DIVERSITY OF LIFE

TOMPKINS COUNTY FLORA

Armoracia rusticana (Lam.) Gaertn., Meyer & Scherb.	Mitchell NY NYFA TC USDA NY accepted no accepted

Horseradish
Brassicaceae

CAYUGA FLORA (1926) NOTES: Low grounds and ditches, in rich soils ; frequent. May-June. Roadside, South Hill to Danby ; Inlet Valley, near Enfield Creek; flats s. and n. of Ithaca; waste places in Ithaca; and elsewhere. Widespread in e. N. A., where it is naturalized from Eu. It was probably introduced originally because of its value as a condiment.

BH SPECIMENS FOR Armoracia rusticana (this list may be incomplete)

Town of Caroline, 300 Fire Tower Road, Cope residence. About 1.5 miles south of Route 79. East of Level Green Road. West of Fore Tower Road. One mile south of Blackman Hill Road, Pernicious weed in garden. Root with sharp horse-radish taste. Spreads rapidly via undergroiund stolons and seed, 20 Sep 1000, Cope (BH 136751);

Town of Caroline, 300 Fire Tower Road. Cope residence. About 1.5 miles south of Route 79. East of Level Green Road. West of Fire Tower Road. One mile south of Blackman Hill Road, Pernicious weed in garden. Root with sharp horse-radish taste. Spreads rapidly via undergroiund stolons and seed, 20 Sep 1999, Cope (BH 136752);

Town of Dryden, 107 Neimi Road, Five Wells Nature Preserve, west creek south of Farm House, 1 Jun 1996, Dilger WCD1379 (BH 112715);

Ithaca, Enfield Ravine, near road to lower ravine, brookside, 17 May 1913, Eames 571 (BH 32930);

Ithaca, woods, 11 May 1919, Bailey (BH 13611);

Ulysses, Bailiwick, run wild, 26 Jun 1920, Bailey (BH 13610);

Ulysses, Bailiwick, run wild, 26 Jun 1920, Bailey (BH 13608);

Ulysses, Baliwick, escaped, 27 Apr 1921, Bailey (BH 13612);

near Danby, roadside, 28 May 1922, Bailey (BH 13609);

Ulysses, Bailiwick, run wild, 8 Sep 1920, Bailey (BH 13613);

Ithaca, Ithaca flats near Renwick Park, rich low soil, 22 May 1916, Bechtel 6522 (BH 13626);

Ithaca, near Renwick, along Cayuga Lake, 9 Jun 1908, Brown (BH 13607);

Town of Caroline, 300 Fire Tower Road. Cope residence. About 1.5 miles south of Route 79. East of Level Green Road. West of Fire Tower Road. One mile south of Blackman Hill Road, specimen from a weed transplanted from garden to a pot, spreads quickly by underground stolons, 11 Jun 1999, Cope (BH 22947);

Town of Caroline, 300 Fire Tower Road. Cope residence. About 1.5 miles south of Route 79. East of Level Green Road. West of Fire Tower Road. One mile south of Blackman Hill Road, Pernicious weed in garden. Root with sharp horse-radish taste. Spreads rapidly via underground stolons and seed. This specimen is part of one entire plant. See BH 136751 and BH 136752 for the rest of the plant., 20 Sep 1999, Cope (BH 22948);

Ithaca, Negundo Flats, 3 Jun 1876, Dudley (BH 22941);

Ithaca, wet spot in meadow, 24 May 1914, Eames & MacDaniels 2390 (BH 13627);

state road to Danby, roadside, 6 Jun 1917, Gershoy & Metcalf 8177 (BH 13616);

south of Ithaca, Negundo Woods, 24 May 1881, Kilborne (BH 22946);

Ithaca, Negundo Woods, 6 May 1886, Moore (BH 13615);

Ithaca, 11 May 1878, Rowlee (BH 13614);

Ithaca, along Fall Creek at the head of Cayuga Lake, bottom land woods, ditch back of Renwick, in water, 18 May 1915, Wiegand 4187 (BH 13625);

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