Field Trip Locations

#2 September 21, 2008

Wisconsin, Iowa Co., along RR tracks north of Helena,

1 mile N of Hwy 14 on Helena Rd, just east of the

Wisconsin River bridge

Xeric prairie, railroad tracks, swamp wetlands

Arena Twnshp T8N R4E NW1/4 Sec 16

Lat 43° 10.410'N Long 90° 01.294'W

 

Representative plants seen (* = required families)

Aceraceae - Acer (silver maple)

Anacardiaceae - Rhus (staghorn sumac), Toxicodendron (poison ivy)

*Apiaceae - Cicuta (water hemlock)

Asclepiadaceae - Asclepias (milkweeds)

*Asteraceae - Ambrosia (ragweeds), Aster (asters), Bidens (beggar's tick), Centaurea (spotted knapweed), Eupatorium (white snakeroot, Joe-pye weed), Solidago (goldenrods)

Betulaceae - Betula (river birch)

*Brassicaceae - Berteroa (hoary alyssum)

*Caryophyllaceae - Saponaria (soapwort), Silene (campion)

Commelinaceae - Tradescantia (spiderwort)

*Cyperaceae - Carex (sedge), Scirpus (bulrush)

Dioscoreaceae - Dioscorea (wild yam)

Equisetaceae - Equisetum (scouring rush)

*Fabaceae - Lespedeza (bush clover), Medicago (yellow clover), Melilotus (white clover)

Fagaceae - Quercus (oak)

Gentianaceae - Gentiana (bottle gentian)

Hypericaceae - Hypericum (St. John's-wort)

*Lamiaceae - Monarda (horsemint), Nepeta (catnip), Physostegia (false dragonhead), Prunella (selfheal) TWO MYSTERY PLANTS (Stachys 2 spp.?)

Liliaceae - Asparagus (asparagus), Polygonatum (Solomon-seal)

Lobeliaceae - Lobelia (cardinal flower)

Moraceae - Morus (mulberry)

Nyctaginaceae - Mirabilis (four-o'clock)

*Poaceae - Andropogon (big bluestem), Phalaris (reed canary), Schizachyrium (little bluestem)

*Polygonaceae - Polygonum (smartweeds) [we saw species that are in both Polygonum and Persicaria - or sect. Persicaria), Rumex (water dock)

*Ranunuculaceae - Thalictrum (meadow rue)

Rhamnaceae - Rhamnus (buckthorn)

*Rosaceae - Rosa (rose), Rubus (raspberry), Spiraea (meadow-sweet)

Rubiaceae - Cephalanthus (button bush)

Salicaceae - Populus (big tooth aspen)

Scrophulariaceae - Chelone (turtlehead), Linaria (butter-and-eggs), Verbascum (mullein)

Smilacaceae - Smilax (catbriar)

Typhaceae - Typha (cattail)

Ulmaceae - Ulmus (red elm)

Urticaceae - Laportea (wood nettle)

Verbenaceae - Verbena (vervain)

Vitaceae - Parthenocissus (Virginia creeper), Vitis (wild grape)

Gymnosperms

Cupressaceae - Juniperus (red cedar)

Ferns

Onoclea (sensitive fern)