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Roses (Genus Rosa)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Small herbaceous plant about 1 foot tall. Leaves compound with 5 leaflets per compound. Leaves glossy and waxy. Sharp thorns are present. Leaves green with red edge around. Stems are red. Many buds on end that are red, pinkish and with green bud scales. Leaves oval shaped and with acute tip at end.
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Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Around 20 foot tree with darker brown bark and furrowed intersecting vertical ridges. Leaves are pinnately compound and alternatively arranged. Leaflets around 23. Leaflets have short stalk. Leaflets shaped ovate-lanceolate and are taper pointed. Leaves green. No flowers or fruit present yet.
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Bluejacket (Tradescantia ohiensis)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant about 20 inches tall. Three purple petals, three green sepals with red edges. 6 stamens (blue filaments and yellow anthers), 1 ovary. Ovary superior. The stamens have many hairs at the base. Leaves are flat and smooth and are alternate around the stem. Leaves are linear and much longer than wide. Monocot with parallel venation.
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Box Elder (Acer negundo)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Thin tree about 20 feet tall. Light brown with interlacing ridges. No flowers present yet. Leaves arranged oppositely and compound. Leaflets all in 3's. Each leaflet lobed at tip. Leaves shaped lacerate with acute tip and rounded end.
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Eastern Shooting Star (Primula meadia)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant about 10 inches tall. White, five parted flowers. Petals arranged in a nodding umbel. Yellow/brown at end of umbel. No fruit yet. Basal leaves that are much longer than wide.
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Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Medium sized tree with small red buds starting to bloom. Branches and buds are opposite. Tree has three lobed green leaves. These large lobes are slightly three lobed. Dark green on upper side, lighter green on lower side. Leaf smooth on top. Bark dark gray.
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Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Leaves clustered in fascicle of 5. Sharper needles. Tree deciduous and tree around 10 feet tall. Needles yellow brownish. Cones not fully developed, but cones much longer than wide.
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Common Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Medium sized tree with fuzzy green pods in winter. In the spring time, the leaves are 17 cm long and 6 cm wide. Leaves are opposite, obovate-lanceolate and gradually tapering to the base. Darker green on the top side and lighter green on the other. Bark is thin and smooth with white dots. Twigs also dark brown with small white dots. Not flowering yet.
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Star-flowered Lily-of-the-Valley (Maianthemum stellatum)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant around 10 inches tall. Monocotolyden with parallel venation. Flowers not present yet. Alternate leaves, 8 leaves with pointed tips. Leaves much longer than wide. Underside of leave finely hairy.
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Silver Birch (Betula pendula)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Smaller tree around 15 feet. Bark white and peeling with large black lenticels. Twigs black with white speckles. Leaves opposite and simple. Leaves crimson colored. Leaves slightly serrated. Deltoid shaped leaves and acute at tip. Not flowering yet.
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Beeches (Genus Fagus)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Tall 20 foot tree. Slender twigs with alternate simple green leaves. Leaves with 6 main venations from the middle venation. Leaf oval with acute tip. Leaves pubescent on side. Flowers not bloomed yet. Notable characteristic is that leaves make "trembling noise" when shaken.
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Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Large tree about 40 feet tall. Thick, gray bark with interlacing ridges. Twig very slender and yellow. Twigs and leaves hanging down. Leaves alternate and simple. Blades around 8 cm long and 1 cm wide. Leaves dark green and finely serrated.
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Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)Observer
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Tree about 25 feet tall. Bark dark gray. Leaves opposite and palmately compound. Leaves slightly serrated and twice as long as side with pointed tip at end. Flowers clustered at raceme. Flowers white with four united petals. 7 stamens and superior ovary.
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Hostas (Genus Hosta)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant with green leaves with white rim. Leaves oblong sessile at top. Plant about 1 foot tall and half a foot wide. No flowers present. Monocotolyden.
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European Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant with green leaves. Leaves oblong, 2-3 per flowers. Leaves basal. White 6-parted bell shaped flowers in a raceme. Raceme long stalk with flowers alternatively arranged. Plant about a foot and a half tall. 6 stamens and one ovary.
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Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant. Green lobed leaves, petiolate at bottom and sessile at top. Leaves alternate. Small white flowers that are clustered together at the top. Flowers have 4 separate petals, 4 white sepals, 4 long stamens and 2 short stamens, 1 superior ovary. Leaves smell like garlic.
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Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant. Green round leaves, petiolate at bottom and sessile at top. Leaves alternate. Blue flowers with five fused petals. 5 stamens and one ovary. Five green sepals. Ovary superior.
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Hostas (Genus Hosta)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant with parallel venaion and large green leaves stemming basally. Plant is monocotolyden. Leaves were around 50 cm long and 35 cm wide. Around 18 leaves on the plant. No flowers present yet
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Dotted Hawthorn (Crataegus punctata)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
25 foot tree with dark grayish bark. Tree armed with long, sharp thorns. Thorns smooth on side. Around 5 centimeter long thorns. Not yet flowering. Leaves slightly toothed. Leaves opposite.
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Maples (Genus Acer)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
25 foot tree. Leaves simple, 5 lobed and also toothed. Leaves opposite. Leaves bright red. Bark gray. No flowers.
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Viburnums (Genus Viburnum)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Small 15 foot tree. Leaves simple, opposite finely toothed. Flowers green but not yet quite bloomed. Flowers in clusters.
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Bird Cherries (Subgenus Padus)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
15 feet tall tree leaning over. Five petal white flower clustered in racine. 25 stamens. 1 ovary. Leaves simple slightly toothed. Leaves alternate. No fruits yet. Three bundle scars.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Shrub about 4 feet tall. Yellow flowers, 4 petals, 1 superior ovary, 2 stamens, decussant compound leaves.
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Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia × soulangeana)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Tree about 20 feet tall. Simple alternate leaves. Flowers are a white, pinkinsh flower. Flowers are very large around half a foot wide. 7 petals. Very small stamens. Smells very aromatic.
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Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant. Basal leaves. Moncotyledon with parallel veins. Simple leaves. 4 inches tall. Opposite basal leaves. Blue flower. 6 petals, 6 stamens.
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Greater Periwinkle (Vinca major)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant. Opposite simple round arrow-headed leaves. Purple flower with 5 non-separated petals. One flower on plant. Distinctive cup shape between petals, petals pinwheel shape.
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Apples (Genus Malus)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Tree about 15 feet tall. Alternate leaves. Short shoots. White flower. 5 petals, 16 stamens. No fruit yet. Short shoots notable characteristic.
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Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Herbaceous plant. About 4 inches tall. Alternate leaf arrangment. Yellow ray flowers about 1 1/2 inches wide. Very many flowers in whorl. No fruit noticable. Notable characteristic: yellow ray short flower.
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Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)Observer
leenavilonenDescription
Conifer with scale-like leaves. Smaller bush. Blue round berry-like cones.
