Galium aparine L. CLEAVERS, CATCHWEED BEDSTRAW, GOOSE GRASS.
"Goat Island and elsewhere, Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria Park,
Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: 2 miles S
of Queenston, high land, Miller (89), May 15, 1952; Whirlpool Rapids, Wm.
Scott, June 21, 1898; Niagara Glen, T. J. Ivey, June 8, 1907, Heimburger
(1955). "... very plentiful at the edges of the woods below the Garden
School," Hamilton (1943).
New York: Lewiston.
ArtPark woods: elevated knoll against spoil area by the Niagara River, dense,
rich woods: low, wet area behind the knoll (to the east). P. M. Eckel c.
Marguerite Eckel 870665 June 4, l986(BUF).
Ontario: Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Natural Regeneration woodland on the Niagara River, 1.6 miles N of Queenston. Fruit
hispid, whorles of 8 mucronate leaves. P.M. Eckel & Marguerite P. Eckel
880652 May 15, 1988(BUF).
Galium asprellum Michx. ROUGH BEDSTRAW. "Goat Island," Day (1888). N.Y.: "Niagara Falls and
Lewiston," Field Club, 1888. Ont.: Niagara Glen, Field Club, 1888. "Goat Island," Day (1888). Ontario, Queen
Victoria Park, Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895).
Ontario: Niagara Falls, Wm. Scott, July 23, 1898, Heimburger (1955). "...
in the System," Hamilton (1943).
Ontario: Queenston woods,
Schloen, Aug. 13, 1957 (NFO).
Galium boreale L. NORTHERN BEDSTRAW. Ont.: "Queenston," Field Club,
1886. "Goat Island, Near DeVeaux
College," Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria Park, Panton (1890).
Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). DeVeaux College woods,
"Marion Jessup Wright, June 1, 1896" (BUF), Eckel (1986). Ontario:
Queenston Heights, Wm. Scott, June 17, 1899; Niagara Falls, W. J. Potter, 1908;
Whirlpool, Wm. Scott, June 21, 1898; Niagara Glen, T. J. Ivey, Aug. 8, 1908,
Heimburger (1955). "Rather infrequent. Dry, rocky (limestone) woods and
thickets, also in swampy places ... Goat Island, Niagara Falls and DeVeaux
College," Zenkert (1934). "... is found in similar situations along
with (G. circaezans)," Hamilton (1943).
New York:
Lewiston, Pease, June 12, 1881 (BUF); DeVeaux College woods, Marion Jessup Wright,
June 1, 1896 (BUF); (as var. hyssopifolium (Hoffm.) DC.) Lewiston.
Bluffs of the Niagara River gorge overlooking the river and Queenston at its N
terminus beside Robt Moses Pkwy. Escarp. top, dense weedy shrubs, Lonicera
tartarica, Ligustrum vulgaris. P. M. Eckel s.n. June 19, 2001 (BUF).
Ontario: Navy Island,
northwest and northern river margins, Eckel, July 15, 1998 (BUF); Navy Island: dry
oak hickory woods with Festuca obtusa, Circaea lutetiana. Eckel, July
15, 1998 (BUF).
New York:
Erie Co. Grand Island. (Niagara River) Ex Herb. Elizabeth C. Rochester June
17th, 1886 (BUF).
Galium circaezans Michx. WILD LIQUORICE BEDSTRAW. "Lewiston,
Queenston Heights, Ontario (Macoun), Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System,
Cameron (1895). Ontario: Niagara, Wm. Scott, July 23, 1897; Niagara Glen, T. J.
Ivey, Aug. 8, 1908; Niagara, W. J. Potter, 1908, Heimburger (1955).
"Ontario: gorge of River at Niagara Glen," Zenkert (1934). "...
frequent about the lip of the Glen," Hamilton (1943).
Ontario: Niagara
Glen, Hamilton, July 19, 1942 (NFO).
Galium lanceolatum Torr.
TORREY'S WILD LIQUORICE BEDSTRAW, LANCELEAF WILD LICORICE. Ontario: "At
the Whirlpool. (Maclagan.)" Macoun (1884). "Near DeVeaux College.
Near the Whirlpool, Ontario (Macoun on the authority of Dr. Maclagan),"
Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). "Ontario: gorge
of River at Niagara Glen," Zenkert (1934). "... in the System,"
Hamilton (1943).
*Galium mollugo L.
BEDSTRAW. "Goat Island, introduced," Day (1888).
New York: extensive
populations along roadside by Lewiston-Queenston Bridge, Eckel, June 13, 1988 (BUF).
Ontario:
grounds of the School of Horticulture, Huard, Aug. 7, 1962 (NFO); Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Paradise Grove natural regeneration area,just S of village, Fort George S
boundary: open Acer rubrum grass field, Quercus alba moist old
woods; masses in field NE, Acer woodland. P. M. Eckel s.n. Oct. 6, 1997 (BUF).
Galium obtusum Bigel.
BLUNT-LEAVED MARSH BEDSTRAW. New York: Goat Island, "thickets, south
side," Eckel 87326 (BUF).
Galium palustre L. MARSH
BEDSTRAW. "... in the System," Hamilton (1943).
New York: Buckhorn Island, marsh, with Eleocharis
ovata, Carex aquatilis, C. stipata, Cardamine pensylvanica, Eckel, June 14,
1998 (BUF).
Ontario: Navy Island, northwest river margin.
NW marsh, Eckel, July 2, 1998 (BUF).
Galium pilosum Ait. HAIRY
BEDSTRAW. "Near DeVeaux College. Queenston, Ontario (Macoun), Day (1888).
Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: Niagara Falls, J.
Macoun, July 27, 1877; Queenston, Wm. Scott, Sept. 7, 1898, Heimburger (1955).
"Rare. Dry, open woods, in sandy soil or on limestone ... near DeVeaux
College, Niagara gorge (Day, Cat. of Niag. Fl.). Ontario: vicinity of Queenston
(Macoun, Cat. of Can. Pl.)," Zenkert (1934). "... in the System,"
Hamilton (1943).
Range: sOnt.
Status: Rare in Canada, Argus & White (1977). Numerous pre-1925 stations
for the Niagara river area of Ontario are show by Dugal (in Argus, et al.,
1987), where it grows in "Dry, sandy woods and thickets." Listed as
rare in the Niagara Frontier Region by Zander and Pierce (1979).
Galium trifidum L. SMALL BEDGRASS. Ontario, Queen Victoria Park,
Panton (1890). "Lewiston,"
Field Club, 1893. Ontario,
Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). "... in the System," Hamilton
(1943).
Ontario: Queen Victoria
Park, Cameron, 1890 (NFO).
var. tinctorium (L.) T.& G. STIFF
MARSH BEDSTRAW. "Goat Island," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park
System, Cameron (1895). (As G. tinctorium L.) "infrequent.
Wet meadows and along streams ... Goat Island, Niagara Falls (Day, Cat. of
Niag. Fl.)," Zenkert (1934).
Ontario: Navy Island, northwest and northern
river margins, beach, west side, Eckel, July 15, 1998 (BUF).
The var. trifidum is reported as rare
by Zander and Pierce (1979).
Galium triflorum Michx. SWEET-SCENTED BEDSTRAW. "Goat Island.
Woods near DeVeaux College," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System,
Cameron (1895). Ontario: Niagara Falls, Wm. Scott, July 5, 1898; Niagara, W. J.
Potter, 1908, Heimburger (1955). Goat Island, Niagara Falls; Deveaux
College," Zenkert (1934). "... in the System," Hamilton (1943).
Ontario:
Ontario: Queen Victoria Park, Cameron, 1890 (NFO); Niagara Glen, Hamilton, July
15, 1939 (NFO); Dufferin Islands, Small patch in open, weedy thickets on
island, outer, margin, with Alliaria officinalis, Ranunculus abortivus,
Veronica. P. M. Eckel 3253085 May, 25, 1985 (BUF); Niagara-on-the-Lake. N of Queenston on
Niagara Pkwy. Wooded tract on the shore of the Niagara River, Natural Regeneration
Area. Thickets along crest of slope, River margin. P.M.Eckel 8705272 May 6,
l986 (BUF); Navy Island,
northwest and northern river margins, beach and moist edge Oak-Hickory woods,
Eckel, July 15, 1998 (BUF).
*Galium verum L. YELLOW BEDSTRAW. Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron
(1895). "Rare. Introduced from Europe probably with grass seed,"
Zenkert (1934). "... several large patches of this plant are to be found
at Paradise Grove," Hamilton (1943).
Listed as rare in the Niagara Frontier Region
by Zander and Pierce (1979).