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1993 Proceedings of the Midwest Oak Savanna Conferences1993 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
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.

 

 
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