Maryland Native Plant Society Plant Lists

We offer these lists to individuals and groups to enhance the enjoyment and study of plants of different locations in Maryland and nearby states. Their accuracy has not been verified by the MNPS.

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MD BUCK LODGE PARK

This list includes plants found on a field trip on March 18, 2007. Field trip led by Rod Simmons. List made by Carole Bergmann and Linda Keenan. Nomenclature mostly follows Gleason and Cronquist, Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, Second Edition, 1991.

Acer rubrum Red maple Alnus serrulata Smooth alder Andropogon virginicus v. abbreviatus1 Bushy Bluestem grass Aronia arbutifolia2 Red chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa3 Black chokeberry Asclepias amplexicaulis Blunt-leaved milkweed Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed Asclepias viridiflora Green milkweed Calamagrostis coarctata Bluejoint grass Carex folliculata Long sedge Carex nigromarginata Black-margined sedge Castanea dentata Chestnut Castanea pumila Chinquapin Catalpa speciosa Hardy catalpa Cercis canadensis Redbud Croton willdenowii Willdenow’s croton Cypripedium acaule Pink lady’s-slipper Danthonia spicata Poverty grass Eupatorium fistulosum4 Joe Pye-Weed Gaylussacia frondosa Dangleberry Glyceria striata Fowl manna grass Hibiscus moscheutos Swamp rosemallow Hypericum hypericoides St. Andrew’s cross Ilex opaca American holly Ilex verticillata Winterberry Juncus scirpoides Needlegrass Kalmia latifolia Mountain laurel Lindera benzoin Spicebush Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum Liriodendron tulipifera Tuliptree Lonicera japonica Japanese honeysuckle Lycopodium obscurum5 Ground pine Lyonia ligustrina Maleberry Lyonia mariana Staggerbush Magnolia virginiana Sweetbay magnolia Microstegium vimineum Stiltgrass Nyssa sylvatica Tupelo Osmunda cinnamomea Cinnamon fern Panicum clandestinum6 Deertongue grass Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia creeper Penstemon digitalis White beardtongue Phyllostachys aurea Bamboo Pinus rigida Pitch pine Pinus virginiana Virginia pine Platanus occidentalis Sycamore Prunus serotina Black cherry Quercus alba White oak Quercus coccinea Scarlet oak Quercus falcata Southern red oak Quercus palustris Pin oak Quercus phellos Willow oak Quercus prinus Chestnut oak Quercus stellata Post oak Rhododendron periclymenoides Pinxterflower Saccharum giganteum Sugarcane plumegrass Sassafras albidum Sassafras Sisymbrium altissimum Tall tumble-mustard Solidago canadensis var. scabra7 Tall goldenrod Solidago odora Sweet goldenrod Typha latifolia Broad-leaved cattail Vaccinium fuscatum Black Highbush blueberry Vaccinium pallidum Lowbush blueberry Vaccinium stamineum Deerberry Wisteria sinensis Chinese wisteria Woodwardia areolata Netted chain fern Yucca filamentosa Yucca

1 Andropogon glomeratus var. glomeratus 2 Photonia pyrifolia 3 Photonia melanocarpa 4 Eupatoriadelphus fistolosus 5 Dendrolycopodium obscurum 6 Dichanthelium clandestinum 7 Solidago altissima