Essays - by Stephen G. Saupe, Ph.D.; Biology Department, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321; ssaupe@csbsju.edu; http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/
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Essays - by Stephen G. Saupe, Ph.D.; Biology Department, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321; ssaupe@csbsju.edu; http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe/ |
Preliminary Checklist of Plants in Heritage Park, St. Cloud (MN)
Heritage Park is a complex of ponds, woods and fields located in St. Cloud, MN (Stearns County). This complex is also home to the Stearns Country History Museum and St. Cloud Nature Center. This report documents some of the plants growing at the site. Unless otherwise indicated, all are growing outside of cultivation. The site was visited on many occasions during the past several years. This list was generated on January 12, 2004. Unless otherwise indicated, species were documented by sight ID only.
| Table 1: Species observed at Heritage Park, St. Cloud, MN | ||||
| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Notes (cultivated, data type) | |
| Aceraceae | Acer negundo | Box elder | ||
| Aceraceae | Acer saccharum | Sugar maple | cultivated | |
| Aceraceae | Acer saccharinum | Silver maple | ||
| Anacardiaceae | Rhus glabra | Smooth sumac | ||
| Betulaceae | Betula papyrifera | Paper birch | ||
| Betulaceae | Ostrya virginiana | Ironwood, Hop hornbeam | ||
| Cupressaceae | Thuja occidentalis | Northern white cedar | ||
| Cupressaceae | Juniperus virginiana | Eastern red cedar | ||
| Hippocastanaceae | Aesculus glabra | Ohio buckeye | cultivated | |
| Juglandaceae | Juglans nigra | Black walnut | ||
| Pinaceae | Piceae glauca | White spruce | ||
| Pinaceae | Picea pungens | Blue spruce | ||
| Pinaceae | Pinus strobus | White pine | ||
| Pinaceae | Pinus sylvestris | Scotch pine | ||
| Oleaceae | Fraxinus americana | American or White ash | ||
| Oleaceae | Fraxinum pensylvanica | Green ash | ||
| Oleaceae | Syringa vulgaris | Common lilac | ||
| Rosaceae | Prunus americana | Wild plum | ||
| Rosaceae | Prunus maackii | cultivated | ||
| Rhamnaceae | Rhamnus cathartica | European buckthorn | ||
| Rhamnaceae | Rhamnus frangula | Glossy buckthorn | ||
| Salicaceae | Populus alba | White poplar | ||
| Salicaceae | Populus deltoides | cottonwood | ||
| Salicaceae | Populus nigra(?) | Lombardy poplar | ||
| Salicaceae | Salix sp. | willow | ||
| Tiliaceae | Tilia americana | Basswood | ||
| Ulmaceae | Celtis occidentalis | Hackberry | ||
| Ulmaceae | Ulmus pumila | Siberian elm | ||