Dry-Mesic & Mesic Hardwood Forest Ecosystems
Slate Run Metro Park

This field trip site is at Slate Run Metro Park in Pickaway County, the Shady Grove Picnic Area.

The forested parts of the park are dominated by sugar maple, American beech, and various oaks and hickories. Let’s go look at some plants!

 

These are the trees we saw there. Below the list, see some videos we made in the field.

PLANT LIST
(Slate Run Metro Park)
with Links to Species Pages

 Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal   PAWPAW  Annonaceae  native sm tree
 Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch   BITTERNUT HICKORY  Juglandaceae  native tree
 Celtis occidentalis L.   HACKBERRY  Ulmaceae  native tree
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.  AMERICAN BEECH  Fagaceae  native tree
 Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume   SPICEBUSH  Lauraceae  native shrub
Liriodendron tulipifera L.  TULIP TREE  Magnoliaceae  native tree
 Quercus alba L.   WHITE OAK  Fagaceae  native tree
 Rosa multiflora Thunb. ex Murray   MULTIFLORA ROSE  Rosaceae  adventive shrub
 Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees   SASSAFRAS  Lauraceae  native tree
 Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze   POISON-IVY  Anacardiaceae  native vine
 Ulmus spp.   AMERICAN & RED ELMS  Ulmaceae  native tree

VIDEOS!

sassafras

multiflora rose

pawpaw

American beech

hackberry 

spicebush

red elm 

American elm

bitternut hickory

poison-ivy

white oak (archived video)