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Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)Observer
kms077Description
More commonly known in this region as black cherry. This species species is quite prevelent in this region and can be found in hardwood and mixed forest.
Since the species had defoliated for winter, I observed the bark the most closely this time of year however the species did produce alot of fruit this past summer.
This particular tree with coppiced with two trunks measuring a diameter of about 18 inches. Two nearby P. serotina measured about 3 feet in diameter.
The bark somewhat resembles that of an eastern hemlock but appears more flaky or peeling.
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Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)Observer
kms077Description
I located this red pine in a successional pasture. The trunk was straight with low hanging branches and likely so because the only competing species were goldenrod's.
The needles were in bunched in two's about 4 to 5 inches long and broke easily when I bent them. The cones were about 2 1/2 inches long, still closed and rounded in shape, rather than oblong.
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Pines (Genus Pinus)Observer
kms077Description
This eastern white pine was observed growing in a successional pasture and had less than 10 observable cones. The bark also seemed to be effected by some type of insect, mammal or pathogen halfway up the trunk. The needles were about 4 times as long as that of an eastern hemlock, the predominant conifer in the region.
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Stag's-horn Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)Observer
kms077Description
This species had several developed sporangia which grew from the top of the tall lateral stem and were smaller than the sporangia formed by ground cedar clubmoss.
Additionally, some of the lateral growing stems were as long as 18 inches.
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Fan Clubmoss (Diphasiastrum digitatum)Observer
kms077Description
This clubmoss species was found with several sporangia which could be seen dispersing spores as I walked through the plant community which also included ground pine clubmoss.
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Pine Family (Family Pinaceae)Observer
kms077Description
Their are several groves of eastern hemlocks in this area. They have a straight trunk and short needles forming a fan shape from the pine, Pinaceae family.
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Solidago Subsect. Triplinerviae (Subsection Triplinerviae)Observer
kms077Description
Tall plants nearly 4-8 feet tall with golden flowers which are near full bloom.
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American Asters (Genus Symphyotrichum)Observer
kms077Description
While walking through the back of my yard which I have allowed to grow long all summer, I saw several white heath asters in the small meadow.
They have small white petals with a yellow center and thin alternating leaves.
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Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)Observer
kms077Description
At the same location where I observed the black-eyed Susan I observed this purple coneflower. I am quite certain that the species was not a pale purple coneflower based upon the structuring off the stem.
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Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)Observer
kms077Description
While visiting family in the suburb of Evanston, Illinois near Chicago, nearly every residence has a well maintained garden, many of which have typical non-native ornamental plant species, but some have plants which are considered native to Illinois prior to the establishment of the city from prairie.
