Appendix B Names of Plants and Animals Used in This Book note about nomenclature: For scientific names of plants, we follow Gleason and Cronquist 1991 (Manual of Vascular Plants of the Northeastern United A States and Adjacent Canada). For mosses, we follow Anderson et al.1990. (List of Mosses of Northern America north of Mexico) and for Sphagnum, we follow Anderson 1990 (A checklist of Sphagnum in North America north of Mexico). For liverworts, we follow Stotler and Crandall-Stotler 1977 (A Checklist of the Liverworts and Hornworts of North America). For common names, we generally follow Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide (1977) for herbaceous flowering plants. For common names of trees, we follow the Society of American Foresters (Eyre 1980). Plants Vascular Plants Common Name Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Alder-leaved buckthorn Rhamnus alnifolia Beach wormwood Artemisia campestris ssp. Allegheny crowfoot Ranunculus caudata allegheniensis Beaked hazel nut Corylus cornuta Alpine bentgrass Agrostis mertensii Beaked sedge Carex utriculata Alpine bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum Bearberry willow Salix uva-ursi Alpine sweet grass Hierochloe alpina Bearded shorthusk Brachyelytrum erectum Alpine sweet-broom Hedysarum alpinum Bebb’s willow Salix bebbiana Alternate-leaved dogwood Cornus alternifolia Beech Fagus grandifolia American beech Fagus grandifolia Beech drops Epifagus virginiana American black currant Ribes americanum Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii American bur-reed Sparganium Big brome Bromus inermis americanum Bigelow’s sedge Carex bigelowii American elm Ulmus americana Birds-eye primrose Primula mistassinica American hazelnut Corylus americana Bitternut hickory Carya cordiformis American mountain-ash Sorbus americana Bittersweet nightshade Solanum dulcamara American stickseed Hackelia deflexa Black ash Fraxinus nigra American water horehound Lycopus americanus Black cherry Prunus serotina Appalachian polypody Polypodium Black chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa appalachianum Black crowberry Empetrum nigrum Arrow arum Peltandra virginica Black gum Nyssa sylvatica Arrowwood Viburnum dentatum var. Black huckleberry Gaylussacia baccata lucidulum Black maple Acer nigrum Atlantic sedge Carex atlantica Black oak Quercus velutina Auricled twayblade Listera auriculata Black snakeroot Sanicula marilandica Autumn fimbristylus Fimbristylus autumnalis Black spruce Picea mariana Balsam fir Abies balsamea Black swallowwort Vincetoxicum nigrum Balsam poplar Populus balsamifera Black willow Salix nigra Balsam ragwort Senecio pauperculus Black-scaled sedge Carex atratiformis Balsam willow Salix pyrifolia Bladder sedge Carex vesicaria Barbed-bristle bulrush Scirpus ancistrochaetus Bladdernut Staphylea trifolia (S. atrovirens) Blake’s milk-vetch Astragalus robbinsii var. Barren strawberry Waldsteinia fragarioides minor Bartram’s shadbush Amelanchier Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis bartramiana Blue cohosh Caulophyllum Basswood Tilia americana thalictroides Bastard toadflax Comandra umbellata Blue flag Iris versicolor Beach heather Hudsonia tomentosa Blue vervain Verbena hastata Beach pea Lathyrus maritimus Bluebead lily Clintonia borealis Appendix B / 415 Common Name Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Bluejoint grass Calamagrostis Choke cherry Prunus virginiana canadensis Christmas fern Polystichum Blue-stemmed goldenrod Solidago caesia acrostichoides Blunt broom sedge Carex tribuloides Cinnamon fern Osmunda cinnamomea Blunt-leaved milkweed Asclepias amplexicaulis Clammyweed Polanisia dodecandra Bog aster Aster nemoralis Climbing fumitory Adlumia fungosa Bog goldenrod Solidago uliginosa Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium Bog laurel Kalmia polifolia Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara Bog rosemary Andromeda glaucophylla Common arrow-grass Triglochin maritima Bog sedge Carex exilis Common barnyard grass Echinochloa crusgalli Bog willow Salix pedicellaris Common bladderwort Utricularia vulgaris Bog-bean Menyanthes trifoliata Common buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica Bog-candles Habenaria dilatata Common cattail Typha latifolia Boott’s rattlesnake-root Prenanthes boottii Common coontail Ceratophyllum Bottlebrush grass Elymus hystrix demersum Boxelder Acer negundo Common duckweed Lemna minor Bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum Common elderberry Sambucus canadensis Braya Braya humilis Common forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides Bristly black currant Ribes lacustre Common hop sedge Carex lupulina Bristly crowfoot Ranunculus Common horsetail Equisetum arvense pensylvanicus Common juniper Juniperus communis var. Bristly sarsaparilla Aralia hispida depressa Bristly sedge Carex comosa Common mullein Verbascum thapsus Broad beech fern Thelypteris Common pinweed Lechea intermedia hexagonoptera Common pussy willow Salix discolor Broad-leaved arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia Common reed Phragmites australis Broad-lipped twayblade Listera convallarioides Common rush Juncus effusus Bronze sedge Carex foenea Common St. John’s-wort Hypericum perforatum Brownish sedge Carex brunnescens Common strawberry Fragaria virginiana Bulblet fern Cystopteris bulbifera Common sweet-cicely Osmorhiza claytonii Bulblet water hemlock Cicuta bulbifera Common water plantain Alisma triviale Bulrush Scirpus spp. Common wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella Bunchberry Cornus canadensis Common woodrush Luzula multiflora Bur oak Quercus macrocarpa Common wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella Bur-reed Sparganium spp. Contracted sedge Carex arcta Bush-honeysuckle Diervilla lonicera Cottonwood Populus deltoides Butter-and-eggs Linaria vulgaris Cow-wheat Melampyrum lineare Butternut Juglans cinerea Crack willow Salix fragilis Butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris Creeping cyperus Cyperus squarrosus Buttonbush Cephalanthus Creeping juniper Juniperus horizontalis occidentalis Creeping love grass Eragrostis hypnoides Buxbaum’s sedge Carex buxbaumii Creeping sedge Carex chordorrhiza Canada anemone Anemone canadensis Creeping snowberry Gaultheria hispidula Canada bluegrass Poa compressa Crested wood fern Dryopteris cristata Canada brome Bromus altissimus Cut-leaved anemone Anemone multifida Canada burnet Sanguisorba canadensis Cutler’s goldenrod Solidago cutleri Canada frostweed Helianthemum Cyperus-like sedge Carex pseudocyperus canadense Dame’s rocket Hesperis matronalis Canada honeysuckle Lonicera canadensis Davis’ sedge Carex davisii Canada mannagrass Glyceria canadensis Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum Canada mayflower Maianthemum Deer-hair sedge Scirpus cespitosus canadense Delicate-stemmed sedge Carex leptalea Canada violet Viola canadensis Depauperate panic grass Panicum depauperatum Canada yew Taxus canadensis Dewdrop Dalibarda repens Canadian milk vetch Astragalus canadensis Diapensia Diapensia lapponica Canadian rush Juncus canadensis Ditch stonecrop Penthorum sedoides Capillary beak-rush Rhynchospora capillacea Dock-leaved smartweed Polygonum Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis lapathifolium Carolina rose Rosa carolina Dogbane Apocynum Cattail sedge Carex typhina androsaemifolium Champlain beach grass Ammophila breviligulata Douglas’ knotweed Polygonum douglasii var. champlainensis Downy arrowwood Viburnum Chestnut oak Quercus prinus rafinesquianum 416 / Wetland, Woodland, Wildland Common Name Scientific Name Common Name Scientific Name Downy chess Bromus tectorum Golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium Downy goldenrod Solidago puberula americanum Dragon’s mouth Arethusa bulbosa Goldenseal Hydrastis canadensis Drooping bluegrass Poa saltuensis Goldie’s wood fern Dryopteris goldiana Drooping bulrush Scirpus pendulus Goldthread Coptis trifolia Drooping sedge Carex crinita Goutweed Aegopodium podagraria Drooping woodreed Cinna latifolia Graceful sedge Carex gracillima Dutchman’s breeches Dicentra cucullaria Grass of Parnassus Parnassia glauca Dwarf bilberry Vaccinium cespitosum Grass pink Calopogon tuberosus Dwarf mistletoe Arceuthobium pusillum Grass-leaved goldenrod Euthamia graminifolia Dwarf raspberry Rubus pubescens Gray birch Betula populifolia Early blue violet Viola palmata Gray’s sedge Carex grayi Early saxifrage Saxifraga virginiensis Great St. John’s-wort Hypericum Early yellow violet Viola rotundifolia pyramidatum Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis Green adder’s mouth Malaxis unifolia Eastern red cedar Juniperus virginiana Green alder Alnus viridis Ebony sedge Carex eburnea Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica Ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron Green dragon Arisaema dracontium European buckthorn Rhamnus frangula Green Mtn. maidenhair fern Adiantum Evening primrose Oenothera biennis viridimontanum Fairy-slipper Calypso bulbosa Green spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes- False hellebore Veratrum viride ramosum False hop sedge Carex lupuliformis Greenish sedge Carex viridula False nettle Boehmeria cylindrica Green-keeled cottongrass Eriophorum False pimpernel Lindernia dubia viridicarinatum False solomon’s seal Smilacina racemosa Ground cedar Lycopodium digitatum Fernald’s bluegrass Poa fernaldiana Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea Fernald’s sedge Carex meritt-fernaldii Groundnut Apios americana Few-flowered panic grass Panicum oligosanthes Grove sandwort Arenaria lateriflora Few-flowered sedge Carex pauciflora Gynandrous sedge Carex gynandra Few-flowered spikerush Eleocharis pauciflora Hackberry Celtis occidentalis Few-seeded sedge Carex oligosperma Hairgrass Deschampsia flexuosa Field chickweed Cerastium arvense Hairy beardtongue Penstemon hirsutus Field pussytoes Antennaria neglecta Hairy honeysuckle Lonicera hirsuta Fir Abies balsamea Hairy lettuce Lactuca hirsuta Fir clubmoss Lycopodium Hairy rock cress Arabis hirsuta appalachianum