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Joint-toothed Mosses (Class Bryopsida)Observer
jksun22Description
Growing up in the cracks of this driveway. Small mounds of moss. Very soft to touch.
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Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)Observer
jksun22Description
Growing up among some rocks.
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Carpet Bugle (Ajuga reptans)Observer
jksun22Description
Growing very low to the ground in little almost palmate bundles. Undulate leaf margins. Purple-ish leaves in middle (younger leaves).
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Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria)Observer
jksun22Description
Serrated opposite simple leaves. Smooth evergreen. Creeping on the ground, growing no higher than 1.5-2 meters.
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Seductive Entodon Moss (Entodon seductrix)Observer
jksun22Description
Not sure if this is the correct ID. Is very hard to tell but looks very much like the picture example of Entodon seductrix. Lots of branching off and very low to the ground.
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Speedwells (Genus Veronica)Observer
jksun22Description
Very pubescent leaves.
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Knotweeds, Smartweeds, and Waterpeppers (Genus Persicaria)Observer
jksun22Description
Hard to tell between this one and two other species of the same genus but the pink stems seem to indicate this species. Growing by and along a small stream.
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Mock Strawberry (Potentilla indica)Observer
jksun22Description
Trifoliate leaves with little red strawberry fruits. Serrated and pinnately parallel veins on leaflets.
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Common Yellow Woodsorrels (Section Corniculatae)Observer
jksun22Description
Growing in little patches. Trifoliate leaves with long petioles (relative to leaf size). Very sour taste.
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Mulberries (Genus Morus)Observer
jksun22Description
Very young red mulberry growing underneath a Juniperus virginiana
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Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)Observer
jksun22Description
Opposite evergreen leaves. Woody vine
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Japanese Clover (Kummerowia striata)Observer
jksun22Description
Very small trifoliate leaves with extremely parallel pinnately veined leaflets.
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Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)Observer
jksun22Description
Herbaceous plant coming up only about 10-20cm off ground.
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Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)Observer
jksun22Place
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Central Campus, Chapel Hill, NC, US (Google, OSM)Description
Young Ailanthus altissima. Very bright red rachis and semi opposite leaflets.
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American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Observer
jksun22Place
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Central Campus, Chapel Hill, NC, US (Google, OSM)Description
This is probably a sweet gum but could be a red maple or even something else? It's a very young plant and hard to tell. Alternating 5 pointed leaves, serrate and smooth on upper and undersides. Leaves actually have a very citrusy smell..
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Saw Greenbrier (Smilax bona-nox)Observer
jksun22Place
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Central Campus, Chapel Hill, NC, US (Google, OSM)Description
Woody vine crawling up a young elm tree. Smooth, simple, alternating leaves with distinct venation and shape.
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Horseweed (Erigeron canadensis)Observer
jksun22Description
Spiraling leaves and inflorescence. Longer branches at the top of the plant.
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Spotted Spurge (Euphorbia maculata)Observer
jksun22Description
Opposite, oblong, entire leaves. Multiple inflorescence at each node.
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Chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria)Observer
jksun22Description
Growing very close to the ground in between the grass. Alternating, entire, oblong leaves.
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Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)Observer
jksun22Description
5 leaflet palmate leaves. Alternating leaves.
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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)Observer
jksun22Description
3 meters off the ground. Evergreen alternating entire leaves of a Chinese privet tree.
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Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana)Observer
jksun22Description
Alternate, serrated, single leaves. Young plants growing wild across a span of 10 meters, only about .5 to 1 meter off the ground.
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Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)Observer
jksun22Place
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Central Campus, Chapel Hill, NC, US (Google, OSM)Description
Spiraling leaves with serrated margins and sharp prickly points. Yellow inflorescence heads, inflorescence coming out of axillary nodes and at end.
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Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)Observer
jksun22Description
Young loblolly pine at the edge of a parking lot. Three pine needles per bundle and pines are about half a foot in length. Pine plant is only about a foot and a half off the ground
