Fall Wildflower Walk at Mills Riverside Park (Jericho Vt) Photos

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  About fifty people joined Elizabeth Thompson for a casual walk along the trails of the park Mills Riverside Park on Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon. Jericho Underhill Land Trust hosted the guided walk. We explored the many plants that brighten the landscape and provide fall color. We enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about the natural world around us. 

Liz is the Director of Conservation Science for the Vermont Land Trust and co-author of Wetland, Woodland, Wildland: A Guide to the Natural Communities of Vermont (2nd edition release date 11/11/2019). Liz also helped start Vermont's Natural Heritage program that protects fragile natural areas. In addition, Liz also teaches field botany and plant ecology at the University of Vermont. 

A botanical ramble through Mills Riverside Park

With Guide: Elizabeth Thompson

September 7, 2019.

Shoes were optional.

Plants are listed in more or less the order encountered

*non-native.

List provided by Elizabeth Thompson

Spotted touch-me-not; jewelweed           Impatiens capensis                             Balsaminaceae  

Fall dandelion*                                           Leontodon autumnalis                      Asteraceae

Lamb’s quarters*                                       Chenopodium album                          Chenopodiaceae

Burdock*                                                     Arctium minus                                   Asteraceae

Thank goes to Liz for leading the walk, identifying plants, and providing history, and plant characteristics. Thank You to Jericho Underhill Land Trusts and its volunteers for hosting the walk. Thanks also to others (including Laurie DiCesare - Naturalist, in green shirt) who added information - including known medicinal properties - about specific plants.

Cow vetch*                                                  Vicia cracca                                        Fabacceae

Purple-stemmed aster                               Symphyotrichum puniceum              Asteraceae

Tall goldenrod                                            Solidago giganteum                           Asteraceae

Panicled aster                                             Symphyotrichym lanceolatum          Asteraceaa

Rough-stemmed goldenrod                      Solidago rugosa                                  Asteraceae

Meadowsweet                                            Spiraea alba                                        Rosaceae

Ragweed*                                                    Ambrosia artemisiifolia                     Asteraceae

Hemp-nettle*                                              Galeopsis tetrahit                               Lamiaceae

Calico aster                                                 Symphiotrichum lateriflorum           Asteraceae

Canada avens                                             Geum canadense                                Rosaceae

White wood aster                                      Eurybia divaricata                             Asteraceae

Grass-leaved goldenrod                            Euthamia graminifolia                      Asteraceae

Red clover*                                                 Trifolium pretense                             Fabaceae

Silverrod                                                     Solidago bicolor                                  Asteraceae

Gray goldenrod                                          Solidago nemoralis                             Asteraceae

Daisy fleabane                                            Erigeron annuus                                Asteraceae

Flat-topped aster                                       Doellingeria umbellata                      Asteraceae

Black-eyed susan                                       Rudbeckia hirta                                  Asteraceae

Common yellow woodsorrel                    Oxalis stricta                                      Oxalidaceae

Staghorn sumac                                         Rhus typhina                                      Anacardiaceae

Male and female sumac. Female have the red fruit.
Path rush                                                    Juncus tenuis                                      Juncaceae

False solomon’s seal                                  Maianthemum racemosum               Asparagaceae

Tall meadow-rue                                        Thalictrum pubescens                       Ranunculaceae

Rough hawkweed                                      Hieracium scabrum                           Asteraceae

Beaked hazelnut                                         Corylus cornuta                                 Betulaceae

Tall blue lettuce                                          Lactuca biennis                                  Asteraceae

Arrowleaved tearthumb                           Persicaria sagittata                           Polygonaceae

Water-pepper                                             Persicaria hyhropiper                        Polygonaceae

Bernie tasted a leaf from the Water-pepper. Slightly peppery at first. Spicy after a bit, then very spicy on the tongue!
Green bulrush                                            Scirpus atrovirens                              Cyperaceae

Nodding sedge                                           Carex gynandra                                  Cyperaceae

Royal fern                                                   Osmunda regalis                                Osmundaceae

Selfheal, heal-all                                         Prunella vulgaris                                Lamiaceae

Common dewberry                                    Rubus flagellaris                                 Rosaceae

Whorled wood aster                                 Oclemena acuminate                         Asteraceae

Common plantain*                                     Plantago major                                  Plantaginaceae

Red raspberry                                            Rubus ideaus                                      Rosaceae

Black raspberry                                         Rubus occidentalis                             Rosaceae

Virgin’s bower                                            Clematis virginiana                            Ranunculaceae

Wild cucumber                                           Echinocystis lobata                            Cucurbitaceae

Steeplebush                                                Spiraea tomentosa                             Rosaceae

Curly dock*                                                 Rumex crispus                                    Polygonaaceae

New England aster                                     Symphyotrichum novae-angliae       Asteraceae

Queen Anne’s lace*                                    Daucus carota                                    Apiaceae

Riverbank grape                                        Vitis riparia                                        Vitaceae

False baby’s breath*                                  Galium mollugo                                  Rubiaceae

Brown knapweed                                       Centaurea jacea                                 Asteraceae

Joe pye weed                                              Eutrochium maculatum                    Asteraceae

Tall agrimony                                             Agrimonia gryposepala                      Rosaceae

Japanese knotweed*                                  Fallopia japonica                                Polygonaceae

Cinnamon willow-herb                              Epilobium coloratum                         Onagraceae

Silky dogwood                                            Cornus amomum                               Cornaceae

Evening primrose                                      Oenothera biennis                              Onagraceae

Narrowleaf plantain*                                 Plantago lanceolata                           Plantaginaceae

Fringed loosestrife                                    Lysimachia ciliata                              Primulaceae

Common mullein*                                      Verbascum thapsus                            Scrophulariaceae

 

Added later (and I may have missed some: Gavin, did you note others?):

Canada mayflower                                     Maianthemum canadense                 Liliaceae

Red baneberry                                           Actaea rubra                                      Ranunculaceae

Blue cohosh                                                Caulophyllum thalictroides               Berberidaceae

Tatarian honeysuckle*                              Lonicera tatarica                               Caprifoliaceae

Japanese barberry*                                   Berberis thunbergii                           Berberidaceae

Indian tobacco                                            Lobelia inflate                                     Campanulaceae

Common milkweed                                    Asclepias syriaca                                 Ascepiadaceae
Yarrow                                                         Achillea millefolium
(Bernie added Yarrow to the list) Maybe a first-aid treatment (Dried leaves) for minor bleeding.

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