We were fortunate that in 1995-1997, before any restoration work had begun at Pleasant Valley Conservancy, several plant species lists were prepared by skilled botanists Brian Pruka and Paul West. Later, after Kathie became more familiar with the property, she added more species.
I put these lists together and added quite a few other species that had been missed because they were in remote parts of the property or would not have been visible at the time of year when the original observations were made.

The final total was 311 species that were present at PVC before any restoration or seeding. This is an impressive total. Also, some of these species are very desirable, with high Coefficients of Conservation (C values).

The table below has the complete list.

CountLatinCommon nameArea first recorded
1Acer negundoBox elderPruka
2Acer rubrumRed maplewest
3Acer saccharumSugar maplePruka
4Achillea millefoliumYarrowPruka
5Actaea albaWhite baneberryPruka
6Actaea rubraRed baneberryPruka
7Adiantum pedatumNorthern maidenhair fernPruka
8Agalinis asperRough false foxglovewest
9Agalinis gattingeriRound-stemmed false foxglovePruka
10Agalinis purpurea v. parvifloraSmooth false foxglovePruka
11Agastache scrophulariaefoliaGiant hyssopwest
12Agrimonia gryposepalaTall agrimonyPruka
13Ambrosia artemisiifoliaCommon ragweedwest
14Ambrosia trifidaGiant ragweedPruka
15Amorpha canescensLead-plantPruka
16Amphicarpaea bracteataHog peanutPruka
17Andropogon gerardiiBig bluestemPruka
18Anemone canadensisMeadow anemonePruka
19Anemone cylindricaThimbleweedPruka
20Anemone quinquefoliaWood anemonePruka
21Anemone virginianaTall anemonePruka
22Angelica atropurpureaGreat angelicaOthers
23Antennaria neglectaField pussytoeswest
24Antennaria plantaginifoliaPlantain-leaved pussytoesPruka
25Apocynum androsaemifoliumSpreading dogbanewest
26Apocynum sibiricumClasping dogbanePruka
27Aquilegia canadensisWild columbinePruka
28Arabis lyrataSand cressPruka
29Aralia nudicaulisWild sarsaparillaPruka
30Aralia racemosaSpikenardPruka
31Aristida tuberculosaDune three-awn grassPruka
32Armoracia lacustrisLake cressPruka
33Artemisia biennisBiennial wormwoodwest
34Artemisia campestris caudataBeach wormwoodPruka
35Artemisia frigidaPrairie sagewortPruka
36Asclepias exaltataPoke milkweedOthers
37Asclepias hirtellaTall green milkweedPruka
38Asclepias incarnataSwamp milkweedOthers
39Asclepias ovalifoliaOval milkweedwest
40Asclepias purpurascensPurple milkweedOthers
41Asclepias syriacaCommon milkweedwest
42Asclepias tuberosaButterfly weedwest
43Asclepias verticillataWhorled milkweedKathie
44Asclepias viridifloraShort green milkweedPruka
45Asparagus officinalisAsparagusPruka
46Asplenium spSpleenwortwest
47Asplenium trichomanesMaidenhair spleenwortPruka
48Aster oolentangiensisSky-blue asterKathie
49Aster puniceusPurple-stemmed asterOthers
50Aster sagittifoliusArrow-leaved asterPruka
51Aster sericeusSilky asterOthers
52Aster umbellatusFlat-topped asterOthers
53Aureolaria grandifloraYellow false foxglovewest
54Baptisia albaWhite wild indigoOthers
55Bidens discoideaSwamp beggar’s-tickwest
56Bidens frondosaCommon beggar’s-tickPruka
57Botrychium dissectum obliquumOblique grape fernPruka
58Botrychium minganenseMingan moonwortPruka
59Botrychium multifidumLeather-leaved grape fernPruka
60Bouteloua curtipendulaSide oats gramaKathie
61Brassica spMustardPruka
62Bromus cilatusFringed bromeOthers
63Bromus kalmiiPrairie bromeOthers
64Cacalia plantagineaPrairie Indian plantainPruka
65Calamagrostis strictaBog reed-grassPruka
66Calamovilfa longifolia longifoliaSand-reedPruka
67Caltha palustrisMarsh marigoldOthers
68Calylophus serrulatusToothed evening-primrosewest
69Campanula aparinoidesMarsh bellflowerOthers
70Campanula rotundifoliaHarebellKathie
71Cardamine spCresswest
72Carex albolutescens west
73Carex leptalea west
74Carex meadiiMead’s sedgewest
75Carex pauciflora west
76Carex rostrata west
77Carex torreyiTorrey sedgePruka
78Carex trisperma Pruka
79Carya ovataShagbark hickorywest
80Ceanothus americanaNew Jersey teaOthers
81Celtis occidentalisHackberryPruka
82Chelone glabraTurtleheadOthers
83Chenopodium gigantospermumMaple-leaved goosefootwest
84Cirsium muticumSwamp thistleOthers
85Conium maculatumPoison hemlockPruka
86Coptis trifolia groenlandicaGoldthreadPruka
87Corydalis sppCorydalisPruka
88Crataegus chrysocarpaFireberry hawthornPruka
89Cymbalaria muralisKenilworth ivywest
90Cynosurus cristatusDogtailPruka
91Cyperus lupulinusSand cyperuswest
92Cyperus odoratusFragrant cyperusPruka
93Cyperus squarrosusAwned cyperusPruka
94Cypripedium calceolusLarge yellow ladyslipper orchidOthers
95Cystopteris fragilisNorthern fragile fernPruka
96Cystopteris protrusaCreeping fragile fernPruka
97Dalea purpureumPurple prairie cloverKathie
98Dasistoma macrophyllaMullein foxglovePruka
99Desmodium canadenseShowy tick-trefoilKathie
100Desmodium illinoenseIllinois tick-trefoilKathie
101Desmodium paniculatumPanicled tick-trefoilPruka
102Dicentra cucullariaDutchman’s breechesOthers
103Dodecatheon meadiiShooting starOthers
104Eleocharis flavescens olivaceaTufted spike-rushwest
105Eleocharis ovataBlunt spike-rushPruka
106Eleocharis tenuis borealisNeat spike-rushPruka
107Elymus hystrixBottle brush grassOthers
108Elymus villosusSilky ryeOthers
109Elymus virginicusVirginia wild ryeOthers
110Epilobium coloratumWillow herbOthers
111Equisetum palustreMarsh horsetailPruka
112Erigeron philadelphicusMarsh fleabanePruka
113Erigeron pulchellusRobin’s plantainPruka
114Erigeron sppFleabanePruka
115Erigeron strigosusDaisy fleabanePruka
116Eriophorum spCotton-grassPruka
117Eupatorium altissimumTall (Upland) bonesetKathie
118Eupatorium maculatumJoe Pye weedOthers
119Eupatorium perfoliatumBonesetOthers
120Eupatorium sessilifoliumUpland bonesetOthers
121Euphorbia corollataFlowering spurgeKathie
122Euphorbia marginataSnow-on-the-mountainwest
123Euthamia graminifoliaGrass-leaved goldenrodPruka
124Euthamia gymnospermoidesWestern flat-top goldenrodPruka
125Fagopyrum esculentumBuckwheatwest
126Festuca brachyphyllaShort-leaf fescuePruka
127Festuca pratensisMeadow fescuewest
128Festuca spFescue grassPruka
129Filipendula rubraQueen-of-the-prairiewest
130Frgaria virginianaWild strawberryOthers
131Fraxinus americanaWhite ashPruka
132Fraxinus nigraBlack ashPruka
133Fumaria officinalisFumitoryPruka
134Galium borealeNorthern bedstrawOthers
135Galium lanceolatumLance-leaved wild licoricePruka
136Galium tinctoriumStiff bedstrawwest
137Gentiana albaCream gentianOthers
138Gentiana spGentianPruka
139Geranium maculatumWild geraniumKathie
140Geum canadenseWhite avensOthers
141Goodyera pubescensRattlesnake plantainPruka
142Goodyera repens ophioidesCreeping rattlesnake plantainwest
143Gymnocladus dioicaKentucky coffee treePruka
144Halenia deflexaSpurred gentianwest
145Hasteola suaveolensSweet Indian plantainOthers
146Hedeoma hispidaRough pennyroyalPruka
147Helenium autumnaleSneezeweedOthers
148Helianthus divaricatusWoodland sunflowerPruka
149Helianthus gorsseserratusSawtooth sunflowerOthers
150Helianthus mollisDowny sunflowerwest
151Helianthus tuberosusJerusalem artichokePruka
152Heuchera richradsoniiPrairie alum rootOthers
153Hieracium spHawkweedwest
154Hordeum spBarleyPruka
155Hudsonia tomentosaFalse heatherPruka
156Hydrophyllum virginianumVirginia waterleafOthers
157Hypericum pyramidatumGreat Saint John’s wortOthers
158Hypochaeris radicataSpotted cat’s earPruka
159Hypoxis hirsutaYellow star grassOthers
160Iris virginica sheveiMarsh irisOthers
161Isopyrum biternatumFalse rue anemonewest
162Juncus alpinoarticulatusRichardson’s rushPruka
163Juncus gerardiBlack grassPruka
164Juncus squarrosusMosquito rushwest
165Koeleria macranthaJune grassPruka
166Kuhnia eupatorioidesFalse bonesetKathie
167Lechea pulchellaPinweedPruka
168Lepidium perfoliatumClasping cressPruka
169Lespedeza virginicaSlender bush cloverwest
170Liatris x gladewitziiHYBRID BLAZING STARPruka
171Lilium michiganenseTurk’s cap lilyOthers
172Linum medium texanumSmall yellow flaxPruka
173Linum rigidumStiff yellow flaxPruka
174Lithospermum canescensHoary puccoonPruka
175Lithospermum incisumFringed puccoonKathie
176Lithospermum latifoliumAmerican gromwellwest
177Lobelia cardinalisCardinal flowerOthers
178Lobelia siphiliticaGreat blue lobeliaOthers
179Lycopodium inundatumBog clubmossPruka
180Lysimachia ciliatusFringed loosestrifeOthers
181Maianthemum canadenseCanada mayflowerOthers
182Malaxis monophyllosWhite adder’s mouthwest
183Menispermum canadenseMoonseedPruka
184Mentha aquatica crispaCurled mintPruka
185Microseris cuspidataPrairie dandelionPruka
186Monarda fistulosaWild bergamotKathie
187Myosotis scorpioidesCommon forget-me-notPruka
188Myriophyllum tenellumDwarf milfoilPruka
189Napaea dioicaGlade mallowOthers
190Neslia paniculataBall mustardPruka
191Oenothera perennisSmall sundropsPruka
192Oenothera pilosellaPrairie sundropsPruka
193Orchis rotundifoliaSmall round-leafed orchiswest
194Orchis spectabilisShowy orchisPruka
195Oryzopsis racemosaBlack-seeded ricegrasswest
196Osmorhiza claytoniiHairy sweet cicelyOthers
197Osmorhiza longistylusSmooth sweet cicelyOthers
198Oxalis acetosellaNorthern wood-sorrelwest
199Oxalis violaceaViolet wood-sorrelKathie
200Panax trifoliumDwarf ginsengPruka
201Panicum latifoliumBroad-leaved panic-grassPruka
202Panicum miliaceumBroom-corn milletPruka
203Panicum oligosanthesFew-flowered panic-grassPruka
204Panicum oligosanthes scribnerianumScribner’s panic-grassPruka
205Panicum sp.Small-seed panic grassKathie
206Pedicularis canadensisWood betonyOthers
207Pedicularis lanceolataLousewortOthers
208Pediomelum esculentumPrairie turnipOthers
209Penstemon grandiflorusLarge-flowered beard-tonguePruka
210Pinus banksianaJack pinewest
211Platanthera blephariglottisWhite fringed orchidwest
212Platanthera laceraRagged fringed orchidPruka
213Poa nemoralisBlue grasswest
214Podophyllum peltatumMay appleOthers
215Polemonium reptansJacob’s ladderOthers
216Polygala senegaSeneca snakerootOthers
217Polygonatum biflorumSmooth Solomon’s sealOthers
218Polygonella articulataJointweedwest
219Polygonum erectumErect knotweedwest
220Polygonum hydropiperoidesMild waterPruka
221Potamogeton oakesianusOakes’ pondweedPruka
222Potentilla argutaPrairie cinquefoilPruka
223Potentilla norvegicaRough cinquefoilPruka
224Potentilla sppCinquefoilwest
225Prenanthes albaLion’s footPruka
226Ptelea trifoliataHop-treePruka
227Puccinellia distansAlkali grasswest
228Pycnanthemum tenuifoliumSlender mountain mintPruka
229Pyrola chloranthaGreen shinleafPruka
230Pyrola ellipticaLarge-leaved shinleafPruka
231Pyrus malusApplewest
232Quercus bicolorSwamp white oakPruka
233Quercus albaWhite oakOthers
234Quercus MacrocarpaBur oakOthers
235Quercus ruberRed oakOthers
236Quercus velutinaBlack oakOthers
237Quercus ellipsoidalisHill”l (northern pin) oakOthers
238Ranunculus abortivusSmall-flowered buttercupPruka
239Ranunculus gmeliniiSmall yellow water-crowfootPruka
240Ranunculus hispidusRough buttercupPruka
241Ratibida pinnataYellow coneflowerKathie
242Rheum rhabarbicumRhubarbwest
243Ribes hudsonianumCanadian black currantPruka
244Ribes uva-crispiGarden gooseberryPruka
245Rorippa sinuataSpreading yellow-cressPruka
246Rosa blandaEarly wild rosePruka
247Rubus flagellarisCommon dewberryPruka
248Rubus setosusBristly blackberryPruka
249Rudbeckia hirtaBlack-eyed SusanKathie
250Rumex acetosellaField sorrelPruka
251Rumex obtusifoliusBitter dockwest
252Sagittaria latifoliaCommon Arrowheadwest
253Salix cordataDune willowPruka
254Salix lucidaShining willowPruka
255Salix myricoidesBlue-leaved willowPruka
256Sanguinaria canadensisBloodrootOthers
257Schizachyrium scopariumLittle bluestemKathie
258Scirpus cyperinusWoolgrassPruka
259Scirpus supinus halliiSharp-scale bulrushwest
260Scirpus validusGreat bulrushPruka
261Scutellaria leonardiSmall skullcapKathie
262Senna hebecarpaWild sennawest
263Silene csereiGlaucous campionPruka
264Silene dichotomaForked catchflyPruka
265Silene latifoliaWhite campionPruka
266Silene vulgarisBladder campionPruka
267Silphium integrifoliumRosin weedOthers
268Silphium perfoliatumCup plantOthers
269Sisymbrium officinaleHedge-mustardPruka
270Sisyrinchium campestreBlue-eyed grasswest
271Smilacina racemosaFalse Solomon’s sealOthers
272Smilacina stellataStarry false Solomon’s sealOthers
273Smilax herbacea herbaceaCarrion flowerPruka
274Smilax illinoensisGreen brier 
275Solanum carolinenseHorse nettlePruka
276Solidago canadensisCommon goldenrodKathie
277Solidago nemoralisOld-field goldenrod (grey; dyer)Kathie
278Solidago speciosaShowy goldenrodOthers
279Solidago ulmifoliaElm-leaf goldenrodOthers
280Sonchus arvensisPerennial sow thistlePruka
281Sorghastrum nutansIndian grassKathie
282Sparganium fluctuansFloating-leaved bur-reedPruka
283Sporobolus heterolepisPrairie dropseedKathie
284Stellaria borealisNorthern starwortPruka
285Streptopus roseus longipesTwisted stalkPruka
286Symphoricarpos spSnowberryPruka
287Symplocarpus foetidusSkunk cabbageOthers
288Taenidia integrifoliumYellow pimpernelOthers
289Talinum rugospermumFame flowerPruka
290Thalictrum dasycarpumPurple meadow rueOthers
291Thelypteris phegopterisNarrow beach-fernPruka
292Tradescantia ohiensisCommon spiderwortKathie
293Triadenum virginicumMarsh St. John’s wortPruka
294Trientalis borealisStarflowerPruka
295Trifolium campestreLow hop-cloverPruka
296Trifolium repensWhite cloverPruka
297Trillium grandifloraLarge-flowered trilliumOthers
298Triosteum perfoliatumEarly horse gentianwest
299Utricularia geminiscapaTwin-stemmed bladderwortPruka
300Uvularia grandifloraBellwortOthers
301Verbena simplexNarrow-leaved vervainPruka
302Verbena strictaHoary vervainKathie
303Vernonia fasciculataCommon ironweedPruka
304Veronicastrum virginicumCulver’s rootOthers
305Vicia americanaAmerican vetchwest
306Vincetoxicum nigrumBlack swallow-wortPruka
307Viola conspersaDog violetPruka
308Viola pedataBird’s foot violetKathie
309Viola pedatifidaPrairie violetOthers
310Vitis sppWild grapePruka
311Zizia aureaGolden AlexandersOthers