Actaea alba
(L.) Mill. WHITE BANEBERRY, WHITE COHOSH.
New York: "Goat Island," Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria
Park, "Very common along the bank that skirts the park," Panton
(1890). Ontario, Niagara Parks System, Cameron (1895). "... common in the
Glen," Hamilton (1943). "[Niagara] Glen," sight record, Yaki (1970).
New York: at
the Whirlpool, 2', Anderson, Sept. 28, 1975 (BUF); wet ravine, Devil's Hole,
Eckel, Aug. 19, 1987 (BUF); Whirlpool State park, on the Niagara
River, base of gorge, associated with lower talus with accumulated humus.P. M.
Eckel s.n. May 7, 2000 (BUF).
Ontario: by path, halfway to top of Whirlpool Ravine, by pathside, wooded.
Eckel & Zander, Aug. 30, 1987 (BUF).
Actaea rubra
(Ait.) Willd. RED BANEBERRY. (As A. spicata var. rubra)
"Goat Island; near DeVeaux College," Day (1888). ). (As A. spicata
var. rubra) "Lewiston," Field Club, 1893. Ontario, Niagara Park System (as A. spicata
var. rubra), Cameron (1895). Ontario: Niagara Gorge, light sandy soil,
Miller (103), July 25, 1950; Niagara Glen, Soper & Shields (4395), May 20,
1950 (TRT); sight record (Soper) #244, Niagara Glen, Heimburger (1955). "Dufferin
Islands," sight record, Yaki (1970).
New York:
Niagara Falls, Porter, May 22, 1882 (BUF); In woods below the old
Schoelkopf plant and above the sewage treatment plant, lower woods: Betula,
Acer, Quercus.Boulder field. P. M. Eckel 8704041 May 24, l986 (BUF). Ontario: Niagara Glen, woods, limestone
area, Zenkert, May 12, 1931 (BUF);base of slope, river's edge, just upriver from
the Whirlpool Basin entrance, base of the gorge.P. M. Eckel 880744 Aug. 30,
1987 (BUF); Base of the Niagara River Gorge, east-facing moist slope, limestone
gorge. Opposite the old Schoellkopf plant north of the Rainbow Bridge. with R.
Zander.P. M. Eckel 891116 Aug. 22, 1987 (BUF).
No reference could be found
to an Actaea spicata L.
var. arguta Torr. HERB CHRISTOPHER, RED COHOSH "Readily found on
Dufferin Islands," Panton (1890). Since it is paired with A. alba
in Panton's paper, then most likely it is A. spicata ssp. rubra
which is intended.
"...
forma neglecta (Gilman) Robinson, with white berries on slender pedicels
and interpreted by some as an albino form, occurs in the gorge of the Niagara
River at Devil's Hole, New York, and Niagara Glen, Ontario," Zenkert
(1934). "... common in the Glen," Hamilton (1943)
New York: Niagara Gorge, at Devil's Hole. The form withwhite fruit
on filiform pedicels.Charles A. Zenkert July 18, 1931 (BUF).
Actaea s p. [USA [New
York? [Niagara Co. City of Niagara Falls] Niagara Falls. Wood ['s Botany] p. 23
in a class taught by Emma I. Weber, Antoinette LeBrun 1882 (BUF). New York:[on a fungus specimen of Aecidium
ranunculacearum DC.]Goat Island. a. on Actaea [specimen included] b. Thalictrum
cornuti [specimen included]Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton, Buffalo, N.Y. July 4, 1871
(BUF); [On a fungus specimen of Aecidium
ranunculacearum DC.] 2 Goat Island."probably Ae. cimicifugatum Schw."
On Actaea [handwriting G. W. Clinton] July 4, 1871 (BUF).
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