Over 100 different species of plants can be found in Woodwild Park. This includes trees, shrubs, flowers, and, yes, weeds. Pictures of most of them are available here. Identification is a work-in-progress. Identified species are listed below. Click here to see all pictures, including the ones we have not yet identified. All pictures were taken in Woodwild Park.

Pictures of fungi and slime molds have been moved to the new Fungi section on this website.

If you believe we've misidentified a species, please send email to info@woodwildpark.org

		Species	Information	Photo(s)	More Info
		Ambarbaris	see: Common Barberry
		American Beech	Fagus grandifolia	06/25/09 06/25/09
		American Holly	Ilex opaca	06/25/09
		American Linden	see: Basswood
		American Pokeweed	Phytolacca americana	06/25/09
		American Sweetgum	Liquidambar styraciflua	06/25/09
		Annual Honesty	Lunaria annua	08/14/09	Non-Native
		Asiatic Dayflower	Commelina communis	06/28/09	Non-Native
		Barberry	see: Common Barberry
		Basswood	Tilia americana	06/25/09 06/25/09
		Border Forsythia	Forsythia × intermedia	06/25/09 06/25/09	Non-Native
		Box-leaved Holly	see: Japanese Holly
		Broadleaf Plantain	Plantago major	06/25/09	Non-Native
		Burdock	see: Lesser Burdock
		Burning Bush	Euonymus alatus	06/25/09 06/25/09	Invasive
		Canada Thistle	Cirsium arvense	06/25/09	Invasive
		Champion Oak	see: Red Oak
		Climbing Euonymus	see: Wintercreeper
		Common Barberry	Berberis vulgaris	06/25/09 06/25/09	Invasive
		Common Dandelion	Taraxacum officinale	06/25/09
		Common Mullein	Verbascum thapsus	06/25/09 06/25/09 06/25/09	Non-Native
		Common Periwinkle	Vinca minor	06/25/09	Invasive
		Common Ivy	see: English Ivy
		Common Rush	see: Soft Rush
		Common Yellow Oxalis	see: Common Yellow Woodsorrel
		Common Yellow Woodsorrel	Oxalis stricta	06/25/09
		Conker Tree	see: Horse Chestnut
		Creeping Myrtle	see: Common Periwinkle
		Corpse Plant	see: Indian Pipe
		Creeping Thistle	see: Canada Thistle
		Daisy Fleabane	Erigeron strigosus	07/28/09
		Dandelion	see: Common Dandelion
		Ditch Daylily	see: Orange Daylily
		Dogwood	see: Flowering Dogwood
		Douglas-fir	Pseudotsuga menziesii	06/25/09 06/25/09
		Dwarf Periwinkle	see: Common Periwinkle
		Eastern Redbud	Cercis canadensis	06/25/09 06/25/09
		English Ivy	Hedera helix	06/25/09	Invasive
		European Barberry	see: Common Barberry
		False Solomon's Seal	see: Treacleberry
		False Spikenard	see: Treacleberry
		False Strawberry	see: Mock Strawberry
		Feathery False Lily of the Valley	see: Treacleberry
		Five-Finger	see: Virginia Creeper
		Fleabane	see: Daisy Fleabane
		Flowering Dogwood	Cornus florida	06/25/09 06/25/09
		Forsythia	see: Border Forsythia
		Fortune's spindle	see: Wintercreeper
		Garlic Mustard	Alliaria petiolata	06/25/09 06/25/09	Invasive
		Ghost Plant	see: Indian Pipe
		Great Mullein	see: Common Mullein
		Holly	see: American Holly
		Honesty	see: Annual Honesty
		Horse Chestnut	Aesculus hippocastanum	06/25/09	Non-Native
		Indian Pipe	Monotropa uniflora	08/03/09 08/14/09 08/16/09 08/16/09 08/23/09
		Indian Strawberry	see: Mock Strawberry
		Japanese Holly	Ilex crenata	06/25/09 06/25/09	Non-Native
		Japanese Knotweed	Fallopia japonica	06/25/09 06/25/09	Invasive
		Japanese Pachysandra	Pachysandra terminalis	06/25/09	Non-Native
		Jaundice Berry	see: Common Barberry
		Jersey Pine	see: Virginia Pine
		Lemon Clover	see: Common Yellow Woodsorrel
		Lesser Burdock	Arctium minus	07/28/09	Non-Native
		Lesser Periwinkle	see: Common Periwinkle
		Lily of the Valley	Convallaria majalis	06/25/09
		Lilyturf	see: Monkey Grass
		Maple	see: Norway Maple or Sugar Maple
		Mock Strawberry	Potentilla indica	08/12/09 08/12/09	Non-Native
		Money Plant	see: Annual Honesty
		Monkey Grass	Liriope muscari	06/25/09	Non-Native
		Mulberry	see: Red Mulberry
		Mullein	see: Common Mullein
		Myrtle	see: Common Periwinkle
		Northern Red Oak	see: Red Oak
		Norway Maple	Acer platanoides	06/25/09	Invasive
		Oak	see: Red Oak or White Oak
		Orange Daylily	Hemerocallis fulva	06/25/09	Invasive
		Pachysandra	see: Japanese Pachysandra
		Periwinkle	see: Common Periwinkle
		Plantain	see: Broadleaf Plantain
		Poison Ivy	Toxicodendron radicans	06/25/09 06/28/09
		Pokeweed	see: American Pokeweed
		Redbud	see: Eastern Redbud
		Red Mulberry	Morus rubra	06/27/09 06/27/09
		Red Oak	Quercus rubra	06/25/09
		Red Sassafras	see: Sassafras
		Redshank	Persicaria maculosa	06/25/09	Non-Native
		Rush	see: Soft Rush
		Sassafras	Sassafras albidum	06/25/09
		Silky Sassafras	see: Sassafras
		Silver Dollar	see: Annual Honesty
		Small Periwinkle	see: Common Periwinkle
		Smilacina	see: Treacleberry
		Soft Rush	Juncus effusus	06/25/09
		Soldier's Herb	see: Broadleaf Plantain
		Solomon's Plume	see: Treacleberry
		Sugar Maple	Acer saccharum	06/25/09
		Sweetgum	see: American Sweetgum
		Tall Boneset	see: White Snakeroot
		Tawny Daylily	see: Orange Daylily
		Tiger Daylily	see: Orange Daylily
		Treacleberry	Maianthemum racemosum	06/25/09
		Tulip Tree	Liriodendron tulipifera	06/25/09
		Upright Yellow-sorrel	see: Common Yellow Woodsorrel
		Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia	06/25/09
		Virginian Cutgrass	see: Whitegrass
		Virginia Pine	Pinus virginiana	06/25/09 06/25/09
		White Cutgrass	see: Whitegrass
		White Dogwood	see: Flowering Dogwood
		Whitegrass	Leersia virginica	06/25/09
		White Oak	Quercus alba	06/25/09
		White Sanicle	see: White Snakeroot
		White Sassafras	see: Sassafras
		White Snakeroot	Ageratina altissima	06/25/09 06/25/09
		Winged Burning Bush	see: Burning Bush
		Winged Euonymus	see: Burning Bush
		Winged Spindle	see: Burning Bush
		Wintercreeper	Euonymus fortunei	06/25/09 06/25/09	Invasive
		Yellow Woodsorrel	see: Common Yellow Woodsorrel

Resources:

• Invasive and Exotic Species of North America
• Maple Tree Identification Guide
• National Invasive Species Information Center
• Native Plant Information Network (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)
• Gallery of Connecticut Wildflowers
• Illinois Wildflowers
• Weeds of the North Central States
• The Hiker's Notebook (Sierra Club)