Myles Standish Forest Checklist 2010 (333 species)

Aceraceae

Acer rubrum L. (red maple) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Agavaceae

Yucca filamentosa L. (Spanish bayonet, Adam's needle) — once, near paved bridge at headquarters — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Alismataceae

Sagittaria engelmanniana J. G. Small (acid-water arrowhead) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Sagittaria latifolia Willd. (common arrowhead)
Sagittaria teres S. Watson (pondshore or terete arrowhead) — common at some ponds — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthus sp.  — Intersection of Upper College Pond Rd. and powerline. Appears to be newly introduced with crushed stone applied to a roadside runoff ditch. (As only bottom parts of plants were present, it was impossible to ID to species.)
Froelichia gracilis (Hooker) Moq. (slender cottonweed) — Bumps Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Anacardiaceae

Rhus copallina L. (flameleaf sumac, winged sumac) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1]
Rhus vernix L. = Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze (poison sumac) — Maple Spring Rd., Wareham (S of Park border)
Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze = Rhus radicans L. (poison ivy) — occasional — available image from Myles Standish: [1]

Apiaceae

Daucus carota L. (Queen Anne's lace) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]

Apocynaceae

Apocynum androsaemifolium L. (spreading dogbane) — occasional
Apocynum cannabinum L. (Indian hemp) — near headquarters — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Aquifoliaceae

Ilex glabra (L.) Gray (inkberry) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray (common winterberry) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Nemopanthus mucronatus (L.) Loes. (catberry) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Araliaceae

Aralia hispida Vent. (bristly sarsaparilla) — once
Aralia nudicaulis L. (wild sarsaparilla) — occasional

Asclepiadaceae

Asclepias amplexicaulis Sm. (clasping milkweed) — along Cranberry Rd. — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Asclepias syriaca L. (common milkweed) — old house site, Barrett Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Asteraceae

Achillea millefolium L. (yarrow) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Antennaria neodioica Greene (Greene's pussytoes) — rare — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Aster dumosus L. = Symphyotrichum dumosum G.L.Nesom 1994 (long-stalked aster) — rare; det. Arieh Tal — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Aster lanceolatus Willd. = Symphyotrichum lanceolatum Nesom 1994 (tall white aster, panicled aster) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton = Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (L.) A. et D. Löve 1982 (calico aster) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Aster linariifolius L. = Ionactis linariifolia (L.) Greene 1897 (stiff aster, spruce-aster) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Aster novi-belgii L. = Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (L.) Nesom 1994 (New York aster) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Aster pilosus Willd. = Symphyotrichum pilosum G.L.Nesom 1994 (white oldfield aster) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Aster racemosus Ell. = Symphyotrichum racemosum Nesom 1994 (smooth white oldfield aster) — occurs; det. Arieh Tal
Aster spectabilis Ait. = Eurybia spectablis (Ait.) G.L.Nesom 1994 (showy aster) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Bidens connata Muhl. ex Willd. (swamp beggar-ticks) — occurs — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Centaurea maculosa Lam. = C. biebersteinii DC. (spotted or bushy knapweed) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Cirsium pumilum (Nutt.) Sprengel (pasture thistle) — A small population of half-a-dozen flowering plants and rosettes at a frost-pocket margin
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. (bull thistle) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. (horseweed, hogweed) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Conyza canadensis var. pusilla (Nutt.) Cronq. = Conyza parva Cronq. (dwarf horseweed, coastal horseweed) — Bumps Pond; Little Long Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Coreopsis rosea Nutt. (pink tickweed) — common at some ponds — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Erigeron strigosus Muhl. (rough fleabane) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Eupatorium leucolepis var. novae-angliae Fernald = E. novae-angliae V.I. Sullivan (New England boneset, pondshore boneset) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Eupatorium perfoliatum L. (boneset, thoroughwort) — occurs (East Head Reservoir) — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Eupatorium pilosum Walter = E. rotundifolium var. saundersii (Porter) Cronq. (rough bonesent, verbena boneset) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. = Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb. (flat-topped goldenrod)
Euthamia tenuifolia (Pursh) Nutt. = Solidago tenuifolia Pursh = Euthamia caroliniana (L.) Greene ex Potter et Britton (slender goldenrod) — common around ponds — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Gnaphalium obtusifolium L. (sweet everlasting) — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Gnaphalium uliginosum L. (low cudweed)
Helenium flexuosum Raf. = H. nudiflorum Nutt. (purple-head sneezeweed) — once — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Hieracium pratense Tausch = H. caespitosum Dumort. (king-devil, meadow hawkweed) — W border
Hieracium sabaudum L. = H. canadense hort. Goett ex Froel. (Savoy hawkweed, Canada hawkweed)
Hypochaeris radicata L. (hairy cat's-ear) — occurs — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Krigia virginica (L.) Willd. (dwarf dandelion) — W border — available images from Myles Standish: [1]
Lactuca canadensis L. (yellow wild lettuce) — occurs
Leontodon autumnalis L. (fall dandelion) — once
Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae Lunell (New England blazing-star) — occurs — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Pityopsis falcata (Pursh) Nutt. = Chrysopsis falcata (Pursh) Ell. (sickle-leaved golden aster) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Prenanthes sp. 
Prenanthes trifoliolata (Cass.) Fern. (tall rattlesnake-root) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima Farw. (black-eyed Susan) — occasional
Sericocarpus asteroides (L.) B.S.P. = Aster paternus Cronq. (toothed white-topped aster) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Sericocarpus linifolius (L.) B.S.P. = Aster solidagineus Michaux (narrow-leaved white-topped aster) — once, Webster Springs Rd. (clearing) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Solidago bicolor L. (silverrod, white goldenrod)
Solidago canadensis L. (Canada goldenrod) — occasional
Solidago nemoralis Ait. (gray goldenrod) — occurs; det. Arieh Tal — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Solidago odora Aiton (licorice goldenrod, sweet goldenrod) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Solidago puberula Nutt. (downy goldenrod) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Solidago rugosa P. Miller (rough-stemmed goldenrod) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Tanacetum vulgare L. (common tansy) — once
Tragopogon pratensis L. (yellow goat's-beard) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Tussilago farfara L. (coltsfoot) — W border — available images from Myles Standish: [1]

Betulaceae

Alnus sp.  — occasional
Betula papyrifera Marsh. (paper birch) — twice, at East Head Reservoir — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Betula populifolia Marsh. (gray birch) — common

Bignoniaceae

Campsis radicans (L.) Seemann ex Bureau (trumpet-creeper) — rare — available image from Myles Standish: [1]

Brassicaceae

Draba verna L. (whitlow-grass) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Erysimum x marshalli (Henfr.) Bois = E. garden hybrid, parentage uncertain (wallflower) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Lepidium campestre (L.) Aiton f. (field-cress, cow-cress) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Teesdalia nudicaulis Ait. f. (shepherd cress) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Cabombaceae

Brasenia schreberi J.F. Gmel. (watershield) — dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Campanulaceae

Jasione montana L. (sheep's bit) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Lobelia dortmanna L. (water lobelia) — present in Curlew Pond; common in Fawn Pond and Little Long Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Caprifoliaceae

Lonicera morrowii A. Gray (Morrow's honeysuckle) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum Ait. = V. recognitum Fern. (northern arrow-wood) — occasional
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (L.) Torr. et Gray (wild raisin, witherod) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Caryophyllaceae

Dianthus armeria L. (debtford pink) — occurs — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Lychnis chalcedonica L. (scarlet lychnis, Maltese cross) — occurs — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Silene latifolia ssp. alba (P. Mill.) Greuter et Burdet = Lychnis alba P. Miller (white campion or evening lychnis) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke = S. cucubalus Wibel (bladder-campion) — occurs
Spergula arvensis L. (spurrey) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Cistaceae

Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx. (longbranch frostweed) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Hudsonia ericoides L. (pinebarren golden heather) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Lechea mucronata Raf. = L. villosa Ell. (hairy pinweed) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Lechea sp.  (pinweed) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Lechea tenuifolia Michaux (slender pinweed) — scattered — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]

Clethraceae

Clethra alnifolia L. (sweet pepperbush) — co-dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Clusiaceae

Hypericum canadense L. (Canadian St. Johnswort) — beach at Little Long Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Hypericum gentianoides (L.) B.S.P. (orangegrass) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Hypericum mutilum L. (dwarf St. Johnswort) — occasional
Hypericum perforatum L. (common St. Johnswort) — occasional
Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf. = Hypericum virginicum L. (Virginia marsh St. Johnswort) — rare

Cornaceae

Cornus amomum P. Mill. (silky dogwood)

Cupressaceae

Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) B.S.P. (Atlantic white cedar) — northern East Head Reservoir, rare

Cuscutaceae

Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex J.A. Schultes (dodder) — once, bike trail with S. humilis — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Cyperaceae

Carex annectens (Bickn.) Bickn. (yellow-fruited fox sedge) — occasional
Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea (Bailey) Reznicek = C. howei Mackenzie (threadstem sedge) — occasional dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Carex lurida Wahlenb. (sallow sedge) — occasional dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Carex pensylvanica Lam. (Pennsylvania sedge) — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Carex scoparia Schkuhr. ex Willd. (broom sedge) — common
Carex vulpinoidea Michaux = C. setacea Dewey
Cladium mariscoides (Muhl.) Torrey (twig-sedge) — occasional dominant
Cyperus dentatus Torrey (pondshore flatsedge) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Cyperus lupulinus (Spreng.) Marcks. = C. filiculmis Vahl (slender sand flatsedge) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton (three-way sedge) — rare — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Eleocharis sp. 
Fimbristylis autumnalis (L.) R. et S. (northern fimbry) — Three-Cornered Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Fuirena pumila (Torrey) Sprengel (annual umbrella-sedge) — occurs — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl. (white beak-rush) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl. (brown beak-rush) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Rhynchospora macrostachya Torrey ex A. Gray (big-headed horned sedge) — Hoyt's Pond
Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth (common bulrush) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]

Dennstaedtiaceae

Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michaux) T. Moore (hayscented fern) — rare — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn (bracken fern) — dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Droseraceae

Drosera filiformis Raf. (thread-leaf sundew) — found at two ponds — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Drosera intermedia Hayne (spoonleaf sundew) — once, NW of East Head Res. — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Drosera rotundifolia L. (roundleaf sundew) — once, NW of East Head Res. — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Dryopteridaceae

Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth (northern lady-fern) — Wamkinco R.; W border
Dryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A. Gray (intermediate wood fern) — rare (East Head Reservoir; W border) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Onoclea sensibilis L. (sensitive fern) — available image from Myles Standish: [1]

Elaeagnaceae

Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. (autumn-olive, oleaster) — twice, old house site, Barrett Pond; near headquarters — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Empetraceae

Corema conradii (Torrey) Torrey ex Loudon (broom-crowberry)

Ericaceae

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi A. et D. Love et Kapoor (kinnikinnik, bearberry) — dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench (leatherleaf, cassandra) — common around ponds — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Epigaea repens L. (trailing arbutus, mayflower) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Gaultheria procumbens L. (wintergreen, checkerberry, eastern teaberry) — co-dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch (black huckleberry) — co-dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) Torrey and A. Gray (bog hucklberry) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. et Gray ex Torr. (blue huckleberry, dangleberry) — occasional
Kalmia angustifolia L. (sheep laurel) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Kalmia latifolia L. (mountain laurel)
Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. (maleberry) — common around ponds — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. (swamp azalea) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. (lowbush blueberry) — co-dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1]
Vaccinium corymbosum L. (highbush blueberry) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Vaccinium fuscatum Ait. = V. atrococcum (Gray) Heller (black highbush blueberry) — occasionally common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. (American cranberry, large cranberry) — rare — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Vaccinium pallidum Ait. = V. vacillans Kalm ex Torr. (hillside blueberry, dryland blueberry) — co-dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Eriocaulaceae

Eriocaulon aquaticum (Hill) Druce = E. septangulare With. (pipewort, white buttons) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Fabaceae

Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. (yellow wild indigo, horsefly weed) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1]
Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link (scotch broom) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Desmodium canadense (L.) DC. (showy ticktrefoil) — in sown field near College Pond — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Desmodium marilandicum (L.) DC. (Maryland or smooth small-leaved tick-trefoil) — unpaved road and field edge N of Three Cornered Pond Rd. — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Genista tinctoria L. (dyer's greenwed) — common in field near College Pond
Lespedeza capitata Michx. (round-headed bush-clover) — occasional
Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. (hairy bush-clover) — occasional — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Lespedeza intermedia (S. Wats.) Britt. (intermediate bush-clover) — Bike trail behind reservoir, in front of red-pine grove — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Lespedeza thunbergii ssp. formosa (Nakai) H. Ohashi (tall bushclover) — invasive population, gas line NE of East Head Reservoir — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
Robinia hispida L. (bristly locust) — invasive population, Alden Rd./high-voltage line intersection — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Robinia pseudoacacia L. (black locust) — invasive population, clearing near College Pond — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers. (goat's rue) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Trifolium agrarium L. = T. aureum Pollich (golden clover, palmate clover) — occasional
Trifolium arvense L. (rabbit-foot clover) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Trifolium repens L. (white clover) — old house site at Barrett Pond
Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Schreber (four-seed vetch) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Fagaceae

Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. (American chestnut) — rare (found twice)
Quercus alba L. (white oak) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Quercus coccinea Muenchh. (scarlet oak) — occasional
Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh. (scrub oak, bear oak) — dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]
Quercus prinoides Willd. (dwarf chestnut oak) — rare, occurs along Alden Rd. — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Quercus prinus L. (chestnut oak) — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Quercus rubra L. (northern red oak) — occasional
Quercus velutina Lam. (black oak) — occasional

Gentianaceae

Bartonia paniculata (Michaux) Muhl. (panickled screw-stem) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Bartonia virginica (L.) B.S.P. (screw-stem) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Sabatia kennedyana Fern. (Plymouth gentian) — rare — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Haloragaceae

Myriophyllum humile (Raf.) Morong (lowly water-milfoil) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Myriophyllum sp. 
Proserpinaca palustris L. (mermaid-weed) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Proserpinaca pectinata Lam. (cut-leaved mermaid-weed) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]

Iridaceae

Iris versicolor L. (northern blueflag) — Wamkinco R. / East Head Reservoir — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Sisyrinchium angustifolium P. Miller (stout blue-eyed-grass) — rare

Juncaceae

Juncus articulatus L. (jointed rush) — occasional dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Juncus effusus L. (common rush) — occasional dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Juncus greenei Oakes et Tuckerman (Greene's rush) — high-voltage line/Alden Rd. intersection — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Juncus militaris Bigelow (bayonet rush)
Juncus tenuis Willd. (path rush, yard rush) — occasional dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Lamiaceae

Hyssopus officinalis L. (hyssop) — once, at the dumpster — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Lycopus uniflorus Michaux (tuberous water-horehound) — abandoned cranberry plantation at W border — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Lycopus virginicus L. (Virginia water-horehound, floodplain water-horehound) — occasional
Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris L. (Eurasian heal-all) — rare — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Schrader (slender-leaved mountain mint) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Trichostema dichotomum L. (forked bluecurls) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Lauraceae

Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees (sassafras) — rare

Lentibulariaceae

Utricularia cornuta Michaux (horned bladderwort, naked bladderwort) — East Head Reservoir, Curlew Pond, Three-Cornered Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Utricularia purpurea Walt. (purple bladderwort) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Utricularia radiata Small = U. inflata var. minor Chapman (small floating bladderwort) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Liliaceae

Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov. (yellow star-grass) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Lilium philadelphicum L. (wood lily) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Maianthemum canadense Desf. (Canada mayflower) — common
Uvularia sessilifolia L. (little merrybells) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1]

Linaceae

Linum usitatissimum L. (common flax) — once — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Linum virginianum L. (Virginia yellow flax) — rare — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Lycopodiaceae

Lycopodiella inundata (L.) Holub (northern bog clubmoss) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Lycopodium clavatum L. (running clubmoss, common clubmoss) — rare — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Lycopodium obscurum L. (princess-pine or tree clubmoss) — rare

Lythraceae

Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell. (swamp loosestrife, water-willow) — common — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Lythrum salicaria L. (purple loosestrife) — common at some places

Melastomataceae

Rhexia virginica L. (northern meadowbeauty, wingstem meadow-pitchers) — rare — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Menyanthaceae

Nymphoides cordata (Ell.) Fern. (floating heart) — common in Little Long Pond; Three-Cornered Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Molluginaceae

Mollugo verticillata L. (carpetweed) — once — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Monotropaceae

Monotropa hypopitys L. (pine-sap, false beech-drops) — twice — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Monotropa uniflora L. (Indian pipe) — occasional

Myricaceae

Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter (sweet-fern) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Myrica gale L. (sweet gale) — common around ponds
Myrica pensylvanica Loisel. (bayberry, wax-myrtle) — co-dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Nymphaeaceae

Nuphar variegata Durand ex Clinton (yellow water-lily) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Nymphaea odorata Ait. (American white waterlily, fragrant waterlily) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]

Onagraceae

Ludwigia palustris (L.) Ell. (water-purslane, mud-loosestrife) — common at Bumps Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Oenothera biennis L. (common evening-primrose) — common at disturbed habitats

Orchidaceae

Cypripedium acaule Aiton (pink lady's slipper) — occasional
Goodyera tesselata Lodd. (checkered rattlesnake-plantain) — occasional around East Head Reservoir — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindley = Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hooker (white fringed orchid) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Osmundaceae

Osmunda cinnamomea L. (cinnamon fern) — rare (Wamkinco R.; W border) — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Osmunda claytoniana L. (interrupted fern) — Wamkinco R.
Osmunda regalis L. (royal fern) — rare — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Phytolaccaceae

Phytolacca americana L. (pokeweed) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]

Pinaceae

Larix decidua P. Miller (European larch) — occurs — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Picea abies (L.) Karst. (Norway spruce) — planted — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Picea rubens Sarg (red spruce) — rare, Three-Cornered Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Pinus banksiana Lamb. (Jack pine) — Planted at Charge Pond together with Scotch and red pine
Pinus resinosa Ait. (red pine) — Plantings — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Pinus rigida P. Mill. (pitch pine) — dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Pinus strobus L. (white pine, Weymouth pine) — dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Pinus sylvestris L. (Scotch pine) — occasional, planted East Head Reservoir
Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. (eastern hemlock) — rare (Charge Pond; W border)

Plantaginaceae

Plantago aristata Michaux (bracted plantain)
Plantago lanceolata L. (narrow-leaved plantain, English plantain) — occasional
Plantago major L. (common plantain, white man's foot) — occasional

Poaceae

Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) B.S.P. = A. virginicus var. abbreviatus (Hackel) Fern. et Grisc. (bunched broom-sedge) — once — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Anthoxanthum odoratum L. (sweet vernalgrass) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Bromus inermis Leysser (awnless brome) — occasionally abundant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Bromus sterilis L. (barren brome) — occasionally abundant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michaux) Beauv. (Canada bluejoint) — once, S park boundary
Calamagrostis coarctata (Torrey) Eaton = C. cinnoides W. Barton (reed bluejoint)
Dactylis glomerata L. (orchard grass) — occasional — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Danthonia compressa Austin ex Peck (trail oatgrass) — common — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Dichanthelium acuminatum var. fasciculatum (Torrey) Freckmann = Panicum lanuginosum Ell. (fascicled panic-grass) — occasional
Dichanthelium clandestinum (L.) Gould = Panicum clandestinum L. (deer-tongue) — occasional
Dichanthelium dichotomum (L.) Gould = Panicum dichotomum L. (forked panic-grass) — once, shaded shore of East Head Reservoir
Dichanthelium sp. 
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel (purple lovegrass) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Festuca ovina L. (sheep fescue) — occasional dominant
Glyceria striata (Lam.) A. S. Hitche (fowlmeadow grass) — Hoyt's Pond
Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw. (rice cutgrass) — Hoyt's Pond
Panicum capillare L. (witch-grass) — occasional
Panicum virgatum L. (switchgrass) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1]
Phalaris arundinacea L. (reed canarygrass) — occasional dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Phleum pratense L. (timothy) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Piptochaetium avenaceum (L.) Parodi = Stipa avenacea L. (black oatgrass) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Poa compressa L. (flat-stemed bluegrass, Canada bluegrass) — occasional
Schizachyrium scoparium (Michaux) Nash (little bluestem) — dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Setaria faberi Herrm. ex Rosen (giant foxtail) — occurs — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Spartina pectinata Link (freshwater or prairie cordgrass) — once on Curlew Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Polygalaceae

Polygala cruciata L. (cross-leaved milkwort) — N of East Head Reservoir; Bumps Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Polygala sanguinea L. (purple milkwort, common milkwort)

Polygonaceae

Polygonella articulata (L.) Meisner (jointweed) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Polygonum convolvulus L. (false buckwheat, black bindweed) — once, high-voltage line
Polygonum sagittatum L. (arrow-leaf tearthumb) — available images from Myles Standish: [1]
Rumex acetosella L. (sheep sorrel, red sorrel) — occasional — available image from Myles Standish: [1]

Pontederiaceae

Pontederia cordata L. (pickerel-weed) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Potamogetonaceae

Potamogeton epihydrus Raf. (surface pondweed, ribbon-leaf pondweed) — occurs — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Potamogeton natans L. (floating pondweed) — occasional
Potamogeton sp. 

Primulaceae

Lysimachia quadrifolia L. (whorled loosestrife) — occasional
Lysimachia terrestris (L.) B.S.P. (swamp-candles) — Wamkinco R. — available images from Myles Standish: [1]
Trientalis borealis Raf. (American starflower) — common

Pyrolaceae

Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh (striped pipsissewa, spotted wintergreen) — occasional
Chimaphila umbellata ssp. cisatlantica (Blake) Hulten (pipsissewa) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Pyrola americana Sweet = P. rotundifolia var. americana (Sweet) Fern. (round-leaved shinleaf, glossy shinleaf) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Ranunculaceae

Anemone quinquefolia L. (wood anemone, wind-flower) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Rhamnaceae

Rhamnus frangula L. = Frangula alnus P. Miller (glossy buckthorn) — occasional

Rosaceae

Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medicus (thicket shadbush, eastern serviceberry, juneberry)
Amelanchier sp. cf. laevis 
Amelanchier stolonifera Wiegand (running serviceberry, running shadbush) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Ell. (red chokeberry) — rare, west bank of East Head Reservoir
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Ell. (black chokeberry) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Fragaria sp.  — old house site at Barrett Pond
Malus sp.  — occasional along roads
Potentilla argentea L. (silver cinquefoil) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Potentilla canadensis L. (dwarf cinquefoil) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Potentilla norvegica L. (three-finger, strawberry weed) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Potentilla recta L. (sulphur cinquefoil) — occasional
Potentilla simplex Michaux (common cinquefoil) — old house site at Barrett Pond
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch (peach) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Prunus pumila var. susquehanae (Willd.) Jaeger (sand cherry) — occurs — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Prunus serotina Ehrh. (black cherry) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Rosa multiflora Thunb. ex Murray (multiflora rose) — once, sown field near College Pond
Rubus allegheniensis Porter (Allegheny blackberry, common blackberry) — occasional
Rubus hispidus L. (bristly dewberry, swamp dewberry) — dominant — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus (Michaux) Focke (wild red raspberry) — once — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata (Spach) Nordb. (garden burnet) — available images from Myles Standish: [1]
Spiraea alba var. latifolia (Aiton) Dippel = S. latifolia (Aiton) Borkh. (meadowsweet) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Spiraea tomentosa L. (steeplebush) — once, S of Reservation — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]

Rubiaceae

Diodia teres Walter (buttonweed) — occurs — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Galium palustre L. (common marsh bedstraw) — occurs — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Houstonia caerulea L. = Hedeyotis caerulea (L.) Hooker (bluets) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Salicaceae

Populus grandidentata Michaux (bigtooth aspen) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Populus tremuloides Michaux (trembling aspen) — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Salix atrocinerea Brotero = S. cinerea ssp. oleifolia (Smith) Macreight (rusty willow) — occasional/common, East Head Reservoir shores — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Salix nigra Marsh. (black willow) — E shore of Little Long Pond
Salix sericea Marsh. (silky willow) — once (abandoned cranberry plantation at W border) — available images from Myles Standish: [1]
Salix sp. (hybrid)  — once: Wamkinco R. at headquarters
Salix tristis Ait. = S. humilis var. microphylla (Anderss.) Fern. = S. occidentalis Walter (dwarf upland willow) — rare (two subpopulations found) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Scrophulariaceae

Agalinis paupercula (A. Gray) Britton = Gerardia purpurea var. parviflora Bentham (small-flowered gerardia) — occurs — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Agalinis purpurea (L.) Pernnell = Gerardia purpurea L. (purple false foxglove) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Agalinis tenuifolia (Vahl.) Raf. = Gerardia tenuifolia Vahl. (slender gerardia) — common around ponds
Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. = Gerardia pedicularia L. (fernleaf yellow false foxglove) — common along Alden Rd. — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Gratiola aurea Pursh (golden hedge-hyssop) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]
Melampyrum lineare Desr. (cow-wheat) — common
Nuttallanthus canadensis (L.) D.A. Sutton = Linaria canadensis (L.) Chaz. (blue toadflax, old-field toadflax) — common — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]

Smilacaceae

Smilax glauca Walter (sawbrier, wild sarsaparilla) — dominant — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Smilax rotundifolia L. (catbrier, bullbrier) — occasional

Sparganiaceae

Sparganium americanum Nutt. (common bur-reed) — twice — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Thelypteridaceae

Thelypteris noveboracensis (L.) Nieuwl. (New York fern) — rare (Wamkinco R.; W border)
Thelypteris palustris Schott (marsh fern) — rare

Typhaceae

Typha latifolia L. (broad-leaved cattail) — common at some places — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2]

Verbenaceae

Verbena hastata L. (blue vervain, common vervain) — a large population at the dumpster — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Violaceae

Viola lanceolata L. (bog white violet, lance-leaf violet) — common around some ponds and on high-voltage line — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens (Banks ex DC.) M.S. Baker (northern white violet) — occurs
Viola pedata L. (birdsfoot violet) — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Viola sagittata Aiton = V. fimbriatula J.I. Smith (arrow-leaf violet) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3]
Viola x primulifolia L. (primrose-leaf violet) — occasional — available images from Myles Standish: [1]

Vitaceae

Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planchon (Virginia creeper) — common — available image from Myles Standish: [1]
Vitis labrusca L. (fox grape) — North of East Head Reservoir

Xyridaceae

Xyris torta Small (twisted yellow-eyed grass) — N of East Head Reservoir; Bumps Pond; Three-Cornered Pond — available images from Myles Standish: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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