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Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
Perennial herbaceous plant; leaves paired on a stem, peltate, simple, and deeply lobed; flowers bisexual and regular; petals white; fruit a yellow berry.
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Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
Medium to large tree; leaves palmately compound with 5 leaflets up to 8 cm broad, and 16 cm long; flowers in panicles, yellow with red into the throat; flowers 2-3 cm long; ovary superior; pistil single; stamens longer than corolla; sepals yellow-green, 5-merous, fused into hypanthial cup.
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Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
Small herbaceous plant, approximately 25–50 cm tall with opposite, unstalked, hairy leaves 2.5–5 cm in length and ovate-lanceolate in shape; Flowers 2–4 cm in diameter, with five petals fused at the base into a thin tube. The petals are a vary in color: blue-lavender, light purple, pink, or white
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Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
Shrub or small tree; leaves alternate, silvery-scaly appearance on bottom, entire or serrate; twigs with scaly buds, and thorny; flowers mostly bisexual, white to yellow-white, in racemes.
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
Small deciduous tree growing up to 10 m; leaves opposite, simple, ovate; margin appears entire, but is finely toothed upon inspection with a lens; flowers are individually small and inconspicuous, with four greenish-yellow bracts 4 mm long; Around 20 flowers in a rounded, umbel-shaped inflorescence 1–2 cm in diameter; The inflorescence is surrounded by four conspicuous large white, pink or red "petals" (actually bracts), each bract 3 cm long and 2.5 cm broad, rounded, and often with a notch at the apex.
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Carpet Bugle (Ajuga reptans)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
A member of the mint family, herb with stem square; flowering stems up to 0.3m; leaves cauline; flowers various; calyx lobes lacking stiff spines or hooks; corolla appearing 1-lipped, but the upper lobe is very short or absent; lower lip 3 lobed; flowers usually deep blue in color.
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Roundleaf Ragwort (Packera obovata)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
Herbaceous perennial plant; erect approximately 30 cm tall with leafy stem; Basal and lower leaves obvate with toothed margins; cauline leaves sessile, pinnately lobed. disk flowers fertile; head radiate, rays yellow.
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Dwarf Larkspur (Delphinium tricorne)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
Small to medium herbaceous plant; palmately deeply lobed leaves; spurred, blue or white flowers; fleshy stem up to 30 cm tall;
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Pansies and Violets (Subgenus Viola)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
Small herbaceous plant; stems up to 15cm long; flowers blue to dark violet up to 2cm wide; leaves, basal, cordate, with crenate to serrated margins up to 7cm wide. Inner throat is white to yellow with dark lines running outward along the petal.
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Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
Small tree; bark is dark in color, smooth; flowers small, pink to magenta about 1.5 cm long; leaves are alternate, simple, and heart shaped with an entire margin.
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Purple Cress (Cardamine douglassii)Observer
raymond_patrick14Description
Small herbaceous plant, app. 15 cm tall; 4 petals lavender; 4 sepals purple; 2-3 basal leaves cordate; 2-3 stem leaves oblong, margins entire; 4-6 stamens; 1 pistil