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2008 Composite List of Wildlowers
This is a list of first reported flowering dates for wildflowers species in Glen Helen during 2008.
| Common-name | Scientific name | Date | Reported by | Locale |
| Harbinger of spring | Erigenia bulbosa | 4-5-08 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus | 4-5-08 | Alice McKinney | Inman Trail |
| Snow trillium | Trillium nivale | 3-29-08 | Inge Knowles | Talus Trail |
| Hepatica | Hepatica acutiloba | 4-5-08 | Alice McKinney | Talus Trail |
| Cut-leaved toothwort | Dentaria concatenatum | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Dutchman's breeches | Dicentra cucullaria | 4-5-08 | Joan... | Talus Trail |
| Squirrel-corn | Dicentra canadensis | |||
| Bloodroot | Sanguinaria canadensis | 4-12-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Blue cohosh | Caulophyllum thalictroides | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Purple cress | Cardamine douglassii | 4-12-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Wild columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | 5-24-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail and Stagecoach Rd. |
| Common blue violet | Viola papilonacea | 4-12-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | 5-10-08 | Nick Boutis | Outdoor Education Center |
| Sessile trillium (AKA Toad or Red Trillium | Trillium sessile | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Wild ginger | Asarum canadense | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Virgina bluebells | Mertensia virginica | 5-10-08 | Nick Boutis | Glen Building |
| Virgina spiderwort | Tradescantia virginiana | 5-31-08 | Cecil Ogg Group | Birch Creek Cooridor |
| Jacob's ladder (Greek valerian) | Polemonium reptans | May 08 | Dan Pearson & Kitty Jensen | Talus Trail |
| Spring beauty | Claytonia virginica | 4-12-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Dwarf larkspur | Delphinium tricorne | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Twinleaf | Jefferson diphylla | May 08 | Dan Pearson & Kitty Jensen | Talus Trail |
| Spring cress | Cardamine rhomboidea | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Large-flowered trillium | Trilium grandiflorum | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Nodding trillium | Trillium flexipes | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Rue anemone | Anemonella thalictroides | 4-12-08 | Dan Pearson | Inman Trail |
| White baneberry (Doll's eyes) | Actaea pachypoda | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Wild strawberry | Fragaria virginiana | |||
| Pale violet (Cream Violet) | Viola striata | 5-31-08 | Cecil Ogg Group | Birch Creek Cooridor |
| Golden corydalis | Corydalis aurea | |||
| Trout lily | Erthronium americanum | 4-12-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Large-flowered bellwort | Uvularia grandif | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Early meadow rue | Thalictrum dioicum | June 08 | Alice McKinney Group | Birch Creek |
| Kidney-leaf buttercup | Ranunculus abortivus | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Yellow trillium | Trillium cuneatum | 5-15-08 | Nick Boutis | Glen Building |
| Marsh marigold | Caltha palustris | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Swamp buttercup | Ranunculus septentrionalis | |||
| Small flowered crowfoot | Ranunculus abvus | |||
| Smooth yellow violet | Viola eriocarpa | 5-31-08 | Cecil Ogg Group | Birch Creek Cooridor |
| Jack-in-the-pulpit | Arisaema atrorubens | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Wild geranium | Geranium maculatum | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Wild blue phlox | Phlox divaricata | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Miterwort | Mitella diphylla | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Golden ragwort | Senecio aureus | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Wood betony (Lousewort) | Pedicularis canadensis | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Yellow star grass | Hypoxis hirsuta | 5-31-08 | Cecil Ogg Group | Birch Creek Cooridor |
| Watercress | Nasturtium officinale | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Mayapple | Podophyllum peltatum | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Green dragon | Arisaema dracontium | |||
| Hairy solomon's seal | Polygonatum pubenscens | |||
| Alumroot | Heuchera americana | |||
| Green violet | Hybanthus concolor | 5-31-08 | Cecil Ogg Group | Birch Creek Cooridor |
| Fire pink | Silene virginica | June 08 | Dan Pearson | Near dam |
| Appendaged waterleaf | Hydrophyllum appendioulatum | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Blue-eyed grasses | Sisyrinchium spp. | |||
| Showy orchis | Orchis spectabilis | |||
| Wild stonecrop | Sedum ternatum | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Garlic mustard | Alliaria petiolata | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| False solomon's seal (Solomon's Plume) | Smilacina racemosa | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Shooting star | Dodecatheon media | |||
| Aniseroot | Osmorhiza longistylis | |||
| Corn salad | Valerianella olitoria | |||
| Yellow lady's slipper | Cypripedium caleolus | |||
| Golden alexander | Zizia aurea | 5-31-08 | Cecil Ogg Group | Birch Creek Cooridor |
| Dame's rocket | Hesperis matronalis | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| White avens | Geum canadense | 5-24-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail and Stagecoach Rd. |
| Yellow wood-sorrel | Oxalis europaea | 5-31-08 | Cecil Ogg Group | Birch Creek Cooridor |
| Lesser daisy fleabane | Erigeron stsus | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Bedstraw | Gallium spp. | |||
| Downy woodmint | Blephilia ciliata | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Drive to Parking Lot |
| Slender ladies tresses | Spiranthes lacera | |||
| Common arrowhead | Triglochin spp. | |||
| Lesser celendine | Ranunculus ficaria | 4-12-08 | Kay West and Dan Pearson | Inman Trail |
| Hispid buttercup | Ranunculus hispidus | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Smooth solomon's seal | Polygonaum biflorum | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| White violet | Viola striata | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Blue cohosh | Caulophyllum thalictroides | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Winter cress | Barbarea vulgaris | 5-24-08 | Cecil Ogg | Baldwin Pond |
| Sweet cicely | Osmorhiza claytonii | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Swamp lousewort | Pedicularis lanceolata | |||
| Butterweed | Packera glabella | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Moneywort (Creeping Jenny) | Lysimachia nummularia | June 08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Sanicle (Black snakeroot) | Sanicula marilandica | June 08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Gall-of-the-earth (Tall Rattlesnake-root) | Prenanthes trifoliolata | |||
| American columbo (Green gentian, Monument plant) | Swertia radiata | |||
| Pale touch-me-not (Pale jewelweed) |
Impatiens pallida | |||
| Wild hydrangea | Hydrangea arborescens | |||
| Common Fleabane (Philadelphia Fleabane) |
Erigeron philadelphicus | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Honewort |
Cryptotaenia canadensis | June 08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Bird's-eye Speedwell (Germander Speedwell) |
Veronica chamaedrys | May 08 | Dave Janssen | Along bike path |
| Water Speedwell |
Veronica anagallis-aquatica | |||
| Daisy fleabane | Erigeron annus | June 08 | Alice McKinney Group | Near dam |
| Lopseed | Phryms leptostachya | |||
| Wild bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | |||
| Enchanter's nightshade | Circaea quadrisulcata | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | throughout |
| Great Indian plantain | Cacalia muhlenbergii | |||
| Stinging nettle | Urtica dioica | |||
| Ox eye | Heliopsis helianthoides | |||
| Queen-of-the-Prairie | Filipendula rubra |
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| Thimbleweed | Anemone virginiana | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond |
| Clearweed | Pilea pumila | |||
| Selfheal | Prunella vulgaris | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Drive to Parking Lot |
| Skull cap | Sentellaria epilobiifolia | |||
| Burdock | Arctium minus | |||
| White Vervain | Verbena urticifolia | |||
| White Snakeroot | Eupatorium rugosum | |||
| Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | |||
| Agrimony | Agrimonia gryposepala | |||
| Eupatorium | Eupatorium spp. (5 whorled leaves) | |||
| Tick Trefoil | Desmodium sp. | |||
| Yellow Pimpernel | Taenidia integerrima | 5-31-08 | Cecil Ogg Group | Birch Creek Cooridor |
| Tall Bellflower | Campanula americana | |||
| Wingstem | Actinomeris alterniflora | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Meadow Entrance (foliage only) |
| Indian tobacco | Lobelia inflaca | |||
| Mullien foxglove | Dasistoma macrophyla | |||
| Yellow passion flower | Passiflora lutea | |||
| Wound wort | Stachys palustris | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Drive to Parking Lot |
| Tall blue lettuce | Lactuca biennis | |||
| Velvet leaf | Abutilon theophrasti | |||
| Nut sedge | Cyperus spp. | |||
| Monkey Flower | Mimulus spp. | |||
| Blue Vervain | Verbena hastata | |||
| Flower of an Hour | Hibiscus trionum | |||
| Willow Herb | Epilobium spp. | |||
| Wild Cucumber | Echinocystis lobata | |||
| Woodland sunflower | Helianthus divaricatus | |||
| Rough bedstraw | Galium asprellum | |||
| Dodder | Cuscuta gronovii | |||
| Yellow Goatsbeard | Tragopogon pratensis | 5-24-08 | Cecil Ogg | Baldwin Pond |
| Wild Petunia | Ruellia spp. | |||
| Chicory | Cichorium intybus | |||
| Queen Ann’s Lace | Daucus carota | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Meadow Entrance |
| Elderberry | Sambucus spp. | |||
| Mullien | Verbascum thapsus | |||
| Ironweed | Veronica altissima | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Meadow Entrance (foiliage only) |
| Figwort | Scrophularia spp. | |||
| Galinsoga | Galinsoga ciliata | |||
| Prostrate Knotweed | Polygonum sp. | |||
| Herb from stumps | Unk. | |||
| Amaranth |
Amaranthus spp. | |||
| Periwinkle | Vinca minor | 4-12-08 | Cecil Ogg | Inman Trail |
| Bittercress | Cardamine hirsuta | 4-12-08 | Dan Pearson | Inman Trail |
| Chickweed | Stellaria media | 4-12+08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Native Euonymous | Euonymous americanus | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Nodding Wild Onion | Alium cernuum | 5-10-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail |
| Star-of-Bethlehem | Ornithogalum umbellatum | 5-24-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail and Stagecoach Rd. |
| Wild Sweet William (Meadow Phlox) | Phlox maculata | 5-24-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail and Stagecoach Rd. |
| Lady's Thumb | Polygonum persicaria | 5-24-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Inman Trail and Stagecoach Rd. |
| Large-leaved Waterleaf | Hydrophyllum macrophyllum | 5-31-08 | Cecil Ogg Group | Birch Creek Cooridor |
| Large-flowered Valerian | Valerian pauciflora | 5-31-08 | Cecil Ogg Group | Birch Creek Cooridor |
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca Americana | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond |
| Wild Rose | Family rosaceae | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond |
| Dogbane | Apocynum medium | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond |
| Alfalfa | Medicago sativa | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond |
| Horse Nettle | Solanum carolinense | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Drive to Parking Lot |
| Deptford Pink | Dianthus armeria | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond |
| Daisy | Chrysanthemum leucanthemum | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Meadow & Baldwin Pond |
| Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond |
| Horsetail | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond | |
| Sulfer Cinquefoil | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond | |
| Moth Mullein | Verbascum blattaria | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond |
| English Plantain | Platago lanceolata | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Meadow & Baldwin Pond |
| Canada Thistle | Cirsium arvense | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Baldwin Pond |
| Timothy | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Meadow & Baldwin Pond | |
| Bindweed | Convolvulus spithamaeus | 7-5-08 | Alice McKinney Group | Meadow |