Campanula americana L. TALL BELLFLOWER. New York:
"Falls of Niagara (Mr. Cooper)," Torrey (1843). Ontario: "On
moist and broken rock between the Clifton House and the water, Niagara Falls.
(Macoun.)" Macoun (1884). "Near Clifton, Ontario," Day (1888).
"Very common at the bend on road to Ferry," Panton (1890). Ontario,
Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: Niagara Falls, 1892 (Townsend,
Minn. Univ. Herb.); Niagara, W. J. Potter, 1908; Queenston, Wm. Scott, Aug. 20,
1898; J. White, Aug. 1, 1911 (TRT); Niagara Falls, John Macoun, July 27, 1877,
Heimburger (1955). "Niagara Co.: Niagara Falls (Asa Gray, NY St. Herb.).
Ontario: Niagara Falls (1892) (Townsend, Minn. Univ. Herb.)," Zenkert
(1934). "... abundant at the lower end of the Ox-trail, in the Glen,"
Hamilton (1943).
Ontario: Niagara Glen,
Hamilton, July 5, 1941 (NFO); Niagara Glen, Morley, July 5, 1961 (NFO).
Range: sOnt. Status: rare in Canada (&
Ontario), Argus & White (1977). Not reported as rare in the Niagara
Frontier Region by Zander and Pierce (1979).
Campanula aparinoides
Pursh. MARSH or BEDSTRAW BELLFLOWER. "Goat Island, in grassy places on the
edge of the River," Day (1888). "At the edge of Dufferin
Islands," Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895).
"Niagara Co.: Niagara gorge near Whirlpool," Zenkert (1934).
"... is found in the deep grass of very marshy areas along the
River," Hamilton (1943).
New York:
Goat Island, "near Horseshoe Falls," Edward C. Townsend, July 29,
1892 (BUF); Buckhorn Island, Niagara River. Ex Herb. Edna Porter July 11, 1896
(BUF).
Ontario: Dufferin Islands, Marion
Jessup Wright, Aug. 9, 1897 (BUF); Dufferin Islands, Hamilton, Aug. 10, 1941
(NFO).
Erie Co. City of Buffalo.Swampy meadow along Niagara River,
Buffalo. F. W. Johnson 964 August 30, 1924 (BUF); Tonawanda.In wet meadow along
Niagara River.Charles A. Zenkert August 31, 1927 (BUF); Grand Island. Niagara
River. Ex Coll. Mary Wilson July, 1863 (BUF).
The var. grandiflora
Holz. is listed as rare by Zander and Pierce (1979), but this plant, listed as
taxonomically indistinct from the typical variety, is not reported as rare in
New York State by Mitchell (1986).
*Campanula rapunculoides
L. BELLWORT, CREEPING BELLFLOWER. "Roadsides on the mainland. Escaped from
cultivation," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895).
Ontario: Queenston, Wm. Scott, July 24, 1902, Heimburger (1955). "... has
escaped from cultivation and is plentiful in some of the Park meadows,"
Hamilton (1943). ). Ont.: "Escarpment - Queenston
Heights," sight record, Yaki (1970).
New York:
Lewiston, Scovell's Knoll, Artpark woods, low knoll at foot of
Niagara Escarpment near the Niagara River. Open slopes facing N and the road. P.M.Eckel
8706055 Aug. 11, l986 (BUF);
Whirlpool State Park, Deveaux (Whirlpool) Point, "stone monument," with Diplotaxis
tenuifolia. P.M.Eckel 8706056 June 17, l986 (BUF); Second of the Three Sisters Islands, west end,
north edge. Eckel, July 7,
1987 (BUF); Buckhorn Island, Niagara River, ex Herb. Edna Porter, July 11, 1896
(BUF).
Erie Co. City
of Buffalo. Niagara River, Squaw Island. Charles A. Zenkert Aug. 27,
1927 (BUF).
Campanula rotundifolia
L. HAREBELL. "Not common. Niagara River, at and below the Falls," Day
(1882). "Goat Island, and thence to Lewiston," Day (1888). Ont.: Niagara Glen, Field Club, 1888. Ontario,
Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). "Goat Island," Day (1901).
"It seems to reach a southern limit in New York and the Niagara Gorge.
Niagara Co.: Niagara River: gorge of River, particularly at the Whirlpool.
Ontario: Niagara Glen," Zenkert (1934). "... widely distributed
throughout Canada, so that it is not surprising to find it well established in
the Parks. In early June, at the edges of the Glen and in the deep grass of the
meadows, can be found the Bluebell," Hamilton (1943). "[Niagara] Glen,"
sight record, Yaki (1970).
New York: Niagara Falls,
"below the Whirlpol Wood," Clinton (BUF); Niagara Falls, Amiel Chamot,
1888 (BUF); Niagara River, at the Whirlpool, Edward C. Townsend, June 27, 1896
(BUF); Whirlpool State Park, "crevices of limestone atop of gorge,"
Zander, June 27, 1976 (BUF); top of steps north of Whirlpool Park, dolomite
ledges, J. Plageman, July 1, 1988
(BUF).
Ontario: Niagara Glen,
"limestone cliff," Zenkert, June 25, 1927 (BUF) and June 20, 1931
(BUF); Niagara River at the Whirlpool, Zenkert, June 16, 1931 (BUF).
Protected by New York State law, Zander &
Pierce (1979). Day indicated that the Harebell had disappeared from Goat Island
"Within a little while .... undoubtedly due to careless flower-gatherers,
who have plucked and pulled without stint or reason," Day (1888).