Environmental Protection DivisionNatural Resource Management
Plants Observed on the BNL Site
Plants are listed in alphabetical order by scientific name.
* Non-native
+ Non-native and Invasive
~ Native and invasive
Classification |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Herbaceous Plants | Yarrow | Achillea millefolium |
| Small-flowered false-foxglove | Agalinus paupercula | |
| Quack grass | Agropyron repens | |
| Common ragweed | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | |
| Pearly everlasting | Anaphalis margaritacea | |
| Little blue stemgrass | Andropogon scoparius | |
| Dogbane | Apocynum androsaemifolium | |
| Hemp dogbane | Apocynum cannibinum | |
| Common burdock | Arctium minus | |
| Bearberry | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | |
| Mugwort + | Artemisia vulgaris | |
| Swamp milkweed | Asclepias incarnata | |
| Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | |
| Butterflyweed | Asclepias tuberosa | |
| Aster | Aster spectabilis | |
| Flat-topped white aster | Aster umbellatus | |
| Aster | Aster undulatus | |
| Wild indigo | Baptisia Sp. | |
| Devil's-beggar-tick | Bidens frondosa | |
| False-nettle | Boehmeria cylindrica | |
| Water shield | Brasenia schreberi | |
| Mustard | Brassica sp. | |
| Blue-joint reedgrass | Calamagrostis canadensis | |
| Cabomba | Cabomba sp. | |
| Water-starwort | Callitriche palustris | |
| Water-starwort | Callitriche sp. | |
| Pennsylvania sedge | Carex pensylvanica | |
| Tussock sedge | Carex stricta | |
| Sicklepod | Cassia sp. | |
| Knapweed * | Centaurea maculosa | |
| Coontail | Ceratophyllum sp. | |
| Common lambsquarters | Chenopodium album | |
| Spotted wintergreen | Chimaphila maculata | |
| Daisy | Chrysanthemum sp. | |
| Chickory | Cichorium intybus | |
| Canada thistle + | Cirsium arvense | |
| Bull thistle * | Cirsium vulgare | |
| British soldiers | Cladonia cristatella | |
| Horseweed | Conyza canadensis | |
| Crown vetch | Coronilla varia | |
| Dodder | Cuscuta gronovii | |
| Lady's slipper | Cypripedium acaule | |
| Orchard grass | Dactylis glomerata | |
| Poverty grass | Dathonia spicata | |
| Jimson weed | Datura stramonium | |
| Queen Anne's lace * | Daucus carota | |
| Swamp loosestrife | Decodon verticillatus | |
| Hayscented fern | Dennestaedtia punctilobula | |
| Tick-trefoil | Desmodium sp. | |
| Crabgrass | Digitaria sp. | |
| Shield fern | Dryopteris sp. | |
| Three-way sedge | Dulichium arundinaceum | |
| Spike rush | Eleocharis obtusa | |
| Common horsetail | Equisetum arvense | |
| Fleabane | Erigeron sp. | |
| Cottongrass | Eriophorum virginicum | |
| Joe-pye weed | Eupatorium dubium | |
| Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | |
| Strawberry | Fragaria virginiana | |
| Manna grass | Glyceria obtusa | |
| Orange hawkweed | Hieracium aurantiacum | |
| Canadian St. John's-wort * | Hypericum canadense | |
| Common St. John's-wort * | Hypericum perforatum | |
| Marsh St. John's-wort * | Hypericum virginicum | |
| Touch-me-not | Impatiens capensis | |
| Blue flag | Iris versicolor | |
| Canada rush | Juncus canadensis | |
| Rush | Juncus effusus | |
| Black grass | Juncus gerardi | |
| Duckweed | Lemna sp. | |
| Pepperweed | Lepidium campestre | |
| Narrow-leafed bush clover | Lespedeza augustifolia | |
| Bush clover | Lespedeza virginiana | |
| Blue toadflax | Linaria canadensis | |
| Butter and eggs * | Linaria vulgaris | |
| Rye grass * | Lolium perenne | |
| Bird's foot trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | |
| Wild lupine | Lupinus perennis | |
| Ground pine | Lycopodium obscurum | |
| White sweet clover * | Melilotus alba | |
| Water milfoil* | Myriophyllum Sp. | |
| Yellow water lily | Nuphar advena | |
| Water lily | Nymphaea odorato | |
| Evening primrose | Oenothera biennis | |
| Cinnamon fern | Osmunda cinnamomera | |
| Clayton's fern | Osmunda claytoniana | |
| Royal fern | Osmunda regalis | |
| Yellow woodsorrel | Oxalis stricta | |
| Witchgrass | Panicum capillare | |
| Fall panicum | Panicum dichotomiflorum | |
| Arrow arum | Peltandra virginica | |
| Stonecrop | Penthorum sedoides | |
| Reed canarygrass + | Phalaris arundinacea | |
| Timothy grass | Phleum pratense | |
| Reed grass ~ | Phragmites australis | |
| Ground cherry | Physalis heterophylla | |
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | |
| Clearweed | Pilea pumila | |
| Broadleaf plaintain | Plantago major | |
| Smartweed, Knotweed | Polygonum Sp. | |
| Pickerelweed | Pontederia cordata | |
| Pondweed | Potamogeton sp. | |
| Cinquefoil | Potentilla canadensis | |
| Heal-all | Prunella vulgaris | |
| Bracken fern | Pteridium aquilinum | |
| Black-eyed susan | Rudbecia hirta | |
| Dock | Rumex acetosella | |
| Arrowhead | Saggitaria latifolia | |
| Wool grass | Scirpus cyperinus | |
| Bulrush | Scirpus expanus | |
| Foxtail grass | Seteria sp. | |
| False solomon's seal | Smilacina racemosa | |
| Horse-nettle | Solanum carolinense | |
| Nightshade | Solanum dulcamara | |
| Canada goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | |
| Lance-leaved goldenrod | Solidago graminfolia | |
| Common goldenrod | Solidago juncea | |
| Early flowering goldenrod | Solidago nemoralis | |
| Stiff goldenrod | Solidago rigida | |
| Spiked bur-reed | Sparganium eurycarpum | |
| Sphagnum moss | Sphagnum Sp. | |
| Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus | |
| Common dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | |
| Marsh fern | Thelypteris palustris | |
| New York fern | Thelypteris noveboracensis | |
| White clover | Trifolium repens | |
| Narrowleaf cattail + | Typha angustifolia | |
| Broadleaf cattail | Typha latifolia | |
| Bladderwort | Ulricularia Sp. | |
| Large cranberry | Vaccinium macrocarpen | |
| Moth mullein * | Verbascum blattaria | |
| Common mullein | Verbascum thapsus | |
| Blue vervain | Verbena hastata | |
| Common speedwell | Veronica officinalis | |
| Vetch | Vicia sp. | |
| Watermeal | Wolffia Sp. | |
| Virginia chain-fern | Woodwardia virginica | |
| Yellow-eyed grass | Xyris flexuosa |
Classification |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Shrubs and Vines | Alder | Alnus rugosa |
| Japanese Barberry + | Berberis thunbergii | |
| Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | |
| Oriental bittersweet + | Celastrus orbiculata | |
| Leatherleaf | Chamaedaphne calyculata | |
| Pepperbush | Clethra alnifolia | |
| Sweet fern | Comptonia peregrina | |
| Russian olive + | Elaeagnus angustifolia | |
| Forsythia | Forsythia sp. | |
| Wintergreen | Gaultheria procumbens | |
| Huckleberry | Gaylussacia sp. | |
| Winterberry | Ilex verticillata | |
| Sheep laurel | Kalmia angustifolia | |
| Fetter-bush | Leucothoe racemosa | |
| Spicebush | Lindera benzoin | |
| Male-berry | Lyonia ligustrina | |
| Japanese Honeysuckle + | Lonicera japonica | |
| Stagger-bush | Lyonia Mariana | |
| Sweet fern | Myrica asplenifolia | |
| Sweetgale | Myrica gale | |
| Bayberry | Myrica pensylvanica | |
| Virginia creeper | Parthenocissus quinquefolia | |
| Swamp azalea | Rhodedendron viscosum | |
| Dwarf sumac | Rhus copallina | |
| Poison ivy | Rhus radicans | |
| Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora | |
| Swamp rose | Rosa palustris | |
| Highbush blackberry | Rubus allegheniensis | |
| Common dewberry | Rubus flagellaris | |
| Running swamp blackberry | Rubus hispidus | |
| White willow | Salix alba | |
| Pussy willow | Salix discolor | |
| Elderberry | Sambucus canadensis | |
| Catbrier | Smilax rotundifolia | |
| Steeplebush | Spirea tomentosa | |
| Coralberry | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | |
| Yew | Taxus sp. | |
| Lowbush blueberry | Vaccinium angustifolium | |
| Highbush blueberry | Vaccinium corymbosum | |
| Lowbush blueberry | Vaccinium vacillans | |
| Withe-rod | Viburnum cassinoides | |
| Arrowwood | Viburnum dentatum | |
| American cranberry bush | Viburnum trilobum | |
| Summer grape | Vitis aestivalis | |
| Fox grape | Vitis labrusca |
Classification |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| Trees | Balsam fir | Abies balsamea |
| Norway maple | Acer platanoides | |
| Red maple | Acer rubrum | |
| Sugar maple | Acer saccharum | |
| Gray birch | Betula populifolia | |
| Shagbark hickory | Carya ovata | |
| American chestnut | Castanea dentata | |
| Catalpa | Catalpa speciosa | |
| Lilac | Ceanothus spinosus | |
| Flowering dogwood | Cornus florida | |
| White ash | Fraxinus americana | |
| Gingko | Gingko biloba | |
| Honey locust | Gleditsia triacanthos | |
| Red cedar | Juniperus virginiana | |
| Larch | Larix laricina | |
| Black gum | Nyassa sylvatica | |
| Apple | Malus Sp. | |
| Norway spruce | Picea abies | |
| White spruce | Picea glauca | |
| Black spruce | Picea mariana | |
| Blue spruce | Picea pungens | |
| Red pine | Pinus resinosa | |
| Pitch pine | Pinus rigida | |
| White pine | Pinus strobus | |
| London planetree | Platanus acerifolia | |
| Sycamore | Platanus occidentalis | |
| Large-toothed aspen | Populus grandidentata | |
| Quaking aspen | Populus tremuloides | |
| Plum | Prunus americana | |
| Black or fire cherry | Prunus serotina | |
| White oak | Quercus alba | |
| Swamp white oak | Quercus bicolor | |
| Scarlet oak | Quercus coccinea | |
| Scrub oak | Quercus illicifolia | |
| Dwarf chestnut oak | Quercus prinoides | |
| Chestnut oak | Quercus prinus | |
| Black locust + | Robinia pseudoacacia | |
| Sassafras | Sassafras albidum | |
| White cedar | Thuja occidentalis | |
| Canadian Hemlock | Tsuga canadensis |
