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Sessile-flowered Trilliums (Subgenus Sessilia)Observer
wilpersmDescription
Location approximate. A half dozen plants immediately adjacent to the uppermost foot path above the west bank of the creek.
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Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium)Observer
rroseselavy_amyDescription
Gorgeous Devil’s Trumpets at the start of a tree colonnade in Rock Creek Park north of the zoo, before Peirce Mill. Not to be confused with Angel’s Trumpet which looks similar, but with downward-facing flowers. I went back to visit it to confirm that it blooms at night.
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Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)Observer
brianlevyDescription
Seen here pursuing persimmons.
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Dung Beetles (Subfamily Scarabaeinae)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Dung beetle
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Southern Wild Raisin (Viburnum nudum)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Dominant shrub in NEABS03
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Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Keyed out to Oxydendrum arboreum, many vaccinium species were growing in the area. Leaves toothed around margin.
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Yellow Passionflower (Passiflora lutea)Observer
maddie_bDescription
In SUFFO06
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Common Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Has small, simple, acute leaves but hard to get a picture of them because it is covered in vines (supple-Jack). In SUFFO07
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Smooth Rose (Rosa blanda)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Growing as a low groundcover on dune adjacent to beach. Doesn’t have thorns
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American Black Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Compound leaves
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Ragged Fringed Orchid (Platanthera lacera)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Found in NEABS05
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White Poplar (Populus alba)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Underside of leaf is very white and fuzzy, mature bark has diamond pattern
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Saw Greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Found in NEWPO15, some leaves have spines around edge
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Southern Sugar Maple (Acer floridanum)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Note the U-shaped sinuses, unlike V-shaped sinuses of A. rubrum. Many small white hairs underneath, so probably A. floridanum and not A. saccharum.
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Siebold's Viburnum (Viburnum sieboldii)Observer
maddie_bDescription
In PR0102, very large
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Prickly-Ashes (Genus Zanthoxylum)Observer
maddie_bDescription
In PR1102, bark is smooth and warty, larger warts have spines at the tip. Leaves are compound and alternate. Newer growth has large spines. Leaves smell pepper-ish
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Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Large patch in VC09
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American Bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Shrub? With opposite compound leaves
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Fox Grape (Vitis labrusca)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Continuous tendrils, glaucous underneath with orange tint. Grapes sour but good
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American Hazelnut (Corylus americana)Observer
maddie_bDescription
In CHP02, leaves and stems softly pubescent
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Field Maple (Acer campestre)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Probably? Near PR1105
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Osage-Orange (Maclura pomifera)Observer
maddie_bDescription
Maybe? Just outside IN08
