August 15, 2015
Claire Metcalfe's
observations
Grant Bickell's observations
My list of grasses and sedges. There were three significant species of special interest.
Robin Cunningham's observations
- Oryzopsis racemosa: Black seeded rice grass, D. Brunton lists it as regionally rare, this is the first time I've seen it.
- Elymus hystrix: Bottlebrush grass, D. Brunton lists it as regionally rare.
- Carex platyphylla: Broad-leaved Sedge, this is considered sparse to rare in Renfrew County. This was the plant Ole pointed out near the start of our descent along the creek. This was my first sighting of this species.
Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)
Others:
Carex pedunculata (Longstalk Sedge)
Carex rosea (Rosey Sedge)
Carex projecta (Necklace Sedge)
Carex bebbii (Bebb's Sedge)
Carex intumescens (Bladder Sedge)
Carex retrorsa (Knotesheath Sedge)
Carex stipata (Awlfruit Sedge)
Carex gracillima (Graceful Sedge)
Scirpus atrovirens (Green Bulrush)
Oryzopsis asperifolia (Roughleaf Rice Grass)
Monotropa uniflora (Indian Pipe,
Maple-leaved Viburnum
Sanicular marilandica (Black Snakeroot)
Tussilago farfara (Coltsfoot)
The millipede is named Narceus annularis. It has also been seen frequently in Shaw woods.
Robin with Black Cherry
Coniferous trees
Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
White Spruce (Picea glouca)
Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)
White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Deciduous trees
Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Largetooth Aspen (Populus gradidentata)
Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)
Basswood (Tilia americana)
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
Ironwood (Ostrya virginiana)
Shrubs
Common Juniper (Juniperis communis)
Canada Yew (Taxus canadensis)
Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)
Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum)
Serviceberry (Amelanchier stolonifera)
Blackberry (Rubus alleghaniensis)
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Canada Honeysuckle (Lonicera canadensis)
Beaked Hazel (Corylus cornuta)
current (Ribes sp
Round-leaved Dogwood (Cornus rugosa)
Red Elder (Sambucus racemosa pubens)
Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)
Ferns
Lady Fern (Athyrium felix-femina angustum)
Spinulose? Woodfern (Dryopteris) sp
Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytoniana)
Oak Fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris)
Other plants
reindeer moss (Cladina sp?)
Trillium (Trillium sp)
Bedstraw (Galium sp)
Early? Meadow-rue (Thalictrum sp)
Bicknell's Geranium (Geranium bicknellii)
Oxalis yellow (Oxalis europea)
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata cisatlantica)
Hairy Soloman's Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
Sweet Cicely (Ozmorhiza claytonii)
Starflower (Trientalis borealis)
Doll's Eyes or White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda);
Maidenhair Fern;
Black Snakeroot (Sanicular marilandica)
Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)
marginal wood fern
jewelweed
large leaved aster
violet ?
wild lily of the valley
goldenrod
red trillium
horsetail
climbing false buckwheat
hemp nettle
fragrant bedstraw
helleborine
tall meadow rue
barren strawberry
ostrich fern
sensitive fern
herb robert
common plantain
enchantens nightshade
mad dog skullcap
twisted stalk
water avens
flowering raspberry
heal all
partridge berry
leatherwood
mushroom
wild sarsaparilla
rattle snake fern
marsh bellflower
polypody
bracken
hobble bush
wood betony
columbine
serviceberry
sheep sorrel
common St Johnswort
sedge
coltsfoot
raspberry
jack in the pulpit
wild mint
mullein
common wood sorrel
bulblet fern
water strider
slug
mosquito
inch worm
millipede
chipmunk
blue jay
broad winged hawk
robin
chickadee
red-eyed vireo
nuthatch