Aureolaria flava (L.) Farwell. SMOOTH FALSE FOXGLOVE. (As Gerardia flava
L.) "near DeVeaux College," Day (1888). (As Gerardia quercifolia
Pursh.), "Goat Island. Near DeVeaux College," Day (1888). Ontario,
Niagara Park System (as Gerardia quercifolia), Cameron (1895).
(As Gerardia flava) Ontario: Niagara Gorge edge, soil over
limestone, Miller (450), Aug. 12, 1948; Stamford Tp., Niagara Blvd., north,
light soil over limestone, Miller (127), Aug. 19, 1950; Whirlpool, J. Macoun,
July 6, 1901; Whirlpool, W. J. Potter, 1908, Heimburger (1955). "Niagara
Co.: crest of Niagara gorge from Whirlpool northward," Zenkert (1934). Ontario:
Whirlpool, Miller, Aug., 1948, Heimburger (1955).
New York: Niagara Falls,
Zenkert, Sept. 10, 1927 (BUF); Whirlpool, dry woods, Johnson, Sept. 8, 1924
(BUF). Ontario: Queen Victoria Park,
Cameron, 1891 (NFO) [two specimens, the second identified as Gerardia quercifolia].
Range: swOnt. Status: Rare in Canada, Argus
& White (1977).
Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. LOUSEWORT FALSE
FOXGLOVE, ATLANTIC OAKLEECH, FERN-LEAVED
FALSE FOXGLOVE. Ontario: "Niagara River. (Maclagan.)
Sandy woods near Clifton, Niagara Falls .... (Macoun.)" Macoun (1884).
Ontario, Niagara Park System (as Gerardia pedicularia), Cameron
(1895). (As Gerardia pedicularia) Ontario: Queenston, Wm. Scott,
Aug. 20, 1898; Niagara,W. J. Potter, 1908, Heimburger (1955). (As var. intercedens)
"Ontario: sandy woods near Clifton, Niagara Falls (Macoun, Cat. of Can.
Pl.)," Zenkert (1934). "... abundant in the woods at Paradise
Grove," Hamilton (1943).
Ontario:
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Hamilton, Aug. 5, 1939 (NFO).
Range: swOnt. Status: Rare
in Canada. Rare in Minnesota and Indiana, Argus & White (1977). A pre-1925
station of this species of "Dry, open, pine and oak woods and thickets ...
along disturbed woodland margins," is shown for the Niagara river area of
Ontario by Cantrell & Canne (in Argus, et al., 1987). Reported as rare in
the Niagara Frontier Region by Zander and Pierce (1979).
Aureolaria virginica (L.) Pennell. DOWNY FALSE FOXGLOVE,
VIRGINIA OAKLEECH. "DeVeaux woods, above Whirlpool (Miss Wright 1897;
Johnson 1924). Ontario: gorge of the River at Niagara Glen (Johnson),"
Zenkert (1934). "... very common in the woods between the School and
Brock's Monument," Hamilton (1943).
New York: Deveaux College
woods, Marion Jessup Wright, July 14, 1897 (BUF). Ontario: edge of Niagara
Glen, Hamilton, Aug. 3, 1939 (NFO).
Range: swOnt. Ont.: Niagara region and Waterloo Co. Status: Rare in Canada, Argus & White
(1977)."Collected only once in the province since 1945," with two
stations in the Niagara River area, in "Dry, open, deciduous woods,"
(Argus & White, 1983).