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Honeysuckles (Genus Lonicera)Observer
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Very soft, hairy leaves. Growing on reddish brown stem with pilose hairs. Blueish underside differentiates it from Japanese honeysuckle.
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Striped Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata)Observer
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Red/purple stem and leaf undersurface. Dark green leaves with white around midrib and vines. Serrate margins.
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Thorny Olive (Elaeagnus pungens)Observer
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Very white underside, white margins. Wavy (not flat, undulate) leaves. Shinny, glabrous upper surface. Alternate leaves.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Glabrous upper surface. Leaves are wavy (not flat.).
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Viburnums (Genus Viburnum)Observer
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Very hairy underside with white hairs, petioles are also hairy. Glabrous upper surface. Opposite leaves separated by an axillary bud.
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American Holly (Ilex opaca)Observer
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Leaves with shinny, glabrous upper surfaces. Pale underside. Leaves curved (not flat). Bark with white patches.
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Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria)Observer
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Defined white midrib of leaves. Almost white bark. Shinny, red/brown berries. Shinny, glabrous upper surface.
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Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum)Observer
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Round pine cones. Curved “leaves”. Young pine cones are yellow. Bark is brown and layered.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Pinnately compound leaves with 13 leaflets. Smooth margins. Wavy (not flat) leaves.
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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)Observer
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Glabours upper surface. Opposite leaves that are wavy (undulate). Stem with white spots (lenticels).
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Common Blue Violet (Viola sororia)Observer
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Glacous undersurface with distinct white patches. Crenate (rounded but at an angle) margins.
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Ground-Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)Observer
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Very soft, tomentose induentum. Visible short white hairs. Greens stems with pilose hairs.
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Climbing Euonymus (Euonymus fortunei)Observer
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Opposite leaves with defined, white midribs. Serrate margins. Pale underside of leaves.
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Little Brown Jugs (Asarum arifolium)Observer
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White patches on the leaves. Flexible brown stems.
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Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)Observer
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Alternately arranged fronds with “thumbs” and serrate margins. Sand-like on the under surface. Long brown hairs on stems.
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Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina domestica)Observer
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Opposite palmately trifoliate leaflets. Red axillary buds where the petioles and petioules begin. Red/orange berries that have a brown spike.
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Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)Observer
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Large leaves (size of my hand) with large axillary buds. Orange hairs on under surface of leaves. Leaves are curved, don’t lay flat.
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Chinese Holly (Ilex cornuta)Observer
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Alternate leaves usually with 7 sharp spines. Petioles that curve towards the shrub. Younger branches are green, older ones are light brown.
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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)Observer
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Opposite leaves. Orange glands under the leaves. Slightly hairy branches. Apex of the leaf is curved onwards with a small sharp tip.
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Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)Observer
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Opposite leaves. Pilose leaves and stems. Growing on a brown vine.
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Subfamily FaboideaeObserver
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Large axillary buds. Leaflets of 9. Thorns on the vines.
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Roundleaf Greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia)Observer
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Thorns and tendrils on green vines.
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Willow Oak (Quercus phellos)Observer
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Defined midrib of leaf, especially on the undersurface.
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Chinese Bushclover (Lespedeza cuneata)Observer
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Trifoliate leaflets. Sharp point at the tip of each leaflet.
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Winged Elm (Ulmus alata)Observer
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Oblique leaf base. Serrate margins.
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Possumhaw (Ilex decidua)Observer
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Scalloped or serrate margins.
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Olive Family (Family Oleaceae)Observer
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Glaucous undersurface. Some with 5 leaflets, some with 7.
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Little-leaf Linden (Tilia cordata)Observer
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Orange axillary hairs. Serrate margins.