The New York Natural Program recently posted 21 new rare plant guides on their guides website. Most of these are rare plants that might occur along roadsides on the island. The list is below. If you would like to access the site CLICK HERE. In the next year many more plants will be posted as they are completed.
Cenchrus tribuloides Dune Sandspur
Crocanthemum dumosum Bushy Rockrose
Desmodium ciliare Little-leaf Tick-trefoil
Digitaria filiformis Slender Crabgrass
Diospyros virginiana Persimmon
Eupatorium album var. subvenosum Trinerved White Boneset
Euphorbia ipecacuanhae American Ipecac
Ipomoea pandurata Wild Potato-vine
Linum intercursum Sandplain Wild Flax
Linum sulcatum Yellow Wild Flax
Oenothera oakesiana Oake’s Evening Primrose
Paspalum laeve Field Beadgrass
Plantago maritima var. juncoides Seaside Plantain
Platanthera ciliaris Orange Fringed Orchid
Platanthera cristata Crested Fringed Orchid
Quercus phellos Willow Oak
Scleria minor Slender Nutrush
Symphyotrichum concolor var. concolor Silvery Aster
Tripsacum dactyloides Northern Gamma Grass
Viburnum dentatum var. venosum Southern Arrowwood
Viola brittoniana Coast Violet