Oakwood Cemetery Plant List
Troy, NY (Rensselaer County)
by Warren Broderick
see Spring 2005 NYFA Newsletter for more information about this site
Species known Prior to 1970
| botanical name | common name | status |
| Apera spica-venti | silky bentgrass | (alien) |
| Apocynum x floribundum | dogbane | (native) |
| Arabis missouriensis | green rock-cress | (native) |
| Carex alopecoidea | sedge | (native) |
| Carex annectens var. annectens | sedge | (native) |
| Carex bebbii | sedge | (native) |
| Carex hystericina | sedge | (native) |
| Carex lupulina | sedge | (native) |
| Carex seorsa | sedge | (native) |
| Carex vesicaria var. vesicaria | sedge | (native) |
| Crataegus brainerdii | hawthorn | (native) |
| Crataegus pruinosa | hawthorn | (native) |
| Crataegus schuettii | hawthorn | (native) |
| Dryopteris campyloptera | mountain wood fern | (native) |
| Elymus canadensis | Canada wild-rye | (native) |
| Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus | slender wheatgrass | (native) |
| Elytrigia repens | quackgrass | (alien) |
| Galium boreale | northern bedstraw | (native) |
| Galium pilosum | bedstraw | (native) |
| Glyceria borealis | northern mannagrass | (native) |
| Juniperus communis var. communis | common juniper | (native) |
| Moehringia lateriflora | grove sandwort | (native) |
| Panicum latifolium | panic grass | (native) |
| Panicum oligosanthes var. scribnerianum | panic grass | (native) |
| Phegopteris connectilis | northern beech fern | (native) |
| Prunus mahaleb | mahaleb | (alien) |
| Ribes rubrum | northern red currant | (alien) |
| Scleranthus annuus | knawel | (alien) |
| Setaria verticillata | bur bristlegrass | (alien) |
Species added since 1970
| botanical name | common name | status |
| Abutilon theophrasti | velvet-leaf | (alien) |
| Acalypha virginica var. rhomboidea | three-seeded mercury | (native) |
| Acer negundo | box-elder | (native) |
| Acer platanoides | Norway maple | (alien) |
| Acer rubrum var. rubrum | red maple | (native) |
| Acer saccharinum | silver maple | (native) |
| Acer saccharum | sugar maple | (native) |
| Acer spicatum | mountain maple | (native) |
| Achillea millefolium var. millefolium | common yarrow | (native) |
| Actaea pachypoda | white baneberry | (native) |
| Actaea spicata ssp. rubra | red baneberry | (native) |
| Adiantum pedatum | maidenhair fern | (native) |
| Aegopodium podagraria | goutweed | (alien) |
| Aesculus hippocastanum | horse-chestnut | (alien) |
| Aesculus parviflora | bottle-brush buckeye | (alien) |
| Agalinis tenuifolia var. tenuifolia | gerardia | (native) |
| Agrimonia gryposepala | common agrimony | (native) |
| Agrostis capillaris | colonial bent | (alien) |
| Agrostis perennans | autumn bent | (native) |
| Agrostis scabra | hairgrass | (native) |
| Agrostis stolonifera var. stolonifera | creeping-bent | (native) |
| Ailanthus altissima | tree-of-heaven | (alien) |
| Ajuga genevensis | carpet-bugleweed | (alien) |
| Ajuga reptans c.v. "alba" | carpet-bugleweed | (alien) |
| Alisma subcordatum | water-plantain | (native) |
| Alliaria petiolata | garlic mustard | (alien) |
| Allium cernuum | wild onion | (native) |
| Allium vineale | field garlic | (alien) |
| Alnus incana ssp. rugosa | hazel alder | (native) |
| Amaranthus retroflexus | pigweed | (native) |
| Ambrosia artemisiifolia | ragweed | (native) |
| Ambrosia trifida | giant ragweed | (native) |
| Amelanchier arborea | shadbush | (native) |
| Amelanchier humilis | bush juneberry | (native) |
| Amelanchier stolonifera | bush juneberry | (native) |
| Amorpha fruticosa | false indigo | (alien) |
| Amphicarpaea bracteata | hog-peanut | (native) |
| Anaphalis margaritacea | pearly everlasting | (native) |
| Andropogon gerardii | big bluestem | (native) |
| Anemone virginiana var. virginiana | thimbleweed | (native) |
| Antennaria plantaginifolia | everlasting | (native) |
| Anthoxanthum odoratum | sweet vernalgrass | (alien) |
| Apocynum androsaemifolium | spreading dogbane | (native) |
| Aquilegia canadensis | wild columbine | (native) |
| Aquilegia canadensis forma phippenii | columbine | (native) |
| Arabis canadensis | sicklepod | (native) |
| Arabis laevigata | smooth rock-cress | (native) |
| Arabis lyrata | lyre-leaf rock-cress | (native) |
| Aralia nudicaulis | wild sarsaparilla | (native) |
| Aralia racemosa | spikenard | (native) |
| Arctium minus | common burdock | (alien) |
| Arenaria serpyllifolia | thyme-leaf sandwort | (alien) |
| Arisaema dracontium | green dragon | (native) |
| Arisaema triphyllum ssp. stewardsonii | Jack-in-the-pulpit | (native) |
| Arrhenatherum elatius | tall oatgrass | (alien) |
| Asarum canadense | wild ginger | (native) |
| Asclepias exaltata | poke milkweed | (native) |