July 17, 2016
Native Plant Garden tours, New York Botanical Garden
Guest post by Joel Nevis y Flores
I was scheduled for three tours today so I arrived early and as the first one to explore the rose bay trail I met up with a garter snake. I was looking for mayapple fruit on the plant or on the ground so I didn’t notice my friend until were were quite close then I was quite startled; the snake, too, which darted for the forest. I had only two people on my 11:00a tour, three for 12:30p but eight at 2:30p during the hottest time of day. Temps started at 84F (real feel 88F) and rose to 89F (real feel 94F). Pollens were mercifully low (some ragweed, tree, grass and plantain pollens) but the City had issued a mosquito alert (due to the presence of West Nile virus) as well as an air quality alert.
Here is what I saw in the NPG:
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| Amelanchier (Shadbush, Serviceberry) fruit |
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| Asclepias incarnata (Swamp milkweed) |
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| Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed) seedpods |
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| Asclepias speciosa (Showy Milkweed) |
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| Asclepias tuberosa (Butterflyweed) |
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| Echinacea purpurea |
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Euphorbia corollata (Flowering Spurge)
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| Gaultheria procumbens (Wintergreen, Eastern Teaberry, Checkerberry) fruit and flower |
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| Heliopsis helianthoides (Ox-Eye Sunflower) |
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| Liatris (Gayfleather) |
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| Monarda punctata (Spotted Beebalm) |
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| Myrica pensylvanica (Bayberry) seeds |
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| Phlox |
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Pycnanthemum muticum (short-toothed mountain mint)
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| Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (Narrowleaf mountain mint) |
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| Ratibida pinnata (Prairie Coneflower) |
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| Rhexia virginica (Virginia Meadowbeauty) |
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| Scutellaria (Skullcaps) |
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| Silene regia (Royal Catchfly) |
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| Trautvetteria caroliniensis (False Bugbane) |
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| Veronicastrum (Culver's Root) |
Amelanchier fruit
Aquilegia canadensis
Aralia racemosa
Asclepias incarnata
Asclepias syriaca seedpod
Asclepias speciosa
Asclepias tuberosa
Baptisia alba pods
Boltonia asteroides
Callirhoe bushii
Calopogon tuberosus
Campanula americana
Campanula rotundifolia
Chionanthus virginicus fruit (which I read is edible when processed as an olive but reputedly does not taste very good)
Cimicifuga racemosa
Clematis ochroleuca seeds
Coreopsis lanceolata
Dicentra canadensis
Dicentra eximia
Echinacea paradoxa
Echinacea purpurea
Erigeron
Eryngium yuccifolium
Euphorbia corollata
Eutrochium
Gaultheria procumbens
Geranium macrophylla
Halesia
Hamamelis virginiana
Heliopsis helianthoides
Heuchera villosa
Hibiscus moscheutos
Hydrangea quercifolia
Ilex glabra (still green)
Ilex opaca berries (still green)
Juncus effusus seeds
Liatris
Lobelia cardinalis
Lysimachia
Magnolia virginiana
Maianthemum racemosum
Maianthemum stellatum
Mentha canadensis
Monarda fistulosa
Monarda punctata
other monardas
Myrica pensylvanica seeds
Opuntia
Osmunda regalis
Parthenium integrifolium
Penstemon seeds
Phlox paniculata
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonatum
Pontederia cordata
Pycnanthemum muticum
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Ratibida pinnata
Rhexia virginica
Rhododendron maximum
Rhynochospora latifolia
Rosa virginiana
Sabatia kennedyana
Sarracenia x excellens
Sarracenia x mitchelliana
various Sarracenias
Scutellaria
Silene regia
Solidago
Spigelia marilandica
Stylophorum diphyllum
Thalictrum pubescens
Trautvetteria caroliniensis
trillum seed
Veronicastrum
Vicia
Zizia
There were also non-native Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed) and Daucus carota (wild carrot) in meadow
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| Convolvulus arvensis (non-native) |
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| Daucus carota (non-native) |
