Herbaceous species found on Watershed 6:
 
Scientific name Common name
Actaea sp. Baneberry
Aralia nudicaulis Wild sarsaparilla
Arisaema triphyllum Small jack-in-the-pulpit
Aster acuminatus Whorled wood aster
Athyrium Filix-femina Lady fern
Carex arctata Sedge
Carex brunnescens Sedge
Carex communis Sedge
Carex dibilis Sedge
Carex dibilis var Rudgii Sedge
Carex interior Sedge
Carex intumescens Sedge
Carex leptonervia Sedge
Chelone glabra Turtlehead
Cinna arundinacea Wood reed
Claytonia virginica Spring-beauty
Clintonea borealis Blue bead-lily
Coptis groenlandica Goldthread
Cornus canadensis Bunchberry
Dennstaedtia punctilobula Hayscented fern
Dryopteris Phegopteris Northern beech-fern
Dryopteris spinulosa Spinulose wood fern
Erythronium americanum Trout-lily
Lycopodium annotinum Stiff clubmoss
Lycopodium clavatum Staghorn clubmoss
Lycopodium lucidulum Shining clubmoss
Lycopodium obscurum Tree clubmoss
Maianthemum canadense Canada mayflower
Medeola virginiana Indian cucumber-root
Mitchella repens Partridgeberry
Monotropa uniflora Indian-pipe
Onoclea sensibilis Sensitive fern
Osmunda claytonia Interrupted fern
Oxalis acetosella Common wood-sorrel
Polygonatum pubescens Hairy Solomon's-seal
Prenanthes sp. Rattlesnake-root
Smilacina racemosa False Solomon's-seal
Solidago caesia Blue-stemmed goldenrod
Solidago macrophylla Large-leaved goldenrod
Streptopus roseus Rose twisted-stalk
Thelypteris noveboracensis New York fern
Trientalis borealis Starflower
Trillium erectum Red trillium
Trillium undulatum Painted trillium
Uvularia sessilifolia Wild oats
Viola incognita Large-leaved violet
Viola rotundifolia Round-leaved yellow violet

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