Native Woody Plants of Montgomery County, Maryland

~ John Mills Parrish

Addendum Data, January 25, 2003

Latin Name Common Name State Rank/Status Occurrence Where Found
Category 1 - Montgomery records
1 Populus heterophylla Swamp Cottonwood 4 mi. w.of Seneca, "marsh on Potomac R. floodplain" Uhler & Hotchkiss 1966 (SI); "above Great Falls" Bartlett (H&S)
2 Myrica pensylvanica Northern Bayberry "Woodside" Miller 1899; "Silver Spring vicinity" Pollard 1895 (Smithsonian Institution records)
3 Sibbaldiopsis tridentata Three-toothed Cinquefoil "Violet Locks Area, rock ledge, 17 April 1976" (R.E. Riefner & S.R. Hill in Castanea June 1983 citing Porter's voucher)
4 Amelanchier nantucketensis Nantucket Shadbush S1 Potomac R. Gorge, extant (MD Natural Heritage Program) Nantucket Shadbush is often confused with A. stolonifera
5 Baccharis halimifolia High-tide Bush "Cabin John vicinity" Chickering 1878 (Smithsonian Institution records)
Category 2 - Potential additions
1 Itea virginica Sweet Spires Powdermill Bogs - Prince George's County (W.L. McAtee - Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 1918)
2 Spirea betulifolia Corymbed Spirea S3 "Sugarloaf" Frederick County Roller 1946 (SI); personal observation on top of Sugarloaf Mountain, (John Parrish 1995)
3 Hypericum densiflorum Glade St. John's-wort Powdermill Bogs, Prince George's County McAtee 1917 (Smithsonian Institution records)
4 Rhododendron arborescens Smooth Azalea S3 Difficult Run at Great Falls Park - Fairfax County, VA (extant)
5 Gaylussacia dumosa Dwarf Huckleberry "Takoma" Steele 1897; Powdermill Bogs - Oldys 1903 & McAtee 1910 (Smithsonian Institution records)
6 Kalmia angustifolia Sheep Laurel S3 Powdermill Bogs, Prince George's County. (McAtee 1918, Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington)
Category 3 - Potential add. C&O
1 Smilax walterii Coral Greenbrier C&O Canal NHP - (Selected Vascular Plant List for C&O Canal NHP) likely found in Montgomery or DC section of park
2 Celtis laevigata Sugarberry SU C&O Canal NHP - (Selected Vascular Plant List for C&O Canal NHP) likely found in Montgomery or DC section of park

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