Field Trip Locations

#2 September 21, 2014

Wisconsin, Dane Co., Mud Lake/Goose Lake Wildlife Area

1 1/2 mile N on Missouri Rd from Co Hwy BB, just east of Hwy 73

north of Deerfield

Mesic to xeric forests and swamp wetlands

Deerfield Twnshp T7N R12E NE1/4 Sec 3

Parking lot:

Lat 43° 5'52.32"N Long 89° 3'50.92"W elev 936 ft

Forest slope:

Lat 43° 5'56.51"N Long 89° 3'47.45"W elev 926 ft

Edge of marsh/swamp forest

Lat 43° 6'0.11"N Long 89° 3'42.92"W elev 860 ft

 

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

Adoxaceae - Sambucus (elderberry), Viburnum (viburnum)

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

*Apiaceae - Daucus (wild carrot), Pastinaca (wild parsnip), Torilis (hedge parsley)

Aquifoliaceae - Ilex (Michigan holly, winterberry)

Araceae - Arisaema (jack-in-the-pulpit)

Asparagaceae [Convallariaceae in MI Flora] - Maianthemum (false Solomon's-seal)

*Asteraceae - Bidens (beggar's tick), Cichorium (chickory), Eutrochium (Joe-pye weed), Solidago (goldenrods), Symphyotrichum (asters)

Balsaminaceae - Impatiens (jewelweed)

Berberidaceae - Caulophyllum (blue cohosh)

Boraginaceae - Hackelia (beggar's lice)

*Brassicaceae - Alliaria (garlic mustard)

Caprifoliaceae - Lonicera (honeysuckle), Triosteum (horse gentian)

Colchicaceae [Convallariaceae in MI Flora] - Uvularia (bellwort)

Cornaceae - Cornus (dogwood, red-osier)

Cuscutaceae - Cuscuta (dodder)

Elaeagnaceae - Elaeagnus ( Russian olive)

*Fabaceae - Amphicarpaea (hog peanut), Apios (groundnut), Hylodesmum (tick trefoil), Trifolium (red clover)

Fagaceae - Quercus (red oak, white oak)

Grossulariaceae - Ribes (gooseberry)

Hamamelidaceae - Hamamelis (witch-hazel)

Juglandaceae - Carya (hickory), Juglans (walnut)

Malvaceae - Tilia (basswood)

Oleaceae - Fraxinus (ash)

Onagraceae - Circaea (enchanter's nightshade)

Oxalidaceae - Oxalis (sorrel)

*Poaceae - Cinna (wood reedgrass), Elymus (bottlebrush), Glyceria (manna grass), Leersia (cut grass), Muhlenbergia (muhly), Poa (bluegrass)

*Polygonaceae - Persicaria (smartweeds), Rumex (water dock)

*Ranunuculaceae - Actaea (baneberry), Thalictrum (meadow rue)

Rhamnaceae - Rhamnus (buckthorn)

*Rosaceae - Agrimonia (agrimony), Geum (avens), Prunus (wild black cherry, chokecherry), Rosa (rose), Rubus (blackberry)

Rubiaceae - Galium (bedstraws)

Salicaceae - Populus (big tooth aspen)

Sapindaceae - Acer (boxelder, red maple)

Smilacaceae - Smilax (catbriar)

*Solanaceae - Solanum (bittersweet)

Typhaceae - Typha (cattail)

Ulmaceae - Ulmus (red elm)

Urticaceae -Parietaria (pellitory), Pilea (clearweed)

Verbenaceae - Verbena (vervain)

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

Gymnosperms

Pinaceae - Larix (larch, tamarack)

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

Athyriaceae - Athyrium (lady fern)

Dryopteridaceae - Dryopteris (wood or shield fern)

Equisetaceae - Equisetum (horsetail)

Onocleaceae - Onoclea (sensitive fern)

Osmundaceae - Osmunda (cinnamon fern, interrupted fern)

Pteridaceae - Adiantum (maiden-hair fern)

Thelypteridaceae - Thelypteris (marsh fern)