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Biodiversity Days 2005 at Fresh Pond Reservation

Wildflowers: Water Department Swale
Somerville Garden Club Field Trip
June 12, 2005

Led by Elizabeth Wylde and Judy Eisenberg
Six people attended.

The list covers the lawn and meadow to the north of Neville Place,
the Black's Nook area, the Old Meadow area, and the path and lawn
behind Neville Place.

Herbaceous Plants

* N = Native I = Introduced
  Common Name
1. Blue Flag, Larger
2. Boneset, White
3. Butter and Eggs
4. Buttercup, Creeping
5. Campion, Bladder
6. Campion, White
7. Cattail, Common
8. Chickweed, Mouse-ear
9. Chicory
10. Cinquefoil, Rough
11. Cinquefoil, Rough-fruited
12. Cinquefoil, Silvery
13. Clover, Rabbit's Foot
14. Clover, Red
15. Clover, White
16. Clover, White Sweet
17. Coreopsis, Lance-leaved
18. Cress, Winter
19. Daisy, Oxeye
20. Dandelion, Common
21. Dock, Curled
22. Fleabane, Daisy
23. Fleabane, Lesser Daisy
24. Goldenrod, Lance-leaved
25. Ivy, Ground
26. Joe-Pye Weed, Spotted
27. Lady's Thumb
28. Lettuce, Prickly
29. Lettuce, Wild
30. Loosestrife, Purple
31. Lupine, Garden
32. Medick, Black
33. Milkweed, Common
34. Mugwort
35. Mullein
36. Mustard, Garlic
37. Pink, Deptford
38. Plantain, Common
39. Plantain, English
40. Queen Anne's Lace
41. Ragweed
42. Saint Johnswort
43. Smartweed, Nodding
44. Sorrel, Field
45. Sorrel, Yellow Wood
46. Speedwell, thyme-leaved
47. Stitchwort, Lesser
48. Swallowwort, Black
49. Tansy
50. Thistle, Bull
51. Trefoil, Birdsfoot
52. Vervain, Blue
53. Vervain, White
54. Vetch, Cow
55. Vetch, Crown
56. Vetch, Slender
57. Yarrow
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Latin Name
IIris versicolor
Epatorium perfoliatum
Linaria vulgaris
Ranunculus repens
Silene cucubalus
Lychnis alba
Typha latifolia
Cerastium vulgatum
Chicorum intybus
Potentilla argenta
Potentilla norvegica
Potentilla argenta
Trifolium avarense
Trifolium praetense
Trifolium repens
Melilotus alba
Coreopsis lanceolata
Barbarea vulgaris
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Taraxicum officionale
Rumex crispus
Erigeron annus
Erigeron strigosus
Solidage graminifolia
Glechoma hederacea
Eupatorium maculatum
Polygonum persicaria
Lactuca scariola
Lactusa canadensis
Lythrum salicaria
Lupinus polyphyllus
Medicago lupulina
Asclepias syriaca
Artemisia vulgaris
Verbascum thapsus
Allaria petiolata
Dianthus armeria
Plantago major
Plantago lanciolata
Daucus carota
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Hypericum perforatum
Polygonum hydropiper
Rumex acetosella
Oxalis europaea
Veronica serpyllifolia
Stellaria gramina
Cynanchum nigrum
Tanacetum vulgare
Ciresium vulgare
Lotus corniculatus
Verbena hastate
Vervena urticifolia
Vicia cracca
Coronilla varia
Vicia tetrasperma
Achillea millefolium

Shrubs
1. Blueberry, Highbush
2. Chokeberry
3. Cinquefoil, Shrubby
4. Cranberry, Highbush
5. Dogwood, red-osier
6. Elder
7. Laurel, Sheep
8. Meadowsweet
9. Pepperbush, Sweet
10. Raspberry, Wild Red
11. Rose, Multiflora
12. Sumac, Fragrant
13. Winterberry
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
I
N
N
Vaccinium corymbosum
Pyrus arbutifolia
Potentilla fructose
Vibirnum trilobum
Cornus stolonifera
Sambucus Canadensis
Kalmia angustifolia
Spirea latifolia
Clethra alnifolia
Rubus idaeus
Rosa multiflora
Rhus aromatica
Ilex verticillata

Ferns
1. Fern, Cinnamon
2. Fern, Hayscented
3. Fern, Interrupted
N
N
N
Osmunda cinnamomea
Dennstaedtia punctilobula
Osmunda claytoniana