Alley Pond Walk - Common Species and Resources

Trees/Shrubs:

  • Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

  • Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)

  • White Oak (Quercus alba)

  • Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)

  • Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)

  • Holly (Ilex spp.)

  • Maples (Acer spp.)

  • Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

  • Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

  • Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)

  • Sweet Birch (Betula lenta)

  • Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)

  • Dogwood (Cornus spp.)

  • Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

  • Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)

  • American Elm (Ulmus spp.)

  • Crab Apple (Malus spp.)

  • Mulberry (Morus alba)

  • Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginia)

  • Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)

  • Princess Tree (Paulownia tomentosa)

 

Flowers / Vines / Herbaceous Foliage:  

  • Wild Onion/Garlic/Chives (Allium spp.)

  • Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

  • Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)

  • Honeysuckle Vine (Lonicera japonica)

  • Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)

  • Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)

  • Evening Primrose (Oenothera spp.)

  • Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)

  • Plantain - (Plantago spp.)

  • English Ivy (Hedera helix)

  • Japanese Knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)

  • Burdock (Arctium lappa)

  • Broadleaf Dock (Rumex spp.)

  • Dandelion (Taraxacum)

  • Goldenrod (Solidago spp.)

  • Phragmites  (Phragmites australis)

  • White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)

  • Oriental Bittersweet Vine (Celastrus orbiculatus) 

  • Porcelain Berry Vine (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata)

  • Milkweed/Butterfly weed (Asclepias syriaca)

  • Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus)

  • Pokeweed (Phytolacca decandra) 

  • Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)

  • Catbriar Vine (Smilax spp.)

  • Asters (various species) 


Recommended Resources:

 

Honoring Indigenous Peoples - 

 

Recommended Reading: 

      • Plants Have So Much To Give Us, All We Have To Do Is Ask
        Anishinaabe Botanical Teachings By Mary Sisip Geniusz
      • A Handbook Of Native American Herbs By Alma R. Hutchens
      • Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
      • Our Knowledge Is Not Primitive Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings By Wendy Ilakoons Geniusz
      • Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
      • Secrets of the Native Americans By Porter Shimer
      • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
      • Food Plants Of Coastal First Peoples By Nancy J. Turner
      • Plant Technology Of First Peoples In British Columbia By Nancy J. Turner
      • Native Wisdom by Ed McGaa, Eagle Man
      • The Sacred Wisdom Of The Native Americans by Larry J. Zimmerman
      • Native Plant Stories by Joseph Bruchac