The Natural History Survey (Mickus & Bunker, 2015) provides information of the flowering plant species found along each of the trails in the Arboretum. If there is a flowering plant species that you’ve found that is not on this list, please email us at arboretum@kzoo.edu!

Non-Flowering Plant Species

• American Elder (Sambucus canadensis)
• Bracken Fern (Pteridium spp.)
• Common Cattail (Typha latifolia)
• Common Duckweed (Lemna minor)
• Crab Apple (Malus spp.)
• Grape (Vitis spp.)
• Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
• Poison Sumac (Toxicodendron vernix)
• Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens)
• Sassafras (non-flowering, Sassafras albidum)
• Sedge (spp.?)
• Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
• Sphagnum Moss (Sphagnum spp.) 

Flowering Plant Species

Powerline:

• Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia serotima)
• Buckthorn (Rhamnus spp.)
• Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
• Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
• Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
• Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
• Creeping Bush Clover (Lespedeza repens)
• Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)
• Elderberry (Sambucus nigra)
• Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia corollata)
• Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
• Hawthorne (Crataegus spp.)
• Hyssop Hedge Nettle (Stachys hyssopifolia)
• Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
• Indian Tobacco (Lobelia inflata)
• Lance-leaved Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
• Narrow-Leaved Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba)
• Prairie Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)
• Pokeberry (Phytolacca americana)
• Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota)
• Rubus—various species
• Selfheal (Prunella spp.)
• Small White Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)
• Spiderwort (Tradescantia spp.)
• Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)
• Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum)
• Spotted Touch-Me-Not (Impatiens capensis)
• White False Indigo (Baptisia alba)
• Whorled Loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia)
• Yarrow/Milfoil (Achillea millefolium)
• Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis europaea)

Wetland Boardwalk:

• Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
• Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
• Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
• Bristly Crowfoot (Ranunculus pensylvanicus)
• Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
• Buttonbush  (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
• Curly Dock (Rumex crispus)
• Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
• Flat-topped White Aster (Aster umbellatus)
• Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
• Horsetail (Equisetum)
• Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
• Mad-Dog Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)
• Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
• Marsh Skullcap (Scutellaria epilobiifolia)
• Mock Bishop’s Weed (Ptilimnium capillaceum)
• Monkey Flower (Mimulus spp.)
• Northern Willow Herb (Epilobium ciliatum)
• Purplestem Aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
• Small Water Plantain (Alisma subcordatum)
• Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum)
• Swamp Goldenrod (Solidago patula)
• Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris)
• Wild Mint (Mentha arvensis)
• Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum)

Parking Lot & Entrance Trail:

• Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
• Enchanters Nightshade (Circaea quadrisulcata)

Old Field:

• Bladder Campion (Silene cucubalus)
• Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
• Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea quadrisulcata)
• Naked-flowered Tick Trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum)
• Phlox (spp.?)
• Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)
• Smartweed (Polygonum)
• Spotted St. Johnswort (Hypericum punctatum)
• Spotted Touch-Me-Not (Impatiens capensis)
• Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
• Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora)
• Wild Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis)
• Woodland Agrimony (Agrimonia rostellata)

Wood Frog:

• Mayapple (Podophyllum)
• Naked-Flowered Tick Trefoil  (Desmodium nudiflorum)
• Woodland Agrimony (Agrimonia rostellata)

Magnificent Pines:

• Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
• Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)

Not-So-Magnificent Pines:

• Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea quadrisulcata)
• Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
• Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)
• Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum)
• Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)

Gathje Hill:

• Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
• Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana)
• Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
• Naked-flowered Tick Trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum)
• Wild Hog Peanut (Amphicarpaea bracteata)

Bobayundel:

• Creeping Wood Sorrel (Oxalis corniculata)
• Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
• Naked Flowered Tick Trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum)
• Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)
• Sweet-Scented Bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

Pavilion Field:

• Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis)
• Bird’s Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
• Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
• Celandine (Chelidonium majus)
• Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
• Corn Speedwell (Veronica arvensis)
• Cow Vetch (Vicia cracca)
• Crown Vetch (Securigera varia)
• Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
• Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea quadrisulcata)
• Fleabane (spp.?) (Erigeron)
• Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)
• Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
• Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria)
• Motherwort (Leonurus cardiac)
• Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)
• Naked-Flowered Tick Trefoil (Desmodium nudiflorum)
• Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)
• Pale Touch-Me-Not (Impatiens pallida)
• Pink Knotweed (Persicaria capitata)
• Pokeberry (Phytolacca americana)
• Red Clover  (Trifolium pretense)
• Rough Avens (Geum laciniatum)
• Selfheal (Prunella spp.)
• Virginia Knotweed (Persicaria virginiana)
• White Campion (Silene latifolia)
• White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus)
• White Vervain (Verbena urticifolia)
• Woodland Agrimony (Agrimonia rostellata)
• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
• Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis europaea)

Bonnie Castle:

• Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
• Bladderwort (Utricularia spp.)
• Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
• Fragrant Water Lily (Nymphea odorata)
• Mild Water Pepper (Polygonum hydropiperoides)
• Swamp Loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus)
• Swamp Smartweed (Polygonum hydropiperoides)
• Yellow Pond Lily (Nuphar lutea)

Batts Pond:

• Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
• Monkey Flower (Mimulus spp.)
• Mild Water Pepper (Polygonum hydropiperoides)
• Sedge (spp.?)
• Spotted Touch-Me-Not (Impatiens capensis)
• Wild Mint (Mentha arvensis)
• Woodland Agrimony (Agrimonia rostellata)
• Yellow Pond Lily (Nuphar lutea)

Bernie’s Landing:

• False Solomon’s Seal
• Partridge Berry
• King Fern (Ptisana salicina)
• Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens)

Marsh Woods:

• Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea quadrisulcata)
• Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
• Mayapple (Podophyllum)