Sedgwick's Rock Preserve (second visit) 4/26/04

Each row is a species. Click on the species name in the table below or simply scroll down. Hovering your cursor over the first picture in each row will give you the species name and family. Clicking on each picture will give you an expanded version.

Antennaria plantaginifolia	Arisaema triphyllum	Asarum canadense	Camptosorus rhizophyllus	Cardamine bulbosa	Cornus alternifolia
Cystopteris bulbifera	Galium concinnum	Hydrangea arborescens	Hydrophyllum appendiculatum	Impatiens sp.	Laportea canadensis
Mitella diphylla	Pinus strobus	Pinus sylvestris	Polygonatum biflorum	Sedum ternatum	Senecio obovatus
Silene virginica	Smilacina racemosa	Staphylea trifolia	Stellaria pubera	Trillium grandiflorum

Dioecious; female

male ramets

male discoid head

note creeping stolons

spathe partially removed to show female flowers

sequentially dioecious


mature foliage persists into summer shade	flower positioned at ground surface; attracts beetles	emerging ramets in early April


elongate leaf tips root to form new ramets	a true calciphile


pure white flowers; leaves sessile, coarsely toothed; leaves shiny green	flowers later (4/25/04) than C. douglassii (late March)


arching veins is characteristic of genus	note alternate leaf scars from previous year	a small treelet/tree


reddish brown petiole and rachis	basal pinnae are longest	a calciphile


smaller, narrower leaves than G. aparine, typically 6 lvs/node


last year's inflorescense showing two flower types: sterile petaliferous at edge, and small fertile in center	a scraggly shrub; twig with large, soft pith


leaves 5-lobed	biennial: 2nd year on left with developing inflorescence (4/25), seedling on right (note cotyledons)

		There are two species distinguish-able only when in flower. I pallida has a yellow flower, while the flowers of I. capensis are orange.
seedling on 4/25/04, note gray-green cotyledons and large rounded teeth on leaf margin	a dominant shade tolerant herb in summer

deeply veined, large teeth

large urticating hairs evident on stem


1 pair of leaves on each flowering stem	close-up shows feather petals


young tree	soft needles	4-5 needles per bundle


mature tree with orange bark	stiff short needles	2 twisted needles per bundle


1-2 axillary flowers per node on a fertile shoot	leaves with more rounded tips and less deeply veined than S. racemosa


succulent leaves, flowers white	leaves whorled, 3/node	typically growing on rock surfaces

a forest composite (4/25/04)

above: head
below: basal leaves obovate


unmistakable; note notched ("pinked") petals


"veins in valleys", leaf tips acuminate	terminal inflorescence


opposite, trifoliate leaves; leaflets serrate	a treelet


flowers >1cm diameter	flowers later than many ephemerals (4/25/04)


unmistakable; petals fade to pinkish tone	often clonal