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Dogfennel (Eupatorium capillifolium)Observer
hfredianiDescription
definitely an aster in fruit I think? very tall about five or so feet all in a clump on a stream area
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Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica)Observer
hfredianiDescription
species suggested by iNat, ground covering in very wet area, pinnately (?) trifoliate
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Thorny Olive (Elaeagnus pungens)Observer
hfredianiDescription
it doesn’t have prickles though!! but really distinctly white underside
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Lenten-Rose (Helleborus orientalis)Observer
hfredianiDescription
this is everywhere very leathery pointy leaves
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Southern Sugar Maple (Acer floridanum)Observer
hfredianiDescription
I think it’s Floridanum based on its shape?
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Haircap Moss Family (Family Polytrichaceae)Observer
hfredianiDescription
definitely a moss no idea which though!! no capsules
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Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)Observer
hfredianiDescription
Growing in a wet area, basal leaves are green while terminal leaves are more, seems to be sheathing on stem making it hard to tell if opposite or alternate
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Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)Observer
hfredianiDescription
iNat says milkweed? - very fleshy feeling leaves
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Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)Observer
hfredianiDescription
I think it’s a taeda but correct me if I’m wrong!! 3 needles per fascicle, about six or seven inch needles
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Dogfennel (Eupatorium capillifolium)Observer
hfredianiDescription
about three or four feet high, just one main stem with lots of hairy leaves, lots of spikes (?) of inflorescences all up the main body
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Hyssopleaf Thoroughwort (Eupatorium hyssopifolium)Observer
hfredianiDescription
genus suggested by iNat, definitely seems like an aster, herbs about two or three feet high with sessile whorled seeming leaves at nodes, fluffy fruits coming from the inflorescence
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Firethorns (Genus Pyracantha)Observer
hfredianiDescription
large red berries, small smooth opposite leaves with entire margins
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Chinese Bushclover (Lespedeza cuneata)Observer
hfredianiDescription
might not be this but pinnately trifoliate little leaves, small herb maybe a foot in height
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Yellow Crownbeard (Verbesina occidentalis)Observer
hfredianiDescription
I have seen this everywhere I’m not sure what it is or if the leaves only occur at the terminus of the stalk naturally or If other leaves have been eaten, floppy opposites leaves with almost no real defined petiole but actual stalk of plant is long - maybe 3 or 4 feet
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Italian Arum (Arum italicum)Observer
hfredianiDescription
giant leaf with very oriculate base, longest stem maybe a foot tall, iNat suggest arum
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Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)Observer
hfredianiDescription
I’ve seen this everywhere I think it’s a juniper or a cypress, this was a short tree or shrub but I’ve seen larger trees too it’s definitely not distichous
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Mints (Genus Mentha)Observer
hfredianiDescription
Little fuzzy sticky stem, strong mint odor
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Brambles (Genus Rubus)Observer
hfredianiDescription
idk what she is but it’s mean and hateful!! hooks all over the plant including primary vein of leaflets, green red vines
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American Holly (Ilex opaca)Observer
hfredianiDescription
small American holly shrub I think?
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Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)Observer
hfredianiDescription
I think this is a lonicera - very regular opposite leaves and dark brown vine, all slightly hairy
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Thorny Olive (Elaeagnus pungens)Observer
hfredianiDescription
iNat is suggesting eleaegenus - big shrub or small fallen over tree, dark green leaves w dark brown stem, leaves are thick and leathery seeming, big mean prickles I think? idk but it hurt me
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Leatherleaf Mahonia (Berberis bealei)Observer
hfredianiDescription
spiny shrub, large leathery leaves with very light green venation at the point it attaches to the stall, several inflorescences at the most terminal point of the shrub, very opposite arrangement
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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)Observer
hfredianiDescription
timely Christmas fern
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Grapevines (Genus Vitis)Observer
hfredianiDescription
I’m not sure if this is identifiable but it is a massive woody vine growing up a pine tree which I think has actually reached the top of the canopy - id really like to know what it is if anyone has a guess
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Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)Observer
hfredianiDescription
Definitely a quercus - not sure if it’s a rubra? very low in the canopy so that may affect the leaves being oddly shaped with very little lobing, does have red oak bristle
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
hfredianiDescription
I think this is a chimaphila but it’s fairly large, 6 palmately compound with only one terminal set of leaflets per plant, very spiky margins, growing in a patch of many other of the same plant
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Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina domestica)Observer
hfredianiDescription
iNats suggestion, it’s a little busted but compound leaves with imparipinnate long and pointed leaflets with entire margins, bright red berries
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Wild Leeks (Complex Allium tricoccum)Observer
hfredianiDescription
very distinct odor and bulb, I will try and come up with the technical term later but overlapping sheathing
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Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)Observer
hfredianiDescription
I can’t tell exactly what kind of mulberry - very scabrous and itchy upper surface but soft tomentose under surface
