Alper Preserve Plant Narratives. 41 species

Acer rubrum — Red Maple
Amelanchier canadensis — Canada Shadbush, Juneberry, or Serviceberry
Amelanchier x intermedia (A. canadensis x A. laevis) — Intermediate Shadbush (Canada x smooth shadbush) — a signature plant of Alper Preserve
Apocynum androsaemifolium — Spreading Dogbane
Aralia nudicaulis — Wild Sarsaparilla
Aronia x prunifolia (A. arbutifolia x A. melanocarpa) — Purple Chokeberry
Betula papyrifera — Paper Birch, Canoe Birch
Betula populifolia — Gray Birch
Chimaphila maculata — Striped Pipsissewa, Striped Wintergreen
Clethra alnifolia — Sweet Pepperbush
Comptonia peregrina — Sweetfern
Cypripedium acaule — Pink Lady's Slipper
Epigaea repens — Mayflower or Trailing Arbutus—Massachusetts State Flower
Fagus grandifolia — American Beech
Gaultheria procumbens — Teaberry, Checkerberry, or Wintergreen
Gaylussacia baccata — Black Huckleberry
Gaylussacia frondosa — Dangleberry or Blue Huckleberry
Ilex glabra — Inkberry
Ilex mucronata (syn. Nemopanthus mucronatus) — Catberry or Mountain Holly
Kalmia angustifolia — Sheep Laurel
Lonicera morrowii — Morrow's Honeysuckle
Lysimachia borealis (syn. Trientalis borealis) — Starflower
Maianthemum canadense — Canada Mayflower, False Lily-of-the-Valley
Melampyrum lineare — Narrowleaf Cowwheat
Monotropa uniflora — Indian Pipe
Morella pensylvanica (syn. Myrica pensylvanica) — Northern Bayberry
Parthenocissus quinquefolia — Virginia Creeper
Pinus rigida — Pitch Pine
Pinus strobus — Eastern White Pine
Populus grandidentata — Bigtooth Aspen
Prunus serotina — Black Cherry
Pteridium aquilinum — Bracken Fern
Quercus alba — White Oak
Quercus coccinea — Scarlet Oak
Quercus ilicifolia — Scrub Oak
Quercus rubra — Northern Red Oak
Quercus velutina — Black Oak
Robinia pseudoacacia — Black Locust
Rubus allegheniensis — Common Blackberry
Sassafras albidum — Sassafras
Smilax rotundifolia — Catbrier, Bullbrier, Sarsaparilla
Uvularia sessilifolia — Little Merrybells, Sessile-Leaf Bellwort
Vaccinium angustifolium — Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum — Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium pallidum — Hillside Blueberry
Viburnum cassinoides (syn. Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides) — Wild Raisin Viburnum

List generated 2021-05-16; last modified 2023-06-25