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Category: Eudicots

Bidens cernua (Nodding Beggarticks)

September 21, 2020 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

This is a common wetlands plant, which blooms from late summer into fall. It is erect, up to 40” tall,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Bidens cernua, Nodding Beggarticks

Rumex obtusifolius (Broad-leaved Dock)

Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Broad-leaved Dock is a perennial plant native to Europe, but has become naturalized world wide. It is an invasive species…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Plants, Polygonaceae, Rumex, Species Profiles Filed under: Bitter Dock, Broad-leaved Dock, Rumex obtusifolius

Tanacetum vulgare (Common Tansy)

September 18, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is yet another species which was imported from Europe for cultivation, but escaped to become an invasive and noxious…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles, Tanacetum Filed under: Common Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare

Amorpha fruticosa (False indigo)

September 14, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is a large, bushy shrub which grows in muddy and sandy flats along the Snake and Columbia Rivers, often…

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Posted in: Amorpha, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Fabaceae (Legumes), Fabales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Amorpha fruticosa, False Indigo

Myosotis scorpioides (True Forget-me-not)

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Though this is a European species which has escaped cultivation and has become widely naturalized and even invasive in our…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Boraginaceae, Boraginales, Eudicots, Myosotis, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Marsh Forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides, True Forget-me-not, Water Forget-me-not

Persicaria maculosa (Lady’s Thumb)

September 13, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This introduced member of the family Polygonaceae (buckwheats) is a denizen of wetlands and vernally wet areas, and can be…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Persicaria, Plants, Polygonaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Persicaria maculosa

Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)

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This is a wildly invasive European native which had become established in North America by the 1830s, both as a…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Lythraceae, Lythrum, Myrtales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Lythrum salicaria, Purple Loosestrife

Mazus pumilus (Japanese Mazus)

September 12, 2020 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Japanese Mazus is a pretty little plant which seldom gets more than 8” tall. One look at the flowers and…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Lamiales, Mazaceae, Mazus, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Japanese Mazus, Mazus pumilus

Xanthium strumarium (Rough Cocklebur)

September 8, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is a tall (up to 5’), annual plant, with a stout, spotted, non-woody stem. The leaves are large, triangular,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Rough Cocklebur, Xanthium strumarium

Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American Licorice)

September 7, 2020 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

This is a sprawling member of the legume family (Fabaceae), which likes damp, sandy soil and is often found along…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Fabaceae (Legumes), Fabales, Glycyrrhiza, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: American Licorice, Glycyrrhiza lepidota

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