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Velvetgrass (Holcus lanatus)Observer
coreyburtDescription
Growing on disturbed edge of treed riparian area along Moffat Creek. One large clump. Collection: Burt 216
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Bebb's Willow (Salix bebbiana)Observer
coreyburtDescription
At base of rock barren in moist, gravelly soils.
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Straw Sedge (Carex foenea)Observer
coreyburtDescription
Growing at base of rock barren in gravelly soil. Inflorescence nodding. Collection: Burt 216 (WLU)
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American Yellow Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. guessowii)Observer
coreyburt
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Spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis)Observer
coreyburtDescription
I believe this little fellow hitched a ride via clothing from Drynan Tract
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Night-flowering Catchfly (Silene noctiflora)Observer
coreyburtDescription
Note both pistil and stamens on same flower in second photo.
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Dogbane Leaf Beetle (Chrysochus auratus)Observer
coreyburtDescription
Found on Apocynum.
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Thin Paspalum (Paspalum setaceum)Observer
coreyburtDescription
var. muhlenbergii. Growing within road allowance, even surviving being mowed!!!
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Brazilian Watermeal (Wolffia brasiliensis)Observer
coreyburtDescription
Distinct papillae in center of leaves. Growing amongst Wolffia borealis and W. columbiana. Collected voucher specimen (Burt & Consiglio 197) with permit from NPCA
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Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum)Observer
coreyburtDescription
Mosa Forest. Along wet trail in mixed deciduous forest (Bur Oak-Red Maple-Hickory), approximately 80 m from the road. Patches extend approximately 1 m wide on either side of the trail, and run the length of the trail for 20+ m. Growing amongst the morphologically similar graminoid Leersia virginica. Several satellite patches with a few plants encountered further down the trail.
Reported to CFIA and local conservation authority.
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Brazilian Watermeal (Wolffia brasiliensis)Observer
coreyburtDescription
First record for southern Ontario. Reported previously from Frontenac and Lanark County (see Thomson 2005, in Canadian Field-Naturalist, Vol. 199, No. 1). Obvious pappila in center of frond. In vegetated drainage ditch just north of parking lot at Wainfleet Bog CA.
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Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)Observer
coreyburtDescription
Growing on limestone outcrops on West side of Grand River. Collected.
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Bigbract Verbena (Verbena bracteata)Observer
coreyburtDescription
Growing out of crack in sidewalk.
