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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Pinnately compound leaves, fruit a blue drupe, leaves entire and pubescent or glabrous on the lower surface midvein, plant a shrub
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Devil's Walkingstick (Aralia spinosa)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Trunk of shrub covered in prickles, leafs pinnately compound with prickles, fruit a blue-black drupe on a pedicel
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Black Willow (Salix nigra)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Leafs green on both surfaces, narrowly lanceolate leafs, growing near a water source, long skinny hanging limbs, bark appears ribboned
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Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Leafs linear, distinct cone on female trees, leafs mostlly 2 per fassicle,
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Doubley serrate leafs, leafs small, branches of tree winged on both sides
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American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Smooth bark, peeling off in larger trees seen, leafs palmately veined and lobed
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Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Scale like leafs, blue berry like fleshy cones, scale like leafs appear to be over lapping on each individual leaf
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Shining Sumac (Rhus copallinum)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Winged rachis of leafs, pinnately compound, turning a dark purplish red color in the fall, fruit hanging in a cluster of red berries
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Eastern Leatherwood (Dirca palustris)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Plant a shrub, short and dense in the limbs and trunk, alternate leafs entire margin, glaborus leaf with no milky juice
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Carolina Buckthorn (Frangula caroliniana)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Pronounced pinnate venation, classic leaf diagram looking leaf, opposite leafs, plant a shrub, fruit a black drupe
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Post Oak (Quercus stellata)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Characteristic oak lobing on cruciform leaves, white bark with a scaly texture, large tree, acorn (nut) as fruit
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Cucumber-Tree (Magnolia acuminata)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Large unlobed leaves, broadly elliptical, rounded base, leaves green on both sides and pinnate venation
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Fruit is bright red cluster of drupes, smooth bark on a skinny trunk with over hanging limbs, leaves with pinnate venation turning a scarlet color in the fall.
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Roundleaf Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Plant a vine, lacking small prickles, leaves ovate and green on the lower surface, not 2 times as long as wide
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Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
smooth bark, plant a shrub, berries pink-purple in color, clustered around stem, leaves shiny on upper surface, green on both sides alternate ranking.
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Lilac Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Leaves in whorls of 5, stem square, fruit a dark blue berry, plant a medium sized shrub
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Apple (Malus domestica)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Fruit a pome, leaves entire, green on top and white on bottom, branches smooth, leaves pinnate vennation
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Eastern Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Large plant with alternate leaves, odd pinnately compound, aromatic drupe, dark colored bark, surrounded by small grasses and medium sized shrubs.
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American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)Observer
peter-hasikDescription
Bark resembling alligator skin, leaves in poor condition compared to surrounding. pinnate venation on leaf blade pinnate with relatively short petioles, fruit a large a light orange berry. Surrounded by smaller saplings and field grasses.