Falls Creek SNA

 

 

     
 
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136 acres

 
         
 

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North Parking Lot
N45 16.400, W92 46.675

Wind in the Pines Preserve Parking Lot
N45 16.258, W92 46.577

 
         
 

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Hiking Trails

 
 

No maintained trails

 
     
 

Hunting

 
 

No hunting

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Ecological Classification

  Ecological Classification  
  Ecological Province    

Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province

   
  Ecological Section    

Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal

   
  Ecological Subsection    

St. Paul-Baldwin Plains and Moraines

   
  Land Type Association    

Maplewood Moraine

   
             
 

Native Plant Communities*

   
 

Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern)

Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till)

Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest

   
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Wind in the Pines Preserve

This SNA is adjacent to Wind in the Pines Preserve, a City of Scandia park.

           
 
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Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till)

 
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Visits

6/12/2006

  6/21/2014   7/9/2016        
 
 

Amphibians

 
 

northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens)

wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)

  wood frog  
 

Birds

 
 

Six bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:

Special Concern

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)

Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

 
 

Minnesota DNR Bird checklist

eBird Field Checklist

 
 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Eastern Wood-peewee (Contopus virens)

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)

Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)

 

American Goldfinch

American Robin

Blue Jay

Northern Cardinal

White-breasted Nuthatch

 
 

Fungi and Lichens

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Fungi List

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Lichens List

 
 

Artist’s Conk (Ganoderma applanatum)

Black Knot (Apiosporina morbosa)

Common Greenshield Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata)

Crown Rust (Puccinia coronata)

False Turkey Tail (Stereum ostrea)

Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

Purple Bordered Leaf Spot (Phyllosticta minima)

Rusty Gilled Polypore (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)

White Jelly Fungus (Ductifera pululahuana)

 

Common Greenshield Lichen

Oyster Mushroom

White Jelly Fungus

 
 

Insects and Arachnids

 
 

American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

American lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

Appalachian brown (Lethe appalachia)

black cherry finger gall mite (Eriophyes cerasicrumena)

Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)

common ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)

common whitetail (Plathemis lydia)

confused eusarca (Eusarca confusaria)

dog day cicada (Neotibicen canicularis)

eastern boxelder bug (Boisea trivittata)

eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

fireflies (Photuris spp.)

goldenrod bunch gall midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis)

gray comma (Polygonia progne)

hackberry nipplegall maker (Pachypsylla celtidismamma)

harvestman (Leiobunum spp.)

Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)

linden wart gall midge (Contarinia verrucicola)

maple spindle-gall mite (Vasates aceriscrumena)

meadow spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

seven-spotted lady beetle (Coccinella septempunctata)

silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus)

spongy oak apple gall wasp (Amphibolips confluenta)

twelve-spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

white snakeroot leaf miner (Liriomyza eupatoriella)

widow skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

 

American lady

Carolina grasshopper

common whitetail

eastern tiger swallowtail

Japanese beetle

red admiral

widow skimmer

 
 

Mammals

 
 

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

coyote (Canis latrans)

eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)

red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

  whitetail deer  
 

Plants

 
 

Seven plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:

Endangered

butternut (Juglans cinerea)

winter bentgrass (Agrostis hyemalis)

Threatened

bare-stemmed tick trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum)

bog bluegrass (Poa paludigena)

kittentails (Veronica bullii)

Special Concern

American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

cutleaf waterparsnip (Berula erecta)

 
 

Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas and Minnesota Biological Survey Vegetation Releves Plant List

 
 

Plants frequently found in:

Dry Bedrock Bluff Prairie (Southern) UPs13c

Red Oak - Basswood Forest (Noncalcareous Till) MHc36a

Red Oak - White Oak - (Sugar Maple) Forest MHs37b

Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bitternut Hickory) Forest MHs39a

     
 

 

Allegheny blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)

alsike clover (Trifolium hybridum)

American basswood (Tilia americana var. americana)

American elm (Ulmus americana)

American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana)

American lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)

American plum (Prunus americana)

American red raspberry (Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus)

American spikenard (Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa)

American stinging nettle (Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis)

American vetch (Vicia americana ssp. americana)

American woodland strawberry (Fragaria vesca ssp. americana)

annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus)

asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)

Atlantic ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius var. intermedius)

beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta var. cornuta)

big bluestem (Andropogon gerardi)

bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata)

bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus)

black cherry (Prunus serotina var. serotina)

black medick (Medicago lupulina)

black raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)

black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima)

black-seeded plantain (Plantago rugelii var. rugelii)

bland sweet cicely (Osmorhiza claytonii)

bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

blue beech (Carpinus caroliniana ssp. virginiana)

blue vervain (Verbena hastata)

boxelder (Acer negundo var. negundo)

bristly greenbrier (Smilax tamnoides)

broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea canadensis)

bulblet fern (Cystopteris bulbifera)

butternut (Juglans cinerea)

Canada mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)

Canada moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canadian black snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis)

Canadian honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)

Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense)

Canadian woodnettle (Laportea canadensis)

catnip (Nepeta cataria)

chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. virginiana)

clammy groundcherry (Physalis heterophylla)

cleavers (Galium aparine)

common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

common burdock (Arctium minus)

common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale)

common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)

common false Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum)

common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)

common mullein (Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus)

common plantain (Plantago major)

common polypody (Polypodium virginianum)

common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)

common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris)

common wood fern (Dryopteris intermedia)

common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

coon’s tail (Ceratophyllum demersum)

Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

curly dock (Rumex crispus)

dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis ssp. matronalis)

Deptford pink (Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria)

downy Parlin’s pussytoes (Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax)

downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens)

dwarf scouring rush (Equisetum scirpoides)

early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)

early meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)

eastern prickly gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)

eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana)

eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

field mustard (Brassica rapa)

field thistle (Cirsium discolor)

four-flowered yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia quadriflora)

fragile fern (Cystopteris fragilis)

fragrant bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

giant chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum)

giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)

gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)

great St. Johnswort (Hypericum ascyron ssp. pyramidatum)

green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

hairy panic grass (Dichanthelium acuminatum)

hairy Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum pubescens)

hairy vetch (Vicia villosa ssp. villosa)

hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)

hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata)

intermediate bellflower (Campanula intercedens)

interrupted fern (Claytosmunda claytoniana)

jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

kidney-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus abortivus)

large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

late goldenrod (Solidago altissima)

lowland hog peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa)

lyre-leaved rock cress (Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata)

Maryland black snakeroot (Sanicula marilandica)

meadow horsetail (Equisetum pratense)

Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)

mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare)

nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)

nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum)

northern bedstraw (Galium boreale)

northern beech fern (Phegopteris connectilis)

northern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)

northern hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

northern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum)

northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum)

northern pin oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis)

northern prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)

northern red oak (Quercus rubra)

northern starflower (Lysimachia borealis)

orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca)

orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata)

ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica)

oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

paper birch (Betula papyrifera)

perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis)

Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus)

pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea)

plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera)

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum)

prairie fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

purple meadow-rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)

quackgrass (Elymus repens)

quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota ssp. carota)

red baneberry (Actaea rubra ssp. rubra)

red clover (Trifolium pratense)

red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa)

red maple (Acer rubrum var. rubrum)

redtop (Agrostis gigantea)

reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

rock elm (Ulmus thomasii)

round-lobed hepatica (Anemone americana)

scouring rush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine)

sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

sessile-leaf bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia)

sharp-lobed hepatica (Anemone acutiloba)

shining clubmoss (Huperzia lucidula)

shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica)

Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)

silver maple (Acer saccharinum)

skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

slender willow (Salix petiolaris)

smooth brome (Bromus inermis)

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)

snakeskin liverwort (Conocephalum salebrosum)

spinulose wood fern (Dryopteris carthusiana)

spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos)

spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina)

stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida ssp. rigida)

stiff sunflower (Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum)

sulphur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)

sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum)

tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris var. acris)

timothy (Phleum pratense ssp. pratense)

touch-me-not (Impatiens sp.)

tower mustard (Turritis glabra)

twoleaf miterwort (Mitella diphylla)

veiny pea (Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus)

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Virginia pepper grass (Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum)

Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum)

western oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)

western poison ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

white avens (Geum canadense)

white campion (Silene latifolia ssp. alba)

white clover (Trifolium repens ssp. repens)

white oak (Quercus alba)

white snakeroot (Ageratina altissima var. altissima)

white sweet clover (Melilotus albus)

whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)

wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

wild geranium (Geranium maculatum)

wild grape (Vitis riparia)

wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)

wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)

wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

wild yam (Dioscorea villosa)

wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia)

woodbine (Parthenocissus vitacea)

woundwort (Stachys pilosa var. arenicola)

yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis)

yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis)

yellow wood sorrel (Oxalis stricta)

zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)

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American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

 

Acer negundo var. negundo (boxelder)

Acer rubrum var. rubrum (red maple)

Acer saccharinum (silver maple)

Acer saccharum ssp. saccharum (sugar maple)

Achillea millefolium (common yarrow)

Actaea rubra ssp. rubra (red baneberry)

Adiantum pedatum (northern maidenhair)

Ageratina altissima var. altissima (white snakeroot)

Agrostis gigantea (redtop)

Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)

Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed)

Amphicarpaea bracteata var. bracteata (hog peanut)

Amphicarpaea bracteata var. comosa (lowland hog peanut)

Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem)

Anemone acutiloba (sharp-lobed hepatica)

Anemone americana (round-lobed hepatica)

Anemone quinquefolia var. quinquefolia (wood anemone)

Antennaria parlinii ssp. fallax (downy Parlin’s pussytoes)

Aquilegia canadensis (wild columbine)

Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. lyrata (lyre-leaved rock cress)

Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla)

Aralia racemosa ssp. racemosa (American spikenard)

Arctium minus (common burdock)

Arisaema triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit)

Asarum canadense (Canadian wild ginger)

Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)

Asclepias verticillata (whorled milkweed)

Asparagus officinalis (asparagus)

Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (northern lady fern)

Berteroa incana (hoary alyssum)

Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)

Betula papyrifera (paper birch)

Brassica rapa (field mustard)

Bromus inermis (smooth brome)

Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed)

Campanula intercedens (intermediate_bellflower)

Carpinus caroliniana ssp. virginiana (blue beech)

Celtis occidentalis (northern hackberry)

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos (spotted knapweed)

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare (mouse-ear chickweed)

Ceratophyllum demersum (coon’s tail)

Circaea canadensis (broadleaf enchanter’s nightshade)

Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)

Cirsium discolor (field thistle)

Conocephalum salebrosum (snakeskin liverwort)

Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood)

Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood)

Corylus cornuta var. cornuta (beaked hazelnut)

Cryptotaenia canadensis (Canadian honewort)

Cystopteris bulbifera (bulblet fern)

Cystopteris fragilis (fragile fern)

Dactylis glomerata ssp. glomerata (orchard grass)

Daucus carota ssp. carota (Queen Anne’s lace)

Dianthus armeria ssp. armeria (Deptford pink)

Dichanthelium acuminatum (hairy panic grass)

Diervilla lonicera (northern bush honeysuckle)

Dioscorea villosa (wild yam)

Dryopteris carthusiana (spinulose wood fern)

Dryopteris intermedia (common wood fern)

Elymus repens (quackgrass)

Equisetum arvense (field horsetail)

Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine (scouring rush horsetail)

Equisetum pratense (meadow horsetail)

Equisetum scirpoides (dwarf scouring rush)

Erigeron annuus (annual fleabane)

Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane)

Erigeron strigosus (prairie fleabane)

Fragaria vesca ssp. americana (American woodland strawberry)

Fragaria virginiana (wild strawberry)

Fraxinus pennsylvanica (green ash)

Galium aparine (cleavers)

Galium boreale (northern bedstraw)

Galium odoratum (sweet woodruff)

Galium triflorum (fragrant bedstraw)

Geranium maculatum (wild geranium)

Geum canadense (white avens)

Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy)

Goodyera pubescens (downy rattlesnake plantain)

Gymnocarpium dryopteris (western oak fern)

Helianthus pauciflorus ssp. pauciflorus (stiff sunflower)

Hesperis matronalis ssp. matronalis (dame’s rocket)

Huperzia lucidula (shining clubmoss)

Hydrophyllum virginianum var. virginianum (Virginia waterleaf)

Hylodesmum glutinosum (pointed-leaved tick-trefoil)

Hypericum ascyron ssp. pyramidatum (great St. Johnswort)

Impatiens capensis (spotted touch-me-not)

Impatiens sp. (touch-me-not)

Juglans cinerea (butternut)

Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana (eastern redcedar)

Laportea canadensis (Canadian woodnettle)

Lathyrus venosus var. intonsus) (veiny pea)

Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum (Virginia pepper grass)

Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy)

Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s honeysuckle)

Lotus corniculatus var. corniculatus (bird’s-foot trefoil)

Lysimachia borealis (northern starflower)

Lysimachia quadriflora (four-flowered yellow loosestrife)

Maianthemum canadense (Canada mayflower)

Maianthemum racemosum var. racemosum (common false Solomon’s seal)

Matricaria discoidea (pineapple-weed)

Matteuccia struthiopteris var. pensylvanica (ostrich fern)

Medicago lupulina (black medick)

Melilotus albus (white sweet clover)

Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover)

Menispermum canadense (Canada moonseed)

Mitella diphylla (twoleaf miterwort)

Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot)

Myosoton aquaticum (giant chickweed)

Nepeta cataria (catnip)

Oenothera biennis (common evening primrose)

Onoclea sensibilis (sensitive fern)

Osmorhiza claytonii (bland sweet cicely)

Claytosmunda claytoniana (interrupted fern)

Ostrya virginiana var. virginiana (American hophornbeam)

Oxalis stricta (yellow wood sorrel)

Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper)

Parthenocissus vitacea (woodbine)

Penstemon digitalis (foxglove beardtongue)

Phalaris arundinacea (reed canary grass)

Phegopteris connectilis (northern beech fern)

Phleum pratense ssp. pratense (timothy)

Phryma leptostachya (American lopseed)

Physalis heterophylla (clammy groundcherry)

Physocarpus opulifolius var. intermedius (Atlantic ninebark)

Pilosella aurantiaca (orange hawkweed)

Pinus strobus (eastern white pine)

Plantago major (common plantain)

Plantago rugelii var. rugelii (black-seeded plantain)

Polygonatum pubescens (hairy Solomon’s seal)

Polypodium virginianum (common polypody)

Populus deltoides ssp. molinifera (plains cottonwood)

Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen)

Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen)

Potentilla recta (sulphur cinquefoil)

Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris (common selfheal)

Prunus americana (American plum)

Prunus serotina var. serotina (black cherry)

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana (chokecherry)

Pyrola elliptica (shinleaf)

Quercus alba (white oak)

Quercus ellipsoidalis (northern pin oak)

Quercus rubra (northern red oak)

Ranunculus abortivus (kidney-leaved buttercup)

Ranunculus acris var. acris (tall buttercup)

Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish)

Rhamnus cathartica (common buckthorn)

Rhus glabra (smooth sumac)

Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)

Ribes cynosbati (eastern prickly gooseberry)

Rubus allegheniensis (Allegheny blackberry)

Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (American red raspberry)

Rubus occidentalis (black raspberry)

Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima (black-eyed Susan)

Rumex crispus (curly dock)

Salix petiolaris (slender willow)

Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (red elderberry)

Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot)

Sanicula canadensis (Canadian black snakeroot)

Sanicula marilandica (Maryland black snakeroot)

Scrophularia lanceolata (early figwort)

Silene latifolia ssp. alba (white campion)

Smilax tamnoides (bristly greenbrier)

Solidago altissima (late goldenrod)

Solidago flexicaulis (zigzag goldenrod)

Solidago rigida ssp. rigida (stiff goldenrod)

Sonchus arvensis (perennial sow thistle)

Stachys pilosa var. arenicola (woundwort)

Symplocarpus foetidus (skunk cabbage)

Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale (common dandelion)

Thalictrum dasycarpum (purple meadow-rue)

Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue)

Tilia americana var. americana (American basswood)

Toxicodendron rydbergii (western poison ivy)

Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover)

Trifolium pratense (red clover)

Trifolium repens ssp. repens (white clover)

Trillium cernuum (nodding trillium)

Turritis glabra (tower mustard)

Ulmus americana (American elm)

Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm)

Ulmus thomasii (rock elm)

Urtica gracilis ssp. gracilis (American stinging nettle)

Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort)

Uvularia sessilifolia (sessile-leaf bellwort)

Verbascum thapsus ssp. thapsus (common mullein)

Verbena hastata (blue vervain)

Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s root)

Viburnum lentago (nannyberry)

Vicia americana ssp. americana (American vetch)

Vicia villosa ssp. villosa (hairy vetch)

Vitis riparia (wild grape)

Zanthoxylum americanum (northern prickly ash)

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Panax quinquefolius (American ginseng)

 

Allegheny blackberry

alsike clover

American plum

American spikenard

American woodland strawberry

bird’s-foot trefoil

black cherry

black raspberry

bloodroot

blue vervain

Canada mayflower

Canadian honewort

common dandelion

common evening primrose

common false Solomon’s seal

common mullein

common yarrow

Culver’s root

dame’s rocket

early figwort

eastern prickly gooseberry

field thistle

fragrant bedstraw

gray dogwood

ground ivy

hedge bindweed

intermediate bellflower

large-flowered bellwort

Morrow’s honeysuckle

nannyberry

northern bush honeysuckle

northern prickly ash

northern starflower

orange hawkweed

oxeye daisy

Philadelphia fleabane

pointed-leaved tick-trefoil

purple meadow-rue

Queen Anne’s lace

red baneberry

sulphur cinquefoil

sharp-lobed hepatica

skunk cabbage

spotted touch-me-not

stiff goldenrod

stiff sunflower (ssp. subrhomboideus)

Virginia waterleaf

whorled milkweed

wild columbine

wild geranium

wood anemone

yellow sweet clover

 
 

Slime Molds

 
  red raspberry slime mold (Tubifera ferruginosa)   red raspberry slime mold  

 

 

Binoculars

 

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