Dead Man's Hollow Conservation Area
Dead Man's Hollow is largest privately owned conservation area in Allegheny County at 434 acres and is open to the public year round from dawn til dusk. Access the Hollow from Catfish Pond, from Great Allegheny Passage, or from Orchard Lane.
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Cinnabar Polypore
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, also known as Cinnabar Polypore, is a saprophytic, white-rot decomposer. Its fruiting body is a bright orange shelf fungus. It is common in many areas and is widely distributed throughout the world.
Wild Stone Crop
Sedum ternatum is the most widespread native Sedum species in eastern North America, commonly known as woodland stonecrop. It has white flowers, blooming April to May. This species grows where it can receive unimpeded sunlight year-round, including rocky places. It adapts well to garden use.
Sweet White Violet
Viola blanda (Sweet white violet,Large-leaf white violet, Willdenow's violet, Woodland-white violet, fr. Violette méconnue; syn. Viola incognita Brainerd) is a flowering perennial plant in the Violet family (Violaceae). It is native to parts of south-eastern and south-central Canada and the eastern, and north-central, United States.
white wood aster
Eurybia divaricata (formerly Aster divaricatus), commonly known as the white wood aster, is an herbaceous plant native to eastern North America. It occurs in the eastern United States, primarily in the Appalachian mountains, though it is also present in southeastern Canada, but only in about 25 populations in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. In the U.S. it is ...more ↓
pale corydalis
Corydalis flavula (Yellow Fumewort, Yellow Harlequin; syn. Capnoides flavulum (Raf.) Kuntze, Fumaria flavula Raf.) is an annual plant native to the eastern United States.
Chestnut Oak
Quercus prinus (syn. Quercus montana), the chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak group, Quercus sect. Quercus. It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to central Mississippi, with an outlying northwestern population in southern Michigan. It is also ...more ↓
common ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius, common names common ninebark or Atlantic ninebark, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae, native to eastern North America.
Halberd Leaved Violet
Viola hastata, commonly known as the halberd-leaved yellow violet, is a perennial plant in the violet family found in the eastern United States. It blooms from March to May with yellow flowers.
wild hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens, commonly known as smooth hydrangea, wild hydrangea, or sevenbark, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae. It is a small- to medium-sized, deciduous shrub up to 3 m (10 ft) tall that is native to the eastern United States.
deertongue
Dichanthelium clandestinum is a species of grass known by the common name deertongue. It is native to eastern North America, including eastern Canada and the eastern United States.
Pellia epiphylla
Pellia epiphylla (sometimes known as overleaf pellia or common pellia) is a species of thallose liverwort. It occurs in North America, Europe, North Africa and parts of Asia. It grows in patches in damp, sheltered places on neutral or acidic substrates. It is common on the banks of rivers, streams and ditches and also grows in wet woodland, marshes and on wet ...more ↓
