Allium canadense L. CANADA GARLIC. "Goat Island. Not
common," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895).
"... on Navy Island, great patches ... grow along the shore,"
Hamilton (1943).
New York:
Scovel's Knoll, Eckel, June 16, 1988 (BUF); crest of the gorge, one mile south
of Lewiston, Eckel, June 17, 1988 (BUF); crest of gorge 1 mile N of whirlpool,
Eckel, Zander & Plagemans, July 1, 1988 (BUF); Buckhorn Island, moist edge
of woods, Eckel, June 14, 1998 (BUF); Goat Island. Flowers white. B. O'Connor
April 26, 1976(BUF); Goat
Island on the Niagara River. Northern woods, east side by vehicular bridge. P.
M. Eckel 881052 June 15, 1987 (BUF); Goat Island on the Niagara River. Wet
thickets on the south side. P. M. Eckel 881050 June 15, 1987 (BUF).
Ontario: Navy Island, river margin, beach
area, abundant, Eckel, July 15, 1998 (BUF).
New York: Erie City of Buffalo. Moist meadows, Niagara River. Frank
W. Johnson May 29, 1921 (BUF); Erie Tonawanda. Along Niagara River, 2 Mile
Creek, Town of Tonawanda. C.J. Awald June 30, 1942; Erie: Buffalo. Alluvial
meadow, along Niagara River near Cherry Farm. F.W. Johnson June 30, 1923.
*Allium cepa L. ONION. New York: Sub
Robt. Moses Overpass by the lower arch bridge (RR) just below gorge crest in
massed soil on rk ledges in dolomite caprock. They say area once served as a
dump! Two popultns.P.M.Eckel Dupl.
8705167 June 13, l986 (BUF);
Weedy
area of escaped ornamentals, etc., crest of the gorge of the Niagara River by the
Lower Arch RR Bridge. Second year observed in dolomite ledge, gorge wall. P. M.
Eckel 8604083 June 10, 1986 (BUF).
Not reported by Zander and Pierce (1979) for
the Niagara Frontier Region, and hence new to the flora. Mitchell (1986)
reported this species as a rare escape in New York State.
Allium schoenoprasum L. (As var. sibiricum) Ontario: Niagara,
W. J. Potter, 1908 (TRT 14313), Heimburger (1955).
Not reported for the Niagara Frontier flora
by Zander and Pierce (1979). Reported as a rare introduced and native species
in New York State by Mitchell (1986). This species is on the Rare Plant Status
List of the New York Natural Heritage Program (Clemants, 1989).
Allium tricoccum
L. RAMP, WILD LEEK. "Goat Island. Abundant," Day (1888). Ontario,
Queen Victoria Park, Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron
(1895). Ontario: Niagara Falls, July 5, 1898, Foster's Flats, Wm. Scott, May
24, 1888, Aug. 26, 1905; sight record (Soper) #244, Niagara Glen, Heimburger
(1955). "... in abundance in all the wooded areas of the Parks, but
thrives particularly on the floor of the Glen," Hamilton (1943). ). "[Niagara] Glen," sight record, Yaki (1970).
New York: single
population, central woods, Goat Island, Eckel, May 9, 1988 (BUF). Ontario:
Niagara Glen, Skerrett, April 12, 1963 (NFO); Grant, July 25, 1972 (NFO); Eckel
1431185 (BUF).
Ontario: Navy
Island, northwest and northern river margins. woods, Eckel, July 15, 1998 (BUF); Niagara
Glen on the Niagara River, rather abundant amid dolomite rocks in rich bottom-lands,
in the old riverbed. With Cardamine douglasii, Hepatica acutiloba. P. M. Eckel
1431185 April 11, l985 (BUF).
Allium vineale L. FIELD GARLIC. Ontario: Navy Island, moist river
bank, west side, embankment, Eckel, July 2, 1998 (BUF).