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FIELD TRIP: Strouds Run State Park 6 Oct 2012 Highlights & Clarifications

FIELD TRIP: Strouds Run State Park 6 Oct 2012 Highlights & Clarifications . LOCAL FLORA Dr. Donald P. Althoff. Bugleweed (Va. water horehound). Ebony spleenwort. Autumn coralroot. Indian tobacco. CLASS: Liliopsida (monocot FAMILY: Orchidaceae (orchid family).

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FIELD TRIP: Strouds Run State Park 6 Oct 2012 Highlights & Clarifications

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  1. FIELD TRIP: Strouds Run State Park 6 Oct 2012 Highlights & Clarifications LOCAL FLORA Dr. Donald P. Althoff Bugleweed (Va. water horehound) Ebony spleenwort Autumn coralroot Indian tobacco

  2. CLASS: Liliopsida (monocot FAMILY: Orchidaceae (orchid family) _________________ (USDA) Small flowered coral root (Blair) Late coralroot (Newton’s) (not listed in Peterson’s) Corallorhiza odontorhiza

  3. each flower subtended by a small, linear-lanceolate ________ _________ linear-lanceolate, 3-4.5 mm long X 1-1.5 mm wide, madder-purple, typically green at the base. Autumn coralroot (USDA) Small flowered coral root (Blair) Late coralroot (Newton’s)

  4. Known to be ______________. Could be insect-pollinated Flowering: late August-late October (i.e., 10/6/2012!!!) __________ of 3 coralroots in Ohio to flower Autumn coralroot (USDA) Small flowered coral root (Blair) Late coralroot (Newton’s)

  5. Variation on the “purple dotting” of the _____

  6. USDA: Endangered for FL, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT …_________ 

  7. Top and Under (note spores) CLASS: Filicopsida (whisk ferns) FAMILY: Polypodiaceae (spleenwort family) Stalk dark brown, shining, smooth, short, stiff, and erect _________________ Asplenium platyneuron

  8. Top of leaf – never spores Under leaf - spores Ebony spleenwort Asplenium platyneuron

  9. Cutleaf grapefern Botrychiumdissectum

  10. Sporophyll…. spore-bearing leaf Cutleaf grapefern Botrychiumdissectum

  11. Botrychiumdissectum f.____________ Botrychiumdissectum f. _________

  12. CLASS: Magnoliopsida (dicot) FAMILY: Cornaceae (dogwood family) _____________ dogwood Cornus drummonii

  13. Leaves are ___________ & ________ to the touch IF you rub a certain way Roughleaf dogwood Cornus drummonii

  14. Roughleaf dogwood Cornus drummonii

  15. “Winged”stem and branching… wingstem does not branch CLASS: Magnoliopsida (dicot) FAMILY: Celastraceae (bittersweet family) Distinctive flower (pink) & seed pods (red) _______ (eastern) = burningbush (USDA) Euonymusatropurpureus

  16. Wahoo (eastern) Euonymusatropurpureus ___________ Verbesinaalternifolia

  17. Small flowers “tucked” into leaf axils…not close together CLASS: Magnoliopsida (dicot) FAMILY: Campanulaceae (bellflower family) Most common lobelia July-August “typical” blooming period ______________ Lobelia inflata

  18. Lobelioideae – 1 of 2 ___________ in bellflower family Indian tobacco Great blue lobelia Lower “lip” formed by ____ petals !!!

  19. Base of flower becomes swollen seed pod Alternate leaves, toothed and ovate (more for basal leaves Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata

  20. Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata) • Early New England settlers used often • The most potent part of the plant is the seed as it contains the most ________ —the main ingredient which gives the plant its pyschoactive property. More a relaxant than a “euphoric” high • Potentially toxic • _______ seed is usually what is “used”, but leaf, too

  21. Note roundness or lack of for leaf tips Beaked _______ Small-flowered __________

  22. Small flowers in clusters in leaf _____ CLASS: Magnoliopsida (dicot) FAMILY: Laminaceae (mint family) Strongly toothed but not lobed leaves… ____ odor __________-stem ____________ / Virginia water horehound Lycopusvirginicus(USDA)

  23. CLASS: Magnoliopsida (dicot) FAMILY: Asteraceae (aster family) sunflower species ___________________ Helianthustuberosus

  24. Grows 4-6 ft high (or higher) Very rough leaves and stem Upper-leaves – ___________ Lower leaves—___________ Jerusalem artichoke Helianthustuberosus

  25. Ferns: Christmas Ebony spleenwort Cutleaf grapefern (__________) Autumn coralroot Roughleaf dogwood Bugleweed (Va. water horehound) Indian tobacco Jerusalem artichoke Species Highlights

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