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Checklist of the Vascular Plants of <strong>Niagara</strong> Regional Municipality, Ontario(M.J. Oldham March 2010)SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME NIAG NIAGARA NOTES HAMI HANO COSEWIC MNR SRANK FAMILYMapped from Niagra by Whiting andCatling (1986), though no specimensseen by them. Reported from thePlatanthera blephariglottis White FringedorchidRH <strong>Niagara</strong> Parks System by Cameron(Willd.) Lindley(1895) and Hamilton (1943; "...-- RH S4 ORCHIDACEAEreported from the Parks, but notrecently found").R. Cameron (CAN) from "near thePlatanthera flava (L.)Whirlpool, <strong>Niagara</strong>" in 1894 is theLindley var. herbiola (R. Tubercled Orchid RHonly regional specimen record. NoBr. ex Ait. f.) Luerrecent reports.-- VU S3 ORCHIDACEAEPlatanthera hookeri(Torrey ex Gray) Lindley Hooker's Orchid RH <strong>Niagara</strong> River area including an 1891J. Macoun collection (CAN), but no-- RH S3 ORCHIDACEAESeveral historic records from therecent reports.Platanthera lacera(Michaux) G. Don var.laceraPlatanthera orbiculata(Pursh) Lindley var.orbiculataPlatanthera psycodes (L.)LindleyRagged FringedorchidLarge Round-leavedOrchidSmall PurpleFringed-orchidRHRHRHHistorical record from <strong>Niagara</strong> Falls(R. Cameron, CAN, in 1893). Norecords since 1903 (W. Scott, TRT,from Queenston Quarry).Mapped from the general vicinity of<strong>Niagara</strong> Falls by Whiting and Catling(1986) based on a specimen examined.R. Cameron (CAN) from <strong>Niagara</strong>Falls in 1893 is the only knownregional specimen record. No recentreports.U8 U S4S5 ORCHIDACEAE-- -- S4? ORCHIDACEAER5 U S5 ORCHIDACEAEPlatanus occidentalis L. Sycamore U Primarily on floodplains. R4 U S4 PLATANACEAEPlatanus x acerifolia(Aiton) Willd.London Plane-treehybAn occasional escape from cultivation orperhaps just persisting after cultivation(e.g. Gregory 2005a). Not reported asescaping cultivation in North America byFNA Vol. 3 (1997). Reputedly a hybridbetween P. occidentalis and P.orientalis. = Platanus hybrida.-- -- SE1 PLATANACEAEPoa alsodes A. Gray Woodland Poa R Rich woods. U8 U S4 POACEAEPoa annua L. Annual Blue Grass IC I I SE5 POACEAENatural Heritage Areas Inventory, 2010 9-157

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