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Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Fruit clustered at end of a single branch on the entire tree. Rather small, about 2 meters. Fruit rather small. Blue flesh cones.
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Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina domestica)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Short, sample was cut off from low base and the branch does not bear another leaf, showing that it is alternate.
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Fruits are a mix of red and black with leaves showing signs of decrepitute, this was the only one of its kind in the area. Opposite, simple, ovate, arcuately veined, entire margin leaves.
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Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Fruit in its late stage when its lost all of its red seeds. Rather short, about 3 meters tall and not much of a spread growth.
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Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Leaves were very crimson when sample was collected. It was about 1.7 meters tall. Alternate, pinnately compound, pinnately veined, serrate margin leaves.
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Water Oak (Quercus nigra)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Only had one acorn on it, and it was the only Water Oak in the cemetery, but rather large showing that it's been there for quite a while. Alternate, simple, pinnately veined, simple or three lobed leaves.
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Possumhaw (Ilex decidua)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Many red berries, it was growing in a winding pattern around some brush. Simple, alternate, obovate, pinnately veined, glabrous leaves.
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Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Grown out rather wide and its cones rather small for its species, it was growing near a series of concrete platforms for where trailer homes used to sit. 19 cm leaves.
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Eastern Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Rather dry yellow fruits, the plant was found bearing its fruits when its bordering cousins had mostly dropped its leaves and this sample plant had a mix of yellow leaves and still green leaves. Alternate, trifoliate, ovate, dentated margins leaves.
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Rusty Blackhaw (Viburnum rufidulum)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Nice blue drupes. Not very tall. Opposite, simple, pinnate venation leaf.
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American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Fruits still green and immature, there was another sweetgum tree standing on its own about 15 feet away from it, however, this one was wedged between various wooded plants and blackberry shrubs. Something seems to be eating the leaves. Alternate, simple, palmate venation, palmately lobed leaves.
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Osage-Orange (Maclura pomifera)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Growth very branched out, many more like it along the rows facing the highway, large tree. Opposite, simple, pinnate venation leaves. Leaves a bit glossy. Fruit large and mature, hairs are gone.
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Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Very long bean-like capsule, the top of the tree was lacking leaves. Whorled, cordate, pinnately veined, entire margin leaves.
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Heart Leaf Peppervine (Ampelopsis cordata)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Premature green fruit. Simple, alternate, pinnate venation, serrated margin leaves of a lindera. Truncate to heart shaped base.
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Pumpkin Ash (Fraxinus profunda)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
No fruit present, and had a winding trunk near the base. Rather large tree. Opposite, pinnately compound, pinnately veined leaves.
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Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Early bloom, the rest of the flowers are still budding, none of the other honeysuckles around it have grown their flowers, yet. Very well grown out lindera. Opposite, simple, ovate leaves with pinnate venation.
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Baldcypress (Taxodium distichum)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
One of its kind in the immediate area, 3.5 meters tall, some of the tree's leaves were dead on the side facing the pond.
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Persian Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Many fruits hanging from its boughs, only one of its kind in the area. Alternate, bi-pinnately compound leaves.
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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Fruits still green and premature, growing off of a gravely road. Opposite, simple, pinnate venation leaves.
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American Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans)Observer
stephenmillerDescription
Possessed both its red flowers and its fruit. Opposite, opposite, pinnate venation, dentate margin leaves.
