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Letcher Co., Ky. A Report of a 5 hour walk by Dr. Robert Hunsucker from lower coves to the Mountain Crest on 7-7-06:Vascular Plants
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Tuliptree ( Liriodendron tulipifera)
Cucumbertree ( Magnolia acuminatus )
Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)
American Elm (Ulmus americana)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Red Maple (Acer rubrum )
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus octandra )
Black Oak (Quercus velutina )-seedlings and saplings
Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra )
White Oak ( Quercus alba )
Chestnut Oak ( Quercus prinus)
Canada Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis )
White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Pignut (Carya glabra)
Mockernut Hickory ( Carya tomentosa )
Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)
Black Birch (Betula lenta)
Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica)
American Basswood (Tilia americana )
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
Redbud (Ciris canadensis )
Muscletree (Carpinus caroliniana)
Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida )
Alternate-leaf Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia )
Paw Paw (Asimina triloba)
Umbrella Tree (Magnolia macrophylla )
Umbrella Tree-2 (Magnolia tripetala)
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum )
Common Serviceberry (Amelanchier arboreum )
Allegheny Blackberry ( Rubus allegheniensis )
a dewberry ( Rubus enslenii )
Northern Dewberry ( Rubus flagellaris )
Shining Sumac (Rhus copallina )
Spice Bush ( Lindera benzoin )
Buffalonut (Pyrularia pubera )
Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana )
Strawberry Bush ( Euonymus americanus)
Cumberland Azalea (Rhododendron cumberlandense ?)
Great Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)
Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens )
Black Elderberry ( Sambucus canadensis)
Upland Low Blueberry ( Vaccinium pallidum )
Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum )
Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia)
Poison Ivy (Rhus radicans )
Common Greenbrier ( Smilax rotundifolia)
Hispid Greenbrier ( Smilax hispida )
Saw Brier ( Smilax glauca)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia )
Silvery Athyrium (Athyrium thelypteroides)
Narrow-leaved Spleenwort (Athyrium pycnocarpon )
New York Fern (Thelypteris noveboracensis )
Broad Beech Fern (Thelypteris hexagonoptera )
Northern Beech Fern (Thelypteris phegopteris)
Intermediate Shield Fern (Dryopteris intermedia )
Southern Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)
Rock Fern (Polypodium virginianum)
Rattlesnake Fern ( Botrychium virginianum )
Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum )
Ebony Spleenwort ( Esplenium platyneuron)
Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
Carex amphibola
Carex laxiflora
Carex plantaginea
Carex digitalis
Carex debilis
Carex radiata
Carex swanii
Deer-tongue Grass ( Panicum clandestinum)
Forked Panic Grass (Panicum dichtomum)
Variable Panic Grass ( Panicum commutatum)
Bosc's Panic Grass (Panicum boscii )
White Grass (Leersia virginica)
Bearded Shorthusk (Brachyelytrum erectum)
Autumn Bluegrass (Poa autumnalis )
Mountain Oatgrass (Danthonia compressa )
Indian Turnip (Arisaema triphyllum)
Indian Cucumberroot (Medeola virginiana )
Downy Many Knees ( Polygonatum pubescens)
Plume Lily (Smilacina racemosa)
Hairy Disporum (Disporum lanuginosum)
Mealy Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata)
Straw Lily (Uvularia sessilifolia )
Large-flowered Trillium ( Trillium grandiflorum)
Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain ( Goodyera pubescens)
Four-leaved Yam (Dioscorea quaternata )
Dwarf Crested Iris ( Iris cristata)
Panicled Tick-trefoil (Desmodium paniculatum)
Pointed-leaf Tick-trefoil (Desmodium glutinosum )
White Avens (Geum canadense)
Black Snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis)
Round-leaf Catchfly (Silene rotundifolia) -rare, in soil in shade of overarching sandstone boulder (present at Carter Caves)
Hog Peanut (Amphicarpa bracteata )
Virginia Knotweed (Polygonum virginianum )
Tall Agrimony (Agrimonia gryposepala )
Sweet White Violet ( Viola blanda)
Blue Wood Violet ( Viola sororia )
Canada Violet (Viola canadensis)
Halberd-leaved Viola (Viola hastata)
Palmate-leaved Violet (Viola palmata)
Wood Nettle ( Laportea canadensis)
May Apple (Podophyllum peltatum )
Hairy Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza claytoni)
Foam Flower ( Tiarella cordifolia)
Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata )
Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
Hooked Crowfoot (Ranunculus recurvatus )
Virginia waterleaf ( Hydrophyllum virginianum )
Mountain Watercress (Cardamine rotundifolia)
Basil Balm (Monarda clinopodia )
Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea quadrisulcata)
Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens )
Clearweed (Pilea pumila )
Great Chickweed (Stellaria pubea )
Meehania (Meehania cordata )
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
Poke (Phytolacca americana )
Purple Meadow parsnip ( Thaspium trifoliatum )
Wild Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum)
Beech Drops (Epifagus virginiana)
Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia )
Wild Licorice ( Galium circaezans )
Lance-leaf Wild Licorice ( Galium lanceolatum)
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum )
American Alumroot (Heuchera americana )
Hairy Heuchera (Heuchera villosa)
a vetch ( Vicia sp)
Horse Balm ( Collinsonia canadensis)
Blue Cohosh ( Caulophyllum thalictroides)
Wild Ginger ( Asarum canadense)
Pipevine (Aristolochia macrophylla )
Virginia Snakeroot (Aristolochia serpentaria)
Wild Comfrey (Cynoglossum virginianum)
Yellow Pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
Entire-leaved Yellow Foxglove ( Aureolaria laevigata)
Cancerroot (Conopholis americana)
Virgin's Bower (Clematis virginiana)
Slender-leaved Summer Bluets ( Houstonia tenuifolia)
Sharp-lobe Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)
Elephant's Foot ( Elephantopus caroliniana )
Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)
Common Joe-pye (Eupatorium fistulosum )
Crooked-stem Aster (Aster prenanthoides)
White Wood Aster (Aster divaricatus)
Curtis Goldenrod (Solidago curtisii)
Broad-leaf Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
a prenanthes ( Prenanthes sp)
Squaw Weed (Senecio obovatus)
Plantain-leaf Pussytoes (Antennaria plantaginifolia )