Vegetative Species List of the Forest Lake Club
This is a list of the flora of the Forest Lake Club. Species are grouped into Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Grasses, Sedges, Mosses, and Ferns. Given is the scientific name, the common name (which may be one of many), the family name, and a general description of the habitat that the species is generally found in. Many of these species have wide ranges and can be found in a variety of habitats; in this case the habitat listed is where the species is found in the greatest abundance. This list is not a complete representation of the flora on Club property and work should be done in following seasons to make additions to the list as new plants are discovered.
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Tree |
Acer pensylvanicum |
Striped Maple |
Aceraceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Acer rubrum |
Red Maple |
Aceraceae |
Widespread |
Tree |
Acer saccharum |
Sugar Maple |
Aceraceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Amelanchier arborea |
Downy Serviceberry |
Rosaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Betula alleghaniensis |
Yellow Birch |
Betulaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Betula lenta |
Sweet Birch |
Betulaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Betula nigra |
River Birch |
Betulaceae |
Lake margin |
Tree |
Betula papyrifera |
Paper Birch |
Betulaceae |
Lake margin |
Tree |
Betula populifolia |
Gray Birch |
Betulaceae |
Rocky Depressions |
Tree |
Carpinus caroliniana |
Musclewood |
Betulaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Carya glabra |
Pignut Hickory |
Juglandaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Carya ovata |
Shagbark Hickory |
Juglandaceae |
Lake margin |
Tree |
Castenea dentata |
American Chestnut |
Fagaceae |
Lake margin |
Tree |
Catalpa speciosa* |
Northern Catalpa |
Bignoniaceae |
Ornamental |
Tree |
Cornus florida |
Flowering Dogwood |
Cornaceae |
Lake margin |
Tree |
Corylus americana |
Hazelnut |
Betulaceae |
River Floodplain |
Tree |
Fagus grandifolia |
Amercian Beech |
Fagaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Fraxinus americana |
White Ash |
Oleaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Fraxinus nigra |
Black Ash |
Oleaceae |
Swamp |
Tree |
Hammamelis virginiana |
Witch-hazel |
Hammemelidaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Juglans cinerea |
White Walnut |
Juglandaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Juglans nigra |
Black Walnut |
Juglandaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Larix laricina |
Tamarack |
Pinaceae |
Swamp |
Tree |
Liriodendron tulipifera |
Tuliptree |
Magnoliaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Malus pumila |
Apple |
Rosaceae |
Ornamental |
Tree |
Nyssa sylvatica |
Black Gum |
Nyssaceae |
Lake margin |
Tree |
Ostrya virginiana |
Ironwood/Hop-hornbeam |
Betulaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Picea abies* |
Norway Spruce* |
Pinaceae |
Ornamental |
Tree |
Picea glauca |
White Spruce |
Pinaceae |
Swamp |
Tree |
Picea mariana |
Black Spruce |
Pinaceae |
Swamp |
Tree |
Picea pungens* |
Colorado Blue Spruce* |
Pinaceae |
Ornamental |
Tree |
Pinus rigida |
Pitch Pine |
Pinaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Pinus strobus |
White Pine |
Pinaceae |
Lake margin |
Tree |
Populus gradidentata |
Bigtooth Aspen |
Salicaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Populus tremuloides |
Trembling Aspen |
Salicaceae |
Swamp |
Tree |
Prunus americana |
Wild Plum |
Rosaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Prunus serotina |
Black Cherry |
Rosaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Quercus alba |
White Oak |
Fagaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Quercus coccinea |
Scarlet Oak |
Fagaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Quercus prinus |
Chestnut Oak |
Fagaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Quercus rubra |
Red Oak |
Fagaceae |
Lake margin |
Tree |
Quercus velutina |
Black Oak |
Fagaceae |
Slopes |
Tree |
Sassafras albidum |
Sassafras |
Lauraceae |
Lake margin |
Tree |
Sorbus acuparia |
Mountain-ash |
Oleaceae |
Ornamental |
Tree |
Thuja occidentalis |
Northern White-Cedar |
Cuppressaceae |
Ornamental |
Tree |
Tilia americana |
Basswood |
Tiliaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Tsuga canadensis |
Eastern Hemlock |
Pinaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Ulmus americana |
American Elm |
Ulmaceae |
Drainages |
Tree |
Ulmus rubra |
Red/Slippery Elm |
Ulmaceae |
Drainages |
Shrub |
Berberis thunbergii* |
Japenese Barberry* |
Berberidaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
Buttonbush |
Rubiaceae |
Bog Mat |
Shrub |
Chamaedaphne cal. |
Leatherleaf |
Ericaceae |
Bog Mat |
Shrub |
Chimaphila maculata |
Spotted Wintergreen |
Pyrolaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Comptonia peregrina |
Sweet-fern |
Myricaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Decodon verticillata |
Water Willow |
Lythraceae |
Lake margin |
Shrub |
Diervilla lonicera |
Bush Honeysuckle |
Caprifoliaceae |
River Floodplain |
Shrub |
Eleagnus umbellata* |
Autumn-Olive* |
Eleagnaeae |
Roads/Open areas |
Shrub |
Euonymous alata* |
Winged Wahoo* |
Celastraceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Gaultheria procumbens |
Wintergreen |
Ericaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Gaylussacia baccata |
Black Huckleberry |
Ericaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Kalmia angustifolia |
Sheep's Laurel |
Ericaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Kalmia latifolia |
Mountain Laurel |
Ericaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Lindera benzoin |
Spicebush |
Lauraceae |
Drainages |
Shrub |
Mitchella repens |
Partridgeberry |
Rubiaceae |
Swamp |
Shrub |
Quercus ilicifolia |
Scrub Oak |
Fagaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Rhododendron maximum |
Rosebay Rhododendron |
Ericaceae |
Swamp |
Shrub |
Rhododendron viscosum |
Swamp Azalea |
Ericaceae |
Lake margin |
Shrub |
Rhus typhina |
Staghorn Sumac |
Anacardiaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Ribes cynosbati |
Prickly Gooseberry |
Rosaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Rosa spp. |
Rose |
Rosaceae |
Drainages |
Shrub |
Rubus allegheniensis |
Highbush Blackberry |
Rosaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Rubus flagellaris |
Northern Dewberry |
Rosaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Rubus hispidus |
Dwarf Blackberry |
Rosaceae |
Lake margin |
Shrub |
Salix spp. |
Willow |
Salicaceae |
River Floodplain |
Shrub |
Sambucus canadensis |
Common Edler |
Caprifoliaceae |
River Floodplain |
Shrub |
Smilax glauca |
Sawbrier |
Liliaceae |
Drainages |
Shrub |
Spiraea spp. |
Spiraea |
Rosaceae |
River Floodplain |
Shrub |
Toxicodendron vernix |
Poison Sumac |
Anacardiaceae |
Bog Mat |
Shrub |
Vaccinium angustifolium |
Low sweet Blueberry |
Ericaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Vaccinium corymbosm |
Highbush Blueberry |
Ericaceae |
Lake margin |
Shrub |
Vaccinium stamineum |
Deerberry |
Ericaceae |
Slopes |
Shrub |
Viburnum acerifolium |
Maple-leaf Viburnum |
Caprifoliaceae |
Drainages |
Shrub |
Viburnum cassinoides |
Withe-rod |
Caprifoliaceae |
River Floodplain |
Shrub |
Viburnum dentatum |
Arrowwood |
Caprifoliaceae |
Drainages |
Vine |
Celatrus scandens |
American Bittersweet |
Celastraceae |
Slopes |
Vine |
Clematis virginiana |
Virgin's Bower |
Ranunculaceae |
Roads/Open areas |
Vine |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia |
Virginia Creeper |
Vitaceae |
Drainages |
Vine |
Toxicodendron radicans |
Poison Ivy |
Anacardiaceae |
Drainages |
Vine |
Vitis palmata |
Grape |
Vitaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Achillea millefolium* |
Yarrow* |
Asteraceae |
Roads/Open Areas |
Herbaceous |
Actaea spp. |
Baneberry |
Ranunculaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Anemone quinquefolia |
Wood Anemone |
Ranunculaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Aralia nudicaulis |
Wild Sarsaparilla |
Araliaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Arenaria serpyllifolia* |
Thyme-leaved Sandwort* |
Caryophyllaceae |
Roads/Open areas |
Herbaceous |
Arisaema triphyllum |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit |
Araceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Asclepias syriaca |
Common Milkweed |
Asclepiadaceae |
Roads/Open areas |
Herbaceous |
Aster cordifolius |
Heart-leaved Aster |
Asteraceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Baptisia tinctoria |
Wild Indigo |
Fabaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Calla palustris |
Water Arum |
Araceae |
Swamp |
Herbaceous |
Caltha palustris |
Marsh Marigold |
Ranunculaceae |
Lake margin |
Herbaceous |
Centaurea maculosa* |
Spotted Knapweed* |
Asteraceae |
Roads/Open Areas |
Herbaceous |
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum* |
Ox-eye Daisy* |
Asteraceae |
Roads/Open areas |
Herbaceous |
Ciraea alpina |
Smaller Enchanter's Nightshade |
Onagraceae |
Swamp |
Herbaceous |
Ciraea quadrisulacata |
Enchanter's Nightshade |
Onagraceae |
Swamp |
Herbaceous |
Coptis groenlandica |
Goldthread |
Ranunculaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Cornus canadensis |
Canada Dogwood |
Cornaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Corydalis sempervirens |
Pale Corydalis |
Fumariaceae |
Rock outcrops |
Herbaceous |
Daucus carota* |
Queen Anne's Lace* |
Umbelliferaceae |
Roads/Open Areas |
Herbaceous |
Desmodium spp. |
Bean |
Fabaceae |
Swamp |
Herbaceous |
Fragaria spp. |
Strawberry |
Rosaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Gallium spp. |
Bedstraw |
Rubiaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Geranium maculatum |
Wild Geranium |
Geraniaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Geranium robertianum |
Herb Robert |
Geraniaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Goodyera pubescens |
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain |
Orchidaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Habenaria clavellata |
Small Woodland Orchis |
Orchidaceae |
Swamp |
Herbaceous |
Hepatica acutiloba |
Sharp-lobed Hepatica |
Ranunculaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Hepatica americana |
Round-lobed Hepatica |
Ranunculaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Hieracium venosum |
Rattlesnake Weed |
Asteraceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Houstonia caerulea |
Bluets |
Rubiaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Hydrocotyle americana |
Water Penny-wort |
Umbelliferaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Hypericum virginicum |
Marsh St. John's Wort |
Guttiferaceae |
Bog Mat |
Herbaceous |
Hypoxis hirsuta |
Blue Stargrass |
Amaryllidaceae |
Roads/Open areas |
Herbaceous |
Impatiens capensis |
Spotted Touch-Me-Not |
Balsaminaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Iris versicolor |
Blue Flag |
Iridaceae |
Lake margin |
Herbaceous |
Lilium philadelphicum |
Wood Lily |
Liliaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Lobelia cardinalis |
Cardinal Flower |
Campanulaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Lobelia sphilitica |
Great Lobelia |
Lobeliaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Lotus corniculatus |
Birdfoot Trefoil |
Fabaceae |
Roads/Open Areas |
Herbaceous |
Lycopus virginicus |
Bugleweed |
Laminaceae |
Swamp |
Herbaceous |
Lysimachia quadrifolia |
Whorled Loosestrife |
Primulaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Maianthemum canadensis |
Wild Lily-of-the-valley |
Liliaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Medeola virginiana |
Indian Cucumber-root |
Liliaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Melampyrum lineare |
Cow-wheat |
Scrophulariaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Mimulus alatus |
Sharp-Winged Monkey Flower |
Scrophulariaceae |
Lake margin |
Herbaceous |
Mitella diphylla |
Miterwort |
Saxifragaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Monotropa uniflora |
Indian Pipe |
Pyrolaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Nymphaea odorata |
Water Lily |
Nymphaeaceae |
Lake margin |
Herbaceous |
Oxalis spp. |
Wood Sorrel |
Oxalidaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Panax trifolius |
Dwarf Ginseng |
Araliaceae |
Roads/Open areas |
Herbaceous |
Podophyllum peltatum |
Mayapple |
Berberidaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Polygonatum biflorum |
Solomon's Seal |
Liliaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Polygonatum canaliculatum |
Great Solomon's Seal |
Liliaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Polygonum arifolium |
Halberd-Leaved Tearthumb |
Polygonaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Polygonum saggitatum |
Arrow-leaved Tearthumb |
Polypodiaceae |
Swamp |
Herbaceous |
Pontedaria cordata |
Pickerelweed |
Pontederiaceae |
Lake margin |
Herbaceous |
Potentilla simplex |
Common Cinquefoil |
Rosaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Ranunculus septentrionalis |
Swamp Buttercup |
Ranunculaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Saggitaria latifolia |
Broad-leaved Arrow-head |
Alismaceae |
Lake margin |
Herbaceous |
Saggitaria spp. |
Arrow-head |
Alismaceae |
Lake margin |
Herbaceous |
Sarracenia purpurea |
Pitcher Plant |
Sarraceniaceae |
Bog Mat |
Herbaceous |
Scutellaria lateriflora |
Mad-Dog Skullcap |
Laminaceae |
Lake margin |
Herbaceous |
Smilacina racemosa |
False Solomon's Seal |
Liliaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Solanum dulcamara |
Bittersweet Nightshade |
Solanaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Solidago spp. |
Goldenrod |
Asteraceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Thalictrum dioicum |
Early Meadow-rue |
Ranunculaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Trientalis borealis |
Starflower |
Primulaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Typha spp. |
Cattail |
Typhaceae |
Lake margin |
Herbaceous |
Urtica dioica |
Nettle |
Urticaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Uvularia perfoliata |
Bellwort |
Liliaceae |
Slopes |
Herbaceous |
Veratrum viride |
False Hellebore |
Liliaceae |
Swamp |
Herbaceous |
Veronica chamaedrys |
Birds Eye Speedwell |
Scrophulariaceae |
Drainages |
Herbaceous |
Viola spp. |
Violet |
Violaceae |
Drainages |
Sedge |
Carex pennsylvanica |
Sedge |
Cyperaceae |
Slopes |
Sedge |
Carex spp. |
Sedge |
Cyperaceae |
Lake margin |
Grass |
Bromus spp. |
Brome Grass |
Graminae |
Slopes |
Grass |
Deschmpsii spp. |
Grass |
Graminae |
Slopes |
Grass |
Panicum spp. |
Grass |
Graminae |
Slopes |
Grass |
Poa spp. |
Grass |
Graminae |
Slopes |
Fern |
Adiantum pedatum |
Maidenhair Fern |
Polypodiaceae |
Drainages |
Fern |
Asplenium bradleyi |
Bradley's Spleentwort |
Polypodiaceae |
Swamp |
Fern |
Botrychium virginianum |
Virginia Grape-/Rattlesnake Fern |
Ophioglossaceae |
Drainages |
Fern |
Dennstaedtia punctilobula |
Hay-scented Fern |
Polypodiaceae |
Slopes |
Fern |
Dryopteris noveboracensis |
New York Fern |
Polypodiaceae |
Drainages |
Fern |
Onoclea sensibilis |
Sensitive Fern |
Polypodiaceae |
Drainages |
Fern |
Osmunda cinnamonea |
Cinnamon Fern |
Osmundaceae |
Drainages |
Fern |
Osmunda regalis |
Royal Fern |
Osmundaceae |
Drainages |
Fern |
Polypodium polypodioides |
Tree Polypody |
Polypodiaceae |
Slopes |
Fern |
Polystichum acrostichoides |
Christmas Fern |
Polypodiaceae |
Drainages |
Fern |
Pteridium aquilinum |
Bracken Fern |
Polypodiaceae |
Slopes |
Fern |
Thelypteris palustris |
Marsh Fern |
Polypodiaceae |
Drainages |
Fern |
Thelypteris simulata |
Bog Fern |
Polypodiaceae |
Bog Mat |
Moss |
Sphagnum spp. |
Sphagnum moss |
Swamp |
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*Non-native or exotic species |