Thursday, October 27, 2016

Wildflowers of 2016 - The Complete (And Final) List

I am calling an end to my 2016 Wildflower Big Year.   


Earlier this Spring, I started making a list of (and photographing)  all the wildflowers I could find in one growing season.  This was the second time I have completed this challenge - my 2014 list can be found here.  Here are the rules that I gave myself for this self-imposed challenge.
  •  Any native or non-native plant (including trees) can be photographed if it meets two conditions
    • It must be growing in a wild population - it cannot be in a location where it was planted.
    • It must be growing in one of the parks or other city properties within the city of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
  • I have to photograph the plant on the day I first find the flower - but I can photograph any flower of the species that I find on that day.
  • I have to be able to identify the species for it to count - unknown specimens do not count.

I found a total of 252 species during the 2016 growing season.  I found my first flower of the year on 08 March (the 68th day of the year) and my final flower on 20 October (the 294th day of the year).  I averaged 1.115 new species per day over the course of 226 days.  Of the 252 species, 174 species (69.0%) have been native and 78 species (31.0%) have been introduced to Michigan.

Here is the complete list for the year.

Tuesday 08 March 2016
    #1 Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

Thursday 14 April 2016
    #2 Pussy Willow (Salix discolor)

Monday 17 April 2016
    #3 Boxelder (Acer negundo)
    #4 Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)
    #5 Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis
    #6 Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
    #7 Yellow Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
    #8 Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Wednesday 20 April 2016
    #9 Northern Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
    #10 Black Willow (Salix nigra)
 
Sunday 24 April 2016
    #11 Speckled Alder (Alnus incana)    
    #12 Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
    #13 Two-leaf Mitrewort (Mitella diphylla)
    #14 Spring Cress (Cardamine bulbosa)
    #15 American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
    #16 Canada Plum (Prunus nigra)
    #17 Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)     NON-NATIVE
    #18 Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officianale)     NON-NATIVE
    #19 Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides)      
    #20 Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
    #21 False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)

Monday 25 April 2016
    #22 Large-flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
    #23 Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)  
    # 24 Whitlow Grass (Draba verna)     NON-NATIVE
    #25 Early Meadow-rue (Thalictrum dioicum)
    #26 White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum)
   
 Monday 02 May 2016
    #27 Garlic Mustard (Alliara petiolata)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #28 Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens)

Monday 02 May 2016 
    #29 Pennsylvania Sedge (Carex pensylvanica)

Sunday 08 May 2016
    #30 Common Winter Cress (Barbarea vulgaris)     NON-NATIVE
    #31 American Black Currant (Ribes americanum)
    #32 Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
    #33 Broad-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)
    #34 Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis)
    #35 Long-spurred Violet (Viola rostrata)
    #36 Downy Serviceberry (Amelchier arborea)
    #37 Marsh Violet (Viola cucullata) 

Monday 09 May 2016
    #38 Small-flowered Forget-me-not (Myosotis stricta)     NON-NATIVE
 
Wednesday 11 May 2016
    #39 Common Periwinkle (Vinca minor)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #40 Purple Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)     NON-NATIVE
    #41 Storks-bill (Erodium cicutarium)     NON-NATIVE

Monday 16 May 2016
    #42 Morrow's Honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #43 Swamp Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)
    #44 Common Apple (Malus pumila)     NON-NATIVE
    #45 Small-flowered Buttercup (Ranunculus arbotivus)
    #46 Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #47 Indian Strawberry (Potentilla indica)     NON-NATIVE
    #48 Hooked Crowfoot (Ranunculus recurvatus)

Tuesday 17 May 2016
    #49 Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)  
    #50 Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum)
    #51 American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)
    #52 Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana)
    #53 Starry False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum stellatum)
    #54 Tartarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #55 Jetbead (Rhodotypos scandens)     NON-NATIVE

Sunday 22 May 2016
    #56 Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)
    #57 American Dog Violet (Viola labradorica)
    #58 Red Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
    #59 Cleavers (Galium aparine)    
    #60 Downy Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)
    #61 Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
    #62 Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
    #63 Common Mouse-eared Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)      NON-NATIVE
    #64 Pennsylvania Bitter Cress (Cardamine pensylvanica)
    #65 Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
    #66 Creeping Charlie (Glechoma hederacea)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #67 White Baneberry (Actaea pachypoda)
    #68 Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)
    #69 Small Pussytoes (Antennaria howellii)

Wednesday 25 May 2016
    #70 Red-osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
    #71 Common Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)
    #72 Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #73 Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
    #74 White Mulberry (Morus alba)     NON-NATIVE
    #75 Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #76 Common Yellow Wood-sorrel (Oxalis stricta)
    #77 Corn Speedwell (Veronica arvensis)     NON-NATIVE
    #78 Thyme-leaved Speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)     NON-NATIVE
    #79 Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #80 White Clover (Trifolium repens)     NON-NATIVE
    #81 Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)    NON-NATIVE
    #82 English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)     NON-NATIVE
    #83 American Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum)
    #84 Common Buttercup (Ranunculus acris)     NON-NATIVE
    #85 Winged Euonymus (Euonymus alatus)     NON-NATIVE
    #86 Field Peppergrass (Lepidium campestre)     NON-NATIVE
    #87 Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)     NON-NATIVE
    #88 Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
    #89 Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

Thursday 26 May 2016
    #90 Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
    #91 Field Hawkweed (Hieracium caespitosum)     NON-NATIVE
    #92 Nannyberry (Viburnum lentago)
    #93 White Campion (Silene latifolia)     NON-NATIVE
    #94 Illinois Carrion Flower (Smilax illinoensis)   

Friday 27 May 2016
    #95 Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
    #96 Fistulous Goat's Beard (Tragopogon dubius)     NON-NATIVE
    #97 Horse-gentian (Triosteum aurantiacum)
    #98 Wild Mustard (Sinapis arvensis)     NON-NATIVE

    #99 Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)    
       
Wednesday 01 June 2016 - part 1
    #100 Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #101 Riverbank Grape (Vitis riparia)
    #102 Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)     NON-NATIVE  
    #103 Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus officinalis)     NON-NATIVE
    #104 Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)     NON-NATIVE
    #105 Hoary Alyssum (Berteroa incana)     NON-NATIVE
    #106 Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)     NON-NATIVE
    #107 Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)     NON-NATIVE
    #108 Yellow Pond Lily (Nuphar variegata
    #109 Giant Bur-reed (Sparganium eurycarpum)
    #110 Water Dock (Rumex verticillatus)

Wednesday 01 June 2016 - part 2 
    #111 White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata)
    #112 Garden Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)     NON-NATIVE
    #113 Honewort (Cryptotaenia canadensis)
    #114 Feathery False Solomon's Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
    #115 Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpoides)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #116 Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa)     NON-NATIVE
    #117 Common Goat's Beard (Tragopogon pratensis)
    #118 Purple Meadow Rue (Thalictrum dasycarpum)   
    #119 Silvery Cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)     NON-NATIVE

Wednesday 08 June 2016
    #120 Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #121 Northern Dewberry (Rubus flagellaris)
    #122 Common Black Snakeroot (Sanicula odorata)
    #123 Northern Blue Flag (Iris versicolor)
    #124 American Speedwell (Veronica americana
    #125 Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)  
    #126 Green Dragon (Arisaema dracontium)
    #127 Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
    
Thursday 09 June 2016
    #128 Garden Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)     NON-NATIVE
    #129 American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)
    #130 Mossy Stonecrop (Sedum acre)     NON-NATIVE
    #131 Western Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)
    #132 Indian Hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)

Friday 10 June 2016
    #133 Rough-fruited Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)     NON-NATIVE   
    #134 Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)
 
Monday 13 June 2016
    #135 Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum)
 
Friday 17 June 2016
    #136 Crown Vetch (Securigera varia)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #137 Gray Dogwood (Cornus foemina)
    #138 Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
    #139 Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)
    #140 Wild Garlic (Allium canadense)

Tuesday 21 June 2016
    #141 Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
    #142 Border Privet (Ligustrum obtusifolium)     NON-NATIVE
    #143 White Avens (Geum canadense)
    #144 Narrow-leafed Cattail (Typha angustifolia)    NON-NATIVE in Michigan
    #145 Catnip (Nepeta cataria)     NON-NATIVE
    #146 Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus latifolius)     NON-NATIVE
    #147 Common Elder (Sambucus canadensis)
    #148 Common St. John's-wort (Hypericum perfoliatum)    
    #149 Pineapple-weed (Matricaria discoidea)     NON-NATIVE
    #150 Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
    #102a White-flowered Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara f. albiflorum)
    #151 Common Cattail (Typha latifolia)
    #152 Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
    #153 Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)     NON-NATIVE
    #154 Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria)     NON-NATIVE
    #155 Northern Hawkweed (Hieracium umbellatum)     NON-NATIVE
    #156 Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
    #157 Clammy Ground-cherry (Physalis heterophylla)
    #158 Tall Anemone (Anemone virginiana)
    #159 Large-leafed Shinleaf (Pyrola elliptica

Wednesday 22 June 2016
    #160 Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
    #161 Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
    #162 Moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia)     NON-NATIVE
    #163 Creeping Yellow Cress (Rorippa sylvestris)     NON-NATIVE
    #164 Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)

Friday 24 June 2016
    #165 Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)     NON-NATIVE
    #166 Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
    #167 Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)
    #168 Annual Fleabane (Erigeron annuus)
 
Tuesday 28 June 2016
    #169 Clustered-leaved Tick-trefoil (Hylodesmum glutinosum)
    #170 Northern Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
    #171 Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
    #172 Tall Agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala)
    #173 Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)
    #174 Michigan Lily (Lilium michiganense)
    #175 Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)
    #176 Hairy Wood Mint (Blephilia hirsuta)
    #177 Common Enchanter's-nightshade (Circaea canadensis)

Thursday 30 June 2016
    #178 Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)     NON-NATIVE
    #179 Swamp Milkweed (Aclepias incarnata)
    #180 White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus    NON-NATIVE 
    #181 Chicory (Cichorium intybus)     NON-NATIVE
    #182 Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)     NON-NATIVE

Wednesday 06 July 2016
    #183 White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia)
    #184 Virgin' Bower (Clematis virginiana)
    #185 Thin-leaved Coneflower (Rudbeckia triloba)
    #186 American Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya)

Thursday 07 July 2016
    #187 Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)     NON-NATIVE
    #188 Spotted Knapweed (Cenaurea stoebe)     NON-NATIVE (INVASIVE)
    #189 Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis)     NON-NATIVE
    #190 Common Burdock (Arctium minus)     NON-NATIVE
    #191 Willow-herb (Epilobium ciliatum)
    #192 Common Plantain (Plantago major)     NON-NATIVE
    #193 Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Monday 01 August 2016
    #194 Narrow-leafed  Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
    #195 Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)
    #196 Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)     NON-NATIVE
    #197 Smooth Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
    #198 Common Evening-primrose (Oenothera biennis)    
    #199 Wild Mint (Mentha canadensis)
    #200 Spotted Joe-pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum)
    #201 Swamp Thistle (Cirsium muticum)
    #202 Mad-dog Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
    #203 Cut-leaved Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
    #204 Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)     NON-NATIVE
    #205 White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
    #206 Thin-leaved Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus)
    #207 Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
    #208 Rough-leaved Goldenrod (Solidago patula)
    #209 Monkey-flower (Mimulus ringens)
    #210 Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
  
Thursday 04 August 2016
    #211 Field Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis)     NON-NATIVE
    #212 Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)
    #213 Hedge-parsley (Torilis japonica)     NON-NATIVE
    #214 Ditch Stonecrop (Penthorum sedoides)     NON-NATIVE
    #215 Mild Water-pepper (Persicaria hydropiperoides)    
    #216 Southern Water-plantain (Alisma subcordatum)
    #217 Cardinal-flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
    #218 Common Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
  
Thursday 11 August 2016
    #219 Hog-peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)

 Monday 15 August 2016
    Common Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)     NON-NATIVE

Wednesday 17 August 2016
    #221 Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
    #222 Flat-topped White Aster (Doellingeria umbellata)
    #223 Swamp Lousewort (Pedicularis lanceolata)
    #224 White Lettuce (Prenanthes alba)
    #225 Common Water Horehound (Lycopus americanus)

Thursday 25 August 2016
    #226 Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
    #227 Panicled Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
    #228 Butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris)     NON-NATIVE
    #229 Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
    #230 Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana)
    #231 Nodding Smartweed (Persicaria lapathifolia)
    #232 Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)
    #233 Horseweed (Conyza canadensis)
    #234 Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

 Monday 29 August 2016
    #235 Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
    #236 Purplestem Beggar-ticks (Bidens connata)

Tuesday 30 August 2016
    #237 False Buckwheat (Fallopia scandens)

Thursday 01 September 2016
    #238 Common Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)
    #239 Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum laterifolium)
    #240 Swamp Aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
    #241 Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
    #242 Beech-drops (Epifagus virginiana)
    #243 Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
    #244 Bluestem Goldenrod (Solidago caesia)
  
Friday 02 September 2016
    #245 Big-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
    #246 New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
    #247 Nodding Beggar-ticks (Bidens cernua)

Tuesday 13 September 2016
    #248 Cheerful Sunflower (Helianthus x laetiflorus)
    #249 Sweet Everlasting (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium)
    #250 Frost Aster (Symphyotrichum pilosum)
    #251 Arrow-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum urophyllum)

Wednesday 20 October 2016
    #252 Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

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