Aralia nudicaulis
L. WILD SARSAPARILLA. Goat Island, Sept. 19, 1877 (J. D. Hooker's American
Journal). "Goat Island. The Three Sisters," Day (1888). ). "Lewiston," Field Club, 1889. Ont.:
Queen Victoria Park, Panton (1890). "Niagara Gorge," both sides, Field Club,
1894. Ontario,
Queen Victoria Park, Panton (1890). Ontario,
Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: 2 miles south of Queenston, high
land, Miller (91), May 15, 1952; Niagara Glen, T. J. Ivey, June 18, 1907; J. H.
Soper, May 19, 1938 (McMasters); sight record (Soper) #241, Queenston Heights;
#244, Niagara Glen; #243, Dufferin Islands, Heimburger (1955). "... is to
be found at Dufferin Islands," Hamilton (1943).
New York:
Niagara Falls, Clinton August, 1859 (BUF); Lewiston, Porter, May 21, 1898
(BUF); crest of the Niagara River gorge, Whirlpool State Park, Eckel 8705247
(BUF); base of the gorge of the Niagara River, near steps leading down N of
Whirlpool State Park, toward the Whirlpool, Eckel 8705247 (BUF); Devil's Hole,
mid-slope, , small population, with Smilacina racemosa, Cypripedium sp. Eckel & Zander, 8705233 (BUF); First
of the Three Sisters Islands, west end, Eckel 8705302 (BUF).
Ontario:
Niagara Glen, Whitfield, June 25, 1964 (NFO); Natural regeneration
woodland on the Niagara River, 1.6 miles N of Queenston. P.M. Eckel &
Marguerite P. Eckel 880651 May 15, 1988 (BUF).
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Aralia racemosa
L. SPIKENARD. Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: one mile
south of Queenston, low land, Miller (648), Aug. 18, 1952, Heimburger (1955).
"... found at Dufferin Islands and in the Niagara Glen," Hamilton
(1943). ). "Dufferin Islands," sight record,
Yaki (1970).
New York: wet ravine of
Devil's Hole, Eckel, Aug. 19, 1987 (BUF); Second of the Three Sisters, Eckel,
Aug. 21, 1987 (BUF). Ontario: Niagara Glen, Hamilton, July 25, 1941 (NFO).
Aralia spinosa L. DEVIL'S WALKINGSTICK, HERCULE'S CLUB. Ontario,
Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: Roundhouse, Niagara Falls, Wm.
Scott, Sept. 24, 1898, Heimburger (1955). "... an introduced tree ...
occurs at a few stations in the System," Hamilton (1943).
Reported as rare in the Niagara Frontier
Region by Zander and Pierce (1979).
