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Common Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This plant is found growing in wetland habitats and also around and in water. It has opposite leaf patterns. Its leaves are toothed/lobed. It contains lots of water in it’s stem which makes it feel like rubber. It is also a good remedy for poison ivy at initial contact with the vine.
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Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)Observer
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This mid size tree in native to northeastern US. It has opposite leaf patterns. It’s leaves serrated and a little more round than black birch leaves. It’s stem is golden in color with small stripes. As it matures it’s stem starts to flak in a curling array. I
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Sweet Birch (Betula lenta)Observer
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This tree is native to the northeast. It is found growing in the forest. It has a dark grey stem with small light stripes on it. It has alternating leaf patterns and it’s leaves are toothed all around. As the tree matures it’s stem begins to crack.
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Apple (Malus domestica)Observer
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This plant is a domesticated plant used to for apple cultivation. It has grey stem and branches. It’s leaf pattern is alternate. It also produces bright red apples where it’s seeds are contained.
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Narrow-leaved Cattail (Typha angustifolia)Observer
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This species of plant is found growing in wetland habitats. It grow taller than 6 feet in hight. It has alternate leaf patterns. On top of the plant there is a dense racemes.
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American Royal Fern (Osmunda spectabilis)Observer
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This type of fern is found growing in wetland habitats. It can grow as tall as feet. It grows in a circular array with tall, brown, skinny stalks this a bushy head in the middle of the plants.
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Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This plant is a type of weed. It has lacerated leaves. It grows low to the ground but it contains a yellow with more than 20 petals that grows tall and erect. This weed is found on lawns, forrest edges and other places with high light levels.
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Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This plant is native to eastern US. It has huge wide leaves that grow in a circular array. It is found growing in wetland habitats especially around moving water such as streams. When it snows and all plants are covered in snow, skunk cabbage is found uncovered in snow because it has a fast metabolic rate that produces heat, melting the snow around it.
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Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum)Observer
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This type of grass is an invasive species that comes from China. It can be found growing anywhere in the US except for deserts and mountain tops. It can grow in both low light level and high light level habitats. It has silver strips on its leaves that are easy to see.
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Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)Observer
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This plant is native to eastern US. It grows white flowers. It has a black stem with grey spots. It’s leaves are oblong and toothed. If you pull off a leaf is smells like sweet peppers.
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Cinnamon Fern (Osmundastrum cinnamomeum)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This plant is native to the United States. It can grow to about 4 feet tall. It grows in a circular array with tall cinnamon colored stalks in the middle. It is found growing in wetland habitats and also near water.
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Mile-a-minute Weed (Persicaria perfoliata)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This is a non-native species of weed. It has triangular leaves with a reddish stem. It grows in rocky areas with moist soil. It produces a green fruit where it’s seeds are located.
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Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This plant is a native to north east. It is yellow-green with lobed leaves. It grows in shady moist areas in the forest. Sometimes it is found nest to water.
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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)Observer
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This plant is a native plant. It grows in a circular array. It is found in moist shady areas. It is dark green, with leaves that look like Christmas stockings.
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Flat-topped Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)Observer
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The is plant is a native perennial. It’s maximum height is 5 feet. It has narrow alternating leaves. It has flat top clusters of small yellow flowers on top. It grows in wetland areas.
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White Clover (Trifolium repens)Observer
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Perennial plant commonly found growing in lawns and gardens. It has low growing white flowers. The leafs contain 3 egg shaped leaflets that are folded in the middle with a light marking.
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Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This is an invasive species. It is a shrub with small leaves that usually grows in the forest or peoples lawns. It has an alternate leaf arrangement. Each leaf is made of 3 small, smooth and round leaflets. The leafs are usually green but turn purple in the fall. Each leaf is accompanied with a skinny sharp thorn.
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Plantains (Genus Plantago)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This species of plantago is usually found in the north west around costal areas and marshland. It has oval smooth leaves with five to nine veins that run parallel. It has inflorescence that grow upward with many tinny little flowers. It has larger seedpods than plantago major.
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Upright Yellow Woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta)Observer
ns57224pDescription
It is a perennial plant, usually found growing in lawns, gardens and fields. It's leaves are divided into three heart shaped leaflets folded at the center. Leaves grow alternatively. It grows in clusters and it contains 5 petaled yellow flowers.
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Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)Observer
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Big deciduous tree that usually grows in the forest. It has very flaky bark. It's leaves are large. Round at the end of the leaves and pointed at the base.
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Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)Observer
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Big tree that has it's branches bending downward. It is a non native species. It has shaggy bark with opposite branching patterns. The leaves are thin and small. The leaves grow in a spiraling alternating pattern.
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Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This maple species is usually found growing in the north east. They are small trees that are shade tolerant. The bark has small strips on it. It has opposite branching patterns. The leaves are big with three points in the front and rounded at the base.
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White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)Observer
ns57224pDescription
Perennial plant native at eastern US. They grow in a dense cluster in and near edges of the forrest. It has opposite leave pattern. Leaves are egg shaped and serrated with about 12 teeth on each side. It contains small white flowers that grow in clusters.
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Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This species of plant is an invasive weed. It usually grows on the edges meadows. Its leaves are shaped like a lance. The middle of the leaves is the widest part. Veins on the leaves run parallel. It contains a silky flower stem that contain many tiny little flowers.
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Black Oak (Quercus velutina)Observer
ns57224pDescription
Black oak has alternate leaf patterns. The leaves are glossy and dark green. The leaves contain deep u-shaped notches. The underside of the leaves have hair.
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Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)Observer
ns57224pDescription
Scarlet oak is a native tree to eastern America. It is a large tree with light green leaves.
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Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)Observer
ns57224pDescription
This species is a invasive species of shrub. It has compound leaves with 9 leaflets. Each leaf is toothed. Contains white flowers. Stems are full of thorns.
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Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)Observer
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This plant is an invasive species. It is a small tree with multiple trucks. It's leaves have 7 pointy lobes. The leaves turn bright red in the spring.
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American Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)Observer
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Cultivated plants. It grows horizontal as vines. Young vines are light green and hollow, as they age it gets thicker and turns into a darker green. Young vines are covered with small spikes. It grows pumpkins as it's fruits. The pumpkins are green at first but slowly turn orange as it matures.