October Ecoquest: Common Mugwort

The mugwort was so hard to find!! When I was looking for this, I looked up previous observations of the Common Mugwort on iNaturalist, and I found a few in Central Park. So I went to Central Park to the locations listed, and I couldn't find any Common Mugworts. It took a lot of walking in circles, through the dirt, bushes, and off the trails. Finally, I found a plant that had the same leaf structure as the one in the picture I was cross referencing from. The common mugwort I found was very small, and did not look like it was thriving as much as the reference photo. I thought that since I found it in the month of November, but it was the October challenge, maybe it had wilted and was not at its peak as it would've been in October. I mainly was able to identify it because of its leaf structure, and I was so excited to find it!

Posted on November 24, 2020 03:07 AM by