Bunker Hill Forest Preserve Field Guide
late figwort
Scrophularia marilandica, also called Late Figwort, Maryland Figwort, Carpenter's Square, or Eastern Figwort, is a flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native throughout eastern and central North America, where it is found growing in dry woods from Manitoba and Quebec south to Texas and Florida.
naked broomrape
Orobanche uniflora, commonly known as Naked Broomrape, is an annual parasitic herb. It is native to much of North America, where it is a parasitic plant, tapping nutrients from many other species of plants, including those in the Asteraceae, Saxifragaceae, and the genus Sedum.
Wood Betony
Pedicularis canadensis is a flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae (Broomrape). It is closely related to Figwort.
wild bergamot
Wild bergamot or Bee balm (Monarda fistulosa) is a wild flower native to North America. This plant is often used as honey plant, medicinal plant, and ornamental plant.
common selfheal
Prunella vulgaris, known as common selfheal, heal-all, heart-of-the-earth or hạ khô thảo in Vietnamese, is a medicinal plant in the genus Prunella. It grows from 1 to 2 feet high, with creeping, self-rooting, tough, square, reddish stems branching at leaf axis. The leaves are lance shaped, serrated and reddish at tip, about an inch ...more ↓
side-flowering skullcap
Scutellaria lateriflora, also known as Blue Skullcap, Hoodwort, Virginian Skullcap, Mad-dog Skullcap is a hardy perennial herb native to North America. It is a member of the mint family. It has an upright habit, growing 60 to 80 centimeters in maximum height. It is a wetland-loving species and grows near marshes, meadows, and other wet habitat. The ...more ↓
Ground Ivy
Glechoma hederacea (syn. Nepeta glechoma Benth., Nepeta hederacea (L.) Trevir.) is an aromatic, perennial, evergreen creeper of the mint family Lamiaceae. It is commonly known as Ground-ivy.
American bugleweed
Lycopus americanus, common names Water horehound or American bugleweed, is a member of the genus Lycopus. It blooms in late summer and is found in much of North America. It is reputed to have medicinal properties and has been used as a dye.
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (little-leaved or slender-leaved mountain mint) is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
Virginia mountain mint
Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia mountain mint) is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is a herbaceous plant with narrow, opposite, simple leaves, on wiry, green stems. The flowers are white with purplish spotting, borne in summer. Like most plants in the genus, the foliage has a strong mint fragrance when crushed or disturbed. It is native to the eastern United ...more ↓
Obedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant or False Dragonhead) is a herbaceous perennial plant. Obedient Plant can grow up to 1.2m (4 feet) tall. The flowers are on swivels that can be bent right or left on the stem, giving rise to the common name. The plants bloom in late July to October. Plants spread by way of rhizomes forming large spreading colonies, especially ...more ↓
blue vervain
Verbena hastata (Blue Vervain or Swamp Verbena) is a flowering plant in the vervain family, Verbenaceae. It is a herb with opposite, simple leaves which have double-serate margins, borne on stiffly erect, branching square stems. The flowers appear in summer and are purple.
white vervain
Verbena urticifolia (White Vervain) is a herbaceous plant in the vervain family (Verbenaceae). It belongs to the "true" vervains of genus Verbena.
White Turtlehead
Chelone glabra (white turtlehead) is a plant in the family Plantaginaceae (the plantain family).
