Chrome Plant Monitoring, 28th June 2013

Upper Chrome Scraped Area

Monitors: Anna Hull, Ron Notvest, Ruth Galantino, Mick Economis, Bob Gray, Stewart?, Mike Bertram

Present – 1 to 10 plants observed.
Abundant – 11 to 100 plants observed
Widespread – over 100 plants observed.

*- endangered or threatened species (Rhoads & Block, 2000)

Species	Common name	Abundance	Comments

Aster depauperatus*	Serpentine Aster	A
Baptisia australis	Wild indigo	P
Eupatorium ?	Hairy or round-leaved thoroughwort	P	Species?
Eupatorium perfoliatum	Boneset	A
Houstonia caerulea	Bluets	A
Hypericum canadense	Canadian St. John’s Wort	P	Identification uncertain
Hypericum stragulum*	St. Andrew’s Cross	P
Hypoxis hiruta	Yellow Star-grass	P
Lobelia spicata	Spiked Lobelia	W
Lysimachia quadrifolia	Whorled Loosestrife	A
Oenothera ?	Evening Primrose / Sundrops	W	Species?
Oxalis ?	Wood Sorrel	A	Species?
Potentilla canadensis	Cinquefoil	W
Pteridium aquilinum	Bracken Fern	A
Rosa multiflora	Multiflora Rose	W
Rubus allegheniensis	Blackberry	W
Smilax glauca	Greenbrier	A
Solidago ?	Goldenrod	W	Species identification awaits flowering
Toxicodendron radicans	Poison Ivy	P
Vaccinium pallidum	Lowbush Blueberry	A
Viola sagittata var. sagittata	Arrow-leaved Violet	W

Acer rubrum	Red Maple	W
Juniperus virginiana	Eastern red-cedar	A
Pinus rigida	Pitch Pine	A
Prunus serotina	Black Cherry	P