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21 Cards in this Set
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Alternate leaves
Tufts of hairs in leaf axils on underside Bark smooth to furrowed into small plates |
Quercus laurifolia (FACW)
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Blocky bark
Leaves leathery, dark green above, lighter below, catkins |
Quercus virginiana (UPL)
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Medium to large canopy tree
Bark deeply furrowed w/interlacing ridges Fruit capsules packed in hard spiny balls |
Liquidambar styraciflua (FACW)
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Medium sized tree
Leaves with black blemishes on upper surface. Twigs zigzagged, fruit is a berry, orange at maturity. |
Diospyros virginiana (FAC)
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Evergreen shrub
Alternate leathery dark shiny green leaves with a visible vein around leaf margin, cute pink flowers |
Lyonia lucida (FACW)
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Head of tiny, congested white flowers packed into a button
Stalk rises from a basal rosette |
Eriocaulon spp. (OBL)
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Bark near white
Small teeth on leaf margins, white flowers, red or orange berries |
Ilex cassine (OBL)
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Sedge with blue to brownish beaked “seeds”
Sometimes arches back to the ground |
Rhynchospora megalocarpa (UPL)
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Native relative of sugarcane, develops a silky plume
Fuzzy moustache where leaf blade joins stem |
Saccharum giganteum (OBL)
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Chain on either side of the main vein located on the leaflet lobe
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Woodwardia virginica (FACW)
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Found in sun or shade, leaflets edged with tiny sawteeth
Spore clusters (sori) look like railroad tracks |
Blechnum serrulatum (FACW)
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Large, nearly leafless plants rising from shallow water
Small, brown clusters dangling from the side |
Schoenoplectus spp. (OBL)
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Medium to large canopy tree.
Swollen buttressed trunk and swollen base. Bark dark brown to black, w/deep interlacing furrows. |
Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora (OBL)
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Salt marshes and flats, strongly 2-ranked leaves
Congested panicle inflorescence |
Distichlis spicata (OBL)
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Leaf color swirls radiate from leaf base, heart shaped lobes on leaves, purple flower wands
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Pontederia cordata(OBL)
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Leaves linear or arrowhead, distinct raised veins, milky sap, white flowers
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Sagittaria latifolia (OBL)
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Bright green, grows erect w/leaves above water, midvein slightly off centered
Erect narrow panicle |
Panicum hemitomon (OBL)
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Grows from rhizomes
Leaf blades bluish green Narrow white leaf margins |
Amphicarpum muhlenbergianum (FACW)
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Low, sprawling herb, alternate leaves
Some leaves finely divided |
Proserpinaca spp. (OBL)
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Succulent herb
Salt and brackish marshes, flats. Leaves fused to fleshy stems, resembles sausage links |
Salicornia spp.(OBL)
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Leaves sometimes twisted, with pink and/or slimy bases |
Xyris spp. (all OBL except 2 species FACW)
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