Hudson Highlands
NYFA Field Trip to Sterling Forest
Date: 6 Sept. 2003
Trip leader: Dick Mitchell and Spider Barbour
Trip summary: A total of eighteen members joined Dick Mitchell as he shared his knowledge of one of his favorite New York botanical haunts. All told, over 250 species were recorded. In addition to observing rare species and species new to the state, the group was fortunate enough to also see a rattlesnake.
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Oak Hickory Slope Species List
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Acalypha virginica var. rhomboidea | Three-Seeded Mercury |
| Acer pensylvanicum | Striped Maple |
| Acer platanoides | Norway Maple |
| Acer rubrum | Red Maple |
| Acer saccharum | Sugar Maple |
| Actaea pachypoda | White Baneberry |
| Agalinis tenuifolia | Gerardia |
| Agrimonia gryposepala | Common Agrimony |
| Agrimonia rostellata | Agrimony |
| Agrostis perennans | Autumn Bent |
| Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Ragweed |
| Amelanchier arborea | Shadbush |
| Amphicarpaea bracteata | Hog-Peanut |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big Bluestem |
| Anemone virginiana | Thimbleweed |
| Antennaria plantaginifolia | Everlasting |
| Apios americana | Groundnut |
| Aquilegia canadensis | Wild Columbine |
| Arabis canadensis | Sicklepod |
| Aralia nudicaulis | Wild Sarsaparilla |
| Aralia racemosa | Spikenard |
| Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-In-The-Pulpit |
| Aristolochia serpentaria | Virginia Snakeroot |
| Artemisia vulgaris | Felon-Herb |
| Asclepias quadrifolia | Four-Leaf Milkweed |
| Asplenium platyneuron | Ebony Spleenwort |
| Aster divaricatus | White Wood Aster |
| Aster lateriflorus | Calico Aster |
| Aster linariifolius | Stiff-Leaf Aster |
| Aster patens | Late Purple Aster |
| Aster undulatus | Wavy-Leaf Aster |
| Berberis thunbergii | Japanese Barberry |
| Botrychium virginianum | Rattlesnake Fern |
| Brachyelytrum erectum | Bearded-Shorthusk |
| Bromus pubescens | Canada Brome |
| Carex albicans var. albicans | Sedge |
| Carex cephalophora | Sedge |
| Carex laxiflora | Sedge |
| Carex mühlenbergii | Sedge |
| Carex pensylvanica | Sedge |
| Carex radiata | Sedge |
| Carex rosea | Sedge |
| Carex scoparia | Sedge |
| Carex swanii | Sedge |
| Carex virescens | Sedge |
| Carpinus caroliniana | Hornbeam |
| Carya glabra | Pignut (Hickory) |
| Carya ovalis | Sweet Pignut |
| Carya ovata | Shagbark Hickory |
| Carya tomentosa | Mockernut |
| Ceanothus americanus | New Jersey Tea |
| Celastrus orbiculata | Oriental Bittersweet |
| Chimaphila maculata | Spotted Wintergreen |
| Cinna arundinacea | Stout Woodreed |
| Circaea lutetiana | Enchanter's Nightshade |
| Clinopodium vulgare | Basil |
| Collinsonia canadensis | Richweed |
| Comptonia peregrina | Sweet-Fern |
| Conopholis americana | Squawroot |
| Cornus florida | Flowering Dogwood |
| Coronilla varia | Crown-Vetch |
| Corydalis flavula | Yellow Harlequin |
| Corydalis sempervirens | Pink Corydalis |
| Corylus americana | Hazelnut |
| Crataegus pedicellata | Scarlet Thorn |
| Dennstaedtia punctilobula | Hay-Scented Fern |
| Deschampsia flexuosa | Common Hairgrass |
| Desmodium glutinosum | Sticky Tick-Clover |
| Desmodium nudiflorum | Tick-Trefoil |
| Desmodium paniculatum | Tick-Trefoil |
| Desmodium perplexum | Tick-Clover |
| Desmodium rotundifolium | Tick-Clover |
| Digitaria sanguinalis | Tall Crabgrass |
| Dryopteris carthusiana | Spinulose Wood Fern |
| Dryopteris intermedia | Fancy Fern |
| Dryopteris marginalis | Marginal Wood Fern |
| Elymus hystrix | Bottlebrush |
| Epifagus virginiana | Beech-Drops |
| Epilobium coloratum | Purple-Leaf Willow-Herb |
| Erechtites hieracifolia var. hieracifolia | Fireweed |
| Erigeron strigosus | Daisy-Fleabane |
| Euonymus alata | Winged Spindle-Tree |
| Eupatorium fistulosum | Joe-Pye-Weed |
| Eupatorium rugosum | White Snakeroot |
| Eupatorium sessilifolium | Upland Boneset |
| Euthamia graminifolia | Bush Goldenrod |
| Fagus grandifolia | American Beech |
| Fraxinus pennsylvanica | Green Ash |
| Galium aparine | Bedstraw |
| Galium circaezans | Wild-Licorice |
| Galium pilosum | Bedstraw |
| Galium triflorum | Sweet-Scented Bedstraw |
| Geranium maculatum | Wild Geranium |
| Hamamelis virginiana | Witch-Hazel |
| Hedeoma pulegioides | Mock-Pennyroyal |
| Helianthemum canadense | Frostweed |
| Helianthus divaricatus | Woodland Sunflower |
| Hieracium paniculatum | Hawkweed |
| Hieracium venosum | Rattlesnake-Weed |
| Hypericum perforatum | Common St. John's-Wort< |