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)