No escape from identifying wildflowers, though. This year, 2018, on the fairly new (as of 2013, same year as the "new" NPG) Windham Path in Windham, NY and on the Windham High Peaks trail, on Peck Road in Maplecrest, with Barbara or Robert or both, or my son Rich, finding all the "old friends" blooming. I have kept lists of "Catskill Wildflowers" for years, and in a different way from the NPG where the Latin name and the "stories" hold sway. I may have commented on the uses of particular plants, but the practical part of Bouncing Bet/Soapwort to clean your hands or Jewel Weed to prevent Poison Ivy from taking hold, which Rich asked about, I realized I didn't really know whether the flower or the juicy stem were the useful part. However, I am going to list the blooming plants in the Catskills on the days I kept records, June, 2009 to the present summer.
Having worked on this for hours, first to try to alphabetize all the years' lists, hoping anyone would be interested in the surprising variety, many alien, even some natives, I hope I will be forgiven for duplicates, and no patience to look up all the Latin names. But I am available if any questions or clarifications come to mind.
Agrimony
Asiatic Dayflower
Asters, New York
Barren Strawberry
Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Bellflower Campanula Americana
Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Birdfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Birdseye Speedwell
Black Medick Medicago lupulina
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirsuta
Bladder campion
Blue Cohosh (berry)
Blue Violets
Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum
Bottle Brush (grass) Hystrix palustris
Brambles: blackberry, raspberry
Bouncing Bet/Soapwort Saponaria officinalis
Burdock Arctium minus
Butter ’n eggs Linaria vulgaris
Buttercup Ranunculus acris
Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense
Cheeses Malva neglecta
Chickweed Cerastium vulgatum
Chickweed, Star Stellaria pubera
Chickweed,Mouse-ear Hieracium pilosella
Chicory Cichorium intybus
Cinquefoil, Rough-fruited Potentilla recta
Columbine Aquilegia canadensis
Climbing False Buckwheat
Common Mallow “Cheeses”
Common mullein Verbascum thapsus
Common Plantain Plantago major
Cow vetch Vicia cracca
Crown vetch Coronilla varia
Curly Dock Rumex crispus
Daisy
Daisy Fleabane Erigeron annuus
Dame’s Rocket Hesperis matronalis
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Day Lily Hemerocallis fulva
Deadly Nightshade
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria
Dock
Doll’s Eye
Enchanter’s Nightshade Circaea quadrisulcata
English Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Evening Lychnis/Bladder Campion
Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis
Fleabane
Forget-Me-not Myosotis scorpiodes
Fringed loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata
Galinsoga Galinsoga ciliata
Garlic Mustard
Gill-over-the-Ground Glechoma
Goatsbeard/Oyster Plant/Salsify
Goldenrod Solidago
Hawkweed, Mouse-ear Hieracium pilosella
Heal All
Hedge Bindweed Convolvulus sepium
Helleborine
Hemlock (seed)
Hemp Nettle Galiopsis tetrahit
Herb Robert Geranium robertianum
Hoary alyssum Berteroa incana
Honewort (past bloom) Cryptotanenia canadensis
Honeysuckle (shrub red berries)
Hop clover Trifolium agrrium
Horseweed
Indian Pipe
Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Japanese Knotweed
Jewelweed Impatiens capensis
Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium dubium
Knapweed, Spotted Centaurea maculosa
Lupine
Maiden pink Dianthus deltoides
Mallow, Musk Malva moschata
Meadowsweet Spiraea latifolia
Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Mountain Mint
Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca
Mullein, Common Verbascum thapsus
Nettle Urtica dioica
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale
Orange hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum
Oxeye/False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
Pale Jewelweed (Windham High Peak trail as far as the eye could see, mostly wiped out by
Hurricane Irene)
Parsnip, Wild Pastinaca sativa
Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea
Penny cress Thlaspi arvense
Pineappleweed
Plume Solomon’s Seal (berry)
Purple Loosestrife Lithrum
Queen Anne's Lace
Rabbit Foot Clover Trifolium arvense
Ragweed
Red Baneberry (berry) Actaea rubra
Red clover Trifolium pratense
Red Trillium (dry)
Sarsaparilla Aralia nudicaulis
Self Heal
Shepherd’s purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
Silene cucubalus
Silverrod
Smartweed
Smooth Rock Cress
Sorreloxalis
Spearmint
Spotted Knapweed
Spring cress
Steeplebush
St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum
Sundrops Oenethera
Tall White Sweet cloverMelilotus alba
Tall Yellow Clover
Thistle Circium arvense
ThymeThymus serpyllum
Tragopogon porrifolius
Thimbleweed Anemone virginiana
Tickseed
True Forget-me-not
Turtlehead Chelone lyonii
Vervain Verbena hastate
Viper’s bugloss
Virgin’s Bower Clematis virginiana
Water Hemlock Cicuta bulbifera
White Baneberry
White Campion Lychnis alba
White clover Trifolium repens
White Snakeroot
White Vervain
White Wood Aster
Wild Carrot
Wild Geranium
Wild Parsnip
Wild Rose
Winter Cress
Wood Sorrel Oxalis europaea
Whorled Loosestrife
Wild Cucumber
Wild Lettuce Lactuca
Willow Herb (purple-leaved)
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Yellow Clover
Yellow Goatsbeard
Yellow Hawkweed
Yellow Wood Sorrel
On the then new Windham Path in July 2, 2013:
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On the Windham Path, July 17, 2014, 65 species identified with Barbara T. who went on to photo, list and laminate and provide new lists the beginning of each month at both ends of the Path.
Crown vetch Coronilla varia
Red clover Trifolium pratnse
White clover Trifolium repens
Mallow, Musk Malva moschata
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Hop clover Trifolium agrrium
Penny cress Thlaspi arvense
Birdfoot trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Shepherd’s purse Capsella bursa-pastoris
White Campion Lychnis alba
Evening Lychnis/Bladder Campion
Silene cucubalus
Galinsoga Galinsoga ciliata
Queen Anne’s lace Daucus carota
Hoary alyssum Berteroa incana
Tall White Sweet clover Melilotus alba
Maiden pink Dianthus deltoides
Black Medick Medicago lupulina
Butter ’n eggs Linaria vulgaris
Daisy Fleabane Erigeron annuus
Burdock Arctium minus
Knapweed, Spotted Centaurea maculosa
Thyme Thymus serpyllum
English Plantain Plantago lanceolata
Goatsbeard/Oyster Plant/Salsify
Tragopogon porrifolius
Chickweed,Mouse-ear
Cerastium vulgatum
Cinquefoil, Rough-fruited Potentilla recta
St. Johnswort Hypericum perforatum
Oxeye/False Sunflower Heliopsis helianthoides
Cow vetch Vicia cracca
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria
Hemp Nettle Galiopsis tetrahit
Wood Sorrel Oxalis europaea
Parsnip, Wild Pastinaca sativa
Mullein, Common Verbascum thapsus
Buttercup Ranunculus acris
Jewelweed Impatiens capensis
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Forget-Me-not Myosotis scorpiodes
Curly Dock Rumex crispus
Water Hemlock Cicuta bulbifera
Vervain Verbena hastata
Joe Pye Weed Eupatorium dubium
Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirsutus
Goldenrod Solidago
Evening Primrose Oenothera biennis
Fringed loosestrife Lysimachia ciliata
Meadowsweet Spiraea latifolia
Chickweed, Star Stellaria pubera
Dame’s Rocket Hesperis matronalis
Red Baneberry (berry) Actaea rubra
Bottle Brush (grass) Hystrix palustris
Honewort (past bloom) Cryptotanenia canadensis
Motherwort Leonurus cardiaca
Bouncing Bet/Soapwort Saponaria officinalis
Hedge Bindweed Convolvulus sepium
Day Lily Hemerocallis fulva
Bellflower Campanula americana
Enchanter’s Nightshade Circaea quadrisulcata
Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense
Indian Tobacco Lobelia inflata
Virgin’s Bower Clematis virginiana
Hawkweed, Mouse-ear Hieracium pilosella
Beardtongue Penstemon digitalis
Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale
Identify shrub: red berries, woody, 2 inch long leaf, opposite: BT says Honeysuckle.
Catskill Wildflowers Windham Path August 18, 2014 69 species
Campion
Yellow Clover
White Clover
Red Clover
Common Mallow “cheeses”
Malva neglecta
Birdfoot trefoil
Butter ‘n eggs
Climbing false buckwheat
Cow vetch
Maiden Pink
Rough-fruited cinquefoil
Burdock
Daisy fleabane
Tall white sweet clover
Dandelion
Queen Anne’s Lace
Thyme
Spotted knapweed
Hoary alyssum
Goldenrod
Northern bedstraw
English plantain
Crown vetch
Yarrow
St. Johnswort
Meadowsweet
White snakeroot
Regweed
Chickweed
Daisy
Yellow wood sorrel
Mountain mint
Hop clover
Deptford Pink
Aster
Dame’s Rocket
Yellow Goatsbeard
Bouncing Bet
Jewelweed
Common Mullein
Willow Herb-purple-leaved
Joe Pye
Smartweed
Buttercup
True Forget-me-not
Boneset
Common Plantain
Hemlock (seed)
Vervain
Hawkweed, Common
Helleborine
Flat-top white aster
Indian tobacco
(Honeysuckle shrub-red berries)
Virgin’s Bower
White wood aster
Wild lettuce Lactuca
Whorled Loosestrife
Chickweed, common
Turtlehead
Japanese knotweed
Evening primrose
Black-eyed Susan
Tickseed
Agrimony
White vervain
Wild Cucumber
Bindweed
Silverrod
Horseweed
Smooth Rock Cress
Aug. 19, 2014
Windham High Peak Trail (9)
Helleborine
Common Bellflower
White wood aster
Pale jewelweed
Orange jewelweed
Blue Cohosh Berry
Plume Solomon’s Seal Berry
Whorled Loosestrife
Self heal
Peck Road 8/20&22/14 (51)
Cow vetch
Crown vetch
Goldenrod
Northern bedstraw
Wild lettuce Lactuca
Agrimony
Black medick
Hop clover
Red clover
White clover
Thyme
Jewelweed
Yarrow
Bouncing bet
Yellow goatsbeard
NY aster?
Oxeye daisy
Ragweed
Meadowsweet
Herb Robert
Indian tobacco
Deptford Pink
Orange Hawkweed
Buttercup
Joe Pye
Mint
Garlic Mustard
Spotted knapweed
Queen Anne’s lace
Japanese knotweed
Burdock
Birdfoot trefoil
Butter ‘n eggs
Yellow clover
Campion
Smartweed
Hawkweed, common
White wood aster
Honeysuckle
Fleabane
Tall sweet white clover
Common mullein
Thistle
Helleborine
Maiden Pink
White Baneberry
St. Johnswort
Yellow unlim. Petals toothed alt?
4 petal pink toothed alt?
Pink pointed one?
4petal pink center cut leaf alt= Mallow
Catskill wildflowers 181 Peck Road
August 22, 2014 blooming
Planted
Green-headed coneflower
Black-eyed Susan
Wild
Buttercup
Black Medick
Yellow clover
Daisy
Heal All
Orange Hawkweed
Wild Lettuce
Agrimony
Goldenrod
Jewelweed
Yarrow
Burdock
Indian Tobacco
Planted but past bloom
Columbine
Sundrops
Future
New England Asters
Catskill Wildflowers blooming week of July 15 2011
Herb Robert, Northern Bedstraw, Evening Primrose, St. Johnswort, Deptford Pink, Yellow Goatsbeard, Jewelweed, goldenrod, tall sweet white clover. Thyme, birdfoot trefoil, black medick, hop clover, fleabane, common mullein, lactuca, white wood aster, Indian pipe, Doll’s eye, curly dock, dandelion. And Helleborine, first saw in Adirondacks, now in my home yard, and on Peck Road, Maplecrest.
Birds
Hummingbird, sparrow, junco
Catskill Wildflowers June 29, 2009
Asiatic dayflower
Barren Strawberry
Birdfoot Trefoil
Birdseye Speedwell
Bladder Campion
Buttercup
Chickweed
Cinquefoil, rough-fruited
Columbine
Cow Vetch
Crown Vetch
Dandelion
Daylily
Deadly Nightshade
Deptford Pink
Fleabane
Forget-Me-Not
Heal-All
Herb Robert
Hop Clover
Mallow
Meadow Sweet
Northern Bedstraw
Orange Hawkweed
Oxeye daisy
Purple Flowering Raspberry
Queen Anne’s Lace
Red Clover
St. Johnswort
Sundrops
Tall Yellow Clover
Thyme
Viper’s Bugloss
White Clover
Wild Carrot (yellow)
Wild Lettuce
Wild Rose
Winter Cress
Yarrow
Yellow Goatsbeard
Yellow Hawkweed
Barren Strawberry
Bindweed (white with pink
center) cut leaves tho
Birdfoot trefoil
black medick
bladder campion
Bouncing Bet
butter-and-eggs
burdock
buttercup
campion, bladder
common mullein
cow vetch
Crown vetch
curly dock
dandelion
Deadly Nightshade
dry red trillium
evening primrose
fleabane
Goldenrod-many species
Helleborine
heal all
Herb Robert
Hop Clover
jewelweed
Maiden Pink
mallow
meadowsweet
nettle
Northern bedstraw
NY Asters
orange hawkweed
oxeye daisy
pale jewelweed
pearly everlasting
Plantain
Purple Flowering Raspberry
Queen Anne’s Lace
rabbit foot clover
Ragweed
red clover
silverrod
Spearmint
Spotted knapweed
Steeplebush
St. Johnswort
sundrops
Tall white sweet clover
viper’s bugloss
white clover
wild lettuce
wild parsnip
yarrow
Yellow Goatsbeard
yellow clover
yellow hawkweed
Later
Milkweed
Sorrel (oxalis)
Earlier
Blue-eyed grass (Asiatic dayflower? )
Gill-over-the-ground
jack-in-the-pulpit
Trillium
Blue Cohosh
Doll’s Eye (white baneberry)
wild geranium
Blue violets
Garlic mustard
Catskill Wildflowers
June 30, 2010
birdfoot trefoil
birdseye speedwell
black medick clover
buttercup
campion
cow vetch
crown vetch
dandelion
daylily
deadly nightshade
Deptford pink
dock
fleabane
garlic mustard
Herb Robert
hop clover
jewelweed
mallow
mallow wh w pink center
meadowsweet (spirea)
Northern Bedstraw
orange hawkweed
oxeye daisy
Purple Flowering raspberry
red clover
rough-fruited cinquefoil
spotted knapweed
spring cress
St. Johnswort
sundrops
tall white. sweet clover
thimbleweed
viper’s bugloss
white clover
wild carrot
wild lettuce
yarrow
yellow goatsbeard
yellow hawkweed
July 8, 2010
bindweed
butter-and-eggs
Goldenrod
Pineappleweed
Queen Anne’s Lace
