Observations by anitacisternas

This perennial grass is 2-4' tall at maturity. It forms a stiff culm about 2-30" tall that is terete and glabrous. The leaf sheaths are light to medium green, longitudinally veined, and glabrous; dried brown remnants of older sheaths often persist at the base of the culm. The ligules are short-membranous and about 3 mm long. The culm terminates in a spike-like panicle.

Very common to find on the dunes.

Erect perennial, 90 cm to 180 cm high. The flowers are pink to cream, 5 parted. The fruit is large, rough pods held erect from downwardly-pointing stalks with many seeds on silky hairs.

It can be found on the dune and in the prairie, is a very common specie in this place.

Trailing or twining herbaceous vine up to 3 mt heigh, climber growing plant . Flowers are white or pink, 5 parted, from 2.5 to 6 cm long, funnel-shaped. Bloom is between June and September.

I found this on my way to the beach, near to the parking lot.

This perennial plant is from 60 cm to 150 cm and unbranched, except near the inflorescence. is a grouping of branched clusters, large for the size of the plant, corymbiform in shape, stalks of the cluster and the individual flowers are hairy. Each small flower has 6 to 13 fertile (pistillate) yellow ray flowers and a central disc The florets have 5 stamens with yellow anthers. The styles are branched with a triangular appendage on the tip of each branch. The bloom is from August to October.

Very common plant on the prairie next to the beach.

This plant is an erect perennial shrub; the height is from 60 cm to 270 cm. The flowers are in a raceme, the color of them is white to pinkish, and they bloom from July to September. The fruit is juicy berry, blue-black color and once mature can be very toxic.

It is possible to find on the prairie next to the beach near to the houses and the presence is rare, I only saw 3 or 4 plants of the specie.

Herbaceous perennial, height can be up to 180 cm. The flower has between 45 and 100 purple to rose rays with an orange disk on the center, It blooms from August to November. The dry seed are small and with a dense and fluffy pappus.

It is possible to find on the prairie next to the beach, and is very common in that place.

Herbaceous perennial plant, height is from 20 cm into 150 cm, the flower have 16 to 35 white rays, arranged in a very open, loose widely branching, the stem are hairy (great characteristic for the recognition of the specie) and the bloom is from August to November.

Is possible to find in the prairie that is close to the beach and is very common in the place.

Herbaceous plant, with a height that goes from 50 cm up to 180 cm, flowers occur in the apex of the plant, are yellow and 4-parted single flowers, they blow from July to October. The fruit is a capsule.