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Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Observer
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Abundant spiderwebs high up in branches. Trunk growing very sideways.
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Pennsylvania Pellitory (Parietaria pensylvanica)Observer
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New to Central Park!
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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The leaves have spines! The tendrils respond to touch. Photos are from different genuses.
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American Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana)Observer
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Related to the Japanese knotweed.
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Siebold's Viburnum (Viburnum sieboldii)Observer
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Not so pleasant smell.
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Fig-leafed Gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia)Observer
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Some form of squash, apparently.
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Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium dubium)Observer
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Not actually a hydrangea, though it looks like one.
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Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)Observer
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Weeping willows are not native to this region, but they do grow fast!
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Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)Observer
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More native to the Asian continents, actually. Tolerates pollution and trampling in the park. The female trees produce god-awful smelling (though edible!) fruit.
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Hawthorns (Genus Crataegus)Observer
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This particular Hawthorne seems to have grown soke fungus on its leaves. :(
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Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)Observer
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Green Ash is much less common White Ash in the park.
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Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)Observer
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A connifer that loses its needles in the wintertime. It likes growing near or in water.
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Common Duckweed (Lemna minor)Observer
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Reproduces vegetatively! Not an algae but in fact a flowering plant.
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River Birch (Betula nigra)Observer
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Grows by water -- hence the name!
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Goldie's Wood Fern (Dryopteris goldieana)Observer
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Ferns reproduce a little diffferent in terms of reproduction. The spores are held in little units on the backside of the leaf called sporangea.