[*Barbarea verna (Mill.)
Aschers.] EARLY WINTER CRESS. (As Barbarea praecox) "Brock's
Monument, Ontario (Macoun)," Day (1888).
Not listed for the Niagara Frontier Region by
Zander and Pierce (1979). Mitchell (1986) lists it as naturalized in the New
York State flora.] It is not reported for the Ontario flora by Morton and Venn (1990).
*Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. WINTER CRESS (As
var. stricta Regel.) "... Queenston Heights. (Macoun.)" Macoun
(1883). "Roadsides near the falls," Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria Park,
Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara Parks
System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: 2 miles south of Queenston, high land, Miller
(92), May 15, 1952.; Niagara Falls, Macoun, May 20, 1901 (TRT); About 1 mile S
of Queenston Power House, Soper & Shields (4378), May 24, 1950; Niagara, W.
J. Potter, 1906, Heimburger (1955). (As var. stricta) Ontario, Niagara
Parks System, Cameron (1895). "... very common in the fields and along the
roadways," Hamilton (1943). DeVeaux College woods, Eckel (1986). New York:
Cayuga Island, Eckel (1991). Image 2.
New York:
Deveaux College woods, Calcareous soils. Mature Quercus,
Fagus, Acer & Fraxinus woodland.
In weedy wood margins. P. M. Eckel 3453185(BUF); Whirlpool State Park, crest of the gorge,
along the fence beside the asphalt path. Specimens throughout the sidewalk areas,
scattered, scattered,"
Eckel 8705246 (BUF); Goat Island, Eckel, June 3, 1987 (BUF).
Ontario:
Dufferin Islands, along the Niagara River Parkway on the Niagara River. Calcareous
soil. Not very frequent weed on thicket margins, edge of dry lawns on islands
& periphery Eckel May
25, 1985 (BUF); Just N of the Nature Trail area at head of Whirlpool Ravine. On
open crest area, edge of lawn. P.M.Eckel 8705294 May 6, 1986 (BUF); wet area, N shore of Whirlpool Basin,
Zander & Eckel, Aug. 30, 1987 (BUF). Ontario: Navy Island, weedy shore
margins, frequent, Eckel, July 2, 1998 (BUF).
