Dismals Canyon Est. 8,000 B.C.
The Canyon

Canyon Flora

TREES & SHURBS

1. Red Maple (Acer rubrum L)
2. Silver Maple (Acer saccharophorum)
3. Sugar Maple (Acer saccharinum)
4. Hoary Alder (Almus agosa negunda)
5. Shad Bush (Amelanchier canadensis Med.)
6. Hercules Club (Aralia spinosa L.)
7. Paw Paw (Asimina triloba Dunal)
8. Huckleberry (Batodendron arboreum)
9. Spice Bush (Benzoin aestival)
10. Red Birch (Betula Nigra)
11. Ironwood (Carpinus caroliniana Walt)
12. Shagbark Hickory (Carva carolinea)
13. Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)
14. Southern Pignut Hickory (Carya ovalis Sarg.)
15. Chestnut (Caslanea dentata Borkn.)
16. Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
17. Haw (Cuataegus – 4 varieties)
18. Grancy Greybeard (Chionathus virginica L.)
19. Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida L.)
20. Beech (Fagus grandiflora)
21. Mountain Silver Bell (Halesia parviflora)
22. Witch Hazel (Hamamelis macrophylla)
23. Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea quergiflora)
24. Holly (Ilex opaca Ait.)
25. Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
26. Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latiflora L.)
27. Sweet Gum (Liquidambar Stryaciflua)
28. Yellow Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
29. Large Leaf Magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla)
30. Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.)
31. Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
32. Scrub Poine (Punus virginiana)
33. Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
34. Short Leaf Pine (Pinus Echinata)
35. Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
36. Wild Plum (Prunus lanata)
37. Chestnut Oak (Quercus montana)
38. White Oak (Quercus alba)
39. Southern Red Oak (Quercus falcata)
40. Post Oak (Quercus stellata)
41. Black Jack Oak (Quercus Marilandica)
42. Sassafras (Sassafras officinale)
43. Mountain Camelia (Stuartia Pentagyna)
44. Sweet Leaf (Slymplocos tinctoria)
45. Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
46. Huckleberry (Vaccinium Arboreum)
47. Late Blooming Azalea (Azalea arborescens)
48. Early Blooming Azalea (Azalea – 3 varieties)
49. Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
50. Burning Bush (Euonymus atropurpureus)
51. Black Alder (Ilex verticillata)
52. Hornbeam (Ostrya Virginana K. Koch)
53. Dwarf Shumac (Rhus copallina L.)
54. Black Locust (Robinia pseudacacia L.)
55. White Elm (Ulmus americana L.)
56. Black Willow (Salix Nigra)
57. Catalpa (Catalpa bignoioides)
58. Bay Magnolia (Magnolia glauca)
59. Ash (Flaxinus americana)
60. Silverbell (Storax grandiflora)

RUSH FAMILY (Juncaceae)
Juncus diffusissimus – rush

LILY FAMILY (Liliaceae)
Allium mutabile – wild onion (?)
Medeola virginiana – Indian cucumber root
Polygonatum biflorum – great Solomon’s seal
Polygonatum pubescens – Solomon’s seal
Sisymbrium officinale – hedge mustard
Smilacina racemosa – false Solomon’s seal
Smilax rotundifolia – greenbriar
Smilax hispida – greenbriar
Trillium sessile – wakerobin (?)
Uvularia grandiflora – large flowered bellwort
Uvularia perfoliata – bellwort
Yucca aloefolia – beargrass

YAM FAMILY (Dioscoreaceae)
Dioscorea sp. – wild yam

AMARYLLIS FAMILY (Amaryllidaceae)
Agave Virginica – false aloe
Hypoxis hirsuta – yellow-star grass

IRIS FAMILY (Iridaceae)
Iris cristata – dwarf iris
Sisyrinchium sp. – blue-eye grass

ORCHID FAMILY (Orchidaceae)
Goodyera pubescens – downy rattlesnake plantain
Habenaria clavellata – small green wood orchid
Maxalis unifolia – green adder’s mouth
Spiranthes sp. – ladies’ tresses
Tipularia discolor – cranefly orchid

WILLOW FAMILY (Salicaceae)
Salix nigra – black willow

WALNUT FAMILY (Juglandaceae)
Carya cordiformis – bitternut hickory
Carya ovalis – sweet pignut hickory
Carya ovata – shagbark hickory

BIRCH FAMILY (Betulaceae)
Alnus serrulata – hazel alder
Betula nigra – river birch
Carpinus caroliniana – ironwood, hornbean
Ostrya virginiana – hop hornbean

BEECH FAMILY (Fagaceae)
*Castanea dentata – American chestnut
Fagus grandiflora – beech
Quercus alba – white oak
Quercus borealis – red oak
Quercus falcata – southern red oak
Quercus marilandica – blackjack oak
Quercus prinus – chestnut oak
Quercus stellata – post oak

ELM FAMILY (Ulmaceae)
Celtis laevigata – hackberry
Ulmus americana – American elm

BIRTHWERT FAMILY (Aristolochiceae)
Asarum canadense – wild ginger
Hexastylis virginica – wild heartleaf

BUCKWHEAT FAMILY (Polygonaceae)
Polygonum penna – smartweed (?)
Polygonum persicaria – lady’s thumb
Rumex acetosella – sheep sorrel
Rumex crispus – curly dock
Rumex verticillatus – narrow-leaved dock

POKEWEED FAMILY (Portulaceae)
Claytonia sp. – spring beauty

PINK FAMILY (Caryophyllaceae)
Silene virgnica – fire pink
Stellaria media – common chickweed
Stellaria pubera – star chickweed

BUTTERCUP FAMILY (Ranuculaceae)
Anemone quinquefolia – wood anemone
Cimicifuga racemosa – black snakeroot
Clematis viona – lavender leather flower
Clematis virginiana – Virgin’s bower
Isopyrum biternatum – false rue anemone
Ranuculus hispidus – buttercup Hepatica triloba
Thalictrum clavatum – mountain meadow rue
Thalictrum thalictroides – windflower
Xanthorhiza simplicissma – yellow root

MAGNOLIA FAMILY (Magnoliaceae)
Liriodendron tulipifera – tuliptree, yellow poplar
Magnolia virginiana – sweet bay
Magnolia macrophylla – big-leaf magnolia

PAWPAW FAMILY (Annonceae)
Asimina parviflora – pawpaw

SWEET SHRUB FAMILY (Calycanthaceae)
Calycanthus floridus – sweet shrub

LAUREL FAMILY (Lauraceae)
Lindera benzoin – spice bush
Sassafras albidum – sassafras

MUSTARD FAMILY (Brassicaceae)
Lipidium virginicum – peppergrass

STONECROP FAMILY (Crassulaceae)
Sedum ternatum – stonecrop

SAXIFRAGE FAMILY (Saxifragaceae)
Boykinia aconitifolia – brook saxifrage
Decumaria barbara – climbing hydrangea
Heuchera sp. – alumroot
Heuchera parviflora – alumroot
Hydrangea guercifolia – oak-leaf hydrangea
Mitella diphylla – bishop’s cap
Saxifraga virginiensis – early saxifrage
Tiarella cordifolia – foam flower

WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY (Hamamelidaceae)
Hamamelis virginiana – witch hazel
Liquidambar styraciclua – sweet gum

ROSE FAMILY (Rosaceae)
Agrimonia diphylla (?)
Amelanchier canadensis – service berry
Crataegus sp. – haw
Fragaria virginiana – wild strawberry
Gerum canadense – white avens
Potgentilla simplex – cinquefoilPrunus serotina – black cherry
Rosa palustris – swamp rose

BEAN FAMILY (Fabaceae)
Cassia chamaerrista – patridge pea (?)
Clitoria mariana – butterfly pea
Lespedeza virginica – tall bush clover
Melilotus alba – sweet white clover
Melilotus officinalis – sweet yellow clover
Psoralea psoralioides – Sampson snakeroot
Robinia pseudoacacia – black locust
Tephrosia virginiana – goat’s rue
Trifolium repens – white clover

WOOD SOREL FAMILY (Oxalidaceae)
Oxalis sp. – wood sorrel

GERANIUM FAMMILY (Geraniaceae)
Geranium maculatum – wild geranium
Geranium robertianum – (?)
Polygala polygama – milkwort
Polygala senega – Seneca snakeroot

SPURGE FAMILY (Euphorbiaceae)
Crotonopsis linearis – rushfoil
Euphorbia sp. – white spurge
Euphorbia carollata – flowering spurge

CASHEW FAMILY (Anacardiaceae)
Rhus copallina – winged sumac
Rhus radicans – poison ivy
Rhus toxicodendron – poison oak

HOLLY FAMILY (Aquifoliaceae)
Ilex opaca – American holly
Ilex verticillata – black alder

STAFF-TREE FAMILY (Celastraceae)
Euonymus americanus – strawberry bush
Euonymus atropurpureus – burning bush

MAPLE FAMILY (Aceraceae)
Acer rubrum – red maple
Acer saccharum – sugar maple
Acer saccharinum – silver maple

TOUCH-ME-NOT FAMILY (Balsaminaceae)
Impatiens capensis – jewel weed

GRAPE FAMILY (Vitaceae)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia – Virginia creeper
Vitis rotundifolia – muscadine

MALLOW FAMILY (Malvaceae)
Hibiscus sp.

TEA FAMILY (Theaceae)
Stewartia malacodendron – silky camellia

ST. JOHN’S WORT FAMILY (Hypericaceae)
Hypericum gentianoides – pineweed
Hypericum hypericoides – St. Andrew’s cross
Hypericum perforatum – St. John’s wort

VIOLET FAMILY (Violaceae)
Viola blanda – sweet white violet
Viola canadensis – Canada violet
Viola pedata – birdfoot violet
Viola palmata – wood violet
Viola primulifolia – primrose-leaved violet

PASSION FLOWER FAMILY (Passifloraceae)
Passiflora incarnata – maypop
Passiflora luea – yellow passion flower

CACTUS FAMILY (Cactaceae)
Opuntia compressa – prickly pear

MELASTOMA FAMILY (Melastomataceae)
Rhexia virginica – meadow beauty

EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY (Onagraceae)
Ludwigia alternifolia – rattlebox
Oenothera biennis – evening primrose
Oenothera fruticosa – sundrops

GINSENG FAMILY (Araliaceae)
Aralia racemosa – spikenard
Aralia spinosa – Hercules’ club

CARROT FAMILY (Apiaceae)
Dacus carota – Queen Ann’s lace
Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum – botton snakeroot
Sanicula marilandica – snakeroot

(Nyssaceae)
Nyssa sylvatica – black gum

DOGWOOD FAMILY (Cornaceae)
Cornus florida – flowering dogwood

HEATH FAMILY (Ericaceae)
Chjimphila maculata – ipsissewa, spotted wintergreen
Epigaea epens – trailing arbutus
Lamia latifolia – mountain laurel
Monotropa uniflora – Indian pipe
Oxydendrum arboreum – sourwood
Rhododendron arborescens – smooth azalea
Vaccinium arboreum – sparkleberry
Vaccinium vacillans – huckleberry

PRIMROSE FAMILY (Primulaceae)
Lysimachia ciliata – fringed loosestrife
Lychimachia lanceolata – loosestrife

EBONY FAMILY (Ebenaceae)
Diospyros vifginiana – persimmon

SWEETLEAF FAMILY (Symplocaceae)
Symplocus tinctoria – horse sugar

STORAX FAMILY (Styracaceae)
Halsia parviflora – silverbell
Styrax grandifolia – storax

OLIVE FAMILY (oleaceae)
Chionathus virginicus – fringe tree
Fraxinus americana – ash

LOGANIA FAMILY (Loganiaceae)
Gelsemium sempervirens – yellow jessamine

GENTIAN FAMILY (Gentianaceae)
Gentiana saponaria – bottle gentian

DOGBANE FAMILY (Apocynaceae)
Amsonia sp. – blue star

MILKWEED FAMILY (Asclepidaceae)
Asclepias tuberosa – butterfly milkweed

MORNING GLORY FAMILY (Convolvulaceae)
Cuscuta umellata – dodder (?)

PHLOX FAMILY (Polemoniaceae)
Phlox divaricata – white pholox

BORAGE FAMILY (Boraginaceae)
Cyanoglossum virginianum – hound’s tongue
Lithosperum sp. – puccoon

VERVAIN FAMILY (Verbenaceae)
Verbene simplex – vervain

MINT FAMILY (Lamiaceae)
Collinsonia canadensis – horse balm
Monarda fistulosa – horsemint
Monarda punctate – horsemint
Prunella vulgaris – heal-all
Salvia Lyrata – lyre-,leaved sage
Scutellaria integrifolia – skullcap
Scutellaria ovata – skullcap
Trichostema dichotomum – blue curls

NIGHTSHADE FAMILY (Solanaceae)
Solanum carollinense – horse nettle

FIGWORT FAMILY (Scropulariaceae)
Agalinis tenuifolia – gerardia
Aureolaria sp.
Pedicularis canadensis – lousewort, wood betony
Penstemon tenufolia (?)
Verbascum thapsus – mullein

BIGONIA FAMILY (Bigoniaceae)
Anisostichus (Bigonia) capreolata – cross vine
Campsis radicans – trumpet vine
Catalpa bignoiodes – catalpa

BROOM-RAPE FAMILY (Orobanchaceae)
Epifagus virginiana – beechdrops

ACANTHUS FAMILY (Acanthaceae)
Ruellia strepens – wild petunia

PLANTAIN FAMILY (Plantaginaceae)
Plantago major – broad-leaved plantain
Plantago rugellii – narrow-leaved plantain

MADDER FAMILY (Rubiaceae)
Diodia teres – buttonweed
Houstonia caerulea – bluets
Houstonia purpurea – summer bluet
Galium asperellum – rough bedstraw
Galium boreale (?) – bedstraw
Mitchella repens – partridge berry

HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY (Caprifoliaceae)
Lonicera japonica – Japanese honeysuckle
Viburnum acerifolium – maple-leaved viburnum
Viburnum cassinoides
Viburnum nudum – swam—haw

BELLFLOWER FAMILY (Campanulaceae)
Campanula rotundifolia (?) – hairbell
Lobelia cardinalis – cardinal flower
Lobelia spicata – spiked lobelia

ASTER FAMILY (Asteraceae)
Ambrosia artemisifolia – cut-leaved ragweed
Ambrosia trifida – giant ragweed
Antennaria solitaria – pussy-toes
Arctium minus – burdock
Bidens bipennata – Spanish needles
Coreopsis grandiflora – coreopsis
Coreopsis laceolata
Coreopsis major
Coreopsis oemleri (?)
Elephantopus carolinianus – elephant’s foot
Erigeron canadensis – horseweed, butterweed
Erigeron philadelphicus – daisy fleabane
Erigeron strigosus – daisy fleabane
Eupatorium perfoliatum – boneset
Eupatorium purpurem – joe-pye weed
Eupatorium rugosum – white snakeroot
Gnaphalium obtusifolium – rabbit tobacco
Helenium sp. – sneezeweed
Heterotheca graminifolia – golden aster
Heterotheca mariana – large-flowered golden aster
Hieracium aurantiacum – orange hawkweed
Hieracium canadensis (?) hawkweed
Hieracium gronovii – yellow hawkweed
Krigia virginica – dwarf dandelion
Lactuca biennis – tall blue lettuce
Lactuca canadensis – wild lettuce
Liatris microcephala – blazing star, gay-flowers
Liatris squarosa – blazing star
Parthenium integrifolium – wild equine, American fever few
Prenathes serpentaria – lion’s foot
Rudbeckia laciniata – coneflowers
Rudbeckia hirta – black-eyed susan
Senecio smallii – ragwort
Sonchus oleraceus – sow thistle
Taraxacum officinale – common dandelion
Verbesina virginica – crownbeard
Veronia altissima – iron weed








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