1993 Proceedings of the Midwest Oak Savanna Conferences
OAK-SAVANNA ENHANCEMENT: MALLARD RIDGE RECYCLING
AND DISPOSAL FACILITY WALWORTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN
Martha A. Maxon, Ph.D.
RUST Environmental & Infrastructure
501 Sycamore Street, Suite 222
Waterloo, IA 50703
Tel: (319) 232-6531
Table 1. PLANT SPECIES
OF EAST WOODS (OAK OPENING)
Scientific Name
Common Name
0
Acer negundo
Box elder
*1
Achillea millefolium
Yarrow
2
Agrimonia gryposepala
Tall agrimony
5
Agrimonia pubescens
Soft agrimony
-2
Agropyron repens
Quackgrass
-3
Alliaria officinalis
Garlic mustard
*0
Ambrosia artemisiifolia elatior
Common ragweed
*4
Amphicarpa bracteata
Hog peanut
*7
Anemone quinquefolia interior
Wood anemone
2
Anemone virginiana
Tall anemone
6
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Pussy toes
*5
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spreading dogbane
-3
Arctium minus
Common burdock
0
Arenaria serpyllifolia
Thyme-leaved sandwort
5
Arisaema atrorubens
Jack-in-the-pulpit
*0
Asclepias syriaca
Common milkweed
1
Aster pilosus
Hairy aster
*5
Aster sagittifolius
Arrow-leaved aster
6
Athyrium filix-femina michauxii
Lady fern
1
Barbarea vulgaris
Yellow rocket
-2
Berberis thunbergii
Japanese barberry
0
Berteroa incana
Hoary alyssum
*6
Botrychium virginianum
Rattlesnake fern
-2
Carduus nutans
Musk thistle
1
Carex blanda
Common wood sedge
2
Carex Cephalophora
Woodbank sedge
1
Carex convoluta
Tufted wood sedge
5
Carex granularis
Pale field sedge
*5
Carex pensylvanica
Pennsylvania sedge
8
Carex tenera
Flexed sedge
5
Carya ovata
Shagbark hickory
*6
Celastrus scandens
Climbing bittersweet
3
Celtis occidentalis
Hackberry
1
Cerastium vulgatum
Mouse-ear chickweed
1
Chenopodium album
Lamb's quarters
3
Chenopodium hybridum gigantospermum
Maple-leaved goosefoot
1
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum pinnatifidum
Ox-eye daisy
0
Circaea quadrisulcata
Enchanter's nightshade
-3
Cirsium arvense
Canada thistle
-3
Cirsium vulgare
Bull thistle
*1
Cornus racemosa
Gray dogwood
-1
Coronilla varia
Crown vetch
*2
Corylus americana
American hazelnut
5
Crataegus coccinea
Scarlet hawthorn
2
Crataegus mollis
Downy hawthorn
6
Crataegus succulenta
Fleshy hawthorn
1
Dactylis glomerata
Orchard grass
5
Danthonia spicata
Poverty oat grass
1
Daucus carota
Wild carrot
5
Dentaria laciniata
Toothwort
*8
Desmodium glutinosum
Pointed tick trefoil
1
Dianthus armeria
Deptford pink
*6
Dodecatheon meadia
Shooting star
6
Dryopteris spinulosa
Spinulose shield fern
0
Elaeagnus umbellata
Autumn olive
1
Erigeron annuus
Annual fleabane
4
Eupatorium rugosum
White snakeroot
1
Festuca elatior
Meadow fescue
1
Festuca rubra
Red fescue
*1
Fragaria virginiana
Wild strawberry
7
Fraxinus pennsylvanica subintegerrima
Green ash
1
Galium aparine
Annual bedstraw
*4
Galium concinnum
Shining bedstraw
5
Galium triflorum
Sweet-scented bedstraw
*4
Geranium maculatum
Wild geranium
7
Geum aleppicum strictum
Yellow avens
0
Geum canadense
White avens
0
Hackelia virginiana
Stickseed
5
Helianthus divaricatus
Woodland sunflower
6
Hepatica acutiloba
Sharp-lobed hepatica
0
Hypericum perforatum
Common St. John's wort
5
Hystrix patula
Bottlebrush grass
5
Juglans nigra
Black walnut
0
Juncus tenuis
Roadside rush
-1
Leonurus cardiaca
Motherwort
0
Lepidium campestre
Field cress
0
Lepidium virginicum
Common peppergrass
7
Lonicera prolifera
Yellow honeysuckle
-3
Lonicera x muendeniensis
Common bush honeysuckle
5
Luzula multiflora
Common wood rush
-2
Lychnis alba
White campion
-1
Lysimachia nummularia
Moneywort
0
Medicago lupulina
Black medick
-3
Melilotus alba
White sweet clover
-2
Melilotus officinalis
Yellow sweet clover
6
Menispermum canadense
Moonseed
*4
Monarda fistulosa
Wild bergamot
15
Monotropa uniflora
Indian pipe
-1
Morus alba
White mulberry
-1
Nepeta cataria
Catnip
*1
Oenothera biennis
Common evening primrose
15
Oenothera perennis
Small sundrops
8
Onoclea sensibilis
Sensitive fern
3
Osmorhiza longistylis
Smooth sweet cicely
0
Oxalis europaea
Toll wood sorrel
1
Parthenocissus inserta
Thicket creeper
2
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia creeper
0
Phalaris arundinacea
Reed canary grass
1
Phleum pratense
Timothy
0
Plantago rugelii
Red-stalked plantain
0
Poa compressa
Canada bluegrass
*0
Poa pratensis
Kentucky bluegrass
5
Podophyllum peltatum
May apple
0
Polygonum lapathifolium
Heartsease
6
Populus grandidentata
Big tooth aspen
4
Populus tremuloides
Quaking aspen
1
Potentilla recta
Sulfur cinquefoil
*4
Potentilla simplex
Common cinquefoil
0
Prunella vulgaris lanceolata
Self heal
1
Prunus serotina
Wild black cherry
1
Prunus virginiana
Choke cherry
4
Quercus alba
White oak
4
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Hill's oak
4
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur oak
6
Quercus velutina
Black oak
0
Ranunculus abortivus
Small-flowered buttercup
5
Ranunculus recurvatus
Hooked buttercup
-3
Rhamnus cathartica
Common buckthorn
*1
Rhus glabra
Smooth sumac
*1
Rhus radicans
Poison ivy
3
Rhus typhina
Staghorn sumac
5
Ribes missouriense
Wild gooseberry
-3
Rosa multiflora
Multiflora rose
7
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Red raspberry
3
Rubus pensylvanicus
Yankee blackberry
*1
Rudbeckia hirta
Black-eyed susan
2
Rumex altissimus
Pale dock
1
Sambucus canadensis
Elderberry
6
Scirpus fluviatilis
River bulrush
*2
Smilacina racemosa
Feathery false Solomon's seal
3
Smilax ecirrhata
Upright carrion flower
4
Smilax lasioneura
Common carrion flower
-3
Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet nightshade
1
Solidago altissima
Tall goldenrod
*5
Solidago ulmifolia
Elm-leaved goldenrod
-2
Sonchus uliginosus
Common sow thistle
0
Stellaria media
Common chickweed
8
Taenidia integerrima
Bank pimpernel
0
Taraxacum officinale
Common dandelion
5
Tilia americana
American linden
2
Tovara virginiana
Woodland knotweed
1
Trifolium repens
White clover
3
Ulmus americana
American elm
4
Ulmus rubra
Slippery elm
2
Urtica procera
Tall nettle
1
Verbascum thapsus
Common mullein
5
Viburnum lentago
Nannyberry
0
Viburnum opulus
European highbush cranberry
5
Viburnum rafinesquianum
Downy arrow-wood
5
Viola pensylvanica
Smooth yellow violet
3
Viola sororia
Hairy wood violet
*4
Vitis riparia
Riverbank grape
1
Xanthoxylum americanum
Prickly ash
TOTAL SPECIES - 153
NOTE: Species list developed from July, August and September,
1992, and May, 1993, field surveys. The number preceding each name is the
coefficient of conservatism for that species, from Swink and Wilhelm (1979).
* Listed in either Bray (1960) or Curtis (1959) as understory species
in savannas in Wisconsin.
Table 2: PLANT SPECIES
OF WEST WOODS (OAK OPENING)
SCIENTIFIC NAME
COMMON NAME
0
Acer negundo
Box elder
5
Acer nigrum
Black maple
0
Acer saccharinum
Silver maple
1
Agrostis alba
Redtop
-3
Alliaria officinalis
Garlic mustard
*0
Ambrosia artemisiifolia elatior
Common ragweed
*4
Amphicarpa bracteata
Hog peanut
*7
Anemone quinquefolia interior
Wood anemone
2
Anemone virginiana
Tall anemone
5
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spreading dogbane
-3
Arctium minus
Common burdock
5
Arisaema atrorubens
Jack-in-the-pulpit
*0
Asclepias syriaca
Common milkweed
5
Aster ontarionis
Ontario aster
1
Aster pilosus
Hairy aster
6
Athyrium filix-femina michauxii
Lady fern
1
Barbarea vulgaris
Yellow rocket
-2
Berberis thunbergii
Japanese barberry
-1
Bromus inermis
Smooth brome
-2
Carduus nutans
Musk thistle
1
Carex blanda
Common wood sedge
2
Carex cephalophora
Woodbank sedge
1
Carex convoluta
Tufted wood sedge
20
Carex crawfordii
A sedge
5
Carex normalis
Scale wood sedge
2
Carex vulpinoides
Fox sedge
5
Carya ovata
Shagbark hickory
*6
Celastrus scandens
Climbing bittersweet
1
Chenopodium album
Lamb's quarters
0
Circaea quadrisulcata canadensis
Enchanter's nightshade
-3
Cirsium arvense
Field thistle
-3
Cirsium vulgare
Bull thistle
*1
Cornus racemosa
Gray dogwood
*2
Corylus americana
American hazelnut
5
Crataegus coccinea
Scarlet hawthorn
1
Dactylis glomerata
Orchard grass
1
Daucus carota
Wild carrot
*8
Desmodium glutinosum
Pointed tick treefoil
*6
Dodecatheon meadia
Shooting star
3
Epilobium coloratum
Cinnamon willow herb
1
Erigeron annuus
Annual fleabane
7
Eupatorium purpureum
Purple Joe pye weed
4
Eupatorium rugosum
White snakeroot
*1
Fragaria virginiana
Wild strawberry
1
Galium aparine
Annual bedstraw
*4
Galium concinnum
Shining bedstraw
5
Galium triflorum
Sweet-scentedbedstraw
*4
Geranium maculatum
Wild geranium
0
Geum canadense
White avens
0
Hackelia virginiana
Stickseed
*5
Helianthus strumosus
Pale-leaved sunflower
0
Hypericum perforatum
Common St. John's wort
5
Juglans nigra
Black walnut
0
Juncus tenuis
Roadside rush
-1
Leonurus cardiaca
Motherwort
4
Lobelia inflata
Indian tobacco
-3
Lonicera x muendeniensis
Common bush honeysuckle
-2
Lychnis alba
White campion
-3
Melilotus alba
White sweet clover
-1
Morus alba
White mulberry
1
Myosoton aquaticum
Water chickweed
8
Onoclea sensibilis
Sensitive fern
3
Osmorhiza longistylis
Smooth sweet cicely
0
Oxalis europaea
Tall wood sorrel
2
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Virginia creeper
0
Phalaris arundinacea
Reed canary grass
1
Phleum pratense
Timothy
0
Plantago major
Common plantain
0
Plantago rugelii
Red-stalked plantain
0
Poa compressa
Canada blue grass
*0
Poa pratensis
Kentucky bluegrass
5
Podophyllum peltatum
May apple
0
Polygonum convolvulus
Black bindweed
0
Polygonum lapathifolium
Heartsease
0
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Pennsylvania knotweed
6
Populus grandidentata
Large-toothed aspen
4
Populus tremuloides
Quaking aspen
0
Potentilla norvegica
Norway cinquefoil
1
Potentilla recta
Sulfur cinquefoil
*4
Potentilla simplex
Common cinquefoil
0
Prunella vulgaris lanceolata
Self heal
5
Prunus americana
Wild plum
1
Prunus serotina
Wild black cherry
1
Prunus virginiana
Choke cherry
4
Quercus alba
White oak
4
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Hill's oak
4
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur oak
6
Quercus velutina
Black oak
0
Ranunculus abortivus
Small-flowered buttercup
5
Ranunculus recurvatus
Hooked buttercup
-3
Rhamnus cathartica
Common buckthorn
5
Ribes missouriense
Wild gooseberry
-3
Rosa multiflora
Multiflora rose
*
Rubus idaeus
Garden raspberry
7
Rubus idaeus strigosus
Red raspberry
2
Rubus occidentalis
Black raspberry
3
Rubus pensylvanicus
Yankee blackberry
-1
Rumex crispus
Curly dock
1
Sambucus canadensis
Elderberry
*2
Sanicula gregaria
Clustered black snakeroot
4
Scrophalaria marilandica
Late figwort
-1
Setaria viridis
Green foxtail
*2
Smilacina racemosa
Feathery false Solomon's seal
5
Smilax tamnoides hispida
Bristly green brier
3
Smilax ecirrhata
Upright carrion flower
-3
Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet nightshade
1
Solidago altissima
Tall goldenrod
-2
Sonchus uliginosus
Common sow thistle
0
Stellaria media
Common chickweed
0
Taraxacum officinale
Common dandelion
2
Tovara virginiana
Woodland knotweed
1
Trifolium repens
White clover
4
Ulmus rubra
Slippery elm
2
Urtica procera
Tall nettle
5
Verbena urticifolia
White vervain
1
Veronica peregrina
Purslane speedwell
5
Viburnum lentago
Nannyberry
3
Viola sororia
Hairy wood violet
*4
Vitis riparia
Riverbank grape
1
Xanthoxylum americanum
Prickly ash
TOTAL SPECIES - 120
NOTE: Species list developed from July, August and September,
1992, and May, 1993, field surveys. The number preceding each name is the
coefficient of conservatism for that species, from Swink and Wilhelm (1979).
* Listed in either Bray (1960) or Curtis (1959) as understory species
in savannas in Wisconsin.
Table 3: PLANT SPECIES
OF SOUTH WOODS (OAK OPENING)
SCIENTIFIC NAME
COMMON NAME
0
Acer negundo
Box elder
*1
Achillea millefolium
Yarrow
2
Agrimonia gryposepala
Tall agrimony
-2
Agropyron repens
Quackgrass
1
Agrostis alba
Redtop
-3
Alliaria officinalis
Garlic mustard
*0
Ambrosia artemisiifolia elatier
Common ragweed
0
Ambrosia trifida
Giant ragweed
*4
Amphicarpa bracteata
Hog peanut
*7
Anemone quinquefolia interior
Wood anemone
2
Anemone virginiana
Tall anemone
6
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Pussy toes
-3
Arctium minus
Common burdock
9
Arenaria lateriflora
Wood sandwort
*0
Asclepias syriaca
Common milkweed
1
Asclepias verticillata
Whorled milkweed
1
Aster pilosus
Hairy aster
1
Barbarea vulgaris
Yellow rocket
-2
Berberis thunbergii
Japanese barberry
1
Bidens frondosa
Common beggar's ticks
*7
Bouteloua curtipendula
Side-oats grama
-1
Bromus inermis
Smooth brome
-2
Carduus nutans
Musk thistle
1
Carex blanda
Common wood sedge
2
Carex cephalophora
Woodbank sedge
1
Carex convoluta
Tufted wood sedge
5
Carex normalis
Scale wood sedge
*5
Carex pensylvanica
Pennsylvania sedge
8
Carex tenera
Flexed sedge
5
Carya ovata
shagbark hickory
1
Cerastium vulgatum
Mouse-ear chickweed
3
Chenopodium hybridum gigantospermum
Maple-leaved goosefoot
1
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum pinnatifidum
Ox-eye daisy
0
Circaea quadrisulcata canadensis
Enchanter's nightshade
-3
Cirsium arvense
Field thistle
-3
Cirsium vulgare
Bull thistle
1
Crataegus punctata
Dotted hawthorn
1
Dactylis glomerata
Orchard grass
1
Daucus carota
Wild carrot
*6
Dodecatheon meadia
Shooting star
6
Dryopteris spinulosa
Spinulose shield fern
0
Echinochloa crusgalli
Barnyard grass
1
Erigeron annuus
Annual fleabane
4
Erigeron philadelphicus
Marsh fleabane
1
Festuca elatior
Meadow fescue
10
Fragaria vesca americana
Hillside strawberry
1
Galium aparine
Annual bedstraw
7
Galium circaezans hypomalacum
Wild licorice
*4
Galium concinnum
Shining bedstraw
*4
Geranium maculatum
Wild geranium
0
Geum canadense
White avens
*8
Heuchera richardsonii
Prairie alum root
0
Hypericum perforatum
Common St. John's wort
0
Juncus tenuis
Roadside rush
-1
Leonurus cardiaca
Motherwort
-1
Linaria vulgaris
Butter-and-eggs
4
Lobelia inflata
Indian tobacco
-2
Lychnis alba
White campion
0
Medicago lupulina
Medicago lupulina
0
Medicago sativa
Alfalfa
-2
Melilotus officinalis
Yellow sweet clover
-1
Morus alba
White mulberry
-1
Nepeta cataria
Catnip
0
Oxalis europaea
Tall wood sorrel
1
Phleum pratense
Timothy
0
Plantago rugelii
Red-stalked plantain
0
Poa compressa
Canada bluegrass
*0
Poa pratensis
Kentucky bluegrass
Kentucky bluegrass
5
Podophyllum peltatum
May apple
0
Polygonum pensylvanicum laevigatum
Pennsylvania knotweed
2
Potentilla argentea
Silvery cinquefoil
1
Potentilla recta
Sulfer cinquefoil
*4
Potentilla simplex
Common cinquefoil
1
Prunus serotina
Wild black cherry
1
Prunus virginiana
Choke cherry
4
Quercus alba
White oak
4
Quercus ellipsoidalis
Hill's oak
4
Quercus macrocarpa
Bur oak
0
Ranunculus arbortivus
Small-flowered buttercup
6
Ranunculus fascicularis
Early buttercup
-3
Rhamnus cathartica
Common buckthorn
*1
Rhus glabra
Smooth sumac
*1
Rhus radicans
Poison ivy
5
Ribes missouriense
Wild gooseberry
-3
Rosa multiflora
Multiflora rose
2
Rubus occidentalis
Black raspberry
-1
Rumex crispus
Curly dock
1
Sambucus canadensis
Elderberry
0
Sisymbrium loeselii
Tall hedge mustard
*2
Smilacina racemosa
Feathery false Solomon's seal
*5
Smilacina stellata
Starry false Solomon's seal
3
Smilax ecirrhata
Upright carrion flower
-3
Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet nightshade
1
Solidago altissima
Tall goldenrod
3
Solidago gigantea
Late goldenrod
*5
Sorghastrum nutans
Indian grass
0
Taraxacum officinale
Common dandelion
1
Tragapogon pratensis
Common goat's beard
1
Trifolium pratense
Red clover
3
Ulmus americana
American elm
1
Verbascum thapsus
Common mullein
5
Verbena urticifolia
White vervain
0
Veronica arvensis
Corn speedwell
1
Veronica peregrina
Purslane speedwell
5
Viburnum lentago
Nannyberry
3
Viola sororia
Hairy wood violet
*4
Vitis riparia
Riverbank grape
TOTAL SPECIES - 107
NOTE: Species list developed from July, August and September,
1992, and May, 1993, field surveys. The number preceding each name is the
coefficient of conservatism for that species, from Swink and Wilhelm (1979).
* Listed in either Bray (1960) or Curtis (1959) as understory
species in savannas in Wisconsin.