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Swamp Dock (Rumex verticillatus)Observer
ellis1cpDescription
This plant was growing low to the ground with two narrow, lance-shaped leaves.The stems are almost a purple/pink color, while the leaves are green. This plant has a tap root.
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Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)Observer
ellis1cpDescription
The stem is upright with branches in whorls. The sheaths have black-brown teeth that are 1-2 mm long. The height is about 4 dm tall, and it is green in color.
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Northern Lady Fern (Athyrium angustum)Observer
ellis1cpDescription
This fern is yellow-green in color and the leaves are all alike. The blade taper down to the tip. The pinnae are opposite. The innermost pinnule is slightly larger than the next outer pinnule.
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Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)Observer
ellis1cpDescription
This fern is light green and medium in size. The margins of the leaves are smooth and wavy. The leaf tissue continues down the stem in between the leaf extensions. The roots are spread out by rhizomes. The fertile blade has bead-like pinnules covering the sori.
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Scouring Rush (Equisetum praealtum)Observer
ellis1cpDescription
This plant is tall, thin, and round. It has rough ridges and is dark green with 17 stem sheaths with dark bands at the base. It was found surrounded by many others, forming a colony.
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Common Duckweed (Lemna minor)Observer
ellis1cpDescription
This plant was bright green and about 0.5 cm in length. It was found floating in cluster along the waters surface. The roots hand down freely in the water about 1.25 inches in length with one root per leaf.
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Spotted Lady's Thumb (Persicaria maculosa)Observer
ellis1cpDescription
Polygonum persicariais was about 12 inches in height. The leaves are lance-shaped, about 1.5 inches in length, and are typically smooth. The leaves also have purple blotches on them and are narrow in diameter. The flowers are small, dark pink, crowned, and clustered.
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Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)Observer
ellis1cpDescription
Lysimachia nummularia was rooted very close to the ground spreading out about 7 inches in length. The leaves are opposite, whole, and oval shaped. There was no flower present.The flower would be cupped and yellow. It was rooted off from the stem that extended across the ground. It was surrounded by sedges, poison ivy, Ontario aster, and mosses.
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Ontario Aster (Symphyotrichum ontarionis)Observer
ellis1cpDescription
The Ontario aster has thin alternate leaves that are long with serrated edges. The flower is small, about 1 cm in length with white ray pedals. The stalk length is about 1.5 feet tall.This plant was surrounded by sedges, grasses, poison ivy, maple saplings, and moss.
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Fen Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia glauca)Observer
ellis1cpDescription
Five white petals with five green sepals, simple leaves found only at the bottom of the plant. The flowering parts create a large green fruit. Found in a prairie fen near a pond. Growing near was Nuphar advena, Rhamnus frangula, and Solidago ohioensis.
