Bidens beckii Torr. BECK'S BEGGARTICKS, WATER MARIGOLD. Ontario:
"Niagara River above the falls. (David F. Day.) Chippewa ....
(Maclagan.)" Macoun (1884). "Chippewa, Ontario (Macoun, on the
authority of Dr. Maclagan). Niagara River near Grand Island," Day (1888).
Ontario, Niagara Parks System, Cameron (1895). "Ontario: Chippewa, near
Niagara Falls (Macoun on the authority of of Maclagan; see (Macoun, Cat. of
Can. Pl.)," Zenkert (1934). "... reported from the Parks,"
Hamilton (1943).
Listed as rare by Zander and Pierce (1979).
Bidens cernua L. NODDING
STICKTIGHT, BUR MARIGOLD. "Abundant near the shore of Niagara River, above
Clifton, Ont., Oct. (1882)," Day (1883). "Wet places near Clifton,
Ontario," Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria Park, Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara Parks System, Cameron (1895).
Ontario: Roundhouse, Niagara Falls, Wm. Scott, Sept. 24, 1898, Heimburger
(1955).
New York: First of the Three Sisters Islands, west,
Eckel & Eckel, Oct. 9, 1987 (BUF); First of the Three Sisters Islands south
of Goat Island in the Niagara River. West end. Moist island margin, alluvial
muck, with Lobelia siphilitica, Eupatorium perfoliatum. P. M. Eckel
909295 Sept. 20, 1988 (BUF);
Buckhorn Island, SW part of park, W of I90, near path along Niagara River from West
River Parkway to Burntship Creek, weedy, grassy road, Eckel, Oct. 1, 1997 (BUF).
Ontario: Niagara Glen, July
13, 1941 (NFO); crest just N of the Glen, entrance to Hydro service road, Eckel
& Eckel Oct. 10, 1987 (BUF).
Erie Co.: City
of Buffalo. Squaw Island. Niagara River. Unknown collector Sept. 13, 1898 (BUF);
Tonawanda
(?)
Wet meadow along Niagara River. Charles A. Zenkert Sept. 15, 1932
(BUF).
Bidens
coronata (L.) Britt. TICKSEED. Ontario, Niagara Parks System (as Coreopsis
trichosperma), Cameron (1895).
Ontario: Queen
Victoria Park, Cameron, 1890 (NFO).
Range: sOnt. Status: rare in Canada, Argus
& White (1977). ). No specimen is noted from the Niagara area by Argus and White (1983)
of this species which grows on "Moist, sandy meadows, marshes,
streambanks, and gravelly shores." Listed
as rare by Zander and Pierce (1979).
Bidens frondosa L. COMMON
BEGGAR-TICKS, COCKLE. "Waste places on the mainland," Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria
Park, Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara
Parks System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: Roundhouse, Niagara Falls, Wm. Scott,
Sept. 17, 1898, Heimburger (1955). "Abundant in moist places in the
Glen," Hamilton (1943).
New York: in
the gorge, frequent in open areas along the path, somewhat shaded stations,
with Eupatorium maculatum,
Solidago flexicaulis. P.M.Eckel 7199185 Sept. 19, l985 (BUF); Second of the Three Sisters,
west, Eckel & Eckel, Oct. 9, 1987 (BUF); Buckhorn Island, SW
part of park, W of I90, near path along Niagara River from West River Parkway
to Burntship Creek. Eckel
& Zander Oct.1, 1997 (BUF); Buckhorn Island, SW part of park, W of I90,
near path along Niagara River from West River Parkway to Burntship Creek,
Eckel, Oct. 1, 1997 (BUF); Lewiston. Scovell's Knoll, Artpark, base
of Niagara Escarpment, village Lewiston, old Quercus rubra, Qu alba, Carya
ovata woods; limestone rubble, pathside, lower wood facing Niagara River. P.
M. Eckel s.n. Sept. 18, 2001 (BUF).
Ontario:
Queenston, "base of limestone escarpment," Zenkert, Sept. 24, 1932
(BUF); Navy Island, central woods area, Quercus rubra, Q.
palustris, Carya ovata, C. laciniosa. Beach, west side. P. M. Eckel with R.
H. Zander s.n. Sept. 21, 1998 (BUF).
Erie Co. Tonawanda. Wet meadow along Niagara River. Charles A. Zenkert Sept. 15, 1932 (BUF).
Bidens laevis (L.) BSP. LARGER BUR MARIGOLD. (As B.
chrysanthemoides), "with B. cernua in wet places near
Clifton, Ontario, and on the American side of the River above the Falls,"
Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria Park (as Bidens chrysanthemoides
Michx.), Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara
Parks System (as B. chrysanthemoides), Cameron (1895).
New York: Niagara Falls, Amiel Chamot Sept. 13, 1888 (BUF); Hyde Park,
O'Connor, Sept. 12, 1976 (BUF); Hyde Park waterfront, Bonanno, Sept. 12, 1976
(BUF).
Ontario: Queen Victoria
Park, Cameron, 1891 (NFO).
Listed as rare in the
Niagara Frontier Region by Zander and Pierce (1979). This species is on the
Rare Plant Status List of the New York Natural Heritage Program (Young, 1992).
Bidens polylepis LARGE-BRACTED WESTERN TICKSEED. Blake New
York: Buckhorn Island, SW part of park, W of I90, near path along Niagara River
from West River Parkway to Burntship Creek, grassy road, Eckel, Oct. 1, 1997
(BUF).
Bidens tripartita L.
SWAMP BEGGAR-TICKS, LEAFYBRACT or PURPLESTEM BEGGARTICKS. "Goat
Island," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Parks System (as B. connata),
Cameron (1895). (As B. comosa), "... reported from the
Parks," Hamilton (1943). (As B. connata), "...
occasionally encountered at Dufferin Islands," Hamilton (1943).
New York:
Niagara Falls, Chamot, Sept. 13, 1888 (BUF); Goat Island. shrubby, weedy
thicket facing the plunge pool, near Terrapin Point, Frequent
along thicket margins P. M. Eckel 86121407 Sept. 10, l986 (BUF).
Ontario: moraine elevation just
N of Lower Arch Railroad Bridge, Eckel & Eckel Oct. 10, 1987 (BUF).
Erie Co. Tonawanda.
Wet meadow along Niagara River. Charles
A. Zenkert Sept. 15, 1932 (BUF).
Bidens vulgata Greene. TALL
BEGGAR-TICKS. New York: gorge rim, by old bridge abutment just S of Lower Arch
RR Bridge, with Nepeta cataria, Acalypha rhomboidea, Eupatorium maculatum.
P.M.Eckel 610285 Sept. 19, l985 (BUF).
Erie Co. Tonawanda. Wet meadow along Niagara River. Charles A.
Zenkert Sept. 15, 1932 (BUF).