Jacqueline Burge's Photographs of Plants in Sligo
Jacqueline Burge, a resident of Edgevale Road off Dale Drive, decided to make it a spring and summer project in 1994 to photograph plants in Sligo. She may have recently retired from her work as a computer engineer. All the photos were taken in Jacqueline’s section, from Colesville to Forest Glen, and most show flowers with some leaves. Jacqueline placed them in a book in order as the season progressed. Fifteen years later the book was passed from her neighbor, Loetta Vann, to me. The photos were taken without a digital camera or close-up lens, but they are quite close, enough to identify most plants if one is familiar with them.

Below is a list of the plants represented in the book. The list may be of interest in comparing what was definitely present in 1994 with what may be there now. I have relied on general knowledge for the identifications, and if an accurate identification is important a person should check the photo in person. A question mark means uncertainty. Jacqueline’s book will be put in the Friends of Sligo Creek Library. The book is good to have, a novel addition to our other plant inventories.

-Sally Gagné
November 2009

April 6 - 16
Mayapple
Lesser Celandine This is the earliest record of lesser celandine in Sligo.
Dandelions
Gill-over-the-Ground
Speedwell, probably Slender
Violets, purple and white
Violets, purple (pinkish-purple in photo rather than dark violet)
Violets, white
Violets, yellow
?Poison Ivy
Trout Lily
Spring Beauty
Garlic Mustard
Bloodroot
?Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Star Chickweed

April 16 - 28
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Bellwort, apparently Large-flowered, Uvularia grandiflora, maybe U. sessilifolia
Violets, purple (lavender in photo)
Dogwood
Scilla, or like it, white flowered
Scilla, or like it, purple
Poison Ivy
Sweet Cicely
Mayapple
Golden Ragwort
Star-of-Bethlehem
?Jacob’s Ladder
Japanese Honeysuckle Shrub
Autumn Olive
Stitchwort
?Winter Cress

April 28 - May 10
 Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Wild Cherry flowers
?Kidneyleaf Buttercup
?Buttercups
Jewelweed seedlings
Star-of-Bethlehem
Daisies
Viburnum, a garden escape
Solomon’s Seal
Greenbrier

May 10 - 18
 Indian Strawberry
Gill-over-the-Ground
Scilla, or like it, purple
Grape, not in flower
Blackberry
Starry False Solomon’s Seal, apparently
Solomon’s Seal
Blue-eyed Grass (Iridaceae), species undetermined
Mayapple
Rose, probably Multiflora
Tulip Popular flowers
Rushes
Carolina Cranesbill

May 18 - June 3
 Poison Ivy
Common or Violet Wood Sorrel (not in a mat)
Buttercup
?Jacob’s Ladder
Bishop’s Weed, or Angelica or Alexanders ?
Curly Dock
Multiflora Rose
Willow flower
Grape, in flower
Starry False Solomon’s Seal
Mayapple
Japanese Honeysuckle Vine
Wineberry
Indian Strawberry
Yellow Iris
Dogbane, perhaps Intermediate
?Honewort (Jacqueline’s identification)

June 3 - 14
 ?Honewort
?Avens? But leaf is different
Poison Ivy, in bud
Smartweed
Sorrel, a yellow species
?Dogbane Many-flowered; I don’t know this plant.
Unknown
Walnut
Red Clover
Onion spp.

June 14 -21
 ?Loosestrife Has yellow nodding flowers.
Privet
?Honewort, apparently
Jewelweed Has 1 orange flower; seems too early, but photo is dated June on the back.
Ox-eye Daisy
Mulberry Berries on twigs that appear deer-eaten
?Honewort
Chicory, apparently
Asiatic Dayflower
Shelf fungus
Nettle, stinging?
Common Milkweed
Horse-nettle
Thistle or a knapweed

July 8 - 14
 Meadow rue
?Enchanter’s Nightshade Leaf somewhat different
Nettle
False Nettle, Boehmeria
Wineberry
Yellow Jewelweed
St. Johnswort
Water-hemlock
Bindweed, white; also pink
Chicory
Curly Dock
White Clover
Unknown tree
European Plantain
Blackberry
?White Vervain
?Jacob’s Ladder

July 14 - 18
 Porcelainberry
Jewelweed
?Black Locust

July 21 - 29
 A Phlox
?Tick-Trefoil (Leaves not visible)
Wineberry
A Tiger Lily, Lilium sp.
?Scotch Thistle
?Nightshade
Dodder
Unknown

August 6-20
 Liriope
Unknown
Virginia Knotweed
Polygonum sp.
Unknown
A Grass
?Giant Ragweed?
?Blue lettuce
?Milkweed
Nightshade
?Elephant Ears

August 23 - September 1
 ?A milkweed
?Nightshade
Unknown
Virginia Dayflower
Nightshade
Bidens-like yellow composite
Three-seeded Mercury
Unknown
Nettle, possibly False
Viburnum, cultivated form
?Autumn olive
Rose of Sharon
Jack-in-the-Pulpit, berries
Unknown
Jewelweed, orange
?White flower, Nettle-like leaf
Primrose
Grape, in berry
Lambs-quarters
Dodder
Bidens-like Composite
Liriope
Non-mushroom fungus
Bidens with red stem
?Mugwort - if so, this is the earliest record
?Lettuce