A great big THANK YOU to Leona for leading our walk and to Bill for gaining access to this well kept sanctuary. Not only did Leona share a wealth of information about the ferns, plants, and trees, but she shared a great app for identifying bird songs too!
On a beautiful morning Bill and Leona welcomed Maria, Sharon, Laura and Thomas to stroll through the paths of the Burroughs Audubon Nature Sanctuary on Railroad Mills Road in Victor, NY. Leona shared this species list with us:
Burroughs Audubon Nature
Sanctuary
August
17, 2013
Leona Lauster
Herbaceous Plants:
White Snakeroot
Jumpseed - we found this near the beginning of the
walk
Coltsfoot
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Boneset
Great
Angelica
False
Nettle
Wood
Sorrel
Hog Peanut
Wild
Ginger
Trout
Lily
Mayapple
White
Baneberry, Doll’s Eyes
Blue
Vervain – can be blue or purple
Skunk
Cabbage
Spotted Touch-me-not, Jewelweed
Poison Ivy
Virginia Creeper, Woodbine
Burr
Reed
Common Cattail
Narrow-leaved Cattail
Arrow
Arum
Ferns:
Sensitive Fern
Marsh Fern
New York Fern
Interrupted Fern
Bracken Fern
Royal Fern
Cinnamon Fern
Lady Fern
Other Ferns in the fern garden near the
entrance:
Christmas Fern
Goldie’s Fern
Marginal Woodfern
Maidenhair Fern
Trees and
Shrubs:
Buttonbush
Winterberry
Flowering Dogwood
Silky Dogwood (Stokes calls it
Maroon-stemmed)
Privet
Buckthorn
Black Cherry
Black Locust
Ash
Red Maple
Norway Maple
Black Walnut
Shagbark Hickory
American Basswood or Linden
White Oak
Northern Red Oak
Quaking Aspen
American Hornbeam, Ironwood,
Musclewood
Cottonwood
Tulip Tree
Sassafras
Witch-hazel
White Cedar
Hackberry
Norway Spruce
Larch
Equisetums:
Horsetail
Scouring Rush
Now to match Leona's list with photos....
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| bush of trumpet flowers planted near parking area |
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| Burroughs sunflowers |
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| Cow Parsnip |
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| Hackberry tree |
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| Hackberry trunk |
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| looking up into Hackberry |
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| Royal Fern |
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| Touch-me-not; jewel weed |
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| shagbark hickory |
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| buttonbush |
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| Interrupted Fern |
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| Leona tells about Interrupted Fern |
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| Leona and Thomas compare seed pods |
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| wooded path |
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| Larch Tree |
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| Tulip Tree |
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| old tree |
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| rush |
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| Arrow Arum |
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| Burr Reed |
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| Narrow Leaved Cattails |
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| Great Angelica - old growth |
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| Great Angelica - New growth |
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| Blue Verbain |
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| Plantain |
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| Boneset |
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| Marsh Fern |
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| Dogwood |
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| White Cedar tops |
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| White Cedar Trunks |
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| Joe Pye Weed |
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| Spotted Joepye weed |
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| Coltsfoot |
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| Muscle wood seeds |
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| Muscle wood tree (American Hornbeam, Ironwood) |
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| Privet |
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| Sensitive Fern |
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| Cinnamon Fern |
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| American Basswood or Linden |
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| Black Cherry Tree |
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| POISON IVY |
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| White Snake Root |
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| closer look at White Snake Root |
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| White Snake Root - culprit of poisoned cows' milk - said to have been the cause of Abraham Lincoln's mother's death. |
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| Mayapples |
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| Wild Ginger |
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| Maidenhair Fern |
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| Christmas Fern - individual leaves look like Christmas stockings |
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| Lady's Fern |
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| Goldie's Fern |
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| White Banberry - Dolls eyes |
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| Commemorative marker for William Hoot - founder of the Burroughs Audubon Nature Club in 1913 |