Field Trip Locations

 

#1 September 6, 2014

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 forest wetlands

Arena Twnshp T8N R4E NW1/4 Sec 16

Lat: 43°10'23.99"N Long: 90° 1'17.05"W – dry prairie

Lat: 43°10'25.21"N Long: 90° 1'37.09"W – wetlands along track

 

Representative plants seen (* = required families) - connect to Michigan Flora via genus or family for images and keys to species (the first five families are linked for you)

Angiosperms

Alismataceae – Alisma (water-plantain)

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

*Apiaceae - Cicuta (water hemlock), Sium (water parsnip)

Apocynaceae - Asclepias (milkweed)

Araceae – Arisaema (jack-in-the-pulpit), Lemna (duckweed)

*Asteraceae – Achillea (yarrow), Ambrosia (ragweeds), Artemisia (white sage), Bidens (beggar's tick), Centaurea (spotted knapweed), Coreopsis (coreopsis), Eutrochium  (Joe-pye weed), Helianthus (sunflower), Solidago (goldenrods), Symphyotrichum (asters)

Balsaminaceae - Impatiens (jewel-weed)

Betulaceae - Betula (river birch)

Boraginaceae – Hackelia (beggar’s-lice)

*Brassicaceae - Berteroa (hoary alyssum), Cardamine (cress), Nasturtium (water-cress)

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

Cleomaceae – Polanisia (clammy-weed)

Commelinaceae - Tradescantia (spiderwort)

Cornaceae - Cornus (dogwood)

*Cyperaceae – Bolboschoenus (bulrush), Carex (sedge), Cyperus (nutsedge), Scirpus (woolgrass)

Dioscoreaceae - Dioscorea (wild yam)

Euphorbiaceae - Euphorbia (spurge)

*Fabaceae - Lespedeza (bush clover)

Fagaceae - Quercus (oak)

Iridaceae – Iris (blue-flag)

*Lamiaceae - Monarda (horsemint), Nepeta (catnip), Physostegia (obedient plant), Prunella (self-heal)

Menispermaceae - Menispermum (moonseed)

Nyctaginaceae – Mirabilis (four-o-clock)

Oleaceae – Fraxinus (ash)

Onagraceae – Epilobium (willow-herb), Oenothera (evening primrose)

Plantaginaceae - Linaria (butter-and-eggs),

*Poaceae - Andropogon (big bluestem), Digitaria (crabgrass), Eleusine (goosegrass), Elymus (wild rye), Eragrostis (lovegrass), Leersia (cut grass), Muhlenbergia (muhly), Panicum (panic grass), Phalaris (reed canary), Schizachyrium (little bluestem), Setaria (foxtail), Sporobolus (dropseed)

*Polygonaceae - Persicaria (smartweed, jumpseed), Polygonum (knotweed), Rumex (water dock)

*Ranunculaceae – Anemone (thimbleweed)

*Rosaceae - Geum (avens), Potentilla (cinquefoil), Rosa (rose)

Rubiaceae - Cephalanthus (button bush)

Sapindaceae - Acer (silver maple)

Scrophulariaceae - Verbascum (mullein)

Smilacaceae - Smilax (catbriar)

*Solanaceae – Solanum (horse-nettle, bittersweet)

Typhaceae – Sparganium (bur-reed), Typha (cattail)

Ulmaceae - Ulmus (elm)

Urticaceae - Boehmeria (false nettle), Laportea (wood nettle), Pilea (clearweed), Urtica (stinging nettle)

Verbenaceae - Verbena (vervain)

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

Gymnosperms

Cupressaceae - Juniperus (red cedar)

Ferns [families not necessarily same as used in Michigan Flora] - for keying ferns, use Peterson Guide to Ferns in lab or the online key http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/pteridophytes/pteridophyte_key01b.htm

Equisetaceae - Equisetum (scouring rush, horsetail)

Onocleaceae - Onoclea (sensitive fern)

Ophioglossaceae – Botrychium (moonwort)

Osmundaceae – Osmunda (royal fern)