Field Trip Locations

 

#1 September 10, 2017

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

Angiosperms

Alismataceae – Alisma (water-plantain), Sagittaria (arrow-head)

Amaranthaceae – Amaranthus (lamb's-quarter), Froelichia (cotton-grass)

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)

Asparagaceae - Asparagus (asparagus), Maianthemum (false Solomon-seal)

*Asteraceae – Achillea (yarrow), Ageratina (snakeroot), Ambrosia (ragweed), Artemisia (white sage), Bidens (beggar's tick), Centaurea (spotted knapweed), Conyza (horseweed), Coreopsis (coreopsis), Erechtites (fireweed), Eupatorium (boneset), Eutrochium (Joe-pye weed), Helianthus (sunflower), Solidago (goldenrods), Sonchus (sow thistle), Symphyotrichum (asters)

Balsaminaceae - Impatiens (jewel-weed)

Betulaceae - Betula (birch)

Boraginaceae – Hackelia (beggar’s-lice)

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

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

Campanulaceae - Lobelia (cardinal flower)

Cannabaceae - Celtis (hackberry)

Caprifoliaceae - Lonicera (honeysuckle)

Cleomaceae – Polanisia (clammy-weed)

Commelinaceae - Tradescantia (spiderwort)

Convolvulaceae - Cuscuta (dodder)

Cornaceae - Cornus (dogwood)

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

Dioscoreaceae - Dioscorea (wild yam)

Euphorbiaceae - Acalypha (mercury), Euphorbia (spurge)

*Fabaceae - Lespedeza (bush clover)

Fagaceae - Quercus (oak)

Gentianaceae – Gentiana (bottle gentian)

Iridaceae – Iris (blue-flag)

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

Linderniaceae - Lindernia (false pimpernel)

Menispermaceae - Menispermum (moonseed)

Moraceae - Morus (mulberry)

Nyctaginaceae – Mirabilis (four-o-clock)

Oleaceae – Fraxinus (ash)

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

Oxalidaceae – Oxalis (wood-sorrel)

Plantaginaceae - Chelone (turtlehead), Linaria (butter-and-eggs), Plantago (plantain)

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

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

*Ranunculaceae – Anemone (thimbleweed), Thalictrum (meadow-rue)

*Rosaceae - Crataegus (hawthorn), Geum (avens), Potentilla (cinquefoil), Prunus (cherry), Rosa (rose), Rubus (raspberry)

Rubiaceae - Cephalanthus (button-bush), Galium (bedstraw)

Salicaceae - Salix (willow)

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)

Violaceae - Viola (violet)

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

Gymnosperms

Cupressaceae - Juniperus (red cedar)

Pinaceae - Pinus (white pine)

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)