Battelle Darby Metro Park – Galloway, OH
Geobotany of Ohio
Monocots
Kentucky Blue Grass (Poa pratensis) & Tall FlatSedge (Cyperus eragrostis)
Trees & shrubs that love limestone in their soil
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata)
Hop Hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
Species of trees/shrubs that have a distribution generally limited to high-lime (clay-rich substrates developed in the thick glacial till of western Ohio)
Beech – Fagus grandifolia
Shagbark Hickory – Carya ovata
Sugar Maple – Acer saccharum
White Oak – Quercus alba
Red Oak – Quercus borealis
Species of trees/shrubs that have a distribution generally limited to sandstone hill (eastern OH)
Mountain Laurel – Ralmia latifolia
Chestnut Oak – Quercus Montana
Mountain Maple – Acer spicatum
Hemlock – Tsuga canadensis
Sourwood – Oxydendrum aroboreum
Individual Assignment
I had been assigned the task of finding and identifying two invasive species in this park!
Bastard Toadflax (Comandra umbellata)
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Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)
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