11/20/13

Today I went to the lake to make a collection from the naturalized population of Cotoneaster down by the lake. While doing that, I photographed some other plants in the area.

Later, I went to a woods just inland to check on the status of a particular listed plant. It was not detectable at present, but that may be due to the season. I did find many other interesting woodland and swamp plants. Unfortunately, run-off from a nearby project has deposited mud over many of the best parts of the swamp and the margins of the meandering woodland stream that drains it. DNR was informed.

Posted on November 21, 2013 01:18 AM by frequentdormantfire frequentdormantfire

Observations

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Gray's Sedge (Carex grayi)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

Perigynia radiate rather than ascend. These plants are in alluvial woods.

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Yellow Avens (Geum aleppicum)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

It keys here because of the pilose receptacle, but let me know, if you disagree. I always worry about confusing this with laciniatum.

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Clustered Sanicle (Sanicula odorata)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

Maybe I'm kidding myself in thinking I still see a long style on the top fruit in the second picture.

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Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Ontario Aster (Symphyotrichum ontarionis)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

This looks much like laterifloris, but it creeps by long rhizomes.

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Canadian Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

The fields to the east are being developed, so all of this sediment washed down into the swamp during a big rain on Saturday.

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Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

I may be totally wrong. I am not sure what else these would be. This was a swampy spot in an old stream meander.

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Sweet Grasses (Genus Glyceria)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Swamp Saxifrage (Micranthes pensylvanica)

Date

November 20, 2013

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White Bear Sedge (Carex albursina)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Shining Bedstraw (Galium concinnum)

Date

November 20, 2013

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False Rue Anemone (Enemion biternatum)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

"Enemion" is a cruel name for a false Anemone!

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Stout Wood Reed (Cinna arundinacea)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

There were three OTHER Cardamine spp. from prior inventories, but this didn't seem right for any of those...hopefully not C. pensylvanica.

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Palm Sedge (Carex muskingumensis)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

New county record!

Check that. I crossed the county line into Racine Count, so second county record! I will have to follow the river back into Milwaukee County to get a record there.

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Bristly Buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

growing throughout swampy area... Older, dead stems are bristly.

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Canada Wild Rye (Elymus canadensis)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Lyme Grass (Leymus arenarius)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Meadow Willow (Salix petiolaris)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

S. interior is not relatively more whitened below vs. above

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Common Silverweed (Argentina anserina)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Beach Wormwood (Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata)

Date

November 20, 2013

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American Searocket (Cakile edentula)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Annual Wall-Rocket (Diplotaxis muralis)

Date

November 20, 2013

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Northern Green Rush (Juncus alpinoarticulatus)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

This one keyed easy. Blades were terete and septate, and the inflorescences were only about 1/9 the height of each plant.

http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/juncuskey.html

Plants were growing in a small seep.

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Torrey's Rush (Juncus torreyi)

Date

November 20, 2013

Description

Heads 0.8-1.3mm, auricles were 2mm

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