Our Local Flora

The following plants are some of those found in our yard:

Trees

• Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
• Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)
• Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
• White Oak (Quercus alba)
• Black Oak (Quercus velutina)
• Shingle Oak (Quercus imbricaria)
• Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra)
• Eastern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)
• Norway Spruce (Picea abies)

Shrubs

• Forsythia ( Forsythia x intermedia. Garden hybrid between F. suspensa and F. viridissima ) [ GoBotany ]
• Hydrangea ( Hydrangea Macrophylla ) [ USDA, Wikipedia ]
• Poke Weed (Phytolacca americana) [ USDA, Wikipedia ]
• Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) [ USDA, Wikipedia ] - Invasive
• Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) [ USDA, Wikipedia ] - Invasive

Ground Cover

• Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) [ USDA, Wikipedia ]
• Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens) [ USDA, Wikipedia ]
• Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis aka Jewelweed ) [ USDA, Wikipedia ]
• Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum) [ USDA, Wikipedia]
• Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina) [ USDA, Wikipedia]
• Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) [ USDA, Wikipedia]
• Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) [ USDA, Wikipedia ]
• Common Burdock (Arctium minus) [ USDA, Wikipedia ] - only seen near street, on border with Gary.

Invasives

• Ground Ivy (Glechoma hederacea) [ USDA, Wikipedia ] - tips
• Oriental Lady-finger Smartweed (Persicaria longiseta) [ USDA, Wikipedia ]
• Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) [ USDA, Wikipedia ]
• Glossy Buckthorn (Frangula alnus, a.k.a. Rhamus frangula) [ USDA, Wikipedia ] - found in the Southeast corner
• Asian Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) [ USDA, Wikipedia ]
- found in the Northeast corner