2024 WOODLAND HABITAT REPORT
INDEX
 
 
 
Fresh Pond Reservation’s Woodland Habitat Restoration Projects
Total Plant Inventory 2024 (about 188 spp., 128 introduced since 2007)
 
CanopyTrees- Total 36 Spp., 24 added since 2007
Botanical Name
Common Name
Acer negundo
Ash-leaved Maple*
Acer rubrum
Red Maple
Acer saccharum
Sugar Maple*
Acer saccharinum
Silver Maple
Betula allegheniensis
Yellow Birch
Betula lenta
Black Birch
Betula populifolia
Gray Birch
Carpinus carolinia
Musclewood
Carya cordiformis
Bitternut Hickory
Carya glabra
Pignut Hickory?
Carya ovata
Shagbark Hickory
Castanea dentat(cultivar)
American Chestnut cultivar
Celtis occidentalis
Hackberry
Chamaecyparis thyoides
Atlantic White Cedar
Frangula alnus
Glossy Buckthorn (Invasive) *
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Green Ash*
Ilex opaca
American Holly
Liriodendron tulipifera
Tulip Poplar
Morus rubra
Red Mulberry (non-native) *
Nyssa sylvatica
Black Gum
Ostrya virginiana,
Ironwood
Pinus strobus
White Pine
Platanus occidentalis
American Sycamore
Populus tremuloides
Trembling Aspen*
Prunus serotina
Black Cherry*
Quercus bicolor
Swamp White Oak*
Quercus coccinea
Scarlet Oak
Quercus ilicifolia
Bear Oak
Quercus palustris
Pin Oak*
Quercus prinus
Chestnut Oak
Quercus rubra
Red Oak
Rhamnus cathartica
Common Buckthorn (Invasive) *
Sassafras albidum
Sassafras
Sorbus Americana
American Mountain Ash
Ulmus americana
American Elm*
Ulmus rubra
Slippery Elm*
                                                                                                                                                                                               
Shrubs/Vines – 40 Spp., 25 added since 2007
Amelanchier canadensis
Juneberry*
Aronia melanocarpa
Black Chokeberry
Celastrus orbiculatus
Oriental Bittersweet (Invasive) *
Clematis virginiana
Sweet Autumn Vine
Clethra alnifolia
Sweet Pepperbush*
Comptonia peregrina
Sweet Fern
Cornus alternifolia
Pagoda Dogwood*
Cornus amomum
Silky Dogwood*
Cornus racemosa
Gray Dogwood
Cornus sericea
Red-stemmed Dogwood
Corylus Americana
American Filbert
Cynanchum louiseae
Black Swallowwort (Invasive) *
Diervilla lonicera
Northern Bush Honeysuckle
Hamamelis virginiana
Witch Hazel
Ilex verticillata
Winterberry Holly
Kalmia angustifolia
Sheep Laurel ?
Kalmia latifolia
Mountain Laurel
Lindera benzoin
Spicebush*
Lyonia ligustrina
Maleberry
Myrica pensylvanica
Bayberry
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia Creeper*
Rhododendrum viscosum
Swamp Azalea
Rosa carolina
Pasture Rose
Rosa palustris
Swamp Rose
Rosa virginiana
Virginia Rose
Rubus flagellaris
Northern Dewberry
Rubus laciniatus
Evergreen Blackberry (Invasive) *
Rubus sp.
Blackberry/ Black Raspberry*
Sambucus Canadensis
American Elder*
Sambucus pubens
American Scarlet Elder
Spirea latifolia
Meadowsweet
Taxus Canadensis
American Yew
Toxicodendron radicans
Poison Ivy*
Vaccinium angustifolium
Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum,
Highbush Blueberry
Viburnum acerifolium
Maple-leaved Viburnum*
Viburnum cassinoides
Wild Raisin
Viburnum dentatum
Arrowwood*
Viburnum lentago
Nannyberry Viburnum
Vitis riparia
Riverbank Grape*
 
Perennials –70 Spp., 54 added since 2007
Botanical Name
Common Name
Actaea racemosa
Black Cohosh
Actaea rubra
Red Baneberry
Ageratina altissima
White Snakeroot
Anemone Canadensis
Canada Anemone
Anemone quinquefolia
Wood Anemone
Anemone virginiana
Thimbleweed
Angelica atropurea
Purple-stemmed Angelica
Aquilegia canadensis
Wild Columbine
Aralia nudicaulis
Wild Sarsaparilla
Aralia recemosa
American Spikenard
Artemis vulgaris
Common Mugwort (Invasive) *
Arisaema triphyllum
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Asarum canadense
Wild Ginger
  Asclepias syriaca
Common Milkweed*
 Baptisia tinctoria
Small Yellow Wild Indigo
Caltha palustris
Marsh Marigold
Chelone glabra
White Turtlehead
Doellingeria umbellatus
Flat-topped Aster
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Common Boneset
Eurybia divaricota
White Wood Aster
Eurybia macrophylla
Large-leaved Aster
Eurybia spectabolis
Showy Aster
Eutrochium maculatum
Joe-Pye Weed
Fragaria virginiana
Wild Strawberry
Geranium maculatum
Wild Geranium*
Geum aleppicum
Yellow Avens*
Geum canadense
White Avens*
Helianthus divaricatus
Woodland Sunflower
Iris versicolor
Blue Flag Iris
  Lobelia cardinalis
Cardinal Flower
Lysimachia ciliata
Fringed Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadrifolia
Whorled Loosestrife*
Maianthemum canadense
Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum racemosum
False Solomon’s Seal
Mitchella repens
Partridgeberry
Nabalus trifoliatus
Rattlesnake Root
 Osmorhiza claytonii
Sweet Cicely
Penstemon digitalis
Beardtongue Foxglove
Packera aurea
Golden Ragwort
 Polygonum cuspidatum
Japanese knotweed (Invasive) *
Poligonatum biflorum
Giant Solomon’s Seal*
Polygonatum pubescens
Downy Solomon’s Seal?
Potentilla simplex
Common Cinquefoil
Potentills indica
Indian Strawberry (non-native) *
Pycnanthemum muticum
Clustered Mountain Mint?
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Slender Mountain Mint
 Rudbeckia laciniata
Green-eyed Susan
Sanguinaria canadensis
Bloodroot
Saxifraga penslyvanica
Swamp Saxifrage
Solidago bicolor
Silverrod
Solidago casea
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod
 Solidago flexicaulis
Zig-zag Goldenrod
 Solidago graminifolia
Grass-leaved Goldenrod*
 Solidago odora
Sweet Goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Rough-stemmed Goldenrod*
 Solidago speciosa
Showy Goldenrod
Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Heart-leaved Aster*
Symphyotrichum ericoides
Heath Aster*
Symphyotrichum leave
Smooth Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum punecium
Swamp Aster
Tiarella cordifolia
Running Foamflower
Uvularia sessilifolia
Wild Oats
Verbena utricifolia
White Vervain*
Veronia novi-angliae
NY Ironweed
Viola sororia
Common Blue Violet*
Viola pubescens
Yellow Forest Violet
Viola striata
Creamy Violet
Viola odorata
English Violet (Invasive) *
Zizia aurea
Golden Alexanders
 
Ferns – 12 Spp., All introduced since 2007
Botanical Name
Common Name
Adiantum pedatum
Maidenhair Fern
Athyrium filix-femina
Lady Fern
Dryopteris goldiana
Goldie’s Fern
Dryopteris intermedia
Evergreen Wood Fern
Dryopteris marginalis
Marginal Wood Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Ostrich Fern
Onoclea sensibilis
Sensitive Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea
Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda claytoniana
Interrupted Fern
Osmunda regalis
Royal Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas Fern
Pteridium aquilinum
Bracken ?
 
 
 
Grasses, Sedges, Rushes – 15 Spp., 13 introduced since 2007
Botanical Name
Common Name
Bromus ciliatus
Fringed Brome
Calamagrostis canadensis
Blue Joint Grass
Carex lurida
Sallow Sedge*
Carex pensylvanica
Pennsylvania sedge
Carex radiata
Eastern Star Sedge
Cyperus esculentus
Nut Sedge
Deschampsia flexuosa
Wavy Hair Grass
Elymus hystrix
Bottlebrush Grass
Juncus effusus
Soft Rush
Juncus tenuis
Path Rush*
Muhlenbergia glomerata
Marsh Muhly
Poa palustris
Fowl Bluegrass
Schizachyrium scoparium
Little Bluestem
Scirpus cyperinus
Woolgrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Indian Grass
 
Annuals and Biennials 15 Spp., None introduced since 2007
Botanical Name
Common Name
  Alliaria petiolata
Garlic Mustard (Invasive) *
Circaea lutetiana
Enchanter’s Nightshade*
Epilobium ciliatum
Northern Willow Herb*
Impatiens capensis
Spotted Jewelweed*
Lactuca spp.
Wild Lettuce Spp. *
Oenothera biennis
Common Evening Primrose*
Oxalis stricta
Yellow Wood Sorre*l
Persicaria maculosa
Lady’s Thumb (non-native) *
Persicaria punctata
Dotted Smartweed*
Persicaria sp.
Smartweed sp. *
Pilea pumila
Clearweed*
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Pennsylvania Smartweed*
Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet nightshade(non-native)
Solanum nigra
Black Nightshade (non-native)
Utrica sp.
Nettle sp. *