Meadows

"Full many a glorious morning I have seen
Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye,
Kissing with golden face the meadows green,
Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy."
- William Shakespeare, 1564-1616

For nature, heartless, witless nature,
Will neither care nor know
What stranger's feet may find the meadow
And trespass there and go,
Nor ask amid the dews of morning
If they are mine or no
- A.E. Housman, 1859-1936

 

[TREES] [SHRUBS] [WILDFLOWERS/FERNS/MOSSES] [ANIMALS] IN MEADOWS

TREES

Leaf Alternate and Simple

Bigtooth Aspen
Populus grandidentata

Hawthorn
Crataegus spp.

Poison Ivy, Rhus radicans

SHRUBS

Leaf Alternate and Compound

Blackberry, Bramble
Rubus spp.

Poison Ivy
Rhus radicans

Red Raspberry
Rubus idaeus

Black Raspberry
Rubus occidentalis

Sumac
Rhus spp.

Leaf Alternate and Simple

Japanese Barberry
Berberis thunbergii

American Bittersweet
Celastrus scandens

Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia

Leaf Opposite and Simple

Amur Honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii

WILDFLOWERS, FERNS, MOSSES

Flower Green, Brown or Not Distinguishable

Beggar's Ticks, Sticktight
Bidens frondosa

Curled Dock
Rumex crispus

Bristly Foxtail
Setaria spp.

Hair Grass
Deschampsia flexuosa

Juncus Canadensis
Juncus canadensis

Inflated Sedge
Carex intumescens

Cypress Spurge
Euphorbia cyparissias

Timothy
Phleum pratense

Flower Pink to Red

Alsike Clover
Trifolium hybridum

Red Clover
Trifolium pratense

 

Red Clover, Trifolium pratense

Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea

Crown-Vetch, Axseed
Coronilla varia

Deptford Pink
Dianthus armeria

Hedge Bindweed
Calystegia sepium

Spotted Knapweed
Centaurea maculosa

Meadowsweet
Spiraea latifolia

Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca

Four-Leaved Milkweed
Asclepias quadrifolia

Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria

Cross-Leaved Milkwort, Drumheads
Polygala cruciata

Sheep Sorrel, Common Sorrel
Rumex acetosella

Smartweed, Polygonum
Polygonum spp.

Yarrow
Achillea millefolium

Flower Violet to Blue

Creeping Bellflower
Campanula rapunculoides

Hedge Bindweed
Calystegia sepium

Chicory
Cichorium intybus

Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea

True Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis scorpioides

Cow Vetch, Vicia cracca

Heal-All, Self-Heal
Prunella vulgaris

Larger Blue Flag Iris
Iris versicolor

Lobelia
Lobelia spp.

Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria

Nightshade, Bittersweet
Solanum dulcamara

Spiderwort, Wandering Jew
Tradescantia virginiana

Purple Twisted Stalk
Streptopus roseus

Cow Vetch
Vicia cracca

Flower White

Bladder Campion
Silene cucubalus

Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum

Three-Toothed Cinquefoil
Potentilla tridentata

Alsike Clover
Trifolium hybridum

Three-Toothed Cinquefoil, Potentilla tridentata

White Clover, Honeystalks
Trifolium repens

Ox-Eye Daisy
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

Orchard Grass
Dactylis glomerata

Cross-Leaved Milkwort,
Polygala cruciata

Common Plantain
Plantago major

English Plantain
Plantago lanceolata

Queen Anne's Lace, Daucus carota

Queen Anne's Lace
Daucus carota

Cypress Spurge
Euphorbia cyparissias

Common Strawberry
Fragaria virginiana

Timothy
Phleum pratense

Northern White Violet
Viola pallens

Yarrow
Achillea millefolium

Flower Yellow to Orange

Spotted Touch-Me-Not, Impatiens capensis

Black-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta

Butter and Eggs
Linaria vulgaris

Rough-Fruited Cinquefoil
Potentilla recta

Silvery Cinquefoil
Potentilla argentea

Smaller Hop Clover
Trifolium procumbens

Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida

Garden Coreopsis
Coreopsis tinctoria

Lance-Leaved Coreopsis, Tickseed
Coreopsis lanceolata

Common Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale

Day-Lily
Hemerocallis fulva

Yellow Day-lily, Lemon Lily
Hemerocallis flava

Common Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis

Goldenrod
Solidago spp.

Canadian Hawkweed
Hieracium canadense

Orange Hawkweed, Devil's Paintbrush
Hieracium aurantiacum

Smaller Hop Clover, Trifolium procumbens

Smoothish Hawkweed
Hieracium floribundum

Yellow Iris
Iris pseudacorus

King Devil
Hieracium pratense

Yellow Loosetrife
Lysimachia terrestris

Whorled Loosestrife
Lysimachia quadrifolia

Common Mullein
Verbascum thapsus

Robin-Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus

Canadian St. Johnswort
Hypericum canadense

Common St. Johnswort
Hypericum perforatum

Yellow Wood Sorrel
Oxalis stricta

Spearwort
Ranunculus spp.

Common Tansy
Tanacetum vulgare

Spotted Touch-Me-Not
Impatiens capensis

ANIMALS

Insects, Spiders, and Reptiles

Carpenter Ant
Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Bumblebee
Bombini

Honeybee
Apis mellifera

Crickets

Housefly
Musca domestica

Long-horned Grasshoppers

Short-horned Grasshoppers

Mosquitoes

Gypsy Moth

Bowl-and-Doily Spider
Frontinella communis

Garden Spider
Areneus diadematus

Garter Snake
Thamnophis spp.

Birds

Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis

American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos

House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus

Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos

American Robin
Turdus migratorius

Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia

European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris

Tree Swallow
Iridoprocne bicolor

Mammals

Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus

White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus

House Mouse
Mus musculus

White-Footed Mouse
Peromyscus leucopus

Virginia Opossum
Didelphis virginiana

Short Tailed Shrew
Blarina brevicauda

Striped Skunk
Mephitis mephitis

Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus

Created by: Niki Zhou and Carla Holleran
Maintained by: Nick Rodenhouse
Created: June 25, 2004
Last Modified: August 7, 2004
Expries: June 1, 2005