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Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)Observer
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Cordate leaf shape with serrate margins. Surface is smooth. Flower is purple with 5 petals.
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Allegheny Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)Observer
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Pinnately trifoliolate leaves. Leaves are serrate. Stem is thick and purple with spines.
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Water Oak (Quercus nigra)Observer
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Leaves are alternate. Some minimal lobing in some of the leaves, others are elliptic in shape (a bit elongated) with no lobes. Smooth surface and smooth margins
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Blackjack Oak (Quercus marilandica)Observer
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3 main lobes. Lobes are fairly round with bristles. Glaucus underneath. Simple, alternate leaf arrangement
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American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)Observer
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Leaves have 5 deep lobes and appear to be serrate. Leaf arrangement is alternate and simple.
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St. Andrew's Cross (Hypericum hypericoides)Observer
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Leaves are very small. Opposite leaf arrangement. Smooth leaves and smooth margins. Leaves are a bit elongated but seem to have an elliptic or cuneate shape.
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Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)Observer
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Leaves have many pointed lobes. Alternate, simple leaf arrangement. Petioles seem elongated.
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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)Observer
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Leaves are smooth with smooth margins. Veins are curved toward the apex and are white-ish and prominent underneath.
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Ebony Spleenwort (Asplenium platyneuron)Observer
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Leaves appear opposite and doubly serrated. Underside shows sori with sporangia.
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Glossy Privet (Ligustrum lucidum)Observer
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Leaves are shiny, evergreen, and smooth. Margins are smooth. Opposite leaf arrangement and appears to have a drip tip.
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Common Ivy (Hedera helix)Observer
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Leaves are evergreen and lobed (5) with smooth margins. Vine. Leaves are smooth. White-ish veins and the underside appears glaucus.
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Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)Observer
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Leaves are elongated, simple, and green with smooth margins. The mid vein is white-ish and very pronounced on the underside.
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Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana)Observer
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Leaves are needle-like and green. Tree. Also has pine cones
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Solidago Subsect. Triplinerviae (Subsection Triplinerviae)Observer
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Leaves appear alternate and simple with smooth margins. There is an inflorescence at the apex of the plant with white, fuzzy flowers
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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)Observer
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Leaves are opposite with smooth margins. Leaves are evergreen and appear glaucus underneath. Leaves are elliptic in shape
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Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)Observer
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Leaves are opposite, simple. Margins are smooth and veins lead toward the apex. There also appear to be small hairs on the leaves. Leaves appear to be decussate. Vine.
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White Oak (Quercus alba)Observer
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Leaves are alternate and simple. The leaves have many rounded lobes. Margins are smooth. The underside appears glaucus
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Red Maple (Acer rubrum)Observer
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The leaves have 5 lobes with serrated margins. Underneath is glaucus. The leaves are simple and opposite.
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Trailing Fuzzy-Bean (Strophostyles helvola)Observer
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Ovate pinnately trifoliate leaves. Smooth leaves with veins heading toward the axis. Legume attached. Vine. Generally smooth margins
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Painted Leaf (Euphorbia cyathophora)Observer
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Leaf shape is broadly elliptic. Some are lobed, others not. Some leaves are a pink/coral color up to the middle of the leaf. Slightly serrated margins. Whirled. Vine. Buds in the center of the whirl.
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Beach Croton (Croton punctatus)Observer
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Light green broadly elliptic leaf shape. White-ish leaves, whiter underneath. Buds at the axis. Grows in sand
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Cutleaf Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata)Observer
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Leaves all emerging from the same point. Lobed, serrate margins. Hairy surface (tomentose)
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Beach Blanket-Flower (Gaillardia pulchella var. drummondii)Observer
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Leaves and stem have pilose hairs. Leaves are serrate (only after half-way up the leave). Inflorescence is red and yellow in color, seems to be raceme.
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Earleaf Greenbrier (Smilax auriculata)Observer
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Vine with tendrils. Green leaf with parallel venation. Alternate leaf arrangement. Appears to have some type of red/purple berry
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Prickly Pears (Genus Opuntia)Observer
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Green, glabrous surface. Has spines and prickles. Growing in the sand at Carolina beach
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Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris)Observer
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Opposite leaf arrangement. Leaves and stem have pilose hairs. Yellow inflorescence
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Oleander (Nerium oleander)Observer
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Thick, woody stalk. Whirled. Dark green leaves with white-ish midvein. Penni-parallel venation
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Earleaf Greenbrier (Smilax auriculata)Observer
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Green leaves with 3 lobes. Green vine, tendrils. Growing in sand. Parallel venation
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Sea Ox-Eye (Borrichia frutescens)Observer
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Stem is thick and woody. Leaves are light green with smooth, entire margins. Whirled. Growing in the sand of Carolina beaches.
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Largeleaf Pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis)Observer
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Round, green leaves. Scalloped margins, with veins emerging from the center. Stalks are smooth. Inflorescence is umbel. Grows on sandy Carolina beaches. Peltate.