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Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Leaves have white soft hairs on both sides
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Thorny Olive (Elaeagnus pungens)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Alternate, simple, evergreen leaves with entire margins. Upper surface speckled with white and brown dots on leaf underside, especially concentrated at midrib and petiole, giving a rough texture. These “dots” can be scratched off using fingernail. 8 ft tall so I assume a shrub. Plant has yellow rocket-shaped flower bud.
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Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Herbaceous plant with alternate, simple, entire leaves. There are no petioles because bases sheathe stem. Not C. erecta because sheathe is open.
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Kudzu (Pueraria montana)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Woody vine. Trifoliate leaf with rachis. Large leaves with 2-lobes outer leaflets and inside leaflets are 3-lobes. Each leaflet has an awn. Fuzzy to the touch.
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Persian Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Bipinnately compound leafs, one foot long. Secondary leaflets are stocking shaped. Tree is 10’ tall and falling over from flooding.
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American Jumpseed (Persicaria virginiana)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Opposite leaves. Hairy. Longer hooked hairs on underside. Short hairs on bottom.
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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Small shrub. Opposite leaves, change angle. Smooth margins.
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Carrot Family (Family Apiaceae)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Herbaceous plant with compound trifoliate leaves. Leaves have 1-3 lobes formed from shallow to deep clefts along margins. Resembles parsley.
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Carpet Bugle (Ajuga reptans)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Basal leaf arrangement with leaves only growing at base of plant. Leaves simple and obovate with long petioles and entire leaf margin.
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Plants (Kingdom Plantae)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Pandurate shaped leaf that has started to turn purple. Basal leaf arrangement with leaves only growing from base of plant. Leaves simple with long petioles.
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Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)Observer
micahholzerDescription
4 ft tall shrub. Smooth margins. Light and dark. Opposite
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Ground-Ivy (Glechoma hederacea)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Stems root at nodes. Leaves are opposite, evergreen, have scalloped margins and are aromatic when crushed.
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American Asters (Genus Symphyotrichum)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Flowers about 1” in diameter with white ray flowers and yellow disc flowers and slender stems. Ovate-oblong leaves with entire margins.
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Little Heartleaf (Asarum minus)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Leathery, evergreen, heart-shaped leaves that are aromatic when crushed. Smaller and rounder than H. arifolia. White variegation at veins.
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Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americanus)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Fruit is a red spiky capsule with orangish/red arils. Shrub is small with green stems. Leaves have short petioles and are opposite and serrate.
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Umbrella Magnolia (Magnolia tripetala)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Leaves are large and cuneate in shape with smooth upper surface and hairy under undersides, clustering at ends of twigs. Buds are long and skinny.
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White Oak (Quercus alba)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Alternate, simple, rounded-lobes leaves with glabrous upper and glaucas underside and short petioles.
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Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Alternate, simple, leaves with 4 lobes (bilaterally symmetric) and long petioles. 25’ tall tree. Very tall and straight trunk.
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Low Smartweed (Persicaria longiseta)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Leaves entire, alternate, simple. Leaves lanceolate shaped, hairless and faint black smudge. Flowers are pinkish. Stems are green to reddish brown.
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Beefsteak Plant (Perilla frutescens)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Stem is square in cross-section. Leaves opposite, strongly toothed, with quilted-looking veins. Flowers axillary and terminal verticillasters.
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Violets (Genus Viola)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Leaves are alternate and heart-shaped with course notches. They are hairless on top and sit close to ground.
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Rattlesnake Fern (Botrypus virginianus)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Single sessile leaf on stalk about 0.5’ tall. approximately 12 leaflets on a single stem. Leaflets are oblong, cut and toothed. Petiole is long and smooth.
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Lesser Smoothcap (Atrichum angustatum)Observer
micahholzerDescription
Acrocarpous moss with no hair on calyptra and with spore capsules extending out of moss.