11/16/13

I forgot to put the battery from my charger back in my camera, so I used my phone, which doesn't handle wet surfaces well. Oh well.

I wanted to get out this weekend before the rain, so I took Thistle to walk in the Kettle Moraine State forest and associated sandy barrens/prairies and around Scuppernong Springs. I was hoping the Aristida species (four of them) on the sand prairies would still be holding their seeds, but they had all dropped.

Posted on November 16, 2013 07:40 PM by frequentdormantfire frequentdormantfire

Observations

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Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)

Date

November 16, 2013

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White Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Swamp Dewberry (Rubus hispidus)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

prickles w/o broadened base, prostrate, +/- evergreen

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Poverty Oatgrass (Danthonia spicata)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Black Huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Black Oak (Quercus velutina)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

buds pubescent throughout and greater than 6mm long

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Dicots [Paraphyletic] (Class Magnoliopsida)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

poor picture of small, hairy Berteroa rosette

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Woolly Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Hairy Hawkweed (Hieracium longipilum)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Spotted Starthistle (Centaurea stoebe ssp. australis)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Sheep's Sorrel (Rumex acetosella)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Beach Wormwood (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Great Plains Flatsedge (Cyperus lupulinus)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Densetuft Hairsedge (Bulbostylis capillaris)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

sand barren

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Muhlenberg's Sedge (Carex muehlenbergii)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

Admittedly, the pictures aren't convincing in this season, but the the length of the flowering culms, growth habit, and in inflorescence (even with spikes fallen off) are fairly distinctive, especially in a dry, sandy habitat (other sedges, including Pensylvania sedge, were around).

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Pale-leaved Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus strumosus)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

stems glabrous, leaves petioled, marginal teath minimal, undersides of leaf pubescent, growing in interior of woodland

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Date

November 16, 2013

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Fragrant Bedstraw (Galium triflorum)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Upright Hedge-Parsley (Torilis japonica)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

natural population at margins of sand prairie

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Ohio Spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Hairy Rosette-Panicgrass (Dichanthelium acuminatum)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

These plants represent variety columbianum (not an INat option)

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Bigtooth Aspen (Populus grandidentata)

Date

November 16, 2013

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American Plantain (Plantago rugelii)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Swamp Goldenrod (Solidago patula)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Muskgrass (Genus Chara)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Climacium Mosses (Genus Climacium)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Prairie Coreopsis (Coreopsis palmata)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Pale Indian Plantain (Arnoglossum atriplicifolium)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Date

November 16, 2013

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Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata)

Date

November 2013

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Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

Date

November 16, 2013

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Prairie Rose (Rosa arkansana)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

hips often in clusters, without hairs

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Sideoats Grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

ridgetop opening

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Virginia Pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum)

Date

November 16, 2013

Description

vs. densiflorum? This has orbicular vs. obovate fruits.

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