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Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)Observer
byks1ajDescription
low lying herb, leaves rounded and green above, paler below, petioles short, stems creeping, almost climbing up tree trunks, forming mats around the ground
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Panicled Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)Observer
byks1ajDescription
tall herb, approximately 10 dm high, upper stems near flowers hairy, alternate leaves with finely toothed margins, fruit and achene with a white pappus
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Subfamily ApioideaeObserver
byks1ajDescription
short herb with a hollow stem base, leaves with pointed teeth, flowers small, white in a stalked umbel at the end of the stem
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Swamp Dewberry (Rubus hispidus)Observer
byks1ajDescription
low lying herbaceous shrub with spines along the stem, stem red; leaves divided into three and dark green, glossy, undersides slightly paler
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Cottongrass (Genus Eriophorum)Observer
byks1ajDescription
loosely clumped perennial, stem erect with spikelet clustered at ends, bristles spread and white
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Woolgrass (Scirpus cyperinus)Observer
byks1ajDescription
tall erect stem, approximately 2 m tall; flat leaves, appearing tan to brown; numerous spikelets grouped at the ends of stems also appearing tan to brown
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
byks1ajDescription
low lying herb with simple and branched stems; leaves entire, rolled, slightly hairy on both sides and extremely narrow; flowers small and on upper leaf axils only
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Fraser's Marsh St. John's-Wort (Hypericum fraseri)Observer
byks1ajDescription
medium height herb with slender, smooth, red upright stems; leaves oval, pinnately veined and rounded at tip; flowers closed and clustered at the end of the stem and upper leaf axils, appearing reddish; specimen 3-4 dm tall
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Swamp Laurel (Kalmia polifolia)Observer
byks1ajDescription
low lying shrub with dark woody stems; leaves opposite and light green above with short white hairs on the underside, edges of leaves rolled under; new flowers beginning to form on the axils of leaves
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Kalm's Lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)Observer
byks1ajDescription
Low lying perennial herb with a single stem; flower perfect and irregular with a purplish-blue tint and white center; approx. 2-3dm tall
