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In January 2019, we lost a fixture of the northern Indiana and Chicago region botanical community. Keith Board, a past regular contributor to this blog, passed away at age 58 after an extended illness, leaving a major void for all who knew him. The tribute video at the link below features Keith's plant photographs and shows him with numerous other botanists and naturalists from Indiana and the Chicago region.</div>
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For several years I have led a very popular and relatively inexpensive grass identification and ecology workshop at The Morton Arboretum. I will be leading that workshop again this summer. In addition, for anyone who has taken that workshop in the past or who takes the workshop this year, there will also be an advanced grass identification workshop following the first workshop. Information on the workshops follows. If you know of someone who may be interested, please spread the word.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Tired of seeing "unknown grass" and "</span><i style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Dichanthelium</i><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> sp." on your vegetation sampling datasheets? Need to know what species that </span><i style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Elymus</i><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> is to figure out if you're in a wetland or an upland? Interested in learning vegetative characteristics for some of our more common grasses? Just want to know more about grass identification and ecology in general? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," then the workshops discussed below being held on September 5-6 and 7-8, 2017 at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois may be for you. If you have any questions about the workshops, email Scott Namestnik at </span><a href="mailto:snamestnik@orbisec.com" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;" target="_blank">snamestnik@orbisec.com</a><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Learn to identify the grasses that add beauty and interest to the summer and fall landscape. Grasses allow us to read the landscape: from soils, habitat, disturbance and past land uses. They form a critical component of the biodiversity and with nearly 11,000 species, this is the fourth largest plant family. This workshop consists of an intensive, hands-on approach incorporating both classroom work and field study. Identify warm season grasses in the field and lab, learn the specialized terminology and distinguishing features, discuss their ecology, and practice identifying species from keys. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Expand your grass identification skills in this expert workshop. You've taken the first step towards learning the specialized terminology used to identify grasses, and you've learned some common woodland, prairie, and wetland grasses. Now it's time to delve even deeper into the complex world of these economically and ecologically essential monocots. This workshop consists of an intensive, hands-on approach incorporating both classroom work and field study. We will use what we've learned in the introductory grass identification and ecology workshop as we become more comfortable using dichotomous keys to identify several grasses in the lab. We'll then incorporate our learning in the field as we learn key identification characteristics of even more grass species in varied habitats. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Instructor:</strong> Scott Namestnik, senior botanist, Orbis Environmental Consulting<br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Notes: </strong>Held both indoors and outdoors. Please dress for the weather each day. Limit 20<br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Supplies:</strong> Please bring a water bottle, a hand lens, and your Grass Identification and Ecology notebook, and wear sturdy, closed-toed shoes for walking over uneven terrain. Fee includes all workshop handouts, morning refreshments and a box lunch.<br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Intended audience: </strong>Advanced students and professionals.<br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prerequisites:</strong> Grass Identification and Ecology (S318) or permission of the instructor. Please contact the Registrar’s Office at <a href="mailto:registrar-ed@mortonarb.org" style="border: 0px; color: #1155cc; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">registrar-ed@mortonarb.org</a> <wbr></wbr>with questions about prerequisites.</span></div>
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Scott Namestnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-42938666957211892562016-05-25T08:17:00.002-07:002016-05-25T08:17:43.709-07:00Grass Identification and Ecology Workshop to be Offered at The Morton ArboretumAs I've done the past two years, I'll be leading a grass identification and ecology workshop at The Morton Arboretum this summer. Information on the workshop follows.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Tired of seeing "unknown grass" and "</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Dichanthelium</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> sp." on your vegetation sampling datasheets? Need to know what species that </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Elymus</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> is to figure out if you're in a wetland or an upland? Interested in learning vegetative characteristics for some of our more common grasses? Just want to know more about grass identification and ecology in general? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," then the workshop discussed below being held on September 8-9, 2016 at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois may be for you. If you have any questions about the workshop, email Scott Namestnik at </span><a href="mailto:snamestnik@orbisec.com" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;" target="_blank">snamestnik@orbisec.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">.</span><br />
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Scott Namestnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-83228101684797972442016-03-28T10:38:00.001-07:002016-04-07T13:15:05.581-07:00Sharp-lobed Hepatica!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Ah spring! Today the sun was shining and the temperature was mild. I took a long walk in the woods and soaked in as much of the beauty as I could carry. I smelled the rich, earthy fragrance of old leaves on the forest floor warming in the sun. The sky was blue, birds were singing, and bees were gathering pollen and nectar. I saw a Mourning Cloak gliding easily on the breeze and a pair of Question </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 18px;">Marks racing around in a quick spiral dance. As I sit here this evening, I am savoring the memories of my day in the woods. One of the highlights of the day was a large, spectacular display of Sharp-lobed Hepatica. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">This colorful member of the Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae) was long known as Hepatica acutiloba. Some are now calling it Hepatica nobilis var. acuta. I am reminded of the words of Gertrude Wister: “The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.” Well said, and noted!</span></div>
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<br />Keith Boardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083771082232156983noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-77518039052441232672015-12-28T19:02:00.000-08:002016-03-08T18:34:43.136-08:00Steele Prairie State Preserve WildflowersOver the 2014 and 2015 growing seasons, Mary Damm and I conducted a plant inventory at <a href="http://www.cherokeecountyparks.com/index.php/parks/steele-prairie-state-preserve" target="_blank">T.H. Steele Prairie State Preserve</a> for the <a href="http://www.iowadnr.gov/" target="_blank">Iowa Department of Natural Resources</a>. In addition to the few photos below, I put together a short slideshow that can be viewed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ5dxeWcMJ4" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Scott Namestnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-14086065687841511212015-05-31T20:20:00.000-07:002015-05-31T20:22:06.621-07:00Grass Identification and Ecology Workshop to be Offered at The Morton ArboretumIn 2014, I was asked to lead two sessions of a grass identification and ecology workshop at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. The workshops both sold out and were very well received, and I've been asked to return to lead the workshop again this summer. Here is some information for anyone interested.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Tired of seeing "unknown grass" and "</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Dichanthelium</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> sp." on your vegetation sampling datasheets? Need to know what species that </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Elymus</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"> is to figure out if you're in a wetland or an upland? Interested in learning vegetative characteristics for some of our more common grasses? Just want to know more about grass identification and ecology in general? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," then the workshop discussed below being held on September 17-18, 2015 at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois may be for you. If you have any questions about the workshop, email Scott Namestnik at </span><a href="mailto:snamestnik@orbisec.com" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">snamestnik@orbisec.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">.</span><br />
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<i>Aquilegia canadensis</i>, Wild Columbine. This attractive member of the Ranunculaceae is beginning to put on a show in the Midwest. </div>
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<br />Keith Boardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083771082232156983noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-85323687474069015332015-01-21T19:55:00.000-08:002015-01-22T16:22:16.280-08:00Trillium cernuum and Trillium flexipes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Often confused with the similar <em>Trillium flexipes</em>, the first two photos below are <em>Trillium cernuum</em>. Look closely at the stamens... the anthers and filaments are approximately the same length. In <em>Trillium flexipes</em>, the anthers are much longer than the filaments. The ranges of the two species sometimes overlap, but <em>Trillium cernuum</em> is generally a more northern species, whereas <em>Trillium flexipes</em> is generally more southern. </div>
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The photos above are from Bog Meadow Nature Trail in Saratoga County, New York, May 21, 2014.<br />
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For comparison, here are four photos of <em>Trillium flexipes</em>. The first was taken at Turkey Run State Park, Parke County, Indiana, May 3, 2008. The next three were taken at Bendix Woods Nature Preserve, St. Joseph County, Indiana - the first two on May 5, 2013 and the last on April 25, 2009. Again, take a close look at the anther to filament ratio. The anthers are much longer than the filaments in <em>Trillium flexipes</em>. <br />
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I tend to think that the anther to filament <em>ratio</em> is a better way to distinguish these two similar species than the actual <em>length</em> of the filaments. Many references use a filament length of up to 2 or 2.5 mm for <em>Trillium flexipes</em> in their keys, but if you dissect the flower you often can find filaments that are longer than 2.5 mm. In fact, I would be willing to bet that the filaments in the first through third photos of <em>Trillium flexipes</em> above have filaments longer than 2.5 mm (I can see them pretty easily without even dissecting the flowers). <br />
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Flax-leaved Aster starts to flower pretty early for an aster, usually in late August. The leaves are very narrow and have scratchy-scabrous hairs, giving them an interesting feel. Look for this beautiful native in sandy black oak savannas in northern Indiana. Photographed on September 2, 2014 in Starke County, Indiana. </div>
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<br />Keith Boardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083771082232156983noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-86086518529037379412014-11-14T07:55:00.001-08:002014-12-10T05:09:49.555-08:00<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A YouTube Video</span></span></span></span><br />
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On Friday before the <a href="http://www.inpaws.org/" target="_blank">Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society (INPAWS)</a> Annual Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, I made a stop at the <a href="http://www.bio.indiana.edu/faculty/facilities/herbarium.shtml" target="_blank">Indiana University Herbarium</a>. I knew that Paul Rothrock and Jerry Wilhelm would be there, and I'd planned on going through some specimens with them for a few hours on Friday afternoon. That great opportunity was made even better when I arrived and found that Roger Hedge and Lee Casebere were also spending the afternoon in the herbarium! A bit later, Michael Huft and Charlotte Gyllenhaal showed up. What a day!</div>
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<br />Scott Namestnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-59737104043836639672014-10-29T05:13:00.004-07:002014-10-29T05:13:52.192-07:00The Erosion of Collections-based ScienceGood article on this alarming trend...<br />
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The spikelets of <em>C. odoratus</em> are similar in color to those of <em>C. esculentus</em>, often having an orangeish hue, turning brown upon maturation. The spikelets are often more dense in the inflorescence than in <em>C. esculentus</em>, but not as densely packed as those in <em>C. strigosus</em>.<br />
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As in <em>C. esculentus</em> and <em>C. strigosus</em>, the spikelets of <em>C. odoratus</em> consist of several flowers, each of which is subtended by a scale. Each scale is similar in length to those of <em>C. esculentus</em>, ranging from approximately 2-3 mm (the scales of <em>C. strigosus</em> are 3-4 mm long).<br />
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One of the main morphological differences between <em>C. odoratus</em> and <em>C. esculentus</em> is that, when mature, the spikelets of the former disarticulate below each scale, whereas those of the latter disarticulate at the base of the lowest flower only. To see this, pull on the end of the spikelet and see if it breaks off somewhere along the spikelet (<em>C. odoratus</em>) or if the entire spikelet breaks off as a unit (<em>C. esculentus</em>). Be sure to try this with numerous spikelets, not just one.<br />
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Yet another way to distinguish between <em>C. odoratus</em> and <em>C. esculentus</em> is to look at the base of the plant. In the former, there aren't many leaves coming from the base of the plant, whereas the leaves in the latter are heavily basally disposed. In addition, <em>C. odoratus</em> does not produce the tubers often produced by <em>C. esculentus</em>.Scott Namestnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-65888951683460247262014-09-20T21:11:00.004-07:002014-09-20T21:47:14.037-07:00Two Common (and Commonly Confused) CyperusThe graminoids (mostly the grasses, sedges, and rushes) have a reputation for being difficult to identify to species, but it really just takes some time and understanding of the parts that the keys are describing. The families should be easy to distinguish. Rushes (Juncaceae) have sepals and petals (or collectively tepals) surrounding the pistil and stamens, giving them, on a minute scale, the look of a "typical" regular flower such as a lily. Grasses (Poaceae) and sedges (Cyperaceae) have flowers that are evolutionarily advanced and consist of just the most important parts for reproduction, the pistil and the stamens; the perianth is highly modified in these families and doesn't look like what you would think of as petals and sepals. In the grasses, the flower is usually subtended by two bracts, known as the lemma and palea, and each floret (as these structures are known collectively) or group of florets is subtended by additional bracts known as glumes (usually two, sometimes one or absent). In the sedges, the flower is subtended by a single bract, called a scale. Grasses (nearly all of them, at least) have hollow stems with solid nodes. Most sedges have solid or pith-filled stems without swollen nodes. Most grasses have overlapping sheaths; sedges have fused sheaths. Grass leaves are typically flat or rolled; sedge leaves are usually V- or W-shaped in cross-section. There are other differences, but understanding these basic differences should at least get you in the right family.<br />
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As far as sedges go, <em>Carex</em> is the most diverse genus. Being able to recognize groups or sections of the genus that have similar characteristics is often a very helpful tool because it allows you to narrow down your species options substantially. Some of the other more species rich genera in the family Cyperaceae include <em>Scirpus</em>, <em>Eleocharis</em>, and <em>Cyperus</em>. In the genus <em>Cyperus</em>, the flowers are perfect and there are no perigynia (paper-like sacs surrounding the female flowers) as there are in the genus <em>Carex</em>. The scales subtending the flowers in <em>Cyperus</em> are folded in half, not flat or rounded as they are in many other genera. Morphologically, the genus that looks most similar to <em>Cyperus</em> in the United States is <em>Dulichium</em>. The flowers on plants in the genus <em>Cyperus</em> lack the long persistent styles (the tubercles) that are present in flowers on plants in the genus <em>Dulichium</em>, and <em>Dulichium</em> has axillary inflorescences whereas <em>Cyperus</em> has terminal inflorescences.<br />
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Within the genus <em>Cyperus</em>, as within the genus <em>Carex</em>, the species can be organized into several natural groups (subgenera) that share morphological characteristics. Within subgenus <em>Cyperus</em>, which has flowers with three stigmas (as opposed to two), spikelets along a conspicuous rachis (as opposed to being in digitate or glomerulate heads), and rachilla (the axis to which the flowers are attached) that disconnect from the rachis (the axis to which the spikelets attach) only at the base (as opposed to having rachilla that disconnect beneath each scale), two of the most commonly confused species in the Great Lakes region are <em>Cyperus esculentus</em> and <em>Cyperus strigosus</em>. <em>Cyperus odoratus</em> is also often confused with these two species, but it is taxonomically placed into subgenus <em>Diclidium</em> because the rachilla disconnect beneath each scale, not at the base of the spikelet. If you pull on a spikelet of a species in subgenus <em>Diclidium</em> from the end of the spikelet, the spikelet will break somewhere in the middle; pulling on a spikelet of a species in subgenus <em>Cyperus</em> from the end of the spikelet will result in the entire spikelet being removed from the rachis in an intact unit.<br />
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With all of that background information, now we can look at <em>Cyperus esculentus</em> versus <em>Cyperus strigosus</em> to see the differences between these commonly confused sedges. First take a look at the inflorescences. Usually, <em>Cyperus esculentus</em> has spikelets that are orangish in color (see photo above), as compared to the yellowish or straw-colored spikelets of <em>Cyperus strigosus</em> (see photo below). In addition, the spikelets of <em>Cyperus esculentus</em> aren't usually packed into the inflorescence as tightly as those of <em>Cyperus strigosus</em>.<br />
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Next, let's look at the scales subtending each flower in the spikelets. In the two photographs below, the structure in my hand is a single spikelet, made up of several flowers, each subtended by a scale.<br />
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Without a ruler for scale, it's a bit difficult to see the difference in the length of the floral scales. However, you should be able to tell that in the <em>Cyperus esculentus</em> spikelet photo (above), the scales are shorter (approximately 2-3 mm long) than those in <em>Cyperus strigosus</em> (3-4 mm long). Although this difference isn't much, with some experience, you can begin to notice the short scales of <em>Cyperus esculentus</em> and the "long" scales of <em>Cyperus strigosus</em> on a quick inspection with a hand lens.<br />
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Yet another difference in the two species can be seen by looking at the base of the plants.<br />
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In <em>Cyperus esculentus</em>, the base of the plant (where the stem meets the roots) is soft and lacks a bulb (see photo above). Often, at least later in the season, you can find tubers at the ends of some of the roots. In contrast, <em>Cyperus strigosus</em> has a distinctly bulbous base (see photo below) and lacks any tuberous protrusions on the roots.<br />
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Another difference between the two species that can somewhat be seen in the first set of photos is that <em>Cyperus esculentus</em> is leafy at the base, whereas <em>Cyperus strigosus</em> is not leafy at the base. In the first two photos, you can see a lot of leaves in the <em>Cyperus esculentus</em> photo, but the leaves are mostly absent in the <em>Cyperus strigosus</em> photo. The foliage of <em>Cyperus esculentus</em> is also usually shiny and yellow-green, whereas that of <em>Cyperus strigosus</em> are not as shiny.Scott Namestnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-10124502334581616722014-06-26T17:41:00.003-07:002014-07-06T14:52:35.310-07:00Plant Quiz - Answer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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There were several good guesses, and BOUCUR got the genus correct (<em>Valeriana</em>), but no one figured out the species. Here is what it would have looked like in flower...<br />
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This is <em>Valeriana uliginosa</em> (Marsh Valerian), a species of fens primarily in the Great Lakes region. Because of its rarity, <em>V. uliginosa</em> is a species of conservation concern in most of the states in which it occurs. In the quiz photo, the "plumose pappus-like" structures are actually the calyx lobes, which are inrolled when the plant is in flower and expanded when it goes to fruit. Scott Namestnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-60730479326934060712014-06-26T06:50:00.000-07:002014-06-26T06:50:08.454-07:00Asclepias exaltata<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
When most people think of milkweed habitat, they think of prairie or old field areas. <i>Asclepias exaltata</i> defies that logic, growing in woodlands and forests. </div>
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Tired of seeing "unknown grass" and "<i>Dichanthelium</i> sp." on your vegetation sampling datasheets? Need to know what species that <i>Elymus</i> is to figure out if you're in a wetland or an upland? Interested in learning vegetative characteristics for some of our more common grasses? Just want to know more about grass identification and ecology in general? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," then the workshop discussed below being held on August 21-22, 2014 at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois may be for you. If you have any questions about the workshop, email Scott Namestnik at <a href="mailto:snamestnik@orbisec.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">snamestnik@orbisec.com</a>.</div>
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Learn to identify the grasses that add beauty and interest to the summer and fall landscape. Grasses allow us to read the landscape: from soils, habitat, disturbance and past land uses. They form a critical component of the biodiversity and with nearly 11,000 species, this is the fourth largest plant family. This workshop consists of an intensive, hands-on approach incorporating both classroom work and field study. Identify warm season grasses in the field and lab, learn the specialized terminology and distinguishing features, discuss their ecology, and practice identifying species from keys. <br />
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The Phytophactor answered correctly that this plant is <em>Geocaulon lividum </em>of the family Santalaceae. Like other members of this family, False Toadflax, as this species is known, is a hemiparasite that produces haustoria that attach to roots of host plants to obtain a portion of its nutrients. <br />
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<em>Geocaulon lividum</em> is a northern species found throughout much of Canada and Alaska, barely reaching into the contiguous United States. Because of this geographical distribution, it is a species of conservation concern in several states. It grows in wet to moist conditions, such as in bogs, fens, and coniferous or deciduous forests, but also on sandy or rocky ridges or dunes near the Great Lakes. The genus name <em>Geocaulon</em> means "earth" (Geo-) and "stem of the plant" (-caulon), which is a reference to the long slightly subterranean stems (rhizomes). The specific epithet <em>lividum</em> means "lead-colored," which could be a reference to the flowers, which range from green to purple in color.<br />
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<em>Geocaulon lividum</em> has been treated as a member of the genus <em>Comandra</em> (<em>Comandra lividum</em>), and anyone familiar with the genus <em>Comandra</em> can easily see why. It differs from <em>Comandra</em> in having green to purple flowers (versus white in <em>Comandra</em>), axillary inflorescences (versus terminal in <em>Comandra</em>), and orange-red fruit more than 7 mm in diameter (versus green to yellowish fruit up to 6 mm in diameter in <em>Comandra</em>). In each cymule on a <em>Geocaulon lividum</em> plant, the central flower is perfect, whereas the other one to two flowers are staminate; <em>Comandra</em> has all flowers perfect in each cymule. For comparison, <em>Comandra umbellata</em> is pictured below. Vegetatively, <em>Geocaulon lividum</em> may be confused with a member of the genus <em>Vaccinium</em>, which would have woody stems and leaves with different venation and texture.<br />
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The photographs of <em>Geocaulon lividum</em> above were taken on June 22, 2013 in Copper Harbor, Michigan. Nice call, Phytophactor!Scott Namestnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-51640156944640542362013-12-06T23:13:00.000-08:002013-12-06T23:13:27.013-08:00Asclepias ovalifolia<em>Asclepias ovalifolia</em> is a milkweed of prairies, barrens, savannas, and open woodlands in the Upper Midwest.<br />
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See my <a href="http://handlensandbinoculars.blogspot.com/2013/12/more-magical-milkweeds.html" target="_blank">recent post</a> at <a href="http://handlensandbinoculars.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Through Handlens and Binoculars</a> for more information on this and other milkweeds.Scott Namestnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-29456432937450732522013-11-07T21:34:00.001-08:002013-11-07T21:34:36.078-08:00Furbish Lousewort ( (Pedicularis furbishiae) Poem<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">...by Charles Osgood, CBS newsman, 1977. From “Nothing Could Be Finer Than a Crisis that is Minor in the Morning” by Charles Osgood, 1979.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Quoted in Robert Mohlenbrock’s book, “Where Have All the Wildflowers Gone,” 1983. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Kate Furbish was a woman who
a century ago<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Discovered something growing,
and she classified it so<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">That botanists thereafter, in
their reference volumes state,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">That the plant’s a Furbish
lousewort. See, they named it after Kate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">There were other kinds of louseworts,
but the Furbish one was rare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It was very near extinction,
when they found out it was there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And as the years went by, it
seemed with ravages of weather,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The poor old Furbish
louseworts simply vanished altogether.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">But then in 1976, our
bicentennial year,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Furbish lousewort fanciers
had some good news they could cheer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">For along the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">St. John’s</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">River</st1:placetype></st1:place>, guess what somebody found?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Two hundred fifty Furbish
louseworts growing in the ground.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Now, the place where they
were growing, by the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">St. John’s</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">River</st1:placetype></st1:place> banks,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Is not a place where you or I
would want to live, no thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">For in that very area, there
was a mighty plan,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">An engineering project for
the benefit of man.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The Dickey-Lincoln Dam it’s
called, hydroelectric power.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Energy, in other words, the
issue of the hour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Make way, make way for
progress now, man’s ever constant urge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And where those Furbish
louseworts were, the dam would just submerge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The plants can’t be
transplanted; they simply wouldn’t grow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Conditions for the Furbish
louseworts have to be just so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And for reasons far too deep
for me to know or explain,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The only place they can
survive is in that part of <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Maine</st1:place></st1:state>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">So, obviously it was clear,
that something had to give,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And giant dams do not make
way so that a plant can live.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">But hold the phone, for yes
they do. Indeed they must, in fact.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">There is a law, the Federal
Endangered Species Act,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And any project such as this,
though mighty and exalted,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">If it wipes out threatened
animals or plants, it must be halted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And since the Furbish
lousewort is endangered as can be,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">They had to call the dam off;
couldn’t build it, don’t you see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">For to flood that lousewort
haven, where the Furbishes were at,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Would be to take away their
only extant habitat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And the only way to save the
day, to end this awful stall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Would be to find some other
louseworts, anywhere at all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And sure enough, as luck
would have it, strange though it may seem,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">They found some other Furbish
louseworts growing just downstream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Four tiny little colonies,
one with just a single plant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">So now they’ll flood that
major zone, no one can say they can’t.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And construction is
proceeding, and the dynamite goes bam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And most folks just don’t
seem to give a Dickey-Lincoln Dam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The newfound stands of
Furbish louseworts aren’t much, but then<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">They were thought to be
extinct before, and may well be again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Because the Furbish lousewort
has a funny-sounding name,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">It was ripe for making
ridicule, and that’s a sort of shame.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">For there is a disappearing
world, and man has played his role<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">In taking little parts away
from what was once the whole.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">We can get along without
them; we may not feel their lack.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">But extinction means that
something’s gone, and never coming back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">So, here’s to you, little
lousewort, and here’s to your rebirth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And may you somehow multiply,
refurbishing the earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Keith Boardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083771082232156983noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-43318892549791056642013-11-01T21:01:00.001-07:002013-11-01T21:01:59.552-07:00Triadenum virginicum<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Back in late July, Lindsay and I joined a group from <a href="http://savedunes.org/" target="_blank">Save the Dunes</a> on a quick trip to <a href="http://www.duneland.com/aer/indiana-dunes/pinhook-bog.html" target="_blank">Pinhook Bog</a> in LaPorte County, Indiana. Led by staff from <a href="http://www.nps.gov/indu/index.htm" target="_blank">Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore</a>, the walk down the boardwalk and back was very brief and only touched on the unique bog flora, but I used a free second to take a couple of photographs of a plant that I admire but don't see very often, <em>Triadenum virginicum </em>(Virginia Marsh St. John's Wort).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Triadenum virginicum</em> in Pinhook Bog.</td></tr>
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The most concentrated area of the geographical range of <em>Triadenum virginicum</em> is the New England region of the United States (and north into Canada). The range of the species follows the Atlantic Coast south, around Florida, and along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Texas. Like several other species with which it often grows, this modest pink-flowered plant is also disjunct in the Great Lakes region, making it a unique part of the flora in this part of the country. <em>Triadenum virginicum</em> grows in bogs, interdunal swales, and wet meadows.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the pointed sepals and "long" styles of <em>Triadenum virginicum</em>.</td></tr>
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A very similar species, <em>Triadenum fraseri</em> (Fraser's Marsh St. John's Wort), has a geographical range that overlaps with that of <em>T. virginicum</em>, but <em>T. fraseri</em> is found more in the Great Lakes and New England regions and north, without an affinity to the coastal plain. It has been treated as a variety of <em>T. virginicum</em> in the past, but most botanists now consider the two to be distinct species. The sepals of <em>T. virginicum</em> are longer (greater than or equal to 5 mm long versus up to 5 mm long in <em>T. fraseri</em>) and sharper pointed (acute to acuminate versus obtuse in <em>T. fraseri</em>), and the styles are longer in <em>T. virginicum</em> (more than 1.5 mm long versus less than 1.5 mm long in <em>T. fraseri</em>). In addition, <em>T. fraseri</em> is rarely found with open flowers in the field (but they are said to open after spending an afternoon in a vasculum!), whereas it is not uncommon to see <em>T. virginicum</em> with open flowers.<br />
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Plants in the genus <em>Triadenum</em> were formerly treated as part of the genus <em>Hypericum</em>, but they are now distinguished from <em>Hypericum</em> due to petal and stamen characteristics. The petals of <em>Triadenum</em> are pink or flesh-colored (versus yellow in <em>Hypericum</em>). The stamens of <em>Triadenum</em> are in three groups of three and alternate with three large orange glands (versus being of various number and lacking glands in the flowers of <em>Hypericum</em>). This unique characteristic of the flowers of plants in the genus <em>Triadenum</em> is the origin of their Latin name, as <em>Triadenum</em> means "three glands."Scott Namestnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-82601337025382652952013-10-28T23:21:00.000-07:002013-10-28T20:22:09.456-07:00Plant Quiz - Answered<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I recently posted the following plant quiz...</div>
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Been a while... how about a cropped photo plant quiz?</div>
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Ben and DenPro both correctly responded that this is a close-up of <em>Clematis virginiana</em>, Virgin's Bower. Here's the original photo, prior to being cropped...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the plumose styles of <em>Clematis virginiana</em> in fruit.</td></tr>
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... and here's another photo showing the feathery inflorescences made up of numerous plumose styles when the plant is in fruit. Like most plants I've noticed this fall, <em>Clematis virginiana</em> seemed to flower and fruit profusely this year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dense inflorescence of <em>Clematis virginiana</em> in fruit.</td></tr>
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During the summer, <em>Clematis virginiana</em> looks like this, a vine with flowers in axillary panicles, each with four white to cream-colored petaloid sepals, no petals, and numerous pistils in female flowers and stamens in male flowers. The leaves are compound, often with three leaflets, each of which is toothed on the margins. The similar looking <em>Clematis ternifolia</em>, an invasive species from Asia, has five leaflets that are entire or merely crenate on the margins.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Clematis virginiana</em> in flower.</td></tr>
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<em>Clematis virginiana</em> grows in moist thickets, in wooded and open floodplains, and along fencerows throughout the eastern half of North America. Taxonomically, it is placed in the family Ranunculaceae.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px;">One of my favorite trees is <i>Sassafras albidum</i>. It’s a native of dry sand country and adds a lot of color and character to black oak savannas. The leaves occur in three different types: one lobe, two lobes, and three lobes. The crushed leaves and twigs have an unusual but pleasant smell. The cut wood is beautiful and has a pungent chemical smell that is also very good. And of course, the roots have that wonderful root beer smell and flavor, long cherished for sassafras tea. Experts now say the tea can cause stomach cancer, but I’m starting to think so does breathing the air and drinking the water.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Of this remarkable and very attractive tree, Thoreau wrote the following: "The odoriferous sassafras, with its delicate green stem, its three-lobed leaf, tempting the travelers to bruise it, it sheds so rare a perfume on him, equal to all the spices of the East. Then its rare-tasting root bark, like nothing else, which I used to dig. The first navigators freighted their ships with it and deemed it worth its weight in gold." Henry David Thoreau - journal entry, August 31, 1850.</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Keith Boardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09083771082232156983noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-82503695483158667852013-09-29T09:10:00.005-07:002013-09-29T09:11:42.323-07:00Bottle Gentian<br />
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This picture of <i>Gentiana andrewsii</i> is posted for comparison to the Soapwort Gentian posted earlier. This attractive plant often grows in aspen thickets on damp, sandy soil. Compared to Soapwort Gentian, this plant has darker blue flowers that are more tapering into the summit, and this plant tends to grow 2 or 3 times taller. I'm sure that someone who never leaves their lab (and has never gotten their feet muddy or received a mosquito bite) has renamed it, but it is <i>Gentiana andrewsii </i>and always will be. I have a very large botanical library that says it is <i>G. andrewsii</i>. </div>
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