NPG May 15, 2016

New York Botanical Garden's Native Plant Garden - May 15, 2016

Guest post by Joel Nevis y Flores

A cool day in the upper 50's F, cloudy with passing sprinkles. I had twelve people on my 12:30p tour and 8 people on my 2:30p tour. Here is what we saw in bloom:

Acorus calamus Sweet flag
Amsonia tabernaemontana Bluestar

Amsonia tabernaemontana

Anemonella thalictroides, formerly Thalictrum thalictroides Rue Anemone

Anemonella thalictroides

Aquilegia canadensis Eastern columbine by the entrance and elsewhere throughout the NPG
Aquilegia chrysantha Golden columbine in the Glade

Aquilegia chrysantha

Asarum canadense Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Baptisia alba White wild indigo by the entrance and lower basin of the water feature
Camassia scilloides Atlantic camas, wild hyacinth

Carex muskingumensis Palm sedge
Carex pensylvanica Oak sedge in the woodland garden
Cerastium arvense villosissimum Hairy field chickweed grows in serpentine soils that are high in nickel and chromium but low in nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, and otherwise toxic for other plants; look for these on the rocks near the educational pavilion

Cerastium arvense villosissimum

Chionanthus virginicus Fringetree by the education pavilion
Chrysogonum virginianum Green and gold on the unpaved rosebay trail
Clematis ochroleuca Curlyheads
Cornus florida Flowering dogwood
Cornus sericea Red osier dogwood
Crataegus viridis Green hawthorn by the school group entrance
Cypripedium parviflorum Yellow lady's slipper
Cypripedium parviflorum parviflorum Lesser yellow lady's slipper
Delphinium tricorne Dwarf larkspur
Dicentra eximia Wild Bleeding heart
Diphylleia cymosa Umbrella leaf in the Glade
Erigeron Daisy fleabane

Erigeron

Geranium maculatum Cranesbill geranium
Geum triflorum Prairie smoke by the Split Rock
Gymnocarpium dryopteris Oak Fern
Half High Blueberry
Houstonia caerulea Azure bluets
Iris cristata Dwarf crested iris in the Glade
Iris hookeri Beach-head iris - I am not sure of this identification but these are growing in the water of the wetland garden
Leucothoe axillaris Doghobble, Fetterbush
Maianthemum racemosum False Solomon's Seal
Maianthemum stellatum Starry false Solomon's Seal
Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebells had only a few flowers left
Orontium aquaticum Golden club in the wetland garden
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum Cinnamon fern
Parthenium integrifolium Wild Quinine near the Split Rock
Penstemon hirsutus Hairy beardtongue by and on the exposed Manhattan schist
Phacelia bipinnatifolia Fernleaf phacelia, purple phacelia in the Glade
Phlox divaricata Blue phlox
Plantago lanceolata English plantain, narrowleaf plantain
Podophyllum peltatum Mayapple shows a few flowers still but the fruits are now growing
Polemonium caeruleum Jacob's ladder
Polemonium reptans  Creeping Jacob's ladder
Polygonatum biflorum Solomon's Seal
Primula meadia Shooting stars in white and pink
Prunus maritima Beach plum by the stream connecting to the Rock Garden
Rhododendron canescens Pinxter Azalea
Rhododendron minus minus Piedmont rhododendron, Carolina rhododendron
Sarracenia flava Yellow pitcher plant
Sarracenia purpurea Purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant
Sedum nevii Nevius Stonecrop
Sisirynchium angustifolium Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass shows are few blossoms in the Glade but not blooming up by the Rock Garden yet
Stylophorum diphyllum Celandine poppy had maybe two flowers left; its seed pods are becoming prominent

Stylophorum diphyllum

Tiarella cordifolia  Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia

Toxicodendron radicans Poison ivy as you enter the woodland garden
Tradescantia Spiderwort in the meadow

Tradescantia Spiderwort

Trillium flexipes Bent trillium
Trillium erecta Stinking Benjamin
Trillium grandiflorum White trillium; lots of the double white trillium are in bloom
Trillium luteum Yellow trillium
Trillium recurvatum Bloody butcher, prairie trillium

Trillium recurvatum

Uvularia grandiflora Bellwort
Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum Northern highbush blueberry
Viola blanda Sweet white violet - not sure of the species but I like the nectar lines for the bees

Viola blanda

Viola walteri Walter’s violet, Appalachian violet
Zizia aptera Heartleaf golden alexanders

The NYBG gardeners will be busy with these non-natives:

Chelidonium majus Greater celandine is an invasive lookalike for Stylophorum diphyllum Celandine poppy until the seeds form
Convallaria majalis Lily of the valley
Oxalis acetosella Wood sorrel, white oxalis
Oxalis stricta Yellow woodsorrel
Rumex acetosella Sheep's sorrel, red sorrel see last post
Taraxacum officinale Dandelion

Here is one I could not identify. It was in the woodland on the rose bay path near a patch of mayapples.

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NYBG Native Plant Garden May 15, 2016

NPG Sunday, May 15, 2016

An extra trip to the Native Plant Garden to trail knowledgeable Joel on his 12:30 tour.  “What a difference a day makes...”  Three days after my tour on a lovely day, today was cold, 52 degrees, cloudy, very windy and damp with a few drizzles. Many people come on weekends and it is early in the Impressionist show; special shows bring in visitors.

Joel Nevis y Flores

Several today asked why they can’t learn online at home what tours are scheduled for what areas so they can plan ahead. We need to take action on this good idea.

No need to repeat the whole list of blooming plants from May 12th, but changes from that list could be helpful:

No more Globeflowers Troilus laxus to be seen. 

Four missing from May 12 list and still there today: 

 Scorpion Weed Phacelia [Flower color similar to Wild Geranium and Jacob’s Ladder, leaves similar to Wild Geranium but the flowers profuse and shapes different.]

 Golden Club Orontium seen in the highest area of the water feature which I may have missed earlier, an old favorite reminding me of a pencil, visible in the Old NPG looking off the wooden bridge over the creek.

 Green’nGold Chrisogonum is up the steps and along the earth path where I did not go on Thursday.

 Curlyhead Clematis ochraleuca was there but not on the list.

 Camas Camassia scilloides  Lavender bloom by water’s edge easy for me to mistake for Larkspur.

 Cornus sericea Red Osier Dogwood shrub with stripes in the leaves and a cluster of white flowers is seen in at least three different places.

Newly blooming :

Fringe Tree Chionanthus virginicus down the steps by the Education Building.

Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium to the right of the Split Rock

Ready to bloom :

Lance-leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata

Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia

Unwanted plants waiting to be weeded: Garlic Mustard, Greater Celandine, Dandelions

Wild Hyacinth, Camassia scilloides

Wild Quinine Parthenium integrifolium

Scorpion Weed Phacelia

Green ’n Gold Chrisogonum virginianum

Curlyhead Clematis ochraleuca

Golden Club Orontium aquaticum

Red Osier Dogwood Cornus sericea 

Non-native, invasive plant:

Greater Celandine Chelidonium majus

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