This is a partial list of the plants and trees found at Loch Raven. Please check back often for additional plants and trees that can be found along Loch Raven Reservoir’s hiking trails. Scroll over the link to see an image.
Trees:
Tulip Poplar – a.k.a Tulip Tree or Yellow Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus)
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa)
Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra)
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana)
American Holly (Ilex opaca)
Red Maple (Acer rebrum)
Box Elder or Ash Leaf Maple (Acer negundo)
Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Umbrella Magnolia (Magnolia tripetala)
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
Plants / Shrubs:
- Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
- Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
- Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)
- Wood Sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)
- Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
- Star of Jerusalem (Ornithogalum)
- Japanese Stilt Grass – Invasive (Microstegium vimineum)
- Mile-a-minute – Invasive (Polygonum perfoliatum)
- Japanese Knotweed – Invasive (Fallopia japonica)
- Multi-flora Rose – Invasive (Rosa multiflora)
- Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
- Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
- Indian Strawberry (Duchesnea indica)
- Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
- Fox Grape (Vitis labrusca)
- Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
- Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
- Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
- Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
- Lady’s Thumb (Persicaria sp)
- Gill Over the Ground (Glechoma hederacea)
- Mint (Mentha)
- Common Burdock (Arctium minus)
- Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
- Lady Fern (Athyrium felix-femina)
- Cut Leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
- Pale Jewelweed (Impatiens pallida)
- Solomon’s Plume (Maianthemum racemosum)
- Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
- Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadense)
- Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera)
- Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)
- Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)
- Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
- Honewort (Cryptotania canadensis)
- Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
- Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)
- Privet (Ligustrum obtusifolium)
- Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens)
- Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
- Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
- Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)
- Japanese Snowball (Viburnum plicatum)
- Pathrush (Juncus tenuis)
- Smartweed (Polygonum)
- White Avens (Geum canadense)
- Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)
- Japanese Spirea (Spiraea japonica)
- Silvery Glade Fern (Deparia acrosticoides)
- Clustered Snakeroot (Sanicula gregaria)
- Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea canadensis)
- Wild Ginger (Asarum)
- Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza sp)
- Desmodium (Desmodium)
- Virginia Knotweed (Persicaria virginiana)
- Sensitive Fern (Oenoclea sensibilis)
- Wild Yam (Dioscorea quaternata)
- Indian Cucumber Root (Medeola virginiana)
- Broad Beech Fern (Phegopteris hexagonoptera)
- Hayscented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctiloba)
- Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
- White Wood Aster (Eurybia divaricata)
- Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
- Large or Summer Bluets (Houstonia purpurea)
- Dwarf Cinquefoil (Potentilla canadensis)
- Bellwort (Uvularia)
- Maple Leaf Vibernum (Viburnum acerifolium)
- Spotted Wintergreen (Chimophila maculata)
- New York Fern (Parathelypteris noveboracensis)
- Wild Licorice (Glycyrrhiza lepidota)
- Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)
- Asian Day Flower (Commelina communis)
- Spinulous Wood Fern (Dryopteris carthusiana)
- Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)
- False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)
- Fragile Fern (Cystopteris protrusa)
- Pride of Rochester (Deutzia scabra)
- Marginal Wood Fern (Dryopteris marginalis)
- Beech Drops (Epifagus virginiana)
- Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
- Stickseed (Hackelia virginiana)
- Alum Root (Heuchera americana)
- Solomon’s Seal (Polygonum biflorum)
- Glaucous Greenbrier (Smilax glauca)
- Bluestem Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)