Guion Pond Woodland Garden

Summer 1999 Plant List

Planted in the garden on 1-3 June 1999 (* = species already found in garden)

1. Transplanted from a rich woodland at 1400 ft. elevation on Walking Stick Ridge, Nelson Co. Virginia

Wildflowers
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis, Papaveraceae)
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum, Araceae)*
Violets (Viola spp., Violaceae)
Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum, Geraniaceae)*
Wild ginger (Asarum canadense, Aristolochiaceae)*
False Solomon's seal (Smilacina racemosa, Liliaceae)
Bellwort (Uvularia sp., Liliaceae)
Black cohosh / black snakeroot (Cimicifuga sp., Ranunculaceae)

Ferns
Rattlesnake (Botrychium virginianum, Ophioglossaceae)
Ebony spleenwort (Asplenium platymeuron, Polypodiaceae)
Fragile (Cystopteris fragilis, Polypodiaceae)
one unidentified species

2. Purchased from Zephyr Gardens, Lovingston VA:

Goat's Beard (Aruncus dioicus, Rosaceae)
Blue cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides, Berberidaceae)
Wild bleeding heart (Dicentra eximia, Papaveraceae)
Jacob's ladder (Polemonium sp., Polemoniaceae)
Monkshood (Aconitum sp., Ranunculaceae)
Spikenard (Aralia racemosa, Araliaceae)
Giant hyssop (Agastache sp., Lamiaceae)
Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium sp., Asteraceae)
Flat-topped aster (Aster umbellatus, Asteraceae)
Large-leaved aster (Aster macrophyllus, Asteraceae)
Rough horsetail (Equisetum hyemale, Equisetaceae)

Current Guion Pond Plant List

URL: //nature.sbc.edu/places/guionpondlistJune99.html    email: naturalist@sbc.edu

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Last updated: 25 March 2000
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