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2007 Composite List of Wildlowers
This is a list of first reported flowering dates for wildflowers species in Glen Helen during 2007. To submit flowering sightings, send e-mail to the Glen Helen Wildflower List Mailbox. Please note the species name, date of observation, where in Glen Helen it was observed flowering, and the name of the observer.
Updated 6-11-07
| Common-name | Scientific name | Date | Reported by | Locale |
| Harbinger of spring | Erigenia bulbosa | |||
| Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus | Mar 13 | Cecil Ogg | Base of Trailside steps |
| Snow trillium | Trillium nivale | Mar 29 | Roger Reynolds | Near old swinging bridge site |
| Hepatica | Hepatica acutiloba | Mar 22 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Cut-leaved toothwort | Dentaria concatenatum | Mar 27 | Alice McKinney | Behind Glen Helen Building |
| Dutchman's breeches | Dicentra cucullaria | Mar 27 | Alice McKinney | Behind Glen Helen Building |
| Squirrel-corn | Dicentra canadensis | |||
| Bloodroot | Sanguinaria canadensis | Mar 26 | Brian Walter | Upper Birch Creek Trail |
| Blue cohosh | Caulophyllum thalictroides | Apr 15 | Alice McKinney | Inman Trail |
| Purple cress | Cardamine douglassii | Mar 31 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Wild columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | Apr 28 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Common blue violet | Viola papilonacea | Apr 22 | Ruth Lapp | North Glen |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | Apr 22 | Ruth Lapp | North Glen |
| Sessile trillium (AKA Toad or Red Trillium | Trillium sessile | Mar 27 | Alice McKinney | Behind Glen Helen Building |
| Wild ginger | Asarum canadense | Mar 31 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Virgina bluebells | Mertensia virginica | Mar 27 | Bette Kelley | East side of Yellow Springs Creek |
| Virgina spiderwort | Tradescantia virginiana | May 19 | Dan Pearson | East side of Yellow Springs Creek |
| Jacob's ladder (Greek valerian) | Polemonium reptans | Apr 28 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Spring beauty | Claytonia virginica | March 24 | Nick Boutis | Near Cascades |
| Dwarf larkspur | Delphinium tricorne | May 6 | Alice McKinney | North Glen |
| Twinleaf | Jefferson diphylla | Mar 31 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Spring cress | Cardamine rhomboidea | Apr 28 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Large-flowered trillium | Trilium grandiflorum | Apr 2 | Harmony Rauwerda and students from Licking Heights North Elementary | Lower Birch Creek Trail |
| Nodding trillium | Trillium flexipes | Mar 31 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Rue anemone | Anemonella thalictroides | Apr 7 | Alice McKinney and Gary Zaremsky | Inman Trail between stepping stones and cascades |
| White baneberry | Actaea pachypoda | July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman trail |
| Wild strawberry | Fragaria virginiana | |||
| Pale violet | Viola striata | |||
| Golden corydalis | Corydalis aurea | |||
| Trout lily | Erthronium americanum | Apr 2 | Harmony Rauwerda and students from Licking Heights North Elementary | Inman Trail between stepping stones and Pompei's Pillar |
| Large-flowered bellwort | Uvularia grandif | Apr 2 | Ruth Lapp | Talus Trail |
| Early meadow rue | Thalictrum dioicum | Apr 7 | Alice McKinney and Gary Zaremsky | Inman Trail between stepping stones and cascades |
| Kidney-leaf buttercup | Ranunculus abortivus | Apr 7 | Alice McKinney and Gary Zaremsky | Yellow springs dam |
| Yellow trillium | Trillium cuneatum | Apr 22 | Ruth Lapp | Center area of Glen Helen Building |
| Marsh marigold | Caltha palustris | Apr 22 | Ruth Lapp | North Glen |
| Swamp buttercup | Ranunculus septentrionalis | |||
| Small flowered crowfoot | Ranunculus abvus | |||
| Smooth yellow violet | Viola eriocarpa | Mar 31 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Jack-in-the-pulpit | Arisaema atrorubens | Apr 22 | Ruth Lapp | North Glen |
| Wild geranium | Geranium maculatum | Apr 28 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Wild blue phlox | Phlox divaricata | Apr 22 | Ruth Lapp | North Glen |
| Miterwort | Mitella diphylla | Apr 28 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Golden ragwort | Senecio aureus | Apr 11 | Alice McKinney | In front of Glen Building |
| Wood betony | Pedicularis canadensis | Mar 31 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Yellow star grass | Hypoxis hirsuta | |||
| Watercress | Nasturtium officinale | |||
| Mayapple | Podophyllum peltatum | May 6 | Alice McKinney | North Glen |
| Green dragon | Arisaema dracontium | |||
| Hairy solomon's seal | Polygonatum pubenscens | Apr 22 | Ruth Lapp | North Glen |
| Alumroot | Heuchera americana | |||
| Green violet | Hybanthus concolor | May 19 | Dan Pearson | Above Yellow Springs Creek |
| Fire pink | Silene virginica | June 2 | Dan Pearson | North Glen , near old dam |
| Appendaged waterleaf | Hydrophyllum appendioulatum | May 19 | Alice McKinney | Inman Trail |
| Blue-eyed grasses | Sisyrinchium spp. | |||
| Showy orchis | Orchis spectabilis | |||
| Wild stonecrop | Sedum ternatum | Apr 28 | Barbara Miller | Talus Trail |
| Garlic mustard | Alliaria petiolata | Apr 22 | Ruth Lapp | North Glen |
| False solomon's seal | Smilacina racemosa | Apr 22 | Ruth Lapp | North Glen |
| Shooting star | Dodecatheon media | |||
| Aniseroot | Osmorhiza longistylis | June 9 | Ruth Lapp/Dan Pearson | North Glen |
| Corn salad | Valerianella olitoria | May 19 | Dan Pearson | Near old dam, North Glen |
| Yellow lady's slipper | Cypripedium caleolus | |||
| Golden alexander | Zizia aurea | May 6 | Alice McKinney | North Glen |
| Dame's rocket | Hesperis matronalis | May 5 | Alice McKinney | Between Trailside and Glen Building |
| White avens | Geum canadense | June 2 | Dan Pearson | North Glen |
| Yellow wood-sorrel | Oxalis europaea | June 9 | Ruth Lapp/Dan Pearson | North Glen |
| Lesser daisy fleabane | Erigeron stsus | June 9 | Ruth Lapp/Dan Pearson | North Glen |
| Bedstraw | Gallium spp. | May 5 | Alice McKinney | Between Trailside and Glen Building |
| Downy woodmint | Blephilia ciliata | June 30 | Dan Pearson and Cecil Ogg | South Glen off Jacoby Rd. |
| Slender ladies tresses | Spiranthes lacera | |||
| Common arrowhead | Triglochin spp. | |||
| Lesser celendine | Ranunculus ficaria | Mar 18 | Brian Walter | North Glen, near Cascades Bridge |
| Hispid buttercup | Ranunculus hispidus | Apr 28 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Smooth solomon's seal | Polygonaum biflorum | Apr 28 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| White violet | Viola striata | Apr 28 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Blue cohosh | Caulophyllum thalictroides | Apr 15 | Alice McKinney | Inman Trail |
| Winter cress | Barbarea vulgaris | May 6 | Alice McKinney | North Glen |
| Sweet cicely | Osmorhiza claytonii | May 6 | Alice McKinney | North Glen |
| Swamp lousewort | Pedicularis lanceolata | Apr 15 | Alice McKinney | Inman Trail |
| Butterweed | Packera glabella | May 6 | Alice McKinney | North Glen |
| Moneywort (Creeping Jenny) | Lysimachia nummularia | June 2 | Dan Pearson | Near old dam, North Glen |
| Sanicle (Black snakeroot) | Sanicula marilandica | June 2 | Dan Pearson | Inman Trail, North Glen |
| Gall-of-the-earth (Tall Rattlesnake-root) | Prenanthes trifoliolata | June 2 | Dan Pearson | Along Birch Creek, North Glen |
| American columbo (Green gentian, Monument plant) | Swertia radiata | June 2 | Dan Pearson | Along Birch Creek, North Glen |
| Pale touch-me-not (Pale jewelweed) |
Impatiens pallida | June 9 | Ruth Lapp/Dan Pearson | North Glen |
| Wild hydrangea | Hydrangea arborescens | June 9 | Ruth Lapp/Dan Pearson | North Glen |
| Common Fleabane (Philadelphia Fleabane) |
Erigeron philadelphicus | May 19 | Cecil Ogg | Inman Trail |
| Honewort |
Cryptotaenia canadensis | May 19 | Dan Pearson | Near Yellow Springs Creek, East side |
| Bird's-eye Speedwell (Germander Speedwell) |
Veronica chamaedrys | June 2 | Dan Pearson | Inman Trail, North Glen |
| Water Speedwell |
Veronica anagallis-aquatica | June 10 | Dan Pearson | Yellow Springs Creek, North Glen |
| Daisy fleabane | Erigeron annus | June 30 | Dan Pearson and Cecil Ogg | South Glen off Jacoby Rd. |
| Lopseed | Phryms leptostachya | June 30 | Dan Pearson and Cecil Ogg | South Glen off Jacoby Rd. |
| Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | June 30 | Dan Pearson and Cecil Ogg | South Glen off Jacoby Rd. |
| Enchanter's nightshade | Circaea quadrisulcata | June 30 | Dan Pearson and Cecil Ogg | South Glen off Jacoby Rd. |
| Great Indian plantain | Cacalia muhlenbergii | June 30 | Dan Pearson and Cecil Ogg | South Glen off Jacoby Rd. |
| Stinging nettle | Urtica dioica | June 30 | Dan Pearson and Cecil Ogg | South Glen off Jacoby Rd. |
| Ox eye | Heliopsis helianthoides | July 7 | Ruth Paige and Cecil Ogg | South Glen off Jacoby Rd. |
| Queen-of-the-Prairie | Filipendula rubra |
July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman steps |
| Thimbleweed | Anemone virginiana | July 21 | Dan Pearson | near dam |
| Clearweed | Pilea pumila | July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman trail |
| Selfheal | Prunella vulgaris | July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman trail |
| Skull cap | Sentellaria epilobiifolia | July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman trail |
| Burdock | Arctium minus | July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman trail |
| White Vervain | Verbena urticifolia | July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman trail |
| White Snakeroot | Eupatorium rugosum | July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman trail |
| Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman trail |
| Agrimony | Agrimonia gryposepala | July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman steps |
| Eupatorium | Eupatorium spp. (5 whorled leaves) | July 21 | Dan Pearson | Inman trail |
| Tick Trefoil | Desmodium sp. | July 21 | Dan Pearson | near dam |
| Enchanter's Nightshade | Circaea quadrisulcata | July 21 | Dan Pearson | near dam |
| Tall Bellflower | Campanula americana | July 21 | Dan Pearson | near dam |
| Wingstem | Actinomeris alterniflora | July 21 | Alice McKinney | Inman trail |
| Indian tobacco | Lobelia inflaca | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Mullien foxglove | Dasistoma macrophyla | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Bank of Little Miami near Grinnell Dam |
| Yellow passion flower | Passiflora lutea | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Bank of Little Miami near Grinnell Dam |
| Wound wort | Stachys palustris | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Bank of Little Miami near Grinnell Dam |
| Tall blue lettuce | Lactuca biennis | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Bank of Little Miami near Grinnell Dam |
| Velvet leaf | Abutilon theophrasti | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Bank of Little Miami near Grinnell Dam |
| Nut sedge | Cyperus spp. | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Bank of Little Miami near Grinnell Dam |
| Monkey Flower | Mimulus spp. | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Bank of Little Miami near Grinnell Dam |
| Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Bank of Little Miami near Grinnell Dam |
| Flower of an Hour | Hibiscus trionum | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Grinnell Dam |
| Willow Herb | Epilobium spp. | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Grinnell Dam |
| Wild Cucumber | Echinocystis lobata | Aug 4 | Kitty Jensen | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Woodland sunflower | Helianthus divaricatus | Aug 4 | Kitty Jensen | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Rough bedstraw | Galium asprellum | Aug 4 | Kitty Jensen | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Dodder | Cuscuta gronovii | Aug 4 | Kitty Jensen | Bank of Little Miami near Grinnell Dam |
| Yellow Goatsbeard | Tragopogon pratensis | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Wild Petunia | Ruellia spp. | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Chicory | Cichorium intybus | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Queen Ann’s Lace | Daucus carota | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Elderberry | Sambucus spp. | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Mullien | Verbascum thapsus | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Ironweed | Veronica altissima | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Figwort | Scrophularia spp. | Aug 4 | Dan Pearson and Cecil Ogg | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Galinsoga | Galinsoga ciliata | Aug 4 | Julie & Steve | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Prostrate Knotweed | Polygonum sp. | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Herb from stumps | Unk. | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Grinnell Mill and Dam area |
| Amaranth |
Amaranthus spp. | Aug 4 | Alice McKinney's trail group | Bank of Little Miami near Grinnell Dam |