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PLANT LIST ECOLOGICAL RESERVE #76, FRASER RIVER, 2024
| PLANT LIST ECOLOGICAL RESERVE #76, FRASER RIVER, 2024 |
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| Plants identified by Frank Lomer Apr 22, Sept 15 & 30, Oct 7 & 8, 2024; | |||
| includes plants confirmed on old plant list; plants not confirmed are listed separately at the end | |||
| Genus | Species | Common Name | Exotic – E |
| Invasive | |||
| TREES | Or RARE – | ||
| Blue-, Red-listed | |||
| Acer | macrophyllum | Bigleaf Maple | |
| Alnus | rubra | Red Alder | |
| Betula | papyrifera | Paper Birch | |
| Betula | pendula | European Birch | E |
| Cornus | nuttalli | Western Flowering Dogwood | |
| Crataegus | douglasii | Black Hawthorn | |
| Crataegus | monogyna | European (Common) Hawthorn | E |
| Frangula | purshiana | Cascara (syn Rhamnus purshiana) | |
| Juglans | ailantifolia | Japanese Walnut | E |
| Malus | fusca | Pacific Crab Apple | |
| Morus | alba | White Mulberry | E |
| Populus | trichocarpa | Black Cottonwood | |
| Prunus | laurocerasus | Cherry-laurel | E |
| Prunus | avium | Sweet Cherry | E |
| Prunus | emarginata | Bitter Cherry | |
| Pseudotsuga | menziesii | Douglas-fir | |
| Thuja | plicata | Western Redcedar | |
| Tsuga | heterophylla | Western Hemlock | |
| SHRUBS | |||
| Acer | circinatum | Vine Maple | |
| Alnus | incana | Speckled Alder | |
| Artemisia | tridentata | Big Sagebrush (single sapling) | |
| Berberis | aquifolium | Tall Oregon Grape | |
| Berberis | thunbergii | Japanese Barberry | E |
| Clematis | ligusticifolia | White Clematis | |
| Cornus | sericea | Red-osier Dogwood | |
| Cotoneaster | divaricatus | Spreading Cotoneaster | E |
| Euonymus | europaeus | European Spindle | E |
| Hedera | helix | English Ivy | E, Invasive |
| Ilex | aquifolium | English Holly | E, Invasive |
| Ligustrum | vulgare | Common Privet | E |
| Lonicera | involucrata | Black Twinberry | |
| Oemleria | cerasiformis | Osoberry | |
| Physocarpus | capitatus | Pacific Ninebark | |
| Rosa | nutkana | Nootka Rose | |
| Rosa | multiflora | Rambler Rose | E |
| Rubus | spectabilis | Salmonberry | |
| Rubus | armeniacus | Himalayan Blackberry | E, Invasive |
| Rubus | parviflorus | Thimbleberry | |
| Rubus | spectabilis | Salmonberry | |
| Rubus | ursinus | Trailing Blackberry | |
| Rubus | ursinus x armeniacus | Trailing Blackberry x Himalayan Blackberry | E, Invasive |
| Salix | lasiandra | Pacific Willow | |
| Salix | sessilifolia | Soft-leaved Willow, Sandbar Willow | |
| Salix | prolixa | Mackenzie Willow | |
| Salix | sitchensis | Sitka Willow | |
| Salix | scouleriana | Scouler’s Willow | |
| Sambucus | racemosa | Red Elderberry | |
| Spiraea | douglasii | Hardhack | |
| Symphoricarpos | albus | Common Snowberry | |
| Vaccinium | corymbosum | Highbush Huckleberry | E |
| Viburnum | opulus var. opulus | European Cranberrybush | E |
| HERBACEOUS PLANTS | |||
| Achillea | borealis | Yarrow | |
| Actaea | rubra ssp. arguta | Baneberry | |
| Agrimonia | gryposepala | Common Agrimony | |
| Alisma | triviale | American Water-plantain | |
| Amaranthus | albus | Tumbleweed | E |
| Amelanchier | lamarckii | Lamarck’s Serviceberry (Saskatoon) | E |
| Anaphalis | margaritacea | Pearly Everlasting | |
| Apocynum | cannabinum | Hemp, Common Dogbane | |
| Arabidopsis | lyrata ssp. kamchatica | Lyre-leaved Rockcress | |
| Arctium | minus | Common Burdock | E,Invasive |
| Arenaria | serpyllifolia | Thyme-leaved Sandwort | E |
| Artemisia | absinthium | Wormwood | E, Invasive |
| Artemisia | biennis | Biennial Wormwood | |
| Artemisia | borealis | Boreal Wormwood | |
| Artemisia | campestris | Northern Wormwood | |
| Artemisia | dracunculus | Tarragon | |
| Artemisia | frigida | Prairie Sagewort | |
| Artemisia | lindleyana | Columbia River Mugwort | |
| Artemisia | michauxiana | Michaux’s Mugwort | |
| Asclepias | speciosa | Showy Milkweed | |
| Astragalus | tenellus | Pulse Milk-vetch | |
| Bassia | scoparia | Summer-cypress | E, Invasive |
| Bidens | amplissima | Vancouver Island Beggarticks | Blue-listed |
| Bidens | cernua | Nodding Beggarticks | |
| Bidens | frondosa | Common Beggarticks | E |
| Blitum | capitatum | Strawberry-blite | |
| Brassica | napus | Turnip, Winter Rape, Canola | E |
| Canadanthus | modestus | Great Northern Aster | |
| Centaurea | diffusa | Diffuse Knapweed | E, Invasive |
| Centaurea | stoebe ssp. australis | Spotted Knapweed (was ssp. micranthos) | E, Invasive |
| Cerastium | fontanum ssp.vulgare | Mouse-eared Chickweed | E |
| Chamaenerion | angustifolium | Fireweed (syn Epilobium angustifolium) | |
| Chenopodium | album | Lamb’s Quarters | E |
| Chenopodium | pedunculare | (syn Chenopodium album var. pedunculare) | E |
| Chenopodium | strictum | Late-flowering Goosefoot (syn C.betaceum) | E |
| Cichorium | intybus | Chicory | E, Invasive |
| Cirsium | arvense | Canada Thistle | E, Invasive |
| Cirsium | vulgare | Bull Thistle | E, Invasive |
| Cirsium | undulatum | Wavy-leaved Thistle | |
| Conyza | canadensis | Horseweed, | |
| Corispermum | pallasii | Pallas’ Bugseed | |
| Corispermum | villosum | Hairy Bugseed | |
| Crepis | tectorum | Annual Hawksbeard | E, Invasive |
| Daucus | carota | Wild Carrot (Queen Anne’s Lace) | E, Invasive |
| Descurainia | longepedicellata | Western Tansy Mustard | |
| Dicentra | formosa | Bleeding Heart | |
| Dracocephalum | parviflorum | Purple Dragonhead | |
| Dysphania | botrys | Jerusalem-oak | E |
| Epilobium | ciliatum | Purple-leaved Willowherb | |
| Epipactis | helleborine | Helleborine (Orchid) | E |
| Erigeron | philadelphicus | Philadephia fleabane | |
| Erigeron | strigosus | Whitetop Fleabane | |
| Erodium | cicutarium | Stork’s-bill | E |
| Erysimum | cheiranthoides | Wormseed Mustard | E |
| Euphorbia | glyptosperma | Corrugate-seeded Spurge | |
| Euphorbia | virgata | Leafy Spurge (was E. esula) | E, Invasive |
| Fallopia | convolvulus | Black Bindweed | E, Invasive |
| Fragaria | virginiana | Wild Strawberry | |
| Gaillardia | aristata | Brown-eyed Susan | |
| Galeopsis | tetrahit | Hemp-nettle | E |
| Galium | aparine | Cleavers | |
| Galium | triflorum | Sweet-scented Bedstraw | |
| Geranium | robertianum | Robert’s Geranium (Herb-Robert) | E, Invasive |
| Gnaphalium | uliginosum | Marsh Cudweed | E, Invasive |
| Grindella | squarrosa | Curly-cup Gumweed | |
| Gypsophila | paniculata | Baby’s Breath | E, Invasive |
| Helenium | autumnale var. montanum | Mountain Sneezeweed | |
| Heracleum | maximum | Cow-parsnip | |
| Heterotheca | villosa | Golden-aster | |
| Hieracium | lachenalii | European Hawkweed | E, Invasive |
| Hieracium | piloselloides | Tall Hawkweed | E, Invasive |
| Hieracium | umbellatum | Umbellate Hawkweed | |
| Hypericum | perforatum | Common St. John’s-wort | E |
| Hypochaeris | radicata | Hairy Cat’s-Ear | E, Invasive |
| Impatiens | capensis | Spotted Touch-me-not, Jewelweed | E |
| Jacobaea | vulgaris | Tansy Ragwort | E, Invasive |
| Lactuca | serriola | Prickly Lettuce | E |
| Lapsana | communis | Nipplewort | E |
| Lepidium | densiflorum | Prairie Pepper-grass | |
| Leucanthemum | vulgare | Oxeye Daisy | E, Invasive |
| Limosella | aquatica | Water Mudwort | |
| Linaria | vulgaris | Butter-and-eggs | E, Invasive |
| Linaria | dalmatica | Dalmatian Toadflax | E, Invasive |
| Lycopus | asper | Rough Water Horehound | |
| Lycopus | uniflorus | Northern Water Horehound | |
| Lysimachia | ciliata | Fringed Loosestrife | |
| Lysimachia | nummularia | Creeping Loosestrife (Creeping Jenny) | E |
| Maianthemum | dilatatum | False Lily-of-the-valley | |
| Maianthemum | racemosum | Large False Solomon’s Seal | |
| Medicago | lupulina | Black Medic | E |
| Medicago | sativa | Alfalfa | E |
| Melilotus | albus | White Sweet Clover | E |
| Mentha | canadensis | Field Mint | |
| Mentha | x gracilis | Red Mint | E |
| Mentzelia | laevicaulis | Blazing-star | |
| Mollugo | verticillata | Common Carpetweed | E |
| Mycelis | muralis | Wall Lettuce (syn Lactuca muralis) | |
| Myosotis | laxa | Small-flowered Forget-me-not | |
| Myosotis | scorpioides | European Forget-me-not | E |
| Oenothera | biennis | Common Evening Primrose | E |
| Oenothera | villosa | Hairy Evening Primrose | |
| Osmorhiza | berteroi | Mountain Sweet-cicely | |
| Oxybasis | glauca | Oak-leaved Goosefoot (syn Chenopodium glaucum) | E |
| Oxybasis | rubra | Red Pigweed (syn Chenopodium rubrum) | |
| Oxytropis | campestris | Field Locoweed | |
| Parthenocissus | vitacea | Woodbine (syn Parthenocissus inserta) | E |
| Penstemon | serrulatus | Coast Penstemon | |
| Persicaria | hydropiper | Marshpepper Smartweed | E |
| Persicaria | lapathifolium | Willow Weed | |
| Persicaria | maculosa | Lady’s-thumb | E, Invasive |
| Phacelia | hastata | Silverleaf Phacelia | |
| Plantago | lanceolata | Ribwort Plantain | E |
| Plantago | major | Common Plantain | E |
| Polygonum | arenastrum | Oval-leaved Knotweed | E |
| Polygonum | majus | Wiry Knotweed | |
| Portulaca | oleracea | Common Purslane | E |
| Potentilla | argentea | Silvery Cinquefoil | E |
| Potentilla | norvegica | Norwegian Cinquefoil | |
| Prunella | vulgaris ssp. lanceolata | Self-heal | |
| Prunella | vulgaris ssp. vulgaris | Self-heal | E |
| Pseudognaphalium | stramineum | Cotton-batting Cudweed | |
| Ranunculus | acris | Meadow Buttercup | E, Invasive |
| Ranunculus | repens | Creeping Buttercup | E, Invasive |
| Ranunculus | sardous | Hairy Buttercup | E |
| Ranunculus | sceleratus | Celery-leaved buttercup | |
| Rorippa | curvipes | Bluntleaf Yellowcress | |
| Rorippa | palustris ssp.hispida | Hispid Yellow Cress | |
| Rorippa | palustris ssp. palustris | Marsh Yellow Cress | |
| Rumex | crispus | Curled Dock | E, Invasive |
| Rumex | fueginus | Golden Dock | |
| Rumex | occidentalis | Western Dock | |
| Rumex | triangulivalvis | Willow Dock | |
| Sagina | procumbens | Bird’s-eye Pearlwort | E |
| Salsola | tragus | Russian Thistle | E, Invasive |
| Saponaria | officinalis | Bouncing-bett | E |
| Scorzoneroides | autumnalis | Autumn Hawkbit | E |
| Scutellaria | lateriflora | Blue Skullcap | |
| Senecio | viscosus | Sticky Ragwort | E |
| Silene | csereii | Biennial Campion (Catchfly) | E |
| Silene | latifolia | White Cockle | E |
| Silene | vulgaris | Bladder Campion | E, Invasive |
| Sisymbrium | altissimum | Tall Tumble-mustard | E |
| Sisymbrium | loeselii | Loesel’s Tumble-mustard | E |
| Sium | suave | Hemlock Water-parsnip | |
| Solanum | americanum | American Black Nightshade | E |
| Solanum | dulcamara | European Bittersweet | E, Invasive |
| Solanum | nigrum | Black Nightshade | E, Invasive |
| Solanum | physalifolium | Hairy Nightshade | E, Invasive |
| Solidago | altissima | Canada Goldenrod | E |
| Solidago | lepida | Canada Goldenrod | |
| Sonchus | arvensis | Perennial Sow-thistle | E, Invasive |
| Sonchus | asper | Prickly Sow-thistle | E |
| Spergularia | rubra | Red Sand-spurry | E |
| Stachys | palustris | Swamp Hedge-nettle | |
| Stellaria | graminea | Lesser starwort | E |
| Symphyotrichum | bracteolatum | Eaton’s Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum | ciliolatum | Lindley’s Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum | ericoides var. pansum | Tufted White Prairie Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum | laeve var. geyeri | Smooth Aster | |
| Symphyotrichum | lanceolatum var. hesperium | Western Willow Aster | |
| Tanacetum | vulgare | Common Tansy | E, Invasive |
| Taraxacum | erythrospermum | Red-seeded Dandelion | E |
| Taraxacum | officinale | Common Dandelion | E |
| Toxicodendron | rydbergii | Poison Ivy (single sapling) | |
| Tragopogon | dubius | Yellow Salsify | E, Invasive |
| Trifolium | arvense | Hare’s Foot Clover | |
| Trifolium | hybridum | Alsike Clover | E |
| Trifolium | pratense | Red Clover | E |
| Trifolium | repens | White Clover | E |
| Tripleurospermum | inodorum | Scentless Mayweed (False-chamomile) | E, Invasive |
| Urtica | dioica | Stinging Nettle | |
| Verbascum | thapsus | Great Mullein | E, Invasive |
| Verbena | bracteata | Bracted Vervain | |
| Veronica | anagallis-aquatica | Blue Water Speedwell | E |
| Veronica | beccabunga var. americana | American Speedwell | |
| Vicia | villosa | Shaggy Vetch | E |
| Xanthium | strumarium | Common Cocklebur | E |
| GRASSES, SEDGES, RUSHES | |||
| Agropyron | cristatum | Crested Wheat Grass | E |
| Agrostis | exarata | Spike Bentgrass | |
| Agrostis | gigantea | Redtop | E |
| Agrostis | scabra | Hair Bentgrass | |
| Agrostis | stolonifera | Creeping Bentgrass | E |
| Alopecurus | aequalis | Little Meadow-foxtail | |
| Apera | interrupta | Silky Bentgrass | E |
| Beckmannia | syzigachne | American Sloughgrass | |
| Bromus | inermis | Smooth Brome | E |
| Bromus | tectorum | Cheatgrass | E, Invasive |
| Calamagrostis | epigejos | Chee Reedgrass | E |
| Dactylis | glomerata | Orchard Grass | E |
| Deschampsia | elongata | Slender Hairgrass | |
| Dichanthelium | acuminatum | Western Witchgrass | |
| Digitaria | sanguinalis | Hairy Crabgrass | E |
| Digitaria | ischaemum | Smooth Crabgrass | E |
| Echinochloa | crus-galli | Large Barnyard-grass | E, Invasive |
| Elymus | canadensis | Canada Wildrye | |
| Elymus | repens | Quackgrass | E |
| Elymus | trachycaulus | Slender Wheatgrass | |
| Eragrostis | pectinacea | Tufted Lovegrass | E |
| Hordeum | brachyantherum | Meadow Barley | |
| Hordeum | jubatum | Foxtail Barley | |
| Muhlenbergia | mexicana | Wirestem Muhly | |
| Panicum | capillare | Common Witchgrass | |
| Phalaris | arundinacea | Reed Canarygrass | E |
| Phleum | pratense | Common Timothy | E |
| Poa | annua | Annual Bluegrass | E |
| Poa | compressa | Canada Bluegrass | E |
| Poa | nemoralis | Wood Bluegrass | E |
| Polypogon | monspeliensis | Rabbitfoot Polypogon | E |
| Setaria | viridis | Green Bristlegrass | E, Invasive |
| Sporobolus | compositus | Rough Dropseed | |
| Sporobolus | cryptandrus | Sand Dropseed | |
| Carex | arcta | Northern Clustered Sedge | |
| Carex | bebbii | Bebb’s Sedge | |
| Carex | crawfordii | Crawford’s Sedge | |
| Carex | leptopoda | Short-scaled Sedge | |
| Carex | obnupta | Slough Sedge | |
| Carex | retrorsa | Long-bracted Sedge | |
| Eleocharis | acicularis | Needle Spike-rush | |
| Eleocharis | obtusa | Blunt Spike-rush | |
| Eleocharis | palustris | Common Spike-rush | |
| Scirpus | cyperinus | Woolgrass | |
| Scirpus | pallidus | Pale Bulrush | Red-listed |
| Juncus | alpinoarticulatus | Alpine Rush | |
| Juncus | articulatus | Jointed Rush | |
| Juncus | balticus | Baltic Rush | |
| Juncus | bufonius | Toad Rush | |
| Juncus | compressus | Compressed Rush | E |
| Juncus | dudleyi | Dudley’s Rush | |
| Juncus | ensifolius | Dagger-leaf Rush | |
| Juncus | nodosus | Tuberous Rush | |
| Juncus | tenuis | Slender Rush | |
| AQUATICS | |||
| Callitriche | palustris | Spring Water-starwort | |
| Elodea | canadensis | Canadian Waterweed | |
| Myriophyllum | spicatum | Eurasian water-milfoil | E, Invasive |
| Potamogeton | crispus | Curled Pondweed | E, Invasive |
| Potamogeton | sp. | ||
| Potamogeton | richardsonii | Richardson’s Pondweed | |
| Sagittaria | latifolia | Broad-leaved Arrowhead | |
| Typha | latifolia | Common Cattail | |
| Zannichellia | palustris | Horned Pondweed | |
| FERNS | |||
| Asplenium | trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | |
| Athyrium | filix-femina | Lady Fern | |
| Cystopteris | fragilis | Fragile Fern | |
| Dryopteris | filix-mas | Male Fern | |
| Polypodium | glycyrrhiza | Licorice Fern | |
| Polystichum | munitum | Sword Fern | |
| HORSETAILS | |||
| Equisetum | arvense | Common Horsetail | |
| Equisetum | hyemale | Scouring Rush | |
| Equisetum | variegatum ssp. alaskanum | Smooth Scouring Rush | |
| LIVERWORTS | |||
| Marchantia | polymorpha | ||
| Riccia | frostii | ||
| Plants on old checklist but not yet seen during Sept and Oct visits | |||
| Genus | Species | ||
| Trees | |||
| Picea | sitchensis | Sitka Spruce | |
| Shrubs | |||
| Corylus | cornuta | Beaked Hazelnut | |
| Ribes | lacustre | Black Gooseberry | |
| Salix | hookeriana | Hooker’s Willow | |
| Herbaceous plants | |||
| Artemisia | suksdorfii | Suksdorf’s Mugwort | |
| Castilleja | miniata | Scarley Paintbrush | |
| Claytonia | perfoliata | Miner’s-lettuce | |
| Cornus | unalaschkensis | Alaskan Bunchberry | |
| Orthilia | secunda | One-sided Wintergreen | |
| Symphyotrichum | subspicatum | Douglas’ aster | |
| Horsetails | |||
| Equisetum | laevigatum | Smooth Scouring-rush | |
| Equisetum | pratense | Meadow Horsetail | |
| Grasses | |||
| Calamagrostis | canadensis | Blue-joint Reedgrass | |
| MOSSES FROM OLD PLANT LIST, NOT REVIEWED | |||
| Brachythecium | sp. | Short-capsuled Moss sp. | |
| Dicranum | sp, | Broom Moss sp. | |
| Eurhynchium | oreganum | Oregon Beaked Moss | |
| Funaria | hygrometrica | Bonfire Moss | |
| Isothecium | stoloniferum | Cat-tail Moss | |
| Kindbergia | oregano | Oregon Beaked Moss | |
| Leucolepis | menziesii | Menzies’ Tree Moss | |
| Neckera | pennata | Feather Flat Moss | |
| Physcomitrium | patens | Red-listed | |
| Plagiomnium | insigne | Badge Moss | |
| Rhytidiadelphus | loreus | Lanky Moss | |