Plants of Blue Hills Reservation: Illustrated Checklist
As of December 2011, the checklist contains 508 species including 131 non-native (marked *), of which 39 are invasive (marked **)

This is a list of plants photographed from the Blue Hills including species whose images from the Blue Hills remain unpublished. This is not a checklist as many common plants are not yet included.

Ferns and Allies

Aspleniaceae

Asplenium platyneuron (L.) B.S.P. — ebony spleenwort — Milton.

Blechnaceae

Woodwardia areolata (L.) T. Moore — netted chain fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Randolph.

Woodwardia virginica (L.) Smith — Virginia chain fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

Dennstaedtiaceae

Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michaux) T. Moore — hayscented fern — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn — bracken fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Dryopteridaceae

Athyrium filix-femina var. angustum (Willd.) Lawson — northern lady-fern — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Deparia acrostichoides (Swartz) M. Kato (Asplenium acrostichoides Sw.) — silvery spleenwort — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton.

Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H. P. Fuchs (spinulosa (O.F.Mueller) Watt) — spinulose wood fern — photo: [1] [2] — Milton; Randolph.

Dryopteris cristata (L.) A. Gray — crested wood fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

Dryopteris intermedia (Muhl. ex Willd.) A. Gray — intermediate wood fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray — marginal wood fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Todaro — ostrich fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] — Milton; Quincy.

Onoclea sensibilis L. — sensitive fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Polystichum acrostichoides (Michaux) Schott — Christmas fern — photo: [1] — Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Equisetaceae

Equisetum arvense L. — field horsetail, common horsetail — Milton.

Lycopodiaceae

Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A. Br.) Holub (Lycopodium digitatum Dill. ex A. Brown) — southern ground-cedar — photo: [1] — Milton; Quincy.

Huperzia lucidula (Michaux) Trev. — shining clubmoss — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Braintree; Milton; Randolph.

Lycopodium annotinum L. — stiff clubmoss — photo: [1] — Milton.

Lycopodium obscurum L. — princess-pine or tree clubmoss — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton; Randolph.

Ophioglossaceae

Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. — rattlesnake-fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Osmundaceae

Osmunda cinnamomea L. — cinnamon fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] — Milton; Randolph.

Osmunda claytoniana L. — interrupted fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Quincy; Randolph.

Osmunda regalis L. — royal fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Polypodiaceae

Polypodium virginianum L. — rockcap fern or common polypody — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton.

Thelypteridaceae

Phegopteris connectilis (Michaux) Watt (Thelypteris phegopteris (L.) Slosson) — narrow beech fern — photo: [1] — Milton.

Phegopteris hexagonoptera (Michaux) Fée — broad beech fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Thelypteris noveboracensis (L.) Nieuwl. — New York fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton; Quincy.

Thelypteris palustris Schott — marsh fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

Thelypteris simulata (Davenport) Nieuwl. — Massachusetts fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Randolph.

Conifers

Cupressaceae

Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) B.S.P. — Atlantic white cedar — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] — Braintree; Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Juniperus communis var. depressa Pursh — common juniper, pasture juniper — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton.

Juniperus virginiana L. — eastern red cedar — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Pinaceae

* Larix decidua P. Miller — European larch — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton; Readville.

** Picea abies (L.) Karst. — Norway spruce — photo: [1] — Milton.

Picea sp. — spruce — Milton.

* Pinus resinosa Ait. — red pine — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

Pinus rigida P. Mill. — pitch pine — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Pinus strobus L. — white pine, Weymouth pine — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

* Pseudotsuga menziesii E. Murray — Douglas fir — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Milton.

Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. — eastern hemlock — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] — Milton; Randolph.

Taxaceae

* Taxus sp. (T. cuspidata, or T. baccata, or their hybrids ) — — photo: [1] — Canton.

Monocots

Alismataceae

Sagittaria engelmanniana J. G. Small — acid-water arrowhead — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton.

Sagittaria graminea Michaux — grass-leaf arrowhead — photo: [1] — Randolph.

Sagittaria latifolia Willd. — common arrowhead — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] — Canton; Milton.

Araceae

Acorus calamus L. — sweetflag — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Braintree; Milton.

Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott — Jack-in-the-pulpit — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] — Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott — arrow-arum — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Canton; Milton.

Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt. — skunk-cabbage — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Cyperaceae

Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) C.B. Clarke — sand-sedge — Braintree; Milton.

Carex albicans var. emmonsii J. Rettig (emmonsii Dewey ex Torrey) — Emmons' sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Carex annectens (Bickn.) Bickn. — yellow-fruited fox sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Quincy.

Carex atlantica ssp. capillacea (Bailey) Reznicek (howei Mackenzie) — threadstem sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Quincy; Randolph.

Carex communis Bailey — common sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton.

Carex crinita Lam. — fringed sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton; Quincy.

Carex folliculata L. — long-culmed sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Carex intumescens Rudge — bladder-sedge or swamp sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton.

Carex lasiocarpa var. americana Fern. — slender woolly-fruited sedge — Canton.

Carex laxiflora Lam. — loose-flowered woodland sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Randolph.

Carex lurida Wahlenb. — sallow sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Carex pensylvanica Lam. — Pennsylvania sedge — photo: [1] — Milton.

Carex scoparia Schkuhr. ex Willd. — broom sedge — photo: [1] — Milton.

Carex stricta Lam. — tussock sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton.

Carex utriculata Boott (rostrata var. utriculata (Boott) Bailey) — bottle sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

Carex vulpinoidea Michaux (setacea Dewey) — fox sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Cyperus lupulinus (Spreng.) Marcks. (filiculmis Vahl) — slender sand flatsedge — photo: [1] — Milton.

Cyperus strigosus L. — straw-colored flatsedge — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton — three-way sedge — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

Eleocharis ovata (Roth) R. et S. — ovate spike-rush — Quincy.

Eleocharis sp. — spike-rush — photo: [1] — Quincy.

Eriophorum virginicum L. — Virginia cotton-grass — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Canton.

Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl. — white beak-rush — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

Rhynchospora capitellata (Michx.) Vahl. — brown beak-rush — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

Scirpus atrovirens var. georgianus (Harper) Fern. (georgianus Harper) — black bulrush — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton; Quincy.

Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth — common bulrush — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Dedham; Milton; Quincy.

Scirpus longii Fernald — Long's bulrush — photo: [1] [2] — Dedham.

Scirpus sp. — — Dedham; Quincy; Randolph.

Scirpus tabernaemontani K.C. Gmelin (validus Vahl.) — soft-stemmed bulrush — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Eriocaulaceae

Eriocaulon aquaticum (Hill) Druce (septangulare With.) — pipewort, white buttons — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

Iridaceae

Iris versicolor L. — northern blueflag — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Sisyrinchium angustifolium P. Miller — stout blue-eyed-grass — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

Juncaceae

Juncus bufonius L. — toad rush — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Juncus canadensis Gay ex LaHarpe — marsh or Canada rush — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Randolph.

Juncus pelocarpus E. Meyer — pondshore rush — Canton.

Luzula multiflora (Retz.) Lej. — common wood-rush — photo: [1] — Milton; Randolph.

Lemnaceae

Lemna sp. — — Canton; Quincy.

Liliaceae

Clintonia borealis (Aiton) Ref. — bluebead-lily — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] — Canton; Randolph.

** Convallaria majalis L. — lily-of-the-valley — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

* Hemerocallis fulva (L.) L. — orange day-lily — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Milton.

Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Cov. — yellow star-grass — photo: [1] [2] — Quincy.

Lilium canadense L. — Canada lily, wild yellow lily — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] — Milton.

Maianthemum canadense Desf. — Canada mayflower — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Medeola virginiana L. — Indian cucumber-root — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Polygonatum pubescens (Willd.) Pursh — Solomon's seal — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Canton; Randolph.

* Scilla sibirica Haw. — Siberian squill — photo: [1] — Canton.

Smilacina racemosa (L.) Desf. (Maianthemum racemosum (L.) Link) — false Solomon's seal — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Trillium cernuum L. — nodding trillium — photo: [1] — Milton.

Uvularia sessilifolia L. — little merrybells — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton; Randolph.

Veratrum viride Aiton — false hellebore — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] — Milton.

Orchidaceae

Cypripedium acaule Aiton — pink lady's slipper — Canton.

* Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz — helleborine — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Braintree; Canton; Milton.

Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. — downy rattlesnake-plantain — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Isotria verticillata (Willd.) Raf. — large whorled pogonia — Quincy.

Platanthera clavellata (Michaux) Luer (Habenaria clavellata (Michaux) Sprengel) — green woodland orchis — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton; Quincy.

Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindley (Habenaria fimbriata (Aiton) R. Br.) — large purple fringed orchis — photo: [1] — Milton.

Poaceae

* Anthoxanthum odoratum L. — sweet vernalgrass — photo: [1] — Canton.

Brachyelytrum septentrionale (Babel) G. Tucker (erectum var. septentrionale Babel) — woodgrass — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Calamagrostis canadensis (Michaux) Beauv. — Canada bluejoint — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Cinna arundinacea L. — common woodreed — photo: [1] — Milton; Quincy.

* Dactylis glomerata L. — orchard grass — photo: [1] — Milton.

Danthonia compressa Austin ex Peck — trail oatgrass — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Quincy.

Deschampsia flexuosa (L.) Trin. — common hairgrass — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Quincy.

Dichanthelium boreale (Nash) Freckmann — northern panic grass — Milton.

Dichanthelium clandestinum (L.) Gould (Panicum clandestinum L.) — deer-tongue — photo: [1] — Milton.

Dichanthelium sp. — — Milton.

* Digitaria ischaemum (Schreber) Muhl. — smooth crabgrass — photo: [1] — Braintree; Milton.

* Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv. — barnyard grass — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton; Quincy.

Elymus virginicus L. — wild rye — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel — purple lovegrass — photo: [1] — Milton.

* Festuca ovina L. — sheep fescue — photo: [1] — Canton.

Glyceria obtusa (Muhl.) Trin. — coastal mannagrass — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Braintree; Canton.

Glyceria striata (Lam.) A. S. Hitche — fowlmeadow grass — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Milton.

Panicum virgatum L. — switchgrass — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

** Phalaris arundinacea L. — reed canarygrass — Canton.

* Phleum pratense L. — timothy — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

** Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steudel — common reed — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton; Readville.

Piptochaetium avenaceum (L.) Parodi (Stipa avenacea L.) — black oatgrass — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Quincy.

* Poa bulbosa L. — bulbous bluegrass — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

Schizachyrium scoparium (Michaux) Nash — little bluestem — photo: [1] [2] — Milton; Quincy.

Spartina pectinata Link — freshwater or prairie cordgrass — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton; Milton.

Pontederiaceae

Pontederia cordata L. — pickerel-weed — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton; Randolph.

Potamogetonaceae

Potamogeton epihydrus Raf. — surface pondweed, ribbon-leaf pondweed — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Randolph.

Potamogeton natans L. — floating pondweed — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Scheuchzeriaceae

Scheuchzeria palustris L. — pod-grass — photo: [1] — Canton.

Smilacaceae

Smilax glauca Walter — sawbrier, wild sarsaparilla — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Smilax herbacea L. — carrion-flower — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton; Randolph.

Smilax rotundifolia L. — catbrier, bullbrier — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Canton; Milton.

Sparganiaceae

Sparganium americanum Nutt. — common bur-reed — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Typhaceae

Typha angustifolia L. — narrow-leaved cattail — Quincy.

Typha latifolia L. — broad-leaved cattail — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton; Quincy.

Xyridaceae

Xyris difformis Chapman — yellow-eyed-grass — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton.

Xyris torta Small — twisted yellow-eyed grass — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton.

Dicots

Aceraceae

** Acer platanoides L. — Norway maple — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Milton.

** Acer pseudoplatanus L. — sycamore maple — photo: [1] [2] — Quincy.

Acer rubrum L. — red maple — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Acer saccharum Marsh. — sugar maple — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Anacardiaceae

Rhus copallina L. — flameleaf sumac, winged sumac — Milton.

Rhus typhina L. (R. hirta (L.) Sudworth) — staghorn sumac — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

Rhus vernix L. (Toxicodendron vernix (L.) Kuntze) — poison sumac — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze (Rhus radicans L.) — poison ivy — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Apiaceae

** Aegopodium podagraria L. — goutweed — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Quincy.

** Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffmann — chervil — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton.

Cicuta bulbifera L. — bulblet water-hemlock — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Cicuta maculata L. — water-hemlock — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton.

* Daucus carota L. — Queen Anne's lace — Milton.

Hydrocotyle americana L. — swamp pennywort, woodland pennywort — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton; Quincy.

Hydrocotyle umbellata L. — pondshore pennywort — photo: [1] [2] — Randolph.

* Pastinaca sativa L. — wild parsnip — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Milton.

Sium suave Walter — water parsnip — photo: [1] [2] — Dedham; Milton; Randolph.

Apocynaceae

Apocynum androsaemifolium L. — spreading dogbane — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

Apocynum cannabinum L. — Indian hemp — photo: [1] — Canton.

** Vinca minor L. — periwinkle — photo: [1] — Canton.

Aquifoliaceae

* Ilex crenata Thunb. — — Canton.

Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray — common winterberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Nemopanthus mucronatus (L.) Loes. (Ilex mucronata (L.) M. Powell, Savol. et S. Andrews) — catberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] — Canton.

Araliaceae

* Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem. — — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] — Milton.

Aralia hispida Vent. — bristly sarsaparilla — Quincy.

Aralia nudicaulis L. — wild sarsaparilla — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Milton; Randolph.

* Aralia spinosa L. — devil's walkingstick — Milton.

** Kalopanax septemlobus Koidzumi (K. pictus (Thunb.) Nakai) — castor aralia — photo: [1] — Canton.

Panax trifolius L. — dwarf ginseng — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Milton.

Asclepiadaceae

Asclepias exaltata L. — tall milkweed — photo: [1] — Quincy.

Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra (Ehrh. ex Willd.) Woodson — downy swamp milkweed — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Dedham; Milton.

Asclepias syriaca L. — common milkweed — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton.

Asclepias tuberosa L. — butterfly milkweed — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] — Milton.

Asteraceae

Ageratina altissima (L.) King et H.E.Robinson (Eupatorium rugosum Houtt.) — white snakeroot — Milton.

Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. — annual ragweed — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Milton.

* Arctium minus Bernh. — lesser or common burdock — Milton.

** Artemisia vulgaris L. — common wormwood, mugwort — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton; Milton.

Aster acuminatus Michaux (Oclemena acuminata (Michx.) Greene 1903) — sharp-leaved aster, whorled wood aster — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Aster cordifolius Michaux (Symphyotrichum cordifolium G.L.Nesom 1994) — blue heart-leaf aster — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Randolph.

Aster divaricatus L. (Eurybia divaricata (L.) G.L.Nesom 1994) — white wood aster — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Aster lanceolatus Willd. (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum Nesom 1994) — tall white aster, panicled aster — Canton.

Aster lateriflorus (L.) Britton (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum (L.) A. et D. Löve 1982) — calico aster — photo: [1] — Milton.

Aster macrophyllus L. (Eurybia macrophylla (L.) Cassini 1825) — large-leaved aster — Milton.

Aster nemoralis Aiton (Oclemena nemoralis (Ait.) Greene 1903) — bog aster — Milton.

Aster novae-angliae L. (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Nesom 1994) — New England aster — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

Aster novi-belgii L. (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii (L.) Nesom 1994) — New York aster — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Milton.

Aster pilosus Willd. (Symphyotrichum pilosum (Willd.) Nesom) — white oldfield aster — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Milton.

Aster umbellatus P. Miller (Doellingeria umbellata (Mill.) Nees 1832) — tall flat-topped white aster — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Bidens coronata (L.) Britton — northern tickseed sunflower — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Milton.

Bidens frondosa L. — beggar-ticks — Milton.

* Cichorium intybus L. — chicory — photo: [1] — Milton.

* Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. — bull thistle — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] — Milton; Quincy; Readville.

Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. — horseweed, hogweed — Quincy.

* Doronicum pardalianches L. — great leopard's bane — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton; Milton.

Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Raf. ex DC. — burnweed, fireweed, pilewort — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] — Quincy.

Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. — eastern daisy fleabane — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Milton.

Erigeron philadelphicus L. — Philadelphia fleabane — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

Eupatorium dubium Willd. ex Poiret — Atlantic Joe-Pye-weed — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Eupatorium maculatum L. — spotted Joe-Pye-weed — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

Eupatorium perfoliatum L. — boneset, thoroughwort — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Eupatorium purpureum L. — sweetscented Joe-Pye-weed — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. (Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb.) — flat-topped goldenrod — photo: [1] — Milton.

Euthamia tenuifolia (Pursh) Nutt. (Solidago tenuifolia Pursh) — slender goldenrod — Milton.

Gnaphalium obtusifolium L. (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (l.) Hillard et Burtt) — sweet everlasting — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

* Helenium flexuosum Raf. (nudiflorum Nutt.) — purple-head sneezeweed — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

Hieracium paniculatum L. — woodland hawkweed — photo: [1] [2] — Quincy.

* Hieracium pilosella L. — mouse-ear hawkweed — photo: [1] — Milton.

** Hieracium pratense Tausch (H. caespitosum Dumort.) — king-devil, meadow hawkweed — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

* Hieracium sabaudum L. (canadense hort. Goett ex Froel.) — Savoy hawkweed, Canada hawkweed — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

Hieracium venosum L. — rattlesnake weed — photo: [1] — Randolph.

* Hypochaeris radicata L. — hairy cat's-ear — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

* Lactuca serriola L. — prickly lettuce — Canton.

* Lapsana communis L. — nipplewort — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton.

* Leontodon autumnalis L. — fall dandelion — Canton.

* Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. — oxeye daisy — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. — climbing hempweed — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Braintree; Milton.

Prenanthes altissima L. — tall rattlesnake-root — photo: [1] — Canton.

* Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima Farw. — black-eyed Susan — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Senecio aureus L. — golden ragwort — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Milton; Randolph.

Solidago altissima L. (canadensis var. scabra Torr. et Gray) — tall goldenrod — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Solidago caesia L. — wreath goldenrod, bluestem goldenrod — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton.

Solidago canadensis L. — Canada goldenrod — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

Solidago uliginosa Nutt. — swamp goldenrod — photo: [1] — Milton.

* Taraxacum laevigatum (Willd.) DC. (erythrospermum Andrz. ex Besser) — red-seeded dandelion — photo: [1] — Canton.

* Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers — common dandelion — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

** Tussilago farfara L. — coltsfoot — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Canton; Quincy.

Balsaminaceae

Impatiens capensis Meerb. — jewelweed — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton.

Berberidaceae

** Berberis thunbergii DC. — Japanese barberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

** Berberis vulgaris L. — common barberry — Milton.

Betulaceae

Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) Spreng. — speckled alder — photo: [1] — Canton; Readville.

Alnus serrulata (Ait.) Willd. — smooth alder, common alder — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton; Quincy.

Betula alleghaniensis Britt. (lutea Michx.) — yellow birch — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] — Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Betula lenta L. — sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

Betula nigra L. — river birch — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] — Canton; Milton.

Betula papyrifera Marsh. — paper birch — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Betula populifolia Marsh. — gray birch — photo: [1] [2] — Braintree; Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Carpinus caroliniana Walter — ironwood, hornbeam — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

Corylus americana Walt. — American hazelnut — photo: [1] — Canton.

Corylus cornuta Marsh. — beaked hazelnut — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Ostrya virginiana (P. Mill.) K. Koch — eastern hop-hornbeam — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton; Quincy.

Bignoniaceae

* Catalpa bignonioides Walter — southern catalpa — photo: [1] — Milton.

Boraginaceae

Myosotis laxa Lehm. — bay forget-me-not — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton.

Brassicaceae

** Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara et Grande (officinalis Andrz.) — garlic mustard — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

* Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. — yellow rocket — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton; Quincy.

Cardamine bulbosa (Schreb. ex Muhl.) B.S.P. — bulbous bittercress, spring cress — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Cardamine pensylvanica — common bittercress — Milton.

** Hesperis matronalis L. — dame's rocket — photo: [1] — Milton.

* Lepidium campestre (L.) Aiton f. — field-cress, cow-cress — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Lepidium virginicum L. — Virginia pepperweed — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

* Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek (Nasturtium officinale Ait. f.) — water-cress — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Buxaceae

* Pachysandra terminalis Sieb. et Zucc. — Japanese spurge — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Randolph.

Cabombaceae

Brasenia schreberi J.F. Gmel. — watershield — Milton.

Campanulaceae

Lobelia cardinalis L. — cardinalflower — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Milton; Quincy.

Lobelia inflata L. — Indian tobacco — photo: [1] — Randolph.

Caprifoliaceae

Diervilla lonicera L. — bush-honeysuckle — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

** Lonicera japonica Thunb. — Japanese honeysuckle — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Canton.

** Lonicera morrowii A. Gray — Morrow's honeysuckle — Canton; Milton.

Lonicera sempervirens L. — trumpet honeysuckle — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Milton; Quincy.

Sambucus canadensis L. — common elderberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Viburnum acerifolium L. — maple-leaf viburnum — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Viburnum dentatum var. lucidum Ait. (recognitum Fern.) — northern arrow-wood — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

* Viburnum dilatatum Thunb. — — photo: [1] — Quincy.

Viburnum lentago L. — nannyberry, sweet viburnum — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (L.) Torr. et Gray — wild raisin, witherod — photo: [1] — Milton; Randolph.

* Viburnum opulus L. — European highbush cranberry, guelder-rose — Milton.

Caryophyllaceae

* Cerastium vulgatum L. (fontanum ssp. vulgare (Hartman) Greuter et Burdet) — common mouse-ear chickweed — Canton; Milton.

* Lychnis flos-cuculi L. — ragged robin — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Quincy.

* Spergula arvensis L. — spurrey — Milton.

* Spergularia rubra (L.) J. et K. Presl — common sand-spurrey — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

* Stellaria graminea L. — field stitchwort — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

* Stellaria media (L.) Vill. — common chickweed — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Quincy; Randolph.

Celastraceae

** Celastrus orbiculata Thunb. — Oriental bittersweet, Asian bittersweet — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] — Canton; Milton.

Cistaceae

Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx. (Crocanthemum canadense (L.) Britton) — longbranch frostweed — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Milton.

Hudsonia ericoides L. — pinebarren golden heather — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton.

Lechea intermedia Leggett ex Britt. — largepod pinweed — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Lechea maritima Leggett ex B.S.P. — beach pinweed — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Lechea mucronata Raf. (villosa Ell.) — hairy pinweed — Milton.

Lechea pulchella var. pulchella Raf. (leggettii Britton et Hollick) — Leggett's pinweed — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Clethraceae

Clethra alnifolia L. — sweet pepperbush — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Clusiaceae

Hypericum boreale f. callitrichoides Fassett — northern dwarf St. John's-wort submersed form — Milton.

Hypericum gentianoides (L.) B.S.P. — orangegrass — Milton.

Hypericum mutilum L. — dwarf St. Johnswort — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Randolph.

Hypericum punctatum Lam. — spotted St. John's-wort — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton; Quincy.

Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf. (Hypericum virginicum L.) — marsh St. Johnswort — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Randolph.

Cornaceae

Cornus alternifolia L. f. — pagoda dogwood, alternate-leaved dogwood — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

Cornus amomum P. Mill. — silky dogwood — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton.

Cornus florida L. (Benthamidia florida (L.) Spach) — flowering dogwood — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

* Cornus sericea L. (stolonifera Michaux) — red osier — photo: [1] — Canton; Milton.

Cucurbitaceae

Echinocystis lobata (Michaux) Torrey et Gray — wild cucumber, prickly cucumber — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton.

Cuscutaceae

Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy — dense or compact dodder — Braintree.

Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex J.A. Schultes — dodder — photo: [1] — Milton; Quincy.

Droseraceae

Drosera intermedia Hayne — spoonleaf sundew — photo: [1] — Canton.

Drosera rotundifolia L. — roundleaf sundew — photo: [1] [2] — Canton.

Elaeagnaceae

** Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb. — autumn-olive, oleaster — photo: [1] — Milton.

Ericaceae

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi A. et D. Love et Kapoor — kinnikinnik, bearberry — photo: [1] — Canton; Milton.

Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) Moench — leatherleaf, cassandra — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton.

Gaultheria procumbens L. — wintergreen, checkerberry, eastern teaberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Randolph.

Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch — black huckleberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Quincy.

Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. et Gray ex Torr. — blue huckleberry, dangleberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Quincy.

Kalmia angustifolia L. — sheep laurel — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton.

Kalmia latifolia L. — mountain laurel — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Quincy.

* Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steudel) Sleumer — dog-hobble, drooping fetterbush — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray — swamp fetterbush — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] — Canton; Quincy.

Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. — maleberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr. — swamp azalea — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. — lowbush blueberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Vaccinium corymbosum L. — highbush blueberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

Vaccinium fuscatum Ait. (atrococcum (Gray) Heller) — black highbush blueberry — Milton.

Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. — American cranberry, large cranberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton.

Vaccinium pallidum Ait. (vacillans Kalm ex Torr.) — hillside blueberry, dryland blueberry — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Quincy.

Euphorbiaceae

** Euphorbia cyparissias L. — cypress spurge — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton; Quincy.

Fabaceae

Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. — yellow wild indigo, horsefly weed — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench (Cassia nictitans L.) — wild sensitive plant — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

* Coronilla varia L. — crown-vetch — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

Desmodium ciliare (Muhl. ex Willd.) DC. — hairy small-leaved tick-trefoil — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Milton.

Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wood — cluster-leaved ticktrefoil — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Randolph.

Desmodium paniculatum (L.) DC. — panicled ticktrefoil —

* Lathyrus latifolius L. — perennial pea — photo: [1] — Milton.

Lespedeza capitata Michx. — round-headed bush-clover — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Milton.

Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. — hairy bush-clover — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

Lespedeza intermedia (S. Wats.) Britt. — intermediate bush-clover — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton; Randolph.

* Lotus corniculatus L. — birdfoot-trefoil — photo: [1] [2] — Milton.

** Robinia pseudoacacia L. — black locust — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Milton; Quincy.

* Trifolium agrarium L. (aureum Pollich) — golden clover, palmate clover — photo: [1] — Milton.

* Trifolium repens L. — white clover — photo: [1] — Milton.

* Vicia cracca L. — bird vetch — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Milton.

Fagaceae

Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. — American chestnut — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

* Castanea pumila (L.) P. Miller — chinquapin — Canton.

Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. — American beech — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Quercus alba L. — white oak — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Quercus bicolor Willd. — swamp white oak — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Readville.

Quercus coccinea Muenchh. — scarlet oak — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Canton; Quincy.

Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh. — scrub oak, bear oak — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton.

* Quercus palustris Muenchh. — pin oak — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Milton; Readville.

Quercus prinoides Willd. — dwarf chestnut oak — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton; Quincy.

Quercus prinus L. — chestnut oak — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] — Braintree; Milton; Quincy.

Quercus rubra L. — northern red oak — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] — Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Quercus velutina Lam. — black oak — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Fumariaceae

Corydalis sempervirens (L.) Pers. (Capnoides sempervirens (L.) Borkh.) — pale corydalis or rock-harlequin — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Quincy.

Gentianaceae

Bartonia virginica (L.) B.S.P. — screw-stem — Braintree.

Geraniaceae

Geranium maculatum L. — wild geranium — photo: [1] — Randolph.

Geranium robertianum L. — Robert geranium — photo: [1] — Quincy.

Haloragaceae

Myriophyllum humile (Raf.) Morong — lowly water-milfoil — photo: [1] [2] — Randolph.

Myriophyllum sp. — — Canton; Quincy.

Proserpinaca palustris L. — mermaid-weed — photo: [1] [2] — Braintree.

Hamamelidaceae

Hamamelis virginiana L. — witch-hazel — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Juglandaceae

Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. (tomentosa (Lam. ex Poiret) Nutt.) — mockernut hickory — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] — Quincy; Randolph.

Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch — bitternut hickory, swamp hickory — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Randolph.

Carya glabra (P. Miller) Sweet — pignut hickory — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Carya ovata (P. Miller) K. Koch — shagbark hickory — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton; Quincy.

Lamiaceae

* Clinopodium vulgare L. (Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch) — wild basil — photo: [1] — Quincy.

* Glechoma hederacea L. — ground-ivy — photo: [1] [2] — Canton; Milton; Randolph.

* Leonurus cardiaca L. — motherwort — photo: [1] — Milton.

Lycopus uniflorus Michaux — tuberous water-horehound — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Canton; Milton.

Lycopus virginicus L. — Virginia water-horehound, floodplain water-horehound — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton.

* Mentha x piperita L. — peppermint — Milton.

Scutellaria galericulata L. (epilobiifolia Hamilton) — marsh scullcap, common scullcap — photo: [1] [2] — Dedham.

Scutellaria lateriflora L. — mad-dog skullcap, blue skullcap — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton; Milton.

Trichostema dichotomum L. — forked bluecurls — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Dedham; Milton.

Lauraceae

Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume — spicebush — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] — Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees — sassafras — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Lythraceae

Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell. — swamp loosestrife, water-willow — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Canton; Randolph.

** Lythrum salicaria L. — purple loosestrife — photos: [1] [2] [3] — Canton; Milton.

Malvaceae

* Malva moschata L. — musk mallow — Milton.

Menyanthaceae

Menyanthes trifoliata L. — bogbeans — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Canton.

Nymphoides cordata (Ell.) Fern. — floating heart — Canton.

Monotropaceae

Monotropa uniflora L. — Indian pipe — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] — Milton; Randolph.

Moraceae

* Morus alba L. — white mulberry — Milton.

Myricaceae

Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter — sweet-fern — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] — Milton; Quincy.

Myrica gale L. — sweet gale — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] — Canton.

Nymphaeaceae

Nuphar variegata Durand ex Clinton — yellow water-lily — Milton.

Nymphaea odorata Ait. — American white waterlily, fragrant waterlily — photo: [1] — Milton; Randolph.

Nyssaceae

Nyssa sylvatica Marshall — tupelo, black gum — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] — Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Oleaceae

Fraxinus americana L. — white ash — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] — Canton; Milton; Quincy; Randolph.

Fraxinus nigra Marshall — black ash — Randolph.

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. — green ash — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] — Milton; Randolph.

** Ligustrum obtusifolium Sieb. et Zucc. — Japanese privet, ibota privet — photos: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] — Milton; Quincy.

* Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk. — California privet — Milton.

Onagraceae

Oenothera biennis L. — common evening-primrose — Milton.

Orobanchaceae

Conopholis americana (L.) Wallr. f. — squaw-root, cancer-root — photos: [1] [2]

Plants of Blue Hills Reservation: Illustrated Checklist As of December 2011, the checklist contains 508 species including 131 non-native (marked *), of which 39 are invasive (marked **)