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Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)Observer
fumitakaDescription
15ft tall tree; smooth gray bark with horizontal lenticels; alternate large green leaves with pinnate venation and dentate margins
Fagaceae family
Northern Red Oak
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Smooth Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum biflorum)Observer
fumitakaDescription
5ft tall herbaceous plant with alternate leaves growing from single stem; parallel venation, smooth margins; green leaves; bent forward; flower buds present near leaves growing in clumps; green bean-shaped buds
Liliaceae family
Smooth Solomon's Seal
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Dotted Hawthorn (Crataegus punctata)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Woody bush with 10ft in height; green alternately arranged leaves that are almost round, serrated margins, and pinnate venation; dark gray bark that is peeling a lot; twigs are gray, smooth, and have 2in long thorns
Rosaceae family
Dotted Hawthorn
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Onions (Genus Allium)Observer
fumitakaDescription
5ft tall herbaceous plant; single stem with purple flowers bunched up at top in a sphere; six purple elongated petals, six white protruding stamens, green ovules in center; green basal leaves with parallel venation and smooth margins about 2ft high; leaves droop slightly from weight
Amaryllidaceae family
Maclean's Onion, Globemaster
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White Oak (Quercus alba)Observer
fumitakaDescription
10ft tree; dark gray bark that is slightly peeling off; large alternate green leaves with pinnate venation and rounded dentate margins; smooth gray twigs
Fagaceae family
White Oak
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Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Woody bush with red leaves; About 3ft in height; leaves growing alternately and spirally with pinnate venation adn smooth margins; branches are either red with leaves or gray with small thorns that are about 1cm in length.
Berberidaceae family
Japanese Barberry
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Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Herbaceous plant 4in high; basal, green, deeply serrated leaves with spikes; leaf surface very smooth no flower present
Asteraceae family
Spiny Sowthistle
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Horse-Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Tree about 15ft high; leaves palmately compound growing in groups of five with the center leaflet as the largest one; pinnate venation and serrated margins; smooth bark with parallel bumps; gray bark; flowers growing in clumps with five fused petals; white on the rim and red in the center; five white protruding stamens with dark orange tips; flowers growing off single stem that branches off
Hippocastanaceae family
Horse Chestnut
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Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)Observer
fumitakaDate
Missing DatePlace
Missing Location
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Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Herbaceous plant; 1ft high; single large green leaf with palmate venation curled around its own stem; leaves have a bit surface
Papaveraceae family
Bloodroot
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Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Herbaceous plants with leaves and flowers present about 2ft high; leaves are pinnately compound, serrated, and green with palmate venation; purple flowers grow in bunches; flowers have five fused petals arranged in a tubular shape; five fuzzy protruding stamens with yellow tips; five fuzzy sepals under flower head
Hydrophyllaceae family
Eastern Waterleaf
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Subfamily ApioideaeObserver
fumitakaDescription
About 2ft high; herbaceous plant with leaves and flowers; leaves are whorled, green, serrated, growing in groups of three; flowers have yet to bloom; they are bunched up in large groups; flower buds are elongated with purple petals becoming visible; there are four small pubescent leaves at the base of each bunch of flower
Apiaceae family
Canadian honewort
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Interrupted Fern (Osmunda claytoniana)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Green leaves growing in bunches basally that are twice pinnately compound; each leaflet has parallel venation and has smooth margins/surface; about 2ft in height; leaves grow in a circle outwards and slightly bends down; tips of leaves curl back in
Osmundaceae family
Interrupted Fern
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Narrow-leaved Plantain-Lily (Hosta lancifolia)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Elongated green leaves bunched up growing basally with parallel venation; leaves have smooth margins and very smooth surface; about a foot in height
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Liliaceae family
Narrowleaf Plantain Lily
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Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Tree with about 10 ft in height; green fan shaped leaves in fascicles growing from short shoots alternately with dichotomous venation; grow smooth bark with parallel vertical lines
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European Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Flowering plant with about 1ft in height; small white flowers with 6 fused petals in cup shape and 6 yellow stamens sticking to ovule in middle; 10 or more flowers per plant; flowers all droop down in same direction; 2 oppositely-arranged green leaves per plant with smooth margins and parallel venation; leaves are elliptical in shape and form on main stem higher than flower forming an overall Y-shape
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Poet's Narcissus (Narcissus poeticus)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Tall flowering plant, about 2ft in height; large single white flower with large 6 oval white petals, a yellow corona with red rim, and three reproductive organs in the center; leaves are a few inches taller than the flower and bend down due to lack of support; leaves basal and green with parallel venation and smooth margins; many leaves per plant
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Primrose-Peerless (Narcissus × medioluteus)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Tall flowering plant, approximately 2ft in height; large white flower consisting of 6 large white petals in the shape of rounded triangles, a yellow corona, and 6 small yellow reproductive organs in the center; there are multiple flowers per plant; leaves are a few inches taller than the flowers and usually bend down due to lack of support; leaves are smooth, green and basal with parallel venation and smooth margins; there are many leaves per plant
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Greater Plantain (Plantago major)Observer
fumitakaDescription
About 5cm in height; large, green, basal, wrinkly leaves with pinnate vennation and smooth margins; base of leaf stalk lighter green; no flowers or fruit present
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Bitter Wintercress (Barbarea vulgaris)Observer
fumitakaDescription
About 2ft in height; smooth dark green stem that alternately splits off into 4 separate stems; yellow flowers with four petals in cross-shape clustered at ends of stems; some flowers at very top have yet to bloom; alternate, smooth, green leaves with palmate venation and dentate margins with rounded points
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Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)Observer
fumitakaDescription
About 1ft in height; single green stalk; alternate green leaves with dentate margins, palmatate venation, and garlic odor; white flowers with four petals in cross shape bunched up at top of platn; petals rounded at tips; four stamens
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Honeysuckles, Moschatels, and Allies (Order Dipsacales)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Opposite, round, serrated, green leaves with pinnate venation; pink/white flowers in clusters; 5 petals and 5 sepals twisted into column; fuzzy stem; dark brown branches
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Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata)Observer
fumitakaDescription
10 white, elongated, frizzy petals on flower drooping down with 10 stamens and 1 ovule; green, elongated leaves with smooth margins and whorled arrangement
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Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Multiple purple/blue trumpet-shaped (long neck and bell) flowers drooping down clustered off of a single, green, hairless stalk;green, alternately arranged, stalkless leaves with smooth margins
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Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Single green stem; three basal, spiny, green leaves with pinnate venation, fruits are small, dark, elongated seeds attached to umbrellas of white strands; fruits form sphere around single head.
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Apples (Genus Malus)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Tree with white flowers; 5 carpels; 5 separate petals; multiple stamens; alternate, crenate, green leaves; dark red, round, hard fruit present that are about 1cm in diameter
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Eastern American Blue Violets (Subsection Borealiamericanae)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Violet flower; fused carpels; 5 petals; numerous white stamens; long single green stem; green, curled, kidney-shaped leaves with crenate margins and palmate venation; about 2 inches off the ground
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Scented Hosta (Hosta plantaginea)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Sheathed leaf base; large, thick, green leaves with pinnate venation; growing in small groups; due to sheathed base, the leaves curl around each other; growing to about a foot off the ground
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White Clover (Trifolium repens)Observer
fumitakaDescription
Few cm in height; single green stem; three heart shaped, green, pinnate, smooth edge, flat leaves; no flower present
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White Willow (Salix alba)Observer
fumitakaDescription
About 25ft tall; tree; thick dark gray bark; smooth drooping branches; compound, alternated, elongated, green leaves present with pinnate venation; drooping, yellow flowers fallen off
