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 with either of the following links
Microsoft Excel Adobe PDFWetlands Indicator Status (WIS) |
Native/Introducted (N/I) |
| OBL = Obligate wetland plant | N = Native |
| FAC = Facultative plant | I = Introduced |
| FACW = Facultative wetland plant | |
| FACU = Facultative upland plant | |
| UPL = Upland plant |
| 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 |