with stem nodes each containing 🍁︎ leaves or ⬮ leaf scars usually numbering/arranged …
1-at-a-node,arranged╧╤╧╤alternate (spiral) ⇦ if unsure 2-at-a-node,arranged═╪═╪opposite or 3+-at-a-node,arranged═❋═❋whorled :
The identification paths for these plants are 🚧 under construction. Until we finish, … garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata early in growing season; 🥾 boot-top-high; flower=green, like a small cup with a built-in cover over the top, may have red mixed in with green if matureJack in the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum leaves arranged alternate, but each leaf is doubly-pinnately-compoundwater hemlock Cicuta maculata creeping thistle or field thistle Cirsium arvense 🇪🇺 ♒︎ European swamp thistle Cirsium palustre poison hemlock Conium maculatum leafy spurge Euphorbia esula
Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica
2-at-a-node,arranged═╪═╪opposite⊖ not-decussateMAD-Cap-Horse 2-at-a-node,arranged═╪═╪opposite⊕ decussate
The identification paths for these plants are 🚧 under construction. Until we finish, …
The identification paths for these plants are 🚧 under construction. Until we finish, … clusters of very-small flowers with ❀ 5 petals=various colorsmilkweed genus Asclepias and related genera clusters of very-small flowers with ❀ 5 petals=pink or light purple around white center, 40% of sphere, 👃︎ subtle smell of vanilla◼︎ ♒︎ rose or swamp milkweed Asclepias incarnata clusters of very-small flowers with ❀ 5 petals=dusty rose, 80% of sphere, 👃︎ smells flowerycommon milkweed Asclepias syriaca clusters of very-small flowers with ❀ 5 petals=brilliant orange around a yellow center, 10% of a sphere, 👃︎ little smellbutterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa waist-high perennial, clusters of very-small flowers with ❀ 5 petals=white around a white center, 20% of a sphere, leaves=very narrowwhorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata Virginia springbeauty Claytonia virginica leaves=🍂︎ non-lobed; petals=purple (very-dark) or black◼︎ black swallow-wort Cynanchum louiseae ◼︎ pale swallow-wort Cynanchum rossicum 🇪🇺 European fireweed Epilobium hirsutum
◼︎ eastern purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea Joe Pye weed genus Eutrochium
3+-at-a-node,arranged═❋═❋whorled 3+-at-the-node,near the ground,arranged =⚶ basal or rosette :
The identification paths for these plants are 🚧 under construction. Until we finish, … leaves=very thin, ❋ whorled, 11 at each node🐎︎ horsetail genus Equisetum 🍓︎ strawberry genus Fragaria
Seedless vascular plants: clubmoss division Lycophyta and ferns division Polypodiophyta, ferns class Polypodiopsida, ferns and fern allies (Minnesota Wildflowers), ferns (photo thumbnails) (Minnesota), ferns (photo thumbnails) (Missouri).
deep-red, right at ground level (dig through leaf-litter to see it)wild ginger genus Asarum
✽ common daisy Bellis perennis
hairy bittercress Cardamine hirsuta narrowleaf bittercress Cardamine impatiens spotted knapweed Centaurea stoebe 🥾 boot-top-high, four yellow petals with yellow center, petals do not overlapgreater celandine poppy Chelidonium majus leaves=👟︎ ankle-high, two-color (gray and dark-green); if present, flower has 6 white petals◼︎ white trout lily Erythronium albidum leaves=👟︎ ankle-high, two-color (gray and dark-green); if present, flower has 6 yellow petals◼︎ yellow trout lily or ◼︎ ◼︎ yellow dogtooth violet Erythronium americanum
many very-long furry "smoky" petals, below 🦵 knee-high; leaves are 👟︎ ankle-highprairie smoke Geum triflorum
pink or white irregular clusters of ✤ four-petal flowers, looking like cotton candyqueen of the prairie Filipendula rubra
low (👟︎ ankle-high); leaves=5-♧-lobed; petals=violet, pink, rarely whitewild geranium Geranium maculatum reed mannagrass Glyceria maxima baby's breath Gypsophila paniculata
very-tall herbaceous perennial, huge clusters of very-small white flowers, 20% of a sphere, leaves=huge, wide, ♧ lobedlike Queen Anne's lace Daucus carota on steroidsX✋︎ ☠︎ 🐖︎ giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum ☠︎ ✋︎X tall herbaceous perennial, huge clusters of very-small white flowers, 20% of a sphere, leaves=huge, wide, ♧ lobedlike Queen Anne's lace Daucus carota on steroidsX✋︎ ☠︎ 🐄︎ common cowparsnip Heracleum maximum ☠︎ ✋︎X dame's rocket Hesperis matronalis Japanese hops Humulus japonicus
sheep laurel Kalmia angustifolia
◼︎ mint/sage family Lamiaceae lyme-grass Leymus arenarius lupine genus Lupinus ◼︎ purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
◼︎ 🍀︎ white sweet clover Melilotus alba ◼︎ 🍀︎ yellow sweet clover Melilotus officinalis Japanese stilt grass Microstegium vimineum 🐝︎ beebalm / bergamot / 🐎︎ horsemint genus Monarda very-showy large combined blossoms, red or magenta ∼30 petals (many tubular); stem shape=◼︎ square◼︎ 🐝︎ scarlet beebalm Monarda didyma single blossom, magenta or purple, bright or pale, 12 petals (many tubular)wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa pale pink/violet blossom on multiple levels like a ⋮ kebab, spots on the petals[?] between the more-noticeable sepals[?]spotted/dotted 🐝︎ beebalm / 🐎︎ horsemint Monarda punctata
◼︎ purple passionflower Passiflora incarnata reed canarygrass Phalaris arundinacea waist-high perennial; single-flower petals=blue, violet, pink, red or white; leaves=🍂︎ non-lobedphlox genus Phlox Eurasian phragmites Phragmites australis small white ❀ 5 petals with a large green center, that turn into green then dark-purple fruitAmerican pokeweed Phytolacca americana 🚧 under construction🌾︎ grass family Poaceae 🌾︎ grasses and sedges (photo thumbnails) (Minnesota), 🌾︎ grasses (photo thumbnails) (Missouri), 🌾︎ sedges and rushes (photo thumbnails) (Missouri). one or two large ╤ horizontal ♧ lobed leaves, 🥾 boot-top- to 🦵 knee-high, optional single white blossom or green fruit; plants grouped together in a forest, only visible early in growing seasonmayapple Podophyllum peltatum mile-a-minute weed Polygonum perfoliatum giant knotweed Polygonum sachalinense purslane or 🐖︎ little hogweed Portulaca oleracea
◼︎ green-headed coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata
👟︎ ankle-high; flower=8–10–12 white petals (4 smaller petals on top, 4 bigger ones behind, defining a ⬜ square), yellow center; when plant pulled up, roots drip red sapbloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis crown vetch Securigera varia climbing nightshade Solanum dulcamara 🥾 boot-top-high, four yellow petals with yellow center, petals overlapcelandine poppy Stylophorum diphyllum
◼︎ 🍀︎ red clover Trifolium pratense 3 equally-spaced ╤ horizontal leaves, halfway between your 👟︎ ankle and 🦵 knee;may have 3 striking equally-spaced petals (◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎◼︎ white, yellow, green, red or pink/magenta) surrounded by 3 sepals (◼︎◼︎ green or reddish)trillium genus Trillium 3 equally-spaced ╤ horizontal leaves, halfway between your 👟︎ ankle and 🦵 knee;above leaves, may have 3 striking equally-spaced ◼︎◼︎ white petals (can be pink after a cold winter) surrounded by 3 ◼︎ green sepals◼︎ white trillium Trillium grandiflorum 3 equally-spaced ╤ horizontal ▥ variegated leaves (two colors — green and gray-green), halfway between your 👟︎ ankle and 🦵 knee;above leaves, may have 3 striking equally-spaced ◼︎ yellow petals surrounded by 3 ◼︎ green sepals◼︎ yellow trillium Trillium luteum narrowleaf cattail Typha angustifolia
◼︎ black-haw Viburnum prunifolium ◼︎ white swallow-wort Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
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