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Marginal Wood Fern (Dryopteris marginalis)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Fronds monomorphic, twice-cut, wider in middle and towards base, in crown, evergreen; pinnule margin wavy; indusia present, reniform; sori round, not touching, near the margins of pinnules; stipe green, scaly.
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Hay-scented Fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Fern monomorphic, glandular-hispid, thrice-cut, in colony; tertiary segments toothed; sori distinct, at base of sinuses.
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Shining Firmoss (Huperzia lucidula)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Stems erect; leaves toothed, broadest above the middle, in alternating zones of shorter and longer lengths along stem; sporangia born in leaf axils; leafy gemmae present.
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Mountain Holly (Ilex mucronata)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Woody shrub; leaves alternate, simple, entire, elliptical, mucronate; leaf stalks purple; fruit red, long-pediceled.
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Red Raspberry (Rubus idaeus)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Stem ± woody, prickly; leaves alternate, compound; leaflets toothed; stipules setaceous; fruit red, tomentose.
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Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Leaves 2, alternate, simple, entire, sessile, cordate at base; fruit red, of terminal raceme.
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Solomon's Plume (Maianthemum racemosum)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Stem arched, zigzaging; leaves alternate, simple, entire, oblong, sessile, rounded at base, caudate-tipped, wavy-margined; fruit red, in panicle.
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Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Plant woody; leaves opposite, simple, entire; fruit white.
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Braun's Holly Fern (Polystichum braunii)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Frond 65 cm, monomorphic, twice-cut, double-tapered, widest in the middle, dark green, in crown; pinnae alternate, hairy on both surfaces, middle ones with elongated tips, fertile ones not contracted; pinnules toothed; asymmetrical with one inconspicuously larger basal tooth; teeth tipped with spinule; stipe and rachis heavily chaffy; sori round.
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Three-toothed Cinquefoil (Sibbaldiopsis tridentata)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Leaves palmately compound; leaflets 3, toothed (3) at tip.
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Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Fern in crown, in colony; fronds dimorphic; sterile frond twice-cut, double-tapered, widest above the middle, truncate; pinnae sessile, lower ones opposite, upper ones alternate; pinnule margin entire, rachis deeply furrowed; fertile frond with sori enclosed by pinnae margins.
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Common Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Frond monomorphic, compound, triangular, nearly horizontal, with reflexed margins, not in crown.
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Sea Plantain (Plantago maritima)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Leaves basal, linear, entire, thick, fleshy; inflorescence more than 1/3 length of peduncle
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Sticky Groundsel (Senecio viscosus)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Plant annual, < 1 m, conspicuously glandular-hispid, viscid; stem soft; leaves alternate, pinnatifid; flowers yellow; rays present, recurved; bracteole tips green; phyllaries 1-rowed.
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Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Low shrub; primary branches long and trailing; secondary branches erect; leaves scale-like, appressed, opposite, imbricate; seed cone globular with scales fused, on curved peduncle.
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Common Juniper (Juniperus communis)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Low shrub; leaves needle-like, spine-like tipped; seed cones globular with scales fused, blue, in leaf axils.
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Canada Yew (Taxus canadensis)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Shrub; leaves linear, flat, mucronate, narrowed to a subpetiolar base.
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Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Needles solitary, alternate, flat in cross section, emarginate, stalked; leaf pegs present; seed cones pendulous, ovoid, with persistent scales; bark deeply furrowed.
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Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Leaves alternate, simple, broadly ovate, toothed; teeth fine and rounded; petioles flattened in cross section; buds conical, appressed with tips curving inwards, hairless, not sticky.
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Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Leaves opposite, simple, doubly-serrate, tri-lobed ; fruit racemose samara; samara wings angled 90 degrees ; twigs glabrous; buds twice as long as wide, with 2 scales, glabrous; bark green with white vertical stripes.
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Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Leaves opposite, simple, 5-lobed with rounded sinuses; twigs brown, glabrous; buds brown, slightly hairy, pointy with several pairs of scales; bark gray.
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Mountain Maple (Acer spicatum)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Small tree; leaves opposite, simple, single-toothed, cordate, shorter than stalks, tri-lobed with pointed sinuses and central lob triangular; twigs hairy, reddish; buds 3 times as long as wide, pointy, hairy, with 2 scales; bark marked with lenticels.
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Oregano (Origanum vulgare)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Stem erect, four-sided, hairy, reddish; leaves opposite, entire, hairy; inflorescence terminal, dense; flowers irregular; corrolla pink; stamens exerted; bracts purplish.
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Balsam Fir (Abies balsamea)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Needles solitary, flat, emarginate; leaf pegs absent; cones erect; cone scales deciduous; bark covered with resinous blisters.
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Red Spruce (Picea rubens)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Needles solitary, squarish in cross section, arranged surrounding twigs; leaf pegs present; outer bud scales hairy, longer than the bud; twigs hairy; cones pendulous, broadly ovoid when open; cone scales persistent, margins slightly rough; lower principal branches long, tips upturned.
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Black Spruce (Picea mariana)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Needles solitary, squarish in cross section, arranged surrounding twigs; leaf pegs present; outer bud scales hairy, longer than the bud; twigs hairy; cones pendulous, broadly ovoid when closed, spherical when open; cone scales persistent, margins irregularly toothed, thin, brittle.
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White Spruce (Picea glauca)Observer
diligo_floresDescription
Needles solitary, squarish in cross section, arranged surrounding twigs; leaf pegs present; outer bud scales glabrous, shorter than the bud; twigs glabrous; cones cylindrical, pendulous; cone scales persistent, thin, flexible, margins smooth-edged.
