Arabis canadensis
L. SICKLE-POD. Ontario: "... in the woods from Niagara Falls to Queenston,
Ont. (Macoun.)" Macoun (1883). "Goat Island, and elsewhere," Day
(1888). Ontario,
Queen Victoria Park, Panton (1890). Ontario,
Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895). Ontario: Niagara Gorge, sandy soil, Miller
(85), June 29, 1950; Niagara, J. G. Wright, July 4, 1924 (6154), Heimburger
(1955). "Ontario: gorge of River at Niagara Glen (Johnson)," Zenkert
(1934). "... the largest (Arabis) and most common (in the
Glen)," Hamilton (1943). "[Niagara] Glen," sight record, Yaki (1970).
Ontario:
Niagara Glen, Cowell, Oct. 1, 1898 (BUF); , Niagara Glen; rocky woods. Frank W.
Johnson 478 June 17, 1923 (BUF);
Niagara Glen, rich soil on limestone, Zenkert, June 20, 1931
(BUF); woods, School of Horticulture, Hamilton, July 9, 1940 (NFO).
Range:
sOnt-swPQ. Status: Rare in Canada,
Endangered in New Hampshire, Argus & White (1977).
*Arabis caucasica Schlect. ex Willd. ALPINE or WALL ROCK-CRESS. New
York: abundant population along base of caprock, escarpment at Lewiston (from
gardens above), Eckel, June 16, 1988 (BUF). Ontario: Smeaton's Cove just S of
the Lewiston-Queenston Intnl. Bridge, wooded, weedy fence margin, crest of
gorge, Eckel 13285 (BUF).
Not listed in the Flora of the Niagara Frontier Region
by Zander and Pierce, 1979, and is listed here as new to the flora. Mitchell
(1986) includes it in his list of the plants of New York State as a rare
introduction.
It is reported for Ontario by Morton and Venn (1990, as A. alpina
ssp. caucasica (Schlect. ex WIlld.) Briq.).
Several specimens at NFO
indicate this species has been part of the School's horticultural programs,
indeed, I have been informed the population from which the Ontario specimen
cited was taken ultimately derived from garden clippings, etc., pitched over
the crest of the gorge at this station. These populations at Smeaton's Cove
have persisted for several years.
Arabis diverticarpa A.
Nels. PURPLE ROCK-CRESS. Ontario: Niagara
Glen, Soper & Shields (4397), May 20, 1950 (82.968); Whirlpool, Wm. Scott,
May 24, 1907 (6151), Heimburger (1955).
Reported as threatened in New York State by
Mitchell (1986): "native plants known to have occurred in New York State
five times or fewer (up to nine historical sites where some are known to be
extirpated". Not reported as occurring in the Niagar Frontier flora by
Zander and Pierce, 1979).
Arabis drummondii Gray. DRUMMOND'S ROCK CRESS. Lewiston, Niagara
county, 1863, G. W. C. [George W. Clinton] (Regent 1865 p. 204). "Rare.
Lewiston, Niag. Co.," Day (1882). "Lewiston. Not common," Day
(1888). ). (As A.
confinis), "Niagara Gorge,
purplish, rare, "both sides, Field Club, 1894. (As Arabis confinis) Ontario, Niagara
Park System, Cameron (1895). "DeVeaux College woods, Suspension
Bridge," E.C. Townsend, May 8, 1896, Eckel (1986). Niagara Glen, T. J.
Ivey, 18/5'07 (TRT), Heimburger (1955). "Rather rare. Along areas of
limestone outcrop .... Ontario: gorge of River at Niagara Glen, 1931
(Zenkert)," Zenkert (1934). "... in the [Niagara] Glen,"
Hamilton (1943).
New York: "DeVeaux
College Woods, Suspension Bridge," E.C.
Townsend, May 8, 1896 (BUF); Niagara Falls, Edna Choate, May 21, 1898
(BUF); all from Lewiston: Townsend, May 8, 1896 (BUF), Dark, May 27, 1893
(BUF), Clinton (BUF), Day (BUF).
Ontario:
Niagara Glen, Edna Porter, May 7, 1898 (BUF); Niagara Gorge, limestone
slopes at Niagara Glen. Charles A. Zenkert May 14, 1931 (BUF).
Range: Aka-NWT, BS-Sask, ncOnt, sPQ-Lab, local.
Ontario: L. Superior. Status: Rare in Ontario, rare in Indiana, Argus &
White (1977). Reported as rare in the Niagara Frontier Region by Zander and Pierce
(1979).
Arabis glabra (L.) Bernh. TOWER CRESS. (As A. perfoliata)
"near Clifton, Ontario," Day (1888). Ontario, Queen Victoria Park (as
Arabis perfoliata Lam.), Panton (1890). Ontario, Niagara Park
System (as A. perfoliata), Cameron (1895). "Niagara Co.:
gorge of Niagara River at Devil's Hole (Pease). Ontario: near Niagara Falls
(Day, Cat. Niag. Fl.)," Zenkert (1934).
Reported as rare in the Niagara Frontier
Region by Zander and Pierce (1979).
Arabis hirsuta
(L.) Scop. HAIRY ROCK CRESS. "Niagara Falls," Clinton (1864).
"Rare. Near Whirlpool, on either side of Niagara R...," Day (1882).
"Near DeVeaux College, and at Lewiston, and on the opposite side of the
river," Day (1888). N.Y.: "Niagara Falls and Lewiston," Field Club, 1888.
"Lewiston," Field Club, 1889. "Lewiston," Field Club, 1893.
"Niagara Gorge, rare," both sides, Field Club, 1894 Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895).
"DeVeaux College Woods, Suspension Bridge," E. C. Townsend, May 22,
1896, Eckel (1986). Ontario: (as var. adpressipelis) Niagara Glen, T. J.
Ivey, June 18, 1907 (6196); Foster's Flats, Wm. Scott, Aug. 2, 1902, 6/88,
Heimburger (1955). "Niagara Co.: Gorge of River at Devil's Hole (Zenkert).
Ontario: gorge of River at Niagara Glen (Johnson (1923); Zenkert (1931)),"
Zenkert (1934). ). "[Niagara] Glen," sight record,
Yaki (1970).
[No country
designated:] Niagara Falls Ex Coll. G. W. Clinton Unknown (BUF). New York: "Rocky hillside,
Niagara River."
Marion Jessup Wright June 19, 1897 (BUF); [as var. pycnocarpa
(Hopk.) Rollins] Niagara Falls. Ex Herb. Jas. W. Ward [c.1890's] (BUF); "DeVeaux College Woods, Suspension
Bridge," E.C. Townsend, May 22,
1896, (BUF); Niagara Falls, Clinton; Lewiston "river bank" Pease,
June 5, 1885 (BUF); Lewiston, Porter, May 21, 1898 (BUF), Devil's Hole,
"cool, moist limestone ledges," Zenkert July 18, 1931 (BUF).
Ontario: all Niagara Glen:
"rocky woods," Johnson No.480, July 2, 1922 (BUF); "thin soil on
limestone," Zenkert, June 20, 1931 (BUF); Hamilton, June, 1942 (NFO).
[Arabis holboelli Hornem.]
HOLBOELL ROCKCRESS. "... in the [Niagara] Glen," Hamilton (1943).
Not listed as a floristic
element in the Niagara Frontier Region by Zander and Pierce (1979). Mitchell
(1986) does not list this name for the New York State flora, but it occurs in
Ontario (Morton & Venn, 1990). Range: Aka-NWT, BC-Ont, PQ. Status: Rare in Ontario,
rare in Minnesota, Argus & White (1977). A boreal species with three
varieties (Fernald, 1950).
Arabis
laevigata (Muhl.) Poir. SMOOTH ROCK CRESS.
"... Queenston Heights (Macoun.)" Macoun (1883). ). N.Y.: "Niagara Falls
and Lewiston," Field Club, 1888. Ont.: Niagara Glen, Field Club, 1888.
"Lewiston," Field Club, 1893. "Devil's Hole, Queenston Heights,
Ontario (Macoun)," Day (1888). Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron
(1895). Ontario: Niagara Falls, Wm. Scott, June 20, 1898 (6213); Foster's
Flats, Wm. Scott, May 24, 1898 (6214), Heimburger (1955). "Ontario: gorge
of River at Niagara Glen," Zenkert (1934). "... in the [Niagara] Glen,"
Hamilton (1943). ). "[Niagara] Glen," sight record,
Yaki (1970). Crest of the Niagara River
gorge between Devil's Hole and Whirlpool Steps, with Quercus rubra, Qu. alba,
Tilia Americana, Carya glabra, C. ovalis, Eckel (Nov. 7 2004), infrequent at
tree bases with Solidago flexicaulis, Thalictrum dioicum, Smilacina racemosa.
New York:
Lewiston, Pease, July 15, 1884 (BUF); "bed of the old gorge railroad
route, lower woods," Eckel 8704043 (BUF); "base of tree, lawns of
Whirlpool State Park," Eckel 8705242 (BUF); Whirlpool State park, on
the Niagara River,
tree bases near crest, sparse, with Ranunculus abortivus, Viola
sororia, Mnium cuspidatum, Anomodon viticulosus. P. M. Eckel s.n. May 7, 2000
(BUF); Second of the Three
Sisters Islands, west end, Eckel 8705192 (BUF); Lewiston bluffs overlooking the
Niagara River gorge, N end, old growth forest, dappled light, strong wind with
Quercus alba, Q. rubra, dry, fine-grained soil, Eckel June 9, 1995 (PME); Lewiston
wooded bluffs of the Niagara Escarpment at the Niagara River gorge, overlooking
village of Lewiston, woods remnant of native vegetation above spoil area, Carya
ovata etc. P. M. Eckel s.n. May 14, 2001 (BUF).
Ontario:
Queen Victoria Park, Cameron, 1890 (NFO); Niagara Glen, "rocky
woods," Johnson, July 2, 1922 (BUF); Whirlpool Ravine "moist woods of
Acer saccharum, Liriodendron tulipifera., Betula. Halfway down slope," Eckel 8604087 (BUF).
Arabis lyrata L. LYRE-LEAVED ROCK CRESS. Goat Island, May 17, 1862;
June 26, "on top of the bank" [crest] (Clinton Journal). "Rather
rare. Niagara Falls...," Day (1882). Ontario: "At the Whirlpool,
Niagara Falls (Buchan) ..." Macoun (1883). "Goat Island, The Three
Sisters. And along the gorge to Lewiston," Day (1888). ) "Lewiston,"
Field Club, 1889. "Lewiston," Field Club, 1893. "Niagara Gorge,
rare," both sides, Field Club, 1894. Ontario, Niagara Park System, Cameron (1895).
Goat Island, "notable for their abundance and beauty," Day (1901).
Ontario: Queenston Heights, Wm. Scott, May 24, 1897 (6244); Foster's Flats, Wm.
Scott, May 24, 1898 (6239); T. J. Ivey, June 18, 1907 (6231), Heimburger
(1955). "Niagara Co.: ... gorge of Niagara River (1897) (Miss Wright).
Ontario: gorge of River at Niagara Glen (Zenkert)," Zenkert (1934).
[No country
designated:] Niagara Falls.G.W. Clinton (BUF); Gorge, Niagara River. Marion
Jessup Wright June 19, 1897 (BUF); Niagara Falls. [New York?] in a class taught
by Emma I. Weber. Antoinette LeBrun 1882 (BUF). New York: Niagara Falls, Robert M. Allen, May 13, 1892
(BUF); First of the Three Sisters Islands, west end, "rather abundant on
tops of dolomite boulders with Carex eburnea, Asplenium trichomanes,
mosses (Thuidium recognitum, Anomodon spp.)," Eckel 8705279 (BUF).
Ontario:
Niagara Falls, David F. Day, 1862 (BUF); Niagara Glen, "rich soil on
limestone," Zenkert, May 14, 1931 (BUF).
The range of the hirsute Arabis lyrata
var. lyrata, includes Ontario: Great Lakes, but is best distributed in
the southeast United States (Fernald (1950). Status: Rare in Canada, Argus
& White (1977). Arabis lyrata var. kamchatica Fisch. ex DC.
in Mitchell (1986) is present in New York State. Fernald (1950) indicates the
range of the latter glabrous variety with style short or wanting emphasizes its
distribution in the western North America and "locally on the north shore
of Lake Superior and in western New York."
