Local Fungus & Plants

The following is a preliminary checklist of the plants found at the Tenafly Nature Center
Over 139 species (124 vascular spp.)

Fungi:
Only a few of the probable scores of species have been identified.  Mushroom fanciers collect, (legally or otherwise) many bushels of several kinds each year. A few identified species include:

  • Giant Puffball

  • Honey Mushroom

  • Chicken-of-the-woods (Laetiporus sulphureus)

  • Hen-of-the-woods (Griffola frondosa)

  • Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)

  • Bearded Tooth (Hericium erinaceeus)

  • Laughing Gym (Gymnopilus spectabilis)

  • Showy Flamecap

  • "numerous" Russula spp.

  • “Ravenel’s Stinkhorn, Phallus ravenelii

Lichens:
Several species of crustose lichens occur on branches and rocks, not identified.

Mosses:
Probably more than a dozen species are present, but only the following generic identifications have been made:

  • Sphagnum sp.

  • Hair-cap sp.

  • Cushion Moss sp.

Ferns and Fern Allies:

  • Broad Beech Fern 

  • Hay-scented Fern       

  • Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)

  • Interrupted Fern

  • Cinnamon Fern (Osmunda cinnamomea)

  • Royal Fern

  • Christmas Fern

  • Bracken Fern

  • New York Fern

  • Crested Fern (?) - I.D. uncertain

  • Marginal Wood Fern (?) - I.D. uncertain

  • Tree Club Moss  (Lycopodium obscurum)

  • Ground Pine (L. complanatum)

     Flowering Plants (not fully grouped or ordered)

  • Pink Lady's-Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)

  • Downy Rattlesnake Plantain

  • Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)

  • Wood Lily (?)

  • Indian Cucumber-root

  • Wood-Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)

  • Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)

  • Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolium)

  • Spikenard (Aralia racemosa)

  • May Apple (Podophyllum peltatum)

  • Celandine (alien)

  • Lesser Celendine (alien)

  • Day-Lily (alien)

  • White Avens (Geum canadense)

  • Canada May-Flower (Maianthemum canadense)

  • Downy Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum pubescens)

  • False Solomon's Seal (Smilacina racemosa)

  • Garlic-Mustard invasive alien!

  • Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

  • Squawroot (Conophilus americana)

  • Beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana)

  • Common Dodder

  • Turtle Head

  • Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

  • False Hellebore

  • Carrion-flower

  • Jack-in-the-pulpit

  • Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

  • Wild Ginger (planted)

  • Sharp-lobed Hepatica (planted)

  • Red Trillium (planted)

  • Jumpseed (Virginia Knotweed) (Tovara virginianum)

  • Arrow-leaved tearthumb (Polygonum )

  • Mile-a Minute Plant (Polygonum perfoliatum) an invasive alien discovered in the LBP 8/2003

  • Hog Peanut (Amphicarpa bracteata)

  • Horse Balm (or Stoneroot) (Collinsonia canadensis)

  • Great Ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)

  • Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)

  • Trumpetweed (Eupatorium fistulosum)

  • Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed

  • Hollow Joe-Pye-Weed

  • Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa)

  • Mexican Tea (Chenopdium ambrosioides)

  • Compositae (Sunflower Family)

  • New York Ironweed

  • Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) (alien)

  • Lance-leaved Goldenrod (Solidigo graminifolia)

  • Tall /Canada Goldenrod (S. canadensis)

  • Rough-stemmed Goldenrod (S. rugosa)

  • Early Goldenrod (S. juncea)

  • Gray Goldenrod (S. caesariensis)

  • White Snakeroot (Eupatorium racemosa)

  • White Wood Aster (A. divericatus)

  • Small White Aster (A. novae-anglia)

  • Arrow-leaved Aster (A. saggittifolius)

  • Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) (alien)

  • Tall White Lettuce (Prenanthes altissima)

  • Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)

  • Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)

  • Spotted/Striped Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)

  • Teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens)

  • St.John's Worts (Hypericum virginicum & mutilum)

  • Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) 

  • White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata)

  • Pickerel Weed (Pontederia cordata)

  • Bullhead Lily, Spatterdock (Nuphar luteum)

  • Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica)

  • Coontail

     Vines:

  • Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

  • Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

  • Common  Greenbriar (Smilax rotundifolia)

  • Riverbank Grape (Vitus riparia)

  • Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japionica) (alien)

  • Porcelain-berry (alien—attempting to eliminate)

  • Asiatic Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) (alien)

     Shrubs & Smaller Trees

  • Ironwood (Carpinus carolinensis)

  • Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

  • Silky Dogwood (Cornus ammomum)

  • Maple-leaved Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)

  • Northern Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum)

  • Swamp Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum)

  • Shadbush (Amelanchier sp., probably arboria)

  • Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

  • Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

  • Deerberry (Vaccinium    )

  • Early Low Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)

  • Mock Orange (Philidelphicus coronarius)

     Trees:

  • Red Oak    (Quercus rubra)

  • White Oak   (Quercus alba)      

  • Black Oak    (Quercus velutina)

  • Chestnut Oak  (Quercus prinus)

  • American Chestnut (Castanaea dentata)

  • American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)

  • Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra = ovalis)

  • Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)

  • Mockernut Hickory (Carya tomentosa)

  • White Ash (Fraxinus sp.)

  • Gray Birch (Betula populifolia)

  • Black Birch (Betula lenta

  • Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)

  • Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styaciflua)

  • Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

  • Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

  • Black Mulberry (alien-planted?) or perhaps it’s Morus alba var. tatarica

  • Ailanthus (Ailanthus altissima) (invasive alien)

  • Princess Tree (Paulownia tomentosa) - alien

  • Silktree or Japanese Cork Tree – alien

  • Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

  • Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)

  • Norway Maple (alien, escaped)

  • Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)

  • Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)

  • Willow (Salix sp.)

  • Cottonwood (Populus )

Other links to fungus & plant information:

  1. Biology of Plants (Missouri Botanical Garden)