Shrubs-Keck Reservation


Walter Kittredge, a botanist from Harvard, compiled a list of the plants present at the Keck Reservation (You may email Walter at kittredg@oeb.harvard.edu.

He categorized the plants into:

You may download a list of all categories by Right-Clicking (Control-Click on a Mac) on the icons:

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Keys to Abbreviations


Wetlands Indicator Status (WIS)

Native/Introduced (N/I)

OBL = Obligate wetland plant N = Native
FAC = Facultative plant I = Introduced
FACW = Facultative wetland plant
FACU = Facultative upland plant
UPL = Upland plant

Shrubs


Common Name

Genus species

Family

N/I

WIS

Arrow-wood Viburum dentatum var. recognitum ADOX N FACW-
Azalea, Swamp Rhododendron viscosum ERIC N FACW+
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ERIC N
Blueberry, Early Lowbush Vaccinium pallidum ERIC N
Blueberry, Highbush Vaccinium corymbosum ERIC N FACW
Blueberry, Lowbush Vaccinium angustifolium ERIC N FACU-
Current, Red Garden Ribes rubrum SAXI I
Euonymus, Winged Euonymus alatus CELA I
Hazelnut, Beaked Corylus cornuta BETU N FACU
Holly, Mountain Ilex mucronatus AQUI N OBL
Holly, Winterberry Ilex verticillata AQUI N FACW+
Huckleberry, Black Gaylussacia baccata ERIC N FACU
Juniper, Common Juniperus communis var. depressa CUPR N
Maleberry Lyonia ligustrina ERIC N FACW
Meadowsweet, White Spiraea alba var. latifolia ROSA N FACW+
Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans ANAC N FAC
Rose, Multiflora Rosa multiflora ROSA I FACU
Shadbush Amelanchier ROSA N
Steeplebush Spiraea tomentosa ROSA N FACW
Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia CLET N FAC
Viburnum, Maple-leaved Viburnum acerifolium ADOX N
Withe-rod Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides ADOX N FACW