Features of the FWG

Old Field - Early summer plant inventory: 19 June 2006

Status
C: common - large populations in many locations on the site.
U: uncommon - small populations present in 5-10 locations on the site, or a large population but present in only one or two locations.
S: scarce - small populations and present in only one or two locations on the site.
* = alien (non-native) species

The status refers ONLY to the abundance or otherwise of the plant species in the Old Field, not in the FWG as a whole. A species may be abundant in the entire garden but scarce in the Old Field, for example.

PLANT LIST

*Acer ginnala C
*Acer negundo U
*Agropyron repens U
Ambrosia artemisiifolia C
*Arctium minus C
Asclepias syriaca C
Aster novae-angliae C
Aster simplex U

*Barbarea vulgaris U
*Berteroa incana U
*Bromus inermis C

Carex scoparia S
*Chelidonium majus U
*Chenopodium album S
*Cirsium arvense C
*Cirsium vulgare S
Cornus stolonifera U
*Cynanchum rossicum C

*Dactylis glomerata C
*Daucus carota U

Erigeron philadelphicus U
Fragaria virginiana U

Fraxinus sp. U

Geum aleppicum C

*Hesperis matronalis S
*Hypericum perforatum U

Juncus effusus S
Juncus tenuis S

*Lamium sp. U
*Lepidium densiflorum U
*Leucanthemum vulgare S
*Linaria vulgaris U
*Lythrum salicaria S

*Malva sp. S
*Medicago lupulina C
*Melilotus alba U

*Nepeta cataria U
*Oxalis sp. C

Parthenocissus vitacea U
Phalaris arundinacea S (may or may not be native)
*Phleum pratense C
*Plantago major C
Poa pratensis C
*Potentilla argentea C
Prunus sp. C

Rubus strigosus C
*Rumex crispus U

*Silene vulgaris C
*Solanum dulcamara U
Solidago canadensis C
Solidago graminifolia (Euthamia graminifolia) C
Solidago rugosa U
*Sonchus arvensis C
*Symphytum officinale S

*Tanacetum vulgare U
*Taraxacum officinale C
*Tragopogon pratensis U
*Trifolium pratense C
*Trifolium repens C

*Verbascum thapsus S
*Vicia cracca U

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Text: Christine Hanrahan
This page was revised on 20 June 2006
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