th Edition. The common names have been taken from Gray's Manual; from House, Wild Flowers of New York; and from Britton and Brown, Illustrated Flora of the N. E. United States and Canada. The entire list is alphabetically arranged. 'vV. D. MERRELL. Plants Common Names Acer rub rum Red Maple A. spicatum Mountain Maple Adiantum pedatum Maiden-hair Fern Amelanchier canadensis Shadbush Arisaema triphyllum J ack-in-the-Pulpit Aspidium marginale Leather Woodfern A. spinulosum Toothed Woodfern A. Thelypteris Marsh Fern Betula lutea Yellow Birch Bidens cernua Bur Marigold; Pitchforks
Caltha palustris Marsh Marigold Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Carex Crawei Crawe's Sedge C. ftava Yellow Sedge C. hystericina Porcupine Sedge Chamaedaphne calyculata Leatherleaf Chara (an Alga) Stonewort Chiogenes hispidula Creeping Snowberry Circaea alpina Smaller Enchanter's Nightshade C. lutetiana Common Enchanter's Nightshade Cladium mariscoides Twig Rush Clay toni a virginica Spring Beauty Clintonia borealis Yellow Clintonia; Dogberry Coptis trifolia Goldthread Cornus canadensis Dwarf Cornel C. circinata Round-leaved Dogwood Cypripedium candidum Small White Lady's Slipper C. parviAorum pubescens Large Yellow L. S. Cystopteris bulbifera Bladder Fern Deschampsia caespitosa Common Hairgrass D. ftexuosa Hairgrass Drosera rotundifolia Sundew
Erythronium americanum Dog's-tooth Violet Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset E. purpureum Joe-Pye Weed Plants Common Names Fagus grandifolia American Beech Fraxinus americana White Ash
Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen Gaylussacia baccata Black Huckleberry
Habenaria dilatata Fringed Orchid Hepatica triloba Round-leaved Liverleaf
Juniperus horizontalis Creeping Juniper
Larix laricina Tamarack; American Larch Ledl1m groenlandicum Labrador Tea Linnaea borealis Twin-flower Lobelia Kalmii Kalm's Lobelia Lonicera oblongifolia Swamp Fly Honeysuckle
Maianthemum canadense False Lily-of-the-Valley Mitchella repens Partridge Berry Mitella diphylla Miterwort
Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive Fern
Parnassia caroliniana Grass-of-Parnassus Phragmites communis "Reed" Pinus Strobus White Pine Polygala pauciftora Fringed Milkwort Populus alba White Poplar; Abele P. tremuloides Aspen Poplar Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil Prenanthes alba Rattlesnake-root Pteris aquilina Brake Fern
Quercus alba White Oak Q. rubra Red Oak
Rhamnus alnifolia Buckthorn Rhododendron nudiflorum Pinxter Flower; Purple Azalea Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac Rynchospora capillacea Beak Rush
Salix candida Hoary Willow Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot Sarracenia purpurea Pitcher-plant Scirpus caespitosus Bulrush S. cyperinus Bulrush; Wool Grass Senecio Balsamitae Groundsel; Squaw-weed Smilacina racemosa False Solomon's Seal S. stellata False Solomon's Seal Solidago graminifolia Grass-leaved Goldenrod S. Houghtonii Houghton's Goldenrod Plants Common Names S. ohioensis Ohio Goldenrod S. serotina Smooth Goldenrod Sphagnum Peat Moss Thuja occidentalis White Cedar; Arbor-vitae Tsuga canadensis Hemlock Triglochin maritima Arrow Grass Trillium grandiflorum Large White Trillium Typha latifolia Broad-leaved Cattail Ulmus americana American Elm Vaccinium Oxycoccos Small Cranberry V. pennsylvanicum Low Sweet Blueberry Viburnum acerifolium Maple-leaved Viburnum Viola conspersa American Dog-violet Zygadenus chloranthus False Asphodel
Errata in the Bergen Swamp paper: Page 226. For "Rhynchospora," read Rynchospora. Page 232, line S. Cancel reference to Plate IV. Page 237. For Bidens "cornua," read Bidens cernua.