Hana Slang

Hanna Slang is a backwater slang of the Main Stem of the Boquet and the adjacent floodplain. The slang is sedge dominated; the floodplain is a closed woodland with a sparse shrub layer but a well developed herbaceous layer dominated by ferns.

Species sound at this site include:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer negundo L.    

box elder

Acer nigrum Michx. f.

black maple

Acer rubrum  L.  var rubrum

red maple

Acer saccharum Marsh. var saccharum

sugar maple

Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. ssp rubra

red baneberry

Alisma subcordatum  Raf.

water plantain

Alisma triviale Pursh

northern water plantain

Allium tricoccum Ait.

wild leek

Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd.

smooth alder

Amphicarpaea bracteata (L.) Fern.   

hog peanut

Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp triphyllum  

jack in the pulpit

Asclepias incarnata  L.  ssp incarnata

swamp milkweed

Betula papyrifera var papyifera Marsh

paper birch

Caltha palustris var palustris L.

marsh marigold

Carex crinita Lam. var crinita

fringed sedge

Carex cristatella  Britt.

creasted sedge

Carex diandra  Schrank

lesser panicled sedge

Carex laxiculmis

Carex lupulina  Muhl. ex Willd.

hop sedge

Carex projecta  Mackenzie

necklace sedge

Carex retrorsa  Schwein.

knot sedge

Carex scabrata  Schwein.

eastern rough sedge

Carex stipata Muhl. ex Willd. var stipata

awl fruited sedge

Carex tuckermanii  Dewey

tuckerman's sedge

Carex vesicaria L.

blister sedge

Carpinus caroliniana ssp virginiana (Marsh.) Furlow

american hornbeam, musclewood

Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch

bitternut hickory

Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch

shagbark hickory

Circaea lutetiana L. ssp canadensis (L.) Aschers. & Magnus

enchanter's nightshade

Clematis virginiana L.

virgin's bower

Cornus amomum P. Mill.

silky dogwood

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Cuscuta gronovii  Willd. ex J.A. Schultes  var gronovii

dodder

Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wood

pointed leaved tick trefoil

Equisetum arvense L.

field horsetail

Eupatorium fistulosum  (Barratt) King & H.E. Robins.

hollow joe-pye weed

Eupatorium perfoliatum L. var perfoliatum  

boneset

Fraxinus americana L.

white ash

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Geranium robertianum L.

herb robert

Geum aleppium Jacq.

yellow avens

Glechoma hederaceae  L.

gill-over-the-ground

Glyceria grandis  S. Wats.  var grandis

american mannagrass

Hesperis matronalis L.

dame's rocket

Impatiens capensis Meerb.

jewelweed

Iris versicolor L.

blue flag

Juglans cinerea L.

butternut

Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell

wood nettle

Leersia oryzoides  (L.) Sw.

rice cutgrass

Lemna minor L.

lesser duckweed

Leonurus cardiaca L.

motherwort

Lilium canadense L. ssp canadense

canada lily

Lonicera morrowii Gray

morrow's honeysuckle

Lonicera tatarica L.

tartarian honeysuckle

Lycopus uniflorus Michx.

northern water horehound

Lysimachia ciliata L.

fringed loosestrife

Lysimachia nummularia L.

moneywort

Lythrum salicaria L.

purple loosestrife

Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro

ostrich fern

Mimulus ringens L. var ringens

allegheny monkey flower

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill) K. Koch var virginiana

hop hornbeam

Parthenocissus vitaceae (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc.

grape woodbine

Phalaris arundinaceae  L.

canary reedgrass

Pilea pumila (L.) Gray var deamii (Lunell)

deam's clearweed

Pinus strobus L.

white pine

Polygonum amphibium L. var emersum Michx.

smartweed

Polygonum hydropiper L.

marshpepper smartweed

Polygonum sagittatum L.

arrow-leaved tearthumb

Prunus virginiana L. var virginiana

chokecherry

Pyrola elliptica Nutt.

shinleaf

Quercus alba L.

white oak

Quercus schuetti  Trel.  [bicolor x macrocarpa]

swamp white x bur hybrid oak

Ranunculus acris L. var acris

tall buttercup

Rhamnus catharctica L.

common buckthorn

Ribes americanum P. Mill.

american black current

Rorippa palustris  (L.) Bess. ssp fernaldiana  (Butters & Abbe) Jonsell

fernald's watercress

Rubus idaeus L.  

red raspberry

Rumex verticillatus L.

swamp dock

Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

broadleaf arrowhead

Salix candida Fluegge ex Willd.

hoary willow

Salix fragilis  L.

crack willow

Sambucus canadensis  L.  ssp canadensis  (L.) R. Bolli

common elderberry

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla

softstem bulrush

Scirpus atrovirens Willd.

dark green bulrush

Solanum dulcamara L.

bitter nightshade

Solidago canadensis L. var scabra

canada goldenrod

Sparganium androcladum (Engelm.) Morong

branched bur-reed

Sparganium eurycarpum Engel. ex Gray

broadfruited bur-reed

Thalictrum pubescens Pursh

king of the meadow, tall meadow rue

Thelypteris palustris Schott var pubescens (Lawson) Fern.

eastern marsh fern

Tilia americana L. 

basswood

Toxicodendron rydbergii (Small ex Rydb.) Greene   

western poison ivy

Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.

white trillium

Tussilago farfara L.

coltsfoot

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Ulmus americana L.

american elm

Ulmus rubra Muhl.

slippery elm

Urtica dioica  L. ssp gracilis (Ait.) Seland.

slender nettle

Veratrum viride ssp viride Ait.

false hellebore

Verbascum thapsus L.

common mullein

Verbena hastata L. var hastata

common vervain

Viola pubescens Ait.    

yellow forest violet

Vitis riparia Michx.

riverbank grape

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

HS1A

e

4904915

n

627240

HS1B

e

4904915

n

627288

HS1C

e

4904915

n

627270

HS2A

e

4904855

n

627337

HS2B

e

4904855

n

627385

HS2C

e

4904855

n

627437

HS2D

e

4904855

n

627476

HS3A

e

4904775

n

627119

HS3B

e

4904775

n

627138

HS3C

e

4904775

n

627262

HS3D

e

4904775

n

627287

HS3E

e

4904775

n

627293

HS3F

e

4904775

n

627297

HS4A

e

4904754

n

627247

 

 

If you have comments/questions, please contact Dr. Meiyin Wu, Dr. Dennis Kalma or Boquet River Association

This page was last updated on January 08, 2007 .