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Umbrella Magnolia (Magnolia tripetala)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Deciduous tree with large simple leaves, pith not diaphragmed, buds glabrous, leaves in whorl-like clusters at the ends of branches.
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Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Deciduous shrub with opposite simple leaves, plamately 3-lobed, coarsely toothed, lower leaf surfaces stellate pubescent.
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American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Deciduous tree with alternate, simple leaves, palmately veined and lobed, 5-7 lobes triangular and divergent.
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Northern Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Deciduous aromatic shrub with alternate, simple elliptic leaves, pinnately veined.
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Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Evergreen tree with leaves appressed and scale-like, cones fleshy, glaucous-blue, berry-like.
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Olive Family (Family Oleaceae)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Shrub. Leaves opposite, simple, entire, petiolate, lance-elliptic, white undersides. Pith solid. Fruit a dark blue drupe.
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Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Leaves simple and toothed, broad, reniform, ovate-cordate, palmate venation, not deeply lobed. Basal leaves long-petioled.
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Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Deciduous tree with alternate, pinnately compound leaves. Obovate terminal leaflet larger than laterals, husk dehiscent and not winged. Leaves glabrate beneath except on veins where the teeth bear subapical tufts of hair. Fruit husk 3-12 mm thick. Nut slightly compressed, sharp-pointed above.
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Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Deciduous prickly shrub with alternate odd-pinnate leaves and fringed stipules, lower surface of leaflets pubescent, hips 5 mm in diameter
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Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Densely branched deciduous shrub with simple spines, clustered simple spatulate leaves with entire margin, fruit a red berry
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Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Arching shrub with stems covered with long purple bristles and gladular hairs, leaves alternate and compound, leaflets not laciniate and white-tomentose beneath
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American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Deciduous tree, leaves simple alternate with margins toothed and parallel lateral veins, terminal buds slender and elongate with 6 or more scales
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Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Deciduous aromatic tree, alternate leaves variable with three shapes: mitten-shaped with one large lobe and a small lobe, oval, or three-lobed.
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Apples (Genus Malus)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Deciduous tree, leaves alternate and sharply serrate. Red fruit less than or equal to 1.5 cm diameter, sepals deciduous, pedicels pubescent
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American Witch-Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Deciduous shrub, alternate simple ovate leaves with coarse rounded teeth, flowers with yellow petals, fruit a woody capsule
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Wild Garlic (Allium vineale)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Strong garlic odor, bulbs with fibrous outer layer, leaves slender terete and hollow.
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Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Large coarse fern. Sterile leaves tall and erect. Leaflet oblong lobes with points, not overlapping. Stalk smooth and round.
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Norway Spruce (Picea abies)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Conifer with 4-sided needle, needles dark green, twigs not hairy, long cones 4-6"
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Athyrium Sect. Athyrium (Section Athyrium)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
Medium sized lacy fern, pinna semi-tapering to base, stipe light brown and coarse, pinnae sessile and oblong lanceolate with acuminate tips, pinnules distictly toothed, elongate sori on backs of pinnae
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Late Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum)Observer
alexiskleinbeckDescription
White flowers, heads on rounded panicles, involucral bracts different lengths. Leaves with petioles, sharply toothed, opposite, upper stem leaves alternate.