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Chinese Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)Observer
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A six and a half foot woody shrub with pink flowers and armed with thorns.
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Red Deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)Observer
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Small herbaceous plants with distinct light purple flower parts.
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Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)Observer
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Small herbaceous plant that bloom in early spring.
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Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)Observer
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Large tree with rough bark
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Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)Observer
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Foot tall or so herbaceous plant with disc and ray flowers.
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Common Grape Hyacinth (Muscari botryoides)Observer
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Small herbaceous plant, with a bulb underground and stem similar to onions.
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Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)Observer
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Small herbaceous plant with purple flowers.
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Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)Observer
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Tree with purple flowers in early spring.
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
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Small flowering tree
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Golden-Bell (Forsythia suspensa)Observer
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Small tree shrub
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Common Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Flowers are orange with 3 lobed corolla with a hooked shape at the back of flower. Rather fragile plant with thin alternate leaves.
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Rough Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Oval shaped prickly burs are the fruits. Stems are thick and have alternate leaf pattern. The leaves are lobed triangular and have a scent.
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Torrey's Rush (Juncus torreyi)Observer
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Unbranched 2-3ft tall rush. Inflorescence occur at apex of stem. The inflorescence is a compact panicle of flowerheads.
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Beaked Panicum (Coleataenia anceps)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Stem erect and branches off at top with inflorescences. The Inflorescences are panicles with pale green to yellow spikelets.
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Roundseed Panicgrass (Dichanthelium polyanthes)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Upper stems branching into smaller branches with panicles. Panicles (or inflorescences) are twice as long as broad. Large coarse leaves that are well spaced on stem.
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Knotweeds, Smartweeds, and Waterpeppers (Genus Persicaria)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Alternate leaves along the stem with a lanceolate shape. Flowers are clustered in terminal spikes at the end of stem and range from a dark pink to red in color.
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Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Stem is light green with alternate leaves and has clusters of flowers at the end. Each flowerhead has disk and ray florets. Corollas usually are a pale yellow but as they mature turn purple and brown. Each flower head is surrounded by small green bracts (Phyllaries).
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Narrowleaf Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Most resembling sunflower looking flowers at top of stem with narrow leaves. Flowers are small and arranged to look like one single head of flower. the smaller flowers form the disk while the larger ones near the edge are similar looking to petals.
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Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Beautiful showy red flowers with 3 lower petals and 2 upper coming together into a tubular shape. Stem is erect and lower part has lance shaped leaves.
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Great Blue Lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Flowers are tubular with lavender blue coloring and are crowded together on upper stem. The flowers are between leafy bracts and each flower is split into two lips: upper and lower. The upper has two segments while the lower has three.
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Common Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Middle sized plant with leaves that are opp, serrated, and perfoliate around the base. White phyllaried flowers are observed at the top of the stems in clusters. Each flower head consists of disk florlets.
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Flatsedges (Genus Cyperus)Observer
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Small short sedge plant that is grass like with a single globose spike inflorescence at the apex of plant.
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Narrow-leaved Cattail (Typha angustifolia)Observer
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tall thin cat tail with narrow leaves and a gap between the pistillate and staminate parts.
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Devil's Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa)Observer
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Semi tall herbaceous plant with numerous yellow-orange disk florlets. Heads of florlets at base are surrounded by leaf like outer bracts. and odd compound pinnate leaves in 3 or 5 with distinctly long petioles.
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Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)Observer
jordan_kennistonDescription
Growing along the shore of the pond behind bybee pottery store. A quiet residential area. Pond is susceptible to sunlight through most of the day. Inhabits many species of plants and witnessed some frogs.
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jordan_kennistonDescription
Controlled pond with fish and frogs. Area mainly shaded but a good amount of sunlight is allowed thorugh. Plant was rooted on shore but bined out towards water with some in water. Plant sprawling out to cover ground and be in or near water.
