Species List for House Grounds

The following species have been observed during nature walks around the grounds at Tucker House.  The purpose of the walks is to acquaint visitors with the natural features of the site.  The list has been compiled by amateurs, many species are missing and some may have been identified incorrectly.  We invite you to check the list, come to one of the walks, seek out some of the species on the list.  We welcome corrections and additions to the list.  If you find the list of interest or would like to see it arranged in a different order, please contact us.

LATIN NAME                                         COMMON NAME                                  
                                                                       
MUSHROOMS                                                             
                                                                       
PUFFBALLS                                                                
Lycoperdon pusillium                                                               
                                                                       
                                                                       
BRACKET FUNGI                                                                     
Fomes fomentarius                               Tinder Polypore                        
Ganoderma applanatum                         Artists Conk                             
Lenzites betulina                                    Birch Lenzites                           
Piptoporus betulinus                             Birch Polypore                         
Polyporus squamosus                           Dryad Saddle                           
Stereum sublomentosum                                                                      
Trichaptum biforme                               Purple Toothed Polypore                                  
                                                                       
FUNGI WITH GILLS                                                                   
Armillaria mellea                                    Honey Mushroom                                 
Cantharellus cibarius                              Chanterelle                               
Clitocybe clavipes                                 Club Foot                                
Clitopilus prunulis                                  The Miller                                 
Collybia tuberosa                                  Tuberous collybia
Conocybe tenera
Cortinarius armillatus                             Banded Cort                            
Hygrocybe ceracea                                                                  
Hygrophorus puderinus                         Blushing Waxcap                                 
Inocybe geophylla                                                                    
Lactarius lignyotus                                                                   
Mycenia rosella                                                                        
Phaeocollybia christinae                                                                       
Pholiota malicola                                                                      
Pholiota mutabilis                                  Changeable Pholiota                            
Pluteus admirabilis
                                                                       
OTHER FUNGI                                                             
Morchella esculenta                               Yellow Morel                            
Steccherinum ochraceum                                                                      
                                                                       
LICHENS AND MOSSES                                                                      
                                                                       
Cladonia fimbriata                                 Trumpet lichen                          
Phlyctis argena                                     Whitewash lichen                                              
                                                                       
Sphagnum sp.                                      Peat Moss                               
                                                                       
FERNS AND ALLIES                                                                
                                                                       
Athyrium filix-femina                              Lady Fern                                
Dryopteris intermedia                            Evergreen Wood Fern                           
Dryopteris spinulosa                             Spinulose Wood Fern                           
Matteucia struthiopteris                          Ostrich Fern                             
Onoclea sensibilis                                 Sensitive Fern                          
Phegopteris connectiis                          Northern Beech Fern                             
Pteridium aquilinum                               Bracken                                   
Thelipteris palustris                                Marsh fern                               
                                                                       
Equisctum arvense                                Field Horsetail                          
Equisctum sylvaticum                            Wood Horsetail                        
                                                                       
EVERGREEN TREES AND SHRUBS                                                                
                                                                       
Abies balsamea                                    Balsam Fir                               
Picea glauca                                         White Spruce                           
Pinus strobus                                        White Pine                               
Thuja occidentalis                                  Eastern White Cedar                             
Tsuga canadensis                                 Hemlock                                  
                                                                       
                                                                       
DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS                                                                 
Acer negundo                                       Manitoba Maple                                   
Acer rubrum                                          Red Maple                               
Acer saccharinum                                  Silver Maple                             
Acer saccharum                                    Sugar Maple                            
Acer spicatum                                       Mountain Maple                        
Amelanchier canadensis                        Canada Serviceberry                            
Betula alleghaniensis                             Yellow Birch                             
Betula. pappyrifera                                Paper Birch                              
Cornus alternifolia                                 Alternate-leaved Dogwood                                
Cornus stolonifera                                 Red Osier                                
Crataegus sp.                                       Hawthorn                                 
Fraxinus nigra                                       Black Ash                                
Fraxinus pennsylvanica              Red  Ash                                 
Ilex verticillata                                       Winterberry                              
Juglans cinerea                         Butternut                                  
Malus baccata x pumila                         Crab Apple
Malus sylvestris                                    Apple                          
Parthenocissus                                     Virginia Creeper                                    
Populus grandidentata                           Large-toothed Aspen                            
Populus tremuloides                              Trembling Aspen                                  
Prunus padua                                        Plum                            
Prunus serotina                         Black Cherry                             
Prunus virginiana                                   Choke Cherry                           
Quercus borealis                                   Red Oak                                  
Rhamnus cathartica                               Common Buckthorn                              
Rhus radicans                                       Poison Ivy                               
Rosa blanda                                         Wild Rose                                
Rubus odoratus                                    Purple Flowering Raspberry                              
Rubus pubescens                                 Dwarf Raspberry                                  
Rubus sp.                                             Raspberry                                
Sambucus pubens                                Red-berried Elder                                 
Syringa vulgaris)                                   Lilac                            
Tilia americana                                      Basswood                               
Ulmus americana                                   White elm                                 
Vitus riparia                                           Wild Grape                               
Xanthoxylum americanum                      Prickly-ash                               
                                                           
GRASSES AND SEDGES                                                                    
                                                                       
Bromus inermis                         Awnless Brome Grass                          
Carex sp.                                              Sedge                         
Dactylis glomerata                                Orchard Grass                          
Glyceria striata                                      Fowl Manna Grass                                
Phleum pratense                                   Timothy                                   
Poa compressa                         Canada Blue Grass                               
                                                                       
WATER PLANTS                                                                      
                                                                       
Lemna sp.                                             Duckweed                                
Sparganium eurycarpum                        Broad-fruited Bur-reed
Typha angustifolia                                 Narrow-leaved Cattail                            
Typha latifolia                                       Common Cattail                                   
                                                                       
LEGUMINOUS PLANTS                                                            
                                                                       
Medicago lupulina                                 Black medick                            
Trifolium hybridum                                 Alsike Clover                            
Trifolium repens                                    White Clover                            
Vicia cracca                                          Cow vetch                                                        
                                                                       
FLOWERS                                                                   
                                                                       
Achillea millefolium                                Yarrow                         
Actaea rubra                                         Red Baneberry                         
Agrimonia gryposepaia                          Hooked Agrimony                                
Amphicarpa bracteata                            Hog-peanut                              
Anemone virginiana                               Thimbleweed                            
Aquilegia vulgaris                                  Garden Columbine
Aralia nudicaulis                                    Wild Sarsaparilla                                  
Arctium minus                                       Common Burdock                                
Arisaema triphyllum                               Jack-in-the-pulpit                                  
Asarum canadense                                Wild Ginger                              
Aster lateriflorus                                    Calico Aster                             
Aster puniceus                                      Purple Stemmed Aster                          
Barbarea vulgaris                                  Winter Cress                            
Calthia palustrus                                    Marsh Marigold                        
Campanula rapunculoides                      Bellflower                                 
Campanula rotundifolia                          Harebell                                   
Cardamine pratensis                              Cuckoo Flower                         
Caulophyllum thalictroides                     Blue cohosh                             
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum              Ox-eye Daisy                           
Cichorium intybus                                  Chicory or Cornflower                           
Circaea lutetiana                                    Enchanter's Nightshade                        
Cirsium arvense                         Canada Thistle                         
Claytonia caroliniana                              Spring-beauty                          
Clematis virginiana                                Virgin's Bower                          
Convolvulus arrensis                             Field Bindweed                        
Convolvulus sepium                              Hedge Bindweed                                  
Cornus canadensis                                Bunchberry                              
Daucus carota                                       Queen Anne's Lace                               
Dentaria dyphilla                                   Toothwort                                
Dianthus armeria                                   Deptford Pink                          
Epilobium sp.                                       Willow-herb                              
Erigeron annuus                                    Daisy Fleabane                        
Erigeron canadensi                                Horseweeds                             
Erigeron philadelphicus                         Common Fleabane                                                       
Erythonium americanum             Trout Lilly                                 
Eupatorium maculatum                          Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed                        
Eupatorium rugosum                             White-snakeroot                                   
Fragaria virginia                         Common Strawberry                             
Galeum sp.                                           Bedstraw                                 
Galium asprellum                                   Rough Bedstraw                                   
Galium triflorum                         Fragrant Bedstraw                                
Geum aleppicum                                   Yellow Avens                           
Glechoma hederacea                             Ground Ivy                               
Heracleum maximum                             Cow-parsnip                             
Hesperis matronalis                               Dame's Rocket                         
Hypericum perforatum                           Common St. John's-Wort                                  
Impatiens capensis                                Touch-me-not   
Iris versicolor                                        Blue Flag                                 
Laportea canadensis                             Wood Nettle                             
Leonurus cardiaca                                 Motherwort                               
Lithospermum officinale                        Gromwell                                 
Lychnis flos-cuculi                                 Ragged Robin                          
Lysimachia ciliata                                  Fringed Loosestrife                              
Lysimachia nummularia                          Moneywort                               
Maianthemum canadense                       Canada Mayflower                                
Malva moschata                                    Musk Mallow                            
Mentha arvensis                                    Wild Mint                                 
Mitella diphylla                                      Mitrewort          
Orthilla secunda                                    One-sided Shinleaf                               
Osmorhiza claytonii                               Hairy Sweet Cicely                                
Oxalis acetosella                                   Wood Sorrel                            
Pastinaca sativa                                    Wild Parsnip                            
Plantago lanceolata                               English Plantain                                   
Polygonum scandens                            False Buckwheat                                  
Potentilla recta                                      Rough-fruited Cinquefoil                                   
Prunella vulgaris                                    Heal-all                                    
Pyrola elliptica                                      Shinleaf                                   
Ranunculus acris                                   Common Buttercup                              
Ribes hirtellum                                      Wild Gooseberry                                  
Rudbeckia hirta                         Brown-eyed Susan                               
Rumex crispus                                      Curled Dock                             
Rumex obtusifolius                               Bitter Dock                               
Rumex verticillatus                                Water Dock                              
Sanguinaria canadensis                         Blood Root                                          
Satureja vulgaris                                    Wild Basil                                
Silene alba                                            White Campion                         
Silene vulgaris                                       Bladder campion                                  
Sinapis arvensis                                    Wild Mustard                            
Viola sp.                                               Stemless blue violet                             
Solidago altissima                                 Tall Goldenrod                         
Solidago canadensis                             Canada Goldenrod                               
Solidago rugosa                                   Rough Goldenrod                                 
Sonchus arvensis                                  Sow Thistle                              
Stellaria graminea                                  Lesser Stitchwort                                  
Taraxacum officinale                             Common Dandelion                              
Thalictrum dioicum                                Early Meadow-rue                                 
Thalictrum polygamum                           Tall Meadow Rue                                  
Tiarella cordifolia                                   Foamflower                              
Trientalis borealis                                  Starflower                                
Trillium cernuum                                    Nodding Trillium                                   
Trillium erectum                         Red Trillium                              
Trillium grandiflorum                              White Trillium                            
Urtica dioica                                          Slender Stinging Nettle                                     
Veronica officinalis                                Common Speedwell                             
Viola canadensis                                   Canada Violet                          
Viola conspera                                      Dog Violet                               
Viola pubescens                                   Downy Yellow Violet                             
Viola macloskeyi                                   Northern White Violet                            
Viola sp.                                               Violets                         
Virginiana americana                              Virginia Stickseed                                 
                                                                       
                                                                       
MAMMALS                                                                  
Canis sp                                               Dog (coyote?)
Castor canadensis                                 Beaver                         
Odocoileus virginianus                          Deer                            
Parascalops breweri                              Hairytail Mole                           
Peromyscus maniculatus                       Deer Mouse
Sylvilagus floridanus                             Eastern Cottontail                                 
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus                       Red Squirrel                                                                 
                                                                       
BIRDS                                                             
                                                                       
Agelaius phoeniceus                             Red-winged blackbird                           
Archilochus colubris                              Ruby throated hummingbird                              
Cardinalis cardinalis                               Cardinal                                   
Cyanositta cristata                                 Blue Jay                                  
Dendroica coronata                               Myrtle warbler                           
Hylocichla mustelina                              Wood thrush                            
Melanerpes erythrocephalis                    Pileated woodpecker                            
Mniotita varia                                        Black-and-white warbler                         
Pheuticus ludovicianis                           Rose- breasted grosbeak                                  
Piranga olivacia                         Scarlet tanager                         
Regulus satrapa                                    Golden-crowned Kinglet
Sayornis phoebe                                   Eastern Phoebe                                   
Vermivera ruficapilla                              Nashville warbler                                  
Vireo olivaceus                                     Red-eyed vireo                         
Zonotrichia albicollis                              White-throated sparrow                         
                                                                       
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS                                                               
                                                                       
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS                                                                 
                                                                       
Celestrina ladon                                    Spring Azure                            
Cercyonis pegala                                  Common Wood-Nymph                        

Danaus plexippus                                 Monarch
Phyciodes cocyta                                 Northern Crescent                                 
Pieris oleracea                                      Mustard White                          
Pieris rapae                                           Cabbage White                        
                                                                       
                                                            Tent caterpillars                        
                                                                       
OTHER ARTHROPODS                                                                        
Coenagrionidae                         Narrow-Winged Damselflies                              
Gerridae                                                Water Striders                          
                                                                       
OTHER OBSERVATIONS                                                                      
                                                                       
Snags                                                              
Red galls on cherry leaves                                                                    
black knot                                                                    
witches broom                                                             
glacial erratics                                                              

AUTHORITIES

Plants - Checklist of Vascular Plants of the Ottawa-Hull Region
                        John H Gillett and David J White 1978                                       
Mushrooms - Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Ontario                                                           
                        George Barron   1999