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).

 

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